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CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 tuesday | 29 september 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com LPU students head home day after arson; DGP vows to punish vandals Cops scan CCTVs | Campus remains barricaded | Varsity assesses losses ‘Deeply disturbing’: SC takes note of rapes SILVER QUARTET in NCR, seeks report Deepkamal Kaur & Aparna Banerji Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 28 Taking suo motu cognisance of “deeply disturbing” news reports of recent cases of rape of minor girls and women in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to submit a comprehensive status report on measures undertaken to ensure adequate safety and security in public places. “One cannot help but draw painful parallels to the 2012 Nirbhaya case, calling into question whether systemic law enforcement mechanisms have made any meaningful progress in the decade since then,” a Bench led by Justice JB Pardiwala said, referring to the gangrape of a minor girl in a moving sleeper bus on her way Tribune News Service Phagwara, September 28 A day after violent protests rocked Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara, the situation remained peaceful on the campus on Monday, with a large number of students heading home after classes Women’spanelseeksreports on LPU, Chitkara incidents were suspended for 10 days even as Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav warned of action against those involved in the violence. Traffic movement on National Highway-44, which had been blocked by the protesting LPU students for over 20 hours, was restored, the police said. A heavy police deployment continued at the university, US PLEADING TO END WAR, SAYS MOJTABA WORLD Students leave the Lovely Professional University campus following violent protests in Phagwara. PTI located along the JalandharPhagwara highway, as students carrying bags and suitcases were seen leaving the campus. Of the nearly 40,000 students on the campus, more than half had left by trains, buses and taxis by this morn- ing. Hundreds of anxious parents also arrived from across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, continued on page 8 Draws parallel with Nirbhaya case from Greater Noida to Delhi. “The harrowing account given by the 17-year-old victim of the alleged gang-rape at Aastha Kunj Park in Delhi is a stark reminder of the persistent vulnerabilities faced by women and children in spaces that ought to be safe and accessible to all. The safety concerns emerging from this incident, however, cannot be viewed in isolation,” it noted. “This incident has also brought to light pre-existing complaints of recurrent sexual harassment faced by students of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, situated in the immediate vicinity of Aastha Kunj Park. Regrettably, these prior continued on page 8 Tata Trusts mulls Tata Sons rejig to avoid public listing Smriti, Puri, Vishwas among SC refuses to stay UPI levy, seeks Centre, 25 on UPBJP shortlist for RS RBI’s response on PIL within four weeks NEW DELHI: Tata Trusts, which holds a 66 per cent stake in Tata Sons Pvt Ltd (TSPL), has proposed a strategic reorganisation of the holding company that would result in TSPL ceasing to be classified as a non-banking financial company (NBFC) or a core investment company, it said in a statement on Monday. INSIDE Manikant Mishra Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 28 The Uttar Pradesh BJP has sent a panel of 25 names to the party’s central leadership for consideration as candidates for the October 16 Rajya Sabha elections to 10 seats falling vacant from the state. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, BJP national general secretaries Smriti Irani and Harish Dwivedi, and former AAP leader and poet Kumar Vishwas are among those on the panel. Puri’s inclusion signals that the party may renominate him to the Rajya Sabha and retain him in the Union continued on page 8 Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 28 The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and others on a PIL challenging the decision to levy a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transac- c m y b tions exceeding Rs 2,000 from October 15. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, however, declined to stay the Centre’s decision to impose MDR on such UPI transactions. Observing that the issue appeared to be more technical than legal in nature, the top court asked the Centre, RBI and others to respond within four weeks to the petition filed by advocate Anjan Datta. Appearing for the Centre, Additional Solicitor General N Venkataraman submitted that the charges would come into effect only from October 15 and that 96 per cent of UPI transactions would remain exempt. continued on page 8 Esha Singh fought through pain and five shoot-offs to win silver in women’s 25m pistol Murali Sreeshankar pulled off second consecutive Asiad silver with an 8.07m effort in long jump Gulveer Singh secured silver medal in men’s 1,500m final, clocking 3:36.72 BETTERING PTUSHA Vithya Ramraj clinched Yashvir Singh bronze in women’s (85.72m) won 400m hurdles, silver and Rohit breaking the 42-yr-old Yadav (84.35m) national record of bronze in men’s 55.42 seconds set by javelin throw, PT Usha in 1984. outperforming Oly She clocked champion Arshad 54.75 seconds. Nadeem (80.29m) Clash over mosque demolition in Ujjain Decide on TMC name in 4 months: SC to EC NEW DELHI: Tensions flared in Ujjain on Monday as the police lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a crowd that hurled stones while protesting the proposed demolition of a portion of a mosque for a roadwidening project. Later, the Madhya Pradesh HC disposed of two writ appeals on the matter after the Muslim side reached an agreement with the civic authorities. INSIDE NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday set a fourmonth deadline for the Election Commission to decide the dispute between the two rival factions of the Trinamool Congress over the party's name and “flowers and grass” election symbol. It also asked the rival TMC factions to file their affidavits before the Election Commission in four weeks. INSIDE