07092024-TTC-01.qxd 9/7/2024 1:05 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 248 | 24 PAGES | ~7.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 PRIMARY MISSION FAILS, BUT CREW RETURNS SAFE REVIEW PRAVEEN STRIKES PARALYMPIC GOLD IN T64 HIGH JUMP SPORTS /thetribunechd ISRAELI FORCES PULL OUT OF PALESTINIAN CITY JENIN WORLD BUCH GOT ~2.16 CR RENTAL INCOME FROM FIRM BEING PROBED BY SEBI BACK PAGE saturday | 7 september 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com MUKESH AGGARWAL Art 370 history, won’t return: Shah releases BJP manifesto for J&K poll Party promises ~1,500 monthly grant to women on lines of neighbouring Himachal Arjun Sharma Jammu, September 6 Home Minister Amit Shah today launched the BJP’s manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections and said Article 370 had become history and would never return to the union territory. In the manifesto, the BJP promised a grant of Rs 18,000 per annum to the eldest woman in each household under the ‘Maa Samman Yojana’. In neighbouring Himachal, the Congress government has rolled out a similar scheme that provides Rs 1,500 per month grant to all women aged 18 and above. The BJP also promised to raise the old age, widow and disability pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 and rehabil- Home Minister Amit Shah, flanked by MoS Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, releases the party manifesto for the Assembly elections in Jammu on Friday. PTI itate the displaced communities, including Kashmiri Pandits. Shah, who reached Jammu earlier in the day on a two-day visit to kick-start the campaign for the three-phase elections on September 18, 25 and October 1, expressed “surprise” at the National Conference (NC) manifesto that promised to restore Article 370. “It’s sad to notice that some parties are promising to bring back Article 370. I read the manifesto of the NC, which is No right to intervene: SC SC asks HP Collegium to raps RG Kar ex-principal reconsider two names JUDGES’ ELEVATION Tribune News Service Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 6 The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Himachal High Court Collegium to reconsider the candidature of district judges Chirag Bhanu Singh and Arvind Malhotra for elevation to the high court. It said there was no collective discussion and deliberation as required under its verdicts on judicial appointments. “The procedure adopted in the matter of reconsideration of the two petitioners is ‘There was no collective discussion by members’ found to be inconsistent with the law laid down in the Second Judges (1993) and the Third Judges case (1998). There was no collective consultation and deliberations by the members of the HC Collegium,” said a Bench led by Justice Hrishikesh Roy. “The decision of the Chief Justice of the high court, on the suitability of the two petitioners continued on page 7 New Delhi, September 6 The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition of former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh against the Calcutta High Court order rejecting his plea in a PIL alleging financial irregularities at the institute during his tenure. “You were the principal of the college when the incident took place. The high court has not commented on corruption or the crime. As an accused, you have no locus Ghosh had filed plea against HC order supported by the Congress. I want to ask (Congress MP) Rahul Gandhi why he’s silent on the issue and whether he supports the NC manifesto… But one thing is for sure — Article 370 is history and will never return,” he said. The minister said the BJP would not enter into an alliance with the NC, PDP or any other party that “promoted dynastic rule”. Targeting the NC, PDP and the Congress, he said during their rule, the “grassroots democracy was limited only to three families”. “No panchayat elections were held. There were no tehsil panchayats or district panchayats… The BJP government conducted elections for panchayats and civic bodies,” he said. continued on page 7 FARMERS CALL OFF STIR IN CHANDIGARH The Bharti Kisan Union (EktaUgrahan) and the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union ended their sixday-long protest in Chandigarh on Friday after getting an assurance from CM Bhagwant Mann regarding their demands. INSIDE DNA REPORT RULES OUT GANGRAPE A DNA report in the RG Kar case has ruled out gangrape, suggesting arrested accused Sanjay Roy could be the lone suspect, said sources. BACK PAGE (standi) to intervene in a PIL when the high court is monitoring the investigation and transferring it to the CBI,” a three-judge Bench led by CJI continued on page 7 Man killed in rocket attack on Manipur ex-CM’s residence IMPHAL: An elderly man was killed and five others were injured after suspected militants launched a rocket attack on a residential area of Moirang in Bishnupur district on Friday. The rocket, which fell on the compound of former CM Mairembam Koireng’s residence, seemed to be an improvised one. It was the second rocket to be fired in the district on Friday. “The elderly man was preparing for some religious rituals in the compound when the bomb exploded. He died on the spot,” an official said. — PTI Bail for Bhushan Steel’s ex-promoter in laundering case NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of Bhushan Steel’s former promoter Neeraj Singal in a money laundering case arising from an alleged bank fraud of Rs 46,000 crore, saying due procedure was not followed by the Enforcement Directorate while arresting him. A Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar noted that Singal had been in jail for 16 months and the trial was not likely to be over soon. Singal’s counsel Kapil Sibal said his client could not be forced to remain behind bars for such a long period before the trial. — TNS Today’s issue is of 24 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune. c m y b Cong’s KC Venugopal welcomes wrestlers Vinesh Phogat & Bajrang Punia into the party fold in New Delhi. Cong names32 for Haryana, Vinesh to contest from Julana Bhartesh Singh Thakur Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 6 The Congress today released a list of 32 candidates for the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections, fielding all 28 MLAs. Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda will contest the election from his bastion Garhi SamplaKiloi, which he has represented five times in the past. State Congress president Udai Bhan has been given the ticket from Hodal (SC) though he had lost the 2019 Assembly election. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who joined the Congress today, has been fielded from the Julana constituency. Wrestler Bajrang Punia, who joined the party All 28 MLAs retained, Hooda fielded from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi 9 JATS, 9 SCS ON LIST Of the 32 candidates named on Friday, nine are Jats, one Jat Sikh, three Muslims, seven from Backward Classes, one Punjabi, two Brahmins and nine from the Scheduled Caste community. along with Vinesh, has been named the working chairman of the All India Kisan Congress. Both Vinesh and Punia were at the forefront of women wrestlers’ protest against alleged sexual harassment by former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Congress’ Mewa Singh will face CM Nayab Singh Saini from Ladwa. He had won the seat in 2019 by a margin of 12,637 votes, defeating BJP’s Pawan Saini. Hooda’s stamp is clearly visible in the first list of the Congress. Deputy CLP leader Aftab Ahmed has been given the ticket from Nuh while the party’s Chief Whip Bharat Bhushan Batra has been retained from Rohtak. Sitting MLAs Kuldeep Vats and Rao Dan Singh have been given the ticket from Badli and Mahendragarh, respectively. continued on page 7