10052024-TTC-01.qxd 10-05-2024 00:28 Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 129 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 WORLD WRESTLING BODY SUSPENDS BAJRANG PUNIA TILL END OF 2024 SPORT /thetribunechd SC BARS STATES FROM ALLOWING MINING IN ARAVALLIS HARYANA SENSEX TUMBLES DIDI UNRELIABLE, HAS DONE 1,062 PTS, NIFTY FALLS DAMAGE TO CONG IN WB, BELOW 22K BUSINESS SAYS ADHIR INDIA VOTES friday | 10 may 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com AI Express crisis ends as airline, staff strike truce New Delhi, May 9 The Air India Express crisis appeared to have been averted on Thursday evening with official sources saying a section of the cabin crew had decided to call off the ongoing strike that TERMINATION LETTERS TO 25 CREW TO BE RECALLED had crippled the airline services resulting in the cancellation of nearly 170 international and domestic flights. After a meeting between the Office of the Labour Commissioner (Central), Tata-owned AI Express management and continued on page 8 IN BRIEF 2 Karnal brothers held for murder in Australia NEW DELHI: Two brothers from Karnal have been arrested for stabbing to death a 22-year old compatriot and MTech student in Melbourne. INSIDE BJP leader’s 15-second dare to AIMIM’s Owaisis HYDERABAD: BJP’s Navneet Rana has said “Owaisi brothers won’t know where they came from... where they went if police were removed for 15 seconds”. PTI test sought, but Plane with 200 Indians Floortogether, 3 ‘rebel’JJP struggles to keep flock MLAs meet Khattar sent backfromJamaica Sources say at least three JJP MLAs attended a meeting on the sidelines of a roadshow by Khattar in Panipat. The 30-minute meeting where the “evolving political situation” was discussed was kept under wraps. Besides the three JJP MLAs and Khattar, the meeting was attended by Haryana minister Mahipal Dhanda and local MLA Pramod Vij. According to information, the “rebel” MLAs are exploring legal provisions of splitting the JJP and weighing various options. “The MLAs are being disrespected by the party leadership, which is taking arbitrary decisions without taking them into confidence. This hasn’t gone continued on page 8 Rein in pro-Khalistan elements on British soil, Doval tells counterpart US M4 carbines used in Poonch attack, says Intel Tribune News Service Jammu, May9 Several former Pakistani army regulars, using US-made M4 carbines, along with battlehardened terrorists trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan are believed to have infiltrated into the Rajouri and Poonch region, information gathered by intelligence agencies has revealed. One such group was reportedly behind the recent ambush on a military vehicle in Poonch. INSIDE Geetanjali Gayatri HARYANA CRISIS OPPN APPROACHES GOVERNOR Tribune News Service ‘Donkey’ flight?Officials flagissueswithpapers,itinerary Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 9 In a re-run of the incident that took place in France last year, over 200 Indians who arrived in Jamaica on a chartered flight from Dubai were sent back after a few days as immigration officials were not convinced that they were tourists. The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed the development. “We are given to understand that a chartered flight from Dubai which landed in Jamaica had several Indians on board. They had prior travel and hotel bookings, but the local authorities were not satisfied. After a few days, they sent the Indians back to the point of origin, which was Dubai, on DUBAI HAD ARRIVED FROM DUBAI ON 5-DAY VISIT ■ Over 200 Indians arrived in KINGSTON JAMAICA Jamaica on a chartered flight from Dubai for 5-day tour ■ Checking revealed their itinerary was for one day only; anomalies found in papers ■ Two of the passengers on the plane did not even appear In Dec, France had stopped a similar flight on submitted manifest REDUX OF FRANCE TRAFFICKING EPISODE Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 9 The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday opposed the “proposed” grant of interim bail by the Supreme ■ The Congress & JJP have approached Haryana Governor in a bid to topple the BJP government, after 3 Independent MLAs withdrew support on Tuesday ■ In a letter, the Haryana Congress has sought time on Friday to test, his MLAs don’t seem to be on the same page and are contemplating their next “big” move after having openly revolted against the party leadership in March this year. meet Governor and present a memorandum on the present political situation ■ JJP leader Dushyant Chautala has written separately to Governor, seeking immediate floor test, claiming all 10 party MLAs are on board ■ In December last year, France had detained 303 persons, mostly Indians, on suspicion of human trafficking ■ Officials weren’t convinced chartered flight was going from Dubai to Nicaragua purely for tourism, they were sent back May 7,” said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. “Indians are ‘monitored nationals’ globally and so (they) are manually processed continued on page 8 Canvassing no basis for bail to Kejri: ED Satya Prakash Chandigarh, May 9 While former Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has challenged BJP’s Nayab Singh Saini-led “minority government” in Haryana for a floor test, the JJP leader faces the uphill task of keeping his flock of 10 MLAs together. Some of his party’s “rebel” MLAs met former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Panipat today. Even as Chautala has vowed “outside” support to the Congress in case of a floor FILES FRESH AFFIDAVIT IN SC | HEARING TODAY Court to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy “scam”, asserting the right to campaign in elections was not a fundamental, constitutional or even a legal right. In a fresh affidavit filed in the top court ahead of May 10 crucial hearing on interim continued on page 8 New Delhi, May 9 National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval expressed concern over rising Sikh radicalisation in Britain and the need for London to rein them while co-chairing the India-UK Strategic Dialogue with his UK counterpart Tim Barrow on Thursday. Doval continued on page 8 edit: india-canada friction c m y b MEA: CANADA YET TO GIVE PROOF ON NIJJAR Ajit Doval with UK NSA Tim Barrow. The three Indians arrested by Canadian police for role in the murder of Hardeep Nijjar have not sought consular access so far, said the MEA, while reiterating that India had not been provided any “specific” proof or information regarding the case. INSIDE
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