23062024-TTC-01.qxd 6/23/2024 12:52 AM Page 1 123 ISRAELI STRIKES KILL 42 IN GAZA WORLD /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 173 | 22 PAGES | ~7.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 IMMIGRATION SERVICES ON FAST TRACKBACK PAGE sunday | 23 june 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com NTA chief shunted out, CBI SRI SUKHMANI to probe NEET ‘irregularities’ GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS PG exam scheduled for today deferred as ‘precautionary step’ Tribune News Service New Delhi, June 22 Amid the raging controversy over the conduct of competitive examinations, the Centre today removed National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Kumar Singh and entrusted the probe into alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG to the CBI. Former Union Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed the new SUBODH KUMAR PUT ON ‘COMPULSORY WAIT’ ■ NTA DG Subodh Kumar put on 'compulsory wait' in DoPT ■ Ex-Union Secy Pradeep Kharola appointed new NTA chief REFORMS PANEL CONSTITUTED INTEGRITY AT STAKE: PRADHAN MORE ON BACK PAGE NTA chief. Kharola is currently the chairman and managing director of India Trade Promotion Organisa- tion. Subodh Kumar has been put on “compulsory wait” in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). In another significant development, the government, in a sudden call, on Saturday night postponed the NEET-PG, which was scheduled for Sunday. “Certain cases of alleged irregularities, cheating, impersonation and malpractices have been reported in NEETUG which was conducted on May 5. For transparency… it was decided after a review that the matter be handed over to the CBI for comprehensive continued on page 14 Punia charged with anti-doping rule violation, suspended again by NADA Vinayak Padmadeo Tribune News Service GST COUNCIL MEETS, TWEAKS TAX RATES ■ The GST council on Satur- day took a host of taxpayerfriendly measures and tweaked rates on some services and products ■ The council has decided to exempt certain services provided by the Indian Railways from the GST INSIDE New Delhi, June 22 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia has been formally issued a “notice of charge” by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for refusing to give his urine sample. As a consequence, Punia, who is a multiple World Championships medallist, has again been provisionally suspended by NADA. 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HAVEN’T EVEN GOT HIS ASHES, LAMENTS WIDOW husband was a part of the Russian don’t even know ❝ Myme any compensation.... We haven’tarmy, but Ihis ashes back. if that army is going to pay even got Paraminder Kaur, TEJPAL’S WIFE dren — a six-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl. His parents, who run a small provi- Today’s issue is of 22 pages, including six-page Spectrum. Diploma (Mechanical | Civil | Computer Science | Electronics | Electrical) B.Sc HMCT Neeraj Bagga even the Punjab Police once. Tejpal was desperate. He was married, with two chil- SRI SUKHMANI POLYTECHNIC HOTEL MANAGEMENT Rejected by Indian Army, love for olive green led Amritsar’s Tejpal to fight & die for Russia Amritsar, June 22 Exactly nine days before he died fighting for the Russian army in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tejpal Singh called his family to tell them that he would not be in a position to speak to them for the next few days as he was going to the frontline. On March 12, Tejpal Singh, 30, was killed, thousands of kilometres away from his home in Amritsar, fighting for another country, wearing a uniform that he was indifferent to — although, as his young widow told The Tribune, he loved the colour olive green and always wanted to join the Indian Army. Except that the Indian Army had rejected him a couple of times, as had the paramilitary forces twice and Fashion | Textile | Interiors | NPTT Beauty Fine Arts | Office Mgt. | Media IT | AICTE Approved sion store in the corner of their small house in Palam Vihar, continued on page 6 CHANDIGARH OFFICE: SCO 339-340, 2nd Floor, Sector 35-B DELHI OFFICE: A-3, Ring Road, South Extension-I, New Delhi-49 Email: principal@srisukhmanigroup.edu.in Web: www.srisukhmanigroup.edu.in Ph: 01762-524805, 506445 98780-34562, 95010-99999 c m y b
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