IEP Chandigarh, October 9

In the ongoing 36th National Games, on Sunday Haryana won its maiden gold in Yogasana after the duo of Rahul and Rishabh from Gurugram showed their talent in this traditional sport.  Besides this, another state lad Praveen Pathak also won a bronze medal in the Artistic Yogasana (Singles).

As rightly being called the sports capital of the country, the players of Haryana have continued their winning streak even in the ongoing 36th National Games. Till now, the State has already emerged as the champion in archery and netball games.

Haryana bagged gold, silver and bronze in Judo

The players of Haryana made a clean sweep in Judo as in the 73 kg weight category, the proud sons of the State Vishal, Jatin and Vikas Dalal bagged gold, silver and bronze respectively.

The girls’ team win the silver medal in golf

The State daughters proved their mettle as they bagged the silver medal in golf. In the team event, Haryana’s Vani Kapoor and Lavanya Jadoon added one more medal to the state’s medal tally by winning the silver medal. Meanwhile, Abhinav Lohan and Sunhit Bishnoi bagged the bronze medal in the boys’ individual event.

Girls Hockey team enters final

In the semi-final match of hockey held on Sunday, State daughters strengthened their claim on the gold by winning the finals. The semi-final match was played between Haryana and Jharkhand. In this thrilling match, Haryana beat Jharkhand by 5-2. The finals will be played on October 11.

Notably, so far, the Girls’ Hockey team has not lost any match. The team has registered consecutive victories in pool matches as well. It is expected that in the final match as well the team will continue its victory streak to bag gold for the State.

A total of 94 medals including 31 gold in the State’s tally

As of October 9, 6 pm, Haryana has won 94 medals including 31 gold, 29 silver and 34 bronze. So far the players of Haryana have won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in aquatics, 5 gold medals in archery, 3 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals in athletics, 2 gold and 3 silver medals in cycling, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medal in fencing, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in Golf, 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 9 Bronze medals in Judo, 2 Bronze medals in Kabaddi, 2 Gold in Net Ball, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze in Rowing, 1 Gold in Rugby Medals, 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals in Shooting, 1 Bronze Medal in Soft Tennis, 1 Silver Medal in Table Tennis, 1 Bronze Medal in Tennis, 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals in Weightlifting, 12 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in Wrestlingand, 1 Gold and 1 Bronze medal in Yogasana.

IEP Chandigarh, October 9

Haryana Government appointed five IAS  officers of the 2020 batch, (awaiting orders of posting) as Sub Divisional Officers (Civil).

As per the orders Pradeep Singh has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Gharaunda, Deepak Babulal Karwa has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Ferozepur Jhirka, Pankaj has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Jind and Harshit Kumar has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Mahendragarh.

Besides this, C Jayasharadha another IAS officer of the 2020 batch has been posted as  Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Naraingarh and  CEO-Cum-Executive Director, Naraingarh Sugar Mills Ltd.

Meanwhile, the government has also issued transfer and posting orders of 7 HCS officers with immediate effect.

These include, Surender Singh-I has been posted as Additional Director (Admn.) and Special Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Department, Aditi has been posted as Secretary-cum-CEO, UTKARSH Society, Wakeel Ahmed has been posted as Estate Officer, HSVP, Panipat, Ranbir Singh has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Tauru, Mayank Bhardwaj has been posted as Estate Officer, HSVP, Kurukshetra and Abhay Singh Jangra has been posted as City Magistrate, Karnal.

While, Pradeep Kumar-III, Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Pataudi has been given additional charge of CEO, Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine Board, Gurugram. 

IEP Chandigarh, October 8

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh.  Manohar Lal said that Haryana is the first state not only in the country but also in the world to implement the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP).        “PPP has made  Haryana a role model not only for other states but also for the country and abroad. Through PPP, benefits of all the welfare schemes are being ensured by identifying the actual needy families and the actual beneficiaries,” added Sh. Manohar Lal.         The Chief Minister said this during a special meeting held with a delegation of the Maharashtra Government at Haryana Niwas in the late evening.        The delegation included Revenue, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister, Sh. Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, Ports and Mining Minister,  Sh. Dada Bhuse, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development Department, Sh.  Rajesh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Relief and Rehabilitation, Information and Technology Department, Sh. Aseem Kumar Gupta,  Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Dr. Shrikar Pardeshi, Officer on Special Duty to  Chief Minister, Maharashtra,  Dr. Anand Madia.         During the meeting, a presentation was shared on Parivar Pehchan Patra, about the Family Information Data Repository (FIDR), the implementation strategy, institutional Mechanisms for PPP implementation, the pro-active welfare services through PPP and benefits and outcomes realized of the Government’s first-of-its-kind umbrella PPP scheme.          “PPP had proved instrumental in identifying the ineligible beneficiaries who were taking undue advantage of various government schemes,” asserted the Sh. Manohar Lal.         The Chief Minister said that today, the central government is ensuring the benefits of welfare schemes to the general public through the Aadhaar card.         “Going a step further the present State Government while considering the family as one unit, the flagship scheme of Parivar Pehchan Patra was launched which not only created a unique ID for every family residing in the State but also ensured the reach of benefits of government schemes at the grassroots levels,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister said that today in Haryana, the benefits of all the welfare government schemes are being given through PPP only. Automatic disbursal of pension benefits is being ensured through PPP The Chief Minister said that the through Social Justice and Empowerment Department, the State Government is giving different types of pensions. All these pensions have been linked with PPP.         This has saved the beneficiaries from making several rounds of the government offices to get their benefit. As soon as a person attains the pension age, the department takes their signatures on the prescribed form one month before their retirement. After this, as soon as the beneficiary attains the pension age completed, their pension automatically starts through PPP. 12,763 pensions have been made in the last months through PPP, said Sh. Manohar Lal. Yellow ration cards are also being made through PPP        The Chief Minister said that yellow ration cards are also being made through PPP. The government has made ration cards through PPP on a pilot basis in Sirsa and Kurukshetra districts. In future, this scheme will be implemented in the entire state. With this, the ration card of the eligible person will be made as per the income verified in PPP.Chief Minister apprised about Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam and CET        The Chief Minister apprised the delegation that how by constituting Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, the State Government has decided to completely eradicate the age-old system of doing contractual recruitment through outsourcing.         He further shared that the State Government has also decided to hold Common Eligibility Test (CET)  for providing government jobs to the youth in a fair and transparent manner.  The candidates appearing for this test will have to do only one-time registration to appear for the said exam. Deligation also visited Yamunanagar        Earlier, the delegation also visited the Yamunanagar to study the public welfare schemes and policies of the Haryana Government.  This delegation studied many public welfare schemes of the government and got detailed information about the schemes by interacting directly with the beneficiaries of various schemes.        During the meeting Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Managing Director, HSIIDC,  Sh. Vikas Gupta, Secretary Food and Supplies Department, Sh. Yogesh Kumar and other senior officers remind present.

IEP CHANDIGARH/ AMRITSAR, October 8:

          As part of the ongoing war against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police has arrested three more members of the drone-based arms/ammunition smuggling module and recovered a fresh cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday. A total of five members of this module have been arrested so far.

Those arrested have been identified as Surinder Singh of village Barwala in Tarn Taran, Harchand Singh and Gursahib Singh, both residents of Valtoha in Amritsar. The Police have recovered Rs 1.01 crores cash, 500 grams heroin, 17 pistols along with 400 live cartridges, one MP-4 rifle along with 300 live cartridges, two weighing machines and two currency counting machines from their possession.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Police team from Counter Intelligence Amritsar had arrested two members of this module including a prisoner identified as Jaskaran Singh and his aide Rattanbir Singh, after recovering 10 foreign-made pistols from locations pinpointed by them, taking total recovery of pistols to 27.

Divulging details, DGP Gaurav Yadav said that during investigations it came out from Jaskaran Singh and Rattanbir Singh that their associate Surinder had picked up the consignment of arms/ammunition that was previously smuggled by them with the help of drones from Pakistan. Following inputs, Police managed to arrest Surinder on Friday and recovered 10 pistols along with six magazines and 100 live cartridges from his possession, he added.

He said that after investigations revealed that Surinder, on the directions of Jaskaran Singh, used to pick consignments from Rattanbir to further deliver them to two brothers Harchand and Gursahib, the Police teams have also arrested them. The Police have recovered the remaining part of consignment from their possession which includes seven Pistols, one MP-4 Rifle and 500 grams heroin, besides, Rs 1.01 crore cash, Weighing machines and currency counting machines from their possession.

The DGP said that further investigations are on to determine the other consignments from Pakistan, which may have been retrieved by this module for further delivery to unidentified persons for commission of anti-national activities, he added.

AIG Counter Intelligence Amritsar Amarjit Singh Bajwa said that during investigations, accused Jaskaran confessed that he is in contact with a Pakistan-based smuggler identified as Asif, who used to deliver consignment of narcotics and arms/ammunition from Pakistan using drone and Rattanbir used to retrieve them on his directions.

Meanwhile, a case FIR No. 30 dated 04.10.2022 had already been registered under section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station SSOC Amritsar.