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Mohali lad shines in U-14 school cricket tournament

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IEP Mohali, October 27

Mohali lad Ayaan Srivastava while leading YPS Mohali cricket team in under 14 Indian Public School Conference (IPSC )tournament at Pune recently played  a crucial part in YPS win in tournament while shining with both bat and ball.  

Due to his sterling all-rounder performance, he was named player of the tournament. Ayaan was in fact man of the match in three consecutive matches from quarter final to final and scored 145 runs and taken 6 wickets in the tournament

In the quarter final, while batting he played captain’s knock by scoring 42 runs off 46 balls. In the bowling department he took 2 wickets for just 8 runs in 4 overs.

In the semifinal his bat again spoke of his caliber while scoring 44 runs in 52 balls. He also took 2 wickets for 9 runs in 3 overs.

In the final against DPS Mathura Road, while batting first , Ayaan was involved in a 99 run opening wicket partnership with vice-captain Anhad Singh Sandhu while scoring 33 runs off 54 balls. In bowling he scalped 2 wickets for 10 runs in 3.5 overs.

Chandigarh, Haryana

260-gm heroin and 2 kg opium seized

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IEP Chandigarh, October 27

Haryana Police in separate incidents, have arrested two persons on the charges of drug peddling in Sirsa district and recovered 260-gram heroin and 2 kg 20 gram of opium from their possession.

                    Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that a police team while checking signalled a scooty driver to stop. Instead of stopping, the accused tried to speed off but was nabbed at a short distance. When frisked, 260-gram of heroin worth around Rs 1.25 crore was recovered from accused identified as Sonu aka Mirchi, a resident of Ther Mohalla in Sirsa.

                    During interrogation, the accused told that seized contraband was given to him by two persons.

                    In another crackdown, a police team was patrolling near railway crossing in the district. A suspicious person appeared who tried to flee away from the spot after seeing the police team. The team immediately nabbed him and recovered 2 kg 20 gram of opium from his possession identified as Santosh Kumar, a native of Jharkhand.

                    Cases under the NDPS Act were registered against them in different police stations. Both will be taken on remand so that names of others involved in this network of drug peddling could be unearthed.

Chandigarh

Vigilance unearths another scam in labour, transportation tenders in Ferozepur grain markets

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IEP Chandigarh October 27

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has exposed another scam regarding fraud in labour cartage and transport tenders for wheat in grain markets by the contractors in conniving with concerned officers/employees of the Food and Civil Supplies department in Ferozepur. In this regard a case has been registered against three contractors/tenderers Davinder Singh of Faridkot, Daviderpal and Gurushakti, both from Talwandi Bhai, at the VB Police Station Ferozepur, for committing fraud and embezzlement causing huge loss to the State exchequer. In this case the VB has arrested contractor Davinder Singh resident of Nandeana Gate, Faridkot.

Disclosing this here today, the spokesperson of the VB said the bureau after investigating this fraud in the grain markets of Ferozepur and Mamdot, a case has been registered under FIR 24 on 27-10-2022 against the accused contractors under section 420, 409, 467, 468, 471, 120-B and section 13 (1) and (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Police Station VB, Ferozepur.

Giving more information in this regard, the spokesperson said during the tenders for labour cartage and transport in the above grain markets for wheat/stock articles in the current year 2022-2023, the above mentioned contractors has attached lists at the time of filling the tenders regarding the registration numbers of vehicles for transportation of goods which were verified by the VB from respective district transport authorities. It has come to light that in these lists several registration numbers of unvalid vehicles like Motor Cycles, Jeeps, Tractors etc, were attached whereas the food grains could not be transported on such vehicles, he added.

During the probe it has been established that along with the registration numbers of fake vehicles mentioned in the gate passes by the accused contractors, the details of the quantity of food grains are prima facie a case of fake reporting and embezzlement shown in these gate passes. He said the concerned officials/employees of the department had also paid to the said contractors for the work done without verifying these fake gate passes.

          He further revealed that according to the above facts, the district tender allotment committee should have rejected the technical bid of the concerned contractors as per rules, which was not done. But the concerned officials/employees in connivance with each other have committed this fraud in the labour cartage and transport tenders for the transportation of food grains in these grain markets and on the basis of which this case has been registered against the above mentioned accused. The role of other government officers/employees of the department would be probed during the investigation of the case as alleged in the complaint in this regard.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Aman Arora lays foundation stone of Udyog Seva Kendra at Dera Bassi

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IEP SAS Nagar, October 26

Punjab Government led by Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann is striving hard to promote industry in the state for generating more employment opportunities for the youth of the state, said Housing & Urban Development and Information & Public Relations Minister Mr Aman Arora, who laid a foundation stone of Udyog Seva Kendra at Dera Bassi Today.

Mr. Aman Arora, while addressing the members of Dera Bassi Industries Association, said that the industrialists of this region will get great benefits with this Udyog Seva Kendra. He said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann was pushing to promote Ease of Doing Business and establishing new industry in the state, which is the backbone of the economy as in the progress of any country or state, industry plays a major role.

He said that he has been hearing about the difficulties faced by the Dera Bassi industrialists. The industry of this area was neglected by the previous governments. Now, the state government led by S. Bhagwant Mann was not leaving any stone left unturned in providing the required facilities to the industry. 

He informed that the Housing and Urban Development department has delegated powers for approval of Building Plans and grant of Completion Certificate of standalone industries including compounding of standalone industries, outside MC Limit, to Director of Factories so that the industrialist need not to apply at two separate departments for getting the Building Plans of their factories approved.

Many other significant decisions have been made regarding setting up industries in the state, with which Punjab was emerging as a preferred destination for industries across the country. On this occasion, he also lent sympathetic ear to problems being faced by industrialists and assured them to resolve their problems at the earliest.  

Earlier, MLA Mr. Kuljit Singh Randhawa felicitated the Cabinet Minister and apprised him the difficulties faced by the industry of Dera Bassi. On this occasion, SDM Dera Bassi Mr. Himanshu Gupta, President of Dera Bassi Industries Association Mr Vijay Mittal, Secretary Rakesh R. Agarwal and other office bearers and industrialists were also present.

Chandigarh

ON TRANSPORT MINISTER DIRECTIVES, FOUR EMPLOYEES INCLUDING GM OF PUNJAB ROADWAYS SUSPENDED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES

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IEP Chandigarh, October 26

On the directives of Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, four employees including General Manager of Punjab Roadways have been suspended on the charges of irregularities and corrupt practices with immediate effect.          Giving further details, Transport Minister said that he had received complaints pertaining to the irregularities at Sri Muktsar Sahib Depot of Punjab Roadways, following which an investigation team was formed to conduct a preliminary investigation adopting zero tolerance policy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann towards corruption.          Cabinet Minister Bhullar said, on the basis of the investigation report submitted by the investigation team, Sri Muktsar Sahib Depot General Manager Ranjit Singh Bagga, Sub Inspector Balwinder Singh, Senior Assistant Pargat Singh and Conductor Gursharan Singh have been suspended under the charges of causing financial loss to the state exchequer and carrying out corruption activities.          He said that these officials, who used to collect adda fee of private buses but did not give the receipt and instead of depositing the due amount in the state exchequer, they pocketing the same in their own pockets, have been suspended under Rule 4 (2) (a) of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970. The headquarter of the officials will be the office of the Director State Transport, Punjab at Chandigarh during the suspension period.

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आदमपुर उपचुनाव के लिए जेजेपी की कोऑर्डिनेशन कमेटी और स्टार प्रचारक घोषित

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IEP Chandigarh

 जननायक जनता पार्टी ने आदमपुर उपचुनाव को लेकर अपने वरिष्ठ और स्थानीय नेताओं की टीम बनाकर चुनाव प्रचार में उतार दी हैं। पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेताओं ने विचार विमर्श कर प्रदेश अध्यक्ष सरदार निशान सिंह के नेतृत्व में 6 नेताओं की समन्वय समिति बनाई है। इस कमेटी में पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय संगठन सचिव राजेंद्र लितानी, राज्य मंत्री अनूप धानक, चिकित्सा प्रकोष्ठ के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष डॉ विरेंद्र सिवाच, हिसार जिला प्रभारी मास्टर ताराचंद और जिला अध्यक्ष रमेश गोदारा शामिल हैं। 

बुधवार को जेजेपी कोआर्डिनेशन कमेटी के सदस्यों ने आदमपुर अनाज मंडी में एक बैठक कर हलके को 12 जोन में बांटकर विभिन्न नेताओं की ड्यूटी भी लगा दी। जेजेपी ने सभी 12 जोन में एक-एक नेता को प्रभारी नियुक्त किया है और उन्हें अपने क्षेत्र के गांवों में प्रचार तेज़ करने को कहा है।

पार्टी सचिव रणधीर सिंह ने बताया कि जेजेपी ने 20 वरिष्ठ नेताओं की सूची आदमपुर उपचुनाव के लिए स्टार प्रचारक के तौर पर भी घोषित की है। इनमें पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष डॉ अजय सिंह चौटाला, उपमुख्यमंत्री दुष्यंत चौटाला, वरिष्ठ राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष अनंत राम तंवर एवं डॉ केसी बांगड़,  प्रदेश अध्यक्ष सरदार निशान सिंह और प्रदेश महासचिव दिग्विजय चौटाला शामिल हैं। इनके अलावा राष्ट्रीय संगठन सचिव राजेंद्र लितानी, राष्ट्रीय महासचिव हर्ष कुमार,कैबिनेट मंत्री देवेंद्र बबली, राज्य मंत्री अनूप धानक, विधायक ईश्वर सिंह, अमरजीत ढांडा, रामकरण काला, जोगीराम सिहाग भी आदमपुर में प्रचार करेंगे। साथ ही मोहसिन चौधरी, शीला भ्याण, रविंद्र सांगवान, कृष्ण गंगवा, विरेंद्र सिवाच और प्रदीप देसवाल भी जेजेपी की तरफ से गठबंधन उम्मीदवार के पक्ष में आदमपुर में प्रचार करेंगे।

जेजेपी सचिव रणधीर सिंह ने बताया कि उन्होंने पार्टी के स्टार प्रचारकों की सूची राज्य चुनाव आयोग को भेज दी है और प्रचार के आखिरी सप्ताह में अपने कार्यकर्ताओं से भी आदमपुर उपचुनाव में सक्रिय भूमिका निभाने को कहा है। पार्टी नेताओं ने आदमपुर में की बैठक के बाद कहा कि आदमपुर की जन क्षेत्र के विकास के लिए और सकारात्मक राजनीति के लिए गठबंधन के प्रत्याशी को वोट देगी और राज्य सरकार के साथ चलकर यहां विकास का रास्ता बुलंद करेगी।

Chandigarh

More laurels for PGIMER as Dr Surinder Rana from Gastroenterology, awarded the prestigious Emerging Leaders Lectureship Award for 2022

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IEP Chandigarh October 26

There have been more laurels for PGIMER as one of its distinguished faculty, Dr Surinder Rana, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, PGIMER has been awarded Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation and the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation, (APDWF-JGHF)  prestigious Emerging Leaders Lectureship Award for 2022. The award citation states that Dr. Rana has been awarded in recognition of his excellence as a rising star and his contributions to Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Asia Pacific region. This award is an acknowledgment of his significant contributions to the management of pancreatic diseases including acute and chronic pancreatitis. Dr. Rana will be delivering a lecture on the Endoscopic management of Pancreatic Necrosis at the APDWF-JGHF Emerging Leaders Lectureship session at the Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2022 (APDW2022) Congress being held in Xi’an, China. He has been studying the role of therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic diseases and has developed various innovative minimally invasive non-surgical methods for treating various pancreatic diseases. Having more than 400 publications in peer reviewed National and International Journals, Dr. Rrana has also received various awards and orations including Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Amrut Mody Unichem Prize 2019, Young Clinician Award 2005 by World Gastroenterology Organization, Don Wilson (Crystal)Award 2006 by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and Shakuntala Amir Chand Award 2006 by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for his dedicated work in the field of pancreatology. In addition to the above accomplishments, Dr Rana has to his credit  fellowship of  American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), American Gastroenterology Association (AGA), Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI) and Association of Interventional GI Endoscopy of India (AIGE

Chandigarh, Punjab

Punjab CM pays tribute to lord vishwakarma at state level function in ludhiana

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IEP Ludhiana, October 25      

    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that following the footsteps of Lord Vishwakarma, the Aam Aadmi Government will overhaul the entire system in the state to ensure its progress and prosperity of people.          The Chief Minister, while presiding over a state level function to mark Vishwakarma Day here at local Ramgarhia College, said that Lord Vishwakarma ji was the founder of the creativity, engineering, architecture and technology in the universe. He said that the earlier governments had mercilessly plundered the wealth of the state during which they had caused irreparable damage to it. Bhagwant Mann said that now with the blessings of Lord Vishwakarma he is trying to repair the damage done to the state by ensuring its complete revamp.          The Chief Minister said that the industrial and infrastructure growth across the globe that we observe today was only due to the blessings of Lord Vishwakarma. Bhagwant Mann said that since ages Lord Vishwakarma, the divine architect of the entire universe, is believed to be the master of all machinery and equipment being used by the people in all the industrial activities. Bhagwant Mann said that this great deity of all craftsmen and architects has inspired our artisans, workers and labour class to work hard for the development of the nation besides inculcating a feeling of dignity of labour and a sense of pride in them.          Exhorting the workers and craftsmen to make concerted efforts for strengthening the infrastructure of the state and the Nation, the Chief Minister said that it will be a real and befitting tribute to Lord Vishwakarma. Bhagwant Mann said that in line with the ideology and teachings of Lord Vishwakarma, the Punjab government is laying thrust on imparting skill training to the youth across the state so they could live a life with dignity and self respect. He further said that the promotion of skill training across the state is the need of the hour.          The Chief Minister said that his government strives to make the youth of Punjab to job providers instead of job seekers. He asserted that Punjabis are blessed with the qualities of entrepreneurship and leadership. Bhagwant Mann said that due to these qualities the Punjabis have carved a niche for themselves across the globe.          The Chief Minister lamented that divisive forces are trying to create a wedge between people on lines of caste, religion, language and others in the country. He said that this is not in the interest of our nation for which the ethos of communal harmony, brotherhood and fraternity must be strengthened. Bhagwant Mann also bemoaned the irreparable damage being caused to federal structure of the country by those at helms of affairs at the centre by usurping the rights of the states.          The Chief Minister said that this is against the basic spirit of democracy and cannot be tolerated at any cost. Citing the example of Mughal Gardens in Rashtrapati Bhawan, Bhagwant Mann said that it has a variety of flowers which soothes the eyes of everyone due to which people throng to see it adding that the democracy with diverse ideas and views is always a successful one. In the same manner, Bhagwant Mann said that in democracy opposition and treasury benches are also important adding that in a democratic set up the views of everyone should be taken into consideration.          The Chief Minister said that as Lord Vishwakarma has created the entire universe by joining brick by brick so now the time has come when we must build our nation by strengthening the basic social fabric of the country. He said that for this all of us have to join hands and ensure that the country is put on a path of progress and prosperity. Bhagwant Mann solicited the support of people for this noble cause and in the larger interests of the country.          Striking an emotional chord with the city of Ludhiana, the Chief Minister described it as his Karam bhoomi whereas Satauj village was his janambhoomi. Bhagwant Mann said that he has been fortunate enough to have got the opportunity to serve Punjab and its people. He said that the state government is already making strenuous efforts to restore the pristine glory of the state adding that this can be ensured only with proactive support of people.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB WITNESSED REDUCED LEVELS OF POLLUTION THIS DIWALI: MEET HAYER

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IEP Chandigarh, October 25

          Punjab has observed the Average Air Quality Index (AQI) reduction of 16.4% from the last year and 31.7% as comparative to 2020.

          The Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer while divulging the details stated that due to constant efforts of the Punjab Pollution Control Board and appealed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, this year’s air quality improved as compare to last years on the day of Diwali.

          Pointing out further, the Environment Minister said that last year as well as in 2020 no city remained in the moderate category of AQI whereas this year 2 cities (Khanna & Mandi Gobindgarh) remained in the Moderate category of AQI.

          Overall all the 6 Cities of Punjab have observed a reduction in the AQI during this year’s Diwali (2022) as compared to last year’s Diwali days (2020 & 2021), said the Minister adding the Average AQI of Punjab this year Diwali was 224 (Poor) as compared to 268 (Poor) in 2021and 328 (very Poor) in 2020.

          The Maximum AQI was recorded at Amritsar this year with AQI Category 262 (Poor). However, in the last year Maximum value of AQI 327 (Very Poor) was observed in Jalandhar & in 2020 Maximum value of AQI 386 (Very Poor) was observed in Amritsar. The minimum AQI for this year was recorded in Mandi Gobindgarh with AQI of 188 (Moderate) against the last year value of 220 (Poor) and also in 2020 with AQI value of 262 (Poor). Last year AQI of the 02 Cities (Amritsar & Jalandhar) remained in Very Poor Category whereas in 2020, 04 cities namely Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana & Patiala remained in Very Poor category. However, no city remained in very poor category of AQI this year. The Maximum AQI reduction in this year was observed in Jalandhar (31.2%) and Minimum was observed in Patiala(7.0%), said the Minister.

          Meanwhile, the Chairman PPCB Prof.  Adarsh Paul Vig thanked the people of State of Punjab for following the advisory issued with respect to time period fixed for bursting of fire crackers and using the green crackers for celebrations of Diwali festival, resulting in overall improvement in Air Quality as compared to last year and 2020 also.

          The Member Secretary PPCB Karunesh Garg said that the Punjab Pollution Control Board has installed Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in 06 cities of Punjab namely Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Khanna, MandiGobindgarh and Patiala to monitor the ambient air quality on real time basis.

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MCC carries out special cleanliness drive to clean the city before and after Diwali

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IEP Chandigarh, October 25

The citizens of Chandigarh appreciated the MCC’s special drive to clean the city this Diwali.

In a statement, Col. Kulwinder Singh, President, Resident Welfare Association, Sector 10, Chandigarh expressed his gratitude to the officials of Municipal Corporation for the initiative “Ye Diwali Swachhata wali”. He said that undoubtedly, the entire team of MCC has worked very hard and displayed good execution skills expected of great leadership.

Col. Kulwinder Singh reiterated that in his experience the MCC officials always respond and react to complaints and requests of citizens quite despite the work pressure on them.

He also appealed to all residents of Chandigarh to match the efforts of the MCC and do their bit like other cities of Indore so that Chandigarh becomes No. 1 again.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh had launched a special cleanliness drive ‘Ye Diwali-Swachhata Wali’ from October 15th to 27th October to keep the city clean and beautiful with the focus on reuse, reduce and recycle under Swachh Bharat Mission.

Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh had directed the concerned officers to clean the city streets, backlanes, parks, market areas, open spaces, road berms etc. by deploying all its machinery and equipment before Diwali. She had directed them to prepare special task teams to deal with the pruning of trees, lifting of horticulture waste, cleaning of road berms, market areas, open spaces besides putting additional manpower for proper sanitation.

Additional machinery alongwith tractor trollies have been pressed into service to lift the malba, horticulture waste from the open spaces. The Commissioner said that the special teams will also cleanup the city after Diwali festival.