11042024-TTB-01.qxd 4/10/2024 11:56 PM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 100 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881  HARYANA 3 SONS, 2 GRANDKIDS OF HAMAS CHIEF KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACK WORLD /thetribunechd NOW, PAKISTAN ULTRAS FEAR CROSSING BORDER: YOGI J&K NSE CAUTIONS AGAINST DEEPFAKE VIDEOS ON STOCK TIPS BUSINESS 30 IAF BASES TO GET FIVE-LAYER SECURITY SYSTEM BACK PAGE thursday | 11 april 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com SC agreesto hear Kejri’s plea ‘Deliberate violation’: SC against arrestonurgentbasis rejects Ramdev’s affidavit MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS HC verdict upholding ED action based on ‘unreliable’ material: Delhi CM Satya Prakash Satya Prakash New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accept “unconditional” apologies tendered by Patanjali Ayurved cofounders Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna over “misleading” advertisements, saying they deliberately violated its orders and apologised only after being “caught on the wrong foot”. “We do not accept these affidavits. We decline to accept or condone it. We consider it a wilful and deliberate violation and breach of the (November 21, 2023) order passed in the undertaking… (We) don’t think your writing, unconditional multiple times in the affidavit is enough to satisfy this court,” a Bench led by Justice Hima Kohli told senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, who represented Ramdev and Balkrishna. “The apologies that are on record are on paper...having been caught on the wrong foot and noticing that their back is actually against the wall… and having gone to town saying all sorts of things on the very next day of the order passed where your own Tribune News Service A FIRST: SENSEX CLOSES ABOVE 75K ■ Investors’ wealth climbed ~2.27 lakh crore on Wednesday as the benchmark Sensex closed above the 75,000 mark for first time ■ Broader Nifty too scaled a fresh lifetime high on gains in FMCG, energy and metal shares. Nifty advanced by 111.05 points to close at a high of 22,753.80 ■ Market capitalisation of BSElisted firms reached all-time high of ~402 lakh cr IN BRIEF SC stays trial against ‘lottery king’ Martin NEW DELHI: The SC has stayed tri- al before a court in a laundering case against “lottery king” Santiago Martin, whose firm donated the most to political parties via electoral bonds. BACK PAGE SC sets aside own ruling on ~8K crore to Anil firm NEW DELHI: The SC has set aside its three-year-old ruling that gave Anil Ambani group firm ~8K cr in a dispute with Delhi Metro, saying the previous verdict caused “miscarriage of injustice”. INSIDE India clinches prime positions in UN bodies NEW DELHI: India has retained several positions in UN bodies, including a third consecutive term in the International Narcotics Control Board, with highest number of votes. BACK PAGE Behind wheel, Bathinda teen dies in car crash BATHINDA: A Class XI pupil, Uday Partap (16), died on Tuesday after his car crashed into a tree. He was allegedly speeding. The boy was returning after dropping his mother at a bus stop. INSIDE New Delhi, April 10 A day after the Delhi High Court dismissed CM Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, the AAP convener on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court. A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud agreed to consider Kejriwal’s request for urgent hearing of his petition after senior counsel AM Singhvi mentioned it for immediate listing. “Send an email. I will look into it,” the CJI told Singhvi, who said the high court’s order was based on some “unreliable document” that was suppressed from the petitioner. However, Kejriwal’s petition was expected to be taken up only on Monday when the top court reopens after Eid. Spelling further trouble for the beleaguered CM, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi HC had on Tuesday dismissed his petition challenging continued on page 10 PLEA UNLIKELY TO BE LISTED BEFORE MONDAY ■ Kejriwal’s petition is expected to be taken up only on Monday (April 15) when the top court reopens after Eid NOT BOND MOVIE WITH SEQUELS: HC RAPS EX-MLA ■ Delhi HC slammed repeated pleas for Kejril’s removal as CM ■ Not a Bond movie with sequels, it said, pulling up petitioner ex-AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar Delhi Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand speaks to the media after quitting the Cabinet and AAP. MUKESH AGGARWAL Jolt to AAP as Delhi minister Anand quits party, says it is ‘no more honest’ Samad Hoque Tribune News Service New Delhi, April 10 In the first setback to the Aam Aadmi Party after the arrest of its national convener and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday resigned from the Cabinet as well as the party. Addressing the media, Anand, whose portfolios included Social Welfare, BJP MISUSING ED, CREATING FEAR: AAP BJP is misusing probe agencies against AAP. Anand must have been threatened. Not everyone is Sanjay Singh. I believe he is scared. ❝ Saurabh Bhardwaj, DELHI MINISTER Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Labour, targeted AAP over the alleged involvement of its leaders in corrupt practices. Referring to the liquor excise policy case and the arrest of top leaders Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, he said AAP had seen a downfall from being an “anti-corruption watchdog to a party that’s involved in corruption”. “I had joined AAP to honestly pay back to the society. But the party is continued on page 10 Tribune News Service Ramdev arrives at the SC complex in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY COURT We consider it a wilful and deliberate violation of (Nov 21, 2023) order… Your writing unconditional multiple times in affidavit is not enough to satisfy this court. SC Bench ❝ counsel had given undertakings,” the Bench said. “An apology tendered under duress of adverse orders is to be rejected outright”, Justice Amanullah, who was part of the Bench, said. The top court also pulled up the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority for its Kolkata, April 10 The Calcutta High Court today ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, saying an “impartial inquiry” was required in the interest of justice and fair play. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam asked the CBI to file a comprehensive report on the alleged illegal conversion of agricultural land into water bodies for pisciculture after conducting a thorough inspection of revenue records and physical inspection of the land. The HC also directed the Aditi Tandon Sandeep Dikshit IT MUST BE IMPARTIAL In the interest of justice and fair play and to expeditiously take up complaints, an impartial inquiry needs to be conducted. Calcutta High Court ❝ CBI to probe allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing and submit a report to it on the next date of hearing. The state was directed to provide the required support to the agency. The Bench, also comprising Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, directed that the 35% OF SITTING MPs DROPPED SO FAR Tribune News Service Shambhu toll plaza closure: Losses at ~72 lakh per day AMBALA: The closure of the Shambhu toll plaza on the Haryana-Punjab border is causing a loss of nearly Rs 72 lakh a day to the NHAI. Around 50,000 vehicles used to cross the plaza daily, but it has been lying sealed due the ongoing tussle between farmers and the government. INSIDE ■ SC pulled up Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority for inaction on misleading ads by Patanjali. It asked its two officials to file affidavits on their conduct. “We will rip you apart,” the Bench told officials, warning them not to take the matter lightly inaction on misleading advertisements by Patanjali Ayurved and Divya Pharmacy and asked two of their officials to file affidavits explaining their conduct. “We will rip you apart,” the Bench told the officials, warning them that it would not take the continued on page 10 HC orders CBI probe into land grabbing, No evidence of India’s interference crime against women in Sandeshkhali in poll: Canadian probe clears air matter be heard again on May 2, the date on which the CBI was asked to file the report. ED officials were attacked on January 5 by a mob when they went to Sandeshkhali to search the premises of nowsuspended Trinamool leader Shajahan Sheikh in a ration distribution scam case. — PTI EX-OFFICIALS TESTIFY Tribune News Service New Delhi, April 10 Allegations of Indian meddling in the previous Canadian general election took a knock after former senior bureaucrats testified before a panel on foreign interference that they had no knowledge about any such attempt. The Canadian panel has cleared India of interference claims. In the testimony before the panel, former Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Morgan said there was no information on Indian disinformation within the Canadian information ecosystem. Then Cabinet Secretary Janice Charette ■ In a testimony before a probe panel, Canadian exDeputy Foreign Minister Marta Morgan said there was no information on Indian disinformation ■ Then Cabinet Secretary Janice Charette also said there was no hidden Indian Government hand in the run-up to the 2021 poll also said there was no hidden Indian Government hand in the run-up to the 2021 poll. “I do not recall a Rapid Response Mechanism briefing on specific issues related to India in the online envi- ronment. But we would have been briefed— from a contextual perspective — on that because we were aware that that sort of thing could arise in Canada, and that as a panel, we needed to be prepared for that,” said Morgan to a pointed question from Prabjot Singh appearing on behalf of the Sikh Coalition. Asked if the panel considered specific instances where threats constituted Indian disinformation, Morgan replied in the negative. “Because there was no information suggesting that there was disinformation or reports originating from that source in the continued on page 10 BJP picks Tandon for Chd, ex-PM IIM-A makes it to top 25 in mgmt studies globally, Chandrashekhar’s son for Ballia JNU India’s highest-placed university: QS Rankings New Delhi, April 10 In its tenth list of nominees unveiled today, the BJP declared Sanjay Tandon as its candidate for Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat. Dropping the twoterm MP Kirron Kher, the party preferred a homegrown leader over a celebrity import to represent the VIP segment. Sanjay, 60, is the son of late continued on page 10 WILL RIP YOU APART, U’KHAND STAFF TOLD Sanjay Tandon Neeraj Shekhar BJP has so far declared 428 candidates in 10 lists, dropping nearly 108 (over 35%) of its 303 sitting MPs. SUSPENSE OVER RAE BARELI SEAT BJP continues to maintain suspense over two UP seats — Rae Bareli, which former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi represents in the outgoing Lok Sabha, and Kaiserganj, which former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh holds Tribune News Service New Delhi, April 10 As many as 69 Indian institutions have made it to the top 500 list of QS World University Rankings by Subject, with the country having 424 entries this time compared to 355 last year. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is India’s highestranked university placed at 20th position globally for devel- 69 INSTITUTIONS IN TOP 500 ■ Having 424 entries compared to 355 last year, 69 Indian insti- tutions made it to the top 500 list ■ In Asia, India secured the second spot in terms of the number of universities featured, trailing behind China FROM THE REGION ■ Chandigarh varsity in 51-100 in hospitality & leisure mgmt opment studies, according to the QS Rankings, announced on Wednesday. The university ■ OP Jindal University, Sonepat, ranked 72nd in law is also the country’s topranked university in the subjects of geography, history, modern languages, politics & international relations, anthropology, English language & literature and linguistics. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, which debuted in business and management studies, secured the 22nd spot globally. IIM-Bangalore was placed at the first spot in accounting and finance subject in the coveted rankings continued on page 10 China has no biz renaming sites: US backs India on Arunachal New Delhi, April 10 US Ambassador Eric Garcetti described Indo-US ties as “not an additive relationship but a multiplicative relationship” and criticised China for renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh. Stating that China has no business renaming places that are part of India’s territory, Garcetti fully backed New Delhi and said its defence cooperation with Washington was reaching unprecedented levels so as to deter aggressive authoritarian rival countries. As two democracies, the US and India thought and felt alike about the threat posed by dictatorial regimes like that of China and that the convergence of values was the key factor driving Washington and New Delhi closer. During an interactive session with students of the Sonepatbased OP Jindal University, Garcetti also took questions regarding comments made by continued on page 10 Lax security on Nabha college campus, all three gangrape accused were outsiders Aman Sood Tribune News Service Patiala, April 10 Negligence on the part of the authorities at Government Ripudaman College, Nabha, has come to the fore in the case of the horrific “gangrape” of an 18-year-old Dalit girl. The crime, which took place on the college campus in broad daylight on March 27, was perpetrated by three outsiders “who would visit the college every other day”. The incident has raised security concerns at the college which has close to 3,000 students, mostly from rural background. A student, on condition of anonymity, told The Tribune that outsiders on the campus was a common sight. “Youths from nearby areas often sneak in and hang around on No check at gate: Students |Security outsourced: Principal SC/ST ACT ADDED TO FIR; NHRC TAKES NOTE ■ Cops added SC/ST Act to the FIR registered against 3 accused; one still absconding the campus,” he said. On college security, he said there were a couple of guards deployed at the gate, but they hardly stop anyone or ■ The National Human Rights Commission has sought a report on the incident check ID cards of students. Hartej Kaur, college principal, said: “Till the registration of an FIR, we were unaware of any such incident on the c m y b premises. A home science laboratory is next to the alleged crime spot and an attendant is usually present there, but she heard nothing.” When asked about outsiders entering the college, she said: “The college has a student strength of 3,000. We have private security, which is outsourced.” Talking to The Tribune, victim’s father continued on page 10 Government Ripudaman College in Nabha.