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Majithia drug case:HC defers hearingon anticipatorybail plea till Jan 5CHANDIGARH: ThePunjab and Haryana HighCourt adjourned the hear-ing on Bikram Singh Ma-jithia's anticipatory bail pe-tition in connection withthe drug case till January5.The matter was adjournedat the request of Majithi-a'a lawyer.A drug case has beenregistered against Shiro-mani Akali Dal (SAD)leader Bikram Singh Ma-jithia.Majithia had moved to thehigh court after the districtcourt of Mohali had dis-missed his petition.

Nagaland declared'disturbed area' foranother sixmonths, AFSPAcontinuesNEW DELHI: Days after acommittee was formed toreview AFSPA in Naga-land, the Home Ministryon Wednesday extendedthe act in the state foranother six months, itwas reported here onThursday. A notificationissued by the Home Min-istry on Wednesday de-clared the state as a 'dis-turbed area' for sixmonths starting from De-cember 30, and extend-ed the Armed Forces(Special Powers) Act."Whereas the Centralgovernment is of theopinion that the areacomprising the whole ofthe State of Nagaland isin such a disturbed anddangerous condition thatthe use of armed forcesto aid the civil authoritiesis necessary," a gazettenotification said.

Hundreds ofsupporters joinAAP's victory roadshow in Chandigarhunder leadership ofKulwant Singh

KL Rahulposes withthe Player-of-the-Matchtrophy

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Centre asks eight states to takeaction against surge in Covid cases

AGENCYNEW DELHI, DEC 30

Flagging a sudden rise in Covid casesacross 14 cities, the Centre has writ-ten to eight states, urging them to takeimmediate measures. Cases of thehighly infectious Omicron are also in-creasing rapidly in and around the bigcities. "Take steps now to avoid in-creased mortality," was the Centre'sadvice, sources said. The idea of tak-ing Delhi's GRAP model across thecountry is also being considered, topsources said.

While Delhi and Mumbai haveshown the maximum spike, othercities, including Gurgaon, Chennai,Kolkata, Bengaluru and Ahmedabadare not far behind.

Over a 24-hour period, Mumbailogged 2,510 cases of Covid onWednesday, an 82% jump. In a simi-lar massive spike, Delhi reported 923cases of coronavirus on Wednesday -- an 86 per cent jump from Tuesday.

As of now, Delhi and Maharash-tra are also the two states most affect-ed by Omicron, among the 19 stateswhere the variant has made an ap-pearance. But Omicron cases are alsoincreasing rapidly in Bengaluru andAhmedabad, sources said.

Between December 15 and 21,

Haryana's Gurugram, located nearDelhi, recorded 194 Covid cases. Thenumber went up to 738 in the Decem-ber 22 to 28 week.

In Chennai, the numbers havegone up from 1,039 to 1,720 in thesame period. In Kolkata, the figuresare 1,494 and 2,636. In Bengaluru,the Covid cases have spiked from1,445 to 1,902.

Earlier this week, Delhi imposeda series of restrictions under the Yel-low Alert -- part of the city's four-

stage Graded Response Action Planor GRAP. The plan was approved bythe Delhi Disaster Management Au-thority in July as a preparatory meas-ure for a possible third wave.

Under it, most of the activities re-sumed in phases as the second wavestopped. Malls, restaurants, shops,cinema halls spas and gyms wereshut. So were schools and colleges.Private offices are being allowed tooperate at 50 per cent capacity from 9am to 5 pm.

Shops and malls selling non-es-sential goods and services are al-lowed to stay open under the odd-even rule.

Soldier, 6 militants killedin back to back

encounters in Kashmir

AGENCYSRINAGAR, DEC 30

Security forces achieved amajor success against theJaish-e-Mohammad whenthey killed six of its militantsincluding two suspected Pak-istanis in two back to backoperations in south Kash-mir’s Anantnag and Kulgamdistricts, officials said onThursday.

A soldier of the Army'scounter insurgency unit wasalso martyred and three othersecurity personnel werewounded in the Anantnaggunfight, officials said.

Three Jaish militants anda soldier were killed in anovernight gunfight atNowgam village in Sha-habad, Dooru Anantnag.

The encounter eruptedwhen a joint team of police,

Army and CRPF launched asearch operation followinginformation about the pres-ence of militants in the area.

"Three Jaish terroristswere killed in the overnightgunfight. One of our soldierwas also martyred. Two morejawans and a policemen werealso wounded in the initialgunfight, who were shifted to92 base Army hospital in Sri-nagar," a security officialsaid. Arms and ammunitionwas recovered from en-counter site, he added. In abrief encounter in neighbour-ing Kulgam, three JeM militants including aPakistani were killed lastevening. Police said the gun-fight erupted at Mirhamaarea of Kulgam during a cor-don and a search operationwhich was launched by thejoint forces.

AGENCYHYDERABAD, DEC 30

Noted poet and TelanganaLegislative Council mem-ber Goreti Venakanna haswon the 'Central SahityaAkademi Award' for 2021.

Chief Minister K Chan-drashekar Rao conveyed hisgreetings to Venkanna forgetting the prestigious Cen-tral Sahitya Akademi Award for 2021.

Mr Rao in a release said ‘Val-lankitaalam’ , a compilation ofVenkanna’s poetry winning the Cen-

tral Sahitya AcademyAward is worth hail-ing. He said the poetryof Goreti Venkannawhich unveiled theday-to-day problemsof daily life with atouch of social philos-ophy before the every-one’ eyes has mirroredthe universal man’spain. Hailing Gorati

Venkanna for beautifully unveilingthe umbilical relationship betweenhuman life and nature, relationshipbetween man and other animals and

birds, the Chief Minister said throughhis literature Gorati Venkanna, madethe scent of Telangana soil get uni-versal recognition. He said GoratiVenkanna during the separate Telan-gana Statehood movement had played

a key role through his songs and liter-ature. Mr Rao said the CentralSahitya Akademi award to GoratiVenkanna’s literature is an award giv-en to the living philosophy of a com-mon Telangana man.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, DEC 30

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. ManoharLal said that the Haryana Governmenthas managed its finances well in spiteof Corona. The State Government de-veloped a separate strategy to enhancethe economic situation from the pointof view of economic management.The Chief Minister was interactingwith the media persons after the pre-budget meeting with Union FinanceMinister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in

Delhi on Thursday.The Chief Minister said

that the Union Finance Min-ister had called the FinanceMinisters of all the states fortheir suggestions in the pre-budget meeting. TheHaryana Government hasdemanded that asNABARD gives loans forrural infrastructure at 2.75percent interest rate, similarly loansshould be given under NCR PlanningBoard at 2.75 percent interest rate.

This is to ensure rapid de-velopment in the NCR re-gion. Along with this, theHaryana Government hasdemanded a hybrid modelfor GST, in which the pro-duction share should be in-cluded along with the con-sumption. This will boostemployment opportunitiesin high producing states.

The Chief Minister demanded aseparate budget provision for Rakhi-garhi located in Hisar. He said that a

large number of people are gettingloans through Mudra scheme underthe Mukhyamantri Antyodaya ParivarUtthan Yojana. In this, a scheme for in-terest waiver should be made. The loan limit for FPOs is currently Rs2 crore, it should be increased so thatbig food processing projects can be setup in the state. The Chief Minister saidthat MSMEs are expanding. It hasbeen demanded from the Union Fi-nance Minister that subsidy should befixed for export to ensure MSMEs toexport.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA , DEC 30

Punjab Chief Minister Cha-ranjit Singh Channion Thursday exhortedthe people to bankupon the develop-mental era ushered inby Congress-led Pun-jab government andopt for the govern-ment that stood by thepeople through thick andthin.

Addressing a mammothgathering here at Grain Mar-ket, CM Channi announced

Rs. 10 crores grant for theoverall development of Ram-pura Phul assembly con-stituency. Besides this, ful-

filling the long pend-ing demand of pub-lic, CM Channi alsoannounced upgrada-tion of Civil Hospi-tal- Rampura andlaid foundation stonefor Rampura city fly-over which will ease

the entire city traffic. The fly-over will be built betweenRailway station and GeetaBhawan Road at a cost of Rs63.55 crores.

All political partieswant UP polls on time: CEC

AGENCYLUCKNOW, DEC 30

Chief Election Commission-er Sushil Chandra on Thurs-day said all political partiesin Uttar Pradesh want the As-sembly elections to be heldaccording to schedule whileensuring Covid protocol.

The CEC also asked thestate to step up coronavirusvaccination.

The number of pollingbooths will be increased andthe voting time enhanced byan hour, he said, addingpolling officials will be vac-cinated and those eligiblewill be given a booster dose.

Chandra said some par-ties have also expressed con-cern over hate speeches, paidnews and "biased" officials.

On a three-day visit toLucknow to review prepara-tions for the elections slatedto be held before mid-March,Chandra held a series ofmeetings with representa-tives of political parties aswell as state and district-lev-el officials.

The Allahabad HighCourt had on December 23suggested the Union govern-

ment defer the Uttar PradeshAssembly elections due to apossible Omicron-led thirdCovid wave.

"I have been told that 86per cent of people in the statehave got the first dose and 49per cent the second shot ofCovid vaccine. We have beenassured that in 15 to 20 days,all eligible people will gettheir first dose. We haveasked for increasing vaccina-tion," he told reporters on thelast day of his visit.

He said because of thepandemic, the number ofpolling booths in the statewill be increased by 11,000to maintain proper social dis-tancing.

Channi exhorts people tobank upon developmentalera ushered by Cong govt

Kejriwal's ThankYou roadshow inChandigarhCHANDIGARH: DelhiChief Minister and AamAadmi Party (AAP) leaderArvind Kejriwal on Thurs-day held a roadshow hereto thank people for help-ing his party to emergethe single largest group inthe Chandigarh MunicipalCorporation (CMC) elec-tions.After the roadshow, theAAP chief asked the new-ly elected 14 councillorsto take an oath that theywill not leave the party."I will never let down thepublic... I will never takebribe. I will not do anywrong work or let othersdo it... I will never leavethe party... I will never be-tray the party," Kejriwaladministered the oath tothe councillors.

Noted poet Goreti Venkanna wins 'CentralSahitya Akademi Award' for 2021

Despite Corona, Haryana govt maintainedgood financial management: CM

Vaccines are disease-modifying, don'tprevent infection: ICMRNEW DELHI: All COVID vaccinesdo not prevent infection and areprimarily disease-modifying, saidDr Balram Bhargava, DirectorGeneral, Indian Council of Med-ical Research (ICMR) on Thurs-day.Briefing media persons, DG,ICMR said, "All COVID vaccines,whether they are from India, Is-rael, US, Europe, UK or China,are primarily disease-modifying.They do not prevent infection.The precautionary dose is prima-rily to mitigate the severity of in-fection, hospitalization anddeath." "Use of masks before andafter vaccination is a must andmass gatherings should be avoid-ed... The treatment guidelines forthe earlier and the currently circu-lating strains of coronavirus re-main the same. Home isolationremains an important pillar,"added Dr Bhargava.

Haryana Urdu Akademi announces awardsCHANDIGARH: The Haryana Urdu Akademi has announced Fakr e HaryanaSamman for year 2019 and year 2020 here. The Kurukshetra based writerand poet Dr Himmat Singh Sinha will be conferred with Fakr e Haryana Sam-man for year 2019 and Dr Kumar Panipati will be given this prestigious awardfor year 2020. Hali Samman for year 2019 will be conferred to Dr KamruddinZakir whereas Dr Krishan Kumar Toor will be honoured with this award foryear 2020.

The Indian team gathers around R Ashwin after clinching victory in Centurion.

We Sawtanter Bir Kaur w/o Gurnam Singh and Gurnam Singh both R/o 8, 3-A, Shaheed Jasdev Singh Nagar, GNE College, Ludhiana declares that our son Robinder Singh and his wife Jyoti Verma @ Bulbul Verma are out of our control. We disown both of them out of our moveable and immoveable properties. We shall not be responsible if anybody deals with them.

63372I, Bhupinder Kaur w/o S.Gyan Singh R/o House no.87, Rishi Nagar, Ludhiana declares that my son Sukhwinder Singh is out of my control and use to quarrel with me. I disown Sukhwinder Singh out of my moveable and immoveable properties. I shall not be responsible if anybody deals with him.

63372I Sarbjit Singh S/O Avtar Singh #B-30-2860, Mahindra Colony, Moti Nagar, Ludhiana Want To Change My Signature From English To Punjabi On My Documents.

63372I , S imranj i t Kaur wi fe of N o . 1 5 5 7 6 0 3 3 N R a n k N K Gurinder Pal Singh R/o VPO Manupur, Tehsil Samrala, Distt. Ludhiana (Punjab) declare that I have changed my D.O.B. 15-05-1986 to 15-05-1985 in the Army record of my above named husband, as per my documents.

63372 I, Varinder Kumar S/O Tarsem Lal R/O VPO Dhaliwal, Tehsil Nakodar, Dist t Ja landhar, Punjab (India), Declare That Name Of My Wife Has Been Wrongly Written In My Military Records As Monika And DOB 23-12-1977. The Actual Name And DOB Of My Wife Is Monika Sharma And 05-03-1971. Please Changed As Per Given Details.

63372 It Is For General Information That I, Tirath Ram S/O Swarna Ram Resident Of Village Dhak Mazara, PO Dayalpur, Tehsil Phillaur, Distt Jalandhar, Punjab (India), Declare That Name Of My Wife Has Been Wrongly Written As Harjinder Kaur In My Passport No. J7547337. The Actual Name Of My Wife Is Kamla Devi, Please Changed As Per Given Details.

63372I Manpreet Kaur Marahar, Daughter Of Surpal Singh, Holder O f I n d i a n P a s s p o r t N o . S3091769, Issued At Vancouver, Bc, On 16-04-2018, Permanent Resident Of #87 Village Nurpura, Tehsil Raikot, Ludhiana, Punjab, India 141109, Persently Residing At 14903 Blackbird Cres Surrey Bc V3R 4W7, Do Hereby Change My Name From Manpreet Kaur To Manpreet Kaur Marahar, With Immediate Effect.

63372 I, Parmjit Singh S/o Jee Ram R/o H.No. 843 Lajpat Rai Road Mohalla Ravidasspura Jagraon (Ludhiana) Punjab, Ind ia , declare that in my some documents my father name is written as Jee Ram and in my other some documents of my father name is written Ram Ji Chopra and Chopra Ram Ji and in my father documents his name is written as Ram Ji Chopra and Chopra Ram ji. My father Jee Ram and Ram Ji Chopra and Chopra Ram Ji is the one and same person.

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I, Parveen Arora W/o Sandeep Kumar I, Sandeep Arora S/o Sh. Om Parkash I harmanpreet singh dhaliwal s/o I, hitherto Known as DAKSHPREET I Sangeeta Bhandari W/O Ashwani I, Ramandeep Kaur Dhaliwal W/o I Angrej Singh S/O Iqbal Singh R/O I Bandna Kumari W/O Sushil Kumar R/o 3096, Sector 44-d, Chandigarh R / o 3 0 9 6 , S e c t o r 4 4 - d , hardev singh r/o vill giana Tehsil SINGH S/o KOMAL KUMAR R/o. Mohindru R/O 46-a,Model House Tejinder Singh R/o Halwara Teh- Lehra Mohabat Distt Bathinda Have R/O H.No.13 Ward No.4 Noorpur Hereby Declare That I Have Changed Chandigarh Hereby Declare talwandi sabo Distt. Bathinda have Ramesh Patwari wali Gali, ward No.10, Jalandhar Have Changed My Name Raikot (Ludhiana) changed my name Changed My Name To Angrej Singh G a t e C h o w n r S o o d a n My Name To Parveen Chawla That I Have Changed My Name changed my name harmanpreet Patti TarnTaran Punjab. have changed Sangeeta Bhandari To Sangeeta to Ramandeep Kaur. Sidhu. D h a r a m k o t ( M o g a ) H a v e

876521 To Sandeep Kumar. singh dhaliwal to harmanpreet my name and Shall hereafter be known Mohindru. 63372 63372 Changed My Name To Vandna 876521 singh.please concern note. as DIKSHIT KUMAR I have changed 72778 I, Joginder Singh S/o Jora Singh R/o I Kirandeep Kaur Brar W/O Rani.

GS-163210K RANK OVSR/HAV 60018 my name only not my religion. I, Iqbal Kaur Alias Gurwinder Kaur Village Chak Ruldu Singh Wala Amandeep Singh R/O Bangher 63372Name Garib Dass Late Shri I Kanishika Ahuja D/o Arun Ahuja, 72737 W / O N i r m a l S i n g h R / O District Bathinda have changed my Mohabat Singh Distt Bathinda Have I, Seema Rani W/o Sh. Narinder A n a n t R a m P e r m a n e n t R/o #59, Street No 6 1/2, New I, hitherto Known as RAJNEET Vill.paragpur,Po.jhinger,Distt.sbs name to Joginder Singh Sidhu. Changed After Marriage My Name Chhabra R/o House no. 70, near Residing at mohalla sheikhan S h i v p u r i , S a n t o k h N a g a r , KAUR D/o SARABJIT SINGH W/o Nagar.144507 Punjab, India. Have 63372 To Kirandeep Kaur. A s h o k a N u r s e r y , R a n j e e t near ram sharnam colony sujanpur Ludhiana declared I Kanishika GOBIND KAUSHAL R/o.H.No.563, Changed My Name From Iqbal Kaur I, Kamalpreet Kaur w/o Lovepreet 63372 Enclave, Karnal declare that i tehsil & district pathankot &presently Ahuja & Kashish is one and same VPO Ghaloti, Tehsil Payal District Alias Gurwinder Kaur To Gurwinder Singh Rahlan R/o # 21037, Street I Parmjeet Kaur Brar W/O Jagsir have changed my name from residing at unit of 118 RCC GREF person. I known with both names. Ludhiana Punjab. have changed my Kaur . No.2, Power House Road, Bathinda Singh R/O Langian Kalan Distt Seema Rani To Simmi Chhabra having correct my son name from 50008 name and Shall hereafter be known 72778 have changed my name to Moga Have Changed My Name To In future I will be known as Gaurab Sohal to Gourav Sohal and I, Sanjeev Kumar Uppal S/o Krishan NITIKA KAUSHAL I, Jobanpreet Singh S/O Surjit Singh Kamalpreet Kaur Rahlan. Parmjeet Kaur. Simmi Chhabra. All Concerned having correct date of birth from 10-08- Lall Uppal R/o, H.No 34, Raman 72737 R/O Vpo Ibrahimwal Tehsil Bholath 63372 63372 please note.1998 to 08-08-1998 Enclave,Near Rishi Nagar,Y-Block I, hitherto Known as RANJIT KAUR Distt. Kapurthala My Surname Singh I, Kashvinder Pal S/o Hari Ram R/o I Jagsir Singh Brar S/O Kehar 100046

400014 Ludhiana have changed my name SANDHU W/O BHUPINDER SINGH And Name Jobanpreet. I Am Now Vpo. Paddi Sura Singh Teh- Singh R/O Langian Kalan Distt from Sanjeev Kumar Uppal to R/o. Patti Bhai Ki, VPO Sangatpura, Known As Singh Jobanpreet In Garhshankar (Hoshiarpur) Pb, India, Moga Have Changed My Name To Sanjeev Uppal. Naushehra pannuan Tarn Taran Future, changed my name to Pushpinder Jagsir Singh.

50008 Punjab. have changed my name and 72778 Kumar. 63372I Sarbjit Kaur D/o Sukhmandir Shall hereafter be known as RANJIT I, Parmjit S/O Harblas R/O H.no.bx 63372 I Jagjit Singh S/O Tarsem Singh Singh R/o Behbal Kalan Faridkot KAUR 1661 Lamba Pind Jalandhar 144009 I Varinder Singh Gill S/O Dilbag R/O Village Kalia Tehsil Patti Have Changed My Name To Daljit 72737 Punjab, India. Have Changed My Singh Vil lage Dulwan Tehsil District Tarn Taran Have Changed Kaur W/o Rana Singh R/o Tibbi I, hitherto Known as RAJBIR KAUR Name From Parmjit To Paramjit. Khamanon District Fatehgarh Sahib My Name To Singh Jagjit. Now My Bharaiyan .faridkot W/o PARDEEP SINGH R/o. 11-B, 72778 Have Changed My Name To Surname Is Singh & Name Is Jagjit.

100052 Circular Road, Near KD Hospital I, Ajit Singh Mehandwar S/o Sh. Devi Varinder Singh. 63372I Gurcharan Singh S/O Balour Singh Amritsar Punjab. have changed my Singh r/o Ward 1, Rampura Road, 63372 I, Muskan D/O Yashpal R/O 605/23 Brar R/ O Village Ghania Wala name and Shall hereafter be known Safidon, Distt.Jind (Haryana) have I Reena Rani D/O Nachhatar Pal R/O C, GRD Nagar, Focal Point Faridkot Changed My Name To as RAJBIR KAHLON. changed my name from Ajit Singh VPO: Been District Nawan Shahar, Ludhiana Have Changed My Name Gurcharan Singh Brar 72737 Mehandwar to Ajit Singh vide Punjab, India, Have Changed My To Muskan Kaur.

100052 I, hitherto Known as LAKHWINDER Affidavit dated 21st Dec. 2021 at Name From Reena Rani To 63372I Smt Surjit Kaur R/o Vill Burj Kahan SINGH PANNU S/o BALWANT Safidon. Ramandeep Kaur. I, Manpreet Kaur Dhaliwal W/O Singh Wala, Distt Bathinda, PB, Inform SINGH PANNU R/o.H.No.1167, 98732 63372 Jagmeet Singh Sekhon R/O St all that I am the real legally wedded Bhinder Colony, Opp Malhi kiryana I, Jasvir Khan S/o Jalal Khan R/o Vpo I, Simarjit Kaur W/o Kuldeep Singh No.3, Ward No. 13, Mandi wife of No. 4442758Y Late Resvt Store, Tarn Taran Road Guruwali Gangohar Teh-Meha l Ka lan R/o Vpo. Muzaf fa rpur Teh- Mullanpur Dakha Ludhiana Have Gurdas Singh my Dob is 06.04.1955, gilwali Amritsar Punjab. have (Barnala) have changed my name Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) changed Changed My Name To Manpreet Adhar No. 881290677829 changed my name and Shall Jasvir Khan to Jasvir Khan Gharail. my name to Simaranjeet Kaur. Kaur Sekhon.

100078 h e r e a f t e r b e k n o w n a s 63372 63372 63372I, Kusum w/o Sh. Subhash Chander LAKHWINDER SINGH. I, Sukhpal W/o Jasvir Khan Gharail I Harjeet Kaur W/O Baljit Singh R/O R/o Village Sagga Tehsil Nilokheri 72737 R/o Vpo Gangohar Teh-Mehal Kalan Vpo Bhanohar ,Distt Ludhiana Have Distt Karnal Have Changed My Name I, hitherto Known as ASHWANI (Barnala) have changed my name Changed My Name Harjeet Kaur To From Kusam to Kusum. Note All KUMAR BHATIA S/o NIRMAL Sukhpal to Sukhpal Gharail. Harjit Kaur.Releted. KUMAR BHATIA R/o. 2A, Lal Devi 63372 63372

100065 Building Macload Road Amritsar I, Sukhdev Singh Bamrah S/o Piara I Mandeep Singh S/O Jaswant I, Subhash Chander S/o Sh. Nathu Punjab. have changed my name and Singh R/o Nihaluwal (Barnala) have Singh R/O Vpo Isewal Distt Ludhiana Singh. R/o Village Sagga Tehsil Shall hereafter be known ASHWANI changed my name to Sukhdev Have Changed My Name To Nilokheri Distt Karnal Have Changed BHATIA Singh. Mandeep Singh Sekhon.My Name From Subhash to Subhash 72737 63372 63372Chander. Note All Releted. I, Seema W/o name Manoj Kumar I, Navpreet Singh S/o Hardeep Singh I Baljeet Kaur W/O Mandeep Singh

100065 Sharma Presently residing at 111/1, Tiwana R/o Mehal Kalan (Barnala) Sekhon R/O Vpo Isewal Distt I, Sudesh Rani W/o Sh. Kuldeep Singh H.L Sarkar Road, Bansdroni have changed my name to Navpreet Ludhiana Have Changed My Name R/o Village Kambasi, Tehsil Barara, Shivdham, P.S-Bansdroni, Kolkata, Singh Tiwana. To Baljeet Kaur Sekhon.Distt Ambala have changed my name South,24 Parganas, West Bengal, 63372 63372from Sudesh Devi to Sudesh Rani. All pin-700070 India declare that I have I, Baltej Singh S/o Hakam Singh R/o I, Parminder Singh S/o Charan Singh Concern Note Changed my name from Seema to #310 Green Valley Sector-4 Kharar R/o Vpo. Basiala Teh-Garhshankar

78645 Seema Sharma. Vide Afidavit No. AS (SAS Nagar, Mohali) Punjab, (Hoshiarpur) changed my name from I, Bhagwan Singh Father of Army No. 668960 dated on 30 Dec 2021 best changed my name from Baltej Singh P a r m i n d e r S i n g h t o S i n g h JC-510430A Rank SUB Kuldip Singh before Notary Public Amritsar Rangru to Baltej Singh. Parminder.R/o VPO Shahzada, Tehsi Majitha, 72737 63372 63372Distt. Amritsar have changed my date I, name Manoj Kumar Sharma I, Dilbag Singh S/o Sewa Singh R/o I, Kulwinder Kaur W/o Mohinder Pal of Birth from 02.01.1940 to presently Residing at R/o.44 Armd Vpo. Mirpur Jattan Teh-Nawanshahar R/o Ravidas Nagar Nawanshahr 06.03.1944. Regt C/o 56 APO,India declare that in Distt SBS Nagar, Punjab (144515) Teh-Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar)

900020 my army record my daughter’s name have changed my name Dilbag Singh changed my name from Kulwinder I, Service No.2498365 H Rank NK is mentioned as Nidhi but her to Dilbag Singh Chauhan. Kaur to Kaur Kulwinder.Sukhwinder Singh Unit 31 R/o VPO Correct name is Nidhi Sharma Vide 63372 63372Jasraur Tehsil Ajnala Distt. Amritsar, Afidavit No. AS 668959 dated on 30 I, Sanjeev Kumar S/o Ashok Kumar I, Kamaljit S/o Piara Lal R/o Vpo. Punjab declare that My Daughter Dec 2021 best before Notary Public R/o Payal W.No. 7 H.No. 1171 Teh- Bakhlaur (SBS Nagar) changed my Harsimranjit Kaur’s Name and date of Amritsar Payal (Ludhiana) changed my name name to Kamaljit Singh.Birth wrongly mention in my service 72737 to Sanjeev Kumar Gaur. 63372record as Harsimranjeet Kaur I, Hitherto Known As Nanju Alias 63372 I Taranjeet Singh Sraw S/O 24.01.2008 But actually right name Jasvir Kaur W/O Naranjan Singh R/O I, Parwinder Kaur D/o Darshan Singh R/o Tarlochan Singh R/O Hno.181, and DOB is Harsimranjit Kaur Vpo Lasara, Tehsil Phillaur, Distt. Vill: Mehat Pur Teh-Balachaur (SBS Wno.10, Durlabh Nagar -B, Samrala 23.02.2008. Jalandhar - 144410, Punjab, India Nagar) declare that my name is Parwinder ( L u d h i a n a ) C h a n g e d N a m e

900020 Have Changed My Name And Shall Kaur and Kaur is my surname. Taranjeet Singh.I, hitherto Known as BALJIT SINGH Hereafter Be Known As Jasbir Kaur. 63372 63372Son of DARSHAN SINGH employed 72778as Senior Technician M.C.M. in the I, Hitherto Known As Jasvir Kaur Nor thern Rai lway Mechnica l W/O Hardiyal Singh Gill R/O Village Workshop, Near Putlighar, Amritsar Charkey, Po Bhogpur, Distt. residing at VPO Naushehra Khurd, Jalandhar - 144201, Punjab, India Majitha Road, Amritsar -143008 Have Changed My Name And Shall Punjab have changed my name and Hereafter Be Known As Jaspreet Shall hereafter be known as BALJIT Kaur.SINGH GILL. 72778

900020I, hitherto Known as RAHATNOOR SINGH Son of DAVINDER SINGH residing at H.No.2119, Block-C, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar143001 Punjab have changed my name and Shall hereafter be known as RAHATNOOR SINGH SHINGARI.

900020I Army no. 14845416F Rank NK/SHT Name Vinay Kumar Unit 507 ASC BN resident at H. No.-A 100 Ganga Sagar, PO-Ganga Nagar, PS-Bhawanapur, Tehsil- Meerut, Distt.-Meerut, Pin-250001, (UP) have change my daughter Name from Aahna Chaudhary to Aahana Chaudhary vide affidavit dated 30-12-2021.

900023I Lakhbir Singh Saini son of Prem Singh residing at H.No. 428 National City Homes near Ryan International School Amritsar , Punjab have changed my name from Lakhbir Singh Saini to Lakhbir Singh .

98706I, Army No. 15473526P Ex Hav Harpal Singh S/o Sh. Meva Singh R/o VPO Bhiwani Rohilla, PO Sarsana, Distt. Hisar (Haryana) have changed the name of my (a) Son Neeraj Kumar to NEERAJ (b) Daughter Sonam Kumari to SONAM (c) Daughter Sweety Kumari to SWEETY for all future purposes.

40008I, hitherto Known as KULWANT SINGH KHALSA S/o SUCHA SINGH R/o. Vill. Lakhna Tappa Tehsil Patti PO Kacha Pakka District Tarn Taran Punjab. have changed my name and Shall hereafter be known as KULWANT SINGH.

72737I, hitherto Known as BHUPINDER SINGH SANDHU S/o BALBIR SINGH R/o. Patti Bhai Ki, VPO Sangatpura, Naushehra pannuan Tarn Taran Punjab. have changed my name and Shall hereafter be known as BHUPINDER SINGH.

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

INDERJEET SINGH KALYANBELINDA JOY KALYAN

Rasam Kriya ofRamesh ChanderSharma on Jan 4RK KASHYAPYAMUNANAGAR: Giving informationabout the sudden demise of RameshChander Sharma, the leading socialworker of the area, Dharmendra Shar-

ma, RavindraSharma andNarendra Shar-ma jointly statedthat his RasamKriya and trib-utes giving cere-mony will beheld on January4, from 2 to 3p.m. at Bajrang

Bhavan, Maharana Pratap Park ModelColony in Yamunanagar.On this occasion, representatives of themajor political parties of the region aswell as people from religious, social andother institutions will join the mourningceremony to pay their last respect tothe departed soul.

Silver medalistcyclist Mukulaccorded a warmwelcome at Taraori

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: In the 73rd Senior NationalTrack Cycling Championship organizedby the Cycling Federation of India inJaipur, Mukul, girl from Sagga village ofTaraori, won a silver medal and madeHaryana famous at the national level.After winning the silver medal in the na-tional competition, Rajiv MamuramGondar, son of late Mamuram Gondar,former MLA of Nilokheri, welcomedMukul with garlands of flowers at Tara-ori railway station. Apart from coach Kr-ishna Kumar and Rishipal, many vil-lagers were present on this occasion.Meanwhile, Rajiv Mamuram Gondarsaid that Haryana is a hub of sports andthe state government should provide fa-cilities to the players. The state govern-ment and district administration shouldalso give incentives to the players up tothe village level. Coach Krishna Kumarinformed that the National Track Cy-cling Championship was held in Jaipurfrom December 24 to 28, in which 200women cyclists also participated.He said that Mukul won the silver medaland Shivani and Neelakshi found posi-tions among the top 10. More than 700cyclists from all over the country tookpart in this competition.

Heavy vehiclesbarred in Karnal

JASWINDER SHARMAKARNAL: District Magistrate NishantKumar Yadav issued to ban the move-ment of heavy vehicles coming fromKaithal side towards Liberty Chowk, ITIChowk, Nirmal Kutia Chowk, PanditChiranji Lal Government College Sector14 Chowk, Meerut Road Chowk, Na-maste Chanak and Hansi Chowk dur-ing the day from 8 am to 8 pm.The district magistrate has issued thisorder in the public interest. The orderssaid that due to the increasing conges-tion of vehicles, there is a risk of anykind of accident and traffic jam. There-fore, under section 144, there will be aban on heavy vehicles coming from therespective roads from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.These orders will be valid with immedi-ate effect and will continue till February28, 2022. Violation of these orders willresult in legal action under section 188of the Indian Penal Code.

NEWS BRIEFS HARYANA

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, DEC 30

Haryana has completed almost all thepreparations for the 4th Khelo IndiaYouth Games-2021 to be held fromFebruary 5 to 14, 2022. In thisepisode, on January 3, 2022, thesegames will be formally started fromPanchkula in the presence of theUnion Minister of Youth Affairs andSports, Sh. Anurag Singh Thakur andHaryana Chief Minister, Sh. ManoharLal.

This decision was taken in the ex-ecutive committee meeting of KheloIndia Youth Games-2021 held underthe chairmanship of Haryana Ministerof State for Sports and Youth Affairs,Sh. Sandeep Singh here today. TheChief Secretary and Chairman of theExecutive Committee of these Games,Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal was also presentin the meeting.

It was decided in the meeting that

the guidelines of all COVID-19 pan-demic alerts would be followed in theprogramme.

To be held on January 3, 2022,this formal programme will be organ-ized at 4:30 pm in Indradhanush Au-ditorium, Sector 5, Panchkula and it'slive telecast will also be shown out-side Tau Devi Lal Sports Complexand Auditorium in Sector 3. Haryana'sOlympians and other players havealso been specially invited to the for-mal launch programme so that theyouth can take inspiration from them.

It was informed in the meetingthat during this event, the sports mas-cot and official jersey will also be un-veiled.

In the meeting, Director, Depart-ment of Sports and Youth Affairs,Haryana Sh. Pankaj Nain, also gave apresentation on the preparations fororganizing the Games.

It is worth mentioning that KheloIndia Youth Games-2021 will be or-

ganized in 25 sports events includingfive traditional games like Gatka,Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta, Malkhamband Yoga at five venues namelyPanchkula, Ambala, Shahabad,Chandigarh and Delhi. About 8500players, aged 15 and 17 years, of thecountry are expected to participate inthese games. Apart from this, a sportsexpo will also be held. These gameswill be jointly organized by theHaryana Government and Sports Au-thority of India (SAI), Ministry ofYouth Affairs and Sports, Govern-ment of India.

The meeting was attended by theChief Principal Secretary to the ChiefMinister, Sh. DS Dhesi, the PrincipalSecretary, Sports and Youth Affairs,Sh. AK Singh, the Deputy PrincipalSecretary to the Chief Minister, Smt.Ashima Brar, Deputy Commissioner,Panchkula, Sh. Mahavir Kaushik andPolice Commissioner, Sh. SaurabhSingh among others.

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RAMAN GUPTAKARNAL, DEC 30

Meeting of dignitaries of allreligions was held at the po-lice office by the SP regard-ing the elimination of mutualtension and maintainingbrotherhood. The policespokesperson informed thatin the meeting, besides SISDalbir Singh, SP PravachakRamesh Chandra, PastorManga Masih of villageSatonkh Majra Church,Shyam Bahadur KhuraniaCLG group member, OmpalRana ex Sarpanch Pedal, Ra-jendra Singh Sarpanch De-ban, Balbir Singh NambardarGuhla, Shubham Anaj. Man-di Kaithal, Malkit Singh for-mer Sarapanch, MolanaShahid Ulrahman IdgahKaithal, Mujkir KabutarChowk Masjid Kaithal,Hardeep Singh Jagdishpura,

Sister Mary Juliet LittleFlower School, Shri MahantDujpuri Math Baba Ladana,Raju Kalasar, Sardar JanparSingh, Sardar Janpal SinghRamthali, Hariom SharmaEleven Rudri MandirKaithal, Zakir Hussain Barot,Basir Ahmed Chadlanlana,Sarpanch Vikram SinghTeek, Mahant Shri Raman-puri Dera Baba Paraman-haspuri Kaithal, Mahant Pre-manandpuri Kali MadinarPratap Gate Kaithal,

Sarpanch Satjarapasanamtook part.

The spokesperson in-formed that a meeting of peo-ple of all religions of Kaithaldistrict was held in a cordialmanner in which interactionwas held with all the organi-sations in a cordial mannerfor maintaining mutualbrotherhood and banning in-toxication. The spokespersonsaid that the SP resolved thedispute on his own in a goodmanner.

All religion meetingheld by police

'Business-tower' will be built inHaryana on the lines of DubaiCHANDIGARH: Haryana Government has started working towards creating an International LevelMarket in the state on the lines of Dubai. The vision of the government is to create a state of the art'business-tower' matching international level standards. To implement this vision, Deputy Chief Min-ister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala held a meeting with the top officers of HSIIDC (Haryana State Industri-al and Infrastructure Development Corporation) today. Managing Director, HSIIDC, Sh. Vikas Gup-ta, General Manager, Sh. Manoj Pal Singh were also present in the meeting. This mega project ofbusiness-tower will be established near Dwarka Expressway along with Cyber City Gurugram inthe name of 'Global City, Haryana'.

Khelo India Youth Games-2021will begin on January 3

Kashyap distributescertificates to 83 trainees

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI: MLA Ram Kumar Kashyap while distributing certificates to 83trainees who underwent 11 days training on managing dairy, feeding ofanimals, prevention of diseases and self-employment by the AnimalHusbandry and Dairy Department said that various From time to timetraining camps are organised by the departments for self-employment ofunemployed youth. He said that in order to provide employment to theyouth at the local level and to increase the availability of milk, the animalhusbandry sector is being promoted by the government. Keeping in viewthat animal husbandry is a source of fixed income for youth and farmers,the Central and State Governments are running various schemes for ani-mal husbandry. He said that in order to provide self-employment to the un-employed youth from animal husbandry and dairy business, governmentsubsidy is also given for making animal husbandry and dairy. Kashyapsaid that unemployment is a serious problem facing the country and thestate and every possible effort is being made by the government to dealwith this problem of unemployment. The youth should become self-reliantby adopting their self-employment and at the same time help other youthto adopt self-employment and provide employment. On this occasion SDOof Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department Narendra Singh, Balbir Singh,Sudarshan Bajaj, Udham Singh, former Sarpanch Shyam Murari, BalSingh Saini, Ramratan Janesro, dignitaries were also present.

Farmers’ meeting withsugar mill officials heldMAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI: At Indri Rest House, SDM organised a meeting between the of-fice bearers of Bhartiya Kisan Union and the officials of Bhadson SugarMill to resolve the ongoing dispute over various issues. In this meetingmany issues were discussed in the meeting including taking sugarcanefrom the farmers outside the area by Bhadson Sugar Mill and delay inpayment. SDM Sumit Sihag warned the mill administration in this meet-ing that they should redress the grievances of the farmers within 7 days

otherwisestrict actionwould be tak-en against themill officials.State Presi-dent of IndianFarmersUnion RatanMann levelledserious alle-gations

against the mill officials for delaying payment to farmers, taking sugar-cane from outside farmers and tampering with the sugarcane slip sys-tem of farmers in the area.SDM Sumit Sihag said that a meeting was held between the officebearers of Bhadson Sugar Mill and BKU. Mill administration officialshave been given strict orders on the spot that there should be no delayin payment and slip of farmers. Sugarcane Manager of Bhadso SugarMill Kartar Singh said that out of area sugarcane is not being taken inthe mill. If anyone has any complaint, it will be resolved. Farmers willnot be bothered about sugarcane slip in the mill. Accompanying him onthis occasion were Jasbir Jainpur, Ramkumar Khaira, Mahinder PurvaSarpanch, Shyam Singh Mann, Ramdhari, Pawan Kumar, Pramod Ku-mar, Samsher Singh, Satbir, Dilawar Singh, Mamchand, Madan Lal,Sumit Kumar, Narender Singh, Surender Sharma, Rajesh were presentin large numbers.

RINKU GONDERNISSING, DECEMBER 30

A meeting of Gaubhaktas was organised onThursday at Sri Krishna Gopal Gaushala atDachar Road regarding the formation ofGaushala executive. It was presided over byformer Sarpanch Gondar Rakam SinghRana, Lala Mairam Goyal, Ved Prakash Tya-gi and Chamber of Commerce PresidentBalvir Rana Gondar. The meeting was at-tended by hundreds of cow devotees fromthe area. Manch Sanchalan Jaiprakash Shar-ma and Dr. Radheshyam Gupta did. TheGaubhaktas, considering the service of Gau-mata for 18 years of Pradhan SubhashSingla, agreed on the name of Lala SubhashSingla for the post of Pradhan and while ex-pressing happiness, all the Gaubhaktas wel-comed him with applause in the name ofSubhash Singla in which Lala SubhashSingla was unanimously elected as head andSubhash Darad as the Deputy. SubhashSingla said that he will fulfil the responsi-bility entrusted to him by the cow devotees

of the area and will serve the cows. Singlainformed that the committee of Gaushala isworking in a better way to make Gaushalaself-reliant in the company of Mahaman-dleshwar Gita Manishi Swami GyananandaMaharaj and will continue to do so. On thisoccasion Narendra Chaudhary Premkheda,Bally Prajapat, Mukesh Garg, Lakhi RamFauji Dadupur Rodan, Mehr Singh Manjura,Nambardar Dhyan Singh, Jagmal, PawanPradhan, Shyam Singh Rana, RajendraRana, former Sarpanch Balwinder Gondar,Narendra Goyal, Praveen Goyal, Hundredsof devotees including Rajkumar BhargavaAungad, Krishna Bastali, Mahendra Singh,Vikas Rana, Gaurav Rana, Pala JangdaBaras, Ramesh Goyal Gaurav Mangla, San-jay Pehlwan, Joginder Garg, Nafee SinghPrajapat etc.

Subhash Singla new head of SriKrishna Gopal Gaushala

Trees cut illegally in forest

R. K. KASHYAPCHHACHHARAULI: A case has come to light of cutting down dozensof white trees from the adjoining forest near the fence of the nursery be-ing constructed by the Forest Department in Fatehgarh. The villagershave demanded an investigation into the planting of dozens of lushgreen trees from the adjoining forest in the nursery being built by theforest department. Villagers Suresh Kumar, Satpal, Mukesh, Rohit etc.said that not even a single piece of dry wood can be picked from theforests of the forest department without the permission of the depart-ment. But for the wire fence of the nursery being constructed by the de-partment in Fatehgarh, dozens of lush green trees were cut down. Thevillagers informed that there should be departmental investigation andaction against the concerned employees who are doing this kind ofwork by collusion.Funds are released by the Forest Department for the nurseries beingset up for new plantations in which the department spends crores of ru-pees every year. From the staff engaged in the nursery to small ex-penses are also borne by the department. Every kind of expenditure isalso incurred by the department to save the nursery but the connivanceof the staff cannot be denied. Regarding this, Forest Rajik Officer Ja-gadhari Sanjeev Kashyap says that he is not aware of this, if so, he willget it investigated and take necessary action.

Ismailabad shopkeeperstold to turn away

customers without maskDEEPAK SHARMAISMAILABAD, DEC 30

The Ismailabad MC has urged the shopkeepers to insiston “No masks, no goods” from the first day of the newyear. Those who do not follow it will be dealt with se-verely. While the police has also issued a warning thatchallans will be issued to those who do not wear masks.

Teams led by Municipal Secretary AnkushParashar distributed warning boards among shopkeep-ers in the market, on which “no mask, no service” wasinscribed. The shopkeepers are required to hang thisboard outside the shops everyday. Regarding the grow-ing danger of Covid, the municipality has issued in-structions that no shopkeeper will give goods to a cus-tomer who comes without a mask. On the other hand,no shopkeeper should be found without a mask.Ankush Parashar said that now it will be dealt withstrictly. He said that any laxity can result in lockdownin the coming time. In such a situation, people shouldtake precaution now. Gurnam Singh, Lovejit Sharma,Monu, Ladi and Kuldeep, who are part of the MC team,instructed the shopkeepers to follow the rules from Jan-uary 1. At the same time, the MC has announced thatno one will be allowed to enter the office without amask. All government offices will be closely monitoredin this regard. The police also announced through ve-hicles that those who walk without masks should mendtheir ways, otherwise be ready for challan.

Give equal opportunities todaughters: Alka GargRK KASHYAPYAMUNANAGAR : In our country, women have always been asymbol of pride. A daughter enhances the pride of two houses,so never make a mistake of underestimating the daughters,said Alka Garg, Beti Bachao Beti Padao Abhiyan District Yamu-nanagar Sanyojika. Alka Garg said that all citizens should re-

solve to protect daughters,take daughters forward, pro-vide daughters with everypossible means that is neces-sary for their progress, theirself-esteem and which couldhelp them become self-re-liant.We will all wish that son anddaughter are the same, thereis no difference between thetwo, give equal opportunitiesto daughters to move forward,daughters will never disap-point you, save daughter,teach daughter.

District Yamunanagar Sanyojika Alka Garg while encouragingthe women said that the dream should be big but the passionto fulfill it should also be big because without it the dream can-not be fulfilled. She said when we go after a dream with pas-sion, the dream comes true. Sometimes there may be a delayin getting the reward for hard work but this delay is really a testof our patience. -

Anganwadi workersthank CM for salary hikeSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Chief Minister Manohar Lal gave a New Year gift to Angan-wadi workers. Now Anganwadi workers will get Rs 1 lakh on retirementand helpers will get Rs 50 thousand. On this announcement of the

Chief Minister, all the Angan-wadi workers of the statethanked the Chief Ministerand expressed their gratitudeto him. Simultaneously, it wasalso announced by the ChiefMinister to give two years ar-rears in the year 2019-20 and2020-21 in honorarium. Anamount of Rs. 2 lakhs hasbeen announced in case of anaccident under the scheme.An amount of Rs.1000-1000will be given for the work andthey will also get an incentiveamount. The Chief Ministerhas also announced that An-

ganwadi workers and helpers will not be removed and now creches willbe opened along with Anganwadi in the state and the honorarium of An-ganwadi workers will be increased by Rs.400 from September 2020and Rs.450 from September 2021.Apart from BJP Mahila Morcha Dis-trict President Meenakshi Bhinder, General Minister Neeru Saini, VicePresident Priyanka Kathpal and Karnal in-charge Bela Bhatia were alsopresent on the occasion.

Sports training forstudents at govt school

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, DECEMBER 30

Sports training for children has been started at GovernmentPrimary School Gumthala Rao to promote the school. In themorning and evening, children are being trained in kho-kho,rope jumping, kabaddi and running. Asian Gold Medal winnerSher Singh Malik and Advocate Varyam Singh are trainingschool children. School teacher Ratan Singh said that nowa-days children spend more on mobile phones. With the closureof schools due to Corona, the prevalence of mobiles amongchildren increased which is why they are getting away fromsports. Since children are involved in sports, sports training isbeing imparted in the school in the morning and evening, sothat the children can brighten the name of their school and re-gion through education as well as sports. Teachers Kavita,Priyanka, Kiran, Pinky, Chetan, Harpreet, Gurpreet, Hargun,Sargun, Sweety, Mahi and Yash Tomar etc. were present onthis occasion.

Seva Bharti starts ChhotabansBal Sanskar Kendra

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, DECEMBER 30

Under the campaign of giving extra education and care afterschool to the children of poor families, a Chotabans centre hasbeen started on behalf of Seva Bharati. It started with 30 chil-dren in the initial round. Gradually this number will increase.

Mansingh Arya, Dis-trict Union Driver ofRashtriya Swayamse-vak Sangh, participatedas the chief guest on theoccasion of the inaugu-ration of Bal SanskarKendra and inauguratedthe center by offeringflowers on the portrait of

Bharat Mata. The programme was presided over by Ved Kam-boj, President of Seva Bharati. Ved Kamboj, president of SevaBharati, said that the Bal Sanskar Kendra will not be limited toeducation only. Training will also be given to the children hereso that better changes can be brought in the social system in fu-ture and children can learn to respect elders, work for the coun-try, help others and respect their culture and the great men andmartyrs of the country. All this will be taught at this centre.There are children from all the poor families who are unable totake tuition after school. Here they will also be given tuition sothat there will be no problem in education and students will beable to perform better in the field of education. Pradeep Chaud-hary, Dhanpat Saini, Virendra Saini, Amit Kamboj, Naveen Sai-ni, Amandeep Chhotabans, Gurcharan Singh, Ma. Krishna Ku-mar, Ma. Arjun Singh, Mangatram Batla, Bansilal Saini, Krish-na Shastri etc. were present on the occasion.

Dr. Bir Singh elected GS ofCollege Teachers Association

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, DECEMBER 30

In Guru Nanak Khalsa College Karnal, elec-tion of Haryana College Teachers Associa-tion Karnal Zone was held today. Presidentof the Hindi department of Khalsa CollegeKarnal, Dr. Bir Singh was unanimouslyelected General Secretary of Karnal Zone.Giving information about this, the state pres-ident of Haryana College Teachers Associa-tion, Dr. Dayanand Malik informed that inthis election the representatives of all thecolleges of Karnal and Panipat participatedand the election was held peacefully by con-sensus.Prof. of the Department of History,Arya College, Panipat. Dr. Vijay Singh will

be the head of the zone while DAV PG Col-lege Professor of Commerce Dr. Monica waselected vice president. Dr. Dr. Dayanand Ma-lik, former President of the Association,General Secretary of Haryana HFacto. Dr.Narendra Chahar, Vice President, Kuruk-shetra University Association Balbir Singhand Dr. Sarita Chaudhary, Arya Kanya Ma-havidyalaya Ambala played the role of su-pervisor.

On this occasion, Dr. Gurinder Singh,Dr. Ajaypal Singh, Dr. Rajesh Bansal, Dr.Balkar Singh, Dr. Devi Bhushan, Prof.Pradeep, Dr. Praveen Dhanda, Dr. Renu Tan-war, Dr. Renu Balyan, Dr. Rameshwar and alarge number of professors from various col-leges were present.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021

Aruna inaugurated govt degree collegeDINANAGAR ((JASPOONAM KOHLI): A Government Degree College constructed byCabinet Minister Aruna Chaudhary at a cost of Rs. 13.50 crore at village Sidhpur was inaugu-rated today.Addressing a large gathering at the time, Aruna Chaudhary said that she is happyto see the dream she had dreamed of for the betterment of the children of the region come truetoday, and she claimed that the project would be completed in the near future Will be a mile-

stone .She said that she was looking at the wholeconstituency at a glance and all round developmentof the region is her main agenda.Senior Congressleader Ashok Chaudhary said that Cabinet MinisterAruna Chaudhary deserves credit for this initiative,which has given a big boost to this rural area in theform of Government College.

HARNAMAN BHATIACHAMKAUR SAHIB , DEC 30

Giving a much awaited bonanza ofRs. 124.25 crore for Asha and MidDay Meal workers as a new yeargift, Punjab Chief Minister Cha-ranjit Singh Channi on Thursdayannounced a fixed monthly al-lowance of Rs. 2500 for Ashaworkers against the earlier amountgot by them on the basis of incen-tives, which would cost the stateexchequer to the tune of Rs.60crore thus benefitting nearly22,000 Asha workers. Likewise,the Asha workers would also benow entitled for the facility ofcashless health insurance schemeup to Rs. 5 lakh which would bedone by the state government freeof cost so as to cover them againstthe probable risk of inflicting anyinfectious disease while perform-ing their duties.

Similarly, in a major relief tonearly 42,500 Mid Day Mealworkers working in 19,700 gov-ernment/aided schools across thestate, CM Channi also announced

to enhance their fixed allowancefrom Rs.2200 to Rs. 3000 permonth, this hike would entail anexpenditure of Rs. 64.25 crore onthe state exchequer. Besides, CMChanni also announced all theAsha workers and Mid Day Mealworkers working across the statewould be now entitled for full ma-ternity leave on the pattern of oth-er women government employeeson regular basis. CM Channi fur-ther declared that all the Asha

workers and Mid Day Meal work-ers would now get the hiked fixedallowance from January 1, 2022and in future they would be gettingthese allowances for 12 months in-stead of 10 months earlier. Ad-dressing a public rally predomi-nantly comprising Asha and MidDay Meal workers especially as-sembled here at Dana Mandi, CMChanni said that today it is an aus-picious occasion as if all his sistersfrom across the state have come at

his brother’s home and he was for-tunate to announce these reliefmeasures for his dearest sisters.Listing the major initiatives of hisgovernment taken for the empow-erment of women, CM Channi saidthat 33% reservation for women ingovernment jobs, 50% reservationin PRIs and ULBs and free travelbus facility are in league with thewomen friendly decisions an-nounced today for Asha and MidDay Meal workers. Referring tothe Bani of first Sikh Guru SriGuru Nanak Dev ji, CM Channisaid that the founder of Sikhismraised a voice against the maltreat-ment and discrimination meted outto women in the society and em-phasized the need for giving equal-ity to them.

He said any society could notprosper without giving a due re-spect to women especially ourworthy mothers, sisters and daugh-ters. He said to give due recogni-tion and reverence to women wasthe only foundation on which anyharmonious or an egalitarian soci-ety exists.

Channi announces bonanza of Rs. 125crore for 64,500 asha workers

State govt awards ChairmanGejja Ram with Cabinet Rank

JAGRAON (SUKH NAHAR): While acknowledg-ing his selfless service to the people and the party,congress government of Punjab has honored SafaiKaramchari commission Punjab Chairman GejjaRam Valmiki with cabinet rank. Cabinet minister RajKumar Verka announced this while in a meeting withthe Valmiki community at Punjab Bhavan. In his ad-dress, Verka mentioned that as per the instructions of

CM Charanjit Singh Chan-ni, Gejja Ram has beenawarded with the cabinetrank for his diligence anddedication. He highly ap-preciated Chairman GejjaRam for his hardwork andsaid that he deserved thehonor. The Valmiki com-munity is extremely de-lighted by the honor givento Gejja Ram and thanked

the government. Chairman Gejja Ram thanked Pun-jab government and CM Channi for honoring himand also mentioned that congress will surely form itsgovernment yet again in Punjab after emerging vic-torious with a huge margin.

CHETRAM RATTANNAWANSHAHR, DEC 30

Deputy CommissionerVishesh Sarangal on Wednes-day appealed the families ofall those who lost their lives toCovid-19 pandemic in the dis-trict to apply for the ex-gratiacompensation of Rs 50000 inthe offices of Sub-DivisionalMagistrates (SDMs) of thedistrict, immediately.

Divulging the details, hesaid that district had a list of388 deceased but so far a totalof 120 have applied for thecompensation. “We are re-peatedly making phone callsto the kins of these victims forapplying with local sub divi-sional magistrate so that they

could avail the ex-gratia grantas early as possible, headded.” He said that the Pun-jab Government has an-nounced Rs 50,000 ex gratiacompensation wouldbe provided to eachof the families of res-idents who died dueto Covid-19. He saidthat the form regard-ing this can be down-loaded from nawan-shahr.nic.in .

He said that the claimantwill have to submit their ap-plication through a form to therespective SDM along withspecified documents, includ-ing the death certificate certi-fying the cause of death, iden-tity proof of the claimant,

Proof of relationship betweenthe Deceased and theClaimant, Laboratory Reportcertifying having tested Posi-tive for COVID-19 (in Origi-

nal or Certified copy),Death summary by theHospital where deathoccurred (in case deathoccurred in hospital),Death Certificate inOriginal and LegalHeirs Certificate. He

said that those facing any kindof problems in availing theform or other assistance inthis regard, can contact SDMNawanshahr on 01823-220001, SDM Banga 0183-265001 and SDM Balachauron 90232-09143 and helplinenumber 95696-66815.

DC SBS Nagar appeals families ofdeceased covid-19 patients to applyfor ex-gratia grants in SDM Offices

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, DEC 30

Under the leadership of DSPJandiala Guru Sukhwinder-pal Singh, a search opera-tion was carried out by theJandiala Police in view ofthe security.

He said that with the helpof detectors and sniffer dogsof Jandiala Guru's main roadand crowded markets, vehi-

cles, shops, parking, publicplaces are being checked, sothat the plans of mischie-vous persons could not befulfilled and On this occa-sion, SHO Jandiala Inspec-tor Harpreet Singh, ASIHarpal Singh, ASI RaghbirSingh, ASI GurcharanSingh, ASI Heera Singh,Drone Master Kulbir Singhand Sandeep Singh waspresent.

Jandiala police launchessearch operation

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, DEC 30

After the retirement of Dis-trict Education Officer Ele-mentary Baldev Raj on No-vember 30 and the additionalcharge of the vacant chair ofDistrict Education Officer El-ementary, Jaswant Singh, theDistrict Education Officer,has taken over as per the or-ders of the department .

On the occasion of takingcharge, the entire staff of Dis-trict Education Office, Ele-mentary, was welcomed withbouquets under the leadershipof Deputy District EducationOfficer, Elementary RameshLal Thakur and Deputy Dis-trict Education Officer, Sec-ondary Rajeshwar Salaria,and greeted them with a sweet

mouth. But District Educa-tion Officer Jaswant Singhsaid that he is committed totake district Pathankot to thenumber one position in thefield of education. He saidthat all the schools inPathankot have become smartand there is no shortage of anykind in the schools. Appealedto those parents to get theirchildren admitted in govern-ment schools and take advan-tage of the qualified teachersof government schools. Onthis occasion Malkit Singh,Tarun Pathania, Sumit Raj,Munish Gupta, Raj DeepakGupta, State Awardee andADSM Narinder Lal, DistrictMedia Coordinator Balkar At-tri, Chetan Attri, MandeepSingh, Neelam, Saveta, Lalitaetc. were present.

DEO Secondary Jaswant Singh takesover additional charge of District

Education Officer Elementary

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, DEC 30

Annual Jor Mela is being or-ganised on 18th, 19th and20th January 2022 at Gurd-wara Panjuana Sahib, Pat-shahi 10th in celebration of10th Guru, Guru GobindSingh Ji coming to villageLamma-Jatpura.

Talking to reportershere, Sant Baba BalveerSingh Panjuana Sahib saidthat Nagar Kirtan would beorganised on January 18,while Dharmik Diwans

would be organised on Janu-ary 19 and 20. He said thatthe morning processionwould start from December31 in connection with the JorMela.

He appealed to the san-gat to participate in numbersin this procession. On thisoccasion Ragi Bhai DhannaSingh, Gulzar Singh, NirmalSingh, Pappu Singh,Paramjot Singh Prince,Paramvir Singh, InderjotSingh, Fauji Major Singhand Giani Bhag Singh werepresent.

Preparations start for Jor Melaat Gurdwara Panjuana Sahib

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, DECE 30

Chairman of Punjab StateIndustrial DevelopmentCorporation (PSIDC) Kris-han Kumar Bawa on Thurs-day chaired a meeting of theBoard of Directors at UdyogBhawan here. During themeeting, Chairman KKBawa informed to the Boardthat PSIDC has made OneTime Settlement (OTS) dur-ing 2021-22 (upto30.11.2021) with the Bondholders whereby the liabili-ty was settled at Rs.13.96crore resulting in saving ofRs.8.73 crore (approx.) asinterest. The Corporationhas also made a recoveryfrom Loans/Equity duringthe year 2021-22 (upto30.11.2021) amounting to9.29 crore including anamount of Rs. 3.19 crorewhich has been recoveredunder the OTS Policy forequity 2018, he added.

Bawa further informed toBoard members that PunjabGovernment, under the dy-namic leadership of PunjabChief Minister CharanjitSingh Channi has an-nounced OTS Policy-2021for rehabilitation & revivalof the Industries in the stateof Punjab by offering aunique opportunity to entre-preneurs of promoted andloanee companies of PSIDCand Punjab Financial Cor-poration (PFC). He empha-sised that this initiative ofGovernment of Punjab willhelp in resolving long pend-ing litigation and settlementbetween the corporationsand the private investors be-sides creating a more busi-ness-friendly environmentin the state of Punjab. Man-aging Director, Sh. Sibin C,IAS and Directors Sh. Shiv-rinder Uppal, Sh. RajeshGharu, Sh, Baljinder SinghJandu, Special InviteesParamvir Singh etc.

PSIDC Chairman KKBawa chairs meeting ofthe board of directors

SARWAN QADIAN, DEC 30

Gurbachan Singh, father ofAmarjit Singh Bhatia, formerDistrict Education Officer ofthe Zilla Parishad,died late on Wednes-day night due to car-diac arrest. Accord-ing to the informationreceived, Master Gur-bachan Singh had re-tired in 1993 afterserving as a teacher inreputed schools like Govern-ment Senior SecondarySchool, Ghoman and Dhan-doi. It is said that GurbachanSingh was running ill for along time. Today, on the oc-casion of his funeral, leadersof various political, socialand religious groups of the

city bid him farewell withmoist eyes and expressedcondolences with PrincipalAmarjit Singh Bhatia. Thosewho attended his last riteswere Mukesh Verma, Jasbir

Singh , Pawan Ku-mar Dr BikramjitSingh Bajwa Naren-dra Kumar BhatiaFormer MunicipalCouncil PresidentDinesh Kumar Mo-hit Mahajan DrAmarjit Singh Kul-

winder Singh BhatiaJaswinder Singh BhatiaArvind Ji Singh Bhatia Sun-derpal Singh HeadmasterGurbachan Singh East Head-masters Rakesh Kumar Prin-cipal Sunita Kaushal Princi-pal Ramlal Principal KulwantSingh etc. were present.

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, DEC 30

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)President Sukhbir SinghBadal today challenged theCongress party to name itschief ministerial candidate inPunjab even as he maintainedthat chief minister CharanjitSingh Channi had lost thetrust of not only the peoplebut also the top Congressleadership of the State.

Talking to newsmen hereafter addressing two largepublic meetings in favour ofMohinder Singh Sandhar inSham Chaurasi and VarinderSingh Parihar in Hoshiarpur,the SAD President said therewas a free for all in the Pun-jab Congress on the issue of

the chief ministerial face ofthe party on the eve of theState elections. “Channiwants to stick on to the chairbut the party leadership doesnot regard him as a bonafidechief minister. Pradesh Con-gress President Navjot Sidhuis blowing his own trumpetand disrespecting Channievery day. Punjabis have

turned against the Congressbecause it has failed to imple-ment any of the promisesmade to them. You will see itself-destruct in the comingdays”. Answering anotherquestion, Mr Sukhbir Badalsaid it was the responsibilityof Prime Minister NarendraModi to resolve pending is-sues of Punjab.

Sukhbir challenges Congressto name its CM candidate

Police crack Rs 45lakh Phagwara lootand kidnapping case

ASHOK KAURAPHAGWARA: In a major success,the Kapurthala police have solvedthe sensational robbery of Rs 45Lakh from the money changer’semployee in Phagwara with thearrest of mastermind and recoveredRs 22 Lakh of the looted money andtwo cars. The arrested accused hasbeen identified as Akhil Rawat aliasSonu, a resident of house number122-A in sector 51-A Chandigarh.Divulging more details, SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP)Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh toldthis correspondent here today thaton December 25 evening,sensational crime happened nearmain chowk of Phagwara city whena person named Shankar Maini, anemployee of Hoshiarpur basedmoney exchanger private firmabducted from the slip road by threemasked criminals in the SilverSakoda and ran away towardsLudhiana side. Later duringinvestigation , it came to notice thatShanker Maini was kidnapped forthe purpose of looting as he wascarrying Rs 45 lakh with him . He said that the police registered acase under section 365-IPCagainst three unknown persons atpolice station city Phagwara andstarted the probe.

People rememberCaptain Navpal’ssupreme sacrifice

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: Former union ministerand MP Nihal Chand while payingtributes at 40 RB memorial site onthe 20th Balidan Diwas of CaptainNavpal Singh Sidhu (posthumouslyawarded Shaurya Chakra by thePresident) said that the supremesacrifice of Navpal will always beproudly remembered. The sacrificefor the nation made his father ColAgyapal Singh and motherRajinderpal Kaur proud of theirbrave son. Captain Vidyadhar Singhwas among those who offeredsalute and flower petals at thememorial. Navpal's cousin sisterAmarpreet Kaur ADC Mansa Punjabfelt proud of her brother who hadshown the spirit of patriotism,bravery by killing three dreadedmilitants in a fierce encounter undera mission. Tehsildar Harish Tak saidthat whether we live or not, the erawill always remember the sacrificesof the martyrs in the form ofmemories, Navpal was an exampleof bravery, on whose martyrdom thewhole nation will be indebted to him.Taking inspiration from this, heasked the youth to become animportant part of the Indian Armyand include textbooks on thesupreme duty of martyrs and theirbiography. KPTL Manager HiteshGoyal said that every Indian shouldfeel proud of martyrs because theydo not belong to any caste fraternity,it is called the heritage of the nation.Harprabh Aasra chief Sewadar HariSingh Khalsa said that those whofaithfully perform their highest dutyas a true guard for the nation, theyare called true sons.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, DEC 30

Harwinder Singh Ladi, Se-nior Congress Leader fromBathinda Rural Assemblyconstituency today distrib-uted grant checks of Rs. 70lakh for various develop-ment works at village KotShamir and Instructed theadministrative officers tocarry out all the works ontime.

Addressing the impres-sive gathering, HarwinderSingh Ladi said that thegrant checks were stoppedunder a conspiracy but couldhardly be released. He saidthat his aim was to developthe rural assembly con-

stituency of Bathinda forwhich he would alwaysstrive. He said that under theleadership of Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi,Transport MinisterAmarinder Singh Raja War-ing and Punjab CongressPresident Navjot Singh Sid-hu the Congress was work-ing diligently on public is-sues. And efforts are beingmade to provide relief to allsections. He said that thenext government would beof Congress in which Punjabwould be guided on the pathof further development. Hewas accompanied by seniorCongress leaders, workers,villagers and PanchSarpanch.

Ladi distributes cheque ofRs. 70 lakh for dev works

Former District Education Officerof Zilla Parishad Amarjit Singh

Bhatia's father is no more

SAD holds meeting

RAMPURA PHUL (HEMANT SHARMA): Shro-mani Akali constituency Rampura led by Nirmal SinghGill, District President of Transport Wing and comradesheld a meeting. It was chaired by Gurpreet Singh MalukaGeneral Secretary Shromani Dal Punjab in which variouscircle presidents including Jasbir Singh Jassi PresidentHalqa Rampura , Harnek Singh Happy Circle PresidentRampura ,Chamkor Singh Gogi Circle President MehrajBhinder Singh Circle President Maluka ,Jaswinder SinghPappu Circle President Bhagata Bhaika , Lakhvir SinghCircle President Jalal,Raghbir Kumar Sharma Circle Pres-ident Bhairupa,Mewa Singh Bhullar Circle President Phulwere appointed. On this occasion, he congratulated all theCircle Presidents selected by Gurpreet Singh Maluka.Gurpreet Singh Maluka also said that the profits made dur-ing his Shiromani Akali Dal government were distributedamong the truck operators of the unions. On the contrary,the present government is looting the unions instead ofgiving anything. He also said that all these scams wouldbe taken into account when the time came. Sonu Rampu-ra Kuldeep Singh Rampura Sunil Bansal present at thistime , Payra Chand , Rachpal Singh dhiPali ,Kala Singh,Gulzar Singh ,Gagnadeep Bhullar, Kamal dhipali ,Man-deep Singh Mehraj, Sandeep Singh Mehraj, GurlalSarpanch, Nazar Singh ,Pargat Singh Mehraj, D S Shar-ma, Balwinder Singh Siddhana etc. were present.

Police party succeedsin arresting accused

Jasveer Singh

R. SINGHPATHANKOT, DEC 30 In order to trace and preventthe recent incident takingplace in Pathankot city,Hon'ble SSP PathankotSurinder Lamba has launcheda special campaign underwhich DSP The operationwas carried out under the su-pervision of Pathankot whenthe accused Jasveer Singhson of Amar Singh resident ofvillage Jhanjeli Thana SahpurKandi Pathankot whostabbed Monica daughterBalwan Singh resident ofSundar Nagar Pathankot todeath at College Pathankot.On which the accusedJasveer Singh was registeredagainst the aforesaid PoliceStation Division No. 02Pathankot. Jasveer Singh wassentenced to life imprison-ment by the court on04.12.2008 in this case.

Entrepreneurialwoman farmer Nina,

became an inspirationfor other women

SHARANJEET,PATHANKOT, DEC 30 Entrepreneurial womanfarmer Mrs Nina, a residentof village Badhani, BlockDhar Kalan, DistrictPathankot, has proved true.On the Dalhousie main roadfrom Pathankot, in front ofSai College in Badhani vil-lage, by selling self-madeagricultural products on e-kart, by joining hands withthe family, increasing thefamily income, is paving theway for other women. TheDepartment of Agricultureand Farmers Welfare and oth-er departments in variousfarmer awareness campshave encouraged farmers andwomen farmers to take up al-lied occupations besides agri-culture so that the farmerscan increase their farming in-come.

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HIMACHAL/JKCM congratulateswinners of 6th HPPara-Sports StateChampionshipSHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai RamThakur has congratulated sevenspecially-abled sportspersons ofHimachal Pradesh University, who won14 medals in the 6th HP Para-SportsState Championship held atDharamshala. He also lauded theefforts of other winners and participantsof the event. Chief Minister said thatPara-Sports State Championship was aplatform for specially-abledsportsperson to showcase their talentand would also motivate others toparticipate in similar events.

Arjun Singh distributescheques for marriageof poor girls

DAULAT CHAUHANJAWALI: Jawali MLA Arjun Singhtoday distributed cheque amounting to5 lakh 58 thousand for the marriage ofgirls of 18 families belonging to poorfamilies belonging to BPL underMukhyamantri Shagun Yojana. Underthis scheme, an amount of 31thousand rupees is distributed in themarriage of a girl belonging to IRDPor BPL. MLA Arjun Singh said that theBJP government has run manyschemes for the benefit of the poorduring its four-year tenure. He saidthat BJP is making every effort for theupliftment of the poor peoples.He saidthat in the last 4 years, about 200poor families have been financiallyassisted under various schemes ofthe government.

Raja Aaditya Katochpasses away; he willbe remembered forages: Rajeev SharmaKISHORI LAL BAINSAMB: Raja Aditya Dev ChandKatoch, 488th Head of the RoyalHouse of Kangra, has left for his

heavenly abode.Famous history ofKangra ancientroyal dynastyMaharaja SansarChand Vansaj RajaAaditya Dev Katochwill be rememberedfor ages to his good

deeds. Ambikanagar- Amb SahityaParishad pays glowing tributes todeparted king of Kangra. In amessage of condolences, Presidentof Parishad Rajeev Sharmanexpresses that king of Kangradynasty will be remembered to agesto come. Rajeev Sharman told thathe was a noble person dedicated tosuffering humanity.

State level speechcompetition organizedJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: A state level speechcompetition was organized at AtalBihari Vajpayee GovernmentCollege, Bangana, in the courtesyof Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan,Himachal. The chief guest of thefunction was Samson Masih,Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra,Himachal Pradesh. The ceremonywas started by lighting the lamp.Presiding over the function,Principal of the college Dr.Satyendra Kumar Sharmawelcomed the chief guest and theparticipants and said that it is amatter of great pride for the collegethat a state level speechcompetition was organized in thecollege. Theme of this state levelspeech competition was patriotismand nation building. Neha Kumari ofdistrict Chamba got the first place inthis speech competition. SakshiRana of District Kullu securedsecond position. The third positionwas bagged by Smriti Sharma ofdistrict Shimla. Lal Singh, DeputyDirector, Nehru Yuva Kendra saidthat those who have come first inthis competition competition will geta chance to participate in theupcoming national level speechcompetition.

Traffic police on toeson viral videos madetruckersANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: Traffic Police iscontinuously challaning vehicleswithout number plate and speedtriple riding on all national and stateand highways of Baddi BarotiwalaNalagarh area every day, due towhich Nalagarh Dabhota Road wasblocked by traffic police 2 days ago.During this, a Haryana numbervehicle was stopped and asked thereason for hiding the number plateand asked for the log book, the angrytruck driver started making videos ofthe traffic policemen and startedarguing with the policemen, afterwhich the truck driver made the videoviral on social media, due to whichthe higher officers of the police calledthe policeman posted during thenaka to their office to know the realityof this viral video and what actuallyhappened and asked about thatincident.

Two houses gutted by fire inHamirpur villageHAMIRPUR: Two houses were completely gutted in a fire thatbroke out in Takroon village of the Nadaun revenue sub divisionof the district last night, officials said on Thursday. An officialspokesman said that property worth lakhs of rupees wasdestroyed in the fire. He said that the cause of the fire was statedto be accidental. However, there was no loss of any human oranimal lives in the fire. SDM Nadaun also visited the spot andprovided immediate cash relief to the victims, the spokesmanadded.

3, 57,450 children of 15 to 18 years to begiven Covid vaccine from 3rd January

AGENCYHAMIRPUR/SHIMLA, DEC 30

In Himachal Pradesh, as many 3,57,450 students studying from9th to 12th class, would bevaccinated in 2797 governmentschools in the state. Giving thisinformation Thursday , theSecretary Health, AmitabhAwasthi , who chaired themeeting of State Task ForceCommittee for CovidVaccination at Shimla said as perthe decision of Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare,Covid-19 vaccination of childrenin the age group of 15 to 18 yearswould be started from 3rdJanuary, 2022.

He reviewed the preparationfor Covid Vaccination of 15 to18 years age group andprecautionary dose for 60 yearsand above with comorbidities.

The Secretary said as per thedecision of the Ministry of

Health and Family Welfare,Covid-19 vaccination of childrenin the age group of 15 to 18 yearswould be started from 3rdJanuary, 2022.

He said the beneficiaries ofthis group would be givenCovaxin. The eligible children of

this age group can bookappointments by self registrationthrough existing accounts on Co-WIN or by creating a newaccount through mobile number.Online or onsite (walk-in)appointments can also be bookedat the nearest Government high

school and senior secondaryschool.

The precautionary dose forHealth Care Workers (HCWs),Front Line Workers (FLWs) and60 years and above populationwith comorbidities, who havereceived two doses would beprovided from 10th January,2022.

Similarly, the prioritizationand sequencing of precautionarydose would be on completion ofnine months i.e. 39 weeks fromthe date of administration ofsecond dose.

He further informed that asmany as 96,200 eligiblepopulations would be vaccinatedwith precautionary dose, whichwould include 32,663 HCWs of2nd dose, 61431 FLWs of 2nddose and 10,530 populations of60 years and above with 2nddose, which would be inoculatedwith precautionary dose of covidvaccine.

Baba Balak Nath temple,Deotsidh geared up forNew Year celebrations

PANKAJ BHARATIYAHAMIRPUR, DEC 30

Preparations are complete forconducting New Year fair at theBaba Balak Nath temple, Deotsidhin the district on the interveningnights of December 31st, 2021 andJanuary 1st, 2022. A meeting inthis respect was held at the templecomplex in which variouscommittees were constituted forthe fair.The meeting was chairedby SDM, Badsar, Shashi Pal, whois also the Chairman of the SidhBaba Balak Nath temple trust. Atthe meeting, it was decided to keepthe temple open for 24 hours onDecember 31 for the darshan ofBaba ji in view of the langararrangement and the convenienceof devotees. Apart from this, thetemple complex was divided intofive sectors. In addition to twosector magistrates, six people havebeen entrusted with thesupervision of these sectors. Inorder to maintain law and orderduring the fair, a police company

and 60 home guards have beendeployed to maintain law andorder, the SDM added. Themeeting also decided to keep thelangar open for 24 hours for thecatering of the devotees. The trustadministration has decided that themovement of private vehiclesfrom Lower Bazar to Upper Bazarwill be completely closed. Onlythose vehicles will be able to go upto the upper market, which thetemple authorities will allow. Thetrust administration has deployedtwo taxis to take the devotees toUpper Bazar. There is also aprovision to provide free taxifacility for the devotees who areunable to walk from the bus standto the upper market.

Shoolini University placed in the‘Excellent Band’ in ATAL rankings

DINESH AGARWALSOLAN, DEC 30

Himachal based Shoolini University ofBiotechnology and ManagementSciences has been placed in theExcellent category - the highest band -in the Atal Rankings of Institutions onInnovations and Achievements(ARIIA). The rankings were announcedby the Union Education ministry whichranks institutions of higher learningevery year for their performance inbringing in innovations andachievements.

Out of 1200 universities in thecountry, there are 36 institutes anduniversities in this band and ShooliniUniversity is among the top five in theNorthern region and the only universityfrom Himachal with this band.

Chancellor Prof P K Khosla, whilecongratulating the faculty and theresearchers said that the pioneeringwork being done by the university isnow being recognised by thegovernment as well as the people. ViceChancellor Prof Atul Khosla said that

the university missed the top ten ranksin the country by a whisker and said hewas confident that it would figureamong the top ten ranks next year.

Last year, Shoolini University wasplaced in the band from six to 25 andwas the only private university fromHimachal Pradesh to rank in the band.The universities and other institutions ofhigher learning were ranked in differentcategories like government institutions,institutions for eminent and privateinstitutions.

Rita Thakur inauguratesconstruction work of tubewell

DAULAT CHAUHAN JAWALI, DEC 30

BJP Mahila Morcha Organizational District Nurpur VicePresident Rita Thakur today inaugurated the construction workof the newly constructed drinking water tube well at a cost oftwo crore in Sathera village of Golwan Panchayat.This secondtube well is going to be installed in Golwan Panchayat in 4months due to the efforts of BJP leader Rita Thakur. Panchayatpardhan sanjeev Papu and Rita Thakur have heartily thankedChief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Irrigation and Public HealthMinister Mahinder Singh Thakur for installing tube wells onbehalf of the villagers.Rita Thakur said that four months backthe villagers had demanded installation of tube wells from theChief Minister and by starting the work of installing tube wellsin such a short interval, it proves that there is no one in BJP'sactions and words and the government is giving specialattention to development.

BJP govt wasted crores of rupeeson investor meet: Rajesh Sharma

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, DEC 30

State Congress Partyspokesperson Dr RajeshSharma said that till date norelief package has beengiven to the Himachalgovernment from the Center.The BJP government at theCenter and in the state,which talked big during theelections, has failed on everyfront. He said that crores ofrupees were wasted likewater by the government onthe investor meet held inDharamsala, but till date noindustrialist has turned toHimachal. There are manyareas of Punjab withHimachal, but theindustrialists of these areasalso kept a distance fromHimachal. He said thatinflation and unemploymenthave become a seriousproblem in the state today.No major project has comeup in Himachal till date.

Inflation has broken the backof the common man.Narendra Modi has broughtthe country's economy tosuch a bad state that it willtake many years to recover.He said that the ChiefMinister and the ministers ofthe government are busy inpraising Modi. Thegovernment seems to berunning away from inflation,unemployment and otherissues. The central and stateschemes in the state are onlyon paper. The governmentcould not formulate any suchscheme, whose benefit hasbeen given to the people ofthe state.

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, DEC 30

There has been a wave of joyover the award of BhanjalZilla Parishad ward memberChaitanya Sharma formeritorious services in thefield at the state level. Itshould be noted that forgetting the biggest victory ofHimachal Pradesh in thedistrict councilor electionand installing 500 free solarlights, distributing gym andsports kit under the UjjwalGram Yojana under thebanner of Yuva ShaktiParakram, Sharma wascnfered with YoungAchiever Awards 2021 byJai Ram Thakur. Onhonoring Chaitanya Sharma,local people and intellectualsespecially VikeshLakhanpal, Kapil Dev

Lakhanpal, Amit Sharma,Col Joginder Pal, AnilDadwal, Padma Thakur,Deepak Jaswal, CaptainVirender Singh, AkshayKashyap, Saurabh Dhiman,Bharat Bhushan, TarsemSingh congratulated him and

wished him a bright future.On the other hand,Chaitanya Sharma said thatpublic welfare work will becontinued in future under thebanner of Yuva ShaktiParakram so that the ruralarea can be developed.

Chaitanya Sharma gets awardfor meritorious services

Industrial units should implement NationalApprenticeship Promotion Scheme smoothly: ADC

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, DEC 30

The meeting of DistrictLevel ApprenticeshipCommittee notified byHimachal PradeshGovernment was heldtoday under thechairmanship ofAdditional DeputyCommissioner, Una, DrAmit Kumar Sharma. Inthe meeting, the worksbeing done by variousindustries of the districtunder the ApprenticeshipAct 1961 were reviewed.During this, the problemsbeing faced in theregistration, training andimplementation of thescheme were discussed indetail. Representatives ofindustry organizations ofdistrict Una also gave

their suggestions. ADC DrAmit Kumar Sharmacalled upon all industriesto smoothly implementthe NationalApprenticeship PromotionScheme to benefitmaximum number ofyouth. He said that all theindustries which have 4 to29 and 30 or more than 30employees can takebenefit of this scheme atthe rate of 2.5 percent to15 percent number. In the

National ApprenticeshipPromotion Scheme, thegovernment will share 25percent maximum of Rs1500 in the allowancegiven to all the apprenticesand this scheme will beapplicable for allindustrial units. An onlineportal has been arrangedto complete all theprocesses. Under thescheme, the goldenopportunity of doingapprenticeship in

industries is being givenby the Government ofIndia to the applicantsfrom class V tograduation. In thisscheme, there is aprovision of stipend of Rs5000 for fifth to ninthpass, Rs 6000 for tenthpass, Rs 7,000 for twelfthand ITI pass, Rs 8000 fordiploma holder and Rs9000 for graduate pass.ITI Principal RavinderSingh told that it ismandatory for theapplicants and industriesto register themselves onthe online portal to takeadvantage of the scheme.The selection of applicantswill depend on thedemand of the industry.For more information, youcan contact in any stateITI of district Una.

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, DEC 30

President of the 6th StateFinance Commission, SatpalSingh Satti, today performedthe Bhoomipujan of drinkingwater scheme to beconstructed at a cost of aboutRs 60 lakh in Kutharkalan,Gram Panchayat. It alsoincludes construction ofoverhead tanks, pump housesand distribution systems. Heexpressed gratitude toAmarnath for donating fivemarla of land for drinkingwater scheme. Satti informedthat about 2500 people willbe benefited by the formationof this drinking waterscheme. A target has been setto complete this scheme bythe month of April anddedicate it to the public. He

said that the state governmenthas set a target to provide tapwater facility to everyhousehold under the JalJeevan Mission in the entirestate by March 2022. To meetthis goal, drinking waterschemes are being prepared

wherever required so as toensure adequate water supplyto every household. Heinformed that 20 solar lightshave been installed inKutharkalan for theconvenience of the people.Apart from this, the link road

from Rakkad village toKutharkalan has been tarredlast year at a cost of 40 lakhs.Panchayat Ghar has beenconstructed with Rs 14 lakh.He informed that an irrigationscheme has also beendedicated in the village at acost of Rs 60 lakhs. Anamount of Rs 4.50 lakh hasbeen approved for theimprovement of the road inMohalla Maralu. Heinformed that Rs 2 lakh hasalso been approved for theextension of the existing gymin the gram panchayat. Hesaid that the work ofdevelopment schemes worthcrores of rupees is in progressin Una assemblyconstituency. He informedthat various welfare schemesare being implemented by theState Government.

Satti holds Bhoomipujan of drinking water schemeto be made from Rs 60 lakhs in Kutharkalan

IIM Sirmaur launches Executive MBA in‘Digital Transformation and Analytics’

SIRMAUR, DEC 30

IIM Sirmaur Board in its 16th meetingapproved the Executive MBA Degreeprogramme in"Digital Transformationand Analytics" for the workingexecutives. The programme shall runfrom July/August 2022, and will beoffered to executives on part-time basiswith intake of 60 seats. The delivery ofthe curriculum will be in hybrid mode inwhich the participants shall be offeredsessions virtually and will also bevisiting the campus in HimachalPradesh. Through its rigorouscurriculum in emerging areas likeartificial intelligence, analytics etc., theprogrammepromises take awayslikeaccess to qualified faculty, symbioticrelationships with industry, peer learningopportunities and the alumni network.The programme has been conceivedkeeping in mind the present markettrends and the global environment.Itshall have customized segments to

ensure that the participants acquire thedesired skill sets and analytical acumenin sync with global expectations. Thefirst year of the programme consisting of4 terms shall focus on buildingknowledge in the core areas ofmanagement education across domainslike Marketing Management, Finance &Accounting, OB &HRM, DecisionSciences, and Operations Managementetc. The second year of the programmeconsisting of 3 terms shall focus in theniche area of 'Digital Transformation'and'Analytics' via electives courses.According to Professor Neelu Rohmetra,Director, IIM Sirmaur, "the programmeaims to meet career unification goals formiddle and senior-level professionals ofthe state of Himachal Pradesh and thecountry, working with the governmentand the private sector. The programmehas been designed carefully to cater tothe context of technological prioritiesand analytical requirements of currentbusiness needs.

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New year to be started by distributing blankets to needy: JulkaPATHANKOT (R. SINGH): International Human Rights Organization meeting was chaired byRohit Mahajan, BR Gupta and Manish Singla, in which State President Raja Julka, General Secre-

tary Ashwini Mahajan as chief guest Arrived and 2021 wasdiscussed and account was kept, New year is about to come,jointly everyone has decided that in view of the winter sea-son, blankets will be distributed to the needy families. Thework cannot be done, everyone praised this work and saidthat all of us will distribute blankets to needy families atShri Ram lila Ground on Monday, 3rd January, with the

wish to bring happiness and prosperity to all International Organization in 2022. On this occasionWomen Cell State President Rajesh Rani, Rashmi, Rohit Mahajan, Raja Julka, Manish Singla,Chairman Mohan lal, Dina nath, BR Gupta etc. were present.

Punjab govt is makingefforts to make schoolshi-tech: Joginder

R. SINGHPATHANKOT: Important efforts arebeing made by the Punjabgovernment to make thegovernment schools of the state hi-tech, under which modern facilitiesare being provided to the studentsstudying in government schoolsfrom time to time to make them timecompanions. Huh. These wordswere revealed on behalf of the MLAof Bhoa region, Joginder Pal, underthe leadership of Deputy DistrictEducation Officer, SecondaryRajeshwar Salaria, on the occasionof distributing 50 tablets to make thelibraries of 10 schools of Bhoaregion smart. He said that thePunjab government was committedto provide all facilities to thegovernment schools. He said thatthe government schools are betterthan every aspect in high leveleducation and facilities, due towhich the enrollment of studentshas increased in the governmentschools of the state as compared tothe previous times.

Jio facilitate lakhs ofdevotees at Shaheedi JorMela at its ‘Sewa Kendras’

CHANDIGARH (CS JOLLY): Reliance Jio active-ly facilitated and served lakhs of devotees who con-verged at Sri Fatehgarh Sahib for the three-day Sha-heedi Jor Mela held in the memory of youngerSahibzadas of Sri Guru Gobind Singh - Baba Zo-rawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh along with MataGujari Kaur. Jio had set up 30 special ‘Sewa kendras’

across the town to as-sist and actively en-gage with the devotees.Huge number of devo-tees thronged the Jiosewa kendras dailyseeking help and ad-vice in various aspects.Jio’s executives pro-vided various servicesto the devotees like

providing new sim connections or recharging theirexisting numbers, and resolving various sim or net-work issues, etc. The data and calling traffic on Jio’snetwork rose by 300 % during the three days, butdevotees had a very seamless experience. Jio’s engi-neers had rapidly augmented its network by settingup various Cells on wheels (COW) sites to ensure un-interrupted connectivity for the devotees there.

SHASHI PAL JAIN MOHALI, DEC 30

Victory Road March acrossChandigarh was taken out byAam Aadmi Party buoyed by ithistoric win in its debut electionsof Chandigarh Municipal Corpo-ration winning the highest num-ber of seats.

Aam Aadmi Party supremoKejriwal himself reached Chandi-garh to join the roadshow andthank the residents. Hundreds ofAam Aadmi Party supporters andworkers, led by Kulwant Singh,candidate from Mohali Assemblyconstituency, joined the victoryroad show.

Talking to the media presenton the occasion, Kulwant Singh,candidate of Mohali Assemblyconstituency said that the corpo-ration election in Chandigarh wasjust a glimpse, the Aam AadmiParty would get a thumping ma-jority in Punjab in the upcomingassembly elections. Soon afterbeing announced as the candidateby AAP for Mohali, KulwantSingh has ntensified his electioncampaign doing nukkad meet-ings, visiting villages and alsopaid obeisance at various reli-gious places before starting hiselection campaign . Kulwant

Singh was joimed by PrabhjotKaur General Secretary AAP, Ad-vocate Amardeep Kaur State VicePresident Chamber of CommercePunjab, Karamjit Sham Puri, Ra-jesh Rana, Madan Lal Balongi,Jaspal Singh, Madam Goha Mad-

majra, Councillor Gurmeet Kaur,Nambardar Harsangat Singh So-hana, Surinder Singh Mataur,Fulraj Singh State Awardee,Kuldeep Singh Samana, JaspalSingh Mataur, Karamjit Singh,Harwinder Singh, RP Sharma,

Akinder Singh Gosal, BhupinderSingh Jogi,Dheeraj Kumar Gogi,Narinder Singh, Gurmel Singh ,Narain Singh, Rajesh Kumar anda large number of Aam AadmiParty supporters were also present.

Hundreds of supporters join AAP's victory road showin Chandigarh under leadership of Kulwant Singh LK BANSAL

MOHALI, DEC 30

The residents of Sai Enclavesituated near the RailwayUnder Bridge on RandhawaRoad, Kharar has written aletter to the Executive Offi-cer of Kharar MunicipalCouncil requesting him tomake arrangements for thesupply of drinking water anddrainage of waste water fromthis colony.

In this regard Radhe Shi-am, Bihari Lal, CharanSingh, Sadhu Ram etc. havewritten in their memoran-dum that they have been liv-

ing here with their familiesfor 20 years and they havegot the maps of their housesapproved by the MunicipalCouncil. They also pay thehouse tax of the MunicipalCouncil every year but theircolony has neither drinkingwater supply nor seweragesystem. Now the waste watergets stagnated in the streetscausing mosquitoes to breed.They have demanded thatthe Municipal Councilshould immediately makearrangements for drainage ofwaste water and provideclean drinking water to theresidents.

Sai Enclave residents demanddrinking water supply and

drainage of dirty water

MCM holds cleanlinessdrive using 'Gandhi Chhadi'

CHANDIGARH: The Swachhta Committee ofMehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women,Chandigarh, in collaboration with Mahatma GandhiNational Council of Rural Education, Ministry of Ed-ucation, Government of India, organised CampusCleanliness Drive using Gandhi Chhadi under the In-novation for Waste collector initiative. The primaryaim of the drive was to promote cleanliness andwaste segregation through the use of an innovativepatented tool named as Gandhi Chhadi. Sh. H. R.Gandhar, Vice President, DAV College ManagingCommittee and Senior Governing Body Member ofthe college graced the occasion. Lauding this initia-tive, Sh. Gandhar said that such activities furtherstrengthen Gandhian ideals and motivated the stu-dents to imbibe the principles of Gandhian philoso-phy for progress of the nation. Over 50 student vol-unteers and 12 safai karamcharis participated in thedrive. Gandhi Chhadi is a waste collection tool,recognised by Ministry of Urban Development, Gov-ernment of India, that provides an efficient and hy-gienic way of collecting plastic, paper.

R. SINGHPATHANKOT, DEC 30

A special meeting was heldon behalf of Seva CommitteeMandir Ashapurni ji underthe chairmanship of Chair-man Vinod Malhotra. Givinginformation on this occasion,President Vinod Malhotrasaid that like every year, thenew year is being startedwith Mata Ashapurni Tem-ple.

A Jagran Chowki is beingorganized for the occasion.Appealing to all the residents

of the city, he said that on theoccasion of the new year,come to the courtyard ofMata Ashapurni and listen tothe offerings of the motherand start the new year withher blessings.

He told that towards thetemple committee. Famousreligious singer Vivek Maha-jan will sing the praises of Ja-gran Chowki. On this occa-sion General Secretary Kris-han Gopal Bhandari, VijayKumar Fatta, Rakesh Kumar,Ashish Malhotra, GopalSharma etc. were present.

Seva committee MandirAshapurni holds meeting Women's commission in-charge Babita Khosla

honoures widow mother of 3 daughters

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, DEC 30

District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner ApneetRiyait has directed the PunjabGovernment to abide by theprovisions of Section 144CRPC of 1973. And under theDisaster Management Act2005, new restrictions havebeen issued within the districtlimits from January 15, 2022,taking into account the serious-ness of the new variant ofCovid-19 Omicron. Under theorders, She said, those who

have not received both doses ofthe covid vaccine need to takeextra precautions.Therefore, adultswho have not yet re-ceived both doses ofthe covid vaccine willremain indoors andwill not be able to vis-it any public places,markets, places of worship andpublic transport. She said thatonly adults who have taken bothdoses will be allowed to visitpublic places like Sabzi Mandi,Dana Mandi, public transport,parks, religious places, malls,

shopping complexes, huts, localmarkets and other such places.

Or a person who does nothave a second dose due tohealth department instruc-tions will be allowed. TheDistrict Magistrate directedthat in all government, boardand corporation offices inthe district only adults (in-

cluding their employees) whohave been given doses of bothvaccines should be allowed tocome or as per the instructionsof the health department thesecond dose should be given tothe person.

ISHWAR GARGTALWANDI SABO, DEC 30

Prof. Baljinder Kaur, MLAfrom Talwandi Sabo andAAP candidate in ensuingAssembly Election contin-ues to visit the villages regu-

larly. Meanwhile, many fam-ilies in village Jajjal joinedthe Aam Aadmi Party underthe leadership of Prof.Baljinder Kaur.

Welcoming the new en-trants into the party, Prof.Baljinder Kaur said that the

credentials of leaders ofCongress and Akali Dal arewell known and the convoyof Aam Aadmi Party is in-creasing day by day. She ex-pressed confidence that AAPwill form the government inPunjab.

VERMAQADIAN, DEC 30

Widow mother of 3 daugh-ters was honoured for the re-sponsibilities played by herto take care of her threedaughters by in-charge ofWomen's Commission Babi-ta Khosla. Giving informa-tion in this regard, Vavel wifeof Rashid Masih told that herhusband Rashid Masih haddied 14 years ago and theyhave 3 daughters.

She told that while thegovernments cry out to savethe daughters and get ap-plause by giving variouskinds of inducements fortheir safety, but as far as thetruth is concerned, it is farfrom the truth because it hasbeen 14 years since her hus-band's death and she hasdone a many efforts to nour-ish her daughters, but till dateno official or governmentleader has asked them for

help. She told that today shehas been honoured by BabitaKhosla for fulfilling her re-sponsibility diligently andtaking care of her daughters.She also appealed to the gov-ernments that if the birth ofgirl child is to be encouraged,then the governments shouldmake arrangements for spe-cial facilities for girls and atthe same time help the moth-ers of poor families.

On this occasion, in-charge of the Women's Com-mission, Babita Khosla toldthat she is proud of the factthat even today many moth-

ers are nurturing theirdaughters instead of killingthem in the womb, so thatthey could reach the rightplace in life. She told thatshe is a social worker and isalways ready to help theneedy families. But today af-ter honouring this mother,she is feeling internally hap-piness because she herself isthe mother of daughters. Onthis occasion, she appealed tothe social organizations andthe administration that theyshould also come forward tobecome the support of suchMothers.

District Magistrate issues new banon new variant of Omicron

AAP will form govt in Punjab:Prof Baljinder Kaur

Chandigarh police make elaboratearrangement for new year celebrations CHANDIGARH (VANISHA): Chandigarh Police has madean elaborate arrangements on new year eve 2022 The New Yearis celebrated at various places in the city and people from neigh-boring states also come to Chandigarh ‘The City Beautiful’to cel-ebrate New Year. Keeping in view the prevailing security scenarioand enthusiasm of people regarding celebration of New Year inthe city, the proper law and order, security and traffic arrange-ments have been made by the Chandigarh Police. Chandigarh Po-lice has deployed adequate force from Police Stations, Security,intelligence and Traffic in the city by deploying force of 1800 (ap-proximately) which includes 10 GOs and 16 SHO, 24 Inspectorsand 1672 NGOs/ORs. All Hotels, Clubs, Restaurants, Communi-ty Centers, Markets, prominent places will be covered by deploy-ment of maximum police force including lady police officials. Aspecial ‘Lady Police Squad’ has been formed under the supervi-sion of 4 inspectors to assist the women/girls in the city. Further, 8PCR Vehicles with lady police officials will be deployed at 8prominent places in the city to provide pick and drop facility towomen and all possible help to them in case of need.

Jandiala's mini PHC closed,patients returned

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU: Go to the MiniPHC located on the Jubilee Road ofJandiala, from where Jandiala Gurucomes to the nearby villages of thecity to take medicines. But today thepictures of the hospital which arecaptured in the camera aredisturbing. The main gate wasclosed and there was electricity bill.In which powercom had owed Rs 4lakh 18 thousand 640 from miniPHC. Apart from this, the very badcondition of the building ofOPD. Thegenerator installed here for hospitalfacility has also become a junk. Aperson named Surjit Singh, whocame here to take medicine, toldthat he came around 11.30 but themain gate of the hospital waslocked and empty chairs were lyingoutside. SMO Mananwala Dr.Sumit Singh was talked about thismatter and he said that the hospitalshould have been open today. Hewill investigate the matter and takeaction against the responsiblepersonnel.

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, DEC 30

While commemorating thevaliant Sikhs on the martyr-dom day of Chaar Sahibza-ade, the students of theUnirise World School-Parneet Jawanda (XII), Ar-shdeep Singh (XII), KomalLekhi (XII), Jiya Joshi (XI),Himani (X) in the presenceof the school chairman, theManaging Director and theprincipal of the school felthonored to have a ren-dezvous with the SDM Ja-graon, Mr. Vikas Hira.Telling more about this,school principal Neha Rattan

said that the students feltproud to have started a seriesof talk shows with the emi-nent personalities which helpthe students train their criti-cal thinking. "This interviewwith Mr. Vikas Hira (PCS of-ficer 2016 batch) was held insuccession to the first onethat happened with theDeputy Commissioner ofLudhiana (IAS) Mr. VirenderKumar Sharma. The studentshope to have many more in-terviews like this in futuretoo," she said.

Answering to a question,Mr. Vikas Hira told that hehad started his journey asSDM Amritsar.

Students of The Unirise worldschool meet SDM Vikas Hira

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, DEC 30

Sukhbir Singh Badal and JasvirSingh Garhi declared BalwinderSingh Sandhu as candidate forAssembly Election-2022 fromRaikot Assembly constituency(Reserve). This created an at-mosphere of happiness amongthe workers of the constituency.Laddus were distributed at Shi-romani Akali Dal office, Raikotto celebrate the occasion. On thisoccasion, Balwinder SinghSandhu's brother BhupinderSingh Sandhu offered laddus tothe former. Those present in the

meeting held on the occasionwere BSP District PresidentHarbhajan Singh Dulman,Chairman Inderjit Singh Gond-wal, Chairman Amarjit SinghSehibazpura, Jathedar JaswinderSingh Sudhar, Jathedar GurmelSingh Andlu, Jathedar AmritpalSingh Happy Sivian, JathedarKulwinder Singh Bhatti, YashpalBittu Jain, Dr. Ashok Sharma,Jathedar Satpal Singh Jhorran,Bawa Chopra, Mintu Jatpura,President Hardev Singh Dhalian,Ranjha Singh Gondwal, TarsemSingh Basraun, Nachhatar SinghRaikot, Ajay Gill, PresidentSukhraj Singh Meherna, Harjit

Singh Jalaldiwal and Prem SinghJalaldiwal. Thanking the leadersof BSP alliance, the leaders saidthat the responsibility given toBalwinder Singh Sandhu bynominating him as a candidatewas commendable as he hadearned respect and love of thepeople for the last three years byserving in the constituency. Onthe occasion, Kamikkar SinghAbuwal, Gurjit Singh Akalgarh,Pawan Dhaliwal, BalwinderSingh Raja Bassian, Kan-wardeep Singh Barundi, Nam-bardar Balvir Singh Brahmpur,Jaspreet Singh Dhaliwal, AmrikSingh Bhaini etc.

Balwinder Sandhu is Akali-BSPcandidate from Raikot

No need to visit health dept office for foodsafety license, apply online: Civil Surgeon

SAS NAGAR (SHASHI PAL JAIN): The district health de-partment has once again appealed to the Food Business Op-erators (FBO) of the district that under the Food Safety Act,every FBO is required to obtain a Food Safety License orRegistration Certificate and the whole process of getting reg-istered is online. Civil Surgeon Dr Adarhspal Kaur said thatevery shopkeeper or even hawker or rehri-fari wala dealing infood and beverages must get a registration certificate or li-cense, for which there is no need to visit the Health depart-ment or Civil Surgeon office. Registration certificate or li-cense can be obtained by applying online at www.foscos.fs-sai.gov.in for which government fee is charged. She said thepurpose of making this process online is to eradicate corrup-tion but many shopkeepers or FBOs are wasting their time byvisiting the health department office for inquiries etc. She saidthat for any information regarding this, District Health Offi-cer Dr Subhash Kumar may be contacted on his Mobile No.98766 43047. Sharing important information again, the civilsurgeon said that from January 1, 2022, it is mandatory for allthe Food Business Operators (FBOs) to mention license/Reg-istration number on cash receipts, invoices and bills.

BJP sports cell will play animportant role in upcoming Punjabassembly elections: Raman GhaiDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: State Sports CellConvenor Dr. Raman Ghai hasannounced the executive committeeof BJP Sports Cell Punjab afterconsultation with State BJPPresident Ashwini Sharma. On this

occasion, Dr. Ghaitold that in SportsCell State Executive,Daya Krishan(Firozpur), SarwanAttri (Ludhiana),Sanjeev Sharma

Mani (Jalandhar) State Co-Convener, Gaurav Walia(Hoshiarpur), Jagshir Singh(Sangrur), Yajit Huria (Jalandhar),Rimpa Sharma (Mukerian), ShamSharma (Sangrur), Vipin Sharma(Jalandhar) were appointed as statevice presidents, Himanshu Sharma(Jalandhar), Sonu Arora (Amritsar),Gaurav Sharma (Hoshiarpur)Punjab secretary besides Ashok inthe executive.

HMV declared asperformer institute inARIIA rankings

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya, Jalandhar was declared as aPerformer Institute in Atal Ranking ofInstitutions on Innovation Achievements(ARIIA) rankings which wereannounced by the Ministry of Educationon 29 th December, 2021. Minister ofState, Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Ministry ofEducation, Govt. of India graced theoccasion as Chief Guest. The premierinstitute, Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya, Jalandhar was assessed onvarious parameters like innovationecosystem, entrepreneurshipdevelopment, teaching learning amongothers and was placed in the PerformerInstitute Band. Expressing her delightover HMV's phenomenal performance,Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen said:“Today, HMV is a brand of its own. Thisachievement is due to the sheer hardwork of the students, staff, facultymembers, our alumni and the vision ofthe torch bearers of this institute, ourmentors at DAVCMC New Delhi andour mentors of Local Committee. Dr.Anjana Bhatia, Dean, Innovations andResearch informed that HMVparticipated for the first time and wasplaced in the performer group. HMVhas created an excellent ecosystem forentrepreneurship by setting upInstitution Innovation Council,Incubation Centre, Start Up Centre andEntrepreneurship Development Cell.

Four day CT Seven SideFootball Tournament2021 concludes at CT Group

JALANDHAR: A four day CT SevenSide Football Tournament 2021concluded at CT Group of Institutions,South Campus, Shahpur in which 28teams from various villages and clubscompeted with each other. The finalmatch was played between KhusropurGovernment School and BRSAcademy.The team BRS Hussainbadhhas won the tournament trophy alongwith the cash prize of Rs. 11,000,followed by team Khusropur GovernmentSchool won Runners-Up trophy alongwith Rs. 5,100.The tournament wasclosed by Chief Guest Rakesh Sharma,Principal Sai Dass Anglo Sanskrit SeniorSecondary School Jalandhar.CT GroupCampus Director Dr. Rahul Malhotraalong with the presence of DeanAcademics Dr. Anupamdeep Sharma,Dr. Vaneet Thakur and Sports In-ChargeSatpal.On this occasion, CT GroupManaging Director Manbir Singh said, “Icongratulate the winning teams and alsoappreciate the sincere efforts ofparticipating teams as they have playedquite well.

Top Global Rankingmake 2021 for LPUmemorable one

JALANDHAR: Lovely ProfessionalUniversity (LPU) has always earnedheightened standing in the educationalrealms with the passage of each year.Operating inventively ever, LPU has onceagain proved over-the-top among otherseven in the unbridled year- 2021. Endingthe long wait of 100 years, LPU’s BAstudent Neeraj Chopra created history bywinning ‘Gold Medal’ at Tokyo Olympics2020; whereas, MA Public Administrationstudent Bajrang Punia won Bronze.Captained by LPU’s MBA studentManpreet Singh, the Men's Hockey teamalso brought Bronze for the country. Twoof its students, Neeraj Chopra andManpreet Singh are also awarded thehighest sports award “Khel Ratna” of thecountry. 13 out of 14 LPU students wonTokyo Olympics medals. ParalympianNishad Kumar won the silver medal.Among all Indian Universities, LPUbecame the largest contributor toOlympics-2020 where nearly 10% of theIndian participants were LPU students.Winning many ranks, awards andaccolades in 2021, LPU has beenincluded amongst the top 200 Universitiesof the world in Times Higher Education(THE) Impact Rankings- 2021, ahead ofall the participating IITs & NITs. Ministry ofEducation’s (Govt. of India) NationalInstitutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)Rankings 2021 has ranked LPU 62ndamongst all, with being 12th inArchitecture; 23rd in Pharmacy; 24th inLaw. Lately, only on 29th November 2021,MoE’s Innovation Cell has announcedLPU at 3rd position in the country for AtalRanking of Institutions on InnovationAchievements-ARIIA 2021. In the ‘WorldUniversity Rankings- 2022’ system of`Times Higher Education’, LPU is ranked8th amongst top universities of India forClinical & Health, 9th in ComputerScience, 10th in Engineering & LifeSciences and 36th overall. Thousands ofUniversities from across 99 countriesparticipated in THE rankings.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021

Battery tricycles distributed to 19 differently-abledASHOK KAURAPHAGWARA: Battery tricycles were distributed to 19 differently-abled persons in theartificial limbs/accessories distribution camp by the Social Justice and EmpowermentDepartment at Phagwara's Rest House on Thursday. Union Minister for state som Parkashalong with SDM phagwara Kulpreet singh CDPO Sushil Lata, Artificial Limbs ManufacturingCorporation of India (Alimanco) officer Ishwinder Singh besides other officials were present.Addressing the program, Minister Somprakash said that the central government iscontinuously running schemes for the facilities of the differently-abled. Minister Somprakashsaid that serving the disabled is a sacred work. He said that no differently abled personwould be deprived of battery tricycles in Hoshiarpur area. Under this episode, while givingbattery-raised tricycles to 19 Divyangs approved from MP quota at the rest house ofPhagwara on Thursday, Minister Somprakash said that many schemes are being run by thedepartment for the differently-abled.

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India registers 13,154 new COVID cases ina single day, Omicron tally rises to 961

AGENCYNEW DELHI, DEC 30

India is witnessing a major surgein COVID infections as 13,154new cases were reported in thelast 24 hours, taking the totaltally to 3,48,22,040 said theHealth Ministry data onThursday.

The active cases currentlystand at 82,402 cases, which isone per cent of the total cases,while 268 people have died inthe last 24 hours pushing thedeath toll to 4,80,860.

The tally of recoveries roseto 3,42,58,778 as 7,486 peoplerecovered from the disease in thelast 24 hours.

Delhi reported 923 freshcases, which marked a steep risefrom the 496 detected a dayearlier. The positivity rate also

jumped up to 1.29 percent.Among other cities, Mumbairegistered a huge spike,

recording 2,510 cases. Moreover,400 infections were detected inBengaluru, 540 in Kolkata and

294 in Chennai. Meanwhilecases of the new variant ofCOVID-19 Omicron has alsorisen to 961 on Thursday acrossthe country, with 263 cases inDelhi and 252 in Maharashtra.Gujarat has reported 97 cases,Rajasthan 69, and Kerala 65.

Of the 961 Omicron cases,320 have recovered and havebeen discharged.

The government has beencontinuously speeding up thevaccination drive across thecountry.

According to the bulletinissued by the Ministry onThursday, 67.64 Crore tests forCOVID-19 have been done sofar. “India has administered143.83 cr doses of COVID-19vaccine so far under the ongoingnationwide vaccination drive”Ministry data said.

KIIT does it again- topsARIIA ranking once again

BHUBANESWAR, DEC 30

It is yet another big leapforward towards self-relianceby the KIIT Deemed beUniversity that barely requiresan introduction. Or in thesequel to its usual strides atedging past many, KIIT DUhas surpassed others to emergeas no 1 among all the self-financing institutions in theAtal Ranking of Institutions onInnovation Achievements(ARIIA), 2021 for the secondtime in a row. LandmarkStrides: The Ranking wasdeclared on 29th December2021 by Dr. Subhas Sarkar,Minister of State for Education,Ministry of Education, Govt. ofIndia in the presence of Prof.Anil D. Sahasrabudhe,Chairman, AICTE; Dr. M. P.Poonia, Vice Chairman; andMr. Rakesh Ranjan, AdditionalSecretary, Technical Education,Govt. of India. ChitkaraUniversity, Chandigarh, andLovely ProfessionalUniversity, Punjab havebagged the 2nd and 3rd ranksrespectively. ARIIA is an

initiative of the Ministry ofEducation, Govt. of India tosystematically rank all majorhigher educational institutionsand universities in India onindicators related to“Innovation andE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment '' amongststudents and faculties.Dynamism Driven ByInnovations: It is no mereaccomplishment that the KIIThas been ranked No. 1 amongself-financing institutions ofthe country for twoconsecutive years. KIITDeemed to be University,recognized as an ‘Institutionof Eminence’ by the Govt. ofIndia, has achieved the topplace in this prestigious

rankings due to its innovationand entrepreneurship centers,advanced laboratories, centersof excellence, collaborationswith industries andinternational institutions.Known for its student-friendlyculture, it lays high emphasison involving students inresearch, development, andinnovation activities.Expressing his happiness, Dr.Achyuta Samanta, Founder,KIIT & KISS congratulated allthe faculty, staff, and studentsfor their efforts and dedicationto this achievement. We gotthe top position the secondtime in a row. It provesKIIT’s excellence in the fieldof research and innovation,he said.

LIC Chairman inaugurates‘LIC Digi Zone’

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, DEC 30

The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of Indiainaugurated “LIC Digi Zone” to enhance the DigitalOperations of LIC i.e. sales and services for itscustomers. It was inaugurated at the hands of LICChairperson M.R. Kumar, in the presence ofManaging Directors – Shri Raj Kumar, SiddharthaMohanty, BC Patnaik and C. Vikas Rao, ZonalManager, Western Zone and other senior officials ofthe Corporation, on 29th December 2021. With anintention to become a tech driven life insurer, LICwill offer information regarding LIC products andservices through kiosks installed in the premises.Customers can use LIC’s Digi Zone to buy policiesonline, pay premium and avail other services aswell. Soon after the inauguration, the operationwent live by walk-in customers who made digitaltransactions in the new “LIC Digi Zone”. On thisoccasion, MR Kumar said, "The launch of LIC DigiZone is a big day for our Corporation. LIC plans toundertake the next wave of digital transformation tounlock several benefits of accelerating growth,driving customer satisfaction and improvingintermediary productivity and loyalty".

IVF works to bring vaish samaj organisationsunder one umbrella: Ashok Agarwal

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, DEC 30

An urgent meeting of theInternational VaishFederation(IVF), under thechairmanship of Amrit LalBansal, organising secretaryfor the Northern India washeld, last evening atChandigarh. NationalPresident of IVF, AshokAgarwal, while presidingover the meeting hasexplained in detail regardingthe aims & objects of thefederation. He said, "It is theneed of the hour to bring allthe persons and Vaish samajorganisations working in thedifferent names under oneumbrella, so that the power ofIVF can be increased".

Ashok further said,"Agrawal Vaish Samaj isplaying an important role in

all fields of social & religiousworks. During the elections,representatives of the variousparties collects donation ofcrores of rupees from themembers of our samaj, butafter the winning of theelections, they ignore us &hesitate to give usrepresentation ingovernment, which is amatter of great concern". Onthis occasion, Mr. Agarwal

has also released a calendarfor the year 2022 publishedby the organization. TheNational working Presidentof IVF, Surendra Gupta said,"An unorganised society hasno existence, therefore, wehave to organize ourselvesfrom village level to nationallevel and work in the interestof the nation and society". Hefurther said that IVF haveplanned to give financially

support to the needy studentswho would pass thepreliminary examination tobe conducted by UnionPublic Service Commission.

Among the prominent,former Punjab governmentminister, Mr. Madan MohanMittal; Justice of Punjab &Haryana high court(Retd),R.K.Garg; Jang BahadurGoel, IAS(Retd) and famouswriter; Punjab state president,Mr. Surendra Singla; Mansadistrict president, Mr. AnkurSingla; Mohali district in-charge Mr. Pawan Singla;Chandigarh in-charge, Mr.Davinder Singh Gupta andoffice in-charge, CS MLAgrawal; Punjab andHaryana's media in-chargeMr. Sumer Garg andrepresentatives ofChandigarh were present inthe meeting.

Chairman Grewal, Captain Sandhuinaugurate development work

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, DEC 30

Market committee JagraonChairman Satinderpal SinghKaka Grewal in the presence ofCaptain Sandeep Sandhu laidfoundation stone of developmentwork. Chairman Grewal sharingdetailed information said that the4 km long road from villageChachrari to village Roomi willbe reconstructed with anexpenditure of rupees one crore.He accredited Captain SandeepSandhu saying that reconstructionof the road was being highly

demanded by 4 villages ofconstituency Dakha which hasfinally been achieved by theefforts of Sandhu. He further saidthat people will be highlybenefitted after the constructiongets accomplished. He alsomentioned that the Punjabgovernment has been carrying outdevelopment works rapidly tomake sure impartial progress ofthe entire state. At this occasion,vice Chairman Sikandar SinghBarsal, Daljeet Singh Chachrari,Ravinder Singh, Kuldeep SinghRoomi, Baljinder Kaur, JasmelSingh and others were present.

Dalit community and policeadministration face to face over

vacant space near tehsil complexKULDEEP SOOD BARNALA, DEC 30

The controversy over the parkbeing set up by the city councilin a vacant lot near the tehsilcomplex for the last severaldays came to a head when theDalit community and the policeadministration confronted eachother. Police Chief Tapa GurlalSingh and a woman Rani Kaurhas been critically injured in theincident and have been shiftedto Tehsil Complex Road PoliceStation. The communitymembers Makhan Singh,Lachhman Singh, JagwinderSingh, Kuldeep Singh,Sukhwinder Singh, Satti Singh,Jeet Singh, etc., who hadgathered on the occasion,chanted slogans against theMunicipal Council and thepolice administration. At thetime of division, this area ofabout 2 acres in which 60-70families used to throw garbageand houses were made but thecity council wanted to occupythis place by forcible cleaning,after which they hung NissanSahib on this place. After whichthey hung Nissan Sahib on this

place and were chanting GuruMaharaj when suddenly a largenumber of police arrived at theplace, removed the curtains onthe place and without anydiscussion they lathichargedthem and in anger People fromthe Dalit community also threwbricks and stones, which led tothe incidentWhile police chiefsGurlal Singh Tapa and RaniKaur were critically injured,several others were alsoreported injured. As soon as theincident came to light, a largegathering of the Dalitcommunity gathered whichangrily smashed a vehiclebelonging to the policeadministration. As soon as theincident came to light, a largegathering of the Dalitcommunity gathered whoangrily smashed a vehiclebelonging to the policeadministration. He said policefired several shots in the air todisperse him. Journalistscovering the whole affair werealso embarrassed when ajournalist's mobile phone wassnatched by the police,sparking outrage amongjournalists.

Awareness campaign forenvironmental responsibilitiesDINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, DEC 30

The Department of EnvironmentalScience, Dr. YS Parmar University ofHorticulture and Forestry under theInstitutional Development Plan(IDP) ofthe university organized a one-dayAwareness Campaign for environmentalresponsibilities which was followed by acampus cleanliness drive in which 215students took part. Prof. SK Bhardwaj,Head, Department of EnvironmentalScience said that to make the campus cleanand green there is a need to promoteenvironmentally friendly practices alongwith relevant education. He advocated theneed to have an emotional affinity towardsnature. Various activities like declamation,skit and model-making competitions wereorganized on the occasion. PriyankaSharma, B Sc Forestry bagged the firstprize in declamation contest on the themeClimate Change Mitigation throughForestry, while the skit prepared by Suraj,Ashish, Rajat, Priyanka, Darshana andSwastika on the topic- Beat Plastic

Pollution was adjudged first. The modelprepared by Rajat, Priyanka and Swastikaon the theme Urban Waste managementstood first. Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh, DistrictProgramme Officer, Regional HospitalSolan also delivered a talk on AirPollution and Human Health to thestudents. A cleanliness drive was alsoundertaken by the students of B ScForestry 4th year along with the faculty ofthe Department of Environmental Scienceand SPACE club. Dr. KK Raina, PrincipalInvestigator, IDP was the Chief Guest ofthe campaign while Dr. Jyoti Gupta ofCluster University, Mandi was the Guestof Honour. Dr. Raina encouraged thestudents about their environmentalresponsibilities and pointed out that underthe IDP, many green initiatives have beentaken to make the campus clean and greenso that quality education can be impartedto the students.

'Former MP Rajdev Singh Khalsa's BJP joiningwill be major turning point in district politics'KULDEEP SOOD /GULSHAN KUMAR BARNALA, DEC 30

Former Member ofParliament and prominentcriminal lawyer RajdevSingh Khalsa has joined theBharatiya Janata Party. InDelhi, Rajdev Singh Khalsawas inducted into the BJPby Union Minister GajenderSingh Shekhawat in chargeof Punjab BJP elections andDushyant Gautam in chargeof Punjab. Disclosing thishere today, AdvocateGulshan Kumar said thatjoining the BJP has changedall the equations, wherethere will be a major shift inthe politics of the BJP as well as in the politics of Barnala district.

KULDEEP SOOD BARNALA, DEC 30

A rally at local CivilHospital parc against therecent politically motivatedtransfer of Civil SurgeonBarnala Dr. Jasveer SinghAulakh was held at theinvitation of the CivilHospital save Committeeformed by all the farmers,laborers, employees, andrevolutionary-democraticpublic organizationsbelonging to Barnala district.This rally was carried outfrom the civil hospital to theDC demanding immediatecancellation of the transfer.Speakers included BalwantSingh Upli, Mela SinghKattu, Gurmeet Sukhpura,Jagraj Singh Talewal,Garpeet Rudeke, Khushi

Singh, Sandeep Kaur,Narain Dutt, GurmailThuliwal, Gurcharan SinghSarpanch, Pavitar SinghLali, Jagga Singh Badra andKarnail Singh Gandhi saidthat The illegal transfer ofDr. Jasveer Singh Aulakh, acivil surgeon from Barnala,who has been honored bythe government and socialorganizations for hisexcellent services, will notbe tolerated. Leaders saidthat it was the fault of Dr.Aulakh that he had acted ingood faith by taking factual

action against two politicallyinfluential doctors who hadallegedly committedirregularities in the hospital.They were reinstated onpolitical grounds and werepunished by transferring theacting doctor. LeadersAmarjit Kaur, PrempalKaur, Paramjit Kaur,Darshan Singh Ugoke,Nachhatar Singh Sahur,Gurdev Singh Mangewal,Mahima Singh Dhillon,Jagraj Rama, Sohan Singh,

Rajiv Kumar, Harjit Singhsaid that The public outcryand outrage at the rallyagainst the oppression hasshown that if the transfer ofDr. Jasvir Aulakh is notcanceled soon and thevigilance of Dr. GB Singh,who is backing them alongwith the two doctors, is notinvestigated soon, then thestruggle will be intensified.It is worthwhile mentioninghere that the accused hasbeen recently suspendedbased on an investigationreport by Dr. Jasveer SinghAulakh, Civil Surgeon,Barnala, at the request of theCivil Hospital ProtectionCommittee (CHPC) to takeaction against the allegationsof tampering with the healthof patients at the CivilHospital, Barnala.

Photo by: Kumar

Protest after rallying against illegal transfer of CS Dr. Aulakh

8BE AT WAR WITH YOUR VICES, AT PEACE WITHYOUR NEIGHBORS, AND LET EVERY NEW YEAR

FIND YOU A BETTER MAN.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

THE LIMITS OF THE POSSIBLE CAN ONLY BE DE-FINED BY GOING BEYOND THEM INTO THE IM-

POSSIBLE.

ARTHUR C. CLARKE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021

Literature & Health

Anew study hasfound that chil-dren globally

will challenge peers ifthey break the 'rules',but how they challengethem varies betweencultures.

The study has beenpublished in the 'Pro-ceedings of the NationalAcademy of SciencesJournal'. Led by theUniversity of Plymouth,UK and Freie Universi-tat Berlin, Germany, thestudy analysed the be-haviour of 376 childrenaged five to eight fromeight societies in Africa,Asia, Europe, and South

America. The childrenwere each taught to playa block sorting game -with half taught to sortthe blocks by colour,and half taught to sortthem by shape. Theywere then put into pairs,with one playing thegame and the other ob-serving. The researchshowed that observersintervened more oftenwhen the other child ap-peared to play by thewrong set of rules. Themore a child intervened,the more likely theirpartner was to changetheir behaviour. Thestudy also showed that

the type of interventionvaried - with childrenfrom rural areas usingimperative verbalprotest more than chil-dren from urban areas.The study was the firstto analyse children's be-haviour in challengingnorm violations acrosscultures worldwide, andadded to our under-standing of how normsallowed people toachieve coordinationand cooperation.

Lead author Dr Pa-tricia Kanngiesser fromthe University of Ply-mouth said, "What isnew about this study is

that we observed chil-dren's behaviours andtravelled worldwide todo so - we didn't askchildren what they in-tended to do, but meas-ured what they actuallydid in real-life social in-teractions." "It was alsoreally interesting to seethat how the childrencorrected each othervaried by location. Toour surprise, childrenfrom rural small-scalecommunities protestedas much or even morethan children from ur-ban settings. We as-sumed that, becauseeveryone knows every-

one else in small scalecommunities, direct in-terventions would beless common, as peoplecould rely on more indi-rect ways such as repu-tation to ensure compli-ance with rules. But weactually found the oppo-site to be true," sheadded. "The next step isto explore further whatmotivates children to in-tervene and how theylearn to intervene. Forexample, do they learnfrom adults or olderchildren around themhow to react to rulebreaking?" she concluded.

EDITORIAL

Falls shortAdeputy-governor of the Reserve Bank of In-

dia has recently claimed that monetary policyin India is financially inclusive by design, im-

plying that people at the bottom of the income andwealth pyramids have increasing access to formalbanking finance. The index of financial inclusion hasrisen from 49.9 in March 2019 to 53.9 in March2021. The deputy-governor has gone on to claim thatas more and more people become linked to the bank-ing system, inflation will be easier to control andoutput volatility would be reduced. When inflation-ary pressures push prices up, the RBI reacts by rais-ing interest rates. This reduces the demand for cred-it and also induces people to save more and spendless. Without financial inclusion, poor people be-come constrained by rising food prices adversely af-fecting their incomes and purchasing power. All thismight be true to a certain extent. But the claim by thedeputy-governor requires some uncluttering to re-veal the real extent of financial inclusion in India.

Financial inclusion still has a long way to go be-fore the full economic benefits can be obtained. Thisis especially true for the poor in the rural and farmsectors. Financial inclusion, whatever progress it hasmade so far, is far from being active in economictransactions. There are innumerable accounts thathave been opened but are inoperative, with a paltryminimum balance maintained in them. The bankingsector’s formalities, paperwork, procedures as wellas the attitude of officials remain overwhelming formost ordinary people. Therefore, the task to go to thebank and conduct transactions remains formidable.If it is challenging to deposit and withdraw funds —the most basic of banking operations — then one canimagine the difficulties that are encountered by thesepeople in getting credit. The regulatory requirementsare tedious — even frightening — for the ordinary,possibly illiterate, farmer, sharecropper or landlessworker, even though the idea is to make them as tightas possible to deter opportunistic behaviour at thefield level and minimize non-performing assets inthe risky business of lending to the poorest of thepoor. Despite the impressive growth of self-helpgroups and active efforts at linking these groups tobanks, the results are far from satisfactory if onewere to go beyond the mechanical statistics of thenumber of new accounts opened. To call this inclu-sive monetary policy through conscious design maybe a bit premature. Monetary policy has a long wayto go before it can provide reasonable stability tolivelihoods and incomes.

The Unheeded PageantAh, who was it coloured that littlefrock, my child, and coveredyour sweet limbswith that little redtunic? You havecome out in themorning to play inthe courtyard, totter-ing and tumbling as you run. Butwho was it coloured that little frock,my child? What is it makes youlaugh, my little life-bud?Mother smiles at you standing onthe threshold. She claps her handsand her bracelets jingle, and youdance with your bamboo stick inyour hand like a tiny little shepherd.

Rabindranath Tagore

RabindranathTagore

POEMS

Pakistan failed its counter-terrorism obligations

With the threat of terrorism becom-ing geographically dispersedaround the world, Pakistan con-

tinues being duplicitous on the use of ter-rorist groups as proxies in its geopoliticalpursuits, a new media report said. "Terror-ist groups continued to operate from Pak-istan. Groups targeting Afghanistan -- in-cluding the Afghan Taliban and affiliatedHaqqani Network, as well as groups tar-geting India, including Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) and its affiliated front organiza-tions, and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) --continued to operate from Pakistani terri-tory," the Singapore Post reported citingthe US's Country Reports on Terrorism2020.

It further reported that Pakistan madelimited progress on "the most difficult as-pects of its 2015 National Action Plan tocounter-terrorism, specifically in itspledge to dismantle all terrorist organiza-tions without delay or discrimination."

The report highlighted that Pakistan"did not take action against other knownterrorists such as JeM founder and UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar and2008 Mumbai attack "project manager"Sajid Mir", both of whom are believed toremain free in Pakistan.

Citing media reports, The SingaporePost reported that Masood Azhar had writ-ten a column "Manzil Ki Taraf" in JeM'sonline magazine Al Noor congratulatingthe Afghan Taliban for its takeover ofKabul. He had also commented that the"defeat of America means it has lost thestatus of being the superpower in theworld."

The US report also mentioned the re-lease of terrorist Omar Sheikh, accused ofmurdering journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.In December last year, the Sindh HighCourt had overturned the convictions ofOmar Sheikh and three co-conspirators forthe 2002 abduction and murder of Pearland ordered their release. The SupremeCourt of Pakistan upheld this decision of

the Sindh High Court. This incident onceagain showed Pakistan's flawed justicesystem and its impact on counter-terror-ism investigations, The Singapore Post re-ported. South-East Asia's news outlet fur-ther said Pakistan has never been sincerewhenever it assured the global communi-ty that it would perform its counter-terror-ism obligations. This Pakistani duplicity

has been on display since the 9/11 attacks.To escape the international scrutiny of itsterrorist ecosystem, Islamabad has onlyengaged in a cosmetic crackdown on thisnetwork.

This network, including terroristgroups, and madrassas were often tem-porarily shut, relocated to other places orasked to keep a low profile - which gave a

false sense to the global community of a'crackdown' and a decline in their activi-ties. In reality, these groups and networksremained intact. After a short gap, thesewere reactivated. Now, with the return ofthe Taliban in Afghanistan, these madrasasare gearing up to scale their activities, de-manding the implementation of Sharia inPakistan, The Singapore Post reported.

Reports of Saddam Husseinhiding in hole 'fabricated'

Reports that US troopscaptured former IraqiPresident Saddam Hus-

sein while he was hiding in anunderground hole were fabri-cated, an Iraqi interpreter whoworked with the US military atthe time told Sputnik.

Following Hussein's arreston December 13, 2003, thePentagon claimed that the for-mer Iraqi president was foundhiding in an eight-foot-deephole under a farm. In reality,Hussein was in a room at thetime of his arrest, was uncon-scious and did not understandwhat he was saying nor whatwas happening, according tothe interpreter, who wished toremain anonymous for safetyreasons. "After his arrest, thesituation was fabricated so thatthe American administration,headed by Bush, could get out[unscathed], so that the coali-tion he had created against Iraqwould not be defeated, so thatthe US authority would not suf-fer because of the attack on Iraqunder the pretext of havingweapons of mass destruction

and imminent threat to peace,"the interpreter said. The inter-preter stressed he wanted theworld to know that Husseinwas in the room, most likelypraying as he was wearing atraditional Arab robe, calleddishdasha, and the notion thathe was cowering in a pit at thetime of his arrest was fabricat-ed. Hussein would not havebeen able to get inside the tun-nel, as it was too narrow and thepresident was already weak atthe time, the interpreter added."I was wearing a bulletproof

vest, I took it off and was ableto forcefully squeeze myselfinto the hole, I could also getout with difficulty. Yes, therewas a hole, but the informationthat the president was arrestedthere... I'm telling you - he wasin the room, he was arrested inthe room," the interpreterstressed. It was "an ordinaryroom" with no means of com-munication, it contained only awardrobe, two beds, a radio, avoice recorder, a small TV,some clothes and shoes, ac-cording to the interpreter.

Study finds stress may lead excessivedrinking in women not men

Anew research hasfound that stressalone can drive

women to excessivedrinking. The study hasbeen published in the'Psychology of Addic-tive Behaviors Journal'.Men who experiencedthe same stress onlydrank to excess whenthey had already startedconsuming alcohol.

Though rates of al-cohol misuse are higherin men than women,women are catching up.Women also have agreater risk than men ofdeveloping alcohol-re-lated problems.

Participants con-sumed alcoholic bever-ages in a simulated barwhile experiencingstressful and non-stress-ful situations. Stress ledwomen, but not men, todrink more than intend-ed, a finding thatdemonstrated the impor-

tance of studying sexdifferences in alcoholconsumption.

"Some people canintend to have one ortwo alcoholic beveragesand stop drinking, butother people just keepgoing. This impairedcontrol over drinking isone of the earliest indi-cators of alcohol usedisorders, and we knowstress contributes toboth impaired controlover drinking and dys-regulated drinking. Therole of stress in impairedcontrol over drinking isunderstudied, especially

in women," said JuliePatock-Peckham, assis-tant research professorat ASU and lead authoron the study.

The study tookplace in a research labo-ratory designed to simu-late a bar, complete witha bartender, bar stoolsand lively conversa-tions. The participantsincluded 105 womenand 105 men. They wererandomized into differ-ent groups, with someeither experiencing astressful situation orothers a non-stressfulsituation.

Children confront peers but varies across cultures

handigarh : Orient Electric Limited, part of the diversified USD 2.4 billion CK Birla Group, is seeing a huge surge in thedemand for De’Longhi oil filled radiators in CPunjab, Delhi NCR, UP, and entire North India amid dipping temperature. Offering

a perfect combination of world-class technology, stylish design and ease of use, De’Longhi’s advanced OFR’s come with promise of providing effective and long-lasting heating. Orient Electric has a strong and continuing partnership with the De’Longhi Group since 2018, with the rights to market and service the premium brands of De’Longhi, Kenwood and Braun in India. De’Longhi brand in particular is a global market leader in coffee machines, oil filled radiators (OFRs) and other small domestic appliances. Salil Kappoor, Business Head, Home Appliances, Orient Electric Limited said, “We are continuously working to bring in category-defining, innovatively engineered appliances with superior value proposition. Our tie-up with the De’Longhi group is helping us to offer internationally acclaimed and best-in-class products to aspirational Indian consumers.We are particularly excited about the growing demand and popularity of De’Longhi OFR’s in the entire North India, which has helped us to emerge as a market leader commanding over 50% market share amongstinternational brand OFRs. This huge acceptance of De’Longhi products clearly indicates consumers’ shift to premium appliances as they seek more convenience and comfort in everyday life. We are hopeful of doing good business in the room heater category by the end of the season.” De’Longhi’s state-of-the-artOFR’s come loaded with an array of user-centric features such as Dual Thermostat for ideal room temperature and overheat safety, Patented Thermal Slots Technology for uniform heat distribution, 3-level heating system, castor wheels for easy storage and movement, and an additional fan heater for instant and powerful heating. Available with 9 fins and 12 fins body, De’Longhi OFR comes with one-year manufacturer warranty. Orient Electric has also put in place a dedicated call center and service team for providing uncompromising service to De’Longhi customers.

PAGE9HEALTH/BUSINESS

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021

CHANDIGARH/LUDHIANA: TECNO, the global premium smartphone brand, has launched another all-rounder smartphone under its most popular ‘Spark series’ portfolio, the all-new Spark 8 Pro. The smartphone is loaded with segment disruptive features such as a 33W super-fast charger, 48MP triple rear camera, Helio G85 Processor, a huge 6.8 FHD+ Dot-in-Display, and a massive 5,000 mAh battery. SPARK 8 Pro is designed to up the entertainment quotient for India’s Gen-z consumers who have a fast paced lifestyle & media consumption habits, by providing a seamless smartphone experience. Commenting on the launch, Arijeet Talapatra, CEO of TRANSSION India, said, “At TECNO, customer satisfaction has always been the heart of our product innovation. With the SPARK series, our strategy is to continue to focus on all -rounder smartphones that are equipped with industry-leading specifications at unmatched price points. The latest Spark 8 Pro has been designed keeping in mind the aspirations of the youth of India of always wanting the best of everything. Another exciting news is that an even more stylish version of SPARK Go 2021, Spark Go 2022 will be available on Amazon.in starting from 29th December 2021. We look forward to bringing in such multiple disruptive innovations in the coming year 2022, to further keep providing our consumers with best-in-class latest features.”Smartphones in the SPARK series are known for their superior camera, display, and overall smartphone experience in the affordable segment.

TECNO announces the all-new SPARK 8 Pro

handigarh: India’s leading Ayurvedic and Natural Health Care CompanyDabur India Ltd. today announced its foray into the Health CFood Drink category with the launch of ‘Dabur Vita’. It is made with a

unique blend of more than 30+ herbs Like Ashwagandha, Giloy and Brahmi, which are scientifically proven not only to provide better immunity but also to promote physical and mental growth among kids.“Built on Dabur’s legacy of quality, trust and experience of 137 years, Dabur Vita offers 2X superior benefits of growth and immunity with superiority on taste compared to others in Milk Food Drinks Category. We are witnessing a significant increase in search volumes of immunity boosting milk drinks on E-commerce and with Dabur Vita we would be able to fulfil this contemporary need of consumers. We are very delighted to launch this in collaboration with India’s homegrown e-commerce platform Flipkart and this launch further strengthens our commitment to enable each other a larger reach and scale. Dabur Vita widens our overall portfolio under health category, offering our valuable customer a diverse range to choose from,” said Dabur India Ltd Business Head E-commerce Mr. Smerth Khanna.“As per the recent research conducted by Nielsen, 88% mothers look for immunity as the most important benefit in a health drink. Considering the needs of the consumers in the post-covid era, we at Dabur India Limited have formulated this unique product and it is scientifically proven to provide superior immunity than any other health drink available in market.

Dabur enters the Health Food Drink category with ‘Dabur Vita’

he pandemic has led us to be more ensure overall wellbeing. Physical activity is crucial for your body to get and recovery and more conscious about our health. gives your body the flexibility and power to time. It helps reduce stress and increases TYet there are so many who face function seamlessly in today’s digitised world. productivity throughout the day. Ideally, an

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Orient Electric sees robust demand forDe’Longhi oil filled radiators

Hard work is the key to success: Harkewal Singhhose who work hard and with sincere dedication, they definitely get success at some point or the other. Harkewal TSingh Dhummi, the talented executive video-filmmaker from

Punjab, is no exception. In the last few years, he has established himself in the field of music-video production.

Harkewal Singh Dhummi, the executive producer , told in an interview that he had been saddened to watch the shooting of Punjabi films since childhood, which gradually turned into a passion. The family members also never hindered his work, but gave full cooperation.Harkewal Singh Dhummi told that he is a resident of village Saunti in Tehsil Amloh of district Fatehgarh Sahib. After doing plus two from the local senior secondary school, he decided to try his luck in the

music video field. For a long time Harkewal Singh Dhummi worked with experienced video producers from Punjab and learned his gurus in the production line.Born on January 1967, Harkewal Singh considers hard work as the key to success and believes in good work. Till now he has produced more than twenty five music videos which have been appreciated by the audience. Sometime back Harkewal Singh Dhummi produced the video song 'Shri Krishna Bhajan' by religious singer Rajat Bhatt and the solo video track 'Guddi Ambra Te' by singer Daljit Bali which has been released by music company H.1.Y Entertainment. He is also going to produce short films soon.

he storyline of the upcoming Supernatural drama Nayan- Jo Vekhe Unvekha on Zee Punjabi is basically about a common village girl TNayan Sharma who lives with her parents, Indar Sharma and

Madhvi Sharma along with her little sister Neelam Sharma, she possesses an ability of premonitions. The girl, Nayan is uneducated and deep-rooted in her rural culture and skilled in herbs. All the people from her village accuse and claim her to be ‘Kaali Zabaan’ instead, she is a sensitive and

caring human being who helps others, especially those about whom she sees visions and is in need. Adding the flavor of love to the story, Devansh Khurana, the male lead is

introduced who is the son of rich parents, Rajvir Khurana and Mamta Khurana. The loss of his mother at a young age fills his heart with harshness, he is a man of his words and also expects others to keep their promises and not lie. He is a well-educated and caring person having immense love for his family. Devansh is stubborn and decisions made by him are irresistible. Devansh’s family includes his step-mother Rita Khurana, who is a cunning and negative woman, always looking forward to creating misunderstanding and misleading everyone without realizing the outcome. The show’s twists and turns will complement the supernatural concept of the story. So, keep watching Zee Punjabi and don’t miss the launch of Nayan- Jo Vekhe Unvekha from 3rd January 2021 Monday to Friday at 8:30 pm.

Will Determination Help ‘Nayan’ Face the Claims of the Villagers?

Stylam Ind gets NSF Internationalcertification

ivo V23e 5G price in India and launch schedule has been tipped online. The new Vivo phone is said to come a month after the debut Vof the Vivo V23 5G and Vivo V23 Pro 5G. The Vivo V23e 5G

debuted in Thailand last month. The smartphone comes with features including triple rear cameras and a waterdrop-style display notch. It is

powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC and carries 8GB of RAM. The Vivo V23e also offers 44W fast charging support.Vivo V23e 5G price in India (expected) Vivo V23e 5G price in India will be set between Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 30,000, 91Mobiles reports citing people familiar with the matter. The smartphone is said to launch in the country as early as February — just a month after the arrival of the Vivo V23 5G and Vivo V23 Pro 5G that are set to debut on January 5. The Vivo V23e 5G was launched in

Thailand at a price of THB 12,999 (roughly Rs. 29,000) for the single 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The phone debuted in Moonlight Shadow and Sunshine Coast colours. The Thailand variant of the Vivo V23e 5G runs on Android 11 with FunTouch OS 12 on top. The phone comes with a 6.44-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) AMOLED display. It is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC, along with 8GB of RAM. For photos and videos, the Vivo V23e 5G has the triple rear camera setup that houses a 50-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 lens, along with an 8-megapixel wide-angle shooter and a 2-megapixel sensor with an f/2.4 lens.

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Aakash Institute holds “Green Bhiwani, Clean Bhiwani” tree plantation drive

Bajaj to Set Up Rs. 300-Crore EV Manufacturing Facility in Pune, to Roll Out Vehicles by June 2022

ajaj Auto on Wednesday said it will set up an electric vehicle manufacturing facility at BAkurdi in Pune with an investment of Rs.

300 crore. The facility, for which the work has already commenced, will have the capacity to produce 5,00,000 Electric Vehicles (EVs) per annum and cater to both domestic and exports markets, the company said in a release.The first vehicle from the new unit, spread over half a million square feet space, is expected to be rolled out by June 2022. The unit will employ around 800 personnel. Akurdi is the site of the original Chetak scooter factory."In 2001, Bajaj 2.0 took off on the roaring Pulsar, in 2021, Bajaj 3.0 arrived on the charming Chetak. Going forward, for the Bajaj portfolio, except for implementing one state-of-the-art ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) platform that is currently under development, all our R&D drive train resources are now laser focused on creating EV solutions for the future. This alignment reflects our belief that light electric vehicles for sustainable urban mobility is an idea whose time may finally have come," Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director of Bajaj Auto, said.

handigarh : This year, Johnnie Walker, the world’s number one scotch whisky brand, took a bold step to fill India’s most beloved social spaces with music, movement, people, and magic Cas part of its #ReVibeTheNight campaign. Through this one-of-a-kind initiative, the brand

aimed to reconnect with the community that served as a safe haven for individuals before the world was confined to in-home occasions. For #RevibeTheNight the brand has roped in India’s renowned hip-hop rap artist - DIVINE, prominent electronic music producer - Ritviz and internet sensation - Lisa Mishra, who have a history of captivating crowds with their music and voices. Through riveting

live performances across hotspots in India, #ReVibeTheNightrefueled the after-hour culture in India and created a vibe that built extraordinary and forever-lasting relationships. The nights also showcased art and fashion culture through exclusive artist setups, entertainment zones, and designer kiosks. #RevibeTheNight is being brought alive through a creative film conceptualized by Virtue Worldwide – the creative agency born from VICE Media Group. It narrates a story that has at its heart a feeling

that the audience will instantly relate to – the yearning to go back to those nights spent at the city hotspots and revere in the moments that make them so special to each individual. Commenting on the launch of the campaign, AbhishekShahabadi, Vice President & Portfolio Head, Scotch& Premium whites, Diageo India says, “For over 200 years, Johnnie Walker has been committed to pushing boundaries to move forward. Now more than ever, there is a need to take a responsible step forward and regenerate socializing. With #RevibeTheNight, Johnnie Walker inspires people to keep on walking and Revibe their after-hours as a community. We’re excited to bring together the biggest collaboration between bar communities, trending musicians and culture curators to invite people to revibe socializing spaces that have been so integral to our after-hours experience.

Johnnie Walker’s #RevibeTheNight Brings Together Musical Trailblazers to Re-Energize After-Hours

The cast of MX Player’s Campus Diaries reveal their New Year planshandigarh : Here’s how the cast of the upcoming youth drama – MX Original Series Campus Diaries plans to usher in 2022: Harsh Beniwal - Go to a New CYear's Eve destination Exploring a new location or in some cases, travelling to

the same place that is special somehow is one of the great ways to ring in the New Year. Goa is Harsh’s top pick place to spend the last week of this year. It is the perfect place to kickstart the new year with friends and family. From bohemian beach parties to spectacular nightclub events, resorts, cruises, or bars - Goa has something for everyone. Here’s a sneak peek to his character Sudheer who is the quintessential politics enthusiast, not good at academics, but gifted with people skills and organizing stuff – he’s the real janta ka banda. RitvikSahore - Reunite with old buddies :Ritvik essays the typical yaaron ka yaar as Abhilash in the web series and the two seem quite

similar in their approach. Even Ritvik would love to go out with his pals and enjoy a nice night out and later come back home to a movie night. There's nothing like spending your new year in your pajamas, conversing with your childhood pals in a leisurely, popcorn-filled movie night. Salonie Patel – Party like there is no tomorrow : For Salonie, the best way to end the year would be to party like there’s no tomorrow, meet new people and make some amazing memories. She loves dancing and would pick a party with friends, going club hopping rather than staying in.

HIWANI : In a massive tree plantation drive to make the city green, students and faculty of BAakash Institute – the country’s premier

provider of test preparatory services – planted 100 saplings, equal to the number of selection of their students in competitive exams this year from the city, at the BITS International School in Bhiwani.The fourth consecutive year of the campaign called “Green Bhiwani Clean Bhiwani” was organized to create better awareness about the importance of having a green cover for the city. Air pollution is the single largest, environment related global health risk of our time. According to the World Health Organization, nine out of ten people breathe polluted air. Approximately seven million deaths every year are attributed to bad air quality, which increases the risk of strokes, lung cancer and other cardio vascular diseases. Planting more and more trees is one solution that can help in mitigating these risks to an extent. Mr Lalit Yadav, DSP, Bhiwani graced the tree plantation drive as the Chief Guest in the presence of Mr Parmeshwar Jha, Regional Director, Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL).

Enjoy lip-smacking delicacies with Pure Flour from Europe by ITALMOPA

EW DELHI : Festivals are all about hogging on lip-smacking delicacies, and Pure Flour Nfrom Europe by ITALMOPA brings some

special delicacies for Indian foodies this New Year. Most people--regardless of their religion-- enjoy the celebration of New Year and all the delicious things to eat. The sweetness of the treats, the bright colours of the decorations. The embrace of the season's indulgences!In Europe and Italy, home of Pure Flour from Europe, New Year is a time of cold, damp weather (and warming up over something delicious), a time of shopping for special gifts (many edible), and a time of special music such as hymns, carols, and the bagpipe-playing shepherds who come down from the hills just for this time of year. The smell of fresh pasta! Could Italians, in particular, celebrate the holiday without pasta? For exquisite pasta, worthy of the time and effort you put into it: you must of course use the best flour. Italians only use Pure Flour from Europe--for the tender, sensuous, silky pasta dishes that is Italy's gift to the world.And the little treats to offer guests or have for tea, that give so much pleasure all year long are especially so at New Year. Like India, Italy has a wide array of sweet holiday treats. Here are a few, all beautiful examples of how when simple grains of wheat are transformed into pure flour, they become the basis of so many cakes, pastries, biscuits, and other sweet treats.

Chai Sutta Bar launches new outlet in Mohali

ohali: Chai Sutta Bar - a national and global beverage brand spreads the taste of Kulhad Mwith its new outlet unveiled at 3B2, Mohali

here. On the launching day, Co-founder of Chai Sutta Bar, Anubhav Dubey stated, “It was all possible because of the love that people have showered throughout our journey. We're on a mission to spread the word about our 'Kulhad Chai' and get people to try it globally & taste the aroma of India’s soil through Kulhad in their every sip" "The CSB philosophy is to give outstanding customer service and an excellent experience. Our goal is to grow CSB into a global brand dedicated to cultivating people's happiness, benefiting both individuals and society as a whole. We hope to grow enormously with our another outlet in Mohali and celebrate chai with cheers and chuski," added Anubhav Dubey. Chai's amazing blessing has left a sweet spot in their hearts who greeted the store with their welcoming warmth and shining grins. .It is imperative to mention that, the company’s uses over 3 lakhs Kulhad every day and supports more than 1500 potter families. It also employs more than 500 people from a diverse section of the society with special emphasis on weaker sections.

HIMLA :TECNO, the global premium smartphone brand, has launched another all-rounder Ssmartphone under its most popular ‘Spark series’

portfolio, the all-new Spark 8 Pro. The smartphone isloaded with segment disruptive features such asa 33Wsuper-fast charger,48MP triple rear camera, Helio G85 Processor, a huge 6.8 FHD+ Dot-in-Display, and a massive 5,000 mAh battery. SPARK 8 Pro is designed to up the entertainment quotient for India’sGen-z consumers who have a fast paced lifestyle & media consumption habits, by providing a seamless smartphone experience. Commenting on the launch, Arijeet Talapatra, CEO of TRANSSION India, said, “At TECNO, customer satisfaction has always been the heart of our product innovation.With the SPARK series, our strategy is to continue to focus on all -rounder smartphones that are equipped with industry-leading specifications at unmatched price points. The latest Spark 8 Pro has been designed keeping in mind the aspirations of the youth of India of always wanting the best of everything.Another exciting news is that an even more stylish version of SPARK Go 2021, Spark Go 2022 will be available on Amazon.in starting from 29th December 2021.

Ring in the New Year with Hotel KLG Starlite

handigarh: Don’t miss the opportunity to ring in the New Year dancing, singing, eating, Cdrinking and making merry with KLG Starlite.

In order to ensure that omicron does not dampen New Year eve celebrations, Hotel KLG Starlite has taken all safety measures in tune with standard protocols. KLG Starlite will be holding the New Year events at its restaurant and COEN the hotel's all day cafe & bar. “Without compromising with safety norms, we are geared up to offer the best of ambience to tricity denizens to ring in New Year with memorable moments,” said Sandeep, Front Desk Manager, Hotel KLG Starlite. “Along with a lively DJ , we are offering a gala dinner with unlimited drinks and snacks at affordable costs." He said.

iaomi 11i HyperCharge price in India has been teased in a media interview ahead of Xthe official launch. The new Xiaomi phone is

claimed to be the fastest charging smartphone in the country, thanks to its 120W charging support. Previous teasers released by the company also confirmed that the Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge will come with features including a 120Hz refresh rate display and MediaTek Dimensity 920 SoC. The smartphone is speculated to be a rebranded Redmi Note 11 Pro+ that was unveiled in China earlier this year. India Today reports Xiaomi India Chief Business Officer Raghu Reddy said in an interview that the Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge will be priced between Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 30,000.The reported pricing of the Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge aligns with that of the Redmi Note 11 Pro+. The smartphone was launched in China in October with a starting price of CNY 1,899 (roughly Rs. 22,200) for the base 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. It also debuted in an 8GB + 128GB model at CNY 2,099 (roughly Rs. 24,600) and an 8GB + 256GB option at CNY 2,299 (roughly Rs. 26,900).Exact details on which configurations of the Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge will be available in India and at what prices are yet to be revealed.Through an updated microsite, Xiaomi has confirmed that the Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge will come in three different colour options, namely Camo Green, Pacific Pearl, and Stealth Black. The company also previously teased the Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge specifications that will include a 120Hz full-HD+ AMOLED display with 1200 nits of peak brightness and will be equipped with Dolby Atmos support.

Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge Price in India Teased Ahead of January 6 Launch

URUGRAM : TBO TEK, a leading global travel distribution platform, is the second Glargest seller of full service airlines in

India (Source: PGA Labs Report, IATA). It has a proven global playbook operating in 100+ countries and 56 currencies. The platform operates in 11 languages.TBO TEK Limited (TBO TEK or TBO) plans to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO) aggregating up to Rs. 2,100 crore comprising a fresh issue of equity shares (face value of Re. 1) aggregating up to Rs. 900 crore; and an Offer for Sale (OFS) aggregating up to Rs. 1,200 crore; by the promoter selling shareholder and investor selling shareholders. The promoters include Ankush Nijhawan, Gaurav Bhatnagar, Lap Travel Private Limited and Manish Dhingra.TBO TEK simplifies the business of travel for suppliers such as hotels, airlines, car rentals, transfers, cruises, insurance, rail and others (collectively, “Suppliers”); and buyers that include retail buyers such as travel agencies and independent travel advisors (“Retail Buyers”). Its enterprise buyers include tour operators, travel management companies, online travel companies, super-apps and loyalty apps (“Enterprise Buyers”, together with Retail Buyers, “Buyers”). TBO’s two-sided technology platform enables Suppliers and Buyers to transact seamlessly with each other. It operates at the nucleus of the global travel and tourism market that stood at US$9.2 trillion in 2019, aggregating supply and demand and connecting Suppliers to Buyers and vice-versa.

TBO TEK Limited files DRHP for an IPO of up to Rs. 2,100 crore

Novotel Hotel gears up to host New Year’s Bashhandigarh: Say Hello to 2022 - with a dazzling celebration at Novotel Hotel Chandigarh Tribune Chowk , which is hosting one of the grandest New Year parties in the tricity on 31st December, CFriday. The dazzling celebration features a sensational musical performance by renowned Punjabi

singer, Gurnazar Chattha with DJ Aabi at the Grand Ballroom of Novotel Hotel. To make the New Year’s bash perfect– the hotel is offering an array of zesty starters coupled with mocktails and cocktails. All protocols to keep omicron at bay have been taken to offer a completely safe environment to guests. The Gurnazar performance will be held at the Grand Ballroom while Novotel's classy Food Exchange restaurant will also host a fabulous party. Commenting on the preparations, Ashish Battoo, General Manager of Novotel Hotel said, “Since it's the first year of the Novotel Hotel in Chandigarh - we are working hectically to make the New Year’s party memorable for our guests . To make the celebration different we have organized special musical performances, DJ Party and more. Our Executive Chef, Tikka Manpreet has also curated a lip-smacking cuisine for our guests on the eve of New Year.”

handigarh: Broad-range laminates products leader, Stylam Industries Chas got prestigious NSF

International certification. NSF International is an American non-profit organization which aims to test, inspect, and certify products and their quality. It promotes public health by bringing some robust safety and sanitization standards into the regulation. Manav Gupta, Director of company said that we have also obtained SARS-COV-2 test report from National Forensic Sciences University, ICMR and compliant antibacterial and anti-virus test report from Biotech Testing Services, Mumbai. He further said that being Asia's largest laminate manufacturing company, we are proud of making our products world-renowned and safe for use. Stylam Industries adheres to the applicable requirements for products and quality assurance. Tested by Biotech Testing Services and National Forensic Sciences University, our products have been found to be 99.9% resistant to viruses and bacteria and provide broad-spectrum antimicrobial protection to the surfaces. Stylam ensures the safety and hygiene of its laminates product, asserted Manav.

Haier’s New Convection Microwave Oven launched

CHANDIGARH :Haier, the world's leading manufacturer of home appliances and consumer electronics, and the world's number one brand in major appliances for the past 12 years*today announced the launch of its new Convection Microwave Oven, especially designed for contemporary Indian kitchens, in a compact and versatile design. A perfect blend of technology and aesthetics, the microwave oven comes with a red handle on an all-black finish body and a digital display that would complement the interiors of modern kitchens.With consumers shifting their focus to healthy and in-home cooking, Haier’s innovative technology allows them to experiment with unique features such as paneer/ghee/curd function and

‘tadka’ and curry cooking options.With a 99 mins cooking timer and multi-stage cooking option, users get better control of preparing their favorite slow-cooking recipes to perfection. Furthermore, the new oven also ensures proper hygiene with features like steam cleaning and deodorizer.What can be a better way to celebrate with your loved ones and make the festive season extra special! Commenting on the launch, Mr. Eric Braganza, President, Haier Appliances, India said,“At Haier, we always aim to introduce

innovations that are inspired by what our consumers are looking for.The post-pandemic era has seen a rise in people’s preference for healthy, home-cooked food. Catering to our consumers’ preferences and an Indian palate, our new 23L convection microwave bringsusers the option to choose from several auto-cook menus, opt for healthy oil-free cooking, and indulge in culinary experiments.”The new microwave oven is ideal for urban and contemporary households, with 203 auto-cook menus, multi-stage cooking options, and four combination functions. It comes equipped with features like stainless steel cavity, oil-free cooking option, deodorizer, 99-minute cooking timer, bread basket, defrost by time and weight, multi-power level, and child lock, which makes it a unique offering in its segment.Haier’s new microwave oven will be available for INR 17,000 with three years warranty on Megatron.

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Re-construction ofcanals will providewater at the tail-end

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: The concrete lining of canals(Rs 9 crore project) in Abohar subdivisionis nearing completion. The water supplyto canals was shut on November 22 totake up the re-modelling works. DeputyCommissioner Babita Kaler said,“Agriculture in Abohar subdivision isentirely based on canal water.Underground water is considered unfit forcrops here. Two phases have alreadybeen completed and work on the thirdphase is under way.” Water ResourcesDepartment executive engineer (XEN)Ramanjit Singh said Malukpura canalwas being paved from burji number95,500 to 1,15,500. Similarly, Daulatpuraminor (sub canal) from burji number 0 to20,000 has been reconstructed.Gidderanwali minor has been remodelledfrom burji number 0 to 11,546 andJandwala minor from burji number 11,625to 19,500. Besides the work onremodelling of Ramsara canal was alsobeing carried out. Instead of paving thecanals with bricks, concrete was beingused. Water would be released soon afterthe completion of works. Jagdev SinghBrar, a progressive farmer of Daulatpuravillage, said six sub canals werereconstructed using modern technologylast year for which the state governmenthad sanctioned Rs 25 crore. Balbir Singhof Danewala Satkosi village said most ofthe sub canals were constructed duringthe tenure of Balram Jakhar. Aboharcanal was last strengthened when BeantSingh was the Chief Minister.

Chaudhary lays foundationstones of developmentprojects worth Rs 92 lakhs

ASHOK KAURAPHILLAUR: Continuing the rapid pace ofdevelopment in Phillaur assemblyconstituency, Jalandhar Member ofParliament Santokh Singh Chaudharyand former Punjab Youth Congresspresident and constituency in chargeVikramjit Singh Chaudhary laidfoundation stones of developmentprojects worth Rs 92 lakhs in Garha,Nagar, Raipur Araiyan, Khanpur, BharSingh Pura, and Chhokran villages hereon Thursday. These works, to becompleted under Punjab NirmanProgramme, include construction ofstreets and floor of Ravidas dharamshalain Chhokran at Rs 10 lakhs, building ofRavidas dharamshala and streets in BharSingh Pura at Rs 14 lakhs, constructionof streets and installation of RO waterpurification system in Garha at Rs 23lakhs, installation of solar street lights andconstruction of streets and crematorium’sboundary wall in Khanpur at Rs 9 lakhs,building of streets in Nagar at Rs 16lakhs, and construction of streets andwall in Raipur Araian at Rs 20 lakhs.Addressing gatherings on theseoccasions, MP Chaudhary appreciatedthe steps taken by the Congressgovernment for the welfare of the peopleof Punjab. “Even today, Chief MinisterCharanjit Channi ji has announced amajor increase in wages of Asha workersand mid-day meal workers. Aahaworkers would now get a monthlyallowance of Rs 2,500, and mid-daymeal workers would receive Rs 3,000per month. Moreover, the workers wouldget these benefits for the whole yearinstead of the current practice of 10months only,” he said.

AAP announces 96candidates for 2022Assembly polls so farCHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has released the sixth list withthe names of 8 more candidates for2022 General Assembly elections inPunjab. This brings the total number ofcandidates announced by AAP to 96 sofar. According to the list signed by partypresident and MP Bhagwant Mann andin-charge of Punjab affairs and MLAJarnail Singh at the party headquarterson Thursday, Adv. Amarpal Singh fromSri Hargobindpur Assemblyconstituency has been declared ascandidate while Dr. Jasbir Singh fromAmritsar North, Jeevanjot Kaur fromAmritsar East, Gurinder Singh 'Garry'Birring from Amloh, Narinder Pal SinghSawna from Fazilka, Preetpal Sharmafrom Gidderbaha, Sukhvir MaiserKhana from Maur and Dr. Mohd. Zamil-Ur-Rehman from Malerkotlaconstituency has been fielded.

Guv congratulates Chaudhary Charan Singh for securityfirst postition in ARIIACHANDIGARH: Governor-Chancellor Bandaru Dattatraya has congratulated Chaudhary Charan SinghHaryana Agricultural University, Hisar, for securing the first position in the Atal Ranking of Institutions onInnovation and Achievements across the country. “Teachers, students, scientists and all other staffmembers deserve kudos. Special thanks to Vice Chancellor Prof BR Kamboj,” said Dattatraya. Dattatrayasaid that the university is making a significant contribution in giving a big boost to food security, which isvery commendable. He said that for the second time in a row, the Haryana Agricultural University hasestablished its identity at the national and international level by securing the number one ranking, which isa matter of pride for the state. Dattatraya said the university has touched new heights by developing an e-tractor and paddle operated maize shelling machine. The credit of these achievements goes to the effortstowards promoting innovation, startups and entrepreneurship on the campus.

NEWSSukhbir Badal mobilizessupport by conducting

roadshow in favor of Chawla

JASPOONAM KOHLIDINANAGAR, DEC 30

Shiromani Akali Dal PresidentSukhbir Singh Badaladdressed election rallies inDinanagar and its variousvillages Pandori Dham,Kalichpur, Jharauli, Sultani infavour of Akali-BSP candidateKamaljit Chawla fromDinanagar. On this occasionS.Sukhbir Badal said that theAkali workers vented theiranger and called upon them toleave factionalism and workunitedly for the victory of thealliance's candidate KamaljitChawla. Lashing out at theCongress, Sukhbir Badal saidthat no work was done in thename of development inDinanagar assemblyconstituency.Targeting thepresent Congress government,Sukhbir Badal said that duringthe time of the ruling

Congress, NREGA was riggedon a large scale. As soon as theShiromani Akali Dalgovernment is formed, it willbe investigated on a largescale.The false casesregistered against the Akaliworkers will be canceled byimposing a commission andaction will also be takenagainst the police personnelwho have registered these falsecases.Sukhbir said that the lawand order situation in Punjabhas collapsed to such an extentthat even the house of an MPfrom Amritsar could notescape from the robbers.Sukhbir Badal said that he willneither give any guarantee nortake any oath as ShiromaniAkali Dal has done what it istold.He promised that afterwinning, he will do SangatDarshan program in Dinanagarassembly constituency withintwo months.

Excise department busts gang smuggling250 cases of illegal liquor into Punjab

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, DEC 30

In a drive to check illegalsmuggling and distribution ofliquor in wake of forthcomingVidhan Sabha elections in Punjab,a gang involved in illegalsmuggling of liquor fromneighbouring states of Chandigarhand Haryana was busted. Givingthe details, Sh.Naresh Dubey Jt.Excise Commissioner, Punjabinformed that Under the guidanceof Sh. Rajat Agarwal ExciseCommissioner and undersupervision of Sh. Naresh Dubey,Joint Commissioner (Excise) andSh .Rajpal singh DeputyCommissioner (Excise) PatialaRange, and Sh Vivek Sheel SoniS.S.P. Roopnagar , Excisedepartment Punjab and PunjabPolice has once again tightened thenoose on persons involved insmuggling of liquor. Incoordinated efforts of SpecialOperations Group of ExciseDepartment, Ropar Excise staffand District Police Roopnagar, agang involved in illegal smugglingof liquor from neighbouring statesof Chandigarh and Haryana was

busted. A truck no. PB30K2561laden with 250 cases (3000 btls) ofillegally smuggled liquor of 999brand meant for sale inChandigarh was apprehended atMorinda in District Roopnagar forwhich the accused could notproduce any valid documents. Twoaccused, Manpreet singh S/OCharan singh R/O Village Kandyal,Dharamkot,Distt Moga and Premsingh R/O Tarn taran presently

residing in Moga were arrested onspot .The accused have confessedto ferrying smuggled liquor fromChandigarh into Punjab multipletimes and used to supply it to theorganized bootlegger network inDistrict Moga.

The consignment of liquor hasbeen brought from a vend inChandigarh and was beingtransported to Moga. F.I.R NO 159dt 30-12-21 u/s 61-1-14,78(2) P.S.

Morinda Dist S.A.S. Roopnagar isregistered against the accused.

Excise Commissioner, PunjabSh.Rajat Agarwal, said that inview of forthcoming Vidhan Sabhaelections the Excise Departmenthas been following zero tolerancepolicy as far as smuggling ofliquor or any illegal activityrelating to Excise is concerned andnobody would be spared andaction would be taken as per law.Entire chain of forward andbackward linkages leading todisclosure of the main suppliersand recipient of smuggled liquor isbeing pursued expeditiously.During the investigation if anyliquor contractor is involved in thisracket, strict action under lawwould be initiated against him. Hefurther reiterated that ahead of theupcoming assembly polls inPunjab,The department hasstepped up the vigil in all districtsof state.Special patrolling andnakabandi is being done at theinterstate borders and smugglingprone areas.The department ofExcise and Taxation has alreadystarted toll free no.98759 61126for receiving complaints fromaware citizens.

RANVIR PRASHARKAITHAL, DEC 30

Reflector tapes were installedon about 300 tractor-trolleysat the cane yard of thecooperative sugar millKaithal on Thursday with theaim of curbing accidentsduring foggy season.Secretary Regional TransportAuthority and DistrictTransport Officer SatyawanSingh Mann and ManagingDirector of Sugar MillSatindra Sivach inauguratedthe program by applying tapeon vehicles. On this occasion,Satyawan Singh Mann saidthat all drivers should drivetheir vehicles slowly andfollow traffic rules whiletaking precautions during fogseason. He said that thedrivers should use the foglights and dippers of theirvehicles and in case ofbreakdown of their vehicle atnight and in any other

situation, they should notpark their vehicle on the sideof the road but in an emptyspace so that in case of anyaccident. Satindra Sivach,managing director of the mill,said that the tractor trolleycarrying sugarcane to the millshould be loaded as per thecapacity and ensure that yourvehicle has white front,yellow side and red tape onthe back while following

traffic rules. He said that infact vehicles are not oftenseen on the road at nightwhich increases the chancesof accidents. If a bright tapeis attached to the front andback of the vehicle with thenumber plate, then at nightwhen the headlights comeon, the tape will glow and itwill be felt that a vehicle isstanding in front and thedriver will also be alerted.

Therefore, the departmenthas made it mandatory toinstall retro reflective glossytape in all vehicles includingauto rickshaws, e-rickshaws,tricycles and tractor trolleys.The Managing Director saidthat the Department ofTransport has been makingcommendable contributionin the protection of life andproperty of the farmers andthey have provided RTA forthis campaign. He expressedspecial gratitude toSatyawan Mann. Alsopresent on the occasion wereAssistant SecretaryRegional Transport OfficerSheeshpal, Mill ChiefEngineer AA Siddiqui,Chief Chemist KamalkantTiwari, Sugarcane ManagerRampal Singh, SugarcaneMarketing Officer, DeshrajSingh, Staff DirectorShamsher Singh, RameshKumar, Ramphal Sharmaand Dharmapal.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, DEC 30

Hardeep Rana, the founder of ManavataJan Shakti Foundation, said that it is veryimportant to honor the people whoparticipate in social work. The gestureincreases their morale and theirresponsibility towards society and theywork for human welfare by taking moreinterest in social work than before. In thisconnection, Satish Panchal, a socialworker, was honored by giving amemento and was also garlanded for theexcellent works done by Manavata JanShakti Foundation for the welfare ofhumanity in the society. Addressing theoffice-bearers on the occasion, HardeepRana said that Satish Panchal is workingto serve the needy by donating blood. He

informed that Satish Panchal has donatedblood for the 94th time till now. He startedthe practice of donating blood from theyear 1992 which is continuously workingto save the lives of the people byparticipating in this noble cause till 2021.Blood donation is a great donation, andwe should donate blood by participatingin blood donation camps like SatishPanchal does. Satish Panchal said that theyouth should come forward for blooddonation. This does not cause anyweakness in the body but keeps the bodyhealthy. He appealed to the people toparticipate in maximum number anddonate blood. On this occasion, SatishPanchal, Shubham Gupta, Vivek Mann,Gulab Poswal, Salja Gupta, KrishnaGupta, Harjeet, Aruna, Seema, DeepakGoyal and Tanvi Goyal were present.

Satish Panchal honoured fordonating blood 94 times

Drive against road mishaps: Reflectortapes applied on 300 tractor-trolleys

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, DEC 30

Regarding the Swachh survey 2022,corporation commissioner Dr. KarnalMunicipal Corporation under theleadership of Manoj Kumar isemphasising on various activities, sothat it can be included in the topranking of Swachh survey. In themidst of these activities, the MunicipalCorporation, in collaboration withRadio Orange, organised acompetition for the children in theMount Litera School of the city.Around 200 children participated inthe competition on topics like plasticwaste, segregation of wet and drywaste and clean survey 2022. The bestchildren will be honoured by givingprizes on behalf of the MunicipalCorporation next week. DeputyCorporation Commissioner DheerajKumar informed in this regard that inthe Swachh Survey 2022, activities are

being carried out on behalf of theMunicipal Corporation regardinghygiene and proper disposal ofgarbage. By involving children inthese activities, they are being madeaware of the importance of hygiene.This is the thinking behind thiscompetition. He informed that evenbefore this, such competitions havebeen held in schools. Ward 9 of theMunicipal Corporation became a self-

reliant ward- He informed that WardNo. 9 of the city has been made a self-reliant ward to be 100 per cent insanitation and waste disposal. Theimportant thing is that the citizens ofthis ward are taking good interest indisposal of wet and dry waste.Compost pits have been made fordisposal of such waste. Garbage tippersare disposing of wet waste by taking itdirectly to the compost pit.

MC appoints 13 new Swachhbrand ambassadors

BJP Pathankot organizes meeting

R. SINGHPATHANKOT, DEC 30

A meeting of the BharatiyaJanata Party Pathankotassembly constituency washeld under the chairmanshipof Naresh Vadera, in-chargeof the assembly constituencyand vice-president of thedistrict Pathankot BJP. In-charge of the assemblyconstituency and Districtvice-president Naresh Vaderaand District GeneralSecretary Suresh Sharmasaid that there is alreadyenthusiasm among theworkers to participate in therally of 5th January, but to

convert that enthusiasm intoreality, all the three mandalheads have to motivate theworkers along with theirteam to reach there PrimeMinister Narinder ModiComing to inaugurate PGI'ssatellite center in Ferozepuron 5th January, this is agovernment program, butwhoever wants to listen totheir prime minister, they cango there, assembly electionsare on the head, all mandalheads will hold meetings intheir respective areas. Makea list of going workers Atleast 35 buses should go fromPathankot assemblyconstituency Every

divisional head of his areaOne arrangement forcarrying buses Head onetransport In charge, he mustmake a langar in-charge sothat the going workers do notface any kind of problem andall the details should be givenin the next meeting. On thisoccasion District GeneralSecretary Suresh Sharma,District Vice PresidentRamesh Sharma, MeenaTarnach, Press SecretaryPradeep Raina, ArunMahajan, Praduman Singh ,Binda Saini, Mandeep Arora,Vuneet Bhagat, MahilaMorcha President Poonametc. were present.

CBM opposes increase of GST onfabrics and ready made garmentsVANISHACHANDIGARH, DEC 30

A meeting of GST CoordinationCommittee of Chandigarh BeoparMandal was held in which membersopposed the increase of GST from 5%to 12% on Fabrics, ReadymadeGarments and Foot wears up to thevalue of Rs.1000. Ram Karan Gupta,Chairman, GST CoordinationCommittee, CBM said that tradersdealing in the Readymade Garments,Foot Wears and Fabrics areapprehensive of further slowing ofbusiness after such increase Charanjiv

Singh, President, CBM said that aletter has been sent to the NirmalaSitaraman, Finance Minister of Indiaurging him to defer notification in theGST Council meeting as increasedprices of these items will disturb thebudget of middle class who are alreadysuffering because of high inflation.Diwakar Sahoonja, Patron, CBM saidthat with the fear of Corona third wavelooming large the restricted shoppinghours or lockdown will further makeviability of running businessesimpossible especially for tradersdealing in above products due toreduced margins and slowdowns.

Mahamayi always bless devoteeson 31st December: Ankur Bedi

R. SINGHPATHANKOT, DEC 30

In the village Lahdi Babia falling underarea Bhoa, flag worship was done onbehalf of the New Youth Club under thechairmanship of Lalit Bedi and VicePresident Vikram Salgotra, in whichespecially the Sarpanch of the villageRano Devi, General Secretary of theNew Youth Club, Ankur Bedi and thesociety Servant Master Subhash waspresent. On this occasion, clubmembers chanted mantras with fullmethod and worshiped the flag.

General Secretary Ankur Bedi told thatevery year Mahamai's awakening isdone on 31st December, in which theunbroken flame of Mahamai will be

brought from mother Jwala ji on behalfof the club and Punjabi singer DesaPathankotaya will praise Mahamai'sawakening on this occasion. MasterSubhash said that there was a lot ofenthusiasm among the youth that theyworshiped the flag with great pomp. Onthis occasion Gurmeet Singh, SunnyChoudhary, Vikramjit Singh, LoveBedi, Sunil Kumar, Sahil Abrol, VirbalMehra, Vijay Kumar, Alish Mehra,Ranjit Singh, Om Hari, Vineet Kumar,Sunil Kumar, Kris Bedi, Rohit Kumar,Ram Das, Kamal Kumar, Akash Kumar,Sagar Kumar etc. were present.

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Have got pretty good faithin Hazlewood: GeorgeBailey on Australia'sbowling attackMELBOURNE: Australia chief se-lector George Bailey praised JoshHazlewood and said that the se-lection will not hold the pacer backfrom the fourth Ashes Test if thelatter is fit.Australia have already retainedthe Ashes after gaining an unas-sailable 3-0 lead in the five-matchseries. The fourth Test will beginon January 5.The selection panel have to makesome tough decisions ahead ofthe fourth Ashes Test as they haveto choose between five in-formpacers."I’ve got pretty good faith in Hoffknowing his own body and trustinghis own body. He’ll build up as hewould before any sort of Test. He’lltalk a lot with [assistant] AndrewMcDonald and [physio] DavidBeakley to see how he’s going. IfHoff’s confident and he says he’sright to go I think we back him in.He’s earned that trust," said Ge-oge Bailey as reported by ESPN-cricinfo.

Ashes: Matchreferee David Boontests positive forCOVID-19MELBOURNE: InternationalCricket Council (ICC) match refer-ee David Boon has tested positivefor COVID-19 and will be missingthe fourth Ashes Test.Australia and England will be lock-ing horns on January 5 at the Syd-ney Cricket Ground (SCG).Steve Bernard, a member of theInternational Panel of ICC Refer-ees, will take over as match refer-ee for the fourth Ashes Testmatch, starting on January 5 at theSCG. "It is anticipated that DavidBoon will return to the role for thefifth Test in Hobart, starting onJanuary 14. He is asymptomaticand fully vaccinated, includinghaving a booster," Cricket Aus-tralia statement read."Boon will remain in Melbourneand in line with Victorian StateGovernment Health guidelines willcontinue quarantining for 10 days,"the statement read further.

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India beat South Africa by 113 runsto register historic win in Centurion

AGENCYCENTURION, DEC 30

Visitors wasted no time after the lunchbreak to bowl out hosts for 191 to regis-ter a 113-run win and also won their firstTest ever here at the SuperSport Park,Centurion on Thursday to take a 1-0 leadin 3-match Test series.

Resuming the post-lunch session at182/7 Mohammed Shami dismisseddebutant Marco Jansen caught behind bywicket-keeper Rishabh Pant for just 13.Shami got his third wicket in the secondinnings and his eighth wicket overall inthe match.

In the very next over RavichandranAshwin dismissed tailenders KagisoRabada and Lungi Ngidi to wrap up the

Proteas for a paltry 191 and guide Indiato their first-ever win at Centurion. Thisis Virat Kohli's second Test win in SouthAfrica the first one came in Johannes-burg in 2018.

Earlier in the day, the South Africanteam started at 94 for 4 and the teamreached the triple-figure mark with skip-per Dean Elgar hitting a boundary in thefifth ball of the day to Mohammed Sha-mi. In the 46th over of the South Africaninnings, Shami dropped a caught andbowled chance of well set Dean Elgar on63.

The Protea captain Elgar punishedIndian pacers Shami and Jasprit Bumrahfrom there on hitting three boundaries.But India finally got the big wicket asBumrah dismissed Elgar leg before the

wicket for 77. Dean Elgar was Bumrah'sthird wicket in 2nd innings and SouthAfrica's fifth wicket with a score of only130. After the fall of Elgar's wicket Quin-ton de Kock walked in and along withTemba Bavuma took the hosts total pastthe 150-run mark. The partnership couldnot last long as Mohammed Siraj got theprized scalp of de Kock. The southpawinside-edged Siraj's delivery onto thestumps. In the next over Shami was in-troduced into the attack and the pacerdismissed Wiaan Mulder for just 1 as In-dia inched closer to victory. Post lunch itwas a mere formality for Virat Kohli ledside as they registered a convincing 113run victory to help India win their firstTest in Centurion and also take a 1-0 leadin 3-match series.

Jay Shah, Ravi Shastri hail TeamIndia for 'fabulous victory'NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary JayShah on Thursday congratulated the Virat Kohli-led team for a "fabulous victory"over South Africa in the first Test.India wasted no time after the lunch break to bowl out hosts for 191 to register a113-run win. The visitors also won their first Test ever here at the SuperSportPark, Centurion to take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match Test series."Congratulations to #TeamIndia on a fabulous victory at Centurion despite a daybeing washed out due to rain. 2021 has been a phenomenal year with many fa-mous away Test wins in Brisbane, Lord’s, and The Oval," Jay Shah tweeted.Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri also lauded the side for becomingthe first Asian nation to win in Centurion. "Wohoo Brisbane, Oval, Lord’s andnow Centurion...Congratulations @imVkohli, Rahul Dravid and the entire contin-gent on becoming the first Asian nation to win at Centurion," Shastri tweeted.

AGENCYWELLINGTON, DEC 30

New Zealand's veteran batsman Ross Taylorwill retire from the international cricket, theKiwi batter confirmed on Thursday.

The upcoming series against Bangladeshwill be his last in the Test whites, before bow-ing out in the ODIs against Australia andNetherlands later this summer.

"Today I'm announcing my retirementfrom international cricket at the conclusion ofthe home summer, two more tests againstBangladesh, and six ODI’s against Australiaand the Netherlands. Thank you for 17 yearsof incredible support. It’s been an honour torepresent my country," Taylor tweeted.

Speaking about his decision to bid adieuto the international cricket, he said: "It's beenan amazing journey and I feel incredibly for-tunate to have represented my country for aslong as I have.

"It’s been such a privilege to play withand against some of the greats of the gameand to have created so many memories andfriendships along the way," he added.

"But all good things must come to an end

and the timing feels right for me."There will be plenty of time for more

thank-yous and reflections later in the sea-son - but for now I want all my energy andfocus to be on preparing and performing forthe Black Caps this summer," Taylor signedoff. The 37-year-old batsman representedhis nation in 110 Test, 233 ODIs and 102T20I.

Ross Taylor confirms retirementfrom international cricket

AGENCYCALIFORNIA, DEC 30

Indian javelin star NeerajChopra expressed that he feltoverwhelmed after winninggold at Tokyo Olympics 2020and fulfilling legendary athleteMilkha Singh's wish to see In-dia bringing the biggest laurelback at the mega event in trackand field event.

The 24-year-old is in Cali-fornia, US, preparing for the 2022 WorldAthletics Championships, Common-wealth Games and Asian Games.

"It was an overwhelming experienceof fulfiling the wish of legendary athleteMilkha Singh, who has inspired so manypeople of this country. He has made ourcountry proud on so many occasions andit's really important to remember him atsuch a big event," said Neeraj Choprawhile replying to ANI query during avirtual press conference.

"It was his dream to see an Indian

athlete winning gold at the Olympics. Iremembered his words at that momentand I wished that he should have beenwith us to see his dream coming true,"he added.

Milkha represented India at the 1956Olympics in Melbourne, the 1960Olympics in Rome, and the 1964Olympics in Tokyo. He was the first In-dian athlete to claim a gold medal in theindividual athletics category at the Com-monwealth Games before the sprinter'srecord was broken in 2010.

Talking about the upcom-ing generation, Neeraj saidthat the children these daysare looking forward to goingahead in the javelin after be-ing inspired by him.

"As an athlete, the year2021 has been really great forme, I made a promising startto my Olympics with a goldmedal and for Indian sports,both Olympics and Para-lympics were great this year.

We faced some issues due to COVID butstill, 2021 had been a memorable yearfor sports," said Neeraj.

"It felt great to win the gold. It wasmy dream since childhood to play at theOlympics and win the gold. Because ofme, Javelin is getting a lot of recognitionthese days. Opportunities have been cre-ated for the younger generations now.Earlier, children didn't know how to startplaying Javelin but now things havechanged and a lot of people are interest-ed in this sport," he added.

'It was overwhelming': Neeraj Chopra onfulfilling legendary Milkha Singh's wish

AGENCYDUBAI, DEC 30

The International Cricket Council(ICC) on Thursday announced Eng-land cricketers Tammy Beaumont andNat Sciver, Indian opener SmritiMandhana and Ireland's Gaby Lewisas the four nominees for the ICCWomen's T20I Player of the Year.

The ICC Awards 2021 will recog-nise the outstanding achievementsand feats in cricket over the past year.

In a year that saw India win onlytwo of the nine T20Is, Smriti Mand-hana was one of their few brightspots.

She played a major role in thefirst of the two wins, smashing 48 offjust 28 balls against South Africa,chasing 113 in the final T20I. The winsaved India the blushes, as they man-aged to avoid the sweep.

Mandhana was India's top run-scorer in the T20I series against Eng-land with 119 runs but didn't find

enough support from the rest of thebatters. She was India's top-scorer in

both the matches that India lost, in-cluding a 51-ball 70 that went in vainin the final T20I.

Mandhana scored her secondT20I half-century of the year againstAustralia in the final match of the se-ries, but India fell short by 14 runs.

On the other hand, Twenty-year-old Gaby Lewis had a smashing 2021in the shortest format of the game,finishing as the second-highest run-scorer in T20Is this year.

She played a major role in Ire-land's two series wins, bagging thePlayer of the Match award twice inIreland's 3-1 series win over Scotlandat home. In both games, she put onscores of 40+ but missed out onmuch-deserved fifties by the barest ofmargins. She finally got to the mile-stone against the Netherlands, scoringher first T20I fifty of the year. The52* helped Ireland win the series witha game to spare.

Smriti Mandhana, Ireland's Gaby Lewis amongnominees for ICC Women's T20I Player of the Year

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