07112025-TTB-01.qxd 11/6/2025 11:42 PM 13 INDIA NEEDS WORLD-CLASS BANKS: FM BUSINESS /thetribunechd CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 307 | 20 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881  DELHI Thank You, Readers The Tribune Trust thanks all its readers who responded so generously to its appeal for contributions to The Tribune Relief Fund for J&K, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. You reached out as individuals, through your schools, organisations, and institutions from towns and villages to contribute in the relief and rehabilitation effort. You have always responded to our call to contribute towards noble causes, be it the Kargil War, Odisha cyclone, Himachal Pradesh floods, earthquakes in Gujarat or Uttarakhand, the tsunami, the cloudburst in Ladakh, the floods in Jammu and Kashmir or the floods in Kerala. The Tribune Trust, individual Trustees and staff members have all participated wholeheartedly in this effort. The Tribune Relief Fund for J&K, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh is now closed. However, the names of contributors in the pipeline will be duly published. The total contribution is now ~32.02 lakh. The readers’ cheques and drafts are being forwarded to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. We thank you for your magnanimity towards your fellow countrymen. Bihar sets new high with 64.66% polling in Phase I Clashes at Lakhisarai, Manjhi | Dy CM’s car attacked Dipak Mishra A MID sporadic incidents of violence, including an attack on Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha’s vehicle, Bihar recorded the “hightest-ever” 64.66 per cent polling in the first phase of elections for 121 Assembly seats on Thursday. In a statement, the Election Commission said the first phase of the elections concluded peacefully “in a festive mood with the highest-ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent in the history of Bihar”. In 2020, the turnout was 57.8 per cent. Long queues, with a large presence of women voters, were seen even after 5 pm. PM Modi, in his speeches at Bhagalpur and Araria even as polling was underway, expressed happiness over the large participation of women. The highest polling was in PIL in SC flagspollution as ‘health emergency’ Wellness expert claims 22L Delhi kids have suffered irreversible lung damage Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 6 With the air quality index (AQI) hitting ‘very poor’ or ‘poor’ categories in several parts of the country, including the national capital, a PIL in the Supreme Court has sought urgent measures to tackle the “persistent and systemic failure” in curbing rising air pollution levels across the country. Filed last month by Luke Christopher Coutinho, a holistic health coach and wellness expert, the PIL contended that air pollution levels in the country had assumed proportions of a “public health emergency”, severely impact- ing citizens in both rural and urban areas. It violated the citizens’ fundamental right to health, which was a part of right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, contended Coutinho, urging the top court to declare air pollution a national public health emergency and frame a time- Bullied by recovery agents over ~1K dues, Ropar widow dies by suicide Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and others after casting their vote during the first phase of the Assembly elections, at Bakhtiyarpur in Patna district. PTI Lalit Mohan OPPN SOFT ON INFILTRATORS, HAS DISLIKE FOR LORD RAM: MODI EVEN SHAH KNOWS BJP CAN’T WIN WITHOUT FRAUD: RAHUL INSIDE Ropar, November 6 In a heart-rending incident that has shocked residents of Nangal town in Ropar district, a 45-year-old widow, Ranjana Devi, ended her life after allegedly being harassed by recovery agents of a private finance company. She jumped into the Nangal hydel canal on Wednesday evening after repeated threats from the agents who were pressing her to repay a remaining loan balance of just Rs 1,000. Ran- Begusarai at over 67 per cent, while the lowest turnout was in Sheikhpura. Polling in Patna’s urban seats was comparatively low. The day witnessed clashes between rivals. In Lakhisarai, there was a heated argument between BJP candidate and Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sin- BIHAR BATTLE ED SUMMONS ANIL AMBANI ON NOV 14 BACK PAGE friday | 7 november 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com THE TRIBUNE RELIEF FUND FOR J&K, PUNJAB & HP The Tribune Trust Page 1 ha and RJD MLC Ajay Kumar. Stones and slippers were allegedly pelted at Sinha’s car, after which the attackers fled. “They were RJD goons frustrated that they are losing,” said Sinha. In Saran’s Manjhi constituency, the car of CPI candidate Satyendra Kumar was pelted with stones. In Vaishali, central continued on page 6 Tribune News Service Today’s issue is of 20 pages, including four-page Delhi Tribune. c m y b Victim, mother of two, had taken ~30K loan for buying sewing machine Ranjana Devi jana Devi, mother of two daughters, earned her living by stitching clothes at home. Her elder daughter Anchal told The Tribune that her mother had taken a loan of about Rs 30,000 from a private finance company based in Una district of Himachal Pradesh to buy a sewing machine. “She repaid the amount through a middlewoman who had arranged the loan, but recently some recovery agents started visiting our house, saying the loan was unpaid. My mother could not trace the middlewoman and agreed to repay again, but continued on page 6 bound national action plan. “In Delhi alone, 22 lakh schoolchildren have already suffered irreversible lung damage, as confirmed by government and medical studies”, the PIL stated. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the average AQI over the last 24 hours was continued on page 6 DyCMAjitPawar’s sonfacesprobein ~300-cr land deal PUNE: A Rs 300-crore land deal in Pune involving a firm linked to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth has sparked a controversy and set off a political row, prompting the Maharashtra Government to order a high-level probe and suspend a sub-registrar. While CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday termed the land transaction “prima facie serious”, Ajit Pawar insisted he was in no way connected to the controversial deal. BACK PAGE