06032025-TTC-01.qxd 3/6/2025 12:41 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 64 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 INDIA TO FACE NZ IN CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL ON MAR 9 SPORT /thetribunechd BJP STAGES WALKOUT AMID UPROAR OVER 1931 KILLINGS J&K BUDGET LAID ROADMAP FOR DEVELOPED INDIA, SAYS PM BUSINESS JAISHANKAR, UK’S LAMMY DISCUSS FTA, TECH BACK PAGE thursday | 6 march 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Cops thwart farmers’ march to India, China levies very high: Trump declares reciprocal tariffs from April 2 Chd; Ugrahan, others detained Tribune News Service Protesters burn govt’s effigies | SKM to decide on future course today Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee burn an effigy of CM Bhagwant Mann in Amritsar on Wednesday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 5 The Punjab Police today thwarted the protest planned by 37 farmer unions (the Samyukt Kisan Morcha) in Chandigarh over their demands. Farmers began to march towards the state capital this morning, but union leaders, including Joginder Singh Ugrahan, president of the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan), were detained by the police at various places. The protesters decided to stage dharnas at the places where they were stopped. Leaders of the SKM will meet in Ludhiana tomorrow to decide the further course. Minor incidents of scuffle between farmers and the police were reported. The police had set up nakas on state and national highways leading to Chandigarh. Tippers were also used to create road blockades and thwart any attempt by the farmers to break the barricades. At some places, water cannons were deployed, but not used. Across Punjab, thorough frisking of vehicles was car- ried out to ensure that no protester reached Chandigarh. The UT border was sealed by multiple-layered barricades. At many places, traffic snarls were witnessed because of the tight security. Since morning, farmers started moving in groups atop tractor-trailers from all continued on page 8 edit: Punjab in turmoil New Delhi, March 5 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night criticised the high tariffs charged by India, China and other countries, calling the practice “very unfair” and announced the imposition of “reciprocal tariffs” from April 2. He was addressing a joint session of the US Congress. This leaves India with less than four weeks to decide and, if needed, adjust the duties it levies on US goods entering India. Otherwise, the Trump administration will impose equal tariffs on Indian goods entering the US. New Delhi has already set INDIA STUDYING IMPACT ON TRADE CHINA: READY, IF WAR IS WHAT US WANTS ■ The decision leaves India with ■ In response to US tariffs, the less than four weeks to decide and, if needed, adjust the duties it levies on US goods ■ In case it doesn’t, the Trump admn will impose equal tariffs ■ New Delhi has set up a multiministry panel to study the impact the reciprocal tariffs will have on India-US trade Chinese foreign affairs ministry said, “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.” ■ Spokesperson Lin Jian said, “Bullying does not work on us. Threats are not the right way of dealing with China.” up a multi-ministry committee to study the impact the reciprocal tariffs will have on the India-US trade. In February, after a bilateral meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi in Washington DC, the two countries had agreed to negotiate the first tranche of a mutually beneficial multi-sector bilateral trade agreement by September-October this year. TN all-party meet seeks delimitation on basis of 1971 Census for next 30 yrs Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 5 In a big show of unity on the delimitation issue, major Tamil Nadu-based political outfits attended an all-party meeting convened in Chennai by Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday. They unani- c m y b mously demanded that any future redrawing of parliamentary constituencies should happen only on the basis of the 1971 Census because starting 1970, southern states had begun to show results on population stabilisation. DMK chief Stalin piloted the resolution that said the 1971 Census should be the basis of the delimitation exercise and the outcome thus achieved should be frozen for the next 30 years starting 2026. The resolution sought relevant constitutional amendments to make this happen. All parties of Tamil Nadu, continued on page 8 Modi and Trump had also announced “Mission 500”, targeting a bilateral trade of $500 billion by 2030. Meanwhile, in his speech at the joint session of the US Congress, Trump pointed out India’s high tariff rates, stating, “India charges us tariffs — 100 per cent. The system is not fair to the US, it never was.” “Other countries have used tariffs against us for decades, and now it’s our turn to start using them against those countries,” Trump said, reinforcing his “America first” approach. Under the policy of reciprocal tariffs, the US plans to impose equivalent tariffs on countries that levy continued on page 8 Nod to Hemkund ropeway project NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved two ropeway projects — Sonprayag to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib. BACK PAGE Actor held with gold BENGALURU: Gold bars worth Rs 12.56 crore were seized from Kannada actress Ranya Rao at an airport here. INSIDE