31072024-TTC-01.qxd 7/31/2024 12:34 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 211 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 READY FOR TALKS WITH PROTESTING FARMERS: GOVT NATION /thetribunechd VALLEY’S DEEPEST LAKE HAS HEAVY METALS, FINDS STUDY J&K ELECTRIC BUSES TO HAVE ROBUST SALES THIS YEAR BUSINESS OPPN ‘CONSPIRING’ TO DERAIL VIKSIT BHARAT GOAL: FM BACK PAGE wednesday | 31 july 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com MANU STRIKES TWICE Shoots 10m air pistol mixed team bronze with Sarabjot| 1st Indian to bag 2 in single Oly edition ROHIT MAHAJAN IN PARIS S HORTLY after 10 in the morning today, the stoicism that’s central to shooting was shed by Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh. The torrent of emotion washed away the shooters’ mandatory impassiveness at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre, some 280 km from Paris. After hours of restraint — waking up at 5 am, calming the nerves with yoga, meditation and breathing exercises — the two pistol specialists, both 22, sunk into each other’s arms, and into a huddle with Munkhbayar Dorjsuren, the Mongolian-German coach of the national team. Manu and Sarabjot of Haryana had beaten Oh Ye Jin and Lee Wonho of South Korea 16-10 in the bronze medal contest in the mixed team 10m air pistol event to win a medal — Manu’s and India’s second of the Paris Olympic, Sarabjot’s first. Manu started the day with a brilliant 10.2 out of a continued on page 10 Manu’s school revels in glory ❝ The feeling is surreal as I hadn’t hoped of wining two medals at single Olympics… looking forward to next match. — MANU BHAKER Ravinder Saini Tribune News Service Jhajjar, July 30 The mood has been nothing less than festive at Universal Public School in Manu Bhaker’s native Goriya village, where she studied and charted a course in shooting. The big screen, put up on the school premises, brought to life the collective dream of the obscure village and its continued on page 11 Sarabjot Singh takes a selfie with teammate Manu Bhaker after receiving the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Tuesday. AP/PTI PARIS 2024 MEDAL TALLY INDIA 00 00 02 02 Rescuers search for survivors after a landslide at Chooralmala village in Wayanad district of Kerala. PTI 123 killed, hundreds missing as landslips ravage Wayanad ‘Sarabjot never missed session’ PM grants ~2L relief | Rahul for mapping vulnerable areas Nitish Sharma Tribune News Service Ambala, July 30 Family and coach are elated at the achievement of Sarabjot Singh, who belongs to Dheen village here. Present at the shooting range where Sarabjot practises, his father Jatinder Singh says: "He has done the country proud once again. The previous match didn't go well, but it is all a part of the game. We were confident that he will win a medal today. I have been getting a lot of congratulatory messages continued on page 11 Wayanad/New Delhi, July 30 In one of the worst natural disasters in Kerala, at least 123 persons were killed and 128 injured in massive landslides triggered by torrential rains in Wayanad on Tuesday. With hundreds trapped under the debris, sparking fears of mounting fatalities, rescue agencies were racing against time to pull out any survivors. The landslides that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday caught the sleeping villagers off-guard. It quickly turned otherwise picturesque hamlets in the hilly district into a picture of gloom, as the HEAVY EQUIPMENT, DOG TEAMS AIRLIFTED ■ Heavy equipment and rescue dog teams were airlifted by Indi- an Coast Guard to aid rescue operations. Over 300 military personnel were initially rushed. Later, additional columns of Army, Naval teams and helicopters from IAF were mobilised RAHUL, PRIYANKA DEFER VISIT OVER WEATHER ■ Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra put off their scheduled Wednesday visit to Wayanad due to incessant rain and adverse weather in the landslide-hit region natural tragedy left behind a trail of destruction and despair in the southern state. Rescue teams comprising the Army, Navy and the NDRF are collectively looking for survivors amid rough weather and multiple agen- cies are working in tandem to provide critical assistance to those affected. According to a senior government source, heavy rains triggered a series of massive landslides in hilly areas of continued on page 10 SAD cracks the whip, expels Jagir, Anurag’s caste remark at Rahul Chandumajra, six other rebels triggers uproar in Lok Sabha Tribune News Service Animesh Singh Tribune News Service Chandigarh, July 30 Two weeks after a rebel group announced a “reform movement” to save the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) from the control of the Badal family, the party today expelled eight leaders, including former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur and ex-MP Prem Singh Chandumajra, for indulging in “anti-party activities” with immediate effect. A decision to this effect was taken by the party’s disciplinary committee headed by senior leader Balwinder Bibi Jagir Kaur Prem S Chandumajra Singh Bhundur here. Besides Jagir Kaur and Chandumajra, the senior leaders who have been expelled from the primary membership of the party are Gurpartap Singh Wadala, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Parminder S Dhindsa Sikander Singh Maluka, Surjit Singh Rakhra, Surinder Singh Thekedar and Charanjit Singh Brar. The leaders had challenged the leadership of Sukhbir Singh Badal following the continued on page 10 New Delhi, July 30 Stormy scenes were witnessed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after BJP MP Anurag Thakur taunted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying that a person whose caste was not known was talking of caste census, while referring to the Congress leader’s repeated demand for a caste census in the country. In his response, Rahul Gandhi said though the BJP leader had abused him, he did not expect any apology as whoever raised the issue of Dalits and Rescue underway after the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed following a collision with a goods train near Barabamboo in Jharkhand. PTI Anurag Thakur and; (right) Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. PTI tribals, got abused and he would happily accept them. Prior to this, Thakur also engaged in a war of words with Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Akhilesh Yadav on the Agnipath scheme, when the continued on page 10 17 convicted, former Punjab DSP Bhola awarded 10-year jail in drug case Tribune News Service Mohali, July 30 A special PMLA court today convicted all 17 accused in the 2013 Bhola drug case. While Jagdish Bhola, a former wrestler-turned-Punjab DSP , was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment, the other accused got jail terms ranging from three to 10 years. As many as 23 accused were covered in the order, of whom two are proclaimed offenders, while four died during the trial. The investigation, WRESTLER-TURNED-DRUG LORD ■ Bhola was once hailed as the “King Kong” of Indian wrestling. He carved his name in the annals of the Indian sports history when he won the silver medal in the 1991 Asian Wrestling Championship. He was conferred the Arjuna Award. He was appointed a DSP by Punjab. ■ Bhola features among the top drug smugglers of the country. He owned 35 acres of land, several bungalows and luxury cars, and moved with armed private guards. All his property and vehicles have been confiscated. INSIDE <
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