08102025-TT-01.qxd 10/7/2025 11:36 PM 13 FIR AGAINST DEPOSED NEPAL PM OLI WORLD /thetribunechd Page 1 RAJNATH: AI TO DECIDE FUTURE WARS BACK PAGE CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 278 | 14 PAGES | ~6.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 HIMACHAL PRADESH wednesday | 8 october 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Furnish details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters, SC tells EC PROCESSION OF FAITH BIHAR SIR ROW No notice given to them, claim petitioners Satya Prakash Tribune News Service Rescuers look for survivors after a landslide hit a bus in Bilaspur. 15 die as landslide hits private bus in Bilaspur; 2 rescued Tribune News Service PM expresses grief, announces ~2 lakh for kin of deceased Shimla, October 7 As many as 15 persons, including the driver and conductor, were killed when a private bus was struck by a massive landslide in the Balughat area of Jhandutta subdivision in Himachal’s Bilaspur district today. Two children were pulled out alive from the debris. The incident occurred when the bus, on its way from Marotan to Ghumarwin, was hit by falling debris following heavy rains in the region, trapping the passengers. The exact number of passengers travelling at the time of the incident was yet to be ascertained. Teams from the local administration, police, home guards and State Disaster Response Force rushed to the scene to carry out rescue operations. Heavy machinery was deployed to clear the debris and rescue the victims. The two injured children were being treated at a nearby hospital and AIIMS, Bilaspur. “We suspect that only 17-18 persons were inside the bus at the time of the incident, but search is underway to ensure no one is left in the debris,” said SP Sandeep Dhawal. He said heavy rain over the past couple of days had rendered the site vulnerable. Expressing grief continued on page 9 New Delhi, October 7 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to furnish details of 3.66 lakh voters excluded from the final voter list published on September 30 after the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar where the Assembly elections are to be held on November 6 and 11. The order came from a Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi after the petitioners, including RJD, Congress and CPM leaders, alleged that the poll panel did not give any notice to the deleted voters for their exclusion from the final electoral rolls. The petitioners demanded NEXT HEARING ON OCT 9 ■ The top court directed the EC to submit whatever information it had on the excluded voters by October 9, the next date of hearing ■ The EC’s draft electoral rolls in Bihar had enlisted 7.24 crore voters. However, the final rolls published on September 30 after the SIR had over 7.43 crore voters that the poll panel must publish the list of names of 3.66 lakh voters additionally deleted from the final list as also the names of the 21 lakh voters added to it. While hearing petitions challenging the June 24 EC notification for the SIR in pollbound Bihar, the Bench noted that there was some confusion if voters added to the final electoral list were from the list of voters who were previously deleted from the draft list or they were totally new names. Everyone had the draft electoral roll and the final list had also been published on September 30, so the required data could be furnished through a comparative analysis, it said. The top court directed the EC to submit whatever information it had on the excluded voters by October 9, the next date of hearing. On behalf of the EC, senior counsel Rakesh Dwivedi said most of the names added to the final list after the publication of the draft list were of continued on page 9 edit: Confusion over voters Devotees carry Guru Granth Sahib in a palanquin during a procession on the eve of the Gurpurb of Guru Ramdas at the Golden Temple on Tuesday. Over 120 artisans from Bengal and 200 devotees from Maharashtra decorated the shrine with 10 tonnes of flowers to mark the event. VISHAL KUMAR Hry IGP shoots himself Modi greets Putin on b’day; both sides dead with service revolver look to strengthen ties at Dec meeting Had confronted state police on several issues Ajay Banerjee Rohtak. Sources said he Tribune News Service allegedly died by suicide in the Chandigarh, October 7 soundproof basement of his Senior Haryana police officer house. His body was found in a Y Puran Kumar pool of blood by his allegedly died by suidaughter, who informed cide using his service the police. The police revolver at his Sector 11 received the informaresidence here on Tuestion around 1.30 pm. day afternoon. Two teams of the CenA 2001-batch IPS offitral Forensic Science Y Puran Kumar cer, Kumar was recentLaboratory (CFSL) carly appointed as the Inspector ried out an investigation General of Police (IGP), Police and recovered the weapon. continued on page 9 Training Centre, Sunaria, Deepankar Sharda Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dialled Russian President Vladimir Putin to greet him on his 73rd birthday even as the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen the partnership in military, energy, trade and investment sectors. Conveying his best wishes to Putin for his good health and success, Modi told the Russian President that he Narendra Modi Vladimir Putin was looking forward to welcoming him for the 23rd India-Russia annual summit. The summit is being organised in the backdrop of 50 per cent tariffs imposed by the US on Indian goods for buying Russian oil. Putin is expected to visit India on December 5-6. It was the fourth phone call between the two leaders since August. Putin had also called up Modi on September 17 to greet him on his birthday. Last week, the Russian President directed his officials to devise measures, including purchasing more agricultural products and medicines from India, to soften the trade imbalance with New Delhi, which was due to continued on page 9 Court-monitored CBI probe sought into syrup deaths New Delhi, October 7 A PIL in the SC has sought a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan allegedly due to the consumption of toxic cough syrups. 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