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PUNJAB POLICE CONDUCT ‘OPS SEAL’ TO CHECK ILLEGAL SMUGGLING

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IEP CHANDIGARH, February 19

          Amidst the ongoing drive against drugs and anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police on Sunday carried out a special operation ‘OPs Seal’ aimed at checking of all the vehicles entering the border state of Punjab. The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.

           Well-coordinated strong nakas involving 1600 Police Personnel, were set-up under the supervision of Inspectors/DSPs at all the 131 entry/exit points of 10 districts, which share boundaries with Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Haryana. The 10 inter-state border districts include Pathankot, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Fazilka, Ropar, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa, Hoshiarpur, and Bathinda.

          The operation was conducted in a synchronised manner from 8am to 2pm and all the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSPs) were asked to mobilise a maximum number of officers and manpower for this operation to lay strong ‘nakas’ at sealing points under the supervision of Gazetted officers/SHOs.

          Giving details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that the objective of this operation was to keep check on illegal drug trafficking and illicit liquor smuggling, besides, movement of gangsters and anti social elements.

          He said that during an operation, a thorough search of suspected vehicles/persons was ensured while ensuring minimum inconvenience was caused to the general public. “We had strictly instructed all the Police Personnel to deal with every commuter in a friendly and polite manner while checking their vehicle during the course of this operation,” he added.

          The ADGP said that as many as 6378 vehicles entering the state were checked, of which 366 were challaned and 32 were impounded. The Police have also registered 33 first information reports (FIRs) and arrested three proclaimed offenders.

          Apart from this, the Police teams have recovered 70kg poppy husk, 1kg charas, 110grams heroin and ₹1 lakh drug money.

          Meanwhile, such operations help in showing the police presence in the field, besides, infusing fear among anti-social elements and instilling a sense of security among common people.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PSEB made elaborate arrangements to conduct class V, VIII, X and XII examination: Harjot Singh Bains

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IEP Chandigarh/SAS Nagar (Mohali), February 19

          In view of board examination starting from tomorrow, the Punjab School Education Department and Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) have geared up and made all the arrangements pertaining to smooth conducting of board examination of class V, VIII, X and XII.

          Elaborating the details, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that the Punjab School Education Board is going to conduct the annual examinations from Monday onwards with starting of 12th class examination. He informed that the 2,99,744 candidates will enrolled to appear in this examination. He said that 14501 candidates will appear under Open Category, while 713 students appearing under Additional Subject Category, besides 30 candidates are going to appear in the examination to improve their performance. Similarly, 1095 candidates are going to appear under re-appear category. “2255 examination centers have been established in 3914 schools for the twelfth class examination across the state,” he added.

          However, annual examination of class V is being conducted from 25th February 2023, which will continue till March 4, 2023. The School Education Minister informed that 2,98,296 students were enrolled to appear in this examination and they have especially provided the facility of self-centres. Harjot Bains said that 17307 Self-Examination Center have been set up to accomplish the task. He further added that 2482 examination centers have been established in 10694 schools for class VIII students and 3,10,311 candidates will appear in this annual examination.

          Speaking about the arrangements being made for smooth conducting of Matriculation examination, the Education Minister said that total 2,85,068 have been enrolled to appear in the examination, while 10361 will appear under Open School System, besides 2366 students of Additional Subject Category. He added that twenty students to be appeared under Performance Enhancement category, while 1090 candidates are going to appear under Re-Appear Category. He informed that 2576 examination centers have been set up in 7178 schools for this examination.

          Mr. Bains said that arrangements have been made to complete all these examinations in a peaceful and convenient manner.  The question papers for class twelfth examination have been handed over to the banks of all the districts.  Similarly, the question papers of fifth and eighth classes will be delivered to the banks on February 21 and the question papers of class 10 on March 17.  From where the staff posted in the examinations will get the question papers.  Instructions have been issued for the staff posted in the examinations during the conduct of the examinations. Cameras are installed  to insure transparency.

          The Education Minister also informed that instructions have been issued to the District Education Officers of the state to supervise the examinations and instructions have been issued to  the police officers of various districts for the smooth conduct of the examinations and to prevent any untoward incident.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT LED BY CHIEF MINISTER BHAGWANT MANN WILL SPEND APPROXIMATELY RS 11.46 CRORE ON THE DEVELOPMENT WORKS OF AMRITSAR CITY: DR. INDERBIR SINGH NIJJAR

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IEP Chandigarh, February 19:     

      The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is making every possible effort to provide basic facilities, clean and pollution free environment to the people of the state. Under this series,  development works are being conducted continuously across the state.           Giving more information in this regard, Local Government Minister, Dr.Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that the Punjab government has decided to spend approximately Rs 11.46 crore on development works to beautify the city in connection with G-20.           Cabinet Minister, Dr Nijjar said that approximately Rs 4.97 crore will be spent for replacement and installation of Street lights in Amritsar city. It will also include operation and maintenance of street lights for a period of 5 years, he said.           He further said that Rs 6.49 cr will be spent for widening of Dhapai Road at Amritsar city from railway crossing to Gande Nallah and from Kot Khalsa to Bohri Sahib road by providing/laying interlocking tiles. Similarly, interlocking tiles will also be provided/Laying of various streets of Ward No. 28,69,74 and 83, beautification of parks and others development works will be done.           Minister said that the office process for these works has already been started by the local government department. He said that the Local Government Department has uploaded the e-tenders for these works on the Punjab Government website www.eproc.punjab.gov.in. If any kind of amendment is required in these tenders then all the information will be made available on this website.           He said that the main objective of the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is to provide basic facilities, clean and pollution free environment to the people of the state.           He has instructed the officials to ensure quality and transparency in the work of the department. 

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Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal seeks support of Punjabis to make the state ‘Rangla Punjab’

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IEP Chandigarh, February 19

          Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, has sought the support of Punjabis to make the state ‘Rangla Punjab’. He has appealed to all the Punjabis who have illegally occupied the panchayati lands should come forward to leave the land so that Punjab can be put on progressive path.

          Mr. Dhaliwal said that on the directives of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, a campaign was successfully launched by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats during the year 2022 to get rid of illegal encroachments and demarcation of Panchayat Lands in the villages. He informed that illegal possession has been razed from more than 9389 acres of Panchayat Land during this campaign. He said that the state government is committed to the welfare of Punjab and the people of Punjab and strenuous efforts are going on to put the state on high growth trajectory.

          The Cabinet Minister said that all the old records related to Shamlat Lands were being examined thoroughly with the arduous efforts of the Shamlat Cell and examination already been accomplished of 153 blocks so far. He said that the department has identified such type of 1,39,818 acres of land, which will be used for the welfare of the people in future.

          Mr. Dhaliwal said that a total of 6206 acres of land under Patiala division has been freed from illegal possessions and handed over to concerned Panchayats for proper usage by December 2022. He said that illegal encroachment from 1100 acres land of Patiala, 808 acres of Ludhiana, 464 acres of Fatehgarh Sahib, 194 acres of Sangrur, 3469 acres of SAS Nagar, 154 acres of Rupnagar, 8 acres of Barnala and 9 acres land of Malerkotla have been razed with the help of law enforcement agencies.

          The Cabinet Minister further said that a total of 507 acres of land under Ferozepur division has been freed from encroachments. He further added that illegal possession razed from 128 acres land of district Ferozepur, 187 acres of Fazilka, 27 acres of Sri Muktsar Sahib, 13 acres of Mansa, 49 acres of Bathinda, 26 acres of Moga and 77 acres of Faridkot. Similarly, illegal possession has been removed from a total of 2676 acres of land falls under Jalandhar division. “609 acres of Gurdaspur, 602 acres of Kapurthala, 264 acres of Amritsar, 239 acres of Jalandhar, 308 acres of Hoshiarpur, 126 acres of Tarn Taran, 228 acres of SBS Nagar and 300 acres land of Pathankot have been freed from illegal occupants,” he added.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Important discussion in Punjab Vidhan Sabha to stop public fleecing due to exorbitant medicine prices on February 21

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IEP Chandigarh, February 19:   

       Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhawan, on Sunday, said that an important meeting will be held in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on February 21 to discuss the public interest issue of selling medicines on exorbitant rates, which is leading to public loot. The meeting would be attended by the cabinet ministers, MLAs, health experts and representatives of various NGOs.          As part of the series of discussions pertaining to various Public issues, the Speaker said, this discussion will be held on this burning issue because it is a common belief that due to selling of medicines on high prices, people are being robbed and medicines are going beyond the reach of the poor, so finding a solution to this problem of public interest, is the need of the hour.          He said that this meeting would enable MLAs, who work as a link between the public and the government, to have a meaningful debate in the assembly on this burning issue of public interest so that suitable steps for its proper solution could be taken. Apart from cabinet ministers and MLAs, health experts and representatives of various social organizations will attend the meeting. 

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People completely satisfied with 8 years tenure of state government: Hry CM

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IEP Chandigarh, February 18

Stating that the people of the state are completely satisfied with the 8 years tenure of the present Government, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that he has worked for the welfare of every section of the society while fulfilling his political responsibility as a social worker.        Sh. Manohar Lal said this today during the programme ‘Badlav ke 8 saal’, organized at PWD Rest House, Sector 1, Panchkula.Worked to bring positive changes in system in last 8 yearsThe Chief Minister said that the present government has worked towards bringing a positive change in the system in the last 8 years. “While cracking the whip on corruption, the state government has worked on the principle of Antyodaya; by providing benefits of various schemes to the last mile person. Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) programme has been started by the state government, in which the family has been considered as a unit,” he added.        He said that the data of 68 lakh families of the state has been verified and foremost benefits of the schemes will be given to the low income group families after their identification. “Concerned about the poor families, the state government has increased the income limit of BPL families from Rs 1.20 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh annually. As a result, the number of BPL families has increased to about 29 lakhs and the benefits of various schemes will be given to these families,” said the Chief Minister. He said that a separate category of 6 to 18 years has been made in the Parivar Pehchan Patra; through which every child falling in this age group is  tracked to ensure that no child is deprived of going to school.71 new colleges including more than 30 women colleges opened in stateLaying special emphasis on higher education of the girls, the Chief Minister said that 71 new colleges have been opened across the state, among which more than 30 are women colleges. “Women or co-ed colleges have been opened within every 20 km radius; so that our daughters do not have to travel more than 10 kms,” he asserted.        He further said mapping is being done on the remaining 8 to 10 places, where colleges are to be opened. “To meet the demand of teachers in schools and colleges, the Haryana Public Service Commission has started the recruitment process of 7,000 professors and PGT teachers; which will be completed soon,” he added.Working with the spirit of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’, uniform development in the state has been ensured        Taking a dig, Sh. Manohar Lal said that in the previous governments, there was discrimination in development by the Chief Ministers and priority was only given to the development of their districts. “But, working on the goal of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’, we have ensured uniform development of the  state. Outdoing this, we have got more development done in those areas which were lagging behind in terms of development due to some reasons,” he added.He said that the Central Government declared ‘110 Aspirational Districts’ in the country which also includes NUH district of Haryana.  Today there has been more development in Nuh than other districts, he added.Prime Minister praised schemes implemented by Haryana government in public forumsThe Chief Minister said that Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi has not only praised the schemes implemented by the present state government in several public forums but they have been implemented by the central government in the country. He said that the central government has implemented the Lal Dora free scheme implemented by the state government in the name of ‘SVAMITVA Scheme’, to give ownership rights of their properties to the people.Apart from this, the Prime Minister has also praised Haryana’s Parivar Pehchan Patra yojana and has said that this scheme should be implemented in other states as well, he said, adding that recently the Maharashtra government has announced the implementation of the PPP scheme in their state.        “In the coming two years of the second term of the government, we will work to take the state forward with everyone’s cooperation. The people of Haryana are my family and we will make continuous efforts to maintain the prosperity, peace, coordination and brotherhood of the people,” said the Chief Minister.On the occasion, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, former Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Smt. Varsha Khangwal and other dignitaries were also present.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Dr Amit Agrawal reviews preparations for G-20 summit

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IEP Chandigarh, February 18

The preparations for organizing G-20 Summit in Gurugram are gaining momentum. Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr Amit Agrawal, who is also the Director General of Information, Public Relations, Culture & Languages Department, Haryana,  today reviewed the preparations, especially those related to branding of the event.  In the meeting, it was told that the day of the participants of the Summit in Gurugram would begin with yoga session. All the participants from different countries will be invited for the yoga session in the morning. Efficient Yoga Instructors will be provided for these sessions daily and Protocol yoga asanas, which are usually performed on International Yoga Day, will be practiced during their three days stay at Hotel Leela in Gurugram. 1St Anti Corruption Working Group Meeting is scheduled to be held in Gurugram from ensuing March 1st to 4th.   

        In the virtually held meeting, Dr Agrawal said that it is a matter of pride for India to have presidency of G-20 Summit and its an opportunity for  us  to showcase Haryana’s rich cultural heritage before the foreign delegates. It  also provides opportunity to  project and promote the city of Gurugram among international community. For this all residents of Gurugram should come forward and participate in preparing the city to host this mega event. Everybody should contribute in his or her way. The companies or corporate houses should come forward in presenting a gesture of welcome to the delegates. For example, they can put up approved G-20 creatives and projections on their buildings. In addition, they can adequately lit up their buildings, as is done during Diwali festival. Similarly, the residents can contribute in keeping the city clean.

       It was informed in the meeting that along with the preparations for the grand welcome of the participating delegates of the summit, signages and welcome gates, hoardings etc are also being displayed to inform the general public about the importance of this Summit.  For this purpose, 400 auto rickshaws and as many taxi cabs in Gurugram and Faridabad are used to publicise the event. In addition, 100 bus queue shelters in the national capital Delhi and 200 bus queue shelters in Gurugram, 300 buses of Haryana State Transport, 200 departmental hoardings have been put up with publicity material related to the summit. Not only this, the G-20 logo is being broadcast on the screens in all the common service centers across the state. Publicity material related to the conference is being broadcast on 100 digital screens installed at railway stations of 6 districts including Gurugram. Not only this, eight inter-state Volvo buses plying from Gurugram have been completely wrapped (covered) with paraphernalia related to the summit. The city buses, plying on various routes in Gurugram were also being wrapped. Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA)  has also signed MoU with an agency for pasting publicity material on pillars and platforms of Rapid Metro service. Haryana’s Republic Day tableau, which featured ‘Dharmakshetra Kurukshetra and Lord Krishna’s  ‘Virat Swaroop’, would also be prominently displayed during the summit. Along with this, the description about the tableau and will be displayed on the digital screen so that the delegates can understand its importance.

     It was also informed that the delegates of the Summit will be given options for evening visit to Camera Museum, Transport Museum, Biodiversity Park and Cyber Hub located in Gurugram city. They can go to any of these places as per their wish. They will be briefed about these places through brochures and digital mode.

        In the meeting, it was told that the participants of the summit will also visit Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, where preparations are being made to welcome them. The Gurugram Traffic Police has been asked to prepare a traffic plan for this. The delegates will also be invited to plant saplings at the Sanctuary, so that the memory of the Summit remains in the future. The excursion tours of delegates to Car Museum in Tauru ( District Nuh) and Pratapgarh Farm ( District Jhajjar) are also being planned.

        Commissioner Municipal Corporation P C Meena, Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, Additional Commissioner MCG Amardeep Singh, CEO of GMCBL Smt Anju Chaudhary, Chief Protocol Officer Vatshal Vishishtha, District Ayush Officer Dr. Manju, STP Sanjiv Maan, District Wildlife Officer Rajendra Prasad and officers from DoPT and MEA also participated through onlin

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Providing affordable, safe, efficient public transport services in Haryana and adjoining areas is our utmost priority, says CM Khattar

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IEP Chandigarh, February 18-

As part of slew of steps underway to augment the transportation network, Chief Minister today flagged off as many as 70 fully built-up standard Non–AC buses meeting BS VI Emission Norms.        As per the plans, 400 fully built-up standard Non-AC Buses are likely to be delivered by March 31, 2023, and the remaining buses will be delivered before June 30, 2023.        While flagging off the buses from Panchkula today, Sh. Manohar Lal said that acknowledging the fact that strengthening public transport is one of the key issues in the endeavours towards more sustainable transport systems, the state government, time and again has increased the number of public transport.        “Providing affordable, safe, efficient public transport services in Haryana and adjoining areas is our utmost priority. The government plans to buy 550 electric buses, 50 electric buses will ply in Gurugram and 50 at Faridabad.”, said Sh. Manohar Lal.        Divulging more details, the Chief Minister said that flagging off these buses is more special, as for the first time in Transport Department, has got finalized fully build-up Standard Non- AC Buses.        “Earlier the department used to purchase bus chassis from bus/ chassis manufacturers and thereafter bus body fabrication is done by Haryana Roadways Engineering Corporation (HREC) Gurugram, which takes more time to carry out bus body fabrication on the supplied chassis resulting in the delayed supply of fully built-up buses to the depots,” shared Sh. Manohar Lal.        Notably, these buses have added features such as destination boards for updated information to the travellers, Vehicle Location Tracking Devices (VLTD), panic buttons as per CMVR and pneumatically controlled front service doors for better control in the buses by drivers.        The proposal of State Transport Haryana to procure 1000 Fully Built-up Standard Non–AC buses meeting BS VI emission norms were approved at the level of the High Powered Purchase Committee (HPPC) held under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister.        Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Sh. Navdeep Singh Virk, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula, Sh. Mahavir Kaushik, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sh. Sumer Partap Singh and other officers also remained present on this occasion. 

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Haryana Police identifies dead body in Croatia using Interpol standardized digital format

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IEP Chandigarh, February 18

In a first-of-its-kind case, Haryana Police by establishing enhanced coordination with CBI and Interpol officials at all levels has played a significant contribution in the identification of a dead body abroad by matching DNA of a blood relative with that of the body.

Giving the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that in this international level case related to district Kurukshetra, the police did not resort to lengthy procedures like MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty) or LR (Letter Rogatory) in DNA investigation.

This is the first time that such a case of DNA matching has been done through 24×7 Interpol channels using Interpol standardized digital format. Initially, the Haryana Police had sent a physical sample of DNA which could not be sent through Interpol channels. However later, the digital format DNA profile was collected by Haryana Police in Interpol standardized format and Haryana Police received the digital profile of DNA from CFSL Chandigarh and transmitted to Croatia through Interpol’s 24×7 channels on the same day.

A complaint in this regard was received from Paramjeet Kaur, a resident of district Kurukshetra in which the complainant stated that her son Parminder wanted to go to Italy. After completing required formalities in this regard, she came to know that his son has reached Serbia and after that he will be sent to Italy by air. She also learned from sources that an unidentified body had been found in Croatia, which she suspected to be that of her son Parminder Singh. The complainant expressed apprehension that the accused Gaurav Gupta and others may have killed his son out of greed for money. Based on the above complaint, a formal case under Sections 406, 420 IPC and 10 & 24 was registered at Police Station City Pehowa vide FIR No. 111 dated 13.04.2022.

Subsequently, a case was filed in the High Court by relatives of the suspected deceased Parminder for identification of his body in Croatia. In compliance of High Court order dated 21.11.2022, DNA sample of Paramjit Kaur (mother of Parminder Singh) was collected by Kurukshetra Police through CHC, Pehowa, Kurukshetra and sent to CFSL, Sector-36 Chandigarh for DNA Profiling. Thereafter, after completing all the formalities, along with the submission of DNA profile of Paramjit Kaur, communication was made with the concerned department of Union Home Ministry.

CBI-IPCU (Central Bureau of Investigation-International Police Cooperation Unit) had filed a status report in the High Court detailing the communication made with NCB-Zagreb (Croatia) and the steps being taken to identify the subject.

CBI had shared digital DNA format of INTERPOL with Haryana police and obtained a digital DNA format of the blood relative i.e. Patamjeet Kaur. The same was emailed to NCB Zagreb(Croatia). DNA sequence was mailed by NCB-New Delhi to NCB Zagreb (Croatia). The same was matched by Croatian authorities and positive identification was given on 13.02.2023. The same was informed to Haryana police and also to the family members of the deceased. NCB-Zagreb (Croatia) informed of positive identification of the suspected unidentified dead body to be of Parminder Singh based on digital DNA profiling.

The relatives of the deceased have been informed about these developments. Though the dead body has already been buried by the Croatian government authorities, the family members will now proceed to claim the last mortal remains from Croatia with the assistance of the Government of India.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Governor, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya performed ‘Jalabhishek’ at the ancient Shiva temple located in Saketri, Panchkula on the occasion of Mahashivratri

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IEP Chandigarh, February 18

Haryana Governor, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya, along with his family, today offered prayers to Lord Shiva by performing ‘Jalabhishek’ at the ancient Shiva temple of Saketri on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivaratri.The Governor extended greetings to the people of Haryana and the country on the occasion of Maha-Shivratri and prayed for the progress and prosperity of the state.On this occasion, Sh. K D Sharma, Head of Shiv Mandir Trust, presented a memento of Lord Shiva and Maa Parvati to the Governor.