09082024-TTC-01.qxd 8/9/2024 2:01 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 8 NO. 220 | 22 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 CENTRE MAY RESTORE STATEHOOD, HOLD POLL BY OCT: ATHAWALE J&K REPO RATE UNCHANGED AT 6.5% FOR NINTH TIME BUSINESS /thetribunechd TEEN HELD FOR BID FORMER WEST BENGAL CM TO TARGET SINGER BUDDHADEB PASSES SWIFT’S SHOW WORLD AWAY AT 80 NATION friday | 9 august 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com NEERAJ’S SILVER ICING ON HOCKEY BRONZE ROHIT MAHAJAN IN PARIS A RSHAD NADEEM, shortly after 8.46 pm on Thursday, killed competition in the men’s javelin throw — a monster of a throw, a lifetime best of 92.97 m with his second attempt of the night, to go right to the top. Stade de France, packed to the rafters, roared for Nadeem. His competitors nodded at Nadeem, awed by the effort. In the stands, his coach pumped his fists — a dream first valid throw in the Olympic final, over eight metres better than his season’s best of 84.21 m. Nadeem had laid the marker — with the mightiest throw of his life, all others in the field knew that they must throw like Hercules himself to snatch the gold. Excluding Nadeem, three in the field had ever gone past 90 metres — and only Anderson Peters, at 93.07m, had thrown farther than Nadeem did tonight. Then came Neeraj Chopra. All around him there was sound and fury and noise — Noah continued on page 13 89.45M 1ST SEASON’S BEST JAVELIN THROW INDIAN ATHLETE TO WIN 2 OLY MEDALS IN TRACK & FIELD PARIS 2024 MEDAL TALLY HAUL INDIA 00 01 04 05 Neeraj Chopra during the javelin throw final in Paris. PTI Skipper Harmanpreet scores brace to help side beat Spain 2-1 A Ajay Banerjee Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 8 The government is not in a rush to ask former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to leave India, Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said, adding, “We are waiting for her to take an appropriate decision.” It is learnt that Hasina is considering several options, including the UAE, Belarus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Finland, for taking refuge. Jaiswal said, “The EAM made it clear in Parliament that we allowed Hasina in at a short notice. continued on page 13 edit: yunus steps in ROHIT MAHAJAN IN PARIS T 3.51 pm Paris time on Thursday arrived the moment in which were distilled years, lifetimes of passion. PR Sreejesh, the inspirational leader of the pack, stood facing his boys, his arms held wide open, as if he wished to take all 18 of them into one huge embrace. The team bowed to him, hailed him, cheered him as the saviour who, in the words of former captain Manpreet Singh, “always saves the team, as he did today”. India won the hockey bronze medal, beating Spain 2-1 in a pulsating final; India won a second Olympics hockey medal in a row for the first time since 1972 —“Hockey is back”, in the words of captain Harmanpreet Singh. Then, reprising his Tokyo 2020 celebration, Sreejesh climbed atop the goal post and, looking up at him, the Indian team bowed to him once again. Sreejesh, having played his last game for India, got off only when the skipper asked him to and lifted the burly goalkeeper on his shoulders. It was a symbolic passing of the baton — Sreejesh, 36, continued on page 13 MEA: In no hurry to ask Hasina to leave, her call Teammates bow to acknowledge goalkeeper PR Sreejesh’s contribution after the match against Spain. PTI MOMENT TO CHERISH FOR GENERATIONS TO COME ~1 CRORE EACH FOR PUNJAB PLAYERS A feat that will be cherished for generations to come! The Indian hockey team shines bright at the Olympics, bringing home the bronze medal! This is even more special because it is their second consecutive medal at the Olympics. PM Modi on X ■ Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann ❝ Today’s issue is of 22 pages, including four-page Jalandhar Tribune. c m y b and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Saini congratulated the Indian team, saying the historic win would pave the way for restoring game’s pristine glory ■ Mann said the 10 players from Punjab, who displayed finest hockey, would be rewarded with a cash prize of ~1 crore each as per the state government’s policy ‘WRESTLING WON, I LOST’: VINESH QUITS Crestfallen Vinesh Phogat bade adieu to international wrestling career with a post addressed to mother saying: “Ma, wrestling has won, I have lost. Please forgive me, your dreams and my courage, everything is broken.” “I don’t have any more strength now. Goodbye, wrestling 20012024,” she added. TNS Waqf Bill referred to joint Parl panel NEW DELHI: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the LS on Thursday and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate, with the government asserting that the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques and the Opposition calling it targeting of Muslims and an attack on the Constitution. Speaker Om Birla said he would hold talks with parties. INSIDE