30102025-TT-01.qxd 10/29/2025 11:35 PM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 299 | 14 PAGES | ~6.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 HIMACHAL PRADESH PAK THREATENS TO ‘OBLITERATE’ TALIBAN AFTER TALKS FAIL WORLD /thetribunechd SC FOR GUIDELINES TO EXPEDITE FRAMING OF CHARGES NATION AI CHIPMAKER NVIDIA IS FIRST $5-TRILLION COMPANY BUSINESS JUNE CRASH ‘HEARTBREAKING’, NO TECH FAULT, SAYS AIR INDIA CEO BACK PAGE thursday | 30 october 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Trump says trade deal with India soon, calls PM ‘nicest-looking’ & ‘tough guy’ Presidential flight CHANDIGARH: The CBI has registered a fresh case against arrested Punjab IPS officer Harcharan Singh Bhullar for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets running into several crores, far beyond his known sources of income. The registration of this case follows a detailed written complaint by CBI Inspector Sonal Mishra. TNS US President reiterates claim of stopping conflict with Pakistan, terms Munir ‘fighter’ Ujwal Jalali 56TH TIME: CONG MOCKS GOVT ON TRUMP’S CLAIM Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 29 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington was “doing a trade deal with India”, while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “nicest-looking guy” and “tough as hell”. He also reiterated his claim that he “stopped a war” between India and Pakistan earlier this year by leveraging trade negotiations with both countries. “I’m doing a trade deal with India, and I have great respect and love for PM Modi. We have a great relationship,” Trump said while speaking at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea. Referring to the India-Pakistan skirmish earlier this year, Trump said he had told PM Modi that the US could not move ahead with a trade deal while India was “starting a war” with Pakistan. The US President said the intervention helped calm tensions following India’s precision strikes on terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir ■ Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday took a swipe at PM Modi over Trump repeating his claim for the 56th time that he stopped the IndiaPak conflict and said, “The selfstyled but now thoroughly shrunken and deeply exposed 56-inch chest is still quiet.” ■ Ramesh shared on X video clips of Trump’s remarks in Japan and South Korea in which he repeated his claim 7 NEW PLANES WERE SHOT DOWN: US PREZ ■ US President Donald Trump said “seven brand new” planes were shot down during the India-Pak conflict without specifying to which country they belonged. ■ Speaking at a dinner with business leaders in Tokyo, Trump said, “Seven planes were shot US President Donald Trump with the ‘Grand Order of Mugunghwa’ down, seven brand new, beautiful planes were shot down.” presented to him by South Korea on Wednesday. REUTERS (PoK). “After literally two days, they (India and Pakistan) called up and said, ‘We understand’, and they stopped fighting,” he said, describing Modi as the “nicest-looking guy, a killer & tough as hell” and Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir as a “fighter”. The conflict, which unfolded between May 7 and 10, saw the most serious escalation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours since Balakot. It ended after the two sides’ military operations chiefs held a hotline conversation and agreed to a ceasefire at Pakistan’s request. Relations between New Delhi and Washington have not been that bright after the US move to impose punitive tariffs of up to 50 per cent on certain Indian goods, including an additional 25 per cent levy over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil. Just last week, Trump had said that PM Modi assured him over a phone call that New Delhi would stop buying oil from Russia — a claim flatly denied by India. Now Trump stating that he is “doing a trade deal” along with heaps of praises for PM Modi has been taken on a positive note in New Delhi. A potential trade deal with the US could improve the export environment and help offset some of the external headwinds. Returning from his Europe tour, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said a good deal should be done and it should be beneficial for both parties when asked about the deadline of the negotiations. edit: india-russia rapport Now,suspendedDIG bookedinDA case AAP leader shot at by retired DSP ROPAR: An AAP leader from Anandpur Sahib, Nitin Nanda, was shot at during a marriage function in Agampur village on Wednesday by a retired DSP of the Chandigarh Police. According to the police, the accused, Dilsher Singh, fired at Nanda twice. Nanda managed to duck one bullet, while the second grazed his neck. INSIDE President Droupadi Murmu arrives to take a sortie in the Rafale jet at the Ambala Air Force Station on Wednesday. PTI UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE This first flight on the potent Rafale aircraft has instilled in me a renewed sense of pride in the nation’s defence capabilities. Droupadi Murmu, PRESIDENT ❝ ■ President Droupadi Murmu took a 35-minute sortie in the Rafale, piloted by Group Captain Amit Gehani, from Ambala ■ The aircraft flew at an alti- tude of about 15,000 feet and at a speed of about 700 km per hour. INSIDE UKmanchargedwith Punjabwoman’srape LONDON: A man arrested on suspicion of the racially aggravated sexual assault on an Indian-origin woman in Walsall has been charged with rape and appeared before Birmingham Magistrates Court on Wednesday. The West Midlands Police said John Ashby, “who is a white British man aged 32 from Stockland Green”, was charged on Tuesday evening. BACK PAGE India,Chinamilitary topgunsmeetafter a year, both nations agree to LAC peace 2,100-strong jatha to visit No CM vacancy: Shah clears air on top post Says PM Modi is ruling at Centre, ‘Vikas Purush’ Nitish in state Pak to celebrate Gurpurb Ajay Banerjee Tribune News Service Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 29 India and China military commanders last week held their first meeting in a year in eastern Ladakh, aiming to restore normalcy along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to the pre-April 2020 status, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday. “The 23rd round of IndiaChina Corps Commanderlevel talks was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point along the LAC on October 25,” the MEA said. The talks were held in a “friendly and cordial atmosphere”, it said. This was the first meeting of the military-level interaction in Ladakh since the 24th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks was held in New Delhi on August 19, 2025, between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi—the two designated continued on page 8 Amritsar, October 29 A Sikh jatha comprising over 2,100 devotees will travel to Pakistan to celebrate the Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev on November 4. The move follows the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) earlier this month to lift restrictions on cross-border pilgrimages. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has received visas for 1,796 devotees from the Pakistan embassy to undertake the pilgrimage to Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib. They will return on November 13. This will be the first jatha to go across the border after Operation Sindoor in which India and Pakistan came close to a full-scale war following the Pahalgam terror attack. Palwinder Singh, incharge, Yatra Vibhag, of the SGPC, said he returned from Delhi today after getting the visas from the Pakistan embassy. First such pilgrimage post-Op Sindoor Sources said the total count of devotees who had received visas for the pilgrimage was above 2,100. He said the jatha had got permission to cross over to Pakistan from November 4 to 13. Earlier, the Centre had decided against sending a jatha to Pakistan, citing security concerns in the aftermath of the conflict. On September 12, Sikh bodies, including the SGPC, received a circular from the MHA, stating that “due to the prevailing security concerns, the proposed pilgrimage to Pakistan on the auspicious occasion of the Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev is not currently permitted”. The Sikh bodies resented the move and tried to convince the government to send at least a symbolic jatha so that the tradition could continue. Paramjit Singh Chandok, chief adviser of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), and chairman of its yatra sub-committee, welcomed the move. He said “Nanak Nam Lewa Sangat” was deeply attached with Gurdwara Janam Asthan and had waited for around a year to undertake the pilgrimage. He recalled that jathas were never stopped even in 1999 when the Kargil war took place and after the attack on Parliament in 2001. As per a 1974 accord between India and Pakistan, a 3,000-strong jatha, including those recommended by the SGPC (1,800) and the DSGMC (555), travel to Pakistan to commemorate the occasion. PM MODI TO ADDRESS POLL RALLIES TODAY ■ PM Narendra Modi will address BIHAR BATTLE Dipak Mishra H OME Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said there was “no seat vacant”, asserting that Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister in Bihar while Narendra Modi will continue to be the Prime Minister at the Centre. “There is no vacancy for either the post of CM or PM. Vikas Purush Nitish Kumar is sitting in Bihar and PM Modi in Delhi,” Amit Shah said at a rally in Begusarai district, hinting that Nitish was the CM face in the state. The BJP on Wednesday intensified its campaign with a galaxy of leaders and political continued on page 8 Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a gathering ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections in Darbhanga, Bihar, on Wednesday. PTI two rallies in Bihar on Thursday and exuded confidence that the voters will ensure a grand victory of the NDA. ■ “In this atmosphere of enthusiasm, I will have the privilege to interact with the public in Muzaffarpur & Chhapra,” he said on X. ■ Modi had kicked off the NDA campaign for the Bihar poll by addressing rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai on October 24. Modi can even dance for votes: Rahul Dipak Misra F ORMER Congress president and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he would even dance on the stage for votes. Kicking off his Bihar poll campaign with back-to-back joint rallies alongside INDIA BJPcalls it insult to PM, says flouts basic civility bloc’s CM face Tejashwi Yadav in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga, Rahul took a dig at the PM over Chhath Puja. “You must have seen the drama on TV that Modi was going to take a dip in the Yamuna for Chhath Puja. It was shelved when it was exposed that a puddle had been formed with clean, piped water since the river is so filthy… There were two different things—clean water for the PM and the river’s dirty water for ordinary devotees,” he said. Rahul, who was seen with Tejashwi in Bihar for the first time in almost two months after the “Voter Adhikar Yatra”, alleged that the PM continued on page 8 No illegal felling, floating logs due to rain disaster, Himachal tells SC Shutrana AAP MLA, sons Satya Prakash WANGCHUK TO STAY IN JAIL AS SC PUTS OFF HEARING Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 29 Over a month after the Supreme Court flagged alleged illegal felling of trees after videos of wooden logs floating in floodwaters went viral, the Himachal Pradesh Government has attributed it to sudden heavy rainfall, cloudbursts, landslides and glacier movement leading to extensive flooding. In an affidavit filed in the top court earlier this month, Additional Chief Secretary (Forests) Kamlesh Kumar Pant said “that such incidents resulted in large-scale uprooting of trees, which ■ Activist Sonam Wangchuk will continue to remain in Jodhpur jail as the SC deferred to November 24 the hearing on his wife’s amended petition seeking his release. ■ She alleged that her husband’s detention was a calculated attempt to silence a respected citizen exercising his right to dissent. ■ A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta — representing the Centre and Ladakh — to respond to the amended petition in 10 days. ■ Giving one week to file her rejoinder, if any, the Bench posted the matter for November 24. INSIDE <
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