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Chandigarh, Punjab

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

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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

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

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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

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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, Punjab

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

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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

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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, Punjab

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

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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.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB POLICE ARREST KEY ACCUSED IN RPG ATTACK CASE FROM MUMBAI

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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.

Chandigarh, Punjab

SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPT ISSUES ADVERTISEMENT FOR 5994 POSTS OF PRIMARY TEACHERS: HARJOT SINGH BAINS

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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.

Chandigarh, Punjab

GOVERNANCE REFORMS MINISTER MEET HAYER REVIEWS SEWA KENDRAS OF RAJPURA AND PATIALA

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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.

Chandigarh, Punjab

TRANSPORT MINISTER CONDUCTS SURPRISE CHECK OF RTA OFFICE SAS NAGAR

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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.