25032026-TT-01.qxd 3/24/2026 11:14 PM Page 1 c m y b TOP COURT RAPS BENGAL GOVT OVER I-PAC RAIDS NATION /thetribunechd 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 146 NO. 82 | 14 PAGES | ~6.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 HIMACHAL PRADESH TAKE LESSONS FROM W ASIA CONFLICT: RAJNATH BACK PAGE wednesday | 25 march 2026 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com SHANDAAR 4 SAAL, BHAGWANT MANN DE NAAL DIPR, Punjab For the first time in India End-to-end online assessment in 48 hours Easy Registry - Zero Delays. Zero Corruption For more information, scan here As US sends troops to Gulf, Trump talks to Modi on keeping strategic Hormuz open After IDFC fraud, ~150-crore scam detected in Panchkula’s Kotak bank Pak offers to host dialogue |US Prez reposts Sharif note Chandigarh, March 24 On the lines of IDFC First and AU Small Finance Bank frauds, the Haryana Government has detected a scam in Kotak Mahindra Bank. There is a mismatch of over Rs 150 crore in the Municipal Ajay Banerjee & Ujwal Jalali Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 24 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke with US President Donald Trump, marking their first direct engagement since the outbreak of hostilities in West Asia on February 28, with both leaders stressing the critical importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open for global energy flows. The talks came as the US moved to send troops to the Gulf. Trump dialling Modi was confirmed by US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, who said the conversation focused on continued on page 8 Centre notifies new policy to boost PNG, cut LPG reliance Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service People carry empty LPG cylinders in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday. PTI LPG booking gap raised to 35 days Balwant Garg Tribune News Service Faridkot, March 24 Households with double bottle (two-cylinder) connections in Punjab will now have to wait for 10 more days to book a refill with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) revising the period from 25 to 35 days for a 14.2-kg cylinder. The wait for continued on page 8 New Delhi, March 24 Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged “serious side effects” of the West Asia war and announced seven empowered groups to mount a national response, the Centre today notified a new policy to boost piped natural gas (PNG) supplies across India. The policy simplifies approvals, enforces accountability and encourages PNG adoption to cut dependence on LPG and secure energy distribution ecosystem as the West Asia war looms. c m y b 7 empowered groups to tackle war side effects: PM Notified by the Ministry of Petroleum tonight, The Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and Expansion of Pipelines and Other Facilities) Order, 2026, removes bottlenecks in pipeline infrastructure and sets new norms to expand PNG access. In a major move, the order mandates that housing societies and residential continued on page 8 Bhartesh Singh Thakur Tribune News Service Mismatch comes to fore as MC approaches branch Corporation (MC), Panchkula, and bank records. Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, who heads the Vigilance Department, Cops can handle Bhullar case, no need for CBI probe: Mann Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service 5-DAY REMAND FOR EX-MINISTER Chandigarh, March 24 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has asserted that his government took decisive action against former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar and there was no need for a CBI probe as the Punjab Police were capable of carrying out the investigation. Mann was reacting to a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament continued on page 9 has sent a letter to the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) to initiate a case and begin further investigation. Sources said the Panchkula MC had deposited the amount at the Kotak Mahindra Bank branch in Sector continued on page 8 Asiyagetslifetermin terrorconspiracycase NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment after holding her guilty of conspiracy to commit terrorism, waging war against the Government of India and membership of a banned organisation. INSIDE
The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising four eminent persons as trustees.
The Tribune, the largest selling daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the paper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.
The English edition apart, the 133-year-old Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).
