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HP Forestdepartment gearsup to control firesSHIMLA: Principal ChiefConservator of ForestsDr. Savita today held vir-tual review meeting withForest Circles on pre-paredness for forest firesin the state.She said that the Forestdepartment was well pre-pared to fight the forestfires and rapid forest firefighting force and rapidresponse teams hadbeen setup at forest divi-sion and range levels.Approximately 40,000man-days of fire watch-ers would be engaged bythe department in addi-tion to existing frontlinestaff for preventing andcombating forest fires.

PIL in SC seeksuniform retirementage for judgesNEW DELHI: A PIL wasfiled in the SupremeCourt Monday seekinguniform retirement agefor judges of High Courtsand the top court.The PIL stated that ifthere is uniformity in re-tirement age, the Judgesof the High Court will dis-charge judicial workmore independently andwithout any expectationto move to the SupremeCourt. Also, to minimisethe apprehension of sub-ordination between theSupreme Court and HighCourts, it is appropriateto equate the retirementage of High CourtJudge's with SupremeCourt judges, it said.

AAP allegesproperty-taxscam by NDMCNEW DELHI: The AamAadmi Party claimed onMonday that the BJP-ruled North Delhi Munici-pal Corporation haddone a scam worth Rs1,400 crore in the collec-tion of property tax.AAP spokesperson Atishisaid the NDMC collectedtax from 5.75 lakh prop-erties in 2017, while itwas levied on only 4.25lakh properties last year.No immediate reactionwas available from theBJP. Addressing a pressconference, Atishi saidthe civic bodies' primarysource of revenue wasthe tax collected fromboth residential and com-mercial properties.

9 students testpositive forcorona atschool in DelhiNEW DELHI: Nine studentshave tested positive forCOVID-19 at Arya KanyaGurukul in Rajinder Nagarin the national capital. Theschool has been closed tillfurther orders."A sadhvi has illegally occu-pied this Gurukul. She wasnot well when she came incontact with the children.She was admitted to thehospital and only some kidswere taken for the COVID-19 test. There were 130children in the Gurukul,"Acharya, Arya Kanya Gu-rukul, Rajinder Nagar said.Amid the ongoing "fourthwave" in COVID-19 casesin the national capital.

AGENCYSRINAGAR, APR 5

World famous ski resort of Gulmargand other upper reaches receivedfresh light snowfall while rain lashedplains in the summer capital, Srina-gar, and other parts of Kashmir val-ley.

However, the mercury during thenight improved and settled severaldegrees above normal across the val-ley, where sun played hide and seekin plains, including Srinagar, in theafternoon, resulting in some respitefrom chilly weather conditions.

A Met department spokespersontold UNI that a fresh Western Distur-

bance (WD), which originated fromthe Arabian Sea and approached theregion through Afghanistan and Pak-istan, is active in the region. 'Underthe influence of this WD, light rainand thundershowers would occur onMonday at most places in the valley,'he said.

He said the system will intensifyand would result in moderate rain,snow and thunderstorm with gustywinds (30-40 km/hour) for 48 hoursfrom Tuesday in the valley. 'The sys-tem is likely to cause heavy rain andsnow mainly in the upper reaches ofKashmir, including world famous skiresort of Gulmarg, tourist resort ofSonmarg, Baramulla, Gurez and Tu-lail valley in Bandipora, Karnah sec-tor in Kupwara, Shopian, Qazigund-Banihal axis, Pirpanjal range of Jam-mu,' he said.

He said the weather would resultin temporary disruption of surfacetraffic on Kashmir highway, andSadhna top for three days from Mon-

day. 'There would be landslides andshooting stones on Srinagar-Jammunational highway,' he said, addingwater-logging would occur in low-ly-ing areas in Kashmir valley.

He said wet weather would alsoresult in suspension of agriculturaland horticultural operations.

Much to the delight of tourists,Gulmarg, which is about 55 km fromhere in north Kashmir, received freshsnowfall last night, resulting in dip inthe night temperature. The ski resortwas the only place in the valley wherethe night temperature dipped and set-tled below freezing point. Against 0.5degree recorded on Sunday, the nighttemperature in Gulmarg.

AGENCYLUDHIANA, APR 5

Three people were killedand several injured as theroof of a building collapsedat Baba Mukand SinghNaga on Daba Road in thisindustrial town on Monday.

Deputy CommissionerVarinder Kumar Sharmaand Commissioner of PoliceRakesh Aggarwal tookstock of the situation after

the under-construction roofof a factory collapsed. Theincident took place around0940 hrs in the morning.

The Deputy Commis-sioner informed media thatNDRF, SDRF, MC and po-lice teams were rushed tothe spot.

He said three peoplewere killed and 37 otherswere rescued so far whilefour people are still fearedtrapped.

Three die as building roofcollapses in Ludhiana

Gulmarg, other upper reaches receive fresh snowfall

AGENCYLUCKNOW, APRIL 5

Mafia don Mukhtar Ansariwill be brought to UttarPradesh from Punjab undertight security, said PrashantKumar, Additional DirectorGeneral of Police (ADG)Law and Order, UttarPradesh Police, days after theSupreme Court ordered thetransfer of the BSP MLAfrom Ropar jail in Punjab toUP's Banda jail within twoweeks.

"Mukhtar Ansari is cur-rently lodged in Punjab jail.The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment approached theSupreme Court which orderedthe transfer of Ansari fromPunjab to Uttar Pradesh. Inline with Supreme Court's or-der, Ansari will be brought toUttar Pradesh in tight securityand will be lodged in jail (inUttar Pradesh). Ansari is ahistory-sheeter of Ghazipur'sMohmadabad police station,"Kumar told . The ADG in-formed that around 52 casesare registered against Ansariin Uttar Pradesh and otherstates. "Recently in Baraban-ki, he has been named in acase. Mukhtar Ansari com-mitted heinous crimes in Pur-

vanchal in the past includingkilling of police personnel,"he said.

Kumar further added thatthe worth of his propertiesalong with that of his aidesthat have been seized or de-molished is Rs 192,06,22,000.He said 96 persons fromAnsari's gang have been ar-rested. "75 out of 96 persons,action has been taken underthe Goonda Act," the ADGadded. On March 26, theSupreme Court orders thetransfer of Mukhtar Ansari tojail in Uttar Pradesh from Pun-jab within two weeks, to facetrials there. Earlier in Febru-ary, The UP government ac-cused the Punjab governmentin the Supreme Court, allegingthat the latter(Punjab) was col-luding with BSP leaderMukhtar Ansari.

Ansari to be brought toUP from Pb under tight

security, says ADGP

Capt reiteratessupport for

farmers, arhtiyasSHASHI PAL JAINCHANDIGARH, APRIL 5:

Reiterating his full support forthe farmers and the Arhtiyas,Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh onMonday flayed the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP)-led centralgovernment forencroaching uponthe rights of thestates in its bid todominate them,while castigatingit over its one-sided decision toforcibly imposethe Farm Lawsand the DirectBenefit Transfer(DBT) on the state’s farmingcommunity. States neverfaced such problems earlier,he said, slamming the Gov-ernment of India to trying todestroy the existing relationsand systems, that had workedwell for more than 100 years,in the name of so-called re-forms, which they were tryingto impose without taking thestakeholders into confidence.

Punjab’s farmers andarhtiyas have age-old cordialties, which the Centre washell bent on damaging, hesaid, terming the Govern-ment of India’s tough postur-ing and ill-conceived deci-sions as being against the ba-sic spirit of federalism. He

said during his ear-lier tenure he en-joyed the full confi-dence and supportof former PrimeMinister Atal BihariVajpayee, and sub-sequently of Dr.Manmohan Singh,in all major policydecisions/develop-ment issues related

to Punjab. Virtually launchingthe two-day Kisan Mela or-ganized by the Punjab Agri-cultural University (PAU),Ludhiana, the Chief Ministerexpressed his total solidaritywith the farmers against theblack farm laws imposed byCentre, in violation of the 7thSchedule of the Constitutionwhich clearly states that Agri-culture is a state subject.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, APRIL 5

PM Narendra Modi to inter-act with CMs on currentCovid-19 situation, vaccina-tion strategy on Thursdayevening.

Prime Minister NarendraModi will hold a meeting onApril 8 with chief ministersof all the states and UnionTerritories to discuss the cur-rent status of the Covid-19pandemic in the nation along

with issues related to vacci-nation via video conferenc-ing, the Prime Minister's Of-fice said on Monday.

The meeting comes in thebackdrop of India reportingthe highest surge in dailynumber of cases on Monday,highest since the beginningof the pandemic. India re-ported 103,558 fresh infec-tions on Monday taking thenumber of total cases in thecountry to 12,589,067. Thisis also the second meeting in

five days that the Prime Min-ister is going to chair in orderto assess the current situationwith connection to the surge

in the number of cases.The Prime Minister dur-

ing Sunday's meeting decid-ed to send officials to Maha-

rashtra, Punjab and Chhattis-garh, three states which con-tinue to report surge in thenumber of daily cases.

PM to interact with CMs on April 8 to discuss Covid-19

MAHA HMDESHMUKH

RESIGNS Bombay HC orders

CBI probe in corruption charges

AGENCYMUMBAI, APRIL 5

Maharashtra Home Minister AnilDeshmukh, who is facing allega-tions of corruption levelled byformer Mumbai Police Commis-sioner Param Bir Singh, has ten-dered his resignation to ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray onMonday.

The developments come afterBombay High Court on Mondayordered the Central Bureau of In-vestigation (CBI) to start a pre-liminary inquiry within 15 daysinto corruption allegationsagainst Deshmukh by the former

Mumbai Police Commissioner.The court also directed the

agency to register an FIR if any

cognizable offence is found.The court also stated that Anil

Deshmukh is the Home Minister

and no impartial probe can bedone by the police.

In his plea, Param Bir Singhrepeated the graft allegations thathe had made against Deshmukhin a letter to Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray, and also accusedthe Maharashtra Home Ministerof interfering in police investiga-tions and involving in severe"malpractices".

Singh had earlier written aletter to Thackeray alleging thatDeshmukh had indulged in "mal-practices" and asked suspendedAssistant Police Inspector SachinWaze to collect Rs 100 croresevery month.

Uddhav Thackeray no longer has moralresponsibility to govern, says BJPNEW DELHI: Hours after Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desh-mukh submitted his resignation on "moral grounds", Bharatiya Jana-ta Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad onMonday said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has lost the moral re-sponsibility to govern."I find it interesting that Anil Deshmukh has taken moral responsibili-ty. Deshmukh in his letter said that he is giving his resignation onmoral grounds. How about the responsibility of CM? Where is yourmorality? Uddhav Thackeray has forfeited the moral responsibility togovern," Prasad said.

3rd phase polling inBengal, Assam today

AGENCYKOLKATA, APRIL 5

The countdown for the next inningsof the 'Khela' (game) of power inWest Bengal has begun as the thirdphase of the Assembly polls will beheld on Tuesday. The voting for as-sembly polls in Tamil Nadu,Puducherry, Kerala and third phasein Assam will also be witnessed onTuesday.

The poll campaign in TamilNadu has come to an end but despitebusy canvassing and campaigning bytop leaders from all political parties,including Prime Minister NarendraModi, something seems amiss inthese elections.

The state, which witnessed thefiercest electoral battles between MKarunanidhi of the DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and JJayalalitha of the All India AnnaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) for over three decades,now is going to Assembly polls onApril 6 for the first time without thetwo stalwarts of Dravidian politics.

In Bengal total of 31 Assemblyconstituencies in districts including

eight in Hooghly, seven in Howrahand 16 in South 24 Parganas will goto polls in phase-III. There are 205candidates in the fray in this round ofpolling. However, when it comes towomen representation, there are only13 women candidates contesting inthis phase, merely six per cent.

Among the most high-profilecandidates, it is BJP's Swapan Das-gupta contesting from theTarakeswar constituency in Hoogh-ly.

Dasgupta, a noted journalist anda Padma Bhushan awardee has beena Rajya Sabha member who resignedrecently to contest the West BengalAssembly polls. Notably, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi held a pollcampaign rally in Tarakeswar recent-ly.

Dasgupta will take on TMC'sRamendu Singha Roy and CPI(M)'sSurajit Ghosh from the constituency.

In Howrah's Shyampur, BJP hasfielded actor Tanushree Chakrabortyagainst TMC's sitting MLA KalipadaMandal. Congress has fieldedAmitabha Chakraborty, whom Man-dal had defeated over 26,000 votes inthe 2016 Assembly elections.

Over one lakh cases in a day NEW DELHI: Facing the worst wave of pandemic yet, Indiareported more than 1,03,558 cases new COVID-19 cases inthe last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Mon-day. With this, India entered the list of countries, along with theUS, to report more than 1 lakh cases in a day.With these additional cases, the total number of COVID-19cases in the country has reached 1,25,89,067.

I, Ashok Malhotra Hereby State That Orignal Share C e r t i f i c a t e O f K a n p u r Plastipac Ltd. Of Folio No. 10106, Certificate No. 14145 & 31261, Distinctive No. 2135701-800, 8170132-206 Having 175 Shares Has Been Lost And. We Are Hereby Requesting Kanpur Plastipack Ltd. To Issue Duplicate Share Certificate To Me.

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LOST & FOUND

PUBLIC NOTICESWe (1) Simrandeep Singh S/o Kuldip Singh & (2) S a n d e e p K a u r W / o Simrandeep Singh,both R/o Vi l l a g e R u r k i P u k h t a , ( K h a r a r ) D i s t t M o h a l i declare that Gangandeep S i n g h i s b r o t h e r o f Deponent No. 1 and brother in law of Deponent No. 2 and Sandeep Kaur W/o Gagandeep Singh is our s i s t e r i n l aw. Due t o behavior of Gangandeep Singh and Sandeep Kaur parents of Deponent No. 1 has disowned them. We also do not want to have any r e l a t ion wi th them.We won’t be held responsible f o r a n y o f t h e i r act ions/act /conduct and now onwards we have no concern with them.

100071I Baldev Krishan S/o Amar N a t h R / o G i d d e r b a h a , Tehsi l Gidderbaha (Sr i Muktsar Sahib) do hereby solemnly affirm and declare that my son Manoj Garg was out of my control and falls in a bad company. So I evicted My Son Manoj Garg from all my moveable and immoveable property. If any person will deal with Manoj Garg, he will be himself responsible, I will not have any concern/relation with that.

63372I, No. 21012722K Rank GNR (TA) Ravinder Singh S/o Balbir Singh R/o Vill: Gag Sultan Po. Ghogra Teh-Dasuya (Hoshiarpur) Pb, declare that in my Army’s record my mother name has b e e n w r i t t e n w r o n g l y Sukhwinder Singh. Actually her name is Sukhwinder Kaur as per her Aadhar Card record.

63372I, Service No.JC385951L Rank Sub Name B Srinivasa Rao S/O B China Peraiah Of Unit 471 Engr Bde Sig Sec Declare That In Service Record My Wife B.G.Devi Date Of Birth 31-03-1978 Is Wrong And Her Correct Date Of Birth Is 09-02-1976.

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I Karamjeet Singh S/o I, Jagbir Kaur W/o Pritam I Atul Bhargav S/o Sh. I, Sukhbir Singh S/o I Jaspreet Kaur W/o I Jora Singh S/O Jarnail I, Komalpreet Kaur D/o I, Manjit Kaur D/O Harchand Singh R/o Singh, R/o Kalabula, Ragubir Singh,R/o H. No Darshan Lal Vill Ruan , Jagwinder Singh Brar R/o Singh R/O H:No 2585 Tarsem Singh R/o Lalla Chanan Singh And W/O Village Rurkee Kham, Sangrur, Punjab-148025 560, Friends Colony, Near Pehowa, Kurukshetra Vill-Bargari (Faridkot) Agwar Ladhai Jagraon Afgana Bagga, Amritsar G i r i s h B h a t t R / O SAS Nagar Mohali Punjab have changed my name to A m a r M a r k e t , Changed Given Name have changed my name Distt Ludhiana Have 143101 have changed my Bharawan Wali Gali have changed my name to Rajvir Kaur for all purposes. Yamunanagar that I have S u k h b i r S u r n a m e to Jaspreet Kaur Brar. Changed My Name To name to Komalpreet Kaur Purana Bazar Beas Tehsil Karamjit Singh 98726 changed my name Atul Singh. 63372 Zora Singh. Chhina. Baba Bakala Amritsar

100071 I, Neha Jindal, W/o Sunil B h a r g a v a t o A t u l 84661 I , Ba l j i t Kau r W/o 63372 900020 Have Changed My Name I, Arun Kumar Chawla s/o Kumar, R/o House No. Bhargav. I, Balwinder Kaur W/o Balkar Singh R/o Vpo. I Harsimran Kaur Bali I, Parmjit Kaur Amrik To Manju BhattSh. Amarjeet Chawla, R/o 521/28, Railway Gate, 100060 Shamsher Singh Vill Lang (Patiala) changed W/O Inderjit Singh R/O Singh W/o Amrik Singh 72737# 1044, Preet Colony, Kaithal, District Kaithal I Army No. 5051995M G u m t h a l a G a r h u , my name to Rajvinder Rasulpur (Jandi) Tehsil R/o VPO Johal, Raju I, Jafar Ali Khan presently Lohgarh Zirakpur, District declare that I have Changed RFN Hari Singh S/o Sh. Pehowa, Kurukshetra Kaur. Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Singh, Tehsil & Distt Tarn residing at VPO beri Choti, Mohali declare that Arun my name from Neha Jindal to Devi Singh r/o 23/28, C h a n g e d N a m e 63372 Have Changed My Name Taran have changed my D i d w a n a N a g o u r Chawla s/o Amarjeet Singh Neha. Please Note. Bank Colony, Rajeev Manpreet Kaur. I, Sukhwinder Kaur W/o To Harsimran Kaur. name to Paramjit Kaur. Ra jas than Ber ika lan and Arun Kumar Chawla 100039 Garden , Near Bhandari 84661 Vicky Singh R/o #11080 63372 900020 Nagaur Rajasthan Pin-s/o Amarjeet Chawla are I No. 13767683X Ex-L/Nk K a r y a n a S t o r e , I, Ramandeep Kaur W/o M a h a n t a Wa l i G a l i I , Va k i l S i n g h S / O I, Amrik Singh Shameer 341551 India declare that one and the same persons. Jagsir Singh R/o Vpo Guru Yamunanagar That In my Jaswinder Singh Gill W.No. 25 Kartar Basti Sukhdev Singh R/O Doda Singh S/o Samir Singh R/o in my army record my

100059 Sar, Dist Bathinda PB inform Army Record my wife R/o Vill: Banwala Anu Bath inda (Bath inda) Tehsil Gidderbaha Distt. VPO Johal, Raju Singh, d a u t h e r n a m e i s I, Ishwar alias Rameshwar all that my wife changed her name is Wrongly written T e h - M a l o u t ( S r i changed my name to Sri Muktsar Sahib Have Tehsil & Distt Tarn Taran mentioned as Sofiyana s/o Basawa Ram r/o name from Sharanjit Kaur to as Komal Gharti instead M u k t s a r S a h i b ) Sukhreet Kaur. Changed Spelling Of My have changed my name to but her correct name is Village Ban, Tehsil Ladwa Sharnjit Kaur her dob of Komal Gharti Gurung. changed my name to 63372 Name From Vakil Singh Amrik Singh. S o f i y a B a n o v i d e (Kurukshetra) declare that wrongly given in my records 100060 Ramandeep Kaur Gill. I, Sandeep Kumar s/o To Vakeel Singh. 900020 aff idav i t No .358794 Ishwar alias Rameshwar as 25-03-1982, but her I Abhishek Sharma S/o 63372 Atma Ram R/o Nakodar 63372 I, Kanwaljit Kaur W/o dated on 5-04-2021are the two names of same correct dob is 25-08-1981, Hari Prasad Sharma r/o I, Harish Chander alias Road Colony Nurmahal I Manpreet Kaur W/O Jagjinder Singh R/o VPO 72737person ie mine and I her adhar no. 6100-1638- High school para , P. O Harish Kumar S/o Sant Teh-Phillaur (Jalandhar) Jasmohan Singh Toor R/O M i r a n K o t K h a l s a I , S i n d h u M / o known with both these 2596 Chaisa Distt Jalpaiguri Lal R/o Malout (Sri Pb, has changed my VPO Swaddi Kalan, Tehsil Amritsar have changed my 15503888N rank ALD names. 100078 That In my Brother Army Muktsar Sahib) declare name to Sandeep Kumar Jagraon, Distt Ludhiana, name to Kawaljit Kaur. K u m b h a r S a n d i p

52724 I JC-242406Y Ex-RIS Record Tika Ram Sharma both are same and one Heer. Have Changed My Name 900020 P r a l h a d p r e s e n t l y Gurmail Singh R/o 194, (Army no. 5051890 H)My person. 63372 To Manpreet Kaur Toor. I, Sandeep Singh S/o R e s i d i n g a t A / P Vpo Bajjoana, Teh Nathana n a m e i s w r o n g l y 63372 I N a y e e m u l l a h S / o 63372 Sardool Singh R/o Village Angapur Tarf Targaon, Dist Bathinda inform all that Mentioned as Abishek I, Gurneet Kaur Khehra Kalimullah R/o Mahuli I Lakhwinder Kaur D/O Kohatwind Hinduan, tehsil & Distt Satara Harpreet Kaur is my real S h a r m a i s t e a d o f W/o Sandeep S ingh Khas Sant Kabir Nagar, Jagdev Singh R/O Vpo Distt . Amritsar have M a h a r a s h t r a - 4 1 5 0 1 9 daughter her dob is 07-01- Abhishek Sharma and my Sandhu R/o W.No. 12 Uttar Pradesh–272172, Kaunke Kalan Patti Badal changed my name to declare that I have 1992 and her adhar no. Date of birth is wrongly Shahzada Nagar Zira C u r r e n t l y R e s i d i n g Tehsil Jagraon Dist t Sandip Singh. Changed my name from 2049-3445-4745 written as 10.7.2001 Teh-Zira (Ferozepur) A t – S t . N o . 9 , N e a r Ludhiana, Have Change 900020 Sindhu to Sindhutai

100078 istead of 19.7.2001. changed my name to Shingar Cinema, Toka My Name To Lakhwinder I Veerpal Kaur Sekhon Pralhad Kumbhar & I Ajay (Aadhar No. 100060 Gurneet Kaur Sandhu M o h a l l a , L u d h i a n a , Kaur Gill. W/o Kuldeep Singh R/o My DOB is 1-9-1969 595669008325) S/o Sh. I, Amarjit kaur Dhillon after marriage. Punjab have changed my 63372 Chaina Road, Kothe Lal vide affidavit Dated on Dalbir Mann R/o- H.No. W/O Jaspal Singh Sandhu 63372 name to Muhammad I, Davinder Pal S/o Ram Singh Premi Wale, Jaitu 22 Feb 2021 2189 Sec-7 U.E. Karnal- R/O Kulghari Teh: & Distt I, Dharmpal S/o Budh Farhad. Avtar R/o Vill: Kahlon (Faridkot) have changed 72737132001, Haryana have Ferozepur Have Changed Ram R/o H.No. B-6/203 63372 (SBS Nagar) changed my my name to Veerpal Kaur I, Kumbhar Pralhad

changed my name from My Name AMARJIT Sirja Street Saloh Road I Dhananjay Sing S/o name to Devinder Pal. after marriage. Vithal F/o 15503888N Ajay to Ajay Mann. Please KAUR DHILLON to N a w a n s h a h r ( S B S Anil Sing R/o Mamro, 63372 98723 rank ALD Kumbhar all concerned note please. A M A R J I T K A U R Nagar ) changed my B u n d w a n , P u r u l i y a , I, Sukhwinder Singh S/o I Dharuv S/o Davinder K u m b h a r S a n d i p

100074 SANDHU Concerned minor son name from West Bengal–723129 Jagir Singh R/o 99, K u m a r R / o J a i t u P r a l h a d p r e s e n t l y Note. Priyansh to Priyansh have changed my name St.No.L-8, Guru Har (Faridkot) have changed R e s i d i n g a t A / P

900011 Jangid. to Dhananjay Singha. Krishan Nagar, Khanna my name to Dhruv. Angapur Tarf Targaon, I, Harvinder Singh S/o 63372 63372 (Ludhiana) also known as 98723 tehsil & Distt Satara Sadha Singh R/o Ward I, Dharm Pal S/o Budh I Swapnil Awasthi alias Sohan Singh, both names I Davinder Kumar Singla M a h a r a s h t r a - 4 1 5 0 1 9 No 10, Waraich Colony Ram R/o H.No. B-6/203 Swastika Pandey W/o are mine, one & same S/o Kewal Krishan R/o declare that I have Samana , Pa t ia la , Sirja Street Saloh Road Mayank Pandey D/o person. Jaitu (Faridkot) have Changed my name from Changed Given Name N a w a n s h a h r ( S B S Dharmendra Awasthi 63372 changed my name to Kumbhar Pralhad Vithal H a r v i n d e r S u r n a me Nagar ) changed my R/o– G–1403 J M Aroma I, Sonika W/o Bikramjit Davinder Kumar. to Pra lhad Vi t tha l Singh . minor daughter name S e c t o r 7 5 , N o i d a , R/o Vpo. Samundra Teh- 98723 Kumbhar & MY DOB is

84661 from Deepal to Deepal Gautam Buddha Nagar, Garhshankar (Hoshiarpur) I, Nirmal Kanta W/o 1 - 0 6 - 1 9 6 2 v i d e Jangid. Uttar Pradesh–201301 Pb, changed my name to Sudhir Kumar Sharma affidavit Dated on 22

63372 have changed my name Sonika Rana. R/o.49-A, Krishan Square- Feb 2021 to Swastika Pandey. 63372 3 A n a n d N a g a r 72737

63372 I Amrit Pal Singh S/O Gurudwara Celebration I, hitherto known as I, Jaswinder Kaur W/o Amar Singh R/O VPO Mall Amritsar Punjab Radh ika D/O Ra jan Gurpreet Shah R/o Bhurthala Mander Teh. have Changed my name Kumar Bahri residing at Ushaha Patti Daroli Malerkotla (Sangrur) to Nirmal Sharma H.No. 618, Guru Gobind Bhai (Moga) changed Have Changed My Name 72737 Singh Avenue, Chugittee my name to Surinder To Amritpal Singh. I Kuldeep Singh S/O B y e P a s s , D i s t t . Kaur. 63372 Ajit Singh R/O Vpo. Jalandhar - 144009,

63372 I Shallu W/O Krishan Lal B h i t t e w a d , D i s t t . P u n j a b , I n d i a h a v e I, Avneet Kaur D/o R/O House No.293, Saini Amritsar Have Changed changed my name and Swaranjit Singh R/o Vihar, Baltana, S.A.S My Name To Kuldip shall hereafter be known Vill-Haraj (Ferozpur) Nagar (Mohali), Punjab Singh . All Concerned as Riddhima.changed my name to 140604 Have Changed My Please Note 72778Avneet Kaur Brar. Name To Saveena Devi. 72737 I, hitherto known as Sital

63372 63372 I Amarjeet Kaur W/O S/O Tarsem residing at I , Amandeep Kour I, Anita Sharma W/o Sant Manmohan Singh R/O Village Kang Sahib Rai, W / O S u k h w i n d e r Kumar R/o H.No. 4390 H. No. 288 E, Basant Tehsil Nakodar, Distt. Singh R/O Barewal, St.No. 5 Chimni Road Avenue, Amritsar Have J a l a n d h a r - 1 4 4 6 3 0 , F a t e h p u r Aw a n a , Shimlapuri (Ludhiana) Pb, Changed My Name To P u n j a b , I n d i a h a v e R a j g u r u N a g a r India, changed my name to A m a r j i t K a u r . A l l changed my name and L u d h i a n a H a v e Anita Kaushik. Concerned Please Note shall hereafter be known Changed My Name To 63372 72737 as Sital SinghAmandeep Kaur. I, Sant Kumar S/o Bhagat I, hitherto Known as 72778

63372 Ram R/o H.No. 4390 H A R I N D E R K A U R I Sukhjit Singh Sital S/o I, Rashpal Singh S/o St.No. 5 Chimni Road S A N D H U W / o Hazura Singh R/o V.p.o. Gur jo t S ingh R/o Shimlapuri (Ludhiana) Pb, HARWINDER SINGH G i g a n w a l D i s t r i c t Basti Garib Singh India, changed my name to R/o. near Sai Mandir Hosh ia rpur (punjab) Wa l i , F a t e h g a r h Sant Kumar Kaushik. ward No.8, Ajnala Distt H a v e C h a n g e d M y Sabhra (Ferozepur) 63372 Amritsar Punjab. have Name From Sukhj i t C h a n g e d N a m e I, Sukhdev Singh S/o changed my name and Singh Sital To Sukhjit Rashpal Singh Gill. Gurcharan Singh R/o E- Shall hereafter be known Singh.

63372 9/532, Modern Colony, HARINDER KAUR 72778I, Sukhpreet Kaur W/o Chheharta Amritsar have 72737Gurjeevan Singh R/o declare that my mother’s I, hitherto Known as Sikhan Wala Road name wrongly written in HARWINDER SINGH Heera Singh Nagar my passport Daljeet Kaur SANDHU S/o JAGIR Kotkapura (Faridkot) But actual name of my SINGH R/o.near Sai changed my name to mother’s name Daljit Kaur. M a n d i r w a r d Amandeep Kaur. 900020 N o . 8 , A j n a l a D i s t t

63372 Sukhvinder Kaur W/o Amritsar Punjab. have I Jagrap Singh @ Sukhdev Singh R/o E- changed my name and Jagroop Singh S/O 9/532, Modern Colony, S h a l l h e r e a f t e r b e Prithi Pal Singh R/O Chheharta Amritsar have known HARWINDER R a o w a l T e h s i l changed my name to SINGHJ a g r a o n D i s t t Sukhwinder Kaur. 72737Ludhiana have known 900020 I, hitherto Known as by above both names, I DALJIT SINGH GILL SHIVANI DHILLON i s o n e a n d s a m e S/o GURDEV SINGH D / O B H A R A T person. employed as Asst. Sub B H U S H A N R A I N A

63372 Inspector in Punjab Police W / O B I K R A M J I T I Gurmit Kaur W/O posted at 7th Bn., PAP, S I N G H D H I L L O N Zora Singh R/O H:No Jalandhar Cantt. Jalandhar, R/o.7 A Block Majitha 2585 Agwar Ladhai Punjab residing at New Road Green Field Distt J a g r a o n D i s t t Model Town, Batala, Amritsar Punjab. have L u d h i a n a H a v e Distt.Gurdaspur-143505 changed my name and Changed My Name To Punjab have changed my Shall hereafter be known Gurmeet Kaur. name to DALJIT SINGH. SHIVANI RAINA

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I Amro Devi W/o Sh. Dharmpal R/o New Sarswati Colony, Gali no. 07 khedi markanda , Tehsil- Thanesar, Distt. Kurukshetra declares that in my school certificate my D.O.B .is 14-09-1960 & my name is mention Shanti Devi. But in other documents my name is mention Amro Devi. So Shanti Devi and Amro Devi both are same person .

100074It is for general information that I JASWINDER KAUR Wife of SUKHCHAIN S I N G H R e s i d i n g a t Dashmesh Nagar ward No.9, Ajnala Distt Amritsar Punjab declare that in my passport my husband’s name is w r o n g l y w r i t t e n a s S U K H C H A I N S I N G H CHHINA But The actual name is SUKHCHAIN SINGH respectively, which may be amended accordingly.

72737It Is For General Information That I, GURBINDER SINGH R A N D H AWA S o n O f S U R J A N S I N G H RANDHAWA Residing At H.No.55, Adarsh Nagar Ram Tirath Road Distt Amritsar Punjab Declare That My Wife’s Name Has Been W r o n g l y W r i t t e n A s NAVPREET RANDHAWA In My Passport The Actual Name Of My Wife I s N A V K I R A N K A U R Respectively, Which May Be Amended.

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BEFORE SH. MANISH KUMAR LOHAN HCS, ASSISTANT ESTATE OFFICER, EXERCISING THE POWERS OF THE ESTATE OFFICER, U.T., CHANDIGARHSUBJECT:- Transfer of ownership to the extent of 30% Share in respect of House No. 4092, Sector 46-D, Chandigarh (LRP-2589) on the basis of Intestate Death.It is notified for the information of the general public and all concerned with the property known as House No. 4092, Sector 46-D, Chandigarh, which as per record of this office stands in the name of Sh. Raman Kumar S/o Late Sh. Vas Dev Sharma (30% share). Now, i ) Smt. Asha Rani, i i) Ms. Nidhi Kapoor, i i i) Ms. Ena Sharma, iv) Mr. Tarun Sharma all legal heirs of Late Sh. Raman Kumar have applied for the transfer of ownership to the extent of 30% share in respect of House No. 4092, Sector 46-D, Chandigarh on the basis of intestate death of Sh. Raman Kumar who expired on 03.01.2020. If anybody have any objection upon the mutation of the said property to the extent of 30% share in favour of the above applicants, then he/she/they may furnish the same within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in shape of affidavit duly attested by the Executive Magistrate/Notary Public undertaking the genuineness of their objection being so raised, to the Estate Office, Sector 17, Chandigarh failing which the 30% share of said property shall be mutated accordingly, no further claim what so ever shall be entertained later on.SH. MANISH KUMAR LOHAN HCS, ASSISTANT ESTATE OFFICER, EXERCISING THE POWERS OF THE ESTATE OFFICER, U.T., CHANDIGARH

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Drug de-addictioncamp heldNIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: A one-day drug de-addictionworkshop was organised by the PrayasSanstha at Seth Jayaprakash BahutnikInstitute, Damla which was presidedover by the Principal of the institute, AnilBudhiraja. In the workshop, making thestudents aware of staying away from in-toxication, a pledge was taken on theabolition of intoxication. Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma, convenor of PrayasSanstha and Deputy Inspector of StateNarcotics Control Bureau, attended asthe keynote speaker. Dr. Ashok KumarVerma, said that the person first con-sumes drugs for entertainment, but in ashort time he becomes habituated.He said drugs are the root of crimes.He made aware through a poem that"Stop the intoxication, let the criminalscome and consider it." They explain tothe victims and teach them how to stayaway from drugs. The internal enemy ofthe country is those who do drug busi-ness for money. Let's try to create sucha public awareness. Galli go to streetand street to propagate the ill effects ofintoxication.

Rehabilitation andrecovery centre forinjured sportspersonssoon at PanchkulaSD SHARMAPANCHKULA: Haryana Sports andYouth Welfare affairs minister and for-mer India Hockey captain SandeepSingh disclosed that a Rehabilitationand Recovery Centre for InjuredSportspersons will be established atTau Devi Lal stadium Panckula . Speak-ing at the closing ceremony of threeday Ashwini Gupta Memorial DistrictBadminton tournament held from 2nd to4th April here on Sunday evening heshared that in fact the Haryana chiefminister Manohar Lal has envisionedthe development of Panchkula as asports hub of North India. Panchkulawill e hosting the National event of ‘ Kh-elo India’ Sandeep Singh complimentedGian Chand Gupta,Haryana VidhanSabha speaker and chairman AshwiniGupta Memorial trust, established in thememory of his deceased son, for or-ganizing the fifteenth edition of the an-nual tournament with the participation ofplayers including national and interna-tional eminence. He gave a grant ofeleven lac rupees to the trust from hisdiscretionary fund.

Follow Covidguidelines, getvaccinated: DCRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Deputy Commissioner Su-jan Singh said that in view of the in-creasing outbreak of Corona by theGovernment of Haryana, special in-structions have been issued for the pro-tection of the common man. All of usshould follow special instructions for thesafety of ourselves and our families. Bydoing this we can overcome this epi-demic. It is mandatory to wear mask assoon as you get out of the house. TheDeputy Commissioner asked people toavoid crowded public places. The in-door hall can have a capacity of 50 percent and no more than 200 people cancome. Gatherings of more than 500people cannot be held simultaneouslyin open spaces.He said not more than 50 people canattend the cremation ceremony. For re-ligious, sports, education, entertain-ment, cultural and political programs, itis mandatory to get NOC from theDeputy Commissioner Office. He saidthat vaccination of Kovid-19 is beingdone in full swing, everyone should getthis vaccination done fearlessly andyour health is right.

SDM takes stock ofanaj mandiMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: SDM Sumit Sihag visited the In-dri Grain Market and on this occasion,instructed the officials of the marketcommittee to clean the market. Heasked officials to purchase wheat onthe spot from the farmers. He asked ifthe wheat procurement is going onsmoothly or not. When the SDM arrivedat the mandi he checked the moisturemeter.It was found that the meter was show-ing more on the spot. SDM Sumit Sihagordered the officials of the market com-mittee to keep the toilets and maintaincleanliness in the mandi. He said thatduring the wheat season in the market,officers are not being negligent inprocuring wheat. SDM Sumit Sihagsaid that farmers and intermediarieshave also been given strict instructionsregarding the Corona epidemic to takecare of all social distress and wearmasks.

BJP holds meetingunder Kalyan SinghR K KASHYAPCHHACHHARAULI: A meeting wascalled at the rest house Chhacharauli ofBharatiya Janata Party MandalChhacharauli under the chairmanship ofChhachhrauli divisional presidentKalyan Singh. The meeting was attend-ed by the Shakti Kendra chief and mem-bers of the Mandal Executive and Minis-ter of Education, Chaudhary KanwarPal. The meeting discussed celebratingthe foundation day of the BharatiyaJanata Party on 6 April and the birth an-niversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar on14 April. For the birth anniversary of Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar, the time has beenfixed at 11 am on 14 April at the Ambed-kar Bhavan. It mainly consists of Divi-sional General Secretary Shiv KumarSharma, Dr. Jagdish Dhiman, DivisionalTreasurer Gaurav Goyal, ShaktikendraHead Rajbir Master, Rajesh Bhardwaj,Ramesh Chand, Jayakumar, RandhirSingh, Ramesh, Surdas, Rakesh Shar-ma, Rampal Sharma, Deep Chand,Kuldeep Rana, Kalaram chairman andmedia in-charge Karma Singh Narwalwere also present.

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BJP govt is puppet in hands of capitalists: SainiRAVI KUMARBABAIN: Ladwa constituency president of Youth Congress and Congress leaderKavardeep Saini met all the colleagues in village Haripur and said that at this timethe crop of farmers is ready and ripe. But the decisions taken by the BJP govern-ment regarding the purchase of the crop have increased the trouble of the farmersand till now there is no proper system of procurement of the crop in the mandis, theregistration of the government for the purchase of the crop made the neck of thefarmers It has happened that due to the conditions laid down by the government,the farmers are not able to register their crop.

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, APRIL 5

MLA Ramkumar Kashyapattended the blood donationcamp organized on the auspi-cious occasion of MaharishiKashyap Jayanti in the officeof Block Development andPanchayat Officer as ChiefHead, courtesy of allKashyap Samaj and Mahar-ishi Kashyap Yuva EktaManch. He said that todayMaharishi Kashyap Jayanti isbeing celebrated with greatpomp in the whole country.Congratulating MaharishiKashyap Jayanti to the peo-ple of all Kashyap communi-ty and members of MaharishiKashyap Yuva Ekta Manch,he said that all the great menborn in all societies have giv-en the message of maintain-ing mutual brotherhood andgoodwill in the society. Weshould also contribute in ad-vancing the country alongwith society by following the

path laid by the great men.Dr. Navjot Kashyap,

state president of thewomen's wing of MaharishiKashyap Yuva Ekta Manchsaid that we must use masksand maintain social distance.State President of theWomen's Wing of MaharishiKashyap Yuva Ekta Manch,Dr. Navjot Kashyap, BlockDevelopment and Panchay-at Officer, English SinghMore, Maharishi Kashyap

Yuva Ekta Manch NationalPresident Manpal Kashyap,Pramod Kashyap, StatePresident Dev Kashyap,Purushottam Kashyap,Hansraj Kashyap, BJPleaders Mukesh Tusango,Shiv Kumar Kashyap,Pramod Kashyap, DeepakKashyap, Karmabir Advo-cates, Ramratan and otherleaders of the Kashyapcommunity were also pres-ent.

We should follow pathof great men: Kashyap

RAVI KUMARBABAIN, APRIL 5

The Havan was performed onthe auspicious occasion ofthe start of the new semesterat Adarsh Senior SecondarySchool, Bargat Jatan, atwhich the school's chairmanSohan Lal Saini offeredprayers at the Havan. Ad-dressing the children, thechairman of the school, So-hanlal Saini, said that this ha-van was organised for thehealth and prosperity of chil-dren. People prayed to Godto get rid of the entire worldof epidemic and that allshould be healthy, welfare of

all, this year there should notbe any hindrance in the edu-cation of children.

Sohanlal Saini said thatYagnas have been prevalentin Hinduism since time im-memorial. He told the stu-

dents the importance of ha-van. In Sanatan culture, it isnecessary to perform havandaily or on main occasionsfor good luck. The placewhere the havan is performedhas a positive effect on the

people present and negativityis removed, in addition tothis, the atmosphere also getspure.

Due to the destruction ofgerms and viruses present inthe environment, the environ-ment is also purified, thebody remains healthy. Hesaid that havan was consid-ered a ritual of purification inHinduism.

The school's principalSuresh Kumar Verma moti-vated all the students to studydiligently. On this occasion,all the students including theteachers of the school and theparents sacrificed in theyagna.

New session starts at Adarsh School BargatDushyant has given 75 pc quota in jobs: JogadhyanRAVI KUMARBABAIN, APRIL 5

Pradhan Jogadhyan of JJP said that theJJP BJP government has done the devel-opment work in the records across thestate and 75 per cent reservation in pri-vate jobs by state Deputy Chief MinisterDushyant Chautala in his election mani-festo. The promise to keep for the youth of Haryana has been fulfilled by him. He wastalking to journalists at Chandraprakash Saini's office in the lowly-headed Babain. Hesaid that Dushyant Chautala had said in the JJP's election manifesto that the govern-ment's examination of the youth would be held in their home district if they came to pow-er. He said that the coalition government of BJP and JJP in the state is working in thestate's interest. The coalition government is engaged in fulfilling the election promisestogether. He said that in the by-elections in Kalka and Ellenabad, both the parties arefighting unitedly and will work to break the arrogance of the Congress party. He said thatunder the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, a large scale em-ployment campaign will be conducted in 22 districts and 143 blocks in the month ofApril.

S KBILASPUR, APRIL 5

The Maharishi KashyapJayanti celebrations wereheld with great joy and gaietyat Kashyap RajputDharamshala in KapalMochan. A blood donationcamp was also organised inDharamshala courtyard. Edu-cation Minister Kanwar Palattended the programme asthe chief guest. On behalf ofthe Kashyap DharamshalaCommittee, he was honoredwith a memento. Highlight-ing the life of MaharishiKashyap, the Education Min-ister described Kashyap soci-ety as hardworking and saidthat the society has alwayssupported the BJP party. Peo-

ple from different villages ofthe region came to the pro-gramme with beautifultableaux related to the livesof Maharishi Kashyap, Rad-ha Krishna, Shiva Parvati etc.

The programme waschaired by Ram Kashyap, thehead of Kashyap Dharamsha-la Kapalmochan. The stagewas conducted by Madanpal

Chhalaur. Head and Head ofDharamshala Chatar Singhsaid that we all have to cometogether to remove the evilsspread in the society.In themorning Maharaj Kalu tem-ple, crowds of devotees of-fering prayers. A huge bhan-dara was also organized inthe programme which lastedtill late in the evening.

Kashyap Jayanti celebratedin Kapalmochan

Rakesh elected head ofPension Committee

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: A special meeting of employees associated with the PensionSangharsh Samiti was held in Radaur. The organisation was unani-mously re-constituted in the meeting, in which Hindi spokespersonRakesh Panchal was unanimously entrusted with the responsibility ofbeing the head of Block Radaur, secretary to Sahab Singh and treasur-er to Shivlal. Newly appointed officials were honoured with garlands. Allthe newly appointed officials said that they will fulfill the responsibilityassigned to them by the organisation with full devotion and dedication.More and more employees will be tasked with connecting with the or-ganisation. At the same time, every problem of the employees associat-ed with the organisation will be raised prominently and efforts will bemade to fulfill it. District head Shashi Bhushan, Virendra, Vinod Singh,Bhag Singh, block former chief Dharmendra Singh, Rohtash, Shivcha-ran, Sandeep, Rajkumar, Vivek, Sachin, Vinod Kumar, Somveer, De-vendra Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Surendra and Subhash were presenton the occasion.

R K KASHYAPCHHACHHARAULI,APRIL 5

On behalf of the KashyapEkta Kranti Mission, sweetrice was distributed to thepassers-by coming to TikoniChowk Chhacharauli on theoccasion of MaharishiKashyap Jayanti. He said thatKashyap community has giv-en food to the hungry and wa-ter to the thirsty. District Pres-ident Manish Kashyap saidthat Maharishi Kashyap is the

creator of the universe and weare now his children.

He said that MaharishiKashyap and Baba Kalu have

laid the foundation of religionand human race in the worldand today this world is goingon due to their kindness. Hesaid that on this occasion, thepeople of Kashyap communi-ty celebrated Kashyap Jayan-ti with great pomp. On thisoccasion, on behalf ofKashyap Ekta Kranti Mis-sion, District President Man-ish Kashyap, Deputy Chair-man Ravindra Kashyap,Manish Kashyap State Secre-tary, Ashok Rambas, Jogin-der, Mamchand etc.

Maharishi Kashyap Jayanti celebrated

Monu new youth VPof the Phule BrigadeNIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: A meet-ing of the RashtriyaPhule Brigade washeld at SainiDharamshala Ka-palmochan in whichMonu Saini, the out-going sarpanch ofGandapara village,was appointed asthe youth vice-pres-ident. This appointment letter was handed over to him by youngstate president Manoj Bakana and state president Tilak Raj Sai-ni. The programme was chaired by District President Sushil Sai-ni and Aman Saini. Tilak Raj Saini and Manoj Saini said that theaim of the organisation is to unify the society. The organisation isnot related to politics.It is a social organisation which works only for the society. New-ly appointed youth state vice-president Monu Saini said that theresponsibility assigned to him by the organisation will be fulfilledwith full devotion and dedication. The work of strengthening theorganisation will be done by connecting more and more youth.Principal Prince Saini of Kapal Mochan Dharamshala, StateVice President Jaspal Potli, Organisation Minister Ratan Lal,Youth District Vice President Manpreet Saini, Honey, Kamal andPrince were present on the occasion.

R R SHELLYKARNAL, APRIL 5

In Karnal, the head of the arhtiya or-ganisations across the state gatheredtoday. They said that if the govern-ment does not accept the demands ofthe adhatiyas, then they will not work.Wheat will come in the market, farm-ers will come, but there will be nowork of weighing wheat from theagents, they warned.

Sometimes the farmers are angry,sometimes the adhati, as soon as theseason of a harvest comes, the farmersand the arhtiyas start having some is-sue with the government. Earlier,there was a problem with the messageof the farmers on the government por-tal which was resolved and now theyare giving warning that if their de-mands are not accepted then they willnot weigh wheat.

Today it was decided by theagents that if the government does not

clear their previous payment which isowed for both paddy and wheat theywill not work. The money paymentmust be made optional by the govern-ment directly. Those farmers whowant the payment directly into theiraccounts must be done so. If thefarmer does not want the money di-rectly but through the arhtiyas then thegovernment should agree to do that.The arhtiyas are also not agreed to putmarks on the bardanas. If they are

forced by the government to do sothen they will stop the work of weigh-ing. If the government wants to buywheat, then it should make arrange-ments to do so itself and buy it. A del-egation of the Arhati Association willmeet CM Manohar Lal in Chandigarh.

Will the government listen to theirdemands? But one thing is clear, if themiddlemen stop work in the marketthen the problems of the governmentwill increase.

Arhtiyas threaten govtto stop work in state

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, APRIL 5

The National President of Guru TeghBahadur Brigade Trust, AnuradhaBhargava, who hails from districtKarnal of Haryana State, is continu-ously promoting the campaign of ShriGuru Tegh Bahadur Ji. Her pledge isthat Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's nameshould reach every home so that theyounger generations Know about themartyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Jifor the protection of religion. Due tohim the religion of our India is alive.Advocate Anuradha Bhargava made adecision to always pursue Guru Tegh

Bahadur Ji's campaign. Prakash Parvhas been always been celebrated bythe people of Sikh community, butthis time it will be celebrated by theGuru Tegh Bahadur Brigade team onbehalf of Sanatan Dharma, in which

people of the community will comewhether it is from Sanatan Dharma orfrom the Muslim community alongwith Advocate Anuradha Bhargavawill be present.

The first invitation was given byAnuradha to Guru Ka Mahal in Am-ritsar as according to Hindu custom itis first given to Mama ji, so, playing tothe custom, they gave the first invita-tion to the Guru's palace and then in-vited the family, followed by the Shi-romani Gurdwara Parbandhak Com-mittee. On this occasion, Bibi JagirKaur ji appreciated Advocate Anurad-ha Bhargava's thinking of celebratingthe festival of light and said that the

Prakash Parv will be celebratedby Sanatan Dharma

Farmers can bring crop tothe mandis: ACS Mishra

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, APRIL 5

Additional Chief Secretary Sumitra Mishra said that it is the right of the farmer to bringcrops in the mandis. No problem will be allowed regarding the gate pass, the tractor trol-ley which has come to the gate of the mandi will definitely be purchased, she said.ACSMishra was talking to media persons after visiting Karnal Mandi on Monday. She saidthat Chief Minister Manohar Lal has given clear instructions that the farmers whose cropis registered on the portal can bring their crops to the mandi without schedules. He willnot be allowed to face any problem with the gate pass. He said that the government hasinstructions that every grain of the farmers' crop should be procured through the pro-curement agency. Provided that the wheat is clean and dry. She said that the governmentwants the farmers to be happy with the market, they get full support from the adminis-tration.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, APRIL 5

Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadavsaid that the Corona cases are continuouslyincreasing. Now the organisers have to getpermission before holding any kind of reli-gious, social, political events in the district.The DC said in the statement that accordingto the guiding line of Covid-19, a mask, sani-tiser and two yards distance are necessary.Whoever violates these rules, action will betaken against them. For the religious, social,political programs in rural areas, permissionhas to be obtained from the concerned BDPOand in urban areas, permission will be ob-tained from the magistrate by applying on

plain paper.He said that if the programme is in any

hall then only 50 per cent of its capacity willbe allowed, more than 200 people will not beallowed to congregate in one place. If there isan outside programme, 500 people will be al-lowed for it. It will be the responsibility of allthe organizers to comply with all the instruc-tions of Kovid. If ignored elsewhere, actionwill be taken with the organisers under Sec-tion 188 of Disaster Management with theowner of the banquet hall or the assembly. Tocheck this, 17 duty magistrates have been cre-ated in the district, with all duty magistrates,police will be deployed. He also said that nomore than 50 persons will be allowed at thetime of funeral.

Permission must beforesocial events: DC

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, APR 5

Punjab Sports and Youth ServicesMinister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhion Monday launched the secondphase of ‘Pride of Punjab’ programbesides releasing the ‘Voices ofYuWaah’ report jointly prepared byGovernment of Punjab andUNICEF (YuWaah) at his officialresidence here.

Attending virtual programalong with Principal SecretarySports Mr. Anurag Verma and Di-rector Sports Mr. D.P.S. Kharban-da, , Rana Sodhi informed that‘Pride of Punjab’ a joint initiativeof Punjab Government andUNICEF (YuWaah) and the firstphase was launched by Chief Min-ister Capt. Amarinder Singh in Au-gust 2020. He said that now withthe beginning of the Phase 2 ofPride of Punjab, the program aimsto provide access to career guid-ance, skilling, entrepreneurialskills and job connects to theyoung people of the state, to facili-tate their aspirational journeys. TheCabinet Minister said that by en-gaging youth organizations, gov-

ernment bodies, corporate partners,technology companies and multi-lateral organizations, Pride of Pun-jab aims to connect at least1,00,000 youth across 22 districtsof Punjab with aspirational eco-nomic opportunities, relevant 21stcentury skills, and prospects forcivic decision-making.

In partnership with the PunjabGovernment and NGO stakehold-ers, YuWaah has been undertakingprogramming for civic engagementin the state, with the aim to em-power youth with 21st CenturySkills like critical thinking, prob-lem solving, communication, data

orientation, applied empathy, en-abling them to rise as decision-makers, change-makers and localleaders.

Delivering the opening re-marks for the event, Rana Sodhisaid, “We, at the Government ofPunjab, stand firmly behind theyoung people to assist them in en-gaging with their communities,linking them to technical educa-tion, skilling them and enablingthem to be fruitfully employed. Weare committed to young people inthe present, because they are ourfuture. As the nodal department,our Sports & Youth Services De-

partment is enthused about work-ing with UNICEF and partners inmaking this program successful.‘Pride of Punjab’ is of the youth,for the youth and with the youth.”

Prior to this, Chief OperatingOfficer of Yuwaah Mr. AbhishekGupta said, “The insights garneredfrom a large-scale U-Report poll toassess more than 28,000 youngpeople’s access to learning, skillingand employment, which are part ofthe ‘Voices of YuWaah’ reportlaunched by the partnership, haveinformed the subsequent programfor Pride of Punjab. Based on theseinsights, the program will now of-fer skilling, career guidance, andjob connects to the young people ofthe state, to help them realise theiraspirations.”

This launch was followed by apanel discussion about aligninggovernment schemes with theneeds of Punjab’s youth, and sup-porting entrepreneurship and inno-vation for creating jobs. On this oc-casion Joint Director Sports Mr.Kartar Singh and Governance Fel-low, Government of Punjab Ms.Tapinder Kaur Ghuman was alsopresent.

Rana Sodhi launches 2nd phaseof 'Pride of Punjab' program

Barnala gears up for wheatprocurement with 98permanent mandisKARANPREET DHANDRALBARNALA: In order to mitigatespread of corona virus infection, thisprocurement season too, the grainmarkets in Punjab shall follow tokensystem for the farmers who come tosell their produce. In order to ensuresmooth procurement, districtBarnala has geared up for theprocurement season with 98permanent mandis and 62temporary mandis set up for the

purpose. Thetemporary mandishave been set upin the rice shellers.Giving thisinformation heretoday the Deputy

Commissioner Mr Tej Partap SinghPhoolka said that last year 503888MT of wheat had arrived in theBarnala mandis, while 5.34 lacs MTof arrival is expected this year. Heappealed farmers to bring dried upproduce to the market as perrecommendations of moisturecontent by the Punjab government.

Education deptt issues new guidelines for admission ingovt schoolsCHANDIGARH: To address the problems faced by the students regarding admission in gov-ernment schools, the education department has issued new guidelines and directed to the schoolheads not to refuse admission to any student on the basis of documents. Disclosing this heretoday a spokesperson of the school education department said that following the directions ofthe Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla the department has issued these new guidelinesas many students were facing difficulties due to lack of documents. The School heads havebeen instructed to enroll the students of class I to VIII on the basis of age according to the RTIAct 2009. At the same time students without Aadhaar card have also been asked to register andlater produce their Aadhaar card. Apart from this, school heads are directed not to ask for theregistration number issued by the Punjab School Education Board from the students taking admission in the class 9th to 12th.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, APR 5

The Punjab Police in a jointoperation with HimachalPradesh Police arrested aclose aide of jailed gangsterLawrence Bishnoi, whoplayed the prime role in theplanning, execution as wellas providing shelter to killersof Youth Congress leader“Gurlal Singh Bhalwan” onthe directions of LawrenceBishnoi and Canada basedGoldy Brar.

The arrested accused hasbeen identified as Gagan-deep Singh @ Padda @Gagan Brar @ Labh SinghLabhu @ Gogi s/o GurmeetSingh r/o Vill PanjgaraiKalan, Kotkapura, Faridkot.

Director General of Po-lice (DGP) Punjab DinkarGupta, in his press commu-nique, stated that the killingwas organised by GoldyBrar, with the help of Gang-ster Bishnoi, to avenge themurder of his cousin GurlalBrar. A few hours after themurder, a post purported on aFacebook page of gangsterLawrence Bishnoi, who iscurrently in Rajasthan’sAjmer Jail, linked the crimewith the death of Bishnoi’saide Gurlal Brar. On Febru-ary 21, Delhi Police arrested

3 men Gurvinder Pal@Gora, SukhwinderDhillon, and Saurabh Verma,involved in the murder andthe next day Punjab policearrested Gurpinder Singh, aresident of Ghania Wala vil-lage, in the murder case forproviding weapons to the as-sailants. Investigations re-vealed that Gurvinder pal @Gora was sharing a flat withGagan Brar in Kharar andthe conspiracy was hatchedin this rented accommoda-tion of Gagan Brar at Kharar.Gagan being close associateof Goldy Brar is wanted byDelhi Special Cell and Farid-kot Police for his involve-ment in the murder. DelhiPolice even raided his rentedaccommodation at Khararbut Gagan had inactivated allhis communication channelsand gave a slip before theraid as he got informationabout their arrest by the Del-hi Police.

Gangster Bishnoi'smain associate

Gagan Brar arrested

Eight corona-infected patientsdie, 75 new infected surfaceGAGAN BAWAGURDASPUR: Corona's one-daydeath rate in the district has left theprevious record behind. Eight moreCorona-infected patients died onMonday. With this record, the districtGurdaspur has recorded the highestnumber of deaths on a single day inthe year 2021, which was sevenearlier. In the first five days of April,27 people have died and 558 newcases have been reported.According to the Corona reportreleased on Monday, the death tollfrom Corona in the district has nowreached 365. While 75 more newcorona-infected patients appeared.Thus, there have been a total of11,625 positive cases in the district.Civil Surgeon Dr. Harbhajan RamMadi said that so far sampling of4,68,399 people has been taken, ofwhich 4,56,566 reports have beennegative. The district currently has1034 active cases. So far, 10,226people have been completelyrecovered from Corona. Of these,769 people have been detained athome after recovering. While 823 others have been kept inisolation for treatment.

Patiala DC says nowCOVID vaccination atdoor stepsJAGDEEP CHOPRAPATIALA: Accelerating the ongoingvaccination campaign to provideshield from Corona pamdemic inPatiala district, the districtadministration on Monday hasdecided to extend its ambit to thevillages and wards of the districtextensively. While providing detailsabout the same here on Mondaythe Deputy Commissioner KumarAmit said that vaccination was theonly solution to save the people ofthe district from the Coronapandemic and in view of thereluctance of the people, it wasdecided to extend this facility to theirdoorsteps. He said that the decisionto widen the scope of immunizationhas been taken, keeping in view thewheat procurement season startingin the coming days so that theimmunization of the people of thedistrict could be completed. Hesaid that after the starting ofimmunization process of everyperson in the age group of 45 yearsand above from April 1, the decisionto expedite the immunization drivewas taken keeping in view thehealth safety of the people.According to the DeputyCommissioner, vaccination wouldbe conducted by the teams of thehealth department at 17 locationson Monday, so that the eligiblepersons living in the vicinity of theseplaces could also avail the benefit ofimmunization facility.According to Civil Surgeon Dr.Satinder Singh today OutreachCamps would be organised atGovernment College (Girls) Patiala,Ward No. 35 New Officer Colony,Ward no. 58 Dharamsala PratapNagar, Ward no. 48 GurdwaraKhalsa Mohalla, PWD Block MiniSecretariat, Municipal CorporationOffice, Shivalik School SST Nagar,Apollo School Urban Estate, ShivMandir Qila Chowk, Kali DeviMandir, Ward no. 46 in Patiala cityand Cooperative Society Kalyan,Escorts Bahadurgarh, Bungey(Rajpura), HUL Nabha, MarketCommittee Patran, CooperativeSociety Devigarh, where peoplefrom the nearby areas have gottheir vaccination done.He said that apart from the agegroup of 45 years and above, allfront line workers, teachers,advocates, journalists, industrialhouses, Arhtiyas, Labourersinvolved in procurement season,transportars could also avail thebenefits of this vaccinationcampaign.

Also releases ‘Voices of YuWaah’ report

Seize of FCI in Garhshankarsuccessful: Bhajjal

GARHSHANKAR (LOKESH KUMAR WALIA): Under a nationwide call by the United Kisan Mor-cha, the siege of FCI offices was staged today by themain farmers' organizations of Garhshankar in asso-ciation with fraternal organizations from 11 am to 4pm. Led by Darshan Singh Mattoo, Harmesh. Dhe-si, Harsharan Bhatpuri, Kulbhushan Mahindwani,various spokespersons at the occasion discussed indetail the corporatefascist policy of theModi governmentand said that thegovernment hasenacted differentlaws under theguidelines of majorcorporate houses tohand over thecountry's precious and natural resources to them. Ba-sically, the whole land of the country is going to behanded over to them, which the brave and democrat-ic people of the country will not allow to succeed un-der any circumstances. On this occasion, farmersleaders Gurnek Bhajjal, Palwinder Chahal, AcharSingh, Mohinder Kumar Badhean, Kulwant SinghRamjit Singh Sarpanch, Harbhajan Singh Atwal,

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, APR 5

Lok seva society conducted22nd "samoohik KanyadanMahayajna" inwhich they con-ducted marriageceremonies of 7girls from needyfamilies. Thewedding ritualswere performedat Gurudwara Bhajangarhand the function was also par-ticipated by Saint BabaArvinder Singh NanaksarKaleran, former ministerMalkeet Singh Dakha, Kan-waljeet Singh Mallah, MajorSingh Bhaini, Rajinder Jainand Gurpreet Singh.

The guests appreciatedthe society for its social wel-fare activities and blessed thenewlywed couples. Society

members including GulshanArora, Neeraj Mittal, Kulb-hushan Gupta, CharanjeetSingh Bhandari, KanwalKakkar, Rajeev Gupta, Manoj

Garg, Lakesh Tandon,Sukhjinder Singh Dhillonthanked everybody who sup-ported the association tomake the event a successfulone and also mentioned thatassociation organized wed-ding rituals of 6 girls at Gu-rudwara Sahib while weddingrituals of 1 girl were per-formed at her residence andgifted goods of domestic useto each girl.

Lok seva society conducts 22nd'Samuhik Kanyadan Mahayajna'

CHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHAR, APR 5

MLA Angad Singh inaugurat-ed new campus of Guru NanakMission Seva Society todaywith reciting Sri SukhmaniSahib. Bhai Tarlochan SinghKhatkar Kalan pleased Sangatthrough Gurbani Kirtan. LaterMLAinaugurated the complexin the presence of all the asso-ciations, institutes and newlyelected city councils.

He said that services pro-vided by Guru Nanak MissionSeva Society in the region dur-ing the corona lockdown werepraiseworthy.He said that he iscommitted to provide all pos-sible assistance from the Pun-jab government and the mu-nicipality which will come for-ward in the field of social wel-fare. He personally donated

Rs 51,000.Chief Servant of theSociety, Surjit Singh said thatduring the last one and a halfyears, the Society has under-taken several permanent andtemporary projects to help theneedy, including CharitableDispensary, Homeopathic Dis-pensary, Blood Testing Labo-ratory and Eye OperationCamp.

He said that now in thisnew campus the society wasconsidering a mini hospital

and computerized service cen-ter for the needy as well as oth-er projects for the welfare ofthe common man. Keeping theenvironment and sanitation inmind, the society is also takingthe initiative of maintenance ofthe municipal public park.General Secretary of the Soci-ety, Jagjit Singh said that fromtoday the rates of blood tests inthe Charitable Blood TestingLaboratory have been reducedfurther.

MLA inaugurates new campusof Guru Nanak Mission Society

Modi, Capt, Kejriwalmisleading farmers: Harsimrat

BATHINDA (ANIL VERMA): The ShiromaniAkali Dal today staged dharnas in various con-stituencies against the Captain Government andAam Aadmi Party. Former Union minister Harsim-rat Kaur slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh and Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal for misleading farmers.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, APR 5

Farmers gheraoed FCI officesover direct transfer paymentof crops. Baldev Singh San-doha District President ofBhartiya Kisan Union Sid-hupura in Bathinda Nab

Singh, Leader of DemocraticKisan Sabha Raj MahinderSingh, leader of BhartiyaKisan Union Dakounda, Bal-winder Singh, leader of Bhar-tiya Kisan Union Mansa andAmarjit Honey, leader ofKrantikari Kisan Union ad-dressed farmers.

Farmers gherao FCIover DTP of crops

SUMER GARGSUNAM, APR 5

The first general house'smeeting of Sangrur DistrictIndustrial Chamber(SDIC),Block Sunam was held underthe presidentship of LuckyGoyal at Green lawn restau-rant here today. In the meet-ing, many problems, whichare being faced by the indus-trialists of block Sunam hadbeen discussed & BKO, Ra-jeev Bansal alias Makhan

was unanimously elected asthe president of SDIC, BlockSunam. The newly electedpresident Rajeev Bansalwhile addressing the meetingassured the industrialists thathe would work hard for thedevelopment of industry &would leave no stone un-turned for the progress ofSDIC. Among the prominentGhansham Kansal, BKO,Bharat Bhushan; BKO, PremGupta & Jagjit Singh Jaurawere present in the meeting.

Bansal new chief ofSDIC, Block Sunam

Ranipur appointed districtpresident of Pathankot

PATHANKOT (R.SINGH): The Shiromani AkaliDal (Democratic) has expanded the party and ap-pointed Jaswant Singh Ranipur as the District Presi-dent of Pathankot. District President Jaswant Singh

Ranipur has beenunanimously electedby the district levelleaders and workers ofthe party. After beingappointed as the Dis-trict President,Jaswant Singh Ranipurthanked the party Pres-ident Sukhdev SinghDhindsa for the re-sponsibility entrustedto him and pledged towork for the progressand prosperity of theparty and for the forth-coming Assembly

elections in his district. He appealed to the partyworkers to make the people aware of the pro-peoplepolicies of Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic).

Wheat procurementin district will start

from Apr 10 : DCGAGAN BAWAGURDASPUR, APR 5 In view of the increasing cas-es of Covid epidemic in thestate, 95 procurement centershave been set up in Gur-daspur district on the instruc-tions of the Punjab govern-ment keeping in view the rabiseason, out of which 10 mainyards, 14 sub yards and 71procurement centers.

Disclosing this here todayDeputy Commissioner Mr.Mohammad Ishfaq said thatnecessary advance arrange-ments were being made sothat the farmers would notface any difficulty during theentire procurement processand the farmers were urged tobring only dry crop in themandis.

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, APR 5

In the Municipal Corporationelections, where the BJP wasreduced to only 4 out of 50seats, a month after the electionit suffered a big setback. BJPcandidate from ward number 6,Sunil Dutt joined the Congress,befriending Parashar Kamaland joining hands with theCongress. On his joining theCongress, Cabinet MinisterSundar Sham Arora welcomedhim into the party and spoke ofhonoring him as a person. Onthis occasion, Sunil DuttParashar said that along withthe policies of Congress for thedevelopment and public wel-fare of the city, the develop-ment work being done by Shri

Arora has had a great impact onthem. Because of this, he madeup his mind to join the Con-gress and he is happy that Mr.Arora is giving priority to thewell being of the city with ut-most seriousness.

The BJP, on the other hand,has failed on many issues andhas nothing to do with publicgood. Welcoming Mr. Parasharinto the party on the occasion,Minister Arora said that SunilDutt Parashar is known as a so-

cial worker and the Congresshas always respected people ofsuch personality. He said thatSunil Dutt Parashar's joiningthe Congress will definitelybenefit the party and he hopesthat Shri Parashar will also bededicated to public servicewhile advancing the policies ofthe Congress. Shri Arora saidthat today the people of thecountry are regretting handingover the reins of the Center tothe BJP and due to this the peo-

Jolt to BJP, Sunil Dutt Parasharjoins Congress

BIPAN SETHI AHMEDGARH, APR 5

Kamlesh Sofat 83 yeras,mother of Prof.S.P.Sofat andpatron of Guru Har RaiModel School Jhaner,Victoria Public School,Lehra and Paragoan In-ternational SchoolDehlon received covid -19 vaccine at civil hos-pital Ahmedgarh and setan example for others to winfight against corona.

She said, "Vaccinationdone! I am absolutely fineand all is well".Be knownthat she inspired and encour-aged her family members tooto get their vaccination doneand they did so. She outlinedthat vaccination is our bestdefence against virus and

getting vaccinated meansprotecting yourself from thevirus so you can be there foryour family and friends.Vac-cine is Sanjivani in our fight

against the pandem-ic.She appealed notonly to her schoolemployees but alsoto inhabitants to getvaccinated to pre-vent spread ofCovid -19 during

the second spike of the dis-ease without any hesitationand fear. She requestedeveryone to continue wear-ing masks even after gettingvaccinated and follow guide-lines issued by the govern-ment.she has become thecelebrity for residents due toher will power and determi-nation .

Vaccination acts as supportingweapon against covid: Kamlesh Sofat

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

Mild tremors in parts of HPSHIMLA: The districts of Lahaul Spiti and Chamba experienced mild tremorsduring the early hours of Monday, informed the National Center forSeismology(NCS). An NCS officer said in a statement issued here today thatan earthquake measuring 2.4 on the richter scale occurred at 0145 hrs. Theepicenter of earthquake was located at latitude 32.63 degree North andlongitude of 73.32 degree East and in the Chamba district. Another earthquake measuring 2.8 in the richter scale occurred at 0339hrs. The epicenterof this was located at latitude 32.69 degree North and longitude of 76.59degree East and Depth of five km in Lahaul Spiti district. It may be mentionedthat a three magnitude earthquake was felt in Lahaul Spiti district of HimachalPradesh in the early hours of Apr 3, 2021.

HIMACHAL/JKABVP flays action of private schools

PANKAJ KATNAUNA: Anjali Rana, an activist of theAkhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishadunit, Lal Jagat Narayan HimotkarshKanya Mahavidyalaya, Kotla Khurd,said that there is strong resentmentof this helpless behavior of thegovernment, which does not stop theincreasing arbitrariness in privateschools. It is unbearable of arbitrarilyincrease tuition fees from 2200 to3500 by private schools. Manyprivate schools have increased thefee by 65 percent. Private schooleducation is becoming a den ofgreedy people, not temples. Therobbery is being done only to rob thestudents. Economic condition of thepeople during corona gotdeteriorated.

DC office employeefound corona positivePANKAJ KATNAUNA: Some departments closed for48 hours after an employee in theDeputy Commissioner office foundcorona positive. DC Chamber, PSOffice, Assistant CommissionerBranch and District Revenue OfficerBranch have been ordered. Aftersanitization, all these branches willopen on Wednesday. DeputyCommissioner Una Raghav Sharmaalso kept himself isolated at hisresidence for 48 hours and get hiscovid test done as per the rules.

IAF's helicopterparticipates in fire fightingoperation in Tehri GarhwalGARHWAL: Indian Air Force'shelicopter on Monday participated infire fighting operations to douse thefire spread in the Koti colony forestarea of Tehri Garhwal district. Thehelicopters participated in theoperation after the centralgovernment provided a helicopter tothe Uttarakhand government toextinguish the fires in the forests ofthe mountainous areas that broke outon Friday. Amid the operation, watercollected from Tehri lake wassprinkled with the help of a 5000-litrecapacity bucket. In the first round ofdousing, water was sprinkled in theforest in Adwani.

Bhupendra thanksHimachal BeoparMandal

PANKAJKATNAUNA:BhupendraThakur thankedthe HimachalPradesh BeoparMandal forappointing himsas ViceChairman of theState. ``I will trywith my best to

bring reach Mandal to heights withthe help of his colleagues.

District levelgrievance redressalcommittee meetingpostponedASHOK KUMARUNA: The scheduled meeting ofthe District Level GrievanceRedressal Committee on April 7has been postponed due toadministrative reasons. Givinginformation in this regard, AssistantCommissioner Dr. Rekha Kumarisaid that the meeting was fixed onApril 7 at 11 am in Bachat BhawanUna under the chairmanship ofRural Development and PanchayatiRaj Minister Virendra Kanwar, butthis meeting was postponed tillfurther orders. She informed that allgovernment and non-governmentmembers of the committee havebeen informed in this regard.

Jai Ram Thakur lauds employees for playingimportant role during Corona pandemic

AGENCYSHIMLA, APR 5

The State Government hasprovided financial benefits ofabout Rs. 2402 crore to theemployees and pensioners of thestate during the last about threeyears. Chief Minister Jai RamThakur stated this whileaddressing the AbhinandanSamaroh organised by theHimachal Pradesh Non-GazettedEmployees Federation at LalBahadur Shashtri GovernmentMedical College and Hospital, NerChowk in Mandi district today.The Chief Minister said that theBJP government has alwaysmaintained cordial relations withits employees and pensioners. Thestate government has alwaysaccorded high priority to the

interests of the employees and wascommitted to ensure their welfare.He said that the government hadprovided financial assistance ofRs. 1140 crore as dearnessallowance to the employees duringthe last about three years. Thedaily wages of daily workers hadbeen increased to Rs. 300 per day,thereby providing them additional

benefits worth Rs 32.40 crore. JaiRam Thakur said that the StateGovernment has increasedretirement gratuity and deathgratuity been given to theemployees of New PensionScheme, who retired or have diedduring the years 2003 to 2017,thereby providing them benefits ofabout Rs 110 crore. Despite the

financial constraints andlockdown due to the Covid-19pandemic, the state governmenthas provided all the financialbenefits to the employees fromtime to time. The Chief Ministersaid that the state government hasdecided to increase the Statecontribution under the newpension scheme from 10 percent ofthe basic salary, dearness and NPAto 14 percent. This would providean additional benefit of Rs. 250crores to about 80,000 employeesof the state government. Heexpressed hope that the employeeswould maintain cordial relationswith the government and continueto give their valuable contributionin the development of the State sothat Himachal Pradesh couldemerge as a role model for theother States.

AGENCYSHIMLA, APR 5

A delegation of 20 ArmyOfficers from NationalDefence College called onGovernor Bandaru Dattatrayaat Raj Bhavan, today. They areon a study tour from 4th Aprilto 10th April in HimachalPradesh for National Securityand Strategic Studies as a partof understanding India andEconomic Security.

On the occasion, GovernorBandaru Dattatraya said thatHimachal Pradesh was apeaceful hill state. The wholeregion was full of naturalresources and its cleanenvironment attracts everyone,he added. He said that most ofthe people live in rural areasand were of spiritual andreligious nature. He said thatthe high traditions, culture andcustoms of the people of thestate gave a distinct identityfrom others in the country. He

hoped that each member of theteam would enjoy a pleasantvisit to Himachal and learnmany important things.

Dattatraya said thatlearning was very important inlife besides that humanitarianaspects are more importantduring learning and in life intheir field of work. He said thatsuch study tours were helpfulin further strengthening thebonds of relationship betweendifferent States. Later, theGovernor felicitated everymember of the delegation onthe occasion.

Earlier, Air Vice MarshalAVM B.V. Upadhyaywelcomed the Governor onbehalf of the team andintroduced every member. Healso briefed about theobjectives of the course andabout the NDC. AdditionalDirector, HP Institute of PublicAdministration Jyoti Rana wasalso present among others onthe occasion.

Army officers delegationcalls on Governor

Corona spreading fast asguidelines put aside

ANWAR HUSSAINBADDI, APR 5

Corona cases in the industrial area BBNare increasing day by day. More than150 people are being tested daily. TheNalagarh police administration is doingits duty with great care in view ofcorona and not wearing masks everydayvisiting Nalagarh markets. People arebeing challaned, the same is being seenin Nalagarh Hospital, the crowd of

patients and those who do the tests,social distancing is not being followedin the hospital. There is a fear ofspreading more. Manshu Ram, the in-charge of the city post, conducted asurprise inspection of the Nalagarhhospital and asked the people to followthe social distancing and instructed thehome guard jawans there to geteveryone to follow the masks and socialdistancing so that corona epidemiccould be stopped effectively.

BDO should prioritize managementof natural resources: ADC

JYOTI SYALUNA, APR 5

Additional DeputyCommissioner Una Dr. AmitKumar Sharma held ameeting with all the BlockDevelopment Officers inDRDA Auditorium today toreview the plans of thedepartment. He discussed indetail about other schemesof the department includingMNREGA, Swachh BharatMission, NRLM. Dr. AmitKumar Sharma said thatalong with management ofnatural resources, waterstorage should be givenpriority by officials. He saidthat the schemes of thedepartment should bebrought to the ground level

so that maximum number ofpeople can be benefited. Hesaid that a five-years workcampaign has been started inthe district, through which 5major works will be done ina panchayat within a periodof one year, therebystrengthening theinfrastructure in rural areas.Therefore, special attentionwill have to be paid to thiscampaign. He said that thereshould be an effort toconnect the livelihood of thepeople through the schemesof the department. He alsogot information about theconstruction of proposedgarbage execution plants inthe district and asked tospeed up the constructionwork.

Legal action will be taken soon onmischievous elements: Arya

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, APR 5

SDPO Baddi along with SHO Badditoday addressed the workforce of TorrentPharmaceutical company and made them

aware about the COVID relatedbehaviour, appropriate precautions andthe ways to protect themselves from cybercrime, strategies to cope up with theincreasing crime against women,information of new Motor vehicle act etc.

BUREAUBANGANA, APR 5

Lathiani Ghat of Gobind SagarLake is often a center ofattraction for tourists. Everyyear a large number of touristsfrom outside states arrive at theLathiyani Ghat of GobindSagar Lake to see the beauty.To raise this ghat from the pointof view of tourism, many timesarose, but the administrationcould not take any effectivesteps in this direction. At thesame time, the panchayat hasnow taken the initiative to buildthis ghat and provide facilitiesto tourists, but mischievouselements uprooted it. Recently,benches made of cement weremade available by thePanchayat representatives forthe convenience of tourists, butthey were also sabotaged.Mischievous elements even didnot leave these benches paintedin the color of the tricolor.Panchayat head Joginder Paunusaid that efforts were beingmade to provide every facilityto tourists at the ghat in

collaboration with theadministration. He warned thatif any person is found to beconsuming alcoholic drinkingwater at the ghat, then legalaction will also be broughtagainst him.Panchayatcommittee member JoginderDev Arya said that CCTVcameras will soon be installedto control such mischievouselements.

Women over 65 years toget old age pension

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, APR 5

Himachal Pradesh has completed 50 years of itsfull statehood and the state government hasdecided to celebrate this year as a full statehoodgolden jubilee year. On the occasion of the Golden

Jubilee Year, Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur hasannounced to launch the"Swarna Jayanti NariSambal Yojana" in hisbudget 2021-22. Under thisscheme, all eligible seniorwomen from 65 to 69 yearsof age will be providedsocial security pension of Rs

1,000 per month without income limit. About60,000 women will be benefited by this decision ofthe state government, on which the stategovernment will have to spend Rs 55 crores. Thebenefit of old age pension will be given to thesenior citizens, whose other person in the family isnot getting government service pension or who donot belong to the affluent class, so that the benefitof the pension scheme can be given to the needy.For this, necessary guidelines will be issued soonby the state government. This will be a milestonein the field of social security of the stategovernment. Kamla Devi, Kesari Devi, resident ofMuchali Gram Panchayat of Bangana sub-divisionunder District Una, have praised this decision ofthe government.

ABVP unit of Amb holds meeting

PRADEEP CHAMBAYALAMB, APR 5

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad unit ofAmb held a meeting chaired by stateorganization secretary Gaurav Atri. In themeeting, a review of past events and anoutline of upcoming events was prepared.

Maoists in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, They paidfloral tributes to martyred soldiers killedby maoists in Bijapur of Chhattisgarhduring encounter. Arun Verma, Rohit.Rashi, Varun, Abhishek, Sadhana, Pallavi,Payal, Riya, Pankaj, Saurabh, Neeraj,Gagandeep, Pankaj, Abhishek, Anita andother activists were present.

Hamirpur sees overcastconditions with gusty windsHAMIRPUR, APR 5

After a full week thatwitnessed dry days duringwhich temperature rosesharply and caused muchdamage to the forests due tothe fires, the weather hasonce again become pleasantwith clouds hovering over thesky accompanied by thegusty winds. The temperaturein the district during the last24 hours settled at amaximum of 28.7 degreescelsius while the minimumremained 7.8 degrees celsius.While there was a minus five

degree celsius departure inthe minimum temperature,there was no change in themaximum temperature, saidthe India MeteorologicalDepartment(IMD). The IMDhas warned thatthunderstorms, lightning,hailstorm and gusty winds(wind speed of 30-40kmph)are likely at isolated places ofthe district on Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday.Meanwhile, farmers havestarted work on harvestingtheir Rabi crops. Deficientrainfall during the winterseason has adversely affected

the Rabi crop this season. Hesaid that had there been rainsin time, the situation wouldhave been good. Hedemanded from the stategovernment to order girdawriof crops on a war footing andto give them compensation.On the other-hand, thesituation on drinking waterfront was also critical in thedistrict and the districtagencies have been warnedof taking timely steps toprovide water to the peoplethrough tankers from theplaces where it was stillavailable in plenty.

SHO Baddi awares people about Covid-19

VHP demands ending of govtcontrol on Hindu temples in India

HAMIRPUR, APR 5

The Himachal unit of theVishwa Hindu Parishad hasdemanded that themanagement of over four lakhHindu temples, which is nowbeing run by the government,be handed over to Hinduorganisations for their smoothfunctioning. Organisingsecretary of the state VHPNeeraj Kumar, while talking toreporters on Sunday evening,said that in Himachal Pradeshtoo, there were 29 suchtemples that were under thecontrol of the Governmentowned trusts but were in badshape. They should also bedecontroled and given to theHindus to run theirfunctioning. He said that byhanding over the control of the

temples to the Hindus, theincome of the temples couldbe used for setting up ofHindu based Universities,research centers and otherrelated organisations andwould be helpful for all. It wasshocking to point out that byclosing the inns and freelangars in various temples ofthe government owned trusts,the government had playedwith the sentiments of thepeople (devotees) that werevisiting them for paying theirobeisance to respectivedeities. The VHP leaderdemanded that at least 50 percent serais be opened and freelangar made available for thepilgrims failing which, thenumber of the pilgrims wouldgo down in the coming monthsdenting the temples' income.

ACS inaugurates learning anddevelopment programme

SHIMLA: Additional Chief Secretary, Excise & Taxation Jagdish Chander Sharmainaugurated the training programme on developing the in-house analytical and datadriven intelligence-based capabilities under GST wing here today. This five-days trainingprogramme has been planned for field officers across the levels. The Additional ChiefSecretary said that this training was being conducted to cope up with bulk data challengesand understand the finer points involved under GST. The officers dealing with GSTwould now be required to deal with lot of data and legal provisions as well. He said thatwith this training, it was expected that the field officers would be better able to prioritisetheir work to make optimum utilisation of available resources.

Body of missing depot holder found in canalKHARA (SHASHI PAL JAIN): The body of Tarlochan Singh, a depot holder who went miss-ing a few days back from nearby village Gharuan, was recovered by the police from KheriGandhian canal today. Disclosing this, ASI Balraj Singh, investigating officer of the case, saidthat Kulwant Kaur, wife of the deceased Tarlochan Singh, in her statement to the police, saidthat her husband had left the house on March 30 at 5 am to pay homage to the canal as usual.When he did not return home, the police was informed about his disappearance and his bodywas recovered from the canal today. The Ghauran Police handed over the body to the familyafter proceeding under Section 174 of the CrPC.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, APR 5

Govt. College of Yoga Educationand Health, Sector 23 A, Chandi-garh has organized a 3 day work-shop on Heartfulness Meditationin the College premises as part ofthe faculty development program.The workshop is being conductedby an experienced HeartfulnessMeditation trainer, Brig. Narinderwho is the Zonal Coordinator ofHeartfulness Institute for PunjabZone.

Dr. Sapna Nanda, Principal ofthe college while welcoming BrigNarinder, shared his achievementsand accomplishments. She quoted“Heart is not only a pumping ma-chine but the seat of all positiveemotions like love, care, compas-sion, empathy and the main pur-pose of organizing the workshop isto know more about the subtlefunctions of heart”. She alsoshared her vision to start Researchbased Project in collaboration withthe Heartfulness Institute.

Brig. Narinder commenced theworkshop by acquainting the audi-ence about the history and variousactivities undertaken by the Heart-fulness Institutes worldwidethrough 32 connect progams. Hefurther explained that the basis ofHeartful Meditation is to attain a

balance between our inner and out-er self and experience the realsense of wellbeing. Furthermorethe audience was guided about thecourse of 3 day workshop in whichkey practices will be relaxation,

cleaning and Meditation aided byYogic transmission. This was fol-lowed by a practical session inwhich practitioners were guided toconnect themselves with the innatelove and light of the heart. The

first day of the workshop conclud-ed with sharing of experience bythe practitioners. The coordinatorof the workshop is Mr. KulwantSingh & Vote of thanks was pro-posed by Dr. Mohinder Singh.

Three day workshop on meditation held

3 cases of violation ofcurfew orders registeredOUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR: Kharar City Police haveregistered 3 cases for violatingcurfew orders issued by DeputyCommissioner Mohali. In this regard,Rajinder Singh ASI said that whilehe was on patrol, he saw twopersons named Manav Pandey andKrishna on a motorcycle walkingaround 9.30 pm. When asked if theyhad any pass, they could not showthe pass. Police registered a caseagainst him under section 188 IPC.Similarly, on the complaint ofConstable Jaswinder Singh, thepolice have registered a case underSections 188, 269 and 270 of IPCagainst Manu Shreen, a rehri ownerof Chhole Bhaturae near GreenMarket. Jaswinder Singh told thepolice that the man was sellingeatables at around 10.15 pm inviolation of curfew orders. Similarly,a case has been registered under188 IPC against a person namedSohan Singh on the complaint ofASI Chamkaur Singh. Thecomplainant told the police that theman was riding around on his Activaduring midnight and did not have apass to go around during the curfew.

Young man arrested with8.51 grams of heroinSHIVJOT GHUMANSHAHPUR KANDI: Police postThakur dwara police have arresteda young man with 8.51 grams ofheroin. Police officer-in-chargeIndora Surinder Dhiman told thatRoop Singh, in-charge ofThakurdwara police chowki, alongwith his police team, wasimpounded near village Milwan.During that time, a young man waswalking on the mileway from theNational Highway towardsThakurdwara Road.When the youngman caught sight of the police teamstanding on the road, he turnedback and fled. When the policesuspected the youth's antics, thepolice nabbed the young man onthe spot and 8.51 grams of heroinwas recovered from hispossession.The police took theconsignment and took the accusedto the arrested police postThakurdwara. The accused youthis a resident of Malkit Singh village,Chhanni Belli Tehsil Indora.Thepolice have registered a caseagainst the accused under NDPSAct at the police post Thakurdwaraand further action is beingimplemented.

153 persons vaccinatedagainst Covid at Sri

Ram Bhawan

SHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, APR 5

As per the special instruc-tions of SDM Kharar Mr. Hi-manshu Jain, a special campwas organized by the admin-istration at Sri Ram Bhawan,Kharar today to administercovid vaccine. Disclosingthis here today an officer ofthe SDM office Kharar saidthat people showed great in-

terest in this camp and today153 people were vaccinated.Of these, 93 were senior cit-izens and the rest were over45 years of age. He said thatthis camp was very much ap-preciated by the people andSDM Himanshu Jain wasthanked. He said that SDMhas directed that this campwould also be held on April6 at Sri Ram Bhawan from10 am to 1 pm.

Three booked forattacking local traderSHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR : Kharar City Police haveregistered a case under Sections452, 324, 506 and 34 of IPC againstNaveen, Mani and Sukha forallegedly entering into the shop ofone local trader Satpal Chopra andassaulting him. Complainant SatpalChopra told the police that he wassitting in his shop at noon whenpeople from the other side enteredinto his shop and broke down thecounter door and startedthreatening to kill him. A knifestabbed him in the forehead,causing him to bleed. They fled thescene when a large number ofpeople assembled on the spot. Hehas been admitted to Civil HospitalKharar for treatment. He allegedthat the reason for this attack wasthat Sukha was very jealous ofmore customers coming to his shop.

SHASHI PAL JAINCHANDIGARH, APR 5

In order to make the roadssafer and smoother for com-muters in the state, PunjabChief Secretary, Ms Vini Ma-hajan, on Monday directedthe concerned departmentsand National Highways Au-thority of India (NHAI) torectify all the black spotsidentified on the highwayspassing through the state sothat the precious human lives,being lost in the road acci-dents, could be saved.

Besides, she also askedthe Principal Secretary, Fi-nance, to explore the modali-ties to procure hand-held e-challaning machines for thetraffic police to issue e-chal-lans on-the-spot to the trafficviolators. The Chief Secre-tary issued these directions,

while chairing a meeting ofthe high-powered committeefor identification and rectifi-cation of black spots on theNational Highways (NHs)and other state roads (SHs),in the state.

It was on the directionsof the Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh that the,‘Safe Punjab’ programme,had been launched as a jointinitiative of the Punjab Po-lice, Public Works Depart-ment (PWD) and Transport

Department besides involv-ing all the district administra-tion to make the state roadssafer and smoother.The Di-rector General, Road Safety,a Lead Agency constituted bythe Punjab Government, RVenkat Ratnam, apprised theChief Secretary that as manyas 391 accident-prone blackspots spread across 12 dis-tricts in the state had alreadybeen identified as a part of thescientific study based on theaccident severity index.

Rectify all black spots on Punjabroads in stipulated time: CS

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, APR 5

Department of CommunityMedicine & School of PublicHealth, PGIMER and Munic-ipal Corporation, Chandigarhjointly organized the Eighthcapacity building and trainingworkshop at City livelihoodCentre, Community SewaKendra, Sector 25D, Chandi-garh from 10:30am to12:30pm.

Fifteen registered streetfood vendors were trainedduring the workshop. Thetraining sessions were deliv-ered by experts from variousfields to encourage street ven-dors and ensure that the ven-dors conform to Food Safetyand Standard Regulations,2011. Dr. Poonam Khanna,Associate Professor,PGIMER, Chandigarh wel-

comed all the guests and thevendors. She briefed the ven-dors about the purpose of thetraining. Mr. SukhwinderSingh, Designated Officer,Food Safety Standard Cell,U.T. Chandigarh introducedthe concept of food safetytraining and certification tothe vendors. He also empha-sized on the importance ofFSSAI certification and li-censing. The food vendors

were given food safety train-ing by Mr. Vivek Kumar,FOSTAC trainer. The foodtesting van was also shown tothe vendors and its briefingwas done by Mr. SukhwinderSingh. Dr. GeetaMehra, As-sistant Professor, Food Sci-ence, MCM-DAV, Chandi-garh enlightened the foodvendors on food adulterationrelated issues in street foodvending.

Street Vendors' capacity buildingand training workshop held

SHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, APR 5

The Lalru police have arrested onewoman Poonam Gupta following therecovery of 305 grm heroin from herpossession.

As per information received fromSh. Satinder Singh PPS, Senior Su-perintendent of Police, Distt. SASNagar, the police were able to achievea breakthrough, when under the ableguidance of Dr. Ravjot Grewal, IPS,SP (Rural) and Sh. Gurpreet SinghBains, PPS, DSP Derabassi, InspectorSukhbir Singh, SHOPS Lalru, alongwith his police team apprehended awoman, while patrolling near the Es-sar petrol pump, Main Highway Lal-ru . The woman named Poonam Gup-ta w/o Kingcley Kamalu residence ofNew Delhi, caught under suspiciousactivity was carrying a purse alongwith her, which when searched in thepresence of Sh. Gurpreet SinghBains, PPS, DSP, SAS Nagar and wasfound to contain 305 gram of Heroin

(Commercial Quantity) An FIR underthe NDPS Act, Ps Lalru, was regis-tered against the woman, followingwhich she was arrested. During inter-rogation, the women revealed, thatshe had acquired the substance froma person in Delhi, and was to deliverthis to another person in Chandigarh,whose search is in process. It alsocame to force that a case under theNDPS Act has registered previously

on this women in Indore and was sen-tenced to a 5 year imprisonment.

The accused also revealed, thatafter the death of her first husband,She remarried this Nigerian mannamed Kingcley Kamalu. Thewoman is a frequent visitor of thecountry of Kenya, and she may be in-volved with Drug Traffickers inKenya, Which is being investigatedthoroughly.

Lalru police arrests woman with 305 gms heroin

Farmers gherao FCI office,submit memorandum

JAGRAON (SUKH NAHAR): On the call ofSanyukt Kisan Morcha, a huge number of farmersand civilians gathered from surrounding villages inorder to gherao FCI office. The farmers staged astrong protest warning central government the farm-ers will not let them break FCI at any cost. The farm-ers sent a memo-randum to agri-cultural ministerthrough FCImanager inwhich they de-manded revoca-tion of their freshdecision regard-ing lands andmentioned theirdemands in detail.

They also asked government to stop decreasingbudget of FCI. Addressing the protest, farmer leadersincluding Balraj Singh Kotumra, Chamkaur SinghBarmi, Balwinder Singh Kothe Pona, Avtar SinghBilla, Harbans Singh Akhara, Avtar Singh Gill,Bachan Singh said that the protests against farm lawswill continue till the laws are taken back. At this oc-casion, a huge number of farmer leaders, farmer andlaborers were also present.

CHET RAM RATTANNAWANSHAHR, APR 5

Satveer Singh Palli Jhik-ki, Chairman, DistrictPlanning Committee hasapproved the release ofan amount of Rs 42.86lakhs under the Supple-mentary Nutrition Pro-gramme. Under thisscheme, a total of 792Anganwadi centers inShaheed Bhagat SinghNagar will provide foodto children, pregnantwomen and lactatingmothers.

Disclosing this here to-day, Jhikki said that underthis programme Supple-mentary Nutrition is thecommon component.

Approval has been givento release funds of Rs 30lakhs under SP Component.He said that apart from en-

suring the health care ofyoung children, pregnantwomen and lactating moth-ers admitted to Anganwadicenters in the state, the Pun-jab government is also pro-viding nutritious food tothem on a priority basis.

Rs 42.86 lakh approvesunder nutrition programme

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, APR 5

A decision to revise theCollector Rates in UTChandigarh was taken in ameeting chaired byDeputy CommissionerChandigarh Sh.MandipSingh Brar,IAS.

The said meeting wasattended by the ADCs,SDMs, Tehsildars andother officers.During themeeting it was decided toreduce the Collector Rateby 5% in Industrial Area,Phase I and II whereas it

was decreased by 10 % inSCOs/ SCFs/ Bay Shopsin Sectors of MadhyaMarg, Grain Market Sec-tor 26, Sector 17, Sub-City Centre Sector 34,Sector 22 and dividingroad of Sector 35-34, Mo-tor Market Manimajra..

However during themeeting it was decidedthat no revision of collec-tor rate would take placein the residential areas. Itwas also decided that col-lector rate in agricultureland would be enhancedby 10%In the meeting it

was also decided that floorwise collector rate wouldbe fixed for the HousingBoard Flats/IndustrialHouses/Society Flats andthe flats in Uppal MarbleArch, Manimajra. Furtherthe collector rates forshops in Multiplexes andother Malls have also beenincorporated as was donefor Elante Mall previous-ly. These collector rateshave been proposed on thebasis of sale deeds regis-tered in the Sub- RegistrarOffice as well as survey ofmarket and villages.

Tricity doctors raise healthalarm about rising airpollution in region

RN KHERACHANDIGARH: Concerned overthe rising air pollution and its severehealth impact on the people ofPunjab, senior medical practitionersfrom prominent hospitals of Tricitycame together for a healthconvening held at Chandigarh inpress club today.The convening,which was organised keeping inmind the World Health Day on April7, aimed at bringing medicalpractitioners together on a commonplatform to draw attention to thehealth cost of air pollution and theurgent need for mitigation. Theconvening was organised by CleanAir Punjab- a collective ofconcerned individuals andorganisations working on the issueof air pollution along with the LungCare Foundation and Doctors forClean Air. Senior doctors includingDr Zafar Ahmad (SeniorConsultant, Department ofPulmonology, Sleep and CriticalCare Medicine, Fortis Hospital).

VERMAQADIAN, APR 5

Covid Vaccination Campwas organized at CheemaPublic School Kishankotunder the leadership ofSDM Gurdaspur in collabo-ration with the chairman ofthe school, AmarinderSingh Cheema. in whichhealth department team vis-ited in the school premisesunder the supervision of Dr.Jaswinder Chahal to injectpeople Reaching out on theoccasion of the vaccination

of covid vaccination, Prin-cipal Praveen Sharma saidthat l people had to face alot of problems due to theKrona epidemic since lastone year . Covid vaccinations are be-

ing implemented whichevery citizen should takeadvantage of and try to keepthemselves safe as well astheir family and peoplearound them.

An appeal was also givenfor injections, due to whichmany people have reachedhere and got vaccinated.

Covid vaccination campsuccessfully heldNod for revision of collector rates in UT

ANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA, APR 5

The Punjab Youth Develop-ment Board (PYDB)under the chairman-ship of SukhwinderSingh Bindra has or-ganised a total of 12Covid19 vaccinationcamps in the districttill date. Bindra inau-gurated 4 such campsat Highway IndustriesLtd, Focal Point,Highway IndustriesLtd, Sahnewal, Highway In-dustries Ltd, Gill Road and inWard Number 25, AnsalColony, Sahnewal today.

While speaking to mediapersons on the occasion,Sukhwinder Singh Bindraspecially thanked Amol Mun-jal, owner of Highway Indus-

tries for organising such vac-cination camps in all theirunits. He said that duringthese camps, more than 6000

industrial labour would bevaccinated by the Punjabgovernment totally free ofcost. The PYDB Chairmansaid that they had organisedfirst such camp at GurudwaraShaheed Baba Deep Singh Jiin Model Town Extension onMarch 27, 2021.

Youth dev board successfully organises12 covid 19 vaccination camps

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

Police register case under excise act AJAY ARORAKHAMANON: The Police have registered a case of excise act and violationof curfew norms against a Buta Singh of village Mirpur PS Kheri NaudhSingh. As per information ASI Naresh kumar with the Police Party, was onpatrolling duty yesterday night. A Indica Car coming from Khanna Side, whencar driver saw Police party he tried to run back, then Police chased him andoverpowered the Suspect. During the search of Car 12 bottles of illicit liquorwere recovered from his possession. Police has also registered a caseagainst suspect for flouting the night curfew norms.

7KMV offers multipleprofessional growth andlife skills programsHARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya-KMV providing best value for money toits collegiate and college students byoffering umpteen professional growthprograms to them. Various innovativeprograms Principal Prof. Dr. AtimaSharma Dwivedi averred that all theseprogrammes are designed with theholistic development and growth in mind.Among various programmes we have

Foreign Languagestaught by ForeignTeachers. Centre forCompetitive Examsprepares studentsfor IAS, PCS, BankPO, UGC, DefenceServices etc.Institute of IELTS by

guided experts provide on-campusIELTS training to the desirouscandidates. KMV has got a privilege tobe selected among the few institutes allover the country for establishingInstitution's Innovation Council (IIC)as per the norms of the MHRDInnovation Cell (MIC) of Ministry ofHuman Resource Development,Government of India.

Apeejay Collegeorganises workshop

JALANDHAR: The PG Department ofComputer Science and IT of ApeejayCollege of Fine Arts, Jalandharorganised a workshop on ;I amremarkable where Mriddu Thakur cameas a Resource Person who is the formerstudent of the Department and iscurrently posted as Team ManagerCustomer Service, UK, Amazons atHyderabad. The students interacted withher and ask various questions regardingthe career in the field of IT. Principal Dr.Neerja Dhingra appreciated the efforts ofthe entire department for successfullyconducting the workshop.

Two youths flee aftersnatching gold chain fromsocial activistAMITZIRAKPUR: The morale of thesnatchers in the Zirakpur area is gettinghigher day by day and these snatchersare fleeing without any fear bysnatching people in broad daylight, withwhich there is an atmosphere of fear

among the people andpeople in their homesthink twice before goingout. Today at around6.30 am, two youthssnatched a 30 gramsgold chain from the neckof Zirakpur social worker

Sonu Sethi and fled. Disclosing this,Sonu Sethi said that he is a resident ofPenta Homes Society and this morningaround 6:30 am when he was walkingon the road outside Penta HomesSociety, two persons came across theside of Domino's behind him onmotorcycle On the way to PentaHomes, they approached them and oneyoung man sitting behind themotorcycle snatched the chain.

Govt determined to end Naxal menace: Shah

AGENCYRAIPUR/ NEW DELHI, APR 5

Union Home Minister Amit Shahon Monday said that thegovernment is determined to takethe ongoing fight against the unrestcreated by naxals to its logicalconclusion. The minister, who is ona visit to Chhattisgarh, made thecomment after paying tributes tothe 22 security personnel who werekilled by naxals in the state onSaturday. "Paid tributes to thebrave security personnel who weremartyred while fighting thenaxalites at Jagdalpur inChhattisgarh," he said in a tweet inHindi. "The country will neverforget your bravery and sacrifice.The whole country stands behindthe bereaved families. We aredetermined to take the ongoingfight against the unrest created bythe naxals to its logical

conclusion," said Shah. Theminister will chair a meeting at thePolice Coordination Centre inJagdalpur to review the securitysituation arising out of Saturday'sincident and also meet some of theinjured security personnel inhospitals, an official said. Thirtysecurity personnel were injured inthe ambush by naxals and wereadmitted to different hospitals inthe state, officials had said onSunday. After arriving inChhattisgarh's Jagdalpur townfrom Delhi, Shah paid his lastrespects at the Police Lines here,where the mortal remains of 14personnel were kept in coffinsdraped with the national flag.Besides Shah, Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghel and otherdignitaries also laid wreaths on thecoffins. This is Shah's first visit tothe Bastar region of the state afterassuming charge of Union home

minister, an official said. Thereview meeting in Jagdalpur, willbe attended by Chief MinisterBaghel, senior officials of thestate police and the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF), hesaid. Shah will then leave for theBasaguda camp of the CRPF inBijapur in a chopper and willhave an interaction and lunchwith the CRPF and state policepersonnel there, he said. Securitypersonnel were ambushed by

naxals when they were out on acombing operation in a forestalong the Bijapur and Sukmadistricts of the state. Out of thetotal 22 fatalities, the CRPF losteight men, including sevencommandos of the CoBRAbattalion (CRPF's elite unit) andone jawan of the Bastariyabattalion, eight of the otherdeceased were from the DistrictReserve Guard (DRG) and six fromthe Special Task Force (STF).

Operation was poorlydesigned: Rahul GandhiNEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday allegedthat the operation against naxals in Chhattisgarh, in which 22 securitypersonnel were killed, was "incompetently" executed and "poorlydesigned". "Our jawans are not cannon fodder to be martyred at will,"Gandhi said on Twitter. Out of the 22 fatalities in the Saturday naxalattack in the state, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) lost eightmen, including seven CoBRA commandos, while one jawan is fromthe Bastariya battalion, eight from the DRG and five from the SpecialTask Force. Citing a media report quoting CRPF Director GeneralKuldeep Singh as saying there was no intelligence failure in theoperation and an equal number of ultras were killed, Gandhi said, "Ifthere was no intelligence failure then a 1:1 death ratio means it was apoorly designed and incompetently executed operation." Officials onSunday had said that a CRPF inspector is still missing. Thirty-onesecurity personnel were also injured in the ambush by naxals. Thesecurity personnel were ambushed by naxals when they were out on acombing operation in a forest along the border of the Bijapur andSukma districts of the state. Director General Singh had acknowledgedthat his personnel were "surprised and ambushed" during the attack onSaturday that lasted several hours.

Countdown for battlePuducherry begins

AGENCYPUDUCHERRY, APR 5

The countdown for theassembly elections inPuducherry that will seal thefate of 324 candidates across30 constituencies on Tuesdayhas begun. With campaigningcoming to an end, both NDAand Congress have expressedconfidence they will form thegovernment in Puducherry.During campaigning, whileRahul Gandhi held the reinsof Congress in the UnionTerritory, BJP's campwitnessed high-profile ralliesfrom an array of leaders likePrime Minister NarendraModi, Union Minister AmitShah and party president JPNadda. Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan toocampaigned for his party inthe UT. BJP during itscampaigning had projectedthe erstwhile Congressgovernment as incapable andpushed the developmentagenda. It promised 'specialUnion territory' status toPuducherry and to increasedevolution of funds from 25per cent to 40 per cent as donein Jammu and Kashmir toensure development.Congress on other hand, in itsmanifesto, promisedstatehood to the UT, waivingoff all loans of the

Puducherry governmentobtained from the Centre andthe inclusion of the UT in theCentral FinanceCommission. It alsopromised to bear the cost ofCOVID-19 vaccination forthe people of the UT alongwith free education fromprimary to research level tothe students of SC, ST,OBC, fishermen and girls ina phased manner. KamalHaasan's Makkal NeedhiMaiam (MNM), however,promised that it will ensurethat all the basic needs of thepeople are met if it is electedto power. Elections inPuducherry, which iscurrently under President'sRule, is mainly between theCongress - DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam(DMK) alliance and theNational DemocraticAlliance (NDA) comprisingAll India NR Congress, AllIndia Anna DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK), and BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP).

Roopnagar reports 548 Covid cases in a weekHARNAMAN BHATIAROOPNAGAR, APR 5

India on Friday added the most cases ofcovid-19 than any other country surpassed,on average, the number of new infectionsin united states, and was set to overtakeBrazil over the weekend to became thecountry with the worst outbreak in theworld amid a raging 2nd national wavethat led to 92,961 new infections ofSaturday, the highest since September 17.As Indian is ranking 1st among all othercountries in covid situation whereasPunjab in this, placing on 2nd among allother states of India In the last 7 days tillFriday India recorded 68,969 new cases aday on average. On the same day the USrecorded 65,753 While Brazil recorded72,151 new cases a day over a week'speriod. In Brazil, the outbreak appears tobe receding with the number droppingroughly 0.92 % on average over the week.In US, cases are growing afresh but theexpansion- 0.87%- is significantly slowerthan India's rate of 4.24% DistrictRoopnagar has been recorded 664 freshcases of covid-19 which is the highest

figures since outbreak. According tocollected data as compare to corona's firstwave, current wave is very dangerous. Thenew wave of corona was very dangerousand it breaches all previous records.According to data, Roopnagar continuesreporting Bulk of cases which is 664 infigures fresh cases of corona, while 13patients succumbing, the district's death tollhas reached 209 till Saturday 4th April.Whereas number of active cases in districtis 850. According to data, on 29 and 30thmarch 142 cases has been recorded, on 31stmarch 90 cases has been recorded, on 1stApril 127 the highest number of cases tillnow, of this outbreak which was followedby 84 cases on 2nd April, 105 cases on 3rdday of April, 116 recorded on 4th April.

Current activities in District Fear of again lockdown among Private school/collage staffs, owners, wereclearly seen few days back, as many private school/collage owners weredoing meetings and protests in distt. Roopnagar. On 31st march privateschools association Roopnagar gives memorandum to DC Roopnagar.Then, Federation of private schools and association's distt. Roopnagarunit's president said that if the decision of govt. to close some places is lim-ited to close only educational institutions then we were going to open pri-vate schools on 11th of April. On the other hand district education officerRoopnagar Raj Kumar Khosla on 30th march issue guidelines to theschools to pass all students of non-board classes.

Administration effortsFor this administration also putting their efforts to control the situation in thedistt. on 29th march DC Roopnagar Sonali Giri while looking after the covidsituation in distt. Rupnagar calls a meeting in which he says that covid vac-cination is compulsory for officials of distt. Administration and all those peo-ple who were working in relation of 'Anaj Mandi' before 10 April. DC alsoguides health department to increase the pace of vaccination in distt. Shealso appealed to the people that any person of distt. Who is above 45 yearsof age can take vaccination from any health center. After this on 1st Aprilwhile taking care of crucial situation of covid in distt Roopnagar DC Roop-nagar Sonali Giri calls an urgent high level meeting, she says that if civil,health, and police administration doesn't take serious steps to control overepidemic, then further 15 days will become were worst in distt Roopnagar.Also in this Roopnagar Police were continuesly putting there efforts forproper implementation of govt. guidelines at ground level.

Stolen copper wire worthRs. 2.5 lakh recovered

R.SINGHPATHANKOT, APR 5

News has been received from the RailwayProtection Force about a gang that had stolenprecious wires worth about Rs 2.5 lakh from atrain parked near Uchi Bassi station falling underPathankot Cantt railway station.Givinginformation in this regard, Pathankot Cantt stationin-charge RPF Nitesh Salvi said that these peoplewere stealing precious wires from under thetrain.After the investigation of the case registered,seven accused, who belonged to Uchi Bassi, werearrested, while in this, one Mukerian's resident hasalso been named. He told that after the arrest ofseven persons, one to two persons are yet to bearrested, they too will be in the custody soon.

Barnala defeats Mansain Trident Cup

KARANPREET DHANDRALBARNALA, APR 5

In the Trident Cup PCA Under-2 match, Barnala's teamdefeated Mansa today. Barnala's team decided to bat firstafter winning the toss this morning and scored runs in 2overs. The innings was started by Parmeet Singh and Jatni.Both the openers batted brilliantly. Parmeet Singh scored 5runs in 4 matches. Which included two fours. Jatni scoreda magnificent half century. He played the innings of"Balan". Which included six fours. Apart from this, captainVansh Goyal also scored a magnificent half century. Hemade 2 runs in 2 balls. It included six fours and a six.Barnala's team scored 5 wickets for a total of 3 overs. ForMansa, bowler Omvir Singh took one wicket, NavvishMittal one wicket, Madhav two wickets and Akshat Jainfive wickets in four overs. In response, the Mansa team gotoff to a weak start. Mansa's team started the innings withNavish Mittal and Aditya. Navish Mittal played an inningsof 3 balls and 3 runs. Which included two fours. Aditya gotout on the cheap. He made just one run. When the teamcaptain Rakshit Jain played the innings of 5 runs.

Youth Akali Dal burns effigy ofCentral govt, Pb and Delhi CM

R.SINGHPATHANKOT, APR 5

Youth Akali Dal burnt effigies of CentralGovernment, Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh and Chief Minister ofDelhi Arvind Kejriwal outside MalikpurDeputy Commissioner office under theleadership of District President JaspreetSingh Rana.Addressing the furydemonstration, District President of YouthAkali Dal Jaspreet Singh Rana said thatCaptain Amarinder Singh's friendship withthe Centre has caused great damage to thefarmers of Punjab.He said that the Punjab

government has fooled the people of Punjabby giving them huge promises such aspromises made with the youth, loan scheme,unemployment allowance, atta dal, shagunscheme, etc. to which the people of Punjabresponded in 2022 Will give in votes.

Former Prime Minister's elderbrother reaches Pathankot

R.SINGHPATHANKOT, APR 5

Daljit Singh Kohli, elderbrother of former PrimeMinister Dr. ManmohanSingh arrived inPathankot fromAmritsar.Where NirmalSingh Pappu, the lifelongpresident of the HinduSikh Ekta Club, and histeam welcomed Daljit Singh.He was welcomed by othersincluding Chintpurni Seva Mandal President Sonu, Shashiand Kulant.President Nirmal Singh Pappu said that duringthe meeting with Daljit Singh, the politics of Punjab and thecountry was discussed.

Councilors demand removal of garbage dump SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, APR 5

Councilors submitted amemorandum to EO SanjayBansal under the guidance ofcouncilor Dimple Goyaldemanding immediate removalof garbage dump from the area.In the memorandum, councilorDimple Goyal mentioned thatthe ward residents demandimmediate removal of garbagedump from Jhansi Rani chownk.Citing reasons for the demand,she mentioned that there is apark situated near the dump

which is visited by women,children and senior citizenseveryday and the dump causesa great inconvenience for them.She also stated that bad odourfrom the dump makes thingsdifficult for shopkeepers also,stray animals gather near thedump creating traffic issuesmaking area highly vulnerableto road accidents. Goyal called

the place unfit for establishingdump because it is situatednear water supply. Sheappealed the municipal councilto remove the dumpimmediately or they shall becompelled to stage protestsagainst the municipal council.Many councilors extendedtheir support to Goyal anddemanded removal of dump.

9.40 lakh metric tonnes wheat production potential: CAOKULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, APR 5

During the current rabi, record arrival of wheat is expectedin the mandis and 1.88 lakh hectare area of wheat has beensown during this rabi. This is expected to produce 9.40lakh metric tonnes of wheat and 7 lakh metric tonnes ofwheat is expected to enter the markets. Disclosing this heretoday the Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Kuljit Singh Sainisaid that due to the second wave of Corona virus epidemic globally, the wheat harvesting andmarketing season is likely to remain the same as last year. Therefore, all the farmers may need tomake special arrangements for harvesting and marketing of wheat. The farmers have to ensurethat they follow the instructions issued by the Punjab and Health Department. Due to the needfor more laborers in the wheat harvesting and marketing work, they have to take care of socialdistance and cleanliness. If these few things are taken care of then the problem of harvestingwheat and marketing of wheat in mandis can be avoided.

8KEEP YOUR FACE ALWAYS TOWARD THE SUN-

SHINE - AND SHADOWS WILL FALL BEHIND YOU.

WALT WHITMAN

WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE, BUT KNOW NOTWHAT WE MAY BE.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

Parting WordsWhen I go from hencelet this be my parting word,that what I have seen is unsur-passable. I have tasted of the hid-den honey of this lotus that ex-pands on the ocean of light,and thus am I blessed ---let thisbe my parting word. In this play-house of infinite forms I have hadmy play and here have I caughtsight of him that is formless. Mywhole body and my limbs havethrilled with his touch who is be-yond touch; and if the end comeshere, let it come ---let this be myparting word..

(By: Rabindranath Tagore)

China intrudes yet again in South China SeaAnother standoff is

brewing in the SouthChina Sea, after

swarms of Chinese fishingboats and subversive Chi-nese militia in disguise ar-rived and parked them-selves in the Union Banks.

The fact is that UnionBanks - and Whitsun Reef,where 220 Chinese vesselsinitially congregated in ear-ly March - is well within the200-nautical-mile exclusiveeconomic zone (EEZ) of thePhilippines. China is mak-ing a move from its play-book for additional mar-itime territory.

If the Philippines doesnot respond, it can expect towave goodbye to this fea-ture in the Union Banks,one located just 129kmfrom its own strategicallyimportant Thitu Island.

When told to leaveWhitsun Reef by the Philip-pine government, the Chi-nese Embassy in Manilahaughtily responded that itis part of Chinese territory."Chinese fishing vesselshave been fishing in its ad-jacent waters for manyyears. Recently, some Chi-nese fishing vessels takeshelter near Niu'e Jiao [theChinese name for WhitsunReef] due to rough sea con-ditions. It has been a normalpractice for Chinese fishingvessels to take shelter undersuch circumstances. Thereis no Chinese MaritimeMilitia as alleged. Anyspeculation in such helpsnothing but causes unneces-sary irritation. It is hopedthat the situation could behandled in an objective andrational manner." The em-bassy's statement was re-

plete with hubris, disinfor-mation and outright lies, ig-niting strong emotionamong the Philippine popu-lace.

In response, PhilippineSecretary of National De-fense Delfin Lorenzana re-sponded on 4 April, "Theutter disregard by the Chi-nese Embassy in Manila ofinternational law, especiallythe UNCLOS [United Na-tions Convention on theLaw of the Sea] to whichChina is a party, is ap-palling. Its Nine-Dash Lineclaim is without any factualor legal basis. This, togeth-er with its so-called histori-cal claim, was flatly andcategorically rejected by thearbitral tribunal. The Philip-

pines' claims stand on solidground, while China's donot." Lorenzana added,"The continued presence ofChinese maritime militiasin the area reveals their in-tent to further occupy fea-tures in the West PhilippineSea. They have done thisbefore at Panatag Shoal[Scarborough shoal]...andat Panganiban Reef [Mis-chief Reef], brazenly violat-ing Philippine sovereigntyand sovereign rights underinternational law ... Chinashould refrain from con-ducting activities that dis-turb regional and interna-tional peace and security."China brazenly won de fac-to possession of Scarbor-ough Shoal from the Philip-

pines in 2012, maintaining acontinual paramilitary pres-ence at the maritime featuresince then after musclingout the Philippines. Manyexpect China to somedayreclaim land and create amilitary base there as it hasdone at seven other loca-tions in the Spratly Islands.

Scarborough Shoal ismuch more to the east andtherefore closer to thePhilippines, so it wouldhelp create a wider networkof island bases for the Peo-ple's Liberation Army(PLA). For that reason, Chi-nese activity at Scarbor-ough Shoal is closely moni-tored. However, Chinachose to make its latest for-ay, a land grab, if you will,

at Whitsun Reef instead, thelargest reef in the UnionBanks and 175 nauticalmiles west of Bataraza onPalawan Island in thePhilippines. In March, thePhilippine military and gov-ernment expressed deepconcern at the presence of astunning couple of hundredChinese fishing boats linedup with military precision atWhitsun Reef.

Even Philippine Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte, whohas proven to be somethingof a lapdog to Beijing, wasforced to complain. Manilalodged a formal diplomaticprotest to Beijing, thoughDuterte has been quiet onthe matter since then. Lastyear, a defeatist Duterte

stated that China was in"possession" of the SouthChina Sea and that it was,therefore, futile to actagainst it. Duterte alsopromulgates a false binaryrange of options - to go towar with China or to totallyaccede to Beijing.

Certainly, nobody ex-pects Manila to go to waragainst China, but the coun-try needs to stand up forwhat it is entitled under in-ternational law. Firstly, inJuly 2016 the Philippineswon a resounding victory inthe international court oflaw when the PermanentCourt of Arbitration ruled inits favour and lambastedChina for its outrageousmaritime claims and activi-ties in the South China Sea.The court ruled that Chineseterritorial claims, includingits Nine-Dash Line, haveabsolutely no merit or legalbasis. However, Duterte hasfrittered away that legal andmoral victory with his obei-sance to China. Secondly,the Philippines has a long-standing Mutual DefenseTreaty with the USA, some-thing that other neighbourslike Malaysia and Vietnamdo not have as they toowrestle with Chinese as-sertiveness. This treatypromises that the USAwould militarily support thePhilippines should thecountry or its forces comeunder attack. Thus, US Sec-retary of State AntonyBlinken stated positively on28 March: "The UnitedStates stands with our ally,the Philippines, in the faceof the PRC's maritime mili-tia amassing at WhitsunReef.

Literature & Health

Low glucose levels might assist muscle repair: Study

Latest attack pushes US CapitolPolice further toward crisis

The US Capitol Police arestruggling.One officerwas killed and another

injured when a driverslammed into a barricade Fri-day afternoon. The attackcomes after officers wereoverrun and injured when a vi-olent mob of Trump support-ers overran the Capitol on Jan-uary 6, breaking through in-sufficient barriers and pushingtheir way to within steps oflawmakers. One officer diedand another killed himself.

Scores of officers are con-sidering early retirement, topleaders have resigned andthose in office face increasingcriticism. Security concernsover the events of the past fourmonths may alter not onlyhow the department operates,but whether the historicallypublic grounds can remainopen.

The head of the CapitolPolice union said officers arereeling following the death onFriday of Officer Billy Evans,who was on the force for 18years. He was struck at a Capi-tol entrance by a man who, ac-cording to investigators, suf-fered from delusions and sui-

cidal thoughts. Evans' deathcomes after Officer BrianSicknick, who was amonghundreds of officers trying tofight off rioters without thenecessary equipment or plan-ning, died after the January 6riot. Officer Howard Lieben-good died by suicide shortlyafterward.

Hundreds of officers areconsidering retirement or find-ing jobs elsewhere, unionchairman Gus Papathanasiousaid in a statement. They con-tinue to work even as we rap-idly approach a crisis inmorale and force numbers," hesaid, noting that officers aredealing with "massiveamounts of forced overtime".

Dozens of officers were in-jured on January 6 and othershave been held out of workduring an internal investiga-tion into the department's re-sponse, including the officerwho shot a 35-year-oldwoman as she and others weremassing at a barricaded door-way. That's further depleted aforce that has more than 200vacant positions, roughly 10%of its authorised force level.

In the months since the in-surrection, many officers haveroutinely worked 12-hourdays or longer to protect thebuilding during Biden's Janu-ary 20 inauguration and im-peachment proceedingsagainst Trump.

Anew study has revealed a newbenefit of keeping sugar at bay.Researchers from Tokyo Metro-

politan University have shown thatskeletal muscle satellite cells, key play-ers in muscle repair, proliferate betterin low glucose environments.

This is contrary to the convention-al wisdom that says mammalian cellsfare better when there is more sugar tofuel their activities. Because ultra-lowglucose environments do not allowother cell types to proliferate, the teamcould produce pure cultures of satellitecells, potentially a significant boost forbiomedical research.

Healthy muscles are an importantpart of a healthy life. With the wear andtear of everyday use, our muscles con-tinuously repair themselves to keepthem in top condition. In recent years,

scientists have begun to understandhow muscle repair works at the cellular

level. Skeletal muscle satellite cellshave been found to be particularly im-

portant, a special type of stem cell thatresides between the two layers ofsheathing, the sarcolemma and basallamina, that envelopes myofiber cellsin individual muscle fibres. When my-ofiber cells get damaged, the satellitecells go into overdrive, multiplying andfinally fusing with myofiber cells.

This not only helps repair the dam-age but also maintains muscle mass. Tounderstand how we lose muscles due toillness, inactivity, or age, getting togrips with the specific mechanisms in-volved is a key challenge for medicalscience. A team of scientists fromTokyo Metropolitan University led byAssistant Professor Yasuro Furuichi,Associate Professor Yasuko Manabeand Professor Nobuharu L Fujii havebeen studying how skeletal musclesatellite cells multiply outside the

body. Looking at cells multiplying inPetri dishes in a growth medium, theynoticed that higher levels of glucosehad an adverse effect on the rate atwhich they grew. This is counterintu-itive; glucose is considered to be es-sential for cellular growth.

It is converted into ATP, the fuelthat drives a lot of cellular activity. Yet,the team confirmed that lower glucosemedia led to a larger number of cells,with all the biochemical markers ex-pected for greater degrees of cell pro-liferation.

They also confirmed that this does-n't apply to all cells, something theysuccessfully managed to use to theiradvantage. In experiments in high glu-cose media, cultures of satellite cellsalways ended up as a mixture, simplydue to other cell types in the original

sample also multiplying. By keepingthe glucose levels low, they were ableto create a situation where satellitecells could proliferate, but other celltypes could not, giving a very pure cul-ture of skeletal muscle satellite cells.This is a key prerequisite for studyingthese cells in a variety of settings, in-cluding regenerative medicine.

So, was the amount of glucose intheir original experiment somehow"just right"? The team added glucoseoxidase, a glucose digesting enzyme,to get to even lower levels of glucose,and grew the satellite cells in this glu-cose-depleted medium. Shockingly,the cells seemed to fare just fine andproliferated normally. The conclusionis that these particular stem cells seemto derive their energy from a complete-ly different source.

EDITORIALBeti bachao:

India's gender gap

In a precipitous slide, India has slipped 28 places torank 140th among 156 countries in the World Eco-nomic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, 2021,

becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia.The report examines gender-based disparities in fourcritical areas: economic participation and opportuni-ty, educational attainment, health and survival, andpolitical empowerment. India fell steeply in the po-litical empowerment subindex — the share of womenministers halved, that of women in Parliament and atthe head of a state remained stagnant. This is not sur-prising given that in spite of repeated promises to passthe women’s reservation bill, it has been languishingin the Lok Sabha for over 10 years. There has alsobeen a considerable decline in economic participationof women — data from several sources have alreadyshown that the increasing domestic burden caused bythe restrictions owing to the pandemic has resulted inthe loss of employment for women — and they arenow seven times more likely to lose their jobs thanmen. India also ranks among the bottom five countriesin the health and survival subindex largely because ofthe skewed sex ratio at birth, institutionalized violenceagainst women, forced marriage and discrimination inaccess to health. When it comes to education, in spiteof some gains, 34.2 per cent women are illiterate com-pared to 17.6 per cent of men — once again, severalsurveys reveal that female students bore the brunt ofthe inequalities of online education, with householdchores eating into their time. The question is how doesthis situation endure in spite of a slew of governmentpolicies ostensibly devised for the economic and so-cial uplift of women? The answer lies in the gap be-tween existing legislation and the understanding re-quired of lawmakers about the challenges women faceas well as their apathy towards these. Women’s em-powerment campaigns have failed to go beyond thepopulism that governments indulge in. To cite one ex-ample, between 2014 and 2019 only Rs 159 crore —less than 25 per cent — of the Rs 644 crore allocatedby the Centre for the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’scheme reached the districts and the states. Rights-based employment initiatives must be mobilized on awar-footing to make labour, health, education and pol-itics representative. Perhaps the first step to addressthis yawning chasm would be to alter the idea of de-velopment, which, in recent times, has come to meanrising GDP accompanied by a corresponding fall inholistic social, human and economic growth.

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Mobile health apps can be beneficialfor adults with heart disease

Mobile health technology canbe beneficial in encourag-ing lifestyle behaviour

changes and medication adherenceamong adults aged 60 and olderwith existing heart disease, accord-ing to a study published in theAmerican Heart Association journal'Circulation: Cardiovascular Qualityand Outcomes'.

Mobile health technology in-cluding fitness apps have become apopular tool to track calories,weight loss, sleep, and even men-strual cycles, and now another ben-efit of using these applications hascome to light.

The technology use of mobile tosupport the achievement of health

objectives -- can include voice andshort messaging services (text mes-saging), global positioning systems(GPS) and bluetooth technology, aswell as wearable devices that canmonitor and inform the user aboutspecific health measures or behav-iors to improve health.

"Over the last decade, mobilehealth technology, especially thewearable technology and mobilehealth application markets, hasgrown substantially," said the chairof the statement writing committeeErica N. Schorr, Ph.D., B.S.B.A,R.N., FAHA, an associate professorin the Adult and GerontologicalHealth Cooperative at the Universi-ty of Minnesota School of Nursing.

ppo A74 5G has been listed on an Australian retailer's website with Opricing, specifications, release date,

and images ahead of its official launch. The phone is believed to be come in a 4G and a 5G variant and specifications for the 4G variant have previously tipped as well. The Oppo A74 5G listed on the website has a black variant and is listed with 128GB storage. The phone is said to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 SoC according to the listing and previous leaks have suggested the same. Oppo A74 5G has been listed on an Australian retailer's website, JB Hi-Fi, and the 6GB + 128GB variant in Fluid Black and Space Silver colour is listed for AUD 444 (roughly Rs. 24,800). The phone is up for pre-orders with the release date listed as April 13. It should be noted that Oppo has not shared the official pricing and release date for the Oppo A74 5G. Oppo A74 5G specifications (expected) The dual-SIM (Nano) Oppo A74 5G runs ColorOS 11.1 based on Android 11, as per the JB Hi-Fi listing.

URUGRAM: With a strong legacy in Bhiwadi since 1992 with over 5900+ homes constructed in Bhiwadi , Ashiana GHousing Ltd., a real estate developer and pioneer in the senior

living space is set to add another feather in its cap with the launch of Ashiana Tarang Phase III. Envisaged with the aim to provide customers with abundant opportunities to experience premium lifestyle at an accessible price-point, Ashiana Tarang will contribute to the rapid development of Bhiwadi as an upcoming suburb. A rapidly developing residential belt with proximity to Manesar and Gurugram, Bhiwadi is gradually emerging as a region with immense potential for industrial, residential and socio-economic development in the coming years. With its 96 units priced between INR 32.65 L - 48.74 L, Tarang will play an integral role in driving its growth further as a residential hotspot for discerning customers. Registrations for Phase III of the project will commence from 2nd April for 45 days. Ashiana Tarang is spread over 13.26 acres in Bhiwadi (Delhi/NCR) with Phase I and II offering 240 homes with 150+ residents. Falling under the category of comfort homes, Tarang comprises of high-rise apartments with a blend of well-designed architecture along with 3.16 acres of green spaces for a comfortable and serene living. Surrounded by plantation, Phase III of Ashiana Tarang, will encompass elegant architecture along with spacious indoor and outdoor facilities for a healthy and active lifestyle.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

Samsung Galaxy F12 and Samsung Galaxy F02s are launching in India today, April 5, at 12pm (noon). The two phones are budget-friendly phones with the Galaxy F02s expected to be relatively cheaper among them. Samsung has shared some details about the two phones on its website and there have been some leaks and rumours surrounding them as well. The design for the two phones has been revealed and so we know for example that the Galaxy F12 features a quad rear camera setup, while the Galaxy F02 has a triple rear camera setup. Samsung Galaxy F12, Samsung Galaxy F02s: How to watch live stream, sale details Samsung will unveil the Galaxy F12 and the Galaxy F02s today, April 5, in India at 12pm (noon) through a virtual event that will be livestreamed on Samsung India's YouTube channel.

Samsung Galaxy F12, Galaxy F02s Launching in India Today at 12 Noon

handigarh: McDonald’s India - North and East, has introduced a new brand app –‘McDonald’s’ – to provide Cconsumers with special deals & offers that can be

redeemed at dine-in, takeaway or drive thru.Through the new McDonald’s app, the brand aims to enhance its customer experience as well as engagement by offering them #TheRealDeal and the best of McDonald’s all on one single mobile platform. In addition to great deals and offers, the app also allows

one to order McDelivery, share feedback, learn more about the menu, and much more. Claiming #TheRealDeal is rather simple. Here’s a step-by-step guide:· Download the ‘McDonald’s’ app on your iOS or/and Android device, or simply scan this QR code · Select the country as India – North & East, & allow

notifications. · Register by creating an account. · Once registered, a bunch of offers will appear under the “Deals” section. · Select on the deal to claim (at dine-in or takeaway or drive-thru). · Tap ‘Redeem’ and ‘Activate’ once at the counter, as this will activate a 5-minutes timer and a QR code will appear on the screen. One will need to place the code in front of the scanner so that the deal is read and applied, within the 5 minutes.

The new McDonald’s app is here to delight you with #TheRealDeal

roduction work is always tough and challenging . So to say without experience one cannot Pachieve success in this field , says young

Production manager of Punjab Harjit Singh , who is active in this Music video industry for last three years. Interacting with this right Harjeet Singh stated that he belongs to Village Chak-Khurd , P.O Chak Kalan , Tehsil Nakodar in district Jalandhar . Born in march 1998 this young talented production manager Harjit Singh completed plus two from local Senior Secondary School. Later he tried his luck in film and music video field. Hardworking Harjit Singh has participated in so many cultural and Musical events during his school days. He is a cool and committed person . In a short period Harjit Singh has worked with well known Punjabi Producer and directors of Punjab. There he learnt basics of film video Production. As Production manager, he has been associated with some Punjabi video projects of upcoming singer duo Harman chahal and Randy Jassal’s video track “Dil” ,singer Rinks Batra’s solo track “yaar “ and singer Inder Maan’s video song “Gallan Pyarian “ which has been released by YDW Productions.

handigarh;The Principal and staff members of Adarsh Public Smart School (APS-20 ) Sector 20 B C,Chandigarh celebrated Founder Day -2021 with holy

heaven in the school premises.It was established in 1963 by its founder directors Principal & Journalist Thakur BALBEER SINGH DEEPAK when the Chandigarh Smart city beautiful was its infancy. On this occasion Principal Mrs Sunita Thakur along with members prayed for well being and progress of the students and all human being on this earth during this tough time of pandemic APS-20 is going to be started new session 2021-22 w.e.f 8/4/2021 .

Haier India introduces new range of Magic Convertible Big Bottom Mounted Refrigerators

Byju’s Acquires Aakash Educational Services Tutorial Chain, Deal Said to Cost Nearly $1 Billion

yju's, the Indian edutech giant that has a userbase of over 80 million Bstudents, on Monday announced that

it has acquired brick-and-mortar educational institution chain Aakash Educational Services through a strategic merger. The deal would help the Bengaluru-based entity to bring Aakash's test-prep expertise to its content and tech capabilities, to further bolster its online education model in the country. It is also likely to give New Delhi-based Aakash the ability to expand its online presence in the country — alongside continuing its educational institutes.Aakash already has over 215 centres across India that aid students in preparing for medical and engineering entrance exams. In addition to entrance exams, the decades-old chain that has over 33 years of experience in teaching students offer preparatory services for school and board exams, National Talent Search Exam (NTSE), and Olympiads as well as the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) programme.

Production line is challenging - Harjit Singh

handigarh: Usha International continues its association with five-times champions Mumbai Indians, as an official partner for the Ceighth consecutive year. Slated to start in Chennai on April 9, 2021,

with a high-octane clash featuring defending champions Mumbai Indians, the 14th edition of the tournament will be held across six Indian cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. There will be 56 leagues matches in this edition with no team playing at their home venue and to reduce commute and minimise risk, the fixtures have been mapped in a way that every team will travel only three times during the league stage. As part of the association, the Usha logo will be seen on the leading side caps and helmets of MI players and on the mat during specified match toss. Geared solely to cater to online/TV audiences this year, the stadium will also have a massive LED wall, jumbo screens, and perimeter boards across the ground, which will play up the Usha brand at various points during the game.

Realme 8 Gets First Update in India, BringsCamera and Touch Improvements

ealme 8 is reportedly receiving a new update in India to optimise Rcamera and touch response on the

Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 OS, as per user reports on the Realme community forum. The smartphone was launched in India last month along with Realme 8 Pro. This marks the first-ever update for the smartphone. There has been no official confirmation on when the rest of the world will receive the update. Realme 8 is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G95 SoC, paired with up to 8GB of RAM.Users have reported on Realme's community forum that Realme 8 is receiving camera and touch updates, sharing screenshots of the changelog. The user posts were first spotted by FoneArena. The new update gives the smartphone improvements to the camera in the form of optimised image quality of the rear camera, video quality of the ultra-wide camera, image quality of Ultra Night mode, and colour saturation of the selfie camera.

Oppo A74 5G launch date may be April 13

Usha International continues association with Mumbai Indians for 8th consecutive year

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potassium, monounsaturated fatty acids The purest form of chocolate is dark belly fat and flatten your stomach is to and phytochemicals. People who eat chocolate. It is beneficial for weight substitute fattening snacks with berries.avocados tend to have lower body loss as it does not contain sugar and Quinoa is a plant based protein and weight, BMI and waist circumference milk. Packed with monounsaturated popular diet food. It is enriched with than people who skip this green fatty acids, dark chocolate helps boost proteins, potassium, phosphorus, superfood. Although avocados are your metabolism so you can burn copper, zinc, vitamin E and B6, higher in calories than other fruits and calories faster. Studies also prove that thiamine, iron and magnesium. Quinoa vegetables, they can help you slim dark chocolate can reduce cravings for contains fibre which helps in digestion. down with their satisfying combo of fat

a n i p a t B e n i t o B u s i n e s s excitement to Panipat’s limited options for Development Ltd., hospitality wing fine dining. Elaborating more upon Pof TDI Infra, brings the classic entering the Panipat hospitality market

Lazeez Affaire restaurant to the city of Mr. Akshay Taneja, Promoter, Benito Panipat. Lazeez Affaire established since Business Development Ltd. said, “We 1998 in the capital has been popular for its believe in constantly working towards North Indian and e n h a n c i n g t h e Mughlai dishes, the experience of our chic ambience and guests, and Lazeez the mix of local and Afffaire is in line international guests. with the thought. We This sophisticated entered Panipat and eatery is known for noticed that it lacks combining elements quality options for of both partying and the natives, and this great food.Benito where we are filling B u s i n e s s the gap. Recently, our Development Ltd. restaurants in Mohali owns two restaurants have been awarded in Mohali namely Warehouse Café and the for the excellent service, and we will try to popular Punjabi restaurant brand ‘Garam maintain the standards set by us in various Dharam’. Both these places were recently ventures. We look forward to serving bestowed with HT Hall of Fame award. people of Panipat with our delicacies and Lazeez Affaire will bring new wave of cordial customer services.”

handigarh: Haier, the global leader in Home Appliances & Consumer Electronics and World’s CNumber 1 brand in Major Appliances for 12

Consecutive Years*, has unveiled 17 new variants of Big Bottom MountedRefrigerators in 3 and 4-star range. The new

additions to Haier’s revolutionary BMR – Bottom Mounted Refrigerator series flaunt the all-new magic convertible series that allows temperature to be controlledbetween a wide range of +9⁰C to -24⁰C to cater to the

unique requirements of different food items for retaining their freshness and nutrition for longer duration. Different foods have different temperature requirements for storage. Not all foods are best stored at the exact same temperature. And even though the ideal temperatures for different foods may vary by only a few degrees, those differences can make a huge impact on flavor, freshness

and texture. Designedto smartly cater versatile storage requirements of different food items, the magic convertible technology helps in converting the refrigerator to 14 modes*.

Benito Business Development Ltd. brings the classic Lazeez Affaire to Panipat

Ashiana Housing unveils Tarang Phase III to capitalize on Bhiwadi’s rapid growth

as a residential hotspot

handigarh: When actors work together, it usually means that they will spend quite a few months together. Actors Chave to work hard, so many of them like to break the

tension by playing a little practical joke on their co-stars from time to time. Most of their pranks are childish, but that doesn't

make them any less funny. Deepshika Nagpal who is presently seen in Dangal TV's Ranju Ki Betiyaan shares that she loves playing fun, childish pranks with her co-actors. Recently, she shared a message to her co-actors which sent them the wrong message. Talking about one of the pranks she played, Deepshika says, "Recently I forwarded a message in our Ranju Ki Betiyaan group which was a very personal one, sounded like someone wanted a

relationship with me and I wasn't interested. Jeevansh and Roopal thought that is a personal message of Deepshikha Ma'am, there is a problem in her personal life and she accidentally sent the message. While Reena was smart and she understood that this message is forwarded one and it must be a prank. Ayub hasn't reacted to the message yet. Well, I have played a number of pranks on him, so let's see if this time he can figure it out.

Deepshika Nagpal Whatsapp pranked her co-stars

Yummy foods to include in your diet chart for weight loss

handigarh: Diversified natural resources firm Vedanta Resources has said it contributed USD C4.66 billion (Rs 34,018 crore) to the public

exchequer in India during the 2019-20 fiscal.Its overall contributions to public exchequers of various countries stood at USD 4.7 billion (Rs 34,310 crore) during the fiscal year, Vedanta Resources said in its latest report. "Consistent with our commitment to building on transparency, we present our fifth tax transparency report. During FY2019-20, our contribution to exchequer was USD 4.7 billion, which accounts for 40 per cent of our consolidated turnover," Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal said. Most of this amount goes to the Indian exchequer as majority of the groups business operations are located in India. The company paid USD 1,398 million (Rs 10,205 crore) towards royalties to the state governments of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Karnataka based on extraction of bauxite, lead-zinc, iron ore, crude oil and natural gas.Vedanta has also formed an internal 'Tax Council' which acts as an overarching governing body to the tax function as a whole. The company has adopted guiding tax principle to maintain high standards of integrity with respect to tax compliance and reporting.In the last seven years, Vedanta has contributed USD 46.4 billion (Rs 3,38,720 crore) to the exchequer which constitutes to around 39 per cent of the company's consolidated turnover. It is the highest contribution to the exchequer made by any corporate so far in the last seven years under the present government regime.The company said that Vedanta is the 'only' corporate in the country to come out with such a report that breaks down key components like economic value generated, taxes paid and contribution by each of the businesses, the company said.

Vedanta Resources contributes over Rs 34K cr to exchequer in FY20

handigarh : YoloBus, an intercity bus travel company in India, has Ctoday announced that its

commitment to delivering a safe, punctual and reliable travel experience has been recognized by its customers to emerge as a leading bus travel service provider in Punjab. Every day, the company enables more than 1000 people to travel safely and reach their destinations on time. The pandemic has been a killer of not just the transportation and tourism industry but also silently of the local economy that thrived on the movement of people such as local retail businesses. YoloBus understands the repercussions of this new normal and has taken the mission to revive this local economy upon itself by making possible economic activity while providing utmost standards of safety. YoloBus is creating employment opportunities for the local youth in the state. In the last one month, it has employed 500 personnel including drivers, captains, mechanics,etc. The company’s operations in the state has boosted entrepreneurship by partnering with more than 200 bus operators and travel agents. The last few months have brought about 40% repeat travellers for YoloBus in Punjab. Also, 40% of its overall travellers within the state are women.

YoloBus emerges as the leading intercity bus travel service

provider in Punjab

handigarh :Samsung, India’s most trusted smartphone brand, today Claunched Galaxy F12 and Galaxy

F02s in India. Galaxy F series is Samsung's India-specific smartphones for which Samsung has tied up with Flipkart.Galaxy F12 comes with a True 48MP quad camera with ISOCELL plus technology, a smooth 90Hz Display and best-in-segment 6000mAh battery. Galaxy F02scomes with a stunning 6.5" HD+ Infinity-V Display anda massive 5000mAh battery."Galaxy F has been designed for young millennials in India who want to do more and be more. Galaxy F has already become one of the most popular smartphones on Flipkart. We are now bolstering the Galaxy F line-up with the #FullOnFab Galaxy F12 and Galaxy F02s that come packed with features, allowing our young consumers to have fun and express themselves limitlessly.," saidAdityaBabbar, Senior Director and Head, Mobile Marketing, Samsung India.Speaking about the launch, Aditya Soni, Senior Director, Mobiles, Flipkart, said “The partnership between Samsung and Flipkart is driven by a shared passion for being customer-first, at a time when smartphones have emerged to be the new essentials for most of us.

Samsung India Launches #FullOnFab Galaxy F12

2020 Autocar Maintenance Study Ranks Ford Vehicles Among The Most Affordable To Own

handigarh : Ford yet again delivered on its promise of greater value of Cmoney to its customers with the 2020

edition of Autocar India’s Vehicle Maintenance study rating its cars & SUVs as the most affordable to maintain in their respective segments.According to Autocar report that covers all vehicle segments and manufacturers, Ford products were among the most economical - ranging from INR 20,682or 34 paisa per kilometer for Ford Figo to INR 42,548 or 71 paisa per kilometer for Ford Endeavour - to maintain against segment leaders over a 60,000-kilometer or five-year ownership cycle.The study found Ford Figo Petrol to be the most affordable mid-range hatchback, costing just 34 paise per KM to maintain, 28% less than the segment volume leader. The Figo Diesel, with its most powerful and bigger engine, was also among the most inexpensive, costing just 45 paise per kilometre to maintain.Amongst compact SUVs, both Ford Freestyle Petrol and Diesel variants were least expensive to maintain, requiring 35% and 38% lower spends of just 34 paise and 45 paise per kilometrerespectively.

handigarh :Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT Tires), the Indian Cmultinational Group and leading

global player in the Off-Highway tiremarket has just announced that it will be the Official Tire Partner for Punjab Kings in the upcoming T 20 League 2021.The BKT logo will be sported on the back of the Punjab Kings jersey. BKT embraces once more the biggest sporting phenomenon in India, as it collaborates with the Punjab Kings for the second consecutive season. The partnership is symbolic of BKT’s support and love for the game of cricket.BKT has been actively championing the game of cricket on a huge scale even on a global level.In 2020 the companyupgraded its association with the biggest cricketing event in Australia: KFC Big Bash League. The collaborationstarted three years ago with BKT as League Supplier and the company now continues to promote its passion for sports in the Australian continent as League Partner of this famouschampionship. Whether it is about cricket, football, or the amazing stunts at Monster Jam – BKT Tires loves sports because it fully reflects its corporate philosophy: commitment and determination, the joy of achieving goals, the feeling of satisfaction and contentment when being rewarded for all efforts aiming at always higher and greater ambitions.Mr. Rajiv Poddar, Joint Managing Director of Balkrishna Industries Ltd. states, “Cricket is a beautiful representation of BKT’s corporate philosophy demonstrating theability to hit new records and the willingness to aim higher, the contentmentof being rewarded for the efforts invested, and the tenacity to excel. It is our passion for great sportsmanship that has motivated us to partner with a dedicated team like Punjab Kings for another successful season.”

Founder Day -2021 celebrated by Adarsh Public Smart School (APS-20 )

BKT TIRES becomes official Tire partner for the Punjab Kings

NASSCOM FutureSkills® PRIME , Apollo Hospitals Joined Hands To Launch Technical Educational

mritsar, April 5--: As digital innovation and adaptability become increasingly important to create a digital healthcare ecosystem, NASSCOM FutureSkills® PRIME has Acollaborated with Apollo Hospitals to launch a Joint Technical Educational Platform. This

unique collaboration will help in promoting multi-skilling and re-skilling along with enabling unlearning and re-learning to stay relevant, efficient, and productive. Speaking on the occasion, Amit Aggarwal, ‎Chief Executive Officer • ‎IT-ITES Sector Skill Council of India, NASSCOM, said, “With the advancement of conventional and disruptive technologies, the healthcare sector in India is transforming, characterized by new age skills such AI and data analytics to embrace technology for healthcare transformation. This platform in collaboration with NASSCOM FutureSkills and Apollo Hospitals is a step towards moving away from the traditional healthcare practices and advancing towards reskilling/upskilling and to build cross-skills between core healthcare and digital. The healthcare workforce needs to be ready and skilled in not just developments in conventional medical practices, but also in the digital revolution, which is rapidly taking place.”Speaking about the collaboration, Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “We see this partnership with NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime as an integral part of the digital transformation, which Apollo has championed over the last few years. A new era in healthcare beckons driven by the convergence of various technologies such as mobile phones, sensors, cloud computing, AI, ML, genomics and imaging. The healthcare workforce needs to be ready and skilled in not just the conventional medical practices, but also in the digital revolution, which is rapidly taking place. The upskilling through the technical education platform will lead to an “alternate” way of thinking and executing thereby adding a high level of effectiveness to overall healthcare delivery. The entire body of medical knowledge has begun to double every 73 days as compared with every 7 years in 1980 and every 50 years in 1950. While use of this data can increase access to healthcare, one can only imagine the level of digital technology and skills required to make use of this vast repository of knowledge.

ollywood star Vicky Kaushal number of COVID-19 positive cases has tested positive for the has been rapidly rising. In Bollywood, Bnovel coronavirus. The actor an array of celebrities have got

on Monday informed his fans via a infected within a span of a few social media post, urging all those weeks.who came in contact with him to get Vicky and Bhumi are the latest tested. The news comes soon after addition to the list of B-town actor Bhumi Pednekar revealed that celebrities like Akshay Kumar, she had tested positive for the deadly Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Alia Bhatt, infection. The 'Raazi' actor took to his Ranbir Kapoor, and Rohit Saraf, Instagram handle and shared a among others, who recently tested statement informing fans about his positive for COVID-19.current health condition. Earlier, actors Amitabh Bachchan, Vicky wrote, "Inspite of all care and Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Kapoor, precautions, unfortunately, I have Malaika Arora, and some others were tested positive for COVID-19. infected with the virus. In March Following all essential protocols, I am 2020, Bollywood singer Kanika under home quarantine, taking Kapoor, who rose to fame with her medication as prescribed by my song 'Baby Doll', became the first doctor." He further urged the people Bollywood celebrity to get infected who came in contact with him to get with COVID-19.tested and wrote, "I request all those Meanwhile, on the professional who came in contact with me to front, Vicky has several projects in immediately get tested. Take care the pipeline including 'Sardar and stay safe." Udham Singh', 'The Immortal The second wave of coronavirus has Ashwatthama', 'Takht', and 'Sam infected a lot of people and the Bahadur'.

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GLAMOURGLAMOURTaapsee Pannu begins shooting for Shabaash Mithu

ollywood actor Taapsee considered a beacon of women's Pannu, who will soon treat cricket across the world. The film Bmovie buffs with her is being produced by Viacom18

upcoming outing 'Shabaash Studios.Mithu', a biopic based on the life of For the forthcoming biopic, the Indian cricketer Mithali Raj, has actor had been training under started shooting for the film. cricketer Mithali's friend and ex-The 'Mission Mangal' star took to colleague Nooshin Al Khadeer. her Instagram handle to announce Nooshin taught her not only the news with a glimpse of herself Mithali's iconic cricket style but from the film set, where she can also the other finer aspects of be seen sporting cricket gear as emulating the ace cricketer on the she poses candidly for the big screen, such as her poise, camera. stance, and unique traits.She captioned the post, "Let's Apart from 'Shabaash Mithu', go....Day 1 ! #ShabaashMithu Taapsee's impressive line-up of #WomenInBlue." films include 'Looop Lapeta', Directed by Rahul Dholakia and 'Haseen Dillruba', 'Rashmi Rocket' written by Priya Aven, 'Shabaash and the sci-fi thriller titled Mithu' revolves around the life of 'Dobaaraa' directed by Anurag Indian women's ODI cricket team Kashyap.captain, Mithali Dorai Raj, who is

Akshay hospitalised day after testing positiveCOVID-19

uperstar Akshay Kumar on Monday said he has been admitted to a city hospital as a precautionary Smeasure a day after testing positive for the novel

coronavirus. In a statement posted on his official Twitter page, the 53-year-old actor said he is "doing fine" and hopes to be back home soon. "Thank you everyone for all your warm wishes and prayers, they seem to be working. I am doing fine, but as a precautionary measure under medical advice, I have been hospitalised. I hope to be back home soon. Take care," Kumar said. The actor tested positive for the virus five days after starting the shoot of his action adventure drama "Ram Setu". Apart from Kumar, as many 45 crew members working on the film have tested positive for COVID-19. BN Tiwari, President, Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), said a crew of nearly 100 was set to begin filming in Madh Island from April 5 but when the mandatory COVID-19 tests were done, 40 junior artistes tested positive. "They all have been quarantined after testing positive. Out of those, 40 were junior artistes while the rest were Akshay's make up team, their assistants. Now the shooting has been halted indefinitely," Tiwari told a news agency.

Vicky Kaushaltests positive for COVID-19

he Warner Bros. recently- movie has proved to be an have been operating at reduced released action-packed indication that people are ready capacity to comply with Tfilm 'Godzilla vs. Kong' to enjoy the films on the big pandemic safety protocols.

has taken the box office by storm screens after more than a year of "While it's half of what it would be by setting a pandemic record binging with small screens at under normal circumstances, the with USD 48.5 Million debut. home. weekend is a clear and positive Muscling its way to a pandemic Variety reported that the flick is indication that moviegoing has era, the Adam Wingard also available to HBO Max inherent strengths that aren't directorial has managed to subscribers for no extra fee. going away," he added.accumulate USD 32 Million over David A. Gross, who runs a Helmed by Adam Wingard, the the weekend and USD 48.5 movie consulting firm named movie stars Alexander million in its first five days of Franchise Entertainment Skarsgard, Millie Bobby release, cementing a new high Research, told Variety " More Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian water mark since US theatres than 50% of movie theatres in Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza have reopened, as per Variety. the country have reopened, but Gonzalez, Julian Dennison, With a smashing hit even during many -- including those in New Kyle Chandler, and Demian the pandemic, the action-packed York City and Los Angeles -- Bichir.

'Godzilla vs. Kong' sets pandemic record, debuts with USD 48.5 Million in US

Veteran actor passes away at 88

Shashikala

eteran Bollywood actor Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal, better known by her first Vname, breathed her last at her residence

on Sunday at the age of 88. The cause of the 'Shart' actor's demise is not yet known and an official statement from her family members is awaited.Popular Bollywood screenwriter Kiran Kotrial who is known for writing scripts of television shows like Big Boss and Khatron Ke Khiladi, broke the news of the demise of the actor through a Facebook post.He posted throwback pictures of the departed soul and wrote, "Rest in peace Shashikala" along with it.Born on 4 August 1932 in Solapur, Maharashtra, Shashikala was a renowned television and Bollywood actor. She had played supporting roles in more than a hundred Bollywood films.She is best known for her works in films like 'Daku', 'Jugnu', 'Aarti', 'Gumraah', 'Mujhse

Shaadi Karogi', 'Rahgir' to name a few. Apart from films, Shashikala also worked in television shows like Son Pari and Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai and a few others.Shashikala had received eight nominations for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and won the award twice for 1962 film 'Aarti' and 1963 'Gumrah'. She is the recipient of several awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards - for 'Aarti' in 1963, for 'Gumrah' in 1964, and for 'Rahgir' in 1970.

Disha Patani shares what makes her different from others

ollywood diva Disha answering some of the questions asked and circled the mole to highlight it.Patani, who is currently by her fans. On the work front, Disha is gearing up Bgearing herself up for her While many asked the fitness diva about for the release of Salman Khan starrer

upcoming movie 'Radhe' with her workout regime and the secret of her 'Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai'. She Salman Khan, hosted an 'Ask toned body, one fan asked the 'Malang' will also be seen in 'Ek Villain 2'.Me Anything' session for fans on star to mention one thing that makes her Directed by Mohit Suri, the film's first

Sunday, where she replied to different from others. installment was released in 2014. It some of the witty questions. Quick to reply, Disha hopped on to her follows (Sidharth Malhotra) Guru, a

The 'Baaghi 2' actor took to her Instagram stories and revealed that she gangster whose life changes after he Instagram stories and shared a couple has "a mole under her eye". She posted falls in love with (Shraddha Kapoor)

of pictures in which she was seen an extreme close-up picture of her eye Aisha and decides to mend his ways.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

HDFC Bank reports14 pc jump indeposits at Rs 11.32lakh croreMUMBAI: HDFC Bank, the secondlargest lender in India by deposits,said on Monday its advancesaggregated to Rs 11.32 lakh crore asof March 31, marking a growth of 13.9per cent over Rs 9.93 lakh crore ayear ago. It also marked a growth of4.6 per cent over 1.08 lakh crore as ofDecember 31, 2020. As per regulatory(Basel 2) segment classification,domestic retail loans as of March 31this year grew by 7.5 per cent overMarch 31, 2020 and 5 per cent overDecember 31, 2020. Domesticwholesale loans grew by 21 per centand 4.5 per cent over December 31,2020. HDFC Bank's deposits totalledRs 13.35 lakh crore as of March 31,showing a growth of 16.3 per centover Rs 11.47 lakh crore as of March31, 2020 and a growth of 5 per centover Rs 12.71 lakh crore as ofDecember 31, 2020. The bank's CASAdeposits aggregated to Rs 6.15 lakhcrore as of March 31, 2021, a growthof 27 per cent over 4.8 lakh as ofMarch 31, 2020 and a growth of 12.5per cent over Rs 5.46 lakh crore as ofDecember 31, 2020. The lender'sCASA ratio stood at 46 per cent as ofMarch 31, 2021 as compared to 42.2per cent as of March 31, 2020 and 43per cent as of December 31, 2020.During the quarter ended March 31this year, the bank purchased loansaggregating Rs 7,503 crore throughthe direct assignment route under thehome loan arrangement with HousingDevelopment Finance Corporation(HDFC) Ltd.

5 dead in Bangladeshferry capsizeDHAKA: At least five people werekilled and over a dozen went missingafter a passenger ferry sunk in a rivernear Bangladesh capital Dhaka officialssaid, according to local media reports.The incident took place on Sunday.According to Bangladesh local media,the double-decker ferry carrying morethan 50 passengers sank after a cargovessel hit it in the Shitalakshya Rivernear Madanpur of Narayanganj district,an official said. More than a dozenpeople are reported missing while theothers managed to swim ashore,Bangladesh Inland Water TransportAuthority official Mobarak Hossain wasquoted as saying. Rescuers from theFire Service and Civil Defence foundthe bodies adrift in the river near theaccident site, nearly 30 kilometressouth of Dhaka, Hossain said. Amateurvideo footage taken by the localsshowed that the ferry, which was enroute on a 45-minute trip fromNarayanganj to neighboringMunshiganj district, sank immediatelyafter a cargo vessel hit it from the rear,reported local media. Localgovernment official Nahida Barek saida seven-member panel was assignedto determine the cause of the accident.Serious accidents involving ferries arequite common in Bangladesh, acountry of many rivers. Experts blamepoor safety measures and the taximplementation of regulations.

Poland's largestairport EvacuatedOver bomb threat

WARSAW: The evacuation ofpassengers has started from theWarsaw Chopin Airport, Poland'sbiggest airport, over a bomb threat,Dagmara Bielec-Janas, spokespersonfor the Polish Border Guard, toldreporters. "The services of the WarsawChopin Airport have receivedinformation that an explosive devicemay be onboard one of the planes,"she said. The spokesperson addedthat the evacuation of passengers wasunderway. Bomb squad officers aresearching the aircraft mentioned in thereceived message. Anotherspokesperson, Piotr Rudzki, said thatthe bomb threat message concerned aTurkish Airlines plane that had arrivedin Warsaw from Istanbul.

Argentina registers 9,955 new COVID-19cases, 93 deathsBUENOS AIRES : Argentina registered 9,955 new COVID-19 cases onSunday, bringing the national tally to 2,393,492, according to the country'sministry of health. The ministry also reported 93 more deaths from the disease,taking the nationwide death toll to 56,199. A total of 2,140,480 patients haverecovered from the disease so far, while 196,813 cases remain active, it said.Since the vaccination program began in December 2020, 684,366 people havereceived both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, while another 3,567,150 havereceived the first jab. The Argentine government has extended COVID-19social distancing measures until Friday.

Sensex tumbles 871 pts; Niftytanks below 14,650

AGENCYMUMBAI, APR 5

Equity benchmark Sensextanked 871 points on Monday,dragged by a selloff in financialstocks as spiking COVID-19cases spooked investors andfanned concerns over economicrecovery.

After plunging over 1,400points earlier in the day, the 30-share BSE index pared somelosses to finish at 49,159.32,down 870.51 points or 1.74 percent. Similarly, the broader NSENifty sank 229.55 points or 1.54per cent to 14,637.80.

Bajaj Finance was the toplaggard in the Sensex pack,plunging around 6 per cent,followed by IndusInd Bank,SBI, M&M, Axis Bank, BajajAuto and ICICI Bank.

On the other hand, HCLTech, TCS and Infosys wereamong the gainers.

"The market witnessed ahuge sell-off today as India'ssecond wave of COVID-19 isgetting bigger than anticipatedand is expected to ruin the paceof economic recovery. Highvaluation added further concerndue to a possible downgrade inQ1FY22 earnings," said Vinod

Nair, Head of Research at GeojitFinancial Services.

A policy decision in theupcoming MPC announcementand Q4 earnings will define themarket volatility in the comingdays, he added.

The rise in COVID-19 casesin India is a sobering reminderthat challenges to recovery stillremain, said Lalitabh Srivastava,AVP research, Sharekhan byBNP Paribas.

The provisional numbers ofkey banks indicate a

consolidating trend in terms ofadvances growth butencouraging performance ondeposit and CASA front, headded. Elsewhere in Asia,bourses in Seoul and Tokyoended on a positive note.Markets in Shanghai, HongKong and Australia were closedfor holidays. Stock exchanges inEurope were also closed.

Meanwhile, the global oilbenchmark Brent crude wastrading 2.20 per cent lower atUSD 63.43 per barrel.

Gold marginally lower;silver declines Rs 216

NEW DELHI: Gold was marginally lower by Rs 15 to Rs 44,949per 10 gram in the national capital on Monday amid muted tradingand tepid global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In theprevious trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 44,964 per 10gram. Silver also dipped by Rs 216 to Rs 64,222 per kilogramfrom Rs 64,438 per kilogram in the previous trade. "Spot goldprices for 24 carat in Delhi were down by Rs 15 on mutedtrading," according to HDFC Securities, Senior Analyst(Commodities), Tapan Patel. In the international market, gold wasquoting lower at USD 1,727 per ounce and silver was flat at USD24.78 per ounce.

RBI's MPC starts deliberatingon next monetary policy

AGENCYMUMBAI, APR 5

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das-headed rate-setting panel MPCstarted its three-day deliberationon the next monetary policy onMonday amid sudden surge inCOVID-19 cases and thegovernment's recent mandateasking the central bank to keepretail inflation around 4 per cent.The Reserve Bank willannounce the resolution of theMonetary Policy Committee(MPC) on April 7. Experts are ofthe view that the Reserve Bankwill maintain status quo onpolicy rates at its first bi-monthly monetary policy reviewfor the current fiscal. It is alsolikely to maintain anaccommodative policy stance.The policy repo rate or the short-term lending rate is currently at4 per cent, and the reverse reporate is 3.35 per cent. Last month,the government had asked theReserve Bank to maintain retailinflation at 4 per cent with amargin of 2 per cent on eitherside for another five-year periodending March 2026.

M Govinda Rao ChiefEconomic Advisor, BrickworkRatings (BWR) said, given therise in the spread of coronavirusinfections and the imposition offresh restrictions to contain thevirus spread in the major parts of

the country, RBI is likely tocontinue with itsaccommodative monetary policystance in the upcoming MPCmeeting. "Considering theelevated inflation levels, BWRexpects the RBI MPC to adopt acautious approach and hold therepo rate at 4 per cent," Raosaid. Rao noted that in the lastMPC, RBI initiated measurestowards the rationalisation ofexcess liquidity from thesystem by announcing a phasedhike in the cash reserve ratio(CRR) for restoration to 4 percent. "In the current scenario,the RBI may like to drain inexcess liquidity, while higherborrowings and the frontloadingof 60 per cent borrowings in H1FY21 may put pressure onyields, and hence, the RBI maygo slow in reversing its liquiditymeasures announced as aCOVID stimulus since March2020," Rao added.

Babu Jagjivan Ram created a new society for exploitedand the underprivileged: Rana Aas Mohammad

SUSHIL PANDITYAMUNANAGAR, APR 5

District Chairman of the CongressParty Minority Cell, Rana AasMohammad, on behalf of theMinority Cell, on the birthanniversary of freedom fighter andformer Deputy Chief Minister BabuJagjivan Ram, said that today wholeIndia is remembering him and thedimensions established by him arebeing seen as examples in thepolitical and social sphere. Rana saidthat the efforts made by him for theupliftment of the underprivilegedand deprived society will always bea source of inspiration for the entire

humanity. Babu JagjivanRam provided a newdirection to the society byestablishing newdimensions in Indianpolitics. He was elected 8times from the Sasaramregion of Bihar and reachedthe Parliament. Babu Jagjivan Ramhas been an incomparablecontribution to the Congress Party.He served as a minister in variouscentral governments of theCongress and also represented manyimportant ministries. Rana said thatafter independence, there have beenfew such leaders in Indian politics,who not only accepted the

challenges of severalministries alone asministers, but also tookthose challenges to the endgoal. Rana said that JagjivanRam, who was the pinnacleof modern Indian politics,managed whatever

department he got as a minister andmanaged it successfully with hisadministrative acumen. Born in aDalit family, Babu Jagjivan Ramhas been instrumental in thetransformation of the erstwhilesocial system, he has made a distinctidentity on the horizon of nationalpolitics on the strength of hisvisionary ideology.

Covid-19: MLA Chabbewal flagsoff mobile vaccination van

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, APR 5

Giving further momentum to ongoingCOVID vaccination, MLA Dr. RajKumar Chabbewal has sent off a‘mobile vaccination van’ to villages ofHarta-Badla block. The mobilevaccination van to cover eligiblebeneficiaries in 134 villages falling inthe block. Giving details in this regard,Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal said that inits first two visit in villages namely Jianand Bhatrana as many as 68beneficiaries were vaccinated in thesevillages. He said that on Monday themobile van would reach village BadlaKhurd, where doses of COVIDvaccination to be administered to alleligible beneficiaries above the age of45 years. The MLA said that a detailedchart had already been prepared to covervillages by giving prior information torespective sarpanches. He said that theASHA workers were alreadydisseminating info to villagers regardingvaccination in their villages so thatmaximum people could be inoculated

near to their homes. The mobilevaccination van will be reaching ataround 9:30 am in scheduled villages toadminister doses till 3 pm everyday, saidthe MLA adding that the van isequipped with requisite staff including adoctor, a vaccinator and requiredmedical assistance as well as medicines.MLA Dr. Raj Kumar also appealed thepeople to take the vaccine as soon aspossible besides strictly adheringprescribed safety protocols in largerpublic interest amid resurge in cases.Prominent amongst those present on theoccasion included SMO Chabbewal Dr.Raj Kumar, Medical Officer Dr.Himani, Ayurvedic Medical Officer DrSarabjit and others.

SGPC will have to pay theprice for their mistake

CHARNJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR, APR 5

Regarding transfer of Manager Harpreet Singhand two other employees, who bestowed theblessings of Guru Ghar on Kunwar Vijay PartapSingh, non-Sikh IPS Officer IG, while payingobeisance at Gurdwara Shaheed Baba DeepSingh Ji, Bhai Jarnail Singh Sakhira, ChiefManager, Sarbatt Khalsa Sammelan 2015, hastaken the management committee to task.Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh had probed theBargari incident and brought out the truth.Talking about this, Bhai Jarnail Singh Sakhirasaid that a few months back, the main accused inthe whole incident, Parmaraj Singh Umranangalwas blessed by SGPC, which is tantamount toscratching the hearts of the entire Sikh Panth. Hesaid that the Sikh community at home andabroad would never tolerate such a greatinjustice of the Panth culprits. He said that thesacked IG Parmaraj Singh Umra Nangal has arebellious family background. The family fromwhich the good of the Panth cannot be expected.Bhai Sakhira said that the dismissed IG

Parmaraj Singh Umra Nangal's grandfather late.Jeevan Singh Umra Nangal first raised theslogan of humility and stabbed the Panth in theback and fulfilled his personal interest bycolluding with the opportunistic governments ofhis time. While I.G. Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh,despite being a non-Sikh officer, has done whatno Sikh officer could ever accomplishsuccessfully. He said that the ShiromaniGurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) haddiscriminated against the police personnel, whohad conferred the blessings of Guru Ghar onsuch a police officer to such an extent that theentire SGPC was headed by former ChiefMinister Parkash Singh Badal and formerDeputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh, hasbecome a toy in their hand.

Block Nodal Officer visited schoolsto meet criteria of Smart School

SARWANQADIAN, APR 5

Vijay Kumar, Block Nodal Officer, Smart SchoolParameters, today visited various schools and inspected theSmart School Parameters including Main Entry Gate, ColorCoding, Tie Belt, Identity Card, Green Board, LectureStand, Honor Board, Meeting with school principals tocomplete the sound system, Facebook YouTube channel,colorful furniture, PT drums, computer lab, educationalpark, landscape etc. were held. Kumar was also present.Disclosing this here today Block Nodal Officer Mr. VijayKumar said that he has visited Government Middle SchoolSalahpur, Government Middle School Thikriwal, MiddleSchool Bhagatpur and Middle School Dhapai today toensure that the heads meet the smart school standards intheir respective schools. Asked for. And schools that donot yet meet those standards have been instructed to followthe instructions in the standards.

Anil Arora becomes head ofDevelopment Council of India

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, APR 5

Social worker Anil Arora has been elected the head of theBharat Vikas Parishad. Whereas before this, Sanjeev Singlawas the head. In the meeting held under the chairmanship ofstate President Deepak Anand, State Secretary Dheeraj Bhatiaand State Treasurer Arvind Singal at the private institute, AnilArora was elected as President, Gurcharan Singal as Secretary,Ravneesh Kataria as Treasurer, Shashi Gupta as Women Pres-ident and Rajesh Baweja as Publicity Secretary. Former headSanjeev Singla gave detailed information about the work doneby the BHAVIP last year. The newly elected head Anil Aroraand his team pledged to work with devotion. Arora said that itwill be his and his team's earnest effort to do more and moreprojects of public service. Paramjeet Pahwa and AmarnathSharma attended in particular.

Monthly rations distributed onbehalf of Nar-Narayan Sewa Samiti

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, APR 5

Monthly ration was distributed from the Shri LakshmiNarayan Mandir Sansthan on behalf of Nara Narayan SewaSamiti. This month's ration was given by Varun Sharma andcommittee members. Varun Sharma said that in this era ofCovid, needy people have an urgent need for organizationslike Nar-Narayan Sewa Samitis. He said that this committeehas done a lot of public service, for which the working styleof every member of the committee is praiseworthy.Committee founder Munish Bhatia informed that thecommittee provides monthly ration distribution to the needy,and is always ready for paying fees of helpless children,treatment of the needy, girls wedding, blankets, shoes,distribute clothes and food, providing wheelchairs, tricycles,crutches etc. to the disabled. Happy Suneja and SushilThukral welcomed the visiting guests.

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Two BWF TourSuper 100tournamentscancelledKUALA LUMPUR : The Bad-minton World Federation (BWF)on Monday announced that Russ-ian Open 2021 and IndonesiaMasters 2021 Super 100 havebeen cancelled due to COVID-19restrictions and complications."The Badminton World Federation(BWF) can confirm two BWF TourSuper 100 tournaments -- theRussian Open 2021 and Indone-sia Masters 2021 Super 100 -have been cancelled," BWF saidin a statement."The ongoing COVID-19 restric-tions and complications left localorganisers no choice but to cancelthe tournaments. The respectivedecisions of the National Bad-minton Federation of Russia andBadminton Indonesia were madein consultation and agreementwith the BWF," it added.

Marseille beats Dijonto stay on track forEuropa LeaguePARIS: Marseille laboured to a 2-0 home win against last-place Di-jon but strengthened its bid for aEuropa League place after its ri-vals dropped points over theweekend.The scrappy victory moved sixth-place Marseille one point behindLens in fifth place and a EuropaLeague spot next season. Rennesand Montpellier dropped threepoints behind Marseille by drawingtheir matches on Sunday, the dayafter Lens was held by Lyon.It was a third win in four games forMarseille's new coach, JorgeSampaoli, but he was clearly frus-trated at times.Dijon has not won this year, losing11 straight league games anddrawing the other three. Despitefacing poor opposition, Marseillestruggled to create anything in adrab first half.Seconds before the break, Ar-gentina center back LeonardoBalerdi, who is on loan fromBorussia Dortmund, headed inDimitri Payet's corner at the nearpost on Sunday.Payet set up the second goal foranother central defender as AlvaroGonzalez nodded home from hisfree kick in the 78th.Montpellier was held 1-1 at Angerswhile Rennes needed a lateequalizer from striker SerhouGuirassy to draw 2-2 with Reims.English striker Stephy Mavididi'sheader just after halftime earnedhim a ninth goal of the season forMontpellier, but Stephane Baho-ken equalized for Angers in the71st. In other matches Sunday, itwas: Lorient 1, Brest 0; Bordeaux2, Strasbourg 3; Nantes 1, Nice 2;and Nimes 0, Saint-Etienne 2.

PSG's AlessandroFlorenzi testspositive forcoronavirusPARIS: Ahead of the ChampionsLeague clash against Bayern Mu-nich, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)has suffered a setback asAlessandro Florenzi has testedpositive for coronavirus.The Ligue 1 club on Mondayconfirmed that Florenzi hastested positive for COVID-19and has isolated himself."Following a COVID test,Alessandro Florenzi is con-firmed positive. He will there-fore enter isolation and is sub-ject to the appropriate healthprotocol. As a reminder, theplayer had been in isolation fora few days as a precaution,"PSG tweeted.PSG is slated to take on BayernMunich in the ChampionsLeague on Thursday.Meanwhile, Bayern Munich willbe without their star playerRobert Lewandowski. The Ger-man side on March 30 an-nounced that Lewandowski willbe out of action for "around fourweeks" due to a knee injury.Lewandowski had picked the in-jury while playing for Poland,during the clash against Andor-ra on March 29. He had scoredtwice in the match to powerPoland to a 3-0 win."Robert Lewandowski hasstrained a ligament in his rightknee. The FC Bayern striker willbe out for around four weeks,"the club had said in a state-ment."After Poland's 3-0 win over An-dorra, Lewandowski returnedearly to Munich, where a diag-nosis was made by the Germanrecord champions' medicalteam. The 32-year-old hadscored the first two goals inSunday's match, before havingto leave the field after an hourfollowing a clash," it had added.

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TALKS

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

AGENCYMOUNT MAUNGANUI, APRIL 5

After creating the world record for mostconsecutive ODI wins, Australia bowlerMegan Schutt on Monday said that it isa really special achievement and theteam could not stop talking about it af-ter the match against New Zealand.

The side achieved the feat after de-feating New Zealand (White Ferns) inthe first ODI of the three-match serieson Sunday at Mount Maunganui. Therecord for most consecutive ODI victo-ries was held by Ricky Ponting's team asthey had registered 21 wins on the trotin 2003. But with this win over NewZealand, the Australian women's teamregistered its consecutive 22nd win and

as a result, the side created a worldrecord.

"That was really special. Our armswent a little bit dead from holding themup so long chatting about it, waiting forthe team song. It was really cool. Thestreak was something we did not speakabout before we went onto the field (onSunday) but we definitely spoke about itafter because it is a really specialachievement," cricket.com.au quotedSchutt as saying.

"Afterwards most of us did go for abit of a beverage. It was not a late nightbut just some casual conversation and itwas cool to see which people had playedall 22 games. I am no spring chickenand I'd played a fair few of them as well,so it was cool to go through those," she

added.Talking about the ongoing series

against White Ferns, Schutt said: "Ithink it is a really good chance for us asa team to get used to the conditions andtrial the brand of cricket we want to playfor the World Cup. I have been to NewZealand a few times now, so the condi-tions are not a surprise to me, I knowthem pretty well."

"It is not too dissimilar to Australia,it probably just keeps a little lower andslower with a little more swing ... but forplayers like (fast bowlers) Tayla Vlaeminck and Darcie Brownwho have not been here before, to stillbe ripping through at that pace and getsome swing, it is an added benefit," sheadded.

AGENCYKARACHI, APR 5

A debate broke out in Pakistan crick-et circles with many blaming SouthAfrican wicketkeeper Quinton deKock for "deliberating distracting"Fakhar Zaman and leading to hiscontroversial run-out in the secondODI at Johannesburg.

In a stiff chase of 342, Zaman'ssmashed a spectacular 193 but his ef-fort was not enough for Pakistan, asthe hosts levelled the series 1-1 witha 22-run win at the Wanderers.

Zaman was run out in the 50thover and replays showed that de

Kock tricked Zaman into believingthat the throw was going to the non-striker's end.

The South Africa wicketkeeperpointed his finger towards Lungi Ngi-di but the ball was, in fact, thrown byAiden Markram towards the keeper'send and it was a direct hit. Zaman hadslowed down his pace at the end ofhis second run and could not make itback into his crease. This did not godown well with many in Pakistancricket. Cricket fans, critics and someformer players have pointed out thatde Kock "deliberately misled" Zamaninto believing the ball was at the non-strikers end and then ran him out.

'Really special achievement': Schutton Australia's world record

AGENCYMANCHESTER, APRIL 5

Defending his rotation policy amidthe congested fixture list, Manches-ter City manager Pep Guardiola saidthat players are human beings, notmachines. The manager even wenton to say that "UEFA and FIFA killedthe players".

Guardiola opted to make sixchanges to his starting XI as the clubtook one step further in their bid toclaim the Premier League title by de-feating Leicester City 2-0 on Satur-day. Sitting at the top of the PremierLeague table, Manchester City cur-rently has 74 points from 31 games.

"They are human beings, theyare not machines. I know the players,some of them are upset all the timebecause they want to play every daybut this is not possible. To competein all competitions in this year with-out spectators, in the shortest com-

petition ever, (if) you don't rotateyou don't compete in all competi-tions and you will not be in the posi-tion we are in now," Goal.com quot-ed Guardiola as saying.

"Of course they could play, theyhave an incredible mentality but theyneed rest. UEFA and FIFA killed theplayers because it's too much. Wehaven't had one midweek off sincewe started, not even one," he added.

Guardiola further stated that it is"impossible" for players to be readyevery day to compete.

"There is no player who can sus-tain (this), not just physically butmentally to be ready every day tocompete against opponents to winthe game. It's impossible. I rotate I'm a genius, 'well done Pep'but when we lose and I rotate peoplesay 'why rotate? You have to play theplayers like normal'. But it's unsus-tainable.

AGENCYMUMBAI, APRIL 5

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)skipper MS Dhoni would liketo see his team get back towinning ways in the upcom-ing edition of the Indian Pre-mier League (IPL). One ofthe most successful IPLteams, CSK failed to reachthe playoffs last year andDhoni is leaving no stone un-turned to make sure the sidegets back to form ahead ofthe 14th edition.

CSK on Monday shareda video from the team's netsession, where the former In-

dian skipper was seenwhacking sixes all around thepark. Dhoni fired on all cylin-ders as he muscled the ball inthe nets during the practicesession.

"Thala Paraak fullyloaded! #WhistlePodu#Yellove," CSK captionedthe post on Instagram.

Dhoni has hit most sixesin the IPL for an Indian bats-

man. In 204 games, the CSKskipper has smashed 216 six-es while Chris Gayle with349 maximums under his beltis leading the charts.

Last week, batting coachMichael Hussey said CSK isa balanced squad as it hasmost bases covered to take onteams in the IPL.

CSK picked up six play-ers at the 2021 auction, head-lined by off-spin bowling all-rounders Moeen Ali and Kr-ishnappa Gowtham, afterbuying top-order batsmanRobin Uthappa in a tradewith Rajasthan Royals.

They're human beings,not machines: Guardiola

on rotating players

It's raining sixes at CSK nets as skipperDhoni looks in ominous touch

Many in Pakistan blame de Kockfor Fakhar Zaman's run-out

Punjab King look to changefortunes with new name

AGENCYNEW DELHI, APRIL 5

The boys from Punjab will walk intothe 14th edition of the Indian PremierLeague with a new name. Formerlyknown as Kings XI Punjab, the fran-chise decided to rechristen them-selves as Punjab Kings. But thebiggest question on the mind of thefans would be whether a change inname can change the team's fortunein the cash-rich league.

Having made it to the final onlyonce in 2014, the team would defi-nitely look to change the fortunes un-der an in-form skipper - KL Rahul.While the team looks well-balancedon paper, it is time to convert poten-tial into performance.

Led by an astute Rahul andcoached by Anil Kumble, the side hasa great mix of foreign and Indian tal-ents. But the execution has been anissue and even last season, while theteam put on some quality perform-ances, consistency was an issue.

Coming to the batting firepower,international stars like Chris Gayle,Rahul, Nicholas Pooran and DawidMalan are enough to turn the match atany given point. While MayankAgarwal might not have set the inter-national stage on fire as yet, he hasbeen one of the vital cogs of the Pun-jab batting line-up and provides quitea solid start at the top with skipperRahul.

The homegrown talent is no lessimpressive with Sarfaraz Khan,

Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda andMandeep Singh looking to pitch-inwhen the big boys have an off day.

Moving on to the all-rounders,while the side released GlennMaxwell, Fabian Allen and MoisesHenriques are the foreign optionsavailable and there is enough back-upwith Jalaj Saxena and Utkarsh Singhin the squad.

The pace-bowling attack has aclassy look to it with MohammadShami leading the pack in the com-pany of Chris Jordan, Jhye Richard-son, Arshdeep Singh and RileyMeredith. The spin-attack will beheaded by U19 World Cup star Ravi

Bishnoi while Murugan Ashwin andSaurabh Kumar are also in the squadto extend their support. Bishnoi had agreat debut season in the UAE in2020 but the lack of international ex-perience in the spin department cancost them in any particular game.

Rabada, Nortje on their way tolink up with DC squad in MumbaiNEW DELHI: South Africa pacers Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada are ontheir way to link up with the Delhi Capitals squad in Mumbai ahead of theupcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)."Now Boarding: The only #MondayMotivation you need. @AnrichNortje02and @KagisoRabada25 are ON THEIR WAY to #IPL2021 #YehHaiNayiDil-li," Delhi Capitals tweeted.Last week, the members of the squad started training outdoors after com-pleting their seven-day quarantine in Mumbai.On Saturday, Delhi Capitals' assistant coach Mohammad Kaif, who attend-ed his first practice session with the team at the Cricket Club of India inMumbai, expressed that the franchise is aiming for nothing short of winningthe title. "We want to go one step further this year and that's the Delhi Capi-tals' team goal. We have the players to win the title.

PUNJAB KINGS SQUAD: KLRahul (c), Chris Gayle, MayankAgarwal, Dawid Malan, DeepakHooda, Mandeep Singh, SarfarazKhan, Shahrukh Khan, NicholasPooran, Ishan Porel, Murugan Ash-win, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jor-dan, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar,Prabhsimran Singh, DarshanNalkande, Arshdeep Singh, JhyeRichardson, Riley Meredith, Moi-ses Henriques, Jalaj Saxena,Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen,

AGENCYMUMBAI, APRIL 5

Going through a lean patch in the 13th edition of theIndian Premier League, Prithvi Shaw's poor runcontinued into the Test series against Australia andhe was finally dropped from the Indian team.

But Shaw's struggle came to an end when hetook on the bowlers in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Hebecame the first player to register more than 800runs in a single edition of the tournament last monthand will be looking to carry forward the momentumin the 14th edition of the IPL for Delhi Capitals.

Former Australia skipper and DC head coachRicky Ponting has revealed an interesting theorywhich Shaw followed during the 2020 edition inUAE.

"I've had some really interesting chats with himthrough last year's IPL, just trying to break himdown, trying to find out exactly what was the rightway to coach him and how I was going to get thebest out of him," cricket.com.au quoted Ponting assaying.

"But he had an interesting theory on his battinglast year -- when he's not scoring runs, he won't bat,and when he is scoring runs, he wants to keep bat-ting all the time," he further said. "He had four orfive games where he made under 10 and I'm tellinghim, 'We have to go to the nets and work out (what'swrong)', and he looked me in the eye and said, 'No,I'm not batting today'," Ponting added.

With skipper Shreyas Iyer ruled out of the en-tire IPL 2021, Shaw's coming back to form is one ofthe positive that Delhi Capitals will be bankingupon ahead of the start of the cash-rich league.

Shaw could bea superstar,says Ponting