11122025-TTB-01.qxd 12/10/2025 11:54 PM 13 AMAZON TO INVEST $35 BN IN INDIA BY 2030 BUSINESS /thetribunechd Page 1 thursday | 11 december 2025 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com DGCA summons IndiGo CEO, sets up oversight team Tribune News Service New Delhi, December 10 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has summoned IndiGo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers to appear before it at 3 pm on Thursday. The development comes a day after Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu had met Elbers over the ongoing flight cancellation fiasco. Seeks report on cancellations, refunds, baggage delays 220 FLIGHTS CANCELLED IndiGo on Wednesday cancelled nearly 220 flights at three major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai, despite CEO Elbers claiming that the airline’s operations were back on track Despite the CEO claiming that the operations were back on track, the airlines on Wednesday cancelled nearly 220 flights at three major airports. The regulator has also set up an eight-member oversight team. Of them, two members will be deployed at the airline’s corporate office on a daily basis. They have been mandated to look at the airline’s total fleet, average stage length (distance that an aircraft travels in one leg), total number of pilots, network details, and crew utilisation and training, among others. The DGCA has directed Elbers to present comprehensive data and updates continued on page 10 SHAH, RAHUL FACE OFF OVER SIR BACK PAGE CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 145 NO. 341 | 18 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 DELHI Navjot-Warring clash flares up, Rahul steps in to defuse crisis Don’t use your dogs to bark: Sidhu’s wife on X |PPCC chief hits back Rajmeet Singh TRADING BARBS Why are you constantly working against the Congress, defeating candidates and forcing them to join other parties? Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 10 The Congress high command has stepped in to defuse the crisis in the Punjab unit triggered by Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s sensational “Rs 500 crore for CM post” remark, with party sources indicating that a high-level committee will look into the conflict as part of a damagecontrol exercise. The sources said senior party leader Rahul Gandhi had called a meeting with the AICC general secretary incharge of Punjab affairs and other senior leaders later this week to discuss Punjab-related issues. The leadership did not want the crisis to deepen amid the ongoing Parlia- ❝ Navjot Kaur Sidhu, CONGRESS LEADER ❝ Thosewhoenjoyed positions of power, held Navjot Kaur Sidhu meets supporters in Amritsar on Wednesday. ment session, they added. Amid the raging war of words between Navjot Kaur and loyalists of PPCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, the former on Wednesday sharpened her attack, saying, “Raja Warring, don’t use your dogs to bark, who were given the ticket because of you. Why are you constantly working against the Congress, defeat- ministries, served as presidents and are now defaming the party should feel ashamed. Raja Warring, PPCCCHIEF ing candidates and forcing them to join other parties?” While the party high command has advised both sides to rein themselves in, former continued on page 10 Mega investments on anvil in Punjab: Mann after Japan-Korea tour Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 10 Mega investments are on the anvil in the state, said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after returning from a tour of Japan and South Korea where he had gone to seek industrial investment. Projecting Mohali as the “most preferred destination”, he said the overwhelming response from investors during his visit to the two nations would mark a new milestone in the state’s industrial progress. He said Mohali had the best universities producing skilled workforce, good air, rail and road connectivity, and well-planned infrastructure. “It is the city of the future as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahemdabad have become too congested. New investors look Sanskrit returns to Pak varsity, first time since Partition Seema Sachdeva Tribune News Service Dr Ali Usman Qasmi (left) and Dr Shahid Rasheed (centre) with a student. Chandigarh, December 10 The teaching of Sanskrit has quietly returned to classrooms in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the first time since Partition, with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) introducing a course in the classical language. What began as a three-month weekend work- Must consider languages as bridges, not barriers: Pak profs shop gradually evolved into a full four-credit university course after the overwhelming response it received. Dr Ali Usman Qasmi, Director of the Gurmani Centre, told The Tribune that Pakistan Today’s issue is of 18 pages, including four-page Delhi Tribune. c m y b houses one of the richest but least-studied Sanskrit archives at the Punjab University library. “A significant collection of Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscripts were catalogued in the 1930s by scholar JCR Woolner, but no Pakistani academic has engaged with this collection since 1947. Only foreign researchers use it. Training scholars locally will continued on page 10 CM Bhagwant Mann addresses the media in Chandigarh. for better living conditions. We are ready to welcome all investors who want to come to Punjab — the destination for future growth,” he said. Mann said all Japanese and Korean industry doyens they met during the 10-day tour were impressed with what his government was offering in terms of ease of doing business as well as fiscal incentives. “Not just Mohali, within a 100 km radius, there continued on page 10 Deepavali gets UNESCO honour NEW DELHI: Deepavali, India’s iconic festival of lights, has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The announcement was made on Wednesday during a key session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, currently being hosted at Red Fort here. BACK PAGE SCreservesorderon bailofKhalid,Imam DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and four other accused seeking bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. Booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967, the six accused — Khalid, Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meera Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman and Saleem Khan — have been in jail for more than five years. INSIDE NEW Woman dies as quack uses YouTube to perform surgery Barabanki (UP), December 10 A woman died after the owner of an illegal clinic and his nephew allegedly performed a surgery on her by watching a YouTube video in Barabanki, the police said on Wednesday. The incident took place in the Kothi police station area, where the duo was allegedly running a clinic without valid authorisation, they said. ACCUSED WAS UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL According to the police, Munishra Rawat, wife of Tehbahadur Rawat, was suffering from a stone-related ailment. On December 5, her husband took her to Shri Damodar Aushdhalaya in Kothi, where clinic operator continued on page 10
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