24072025-TT-01.qxd 7/23/2025 READY FOR ‘MEANINGFUL TALKS’, SAYS PAK WORLD /thetribunechd 11:22 PM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 203 | 14 PAGES | ~6.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 HIMACHAL PRADESH thursday | 24 july 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Myntra booked for ~1,654-cr violation new delhi: The ED has filed a complaint against Myntra and its associated entities over alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act involving investments worth Rs 1,654 crore. INSIDE Prez paves way for KP rehab Bill in Parl new delhi: For the first time ever in Parliament, hopes have surfaced for a private member’s Bill on the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) as President Murmu has allowed to bring it in the RS. INSIDE ED attaches assets of P’kula hospitals panchkula: The ED has attached shares valued at Rs 127 crore of Panchkula’s Alchemist and Ojas hospitals in a PMLA case linked to the son of TMC ex-MP and businessman KD Singh. — TNS India, UK to seal landmark FTA today, eye $100 bn trade boom CJI to form Bench on Justice Varma’s petition against bid to sack him Satya Prakash Deal to cut duties on Scotch, cars |Textile, gems’ exports to get boost Ajay Banerjee & Ubeer Naqushbandi SECURITY UP IN UK TO COUNTER KHALISTAN STIR Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 23 India and the UK are set to sign a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Thursday, resetting bilateral trade ties and potentially increasing two-way trade by billions of dollars annually. The pact, officially called a comprehensive economic and trade agreement, will be signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Keir Starmer. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart ■ The UK authorities have heightened safeguards to counter potential protests by pro-Khalistan elements during PM Narendra Modi’s visit ■ The move follows a March security lapse when a Khalistani activist breached cordons near EAM S Jaishankar’s convoy in London << PM Narendra Modi emplanes for London, in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Jonathan Reynolds will sign the agreement. Once the pact is signed, it will have to be ratified by both British and Indian Parliaments before it can PARL WASHOUT FOR 3RD DAY OVER SIR BACK PAGE take effect. The process may take about a year. Before leaving for the UK, PM Modi on Wednesday said his meeting with Starmer would further enhance the economic partnership, fostering prosperity, growth and job creation in both countries. continued on page 8 Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 23 Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Wednesday said he would constitute a Bench to hear Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma’s petition challenging an inhouse inquiry committee report that indicted him for the recovery of unaccounted cash at his official residence in Delhi during a fire incident on March 14. Justice Varma has sought a declaration that the May 8 recommendation by then CJI Sanjiv Khanna to the President and the Prime Minister for initiating his removal process was “unconstitutional and in breach of the established constitutional mecha- Justice Yashwant Varma nism envisaged under Article 124 read with Article 218 of the Constitution”. He has also urged the Supreme Court to quash all consequential actions taken pursuant to the in-house committee’s final report dated May 3. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing by senior advocate Kapil Sibal before a Bench led by CJI Gavai. Sibal highlighted continued on page 8 After 5 yrs, India to resume tourist visas for Chinese New Delhi, July 23 The government will resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens from July 24, marking the end of a fiveyear suspension. In 2020, India had suspended all tourist visas to contain the spread of Covid. This was followed by the military stand-off in Eastern Ladakh in April that year and the visas remained suspended. The Indian Embassy in Beijing said Chinese citizens could now apply for a tourist visa to India after completing an online application, continued on page 8 Dhankhar out, EC starts process to elect new V-P Animesh Singh Tribune News Service Pb ex-SP gets 10-yr jail for Got ‘wrong’ bodies from AI crash, Man opens fake embassy, fake encounter of 2 cops claim 2 UK families; MEA steps in creates 4 fictitious nations Gaurav Kanthwal Tribune News Service Mohali, July 23 A CBI court on Wednesday sentenced former Beas SHO Paramjit Singh, 67, to imprisonment of 10 years for abduction in a 1993 fake encounter case of two constables in Amritsar. Paramjit Singh retired as a Superintendent of Police. The court acquitted three other accused: Inspector AMRITSAR CONSTABLES WERE PICKED UP FOR QUESTIONING Shekhar Singh Dharam Singh, ASI Kashmir Singh and ASI Darbara Singh, giving them the benefit of the doubt. Another key accused, SI Ram Lubhiya, died during the trial. Constable Surmukh Singh of Muchhal village in Baba Bakala tehsil and Constable Sukhwinder Singh of Khiala continued on page 8 New Delhi, July 23 Two grieving families in the UK have been left traumatised after allegedly receiving the wrong bodies of their loved ones who died in the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad on June 12. DNA results revealed that at least two repatriated Tribune News Service Remains handled with utmost expertise: Govt coffins contained remains that did not match those of the intended relatives, a lawyer representing the families has claimed. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said officials were working closely with the UK authorities since these concerns were raised. “In the wake of the tragic crash, the authorities concerned carried out victim identification as per established protocols and technical requirements. All mortal remains were handled with utmost professionalism and respect for the dignity of the deceased. We continue to continued on page 8 c m y b Lucknow/Ghaziabad, July 23 “West Arctica”, “Saborga”, “Lodonia”, “Poulvia” — these were among fictitious nations a Ghaziabad man claimed to have represented as a selfstyled diplomat while operating their bogus embassies from his rented house less than 35 km from Delhi. A cursory internet search reveals that “West Arctica” is a non-profit body for climate continued on page 8 West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia and Lodonia The Ghaziabad house from where fake embassy was being run. PTI New Delhi, July 23 Within 48 hours of Jagdeep Dhankhar resigning as the Vice-President, citing health reasons, the Election Commission has started the preparations to conduct the elections to the post. “The EC has started the preparations relating to the vice-presidential elections and once these are completed, the election schedule will be announced as soon as possible,” it said in a statement on Wednesday. The poll body is mandated to conduct the election to the office of the Vice-President continued on page 8
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