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Punjab

CM ANNOUNCES TO RESUME SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH YOUTH AWARDS, SET UP CHAIR ON NAME OF LEGENDARY MARTYR

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IEP Khatkar Kalan (SBS Nagar), September 28

 In a big bonanza to people on birth anniversary of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today announced to resume Shaheed Bhagat Singh Yuva award and setting up of chair at Guru Nanak Dev university in name of legendary martyr. Addressing the gathering here during a state level function to mark birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the Chief Minister said that the award will bestowed to 46 youth every year for their outstanding contribution in several fields. He said that the award winners will get cash money worth Rs 51,000 along with appreciation certificate. Bhagwant Mann bemoaned that this award was stopped around seven years back but will be resumed now. The Chief Minister further announced that the state government will set up a chair on name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh at Guru Nanak Dev university, Amritsar. He said that the chair will undertake extensive research on life and philosophy of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Bhagwant Mann said that this will help in inspiring the coming generations for serving the country. The Chief Minister exhorted the people to vow that they will not leave the country in search of good fortunes. He said that all of us should pledge that we will improve the system by living here rather than fleeing away in search of green pastures. Bhagwant Mann assured the people that state government is committed for restoring the pristine glory of Punjab. The Chief Minister said that the dreams of Shaheed-e-Azam still remain unfulfilled as corruption, nepotism and poverty still rule the roost. He said that those who came into power after Britishers plundered the country more mercilessly than the foreigners. Bhagwant Mann said that he is peeved to hear when some people say that the rule of Britishers was better than this day adding that this notion needs to be changed The Chief Minister also called upon people to rise above the parochial consideration of caste, communalism and creed to make India number one. He said that it will be real tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh and other freedom fighters who had laid their lives at altar of motherland. Bhagwant Mann also called upon youth to come forward and carve out a country of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s dream. The Chief Minister bemoaned that it is unfortunate that these days some people are raising questions of sacrifice of the martyrs. He said that no one has any right to pose question mark over the contribution of great martyrs for their motherland. Bhagwant Mann reminded the people that when our great national heroes and martyrs were waging war against the atrocious British regime some traitors were siding with the imperialist forces adding that no one remember such people now. The Chief Minister also announced that the state government will install a 5D statue  of Shaheed Bhagat Singh near the International Airport at Mohali. He said that the hi-tech statue will inspire the younger generations to serve the country zealously. Bhagwant Mann also asked the youth to read more and more books to update their knowledge to cope up with challenges being faced by the country. The Chief Minister said that while the 23 years old youth of today demands motorcycle from his parents, Shaheed Bhagat Singh had sought freedom for country from Britishers in same age. He said that youth should widen their prospective by reading more and more books. Bhagwant Mann said that it will help in fulfilling the dreams of legendary martyr. The Chief Minister also recalled that two days were most important in his life. He said that one was December 28 when Lok Sabha had paid tributes to chotta sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh on their martyrdom day after he had pursued the matter with then Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and other was today as Mohali airport has been named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Bhagwant Mann said that both the days are of immense importance in his life. On the occasion, the Chief Minister also felicitated the descendants of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Shaheed Sukhdev. On the occasion Cabinet Ministers Brahm Shankar Jimpa and AnmolGagan Mann, Deputy Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha Jai Krishan Singh Rori, MLAs Santosh Kataria and Jaswinder Singh Ramdass, Chairman Punjab Agro Mangal Singh and others. Prominent amongst others present on occasion included Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua, Special Principal Secretary to CM Ravi Bhagat, Additional Director General of Police PK Sinha, Commissioner Sumer Singh Gurjar, Inspector General of Police SPS Parmar, Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Randhawa and Senior Superintendent of Police Bhagirath Meena.  

Punjab

CM CALLS UPON YOUTH TO FOLLOW IDEALS OF SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH

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IEP Hussainiwala, September 28

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today called upon the youth of state to follow ideals of Shaheed Bhagat Singh to make Punjab a front runner state in the country.

The Chief Minister laid floral tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev here on Wednesday during which a contingent of Punjab Police gave guard of honour as a mark of respect.

The Chief Minister said that all of us have to make strenuous efforts to realise the dreams of martyrs. He said that it is the need of hour to restore the pristine glory of the state. Bhagwant Mann said that Shaheed Bhagat Singh was not only an individual but an institution adding that we must follow his footsteps for progress of country.

The Chief Minister said that the supreme sacrifice of Shaheed Bhagat Singh will ever inspire youth to serve the country. He said that apart from emancipating the country from foreign clutches Shaheed Bhagat Singh had also envisioned a corruption and poverty free India. However, Bhagwant Mann said that the country is still facing these problems.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister also announced to upgrade Shaheed Bhagat Singh State University. He said that new courses will be introduced in the university so that more and more jobs can be created for the youth. Bhagwant Mann said that this will prove to be boon for the youth of border district.

On this occasion, Cabinet Minister Fauza Singh Sarari, MLAs Ranbir Singh Bhullar, Rajnish Dahiya, Naresh Kataria, Jagdeep Goldi, Gurdit Singh Sekhon and Narinder Pal Sawna, Special Principal Secretary to CM Ravi Bhagat, Deputy Commissioner Ferozepur Amrit Singh, SSP Ferozepur Surinder Lamba and others were also present.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana makes proper arrangements for hassle-free procurement of paddy, says chief secretary

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IEP Chandigarh, September 28

To ensure smooth, uninterrupted and hassle-free conduct of procurement operations of Kharif Marketing Season 2022-23, Haryana Government on Wednesday deputed Administrative Secretaries as the in-charges of all districts. These officers will personally visit the Mandis of the districts allotted to them and monitor all the preparations there and ensure complete control over all the procurement-related works.

A letter in this regard has been issued by Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Wednesday.

The official spokesperson said that VS Kundu has been deputed as in-charge of Rewari.  SN Roy has been deputed as in-charge of Hisar. Dr Mahavir Singh has been deputed as in-charge of the Jhajjar. Sudhir Rajpal has been deputed as in-charge of Palwal. Dr Sumita Misra has been deputed as in charge of Ambala district. Ankur Gupta has been deputed as in-charge of Sonipat district.

Anurag Rastogi has been deputed as in-charge of Gurugram. RS Vundru has been deputed as in-charge of Mahendragarh district.  Anand Mohan Sharan has been deputed as in-charge of the Panchkula district.  Dr Ashok Khemka has been deputed as in-charge of Nuh district.

Vineet Garg has been deputed as in-charge of Fatehabad. Anil Malik has been deputed as in-charge of Faridabad district.  G Anupama has been deputed as in-charge of the Kurukshetra.

He further said that AK Singh has been deputed as in-charge of Panipat. Arun Kumar Gupta has been deputed as in-charge of Yamunanagar. Vijayendra Kumar has been deputed as in-charge of Sirsa district.

D Suresh has been deputed as in-charge of Charkhi Dadri. Rajeev Ranjan has been deputed as in-charge of Karnal. Pankaj Agarwal has been deputed as in-charge of the Bhiwani. Pankaj Yadav has been deputed as in-charge of the Kaithal. Vikas Gupta has been deputed as in-charge of Rohtak and Vijay Singh Dahiya has been deputed as in-charge of the Jind.

The in-charges will monitor whether the paddy conforming to specifications of the Government of India is purchased on MSP or not.  Further, in order to ensure space in the Mandi for the arrival of paddy, these in-charges will ensure the lifting of last year’s wheat before the Kharif marketing season 2022-23. The availability of moisture meters with the market committees and state procurement agencies will also be ensured by them.

        They will also ensure that the purchased paddy is lifted from the Mandis on day to day basis, so as to avoid any glut and make room for the fresh arrivals, he added.

        The in-charges will also check the H register of the previous 4-5 days to see whether all the arrivals have been recorded variety-wise and have been sold after cleaning.

        They will also check the moisture level of the paddy purchased and paddy ready to purchase so that any dispute between the farmers and the procurement agencies can be avoided. The in-charges will also ensure arrangements for ‘pucca phars’, electricity, drinking water and toilets, etc. in the Mandis.

        The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board has installed dryers in the Mandis for the purchase of maize and the in-charges are required to check the operation of these dryers.

        Special control rooms will also be set up in the Mandis for redressal of farmers’ grievances. The State Government is committed to make payments to farmers in their accounts within 72 hours from the date of approval of the I-form.

Dehradun

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to be re-elected as national president for third consecutive term

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IEP Dehradun September 28

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is all set to be re-elected as the national president for the third consecutive term at the party’s national convention in Lucknow on Thursday. The meeting of the state executive of the party will be held on Wednesday. Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Naresh Uttam Patel is also likely to retain his post, SP sources said. Akhilesh Yadav and Naresh Uttam were elected to the posts they are holding at the SP’s national convention in Agra on October 5, 2017. The first day session will commence at 10:15 am with the hoisting of the party flag by Akhilesh Yadav. Later, Yadav will deliver the inaugural address which will be followed by presentation of economic and political resolutions.

SP general secretary and returning officer Ram Gopal Yadav will complete the process of the election of party’s national president. The valedictory address will be delivered by Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday. Akhilesh had first taken over as SP’s national president after replacing his father Mulayam Singh Yadav in January, 2017.

Naresh Uttam Patel replaced Akhilesh’s uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav at the party’s emergency national convention held in January 2017 amidst the Yadav family feud. The SP organised another meeting of the national executive in Agra in October 2017 and Akhilesh was reelected as the party president while Naresh the state president.

During the Agra convention, the SP also amended its constitution and increased the term of the party president from three to five years. After the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll results, Akhilesh had on July 3 dissolved the national and state executives of the party. The SP is currently busy with its membership drive. Akhilkesh on Tuesday accused the BJP of vitiating the political atmosphere of the country by pursuing divisive politics which only generates hate. He alleged that the BJP made an attempt to hijack the democratic process and values.

The SP chief alleged that the BJP government in UP had derailed the development process and development projects started during the Samajwadi Party government had been damaged.

Dehradun

Uttarakhand CM Dhami’s Delhi visit kicks off speculation on cabinet reshuffle

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IEP Dehradun September 28

The second visit to the national Capital by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in less than a week has sparked off speculation on a major reshuffle in the Uttarakhand cabinet. To add further momentum to the rumours making rounds in the political circles, the Vidhan Sabha speaker Ritu Khanduri also left for Delhi. However, her visit is said to be a personal one and is as per her earlier schedule.

Officially the CM would meet some Union ministers during his visit and would discuss issues related to the State in these meetings. However the political circles are abuzz with talk that a major reshuffle in the cabinet is on the cards in Uttarakhand and the CM would consult the party high command of the BJP on this issue. It is speculated that CM Dhami could expand and reshuffle his cabinet during the ongoing Navratri season which is considered auspicious.

The results of the three-tier Panchayat election in Haridwar would be declared on September 28 and the cabinet reshuffle can be done after this date. Incidentally, on his birthday, Dhami had hinted at the cabinet reshuffle by stating that everything happens on time in BJP and its number (cabinet) would come after the Panchayat election in Haridwar and organisational elections of the party. It is learnt that apart from filling three vacant berths of his cabinet, the CM on the insistence of party high command can drop a couple of ministers from his cabinet. The recent decision to remove 288 employees from Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha by speaker Ritu Khanduri on the recommendation of a threemember committee which found gross irregularities in these appointments has added to the worries of the Finance minister Prem Chand Agarwal.

A total of 78 such appointments were made during the tenure of Agarwal as the Assembly speaker and he had consistently defended his decision by claiming that rules were followed in these appointments. Experts point out that Agarwal could lose his place in the cabinet on the insistence of the party high command. Apart from Agarwal, one minister who is not keeping a good health could also be removed from the cabinet.

 There are a host of aspirants for a place in the Dhami cabinet and the recent turn of events has made them hopeful. The names of Vikasnagar MLA Munna Singh Chauhan, former BJP State president Madan Kaushik, Dharmpur MLA Vinod Chamoli, Lansdowne MLA Dilip Rawat, Bhimtal MLA Ram Singh Kaida and BHEL Ranipur MLA Adesh Chauhan are some of the names which are making rounds as possible new faces in the Dhami cabinet.

Dehradun

45 new dengue cases reported in Dehradun, total rises to 716

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IEP Dehradun September 28

The increase in the cases of the dengue in Dehradun is continuing to create scare to the administration and general public. The state health department reported 45 new patients of dengue in Dehradun district. With it the patient count of dengue has jumped to 716 in Dehradun this season. The authorities have so far reported 995 cases of the disease in the State out of which 70 per cent cases are from Dehradun district.

The district vector borne diseases officer of Dehradun, Subhash Joshi said that the condition of all the patients is stable and they are recovering from the disease. Joshi said that Aedes mosquitoes – the vector of dengue- are capable of laying their eggs in one spoonful of water so the pots, vases, water bottles and coolers should be decanted. He said that anti dengue activities are in full swing in the affected and the sensitive areas of the district. Joshi informed that the health department with the help of ASHA workers has undertaken source reduction activity on a large scale in the city.

Dehradun

CM seeks approvals for proposals from Union minister

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IEP Dehradun September 28

Uttarakhand Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today met the Union Tourism and Culture minister G Kishan Reddy in the national Capital and requested administrative and financial approvals for various proposals sent under the Mini Prasad Yojana and Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme.

He sought the approvals for seven proposals under the first phase of Mini Prasad Yojana and for proposals under Swadesh Darshan 2.0 related to Adi Kailash, Gunji, Dattu and Munsyari in Pithoragarh district, Champawat and Chukha in Champawat district, Jadong in Uttarkashi district and Kanvashram in Pauri district. Dhami said that the State government is working to develop Uttarakhand as a tourism State. Secretaries R Meenakshi Sundaram and Sachin Kurve were also present in the meeting.

Dehradun

OMR sheets of Uttarakhand police SI recruitment conducted in Pantnagar university in 2015 destroyed’

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IEP Dehradun September 28

The OMR sheets of the Uttarakhand police sub-inspector recruitment conducted in Pantnagar university in 2015 have allegedly been destroyed. The Vigilance department has said that they are investigating the matter and action will be taken against illegal destruction of any OMR sheet. The department started the probe into the matter after the investigation of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) paper leak case by the Special Task Force (STF) led to the discovery of irregularities in several other recruitments including the Uttarakhand police SI recruitment test in 2015.Talking about the progress of the case, the director of the State Vigilance department Amit Sinha said that the department conducted a preliminary investigation in the SI recruitment case as soon as it was handed over to them by the State administration.

“The department has submitted an investigation report to the high-level committee set up by the State administration. We will register a case against the guilty party as per the verdict of the committee which will be out soon,” added Sinha.

The authorities were also suspecting tampering with the OMR sheets of some candidates of police SI recruitment but the sheets were allegedly destroyed after the exam making it difficult to get more information about the candidates who cleared the recruitment through cheating. Since the case is more than seven years old, the authorities are also purportedly facing difficulties in gathering digital and electronic evidence like call detail records among others which had turned out to be a game changer for STF in investigating the UKSSSC paper leak case. Talking about the issue, the Vigilance director said, “I would not comment much on the issue since it is part of an ongoing investigation but the department is currently investigating the matter of OMR sheets being allegedly destroyed illegally. We will soon register the case against the culprits and will make arrests after gathering enough evidence. Rest assured that action will be taken against everybody involved in this recruitment fraud.

Dehradun

Ankita Bhandari murder case: Patwari suspended for negligence

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IEP Dehradun September 28

The revenue sub-inspector (Patwari) whose role in allegedly delaying action in the Ankita Bhandari murder case is being questioned was suspended with immediate effect. Pauri district magistrate Vijay Jogdande suspended the Patwari Vaibhav Pratap Singh of Udaipur Palla-II in Yamkeshwar Tehsil based on the inquiry report of the Yamkeshwar sub divisional magistrate on Tuesday. Prior to this the district magistrate had suspended Patwari Vivek Kumar for negligence on duty and not lodging the first information report of Virendra Bhandari, the father of Ankita Bhandari. Jogdande said that taking cognisance of the complaints from different mediums against Patwari Vaibhav Pratap Singh in connection with the Ankita Bhandari case in revenue village of Ganga Bhogpur in Yamkeshwar Tehsil, the Yamkeshwar SDM had been directed to submit his inquiry report on Singh. According to the inquiry report, Singh had received information about Ankita missing on September 19. However, he did not inform his superiors about the case and also failed to take any further action in the case. After suspending Singh , the district magistrate has deputed the Lansdowne SDM to conduct a detailed inquiry against him while attaching the suspended Patwari to Thalisain Tehsil. Jogdange has also reiterated that misinformation is being spread on some media outlets and social media regarding the demolition of the Vanantara resort where Ankita used to work under the resort owner and main accused Pulkit Arya. He said that portions of the resort which were illegally constructed were demolished after collection of necessary evidence and checking of documents.

Dehradun

Several development works Rs 1,750 crore will be carried out in Dehradun

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IEP Dehradun September 28

Several development works worth Rs 1,750 crore will be carried out in the Dehradun district under the Development of Best in Class Transport (road and public transport) Infrastructure project. The officials from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) who will be funding this project in two phases met the Dehradun district magistrate Sonika on Tuesday along with other officials concerned to hold discussion on the development works. The officials informed that a total of 61.1 kilometre of roads across the district including Chakrata Road, Shimla Bypass – Premnagar, Haridwar bypass, Haridwar Road, Ring Road, Raipur Road, Krishali Chowk – Sai Mandir, Mussoorie Road, Rajpur Road, Saharanpur Road and Mall Road in Mussoorie besides smart road and footpath will be constructed under the project. Apart from this, construction of multi utility duct bank, sewer line, water supply, storm water drainage, smart street lighting system, street furniture, multi level car parking and other related development works will be done across the district. The operation of 100 new electric buses will also be started under this project. The officials informed that this project is worth about Rs 1,750 crore which will be funded by ADB and AIIB in two phases. The officials of ADB discussed the project in detail with DM Sonika and senior officials of Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) and Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation in the meeting.