Category Archives: News

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CM ANNOUNCES TO SPREAD WINGS OF VERKA BY AUGMENTING MILK SUPPLY TO DELHI FOR BENEFITTING FARMERS OF STATE

Leave a comment

IEP Ludhiana, October 19

 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that due to strenuous efforts of the state government, Milkfed- the leading Cooperative of the state will spread its milk by augmenting the milk supply to Delhi from currently 30,000 litres to 2 lakh litres thereby immensely benefitting the farmers/ milk producers of the state.“This is a revolutionary step aimed at supplementing the income of the farmers to bail them out from the agrarian crisis”, said the Chief Minister after inaugurating the newly built Milk Processing and Butter Plant Verka here today. The Chief Minister unequivocally said that the state government has inked an agreement with the Delhi government in this regard. He said that as per this agreement Verka will open new outlets at every nook and corner of Delhi to supply milk and milk products in the capital. Bhagwant Mann unequivocally said that the sole aim of his government is to extend maximum support and best prices to the dairy farmers of Punjab by following the true essence of cooperation. The Chief Minister also asserted that farmer friendly schemes should be implemented so as to boost the dairying business amongst the youth so as to make them financially independent and self-reliant. Bhagwant Mann also said that he has asked Milkfed to further launch an aggressive marketing campaign to capture a sizable chunk of consumer market not only in the state but across the country and even abroad. He said that this leading state cooperative has a perceptible presence in the domestic market as Verka is a household name in the region. The Chief Minister said that VERKA products like Ghee, Milk, Butter, Lassi, Kheer, Curd, Ice-Cream, Sweets and others have already created a niche for themselves in the nationwide market which could further be widened with concerted efforts. Striking an emotional chord with city of Ludhiana, the Chief Minister described it as his Karam bhoomi whereas Satauj village was his janambhoomi adding that the state of the art project is Diwali bonanza for the farmers as it has been constructed at a cost of Rs 105 crore. Bhagwant Mann said that its milk processing capacity is 9 lakh litres daily and 10 Metric Tonne Butter handling capacity. The Chief Minister asserted that Punjabis are blessed with the qualities of entrepreneurship and leadership. He said that due to these qualities the Punjabis have carved a niche for themselves across the globe. Bhagwant Mann said that his government strives to make youth of Punjab to job providers instead of job seekers. The Chief Minister asserted that ever since assuming the charge of office his government has been making strenuous efforts to provide corruption free administration in the state. He said that even if the corrupt leaders had joined some affluent political party also, his government has ensured that they are put behind the bars. Citing the example of recently nabbed former Minister Sunder Shyam Arora, Bhagwant Mann said that whosoever has plundered the wealth of the state will have to pay for their sins.  Listing several pro-people initiatives of the state government in Punjab, the Chief Minister said that the state government has passed the historic ‘One MLA, One Pension’ bill which stipulates that each MLA will get only a single pension, instead of the earlier provision of permitting multiple pensions for every term. He said that similarly the state government has given more than 20,000 government jobs to the youth purely on merit basis. Bhagwant Maan said that the process to regularise 36,000 contractual employees in the state has also started and recently only the state government has issued notification for regularizing services of around 9000 employees. The Chief Minister exhorted the farmers to refrain from burning paddy straw as it poses a serious threat to human life by environmental pollution. He said that in a step aimed at wiping out the menace of paddy straw burning from the state, India’s largest Bio Energy plant has been constructed in Sangrur at a  cost of Rs 230 crore over 20 acres of land. Bhagwant Mann said this is largest biofuel (Biomethane/ Bio-CNG) production units in India with 33 TPD (tons per day) adding that the annual straw consumption in this unit will be1.30 lakh ton adding that it will help in solving the vex problem of paddy straw burning. The Chief Minister said that the state government has sent a detailed list of the cattle wealth that has fallen prey to Lumpy skin to the Government of India. He said that the state government will flag the issue of compensating the farmers who have lost their cattle wealth due to this disease with the union government. Bhagwant Mann said that strenuous efforts are already being made to ensure that centre governments declare this disease as pandemic.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CM CONDUCTS SURPRISE CHECK AT THE GOVERNMENT RAJINDRA HOSPITAL PATIALA

Leave a comment

IEP Patiala, October 19

In order to impart quality health services to people, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today conducted surprise check at Government Rajindra hospital to take a stock of the ground situation.

The Chief Minister inspected various wards of the hospital and also interacted with the patients to take their feedback about the state of affairs in the hospital. Bhagwant Mann also had detailed interaction with the Doctors and para medical staff about the facilities at the hospital.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister said that the state government is committed to give facelift to the premier hospital of the region. He said that the hospital will be equipped with the state of the art equipments so that people can be provided quality medical facilities. Bhagwant Mann said that the hospital acts as a pivot for providing quality health services to people especially from the adjoining districts.

The Chief Minister said that people visit the hospital for getting quality treatment. He said that in case they don’t get the treatment here then they further move to PGIMER at Chandigarh due to which there is huge rush at that place. However, Bhagwant Mann said that the necessary augmentation in human resource and infrastructure will be made to ensure that this hospital is transformed into one of the best hospitals in the country.

The Chief Minister said that this hospital is a ray of hope for millions of people and no stone will be left unturned for further developing it into a world class hospital. He assured the patients that the pristine glory of this apex institute will be restored. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government will lay major thrust on holistic development of this hospital.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana approves draft of PADMA Scheme

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, October 19

The State Council of Ministers, which held its meeting today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal here today gave nod to the draft of the Program to Accelerate Development of MSME Advancement (PADMA) scheme aimed at designing and implementing developmental interventions focused on micro and small enterprises at the block level, by leveraging cluster approach and to give a thrust to sustainable employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as well as promote balanced regional growth. After the approval, the scheme will be notified.

The scheme further aims to set up 143 new clusters (one in each block) of MSMEs over about 4000 acres of land, enable the setting up of 10,000 plus new enterprises, attract new investments of Rs. 25,000-30,000 crores, creation of 3,00,000 new employment (direct and Indirect), designing and implementing developmental interventions focused on micro and small enterprises at block level by leveraging cluster approach.

Furthermore, the scheme also aims to give a thrust to sustainable employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, encouraging holistic socio-economic development and a robust industrial ecosystem at the block level, empowering the state’s youth to set up new enterprises by providing them opportunities to grow and be a part of the formal economy and promotion of locally relevant products and provide an opportunity to state farmers to broaden their horizon- from producers to processors.

Meanwhile, considering the high industrialization prevalent in Haryana with the production of a wide array of products, the State Government has gone a step ahead than the One District One Product concept and launched a One Block One Product initiative Program to Accelerate the Development of MSME Advancement (PADMA) on February 23, 2022, and the Chief Minister had further approved the same on August 10, 2022.

The initiative aims at building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat by focusing on developmental interventions for the enablement of micro and small enterprises at the block level by leveraging a cluster approach. This will give a thrust to sustainable employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as well as promote balanced regional growth

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana approves final DPR for Metro extension project connecting Palam Vihar

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, October 19

In a major development to provide better connectivity between Rezangla Chowk, Gurugram to Sector 21, Dwarka, final Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Metro Rail Connectivity project was approved today in the meeting of the Council of Ministers held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister.

According to DPR, the spur or metro extension connecting Rezangla Chowk in Palam Vihar and Dwarka Sector 21 station will be 8.40km long, of which 4 km will be from Palam Vihar to Sector 111 in Gurugram and the remaining 4.40 km will be from sector 111 to sector 21 Dwarka. This entire route will have 7 stations.

During the meeting  Sh. Manohar Lal also accorded approval of the gross project cost along with the State Government’s share of Rs. 1541 crore. Approval was also given to nominate the Administrative Secretary, Town and Country Planning Department as nodal officer for the signing of agreements and other related documents for the implementation of the said project.

This Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) project will give connectivity to the maximum part of Gurugram city with Delhi and other surroundings. It will interchange with Palam Vihar station of Gurugram Metro Corridor, interchange with IECC station of Airport Express Metro Corridor and interchange with Sector 21 Dwarka station of DMRC blue line and Airport Express Metro Corridor. This MRTS will also have an interchange with Dwarka Expressway at Sector 110-A. These linkages will enhance the efficiency of the transportation system in the National Capital Region (NCR). This will also give hassle-free transportation facility to the passengers who would be travelling to Delhi International Airport as there will be check-in facility given at sector-21, Dwarka Metro Station.

The introduction of MRTS will result in the reduction in the number of buses, Intermediate Public Transport (IPT), usage of private vehicles, air pollution and an increase in the speed of road-based vehicles. This, in turn, will result in significant social benefits due to reduction in fuel consumption, vehicle operating cost and travel time of passengers. Reduction in accidents, pollution and road maintenance costs are the other benefits to society in general.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Amendment in Haryana Public Works Department Public Health Branch, Junior Engineers (Group C) Service Rules, 1986

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, October 19

Haryana Cabinet meeting met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal held here today accorded approval to a proposal regarding amendment in Haryana Public Works Department Public Health Branch, Junior Engineers (Group C) Service Rules, 1986.

These Rules may be called Haryana Public Works Department Public Health Branch, Junior Engineers (Group C) Service (Amendment) Rules-2022.

As per existing rules, it has not been possible to fill up the posts against the promotion quota due to the non-availability of eligible employees working in feeder cadre posts that is Surveyor or work inspectors for Junior Engineer (Civil) and Shift Engineer Water Works, Superintendent and Foreman for Junior Engineer (Mechanical).

In order to fill up the posts meant for the promotion quota, the Department has recommended for promotional Avenues amongst all Group C and D employees of the Public Health Engineering Department with experience of 5 and 8 years respectively after passing the departmental exam. Hence amendment in Haryana Public Health Branch, Engineers (Group – C) Service Rules, 1986 has been made/effected.

This will give a merit-based level playing field to the eligible group C and D employees and also fill the vacancies in JE cadre (Civil and Mechanical) in the department. Further, other engineering departments of the state shall bring similar changes in their rules as per decision of Government.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CM DESCRIBES VICTORY OF CYSS AS A VERDICT IN FAVOUR OF MAKE INDIA NUMBER 1 CAMPAIGN

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, October 19

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that the victory of Chatarr Yuva Sangarsh Samiti (CYSS) – the student wing of Aam Aadmi Party in Panjab University is verdict in favour of Make India Number 1 campaign across the country.

The Chief Minister, while interacting with the newly elected team of student council of Panjab University here at his residence, said that the University is the melting point of the students from the various states and other parts of the country. He said that the election has proved the massive undercurrent in the favour of the visionary and decisive policies of Arvind Kejriwal. Bhagwant Mann said that this result will prove to be a stepping stone for bringing the much needed revolutionary change in the politics of the country.

The Chief Minister said that the result was a slap on the face of the divisive forces who are trying to spread hatred in the country. Congratulating the new team led by Ayush Khatkar, he asked them to work for the well being of the students. Bhagwant Mann said that the team must dedicate it for bringing the much needed positive changes in the University campus.

The Chief Minister said that this massive victory has filled us with more humility and responsibility to serve the students. Bhagwant Mann said that now the time has come when the newly elected team must dedicate itself to make sure that comprehensive development of the University campus and the well being of students is ensured by all means. He assured fulsome support and cooperation from the state government for this noble cause adding that no stone unturned will be left for this.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Gopi, kingpin of Bambiha Group, who is sitting abroad in Spain accomplices arrested along weapons

Leave a comment

IEP SAS Nagar October 16


Vivek Sheel Soni, SSP, SAS Nagar through a press note said that during an operation conducted by Mohali Police against the bad elements and gangsters as per the guidelines issued by Punjab government, under the supervision of Sh. Amandeep Singh Brar, S.P. (Inv.), Sh Gursher Singh Dy.S.P (Inv.), I/C CIA Inspector Shiv Kumar and SHO Gharuan arrested the following gangsters of Bambiha Group on 15.10.2022 and weapon have been recovered from them :

1. FIR No. 22 dated 30.01.2022 U/s 379B IPC, PS Sadar Kharar, SAS Nagar.

Arrested accused : Gurjant Singh @ Janta S/o Randhir Singh R/o Nagalgariyan, PS Sadar Kurali, SAS Nagar

Criminal History :
 
•30.01.2022 : Gurjant Singh @ Janta along with his accomplices had snatched a Brezza Car in front of Gharuan University on the directions of Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi, who is sitting in Spain and is the leader of Bambiha Group.
 
•28.07.2022 :  Gurjant Singh @ Janta’s accomplice has been arrested along with Brezza Car and 7 Pistols. In this case Gurjant Singh @ Janta was absconding from it.

•29.08.2022 : Gurjant Singh @ Janta along with his accomplice Pargat Singh fired in Nalagarh court, H.P. on the direction of Gurpreet Singh @ Gopi  and Bhupinder Singh @ Bhupi Rana for the release of killer’s of Vicky Midhukhera, who belongs to Bambiha Group and fled from their.

•15.10.2022 : Gurjant Singh @ Janta has been arrested and 5 Pistols have been recovered from him as follows :

Recovery :

1. One Pistol 32 Bore
2. One Pistol 32 Bore
3. One Pistol 30 Bore with 2 alive cartridges
4. One Pistol 30 Bore
5. One Pistol 30 Bore with 2 alive cartridges.

2. Fir No: 65 dated 15.10.2022 U/s 25 Arms Act, PS Sadar Kurali, SAS Nagar

Arrested accused :

1. Gurwinder Singh @ Guri S/o Balwinder Singh R/o Village Badali, PS Singh Bhagwantpura, Distt Rupnagar.
2. Gautam Kumar S/o Ramdev R/o Near Sabji Mandi Kurali, PS City Kurali, SAS Nagar.

Recovery

1. One Pistol 32 Bore with 2 alive cartridges
2. One Pistol 30 Bore with 2 alive cartridges

Place of arrest :

Village Goslan, PS Sadar Kurali, SAS Nagar.

Criminal History
Gurwinder Singh @ Guri and Gautam Kumar are both associates of  Gurjant Singh @ Janta and all of them work for the Bambiha Gang, have earlier extortion cases registered against them, who have already been arrested by CIA Staff Mohali.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana has become the sports hub, maximum games are played in the State: Home Minister

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, October 15

Haryana Home and Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that Haryana has become the sports hub, and maximum games are played in the State. 

        Despite having only  1.3 percent of the country’s total area, the State players have won the maximum number of medals, out of all total medals that India won in the Olympics. Since players of the State have a great passion for winning a maximum number of medals, better infrastructure is being made available to them, added Sh. Anil Vij. 

        The Home Minister was speaking after inaugurating the State Championship swimming competitions at War Heroes Stadium, Ambala Cantonment on Saturday.

        He said that in this state-level swimming competition, he hopes that the State players will emerge as the winners and win a maximum number of medals.  

        He said that in the last more than seven years, an amount of Rs. 454 crores have been spent to provide better sports infrastructure to the players. Work is being done to build multipurpose halls and new stadiums in many places, added. Sh. Vij. 

        The Home Minister said that when he was the Sports Minister, he had formulated a new sports policy for the sportspersons. This sports policy is being appreciated all over India. Other states are also following this policy. 

        He said that to win an Olympic medal, nurturing sports talent since childhood is of utmost priority, and realizing the same  1000 sports nurseries were opened in the schools. 

        The Home Minister said that the all-weather swimming pool and gymnastics hall of international standard and badminton hall had been constructed in Ambala.  Apart from this, work is also being done to a build FIFA-approved football stadium of international level. 

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana has bagged first position in good governance in the country: Chief Minister

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh October 15

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that as per the survey findings complied by an organization, the State has bagged the first position in good governance in the country.

         “We did not enjoy power, but rather made power a means of serving the people. Dedicated efforts are being made to raise the standard of living of the poor by linking them with government schemes. By bringing radical changes to the government system, we have tried to solve the problems of the common people by making a transparent system. Efforts are also being made to resolve all the pending grievances also,” said Sh. Manohar Lal while speaking at the felicitation function organized to honour him at village Nayagaon in Gurugram district on Saturday.  Mahamandaleshwar Swami Dharamdev of Pataudi Hari Mandir Ashram and Sohna MLA, Sh. Sanjay Singh also attended the function.

        The Chief Minister received a warm welcome from a huge crowd present at the function. In his inaugural address, he mentioned several welfare schemes and also called upon the general public to take advantage of all these schemes.

        The  Chief Minister also thanked the Prime Minister and said that just as the country is moving towards becoming a strong India with better governance and system change brought under the leadership of Sh. Narendra Modi,  Haryana should also set an example for others while following the path shown by Prime Minister.

        Mentioning the priorities of his government, the Chief Minister said that removing corruption from roots is the utmost priority of his government. Concrete steps have been taken in this direction as a result of which ‘Bhrashtachar ka Kaal, Manohar Lal’ has become the slogan of the public today, whereas 8 years ago no one in the state could have ever thought that corruption can also be eradicated.

        Sh. Manohar Lal also drew the attention of the public to the action being taken against the gangsters and said that the noose has to be tightened against these gangsters.

        Referring to the power supply, the Chief Minister said that when he came to power, the line loss was 35 percent. We appealed to the people to stop power theft. Besides this, the power infrastructure was also strengthened, and as a result of this, we have successfully reduced the line loss by 21 percent and now only 14 percent is left.

        Sharing the details about his recent visit to Dubai, the Chief Minister said that the global city to be developed on an area of 1000 acres in Gurugram district will be no less than Singapore and Dubai.

        Describing Gurugram as an icon city on the global map, Sh. Manohar Lal said that offices of 400 companies out of 500 fortune companies of the world have been set up in Gurugram and it has now become an international city.

        He also said that the world’s largest jungle safari would also be developed on about 10,000 acres in the Aravalli mountain range in Gurugram and Nuh districts, where wild animals would be kept. It will develop into a major tourist destination in Delhi NCR and which will create a lot of employment opportunities in the region, added the Chief Minister.

        Sh. Manohar Lal also informed that Damdama lake is also being developed near Nayagaon, it will also boost tourism in this area and people will be greatly benefitted from this. In addition, work is underway on the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor project.

        “We wish that the Shatabdi train should have a stoppage at Sohna, Panchgaon. With the speed with which the infrastructure is increasing in this area, more industries will be established apart from the increase in commercial activities and the generation of ample employment opportunities. The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is being constructed from here only,” added Sh. Manohar Lal.

        Mentioning the demands put forward by Balraj Bhadana, the organizer of the programme, the Chief Minister said that he cannot make any new announcement today due to the model code of conduct enforced due to Panchayat elections.

        “As far as getting the ownership rights to the buyers of the flats built in the Maruti Kunj residential society is concerned, this decision has already been taken in the meeting of the grievance redressal committee,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

        Earlier, Mahamandaleshwar Swami Dharamdev, in his address said that fortunately, the country is swiftly moving ahead under the guidance of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi.

        Describing Sh. Manohar Lal as ‘Raj Rishi’ Mahamandaleshwar Swami Dharamdev said that the Chief Minister always thinks only about the upliftment of those at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid.

        During the 2019 elections when Sh. Manohar Lal visited Sohna, I congratulate him in advance for his victory in 2024 as well. Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister, Sh.  Narendra Modi at the Centre and Sh. Manohar Lal in Haryana are certainly going to hit a hat trick in 2024. ‘Kamal’ will bloom in the country again, added Mahamandaleshwar Swami Dharamdev.

        Addressing the programme, Sohna MLA, Sh. Sanjay Singh said that Sh. Manohar Lal is the first such Chief Minister of Haryana who is completely focused on the development of the Sohna assembly constituency.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB POLICE RECOVERS SIX PISTOLS FROM LOCATIONS PINPOINTED BY TWO JAILED GANGSTERS

Leave a comment

IEP CHANDIGARH/FATEHGARH SAHIB, October 14

          Amidst the ongoing war against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police on Friday recovered six pistols including two foreign-made from different locations pinpointed by two Jailed Gangsters. The recovered pistols include one Austrian made 9mm Glock pistol, one made in China CF-98 pistol and along with four country-made .315 bore pistols with 12 live cartridges.

          Disclosing this, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ropar Range-cum-Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that Taranjot Singh alias Tanna was nominated as accused in case FIR no 117 u/s 384, 120b and 25/54/59 dated 29.07.2022 of Police Station, Sirhind. Upon his interrogation, it was revealed that Tanna had received consignment of 11 sophisticated weapons smuggled from across-border by Pakistan based ISYF Chief Lakhbir Singh Rode alias Baba, of which the Police had recovered nine weapons and two are still with him, he said.

          “Following this one CF-98 pistol and two .315. bore pistols were recovered from his friend’s house in Lopoke, Amritsar,” he said.

          SSP Fatehgarh Sahib Dr Ravjot Grewal said that on disclosure of Taranjot Tanna, the Police have also brought another Gangster Jaspal Singh alias Jassi from Kapurthala Jail and recovered the remaining Glock pistol along with two-country made pistols from a his associate Laadi’s home from Hoshiarpur.

She said that with this recovery, CIA Fatehgarh Sahib team has managed to recover the entire chunk of the weapon consignment sent by Lakhbir Rode from Pakistan.

          Pertinently, Taranjot Tanna’s name was also figured in a recent Extortion case belonging to District Bathinda, wherein, Goldy Brar, Manpreet alias Manna and Taranjot alias Tanna recently have extorted money from Bathinda-based businessman. In this case, shooters arrested by Delhi Special Cell revealed Tanna’s name.

          Meanwhile, further investigation is going on to ascertain their cross border links.