19072025-TTB-01.qxd 7/19/2025 SC REFUSES TO STAY TRIAL AGAINST LALU NATION /thetribunechd 12:05 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 198 | 20 PAGES | ~7.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 HARYANA saturday | 19 july 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com US designates LeT proxy TRF terror outfit, was behind Pahalgam attack Decision reflects cooperation with Washington on counter-terrorism: MEA Tribune News Service FOUNDED IN 2019 AFTER ART 370 ABROGATION attacks conducted by the LeT. The TRF has also claimed responsibility for several attacks against Indian security forces, including most recently in 2024.” Rubio said the actions taken by the US department of state demonstrated the administration’s commitment to protecting national security interests, countering terrorism and enforcing President Trump’s call for justice for the Pahalgam attack. The TRF and other “associated aliases” had been added to the LeT’s existing designation as FTO and SDGT continued on page 6 Edit: Terror tag Justice Varma moves top court as Parl gears up for impeachment Fauja lives on Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 18 Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has moved the Supreme Court challenging an in-house committee report that indicted him for recovery of unaccounted cash at his official residence in New Delhi during a fire incident on March 14 when he was a judge of the Delhi High Court. In its May 4 report, the committee consisting of Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Anu Sivaraman of the Kar- ■ The Resistance Front (TRF) Hrytechiedetained for bomb threats to Golden Temple 2 brothers, one bride — Himachal village openly ED arrests C’garh ex-CM embraces age-old Hattee polyandry tradition Baghel’s son in liquor scam AMRITSAR: Pankaj Sharma FILE New Delhi, July 18 The US has named Pakistanbacked The Resistance Front (TRF), which was behind the April 22 Pahalgam attack, as a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Welcoming the US decision, India said the designation of the TRF as a terror outfit was a timely and important step reflecting the deep cooperation between India and the US on counter-terrorism. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, announcing the decision on Thursday, said the The police on Friday detained an unemployed software engineer hailing from Haryana’s Faridabad in connection with the bomb threats to the Golden Temple. Shubham Dubey was taken in custody from his home, from where he was brought to Amritsar for questioning. According to the police, Dubey had earlier worked in a couple of IT firms. His laptops and phones were seized and sent for a forensic examination. INSIDE emerged in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 ■ A proxy of Pakistan-based LeT, it claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack ■ Was involved in 3 other major attacks in the past two years ■ These included attack on pilgrims in Reasi and on migrant workers in Ganderbal in 2024 ■ During an encounter at Kokernag on Sept 13, 2023, it killed 2 Army officers and a DSP INSIDE Pahalgam attack photo that shook the nation. TRF a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) , front and proxy, had claimed responsibility for the attack which killed 26 civilians. Rubio said, “The Pahalgam incident was the deadliest attack on civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai Nahan, July 18 A bride, two grooms and a centuries-old tradition celebrated in broad daylight — this unusual yet heartfelt wedding in Himachal Pradesh’s TransGiri region has caught the attention of many. Breaking the silence around a practice long kept behind closed doors, Pradeep Negi and Kapil Negi of Shillai village in Sirmaur district married Sunita PM: RJD STALLED BIHAR’S DEVELOPMENT BACK PAGE Bride Sunita Chauhan with her grooms Pradeep (left) and Kapil Negi. Chauhan, a woman from the nearby Kunhat village, in a ceremony steeped in the cul- tural legacy of the Hattee community recently. The event, carried out with Artist Manjit Gill and his family ready legendary marathoner Fauja Singh’s statue in Jalandhar ahead of his cremation on Sunday. MALKIAT SINGH full mutual consent and community participation, marked a rare open celebration of polyandry — an ageold tradition where brothers share a wife. Pradeep, the elder brother, is employed with the Jal Shakti Department, while Kapil works abroad in the hospitality sector. Despite being continents apart in daily life, the brothers came together in spirit and commitment to take the sacred vows with continued on page 6 c m y b Animesh Singh Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 18 In a major development in Chhattisgarh’s alleged multi-crore liquor scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s son Chaitanya. He was arrested on Friday afternoon after the anti-money laundering agency conducted early morning raids at the former CM’s residence in Bhilai. Later, Chaitanya Thanks for ‘birthday gift’ , says Congress leader was sent to five-day ED custody by a Raipur court. According to Baghel, the ED action came on Chaitanya’s birthday. In a series of cryptic posts on X, he “thanked” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the “birthday gift” for his son. “The kind of birthday gifts continued on page 6 Govt says all parties on board for motion BACK PAGE nataka High Court indicted Justice Varma for recovery of a huge stash of cash in the storeroom of his official residence in New Delhi. The then CJI Sanjiv Justice Khanna on May 8 wrote to the President and the Prime Minister recommending Justice Khanna’s removal. Filed days before the July 21 commencement of the monsoon session of Parliament during which the government is likely to move a motion to remove him from office, Justice Varma has continued on page 6 IIT 4th-year student found dead in hostel KOLKATA: A fourth-year B Tech student, Ritam Mondal (21), was found hanging in his hostel room on the IIT-Kharagpur campus on Friday, the fourth such unnatural death case on the campus this year. — PTI Tatas set up ~500-cr trustforcrashvictims NEW DELHI: Tata Group on Fri- day announced setting up a Rs 500-crore trust — The AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust — for the victims of the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad. BACK PAGE
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