06082024-TTC-01.qxd 8/6/2024 12:44 AM 13 ARTICLE 370 ABROGATION WATERSHED MOMENT J&K /thetribunechd Page 1 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 217 | 20 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 KAMALA TO ANNOUNCE RUNNING MATE WORLD tuesday | 6 august 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Hasina resigns amid public uprising, flees to India Bangladesh army chief says interim govt soon | Protesters storm PM’s official residence Ajay Banerjee AIR, RAIL SERVICES SUSPENDED Tribune News Service ■ Air India, IndiGo cancel sched- New Delhi, August 5 After four weeks of violent street protests against her government, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday. She was evacuated from Dhaka on board a Bangladesh air force plane that landed at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad this evening. Hasina is expected to take a regular uled flights to and from Dhaka with immediate effect ■ Indian Railways suspends all train operations to neighbouring country ■ BSF has ordered ‘high alert’ along Bangladesh border; DG visits front ■ Meghalaya imposes night curfew along border; Assam puts border dists on alert PREZ ORDERS RELEASE OF JAILED EX-PM KHALEDA ZIA PM CHAIRS CCS MEET commercial flight to London. In Dhaka, the army has taken control. Bangladesh army chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman announced Hasina’s resignation in a televised address to the nation and said an interim government would be formed. The last time the Army took over the reins in Dhaka was in 2007 before Hasina swept to power in 2009 and continued on page 10 edit: Hasina’s ouster PM Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Monday night as the government's top brass was briefed about the situation in Bangladesh. DOVAL MEETS HASINA Hours after Hasina landed at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad, NSA Ajit Doval met her, sources said. Protesters atop a monument as they celebrate the resignation of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday. AP/PTI In letter to Takht, Sukhbir seeks pardon for SAD govt’s dera head, Saini ‘mistakes’ Neeraj Bagga TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE amritsar, AUGUST 5 In a written clarification submitted in a sealed letter at Akal Takht on July 24, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal had apologised for several mistakes, including favouring Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim, appointing Sumedh Singh Saini as the DGP and other anti-Panthic decisions taken by his party and his government during a 10-year stint in the state. This was revealed today when Akal WHAT PARTY REBELS WROTE ON JULY 1 On July 1, SAD rebels, in a letter submitted at Akal Takht, had blamed Sukhbir Badal for four major decisions taken during his tenure as Deputy CM. These included revocation of the blasphemy case against the Dera Sacha Sauda head for imitating Guru Gobind Singh, failure to punish perpetrators of Bargari sacrilege and police officials for the Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing incidents and the appointment of Sumedh Singh Saini as DGP Takht placed the letter in the public domain. Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh may call a meeting of the Panj Singh Sahibans (five Sikh high priests) to discuss the matter and take a decision. In the clarification — Sukhbir was summoned by the jathedar to respond to allegations made by SAD rebels — he tendered an unconditional apology, stating that “Parivar da mukhi haun de nate das (servant) sariya bhullan nu apni jholi vich paonda han (Being the head of the family, I own the responsibility of whatever mistakes and unpleasant incidents that occurred during my government)”. He made it clear that the mistakes were committed from 2007 to October 2015. The SAD had formed a coalition continued on page 11 SENSEX TANKS Coaching centres death chambers, 2,222.55 POINTS students’ drowning eye-opener: SC Global selloff rocks D-Street Takes suo motu cognisance, puts Centre, Delhi on notice Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 5 Terming the recent deaths of three civil services aspirants due to drowning in the basement of a coaching centre in the national capital an “eye-opener for one and all”, the Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the matter and issued notices to the Centre SPELL OUT STAND A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant asked the Arvind Kejriwal government and the Union Urban Development Ministry to spell out their stand on proper guidelines and safety norms for coaching institutes and the Delhi Government. “These places (coaching centres) have become death chambers. You are taking INDIA@OLYMPICS LAKSHYA OFF MARK PADDLERS ON SONG Lakshya Sen misses out on an Olympic medal, going down in three games to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in the bronze play-off. INDIA Manika Batra led from the front as India prevailed over higherranked Romania 3-2 in a thrilling tie to enter women’s table tennis team quarterfinals. Manika delivered in decider after Romania PARIS 2024 fought MEDAL TALLY back to HAUL draw level 00 00 03 03 at 2-2. away the lives of young ones coming from different parts of the country,” a Bench led by Justice Surya Kant said, asking the Arvind Kejriwal government and the Union Urban Development Ministry to spell out their stand on proper guidelines and safety norms for coaching institutes. “All coaching institutes and centres of Delhi are required continued on page 10 CLOSES AT 78,759.40 ■ Weak US data spooks markets ■ Investors lose ~15L crore in a day ■ Selling in banking, IT, oil, gas shares ■ Nifty slumps 662.10 points to 24,055.60 HCjunks Kejriwal’s plea challenging arrest by CBI EXCISE POLICY SCAM New Delhi, August 5 The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petitions challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and for seeking bail in a corruption case linked to the alleged Del- hi excise policy scam. Justice Neena Bansal disposed both petitions and in its order, the court said the arrest was not without any justiciable reasons. The high court granted liberty to Kejriwal to approach a trial court with his plea seeking bail. Senior advocate Abhishek continued on page 11 Today’s issue is of 20 pages, including four-page jalandhar Tribune. c m y b ‘End of Hasina era’ concern for Delhi Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 5 As former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina landed at the Hindon airbase this evening, New Delhi began its scramble to assess the implication of the end of the Hasina era and the many possibilities of how things would now unfold. At worst, India may be edged out by the political vacuum created by Hasina’s departure, which is likely to be filled — at least temporarily — by the pro-Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami and the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which boycotted the poll this January when Hasina returned to power for the fifth time. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval called on Hasina at INDIRA CENTRE, 4 TEMPLES TARGETED The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre was vandalised by an unruly mob in Dhaka and four Hindu temples suffered “minor” damage across Bangladesh on Monday. JAMAAT INFLUENCE WORRYING, SAYS FORMER DIPLOMAT BACK PAGE Hindon to understand why she had to flee at such a short notice. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed PM Modi. India knows the implications of the BNP and the Jamaat joining hands to form a government with the tacit support of the army. “IndiaBangladesh friendly ties under Hasina are not expected to carry on,” an official in continued on page 10