IEP CHANDIGARH, October 13

          The ongoing war against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann delivered yet another major success after Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence, in a joint operation with a Central Agency and ATS Maharashtra, apprehended Charat Singh, the main accused in Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack case from Mumbai on Thursday morning. An RPG attack was carried out at Intelligence headquarters in Mohali on May 9, 2022, at about 1945 hrs.

          Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused is a key operative and associate of Canada-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa.

          He said that accused Charat had built a strong crime network across the state with the help of Landa and was providing logistic support and shelter to foot soldiers, who carried out an RPG attack. Charat had also procured an RPG, AK-47, and other weapons from across the border with the active support of Pakistan ISI through Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Singh alias Rinda.

          Inspector General of Police (IGP) Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill, while addressing a press conference, said that with the arrest of accused Charat Singh, Punjab Police have so far arrested eight accused persons in this case, while, another accused, who is juvenile and had carried out the attack, was arrested by the Delhi Police recently, taking the total number of arrests to nine.

          Earlier, Nishan Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Baljinder Singh Rambo, Kanwarjeet Singh Bath, Anantdeep Singh Sonu, Baljeet Kaur Sukhi, and Lovepreet Singh Vicky were arrested by the Punjab Police.

          He said that Police teams are on a manhunt to arrest the last accused in this case identified as Deepak Kumar of Jhajjar, Haryana, who had carried out an RPG attack.

          Divulging more details, IGP Sukhchain Gill said that accused Charat is a habitual offender and has been facing several cases of heinous crimes including murder, attempt to murder, and under the arms act in Punjab. The accused was serving a life sentence in a murder case, and at the time of the RPG attack, he was out on parole, he said, adding that Charat along with his associates had killed a shopkeeper Shashi Kapoor in Khemkaran, Tarn Taran in March 2015.

 “During his parole period, Charat reassembled his associates including Nishan Kulla and others from the Tarn Taran area to carry out the RPG attack, which was aimed at destabilizing communal harmony and peace in the state,” said the IGP.

          Meanwhile, Punjab Police has been striving to make the state crime-free as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

IEP Chandigarh, October 13

Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is constantly striving to provide employment to the youth of the state. Working in this direction, the Punjab School Education Department has issued an advertisement for 5994 posts of ETT cadre of primary teachers.          Giving information in this regard, Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that TET pass candidates can apply online at www.educationrecruitmentboard.com from 14 October 2022 to 10 November 2022 till 5 PM) for these posts of ETT teachers.Bains said that all these recruitment exams will be conducted in a transparent manner.           He said that an objective type written test of 200 marks will be conducted for these posts. The age limit for applying for these posts is 18 to 37 years for general category and  reserved & other categories are given age relaxation as per rules.  For these posts, minimum 50 per cent marks in class XII for general category and 45 per cent marks for reserved category are mandatory.  Passing Teacher Eligibility Test-1 along with two year ETT course is mandatory for these posts.          Out of these total 5994 posts, 975 posts are specially reserved for women and 2994 backlog posts are also included in these posts.          The application fee for these posts is Rs 1000 for general category and Rs 500 for reserved category.

IEP Rajpura/Patiala, October 13

Minister of Governance Reforms Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today inspected the Sewa Kendras of Rajpura and Patiala and initiated getting reviews from the public. The cabinet minister said that the digitization of all the departmental services is being executed under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. The Government has already started providing 183 services to the people over the phone through the Sewa  Kendras. This will save the time and energy of people seeking a certificate or document from Sewa  Kendras.

 The Cabinet Minister told that the links of the certificates required for admission to the students on WhatsApp through a unique system are being sent. Students have got hassle-free service for their admission.

He further added that in the first phase, the government has eliminated the age-old inconvenient system of filling forms for services viz income and assets certificates, rural area certificates, the inclusion of name in the birth certificate, caste certificate and senior citizen identity card. This will benefit the public in form of quicker and speedy processing of applications.

Meet Hayer further said that more than 46 thousand certificates have been provided on applicants’ mobile phones in the last four days. This will result in saving paper and the environment. Apart from this, the token system has also been extensively improved.

Meanwhile, feeling relieved from the services provided at the Sewa Kendras people appreciated the step and thanked Meet Hayer for the initiative. These services are a boon for senior citizens as they got the requested certificates by signing a single form without any inconvenience.

On this occasion Rajpura MLA Neena Mittal, Director Administrative Reformsh Girish Dayalan, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, S.S.P. Deepak Pareek, ADC Isha Singhal, SDMs Dr Ismat Vijay Singh and Dr Sanjeev Kumar and Assistant Commissioner (G) Kirpalveer Singh were present.

IEP Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, October 12

          Minister of Transport Mr. Laljit Singh Bhullar paid a surprise visit to RTA office Mohali today and reviewed the work going on in the office.

           Giving more information in this regard, the official spokesperson said that the Minister of Transport went to the public counters at the RTA office this morning, where he got the details of the work being done from the employees and also talked to the people who came to get the work done.  He also interacted with the people and got information about the problems being faced by them. The Minister gave instructions to the officials on the spot to solve the problems faced by the people.

Explaining the purpose of today’s visit, Mr. Bhullar said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Singh is committed to bring administrative reform and transparency in government work so that people do not have to face any hassle in government offices.  On this occasion, he instructed the officials of the RTA office to ensure the attendance of the employees from 9 am to 5 pm.

He instructed the officials and employees of the RTA office that if someone’s papers are incomplete they should be told about it at the first instance so that they do not have to visit the office again and again. Apart from this, he said that the list of required documents should also be posted on the board so that people can apply only after reading it.

He said that the government will soon start biometric attendance of employees so that timely presence of employees in the offices can be ensured.

          On this occasion, RTA SAS Nagar Mr. Pardeep Singh Dhillon and other officers were specially present.

IEP Chandigarh, October 10        

   Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday reviewed the arrangements for the prestigious G-20 summit slated to be held at holy city Amritsar in March 2023.Chairing a meeting in this regard here at his office in Punjab Civil Secretariat, the Chief Minister said that this summit will take place in the month of March and leading countries of the world will be participating. He asserted that the state is fortunate to have got the opportunity to host this mega event in which deliberations will be held on Education by the leading countries from across the world. Bhagwant Mann said that elaborate arrangements have to be put in place for making this global event a huge success.The Chief Minister said that for making this event a huge success the entire holy city will be divided into five major sectors. He said that senior officers of the state Civil and Police administration will be deployed in these sectors for effective management. Bhagwant Mann said that these officers will be responsible for the smooth conduct of the entire activity during the summit in the area under their jurisdiction.The Chief Minister also constituted a Cabinet Sub Committee comprising Local Government Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjer, Public Works Department Harbhajan Singh ETO, Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains and Tourism Minister Anmol Gagan Mann. He said that the Cabinet Sub Committee will monitor the day to day arrangements of the event to ensure its flawless execution. Bhagwant Mann also constituted a high powered committee headed by Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua to facilitate the Cabinet Sub Committee in smooth and hassle free conduct of the mega event.

IEP Chandigarh, October 10 

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Mr. Kultar Singh Sandhwan has expressed deep grief over the demise of Samajwadi Party founder and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who passed away in a hospital in Delhi this morning. S. Sandhwan said that Sri Mulayam Singh Yadav was a grassroots leader who played an important role in carrying forward the socialist ideology. He said that Mr. Yadav devoted his entire life to protect the rights and interests of the downtrodden and left a significant mark on the politics of India.Mr. Sandhwan shared his grief with the members of the Mr. Yadav family and prayed to God for the peace of the departed soul.