21072024-TTC-01.qxd 7/21/2024 12:32 AM Page 1 123 TRUCE TALKS FALTER AS 13 KILLED IN GAZA WORLD /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 201 | 26 PAGES | ~7.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 sunday | 21 july 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and RS MP Sanjay Singh unveil ‘Kejriwal’s 5 guarantees’ in Panchkula. NITIN MITTAL AAP vows free power, cash for women in poll-bound Haryana 5 GUARANTEESSunita also promises jobs, mohalla clinics, free education Tribune News Service ‘HARYANA KA LAL’ Panchkula, July 20 Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Saturday launched ‘Kejriwal’s five guarantees’ for pollbound Haryana, promising free electricity; mohalla clinics in every village and city; Rs 1,000 per month aid to every woman; employment for youth; and better and free education. The Haryana Assembly elections are due later this year. Besides Sunita Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP MPs Sanjay Singh and Sandeep WILL DELIVER Haryana. He is ‘Haryana ka lal’. He is known for his people-centric work, both in Delhi and in Punjab. not have to pay electricity bills... Aam Aadmi Party will deliver on its guarantees in Haryana as well. — Sunita Kejriwal, DELHI CM’S WIFE — Bhagwant Mann, PUNJAB CM Kejriwal ❝ Arvindbrought upwas households90% of thedo ❝ Nearly in Punjab born and in Pathak were also present during the launch of the guarantees here. The party’s local leaders gathered in large numbers and raised pro-party slogans. Calling Chief Minister Kejriwal ‘Haryana ka lal’, Sunita said the Aam Aadmi Party supremo had started his political career from ‘zero’ and changed the country’s political scenario. She said, “Kejriwal is known for his people-centric work, both in Delhi and in Punjab. But he has been thrown behind the bars in a fake case.” Speaking about AAP’s guarantees, she said the party aimed to provide free round-the-clock electricity to all households and would build mohalla clinics in every village and ward. She said if the party was voted to power, the condition of government schools would also be improved and employment provided to the youth. Haryana AAP chief Sushil Gupta said other parties had failed to provide people with basic amenities in the state. “The BJP-led state government has failed to provide round-the-clock electricity supply. It has not been able to continued on page 12 Returning Indians given escort, 1K back from violence-hit B’desh: MEA Tribune News Service ~17.5K/ha grant for Punjab farmers not sowing paddy CHANDIGARH: To wean away farmers from water-guzzling paddy in a bid to arrest depleting groundwater, the Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department will provide an incentive of Rs 17,500 per hectare for those shifting to alternative crops. INSIDE New Delhi, July 20 A total of 978 Indian nationals have so far returned from Bangladesh, which has been reeling under deadly clashes over a controversial job-quota system. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday said the Indian High Commission in Dhaka had arranged security escorts, where necessary, for the travel of Indian nationals by road to reach designated land ports or border crossing points. The neighbouring country 8K students among 15K nationals in country Indian students from Bangladesh arrive in Agartala on Saturday. ANI imposed curfew last night after the spread of violence. Of 978 Indians, 778 opted for land route, while 200 took flights, the MEA said. There are about 15,000 Indian nationals, including 8,000 students in Bangladesh. In a statement, the MEA said the High Commission in Dhaka was coordinating with the civil aviation authorities and commercial airlines of Bangladesh to ensure uninterrupted flight services to India from Dhaka and Chittagong. Indian nationals who want to return are being assisted by the High Commission in Dhaka and also by the Assistant continued on page 12 NEET details out, only 3 of Sonepat Cong MLAPanwar Hazaribagh score over 650 arrested by ED in mining case Aksheev Thakur Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 20 The detailed result of the NEET-UG 2024, which was released by the National Testing Agency on Saturday, showed students who appeared at exam centres in Jharkhand, Bihar, Haryana and Gujarat, which are under the CBI scanner over alleged MASTERMIND NABBED The CBI has arrested Sashikant Paswan, a BTech passout from NIT-Jamshedpur and ‘mastermind’ in NEET paper leak case, and two MBBS students from Rajasthan who acted as ‘solvers’ paper leak, barely benefited. As directed by the Supreme Court, the NTA has published continued on page 12 Sonepat, July 20 Two days after Congress MLA Rao Dan Singh was raided in connection with a bank loan fraud case, the ED in the wee hours of Saturday arrested Sonepat Congress MLA Surender Panwar in an alleged illegal mining case. He was produced in a court in Ambala, which remanded him in nine-day custody. Panwar is the fourth Congress MLA to find himself under the ED scanner. Samalkha MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker has been absconding since May in a money laundering case linked to the alleged defrauding of home buyers, in which his son, Sikander Singh, was arrested by the ED in May. INSIDE Panghal trains in the hills for last shot at glory Subhash Rajta Tribune News Service Amit Panghal at the High-Altitude Training Centre, Shilaroo, Shimla. Shimla, July 20 His hands are moving back and forth at lightning speed. His footwork seems even quicker. Into the 12th round — each lasting a minute — of intense sparring with different boxers, Amit Panghal shows no sign of fatigue. In the previous round, the diminutive Rohtak boxer had even knocked down a sparring partner 5 kg heavier than him. As the 12th round ends, with Panghal still looking good for a few more rounds, the big multipurpose hall of the High Altitude Training Centre in Shilaroo, about 50 km from Shimla, reverberates with thunderous applause and shout-outs. Panghal’s jumbo 14-member support team, comprising coaches, phys- Today’s issue is of 26 pages, including six-page Spectrum and four page Jalandhar Tribune. UPSC CHIEF QUITS 5 YEARS AHEAD OF TERM NATION iotherapists, a masseur, doctor and several sparring partners, has the ‘mission accomplished’ smile playing on their faces. After all, the main objective of coming to the hills and skipping the training trip to Germany with the other members of the national squad was to take his stamina several notches higher. In the “Paris-like weather” at Shilaroo, the boxer and the support staff worked tirelessly to make amends for his Tokyo continued on page 12