14032025-TTB-01.qxd 3/13/2025 11:47 PM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 72 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 HARYANA ISRAEL CARRIED OUT ‘GENOCIDAL ACTS’ IN GAZA: UN WORLD /thetribunechd ~2.5K CR LIABILITIES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO LADAKH J&K INDIA TO BE WORLD’S LEADING MARKET: REPORT BUSINESS NASA, SPACEX DELAY FLIGHT TO BRING BACK WILLIAMS BACK PAGE friday | 14 march 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com TO OUR READERS Stalin drops ~ in Budget logo amid language fight Putin backs US’ 30-day truce proposal, but wants sticking issues addressed first Tamil alphabet Ru replaces symbol | It’s dangerous: FM HAPPY HOLI Can’t retake lost territory by force: Kyiv Shubhadeep Choudhury HOLIDAY NOTICE The offices of The Tribune will remain closed today on account of Holi. There will, therefore, be no issue of the paper tomorrow (March 15). UK woman raped in Delhi, two arrested NEW DELHI: The police arrested two persons — one for sexually assaulting a UK woman and another one for molesting her — at a hotel in the Mahipalpur area, an officer said on Thursday. “After the woman lodged a complaint, the two suspects were arrested,” he said. BACK PAGE Award-winningMaha farmerdiesbysuicide BULDHANA: A farmer, Kailash Nagre (42), who had received the Maharashtra Government’s ‘Yuva Shetkari’ award in 2020 ended his life on Thursday, a police officer said. “A four-page suicide note spoke of lack of crop production and shortage of water supply for irrigation,” he said.— PTI Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 13 Toughening its stance amid the language tussle with the Centre, the MK Stalin government in Tamil Nadu has replaced the rupee symbol for the Indian currency with Tamil alphabet ‘Ru’ in the state Budget logo. While the move drew the ire of the opposition BJP the rul, ing DMK said there was no rule that barred such a depiction. The logo for the Budget, released by the government on Thursday, carried ‘Ru’, the first letter of the Tamil word ‘rubaai’ that denotes the Indian currency in the vernacular language. The logo also had the caption “everything for all”, indicating what the DMK claims is its “inclusive model of governance”. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the move signalled a “dangerous mindset that weakened Indian unity and promoted secessionist sentiments under the pretence of regional pride”. BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai said, “The rupee symbol was designed by a Tamilian and adopted by the whole of Bharat 2024 LOGO ‘RU’ ADOPTED FROM WORD RUBAAI The logo for the Budget carries ‘Ru’, the first letter of the Tamil word ‘rubaai’, which denotes Indian currency in the vernacular language. The logo also had the caption “everything for all”, indicating the DMK’s mantra of “inclusive model of governance”. DELIMITATION THREATENS PUNJAB TOO: CONG The Punjab Congress leaders on Thursday termed the impending delimitation exercise a “threat” to the state’s “traditional existence” and accused the BJP-led Centre of unleashing “political terrorism” by using probe agencies against opponents. INSIDE and incorporated into our currency. Thiru Udhay Kumar, who designed the symbol, is the son of a former DMK MLA. How stupid can you become, Thiru @mkstalin?” DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai said no law “opposed or stopped using Ru in Tamil”. “Then why such anger,” he asked Annamalai in a post on X. State Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu is slated to table the Budget on Friday. The logo for the last Budget carried the Indian currency symbol, an amalgam of Devanagari ‘Ra’ and the Will follow norms while razing property in drug cases:PbtoHC Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 13 The Punjab Government on Thursday assured the Punjab and Haryana High Court that due process of law would be followed before initiating coercive steps — including demolition of immovable property — against accused in NDPS cases. The development took place during the hearing of a petition filed by an accused apprehending state action. A Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel said, “In view of the assurance given by the state, this court disposes of the petition with the hope that due Court disposes of accused’s plea after assurance by state process of law shall be followed by the state before taking any coercive steps under Chapter 5A of the NDPS Act against the petitioner.” The order has broader implications amidst allegations of Punjab following 2025 LOGO the “bulldozer” model seen in some other states during a crackdown on drug peddlers. Petitioner Raj Kumar contended that coercive steps might be taken against him as he was an accused in a trial under the NDPS Act. Citing a recent Supreme Court judgment, the petitioner contended that such measures not be taken arbitrarily. Senior Deputy Advocate-General Sartaj Singh Gill assured the Bench that the apprehension raised by the petitioner was unfounded. “The state and its functionaries shall follow due process of law, as prescribed in Chapter 5-A of the NDPS Act, before taking any coercive action,” he said. Roman capital ‘R’. The change came in the middle of the language war underway between the DMK and the BJP-led Centre over the National Education Policy, which mandates, among other contentious points, students in Class VIII and above to study a third language from a list of 22 that includes Hindi. The Tamil Nadu Government has objected to the third language requirement, pointing out that the existing two-language policy — under which students are taught continued on page 6 Moscow, March 13 President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed to US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but that any ceasefire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict and that many details needed to be sorted out. Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, triggering the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the Cold War. “We agree to the proposals to cease hostilities,” Putin told reporters in the Kremlin following talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. “But we proceed from the fact that this cessation should be such that it would lead to long-term peace and would eliminate the origi- Tribune News Service Villagers gather at the encounter site in Nabha. TRIBUNE PHOTO Boy rescued, kidnapper killed in Nabha gunfight Mohit Khanna and Mahesh Sharma Tribune News Service Patiala, March 13 The Punjab Police on Thursday rescued a seven-year-old boy from his three kidnappers after a high-intensity operation that culminated in a 15minute exchange of gunfire, which resulted in the death of one of the accused, at Mandaur village, near Nabha. The victim — identified as Bhawkirat Singh, the grandson of Gurjant Singh, an arhtiya (commission agent) Encounters will continue, says minister Cheema from Seehan Daud village in Khanna — was abducted by two masked men on a motorcycle while he was playing outside his home on Wednesday evening. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore from the family. A statewide alert was issued and a coordinated operation involving the Khanna, continued on page 6 New Delhi, March 13 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday granted sanction to prosecute former Aam Aadmi Party ministers Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia in an alleged Rs 1,300 crore scam in the construction of President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine, champagne and spirits if the EU goes forward with a planned tariff on US whiskey. The European tariff, which was unveiled in response to duty on steel and aluminium by the US, was likely to go into effect on April 1. <
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