21092026-TTC-01.qxd 9/21/2026 MASSIVE DRONE ATTACK AS RUSSIA VOTES WORLD /thetribunechd 12:31 AM Page 1 13 AIR CHIEFS OF INDIA, JAPAN FLY IN TEJAS BACK PAGE CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 10 NO. 261 | 12 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 monday | 21 september 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Pb to challenge Kishau in SC, seeks Yamuna share AG office told to vet draft plaint on project inked by 6 states SILVER BULLET VIPs flagged in Delhi SIR, EC allays fears New Delhi, September 20 Amid a row over the names of several prominent persons, including EAM S Jaishankar, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Election Commissioner SS Sandhu and former CM Arvind Kejriwal, being flagged in the draft voters’ list by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) over name discrepancies and voter-mapping mismatches, the poll body has issued a clarification. It said the notices issued to electors during the special intensive revision (SIR) did not imply that their names would be deleted from the electoral rolls of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. In the case of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, EC officials said her entry was flagged over an age-related discrepancy in her enumera- Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service I NDIA’S shooting campaign began on a high note, with Elavenil Valarivan playing a starring role in a double silver haul in women’s 10m air rifle event in Nagoya. She, alongside Sonam Uttam Maskar & Vidarsa Vinod, secured silver in team event before adding an individual silver. MEDALS ASSURED IN CRICKET, MMA Women’s cricket team advanced to the goldmedal match versus Sri Lanka after beating B’desh in semis. Suchika Tariyal confirmed another medal for the country in mixed martial arts. 4 held with 47 kg heroin, arms in Faridkot drug bust Tribune News Service Faridkot, September 20 The Faridkot police on Sunday claimed to have busted a crossborder heroin and arms smuggling module with the arrest of four persons and recovery of 47.3 kg heroin, three .30-bore pistols, three magazines and 15 live cartridges. The accused have been identified as Ankush of Ghubaya, Mangal Singh of Panje Ke Uttar, Sachin, alias Sanju, of Parbhat Singh Wala, and Anmol Singh of Lamochar Khurd, all residents of Ferozepur district. Two vehicles — Chandigarh, September 20 Punjab is set to move the Supreme Court against the Kishau Multipurpose Project, questioning the Centre’s decision to proceed with the Yamuna basin project without taking the state on board and reiterating its claim to a share of the river waters. Sources in the Punjab Water Resources Department told The Tribune that the office of the Advocate General had been asked to approve the draft plaint. The document had already been vetted by a senior advocate, who previously served as the Advocate General of Punjab. The move comes days after six states — Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi — signed an agreement to take forward the longpending 422 MW Kishau project on the Tons river, a tributary of the Yamuna. The project, with a proposed storage capacity of up to 1,562 million cubic metres, is intended to provide irrigation, drinking and industrial water, besides generating hydropower. Punjab’s contention is that the project cannot be finalised on the basis of the existing Yamuna water-sharing arrangement as the state itself was excluded from the 1994 agreement governing allocation of the river’s surface flow. “The 1972 Irrigation Commis- sion Report states that Punjab falls within the Yamuna basin. Since 1992, Punjab has been requesting the Central Government to include it in all discussions on Yamuna water allocation,” said an official in the Water Resources Department on condition of anonymity. The state government contends that the May 12, 1994, Yamuna water-sharing MoU, signed between Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, does not include Punjab. “In 1954, Punjab was entitled to two-thirds of the Yamuna waters, but under the 1994 arrangement, the state was completely ignored. This MoU cannot be treated as an continued on page 8 Animesh Singh Tribune News Service Linked to Pakistan-based drone smuggling network Tata Trusts to contest Chandra’s 3rd term a Honda City and a Hyundai Aura — allegedly used in the smuggling operation, have also been impounded. Giving details of the recovery, SSP Gurbans Singh Bains said the CIA Faridkot team intercepted the Honda City during a special checking drive launched in view of the upcoming Baba Farid Agman Purb on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. All four occupants continued on page 8 Ropes in Singhvi after Noel Tata opposes resolution backing another extension Aditya Rangroo Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 20 Tata Trusts, which holds a 66 per cent stake in Tata Sons, is preparing for possible legal action to challenge the resolution on the reappointment of N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman of Tata Sons for another five-year term after his current tenure ends in February 2027, sources N Chandrasekaran Noel Tata familiar with the matter said. The sources said Tata Trusts was evaluating multiple legal options, though the forum where any challenge would be mounted has not been disclosed. Senior Supreme Court lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in a social media post on Sunday that he had joined the Tata dispute, indicating that legal proceedings could move swiftly. Singhvi said the essential rights of shareholder-owners could not be disregarded in the manner “they had been”. “To undermine shareholder ownership rights continued on page 8 Says notice doesn’t mean exclusion from poll roll WHO ALL GOT NOTICES ■ Rekha Gupta, Chief Minister ■ SS Sandhu, Election Commissioner ■ Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Chief Minister ■ S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister ■ Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary ■ Gen Upendra Dwivedi, ex-Army Chief ■ Jagdeep Dhankhar, former Vice-President ■ LK Advani, ex-Deputy Prime Minister ■ Tuhin Kanta Pandey, SEBI Chairman ■ Ajay Kumar Sood, Scientific Adviser to PM ■ Arvind Panagariya, Fin Commission chief ■ Bibek Debroy, late economist tion form. Following verification of her documents, her electoral entry was validated for inclusion in the final roll, they said. The EC clarified that the entry pertaining to continued on page 8 Takht expels SGPC member Chawla over rape charge AMRITSAR: The five high priests at Akal Takht excommunicated Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member and senior Akali leader Amarjit Singh Chawla and Akal Takht granthi Malkeet Singh from the Sikh Panth over rape and harassment charges, respectively. INSIDE WBbypoll:AfterCong Nandigram pick, Ind candidate held KOLKATA: An Independent candidate for the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll in West Bengal has been arrested in a fiveyear-old case of a clash during the 2021 state elections. The arrest of Saiful Islam came a day after the Congress’ Nandigram bypoll nominee Milan Pradhan was nabbed. INSIDE Accept 7 conditions or face ‘decisive war’ Iran tells US , Tehran, September 20 Iran has conveyed seven conditions to the United States through Qatari mediators to begin negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing war, while warning that Tehran is prepared for a “decisive war” if Washington rejects its demands. Iran’s conditions include ending the war on all fronts, releasing frozen Iranian funds, and lifting the naval blockade. Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said there would be no opening of the Strait of Hormuz until Iran’s seven conditions were met, adding that Tehran must pursue both military action and negotiations at the appropriate time. Addressing the Iranian Parliament, Ghalibaf said, “With all military power we have, we continued on page 8