06052024-TTC-01.qxd 5/6/2024 12:51 AM IN UP, MODI REACHES OUT TO MUSLIMS INDIA VOTES /thetribunechd Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 125 | 12 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 monday | 6 may 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Ph-3 poll din ends; will seal Shah, Shivraj fate Voting in 93 seats across 12 states tomorrow Ajay Banerjee Tribune News Service IN BRIEF CISCE Class X and XII results to be out today NEW DELHI: The CISCE will declare the Class X and XII board exam results on May 6 at 11 am. Besides board websites, the results will be available on the DigiLocker app and website. TNS Cong announces two HP bypoll candidates NEW DELHI: The Congress has named Anuradha Rana for the Assembly bypoll in Lahaul-Spiti in HP and Subhash Chand for Barsar. The dilemma continues for the Dharamsala seat. TNS Woman farmer dies at Shambhu protest site PATIALA: A 55-year-old woman farmer, Balwinder Kaur, hailing from Tarn Taran district, died during the “rail roko” protest at the Shambhu railway station on Sunday. INSIDE New Delhi, May 5 The high-pitch campaigning for the Phase-3 polling in 93 constituencies of 12 states ended on Sunday, with top political leaders making a last-ditch effort to woo voters. The voting, which will take place on Tuesday, will seal the fate of several highprofile candidates. The leaders include Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna) and Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri) and Badruddin Ajmal (Dhubri, Assam). Sitting MP Ajmal, a businessman, is the richest candidate in Assam. He has declared assets worth Rs 155 crore, comprising Rs 28.89 crore of movable and Rs 126.17 crore of immovable assets. In Maharashtra, sitting MP and veteran leader Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Workers unload EVMs and other poll material in Bhopal on Sunday. PTI 1,351 CANDIDATES IN ALL STATES GOING TO POLLS ON MAY 7 Gujarat (25) | Karnataka (14) | Maharashtra (11) | Uttar Pradesh (10) | Madhya Pradesh (9) | Chhattisgarh (7) | Bihar (5) | West Bengal (4) | Assam (4) | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2) | Goa (2) Sule will have her fate sealed. She is pitted against NCP breakaway faction head Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar. Canada ‘rule-of-law country’: Trudeau on arrest of 3 Indians Toronto, May 5 Canada is a “rule-of-law country” with a strong and independent justice system and a fundamental commitment to protect its citizens, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said after three Indian nationals were charged with the murder of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023. Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (22) and Karanpreet Singh (28), all Indian Says Sikh community feeling unsafe after Nijjar’s killing KIN OF 3RD ACCUSED ALLEGE FRAME-UP ■ Kamalpreet Singh (22), one of three held in Nijjar killing case, belongs to Chak Kallan village in Nakodar, Jalandhar ■ Went to Canada on student visa in 2019; father Satnam PM Trudeau at an event hosted by the Singh is an arhtiya; kin claim he’s falsely implicated Sikh Foundation in Toronto. REUTERS nationals residing in Edmonton, were charged on Friday with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. “This is important because continued on page 8 KEY LEADERS IN FRAY Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna) and Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri), Supriya Sule (Baramati) and Dimple Yadav (Mainpuri) ■ Polling to end in Goa, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka In UP the fate of another , woman leader, Dimple Yadav, will be sealed on May 7. Dimple continued on page 8 Ignore summons by Bengal police: Governor to staff Kolkata, May 5 Maintaining that he enjoyed immunity from trial, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has directed all his staffers in Raj Bhavan to ignore any communication from the Kolkata police in connection with a woman employee’s complaint of molestation against him. The direction was issued after the Kolkata police constituted an inquiry team to probe into the woman’s allegation against the Governor. “It is clear that in view of Article 361 (2) and (3) of the Constitution, continued on page 8 Terrorists using steel bullets to ambush forces in J&K, taking to ‘hit-&-run’ tactics Poonch, Rajouri epicentre of attacks; 18 killed in a year Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 5 Midway into the 2024 Lok Sabha election process, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said things were going well for the BJP and the THE TRIBUNE INTERVIEW BACK PAGE party, at the minimum, would clock 10 per cent additional votes over 2019, taking its tally from 303 today to 333. “We are at 303 seats today. At the very minimum we will continued on page 8 Arjun Sharma Jammu, May 5 With yet another attack on military vehicles in which an Indian Air Force (IAF) man was killed by terrorists in Poonch district on Saturday evening, the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri have emerged as the epicentre of ambushes and encounters. Most of the ambushes on vehicles in both districts along the Line of Control (LoC) took place where the roads meander in deep forest areas. All attacks were coordinated and pre-planned with terrorists taking at least three different positions to attack military continued on page 8 MAP NOT TO SCALE Working towards ‘400 paar’, things going well: Puri SRINAGAR POONCH RAJOURI SURANKOTE A search operation underway in Poonch. ANI MULTIPLE INCIDENTS IN ONE YEAR MAY 4, 2024: 1 IAF man killed in ambush in Surankote, Poonch DEC 21, 2023: Four soldiers killed by terrorists in Surankote NOV 22-23: Two officers among 5 killed in Kalakote encounter SEPT 13: One soldier killed in encounter in Rajouri’s Narla area MAY 5: 5 Army commandos killed in IED blast in Rajouri’s Kandi APRIL 20: 5 soldiers killed in ambush at Bhatta Dhurian, Poonch EX-CM CHANNI CALLS POONCH ATTACK PRE-POLL STUNT INSIDE Public thinks criminal trials neither free nor fair: SC Flags ineffective cross-examination of hostile witnesses by public prosecutors Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 5 Lamenting that there is “practically no effective and meaningful cross-examination” by public prosecutors of hostile witnesses during criminal trials, the Supreme Court has said the public at CAN’T BE MERE TAPE RECORDERS The courts have to take a participatory role in the trial and not act as mere tape recorders to record whatever is being stated by the witnesses. SC Bench ❝ large thinks criminal trials are “neither free nor fair”. “Free and fair trial is the NETANYAHU: CAN’T END WAR, HAMAS A THREAT WORLD very foundation of criminal jurisprudence. There is a reasonable apprehension that the criminal trial is neither free nor fair with the prosecutor appointed by the state government conducting the trial in a manner where frequently the prosecution witnesses turn hostile,” a Bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice continued on page 8 c m y b
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