04032025-TTB-01.qxd 03-03-2025 23:45 Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 62 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881  DELHI INDIA, PAK WERE CLOSE TO K-SOLUTION DURING MANMOHAN ERA: CM J&K /thetribunechd FRANCE PROPOSES ONE-MONTH UKRAINE TRUCE PLAN WORLD PAYTM PARENT FIRM INDIA, BELGIUM EXPLORE VIOLATED RULES: ED ON DEFENCE COOPERATION IN ~611-CR NOTICE BUSINESS INDO-PACIFIC BACK PAGE tuesday | 4 march 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com ‘Maintain decency’: SC allows Allahbadia to resume podcast PM VISITS GIR Extends interim protection to YouTuber from arrest till further orders Satya Prakash DRAFT GUIDELINES ON CONTENT, CENTRE TOLD Tribune News Service Prime Minister Narendra Modi clicks pictures of Asiatic lions during his visit to Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat on World Wildlife Day on Monday. ANI REPORT ON BACK PAGE Mann walks out of SKM meet: You’re derailing progress in Pb Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann today did some plain-speaking with Samyukt Kisan Morcha leaders, accusing them of trying to derail the state’s progress through their continuous protests. “You are creating problems for Punjabis. Their life is being hit because of your dharnas. I am willing to accept your just demands but only if you call off your March Leaves in a huff after farmers refuse to call off March 5 protest 5 protest,” Mann is learnt to have told the SKM leaders during his nearly two-hourlong meeting with them. Sources said Mann left the meeting venue in a huff after the SKM leaders refused to call off their protest. INSIDE New Delhi, March 3 The Supreme Court on Monday allowed podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia to resume his ‘The Ranveer Show’ on YouTube after he undertook not to use profane words. “Subject to the petitioner (Allahbadia) furnishing an undertaking that his shows will maintain the standards of decency and morality so that viewers of any age group can watch, the petitioner is The top court directed the Centre to come up with a draft regulatory mechanism on social media content and put it in the public domain to invite suggestions from all stakeholders. permitted to resume the show,” said a Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh. The top court said his request for permission to trav- 487 Hry primary schools have no teacher, 294 without students Visually impaired candidates eligible for judgeship, says SC Tribune News Service RATIONALISATION REPORT BARES IT ALL*(SURPLUS) Deepender Deswal Tribune News Service District Hisar, March 3 A rationalisation exercise carried out by the Haryana Elementary Education Department has revealed that 487 government primary schools in the state are operating without a single teacher while 294 schools have no student enrolled during the current academic session. el abroad would be considered once he joined the investigation. It also exempted him from further appearance. Justice Kant pointed out that one of the accused went Y’NAGAR BHIWANI P’KULA AMBALA SIRSA Schools with With no Less than Tentative Total Total no teacher student 20 students vacant posts employees students 79 46 45 41 38 32 22 9 22 23 132 75 64 82 62 The data indicates that even after reallocation of teaching posts, there is a tentative shortage of 2,262 teachers in govern- 314 175 88* 224 161 1,169 1,366 1,022 862 1,861 37,572 28,194 25,937 24,835 38,120 ment primary schools. The student-teacher ratio stands at approximately 28:1, with continued on page 8 Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Delhi Tribune. c m y b to Canada and spoke on the case. “These youngsters may think that we are outdated but we know how to deal with them. Don’t take the court lightly,” he said. Extending the interim protection from arrest granted on February 18 till further orders, the court said Allahbadia’s show would not have direct or indirect bearing on the sub judice cases. The top court also directed the Centre to come up with a draft regulatory mechanism on continued on page 8 New Delhi, March 3 The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that visually impaired candidates could not be said to be “not suitable” for judicial service, citing examples of accomplished blind individuals who have excelled and made significant contribution to the field of law. Visually impaired candidates are eligible to partici- pate in the selection for the posts under the judicial service, a Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan said, striking down Rule 6A of the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Service (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, which excluded the visually impaired and lowvision candidates for appointment in judicial service. It also quashed the proviso to continued on page 8 UP woman on death row executed in UAE NEW DELHI: A 33-year-old Indi- an woman, who was on death row in the UAE for allegedly killing a four-month-old baby, was executed by the authorities, the Ministry of External Affairs informed the Delhi High Court on Monday. Shahzadi Khan, hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, was executed on February 15. INSIDE Pupil dies by suicide at NIT in Hamirpur HAMIRPUR: A student of National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, allegedly died by suicide at a hostel of the institute on Monday. Ayansh Sharma, pursuing a dual degree course in electronics and communication, was from Bareilly in UP His body . was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room. — TNS ‘Friend’ arrested for killing Cong worker ROHTAK:The Haryana Police on Monday claimed that Congress worker Himani Narwal (29) was strangled to death allegedly by her “friend” Sachin (30) by using the wire of a mobile phone charger at her house in Rohtak’s Vijay Nagar on February 28. The accused, hailing from Kherpur village in Jhajjar, has been arrested. INSIDE