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India's Covid-19tally rises by 45,892over past 24 hrsNEW DELHI: Indiarecorded 45,892 newcases of Coronavirusduring the past 24 hours,with the total number ofthose infected touching30,709,557, the Ministryof Health and FamilyWelfare said on Thurs-day. The death toll fromthe disease has reached4,05,028, with 817 newfatalities being recordedover the past day.More than 29.84 millionpeople have recoveredin India since the out-break of the pandemic.A day earlier, the countryconfirmed 43,733 freshcases, with 930 fatalities.Also, 18,93,800 COVID-19 tests were conductedin the country onWednesday, taking thetotal number of such ex-aminations so far to42,52,25,897.

Sensex plunges 486pts; Nifty slumpsbelow 15,750MUMBAI: Equity bench-mark Sensex slumped486 points on Thursdayled by losses in indexmajors ICICI Bank,HDFC Bank and Re-liance Industries amid aselloff in global markets.The 30-share BSE indexended 485.82 points or0.92 per cent lower at52,568.94, while thebroader NSE Niftydropped 151.75 points or0.96 per cent to15,727.90.

Accused getsbail in R-Dayviolence caseNEW DELHI: An ac-cused who was allegedlyinvolved in spreading vio-lence and indulging invandalism inside the RedFort in the national capi-tal on Republic Day hasbeen granted bail by acourt in Delhi. On Thursday, AdditionalSessions Judge KaminiLau granted bail to 26-year-old Boota Singh,one of the accused in theRepublic Day violencecase amid farmerprotests earlier in theyear. Singh allegedlyplayed an active role inthe farmers' agitation.The bail was granted af-ter the court heard thecontentions of both theprosecution and the ac-cused's counsel.

University of Ladakhintroduces NCC asgeneral elective courseSRINAGAR: NationalCadet Corps (NCC) Di-rectorate Jammu, Kash-mir, and Ladakh, in its re-lentless efforts, achievedanother milestone, in theincorporation of NCC asGeneral Elective CreditCourse under the ChoiceBased Credit System inall constituent colleges ofUniversity of Ladakh withthe final go-ahead of Vice-Chancellor ChewangPhunchok, informedPRO, Defence, Srinagar.According to Srinagar De-fence PRO, the notifica-tion on the subject issuedby the University ofLadakh on July 7, 2021, isbased on the guidelinesissued by the UniversityGrants Commission.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 8

The Central government on Thurs-day announced a Rs 23,000 croresemergency response package tocombat COVID-19.

Addressing a press confer-ence, Union Health Minister Man-sukh Mandaviya said that the fundwill be used to ensure the avail-

ability of medical oxygen, criticalmedicine and infrastructure to dealwith the transmission of COVID-19 among children.

"In April 2020, Rs 15,000crores were given as emergencyCovid response fund. Covid dedi-cated hospitals have increasedfrom 163 to 4,389. Using this fund,8,338 dedicated Covid health cen-tres were set up. We have 10,011

dedicated Covid care centresnow," he said.

"Rs 23,000 crores packagewill be given to deal with the prob-lems that occurred in the secondwave of COVID. It will be usedjointly by the Central and stategovernments. The money will begiven to state governments. TheCentre will provide Rs 15,000crores and the states will give Rs8,000 crores," he added.

Mandaviya said that Pediatriccare centres will be set up in 736districts 20,000 ICU beds will becreated under the COVID relieffund.

"We have to collectively fightagainst COVID. The limitation pe-riod is maximum (9 months). Wehave to get it done quickly. Stategovernments will have to do itquickly. Our duty is to help thestate in every possible way," hesaid.

AGENCYSHIMLA, JUL 8

Former chief minister VirbhadraSingh who was ailing for the lastthree months, passed away at Indi-ra Gandhi Medical College Hospi-tal Shimla on early Thursdaymorning.

A press release issued byIGMC Shimla Sr Medical Super-intendent Dr Janak Raj said thatMr Singh died at 0340 hrs in thehospital.

Singh who suffered two Covidinfections after a gap of one andhalf months was under observationof the Cardiology Unit of the hos-pital and kept on a ventilator forthe last three days.

In last night press bulletin is-sued by IGMC Shimla said that hiscondition did not improve andcontinued taking life support in thehospital.

State Police has deployedheavy security outside IGMCShimla, his residence at Holilodgeand his paternal house at Rampurto manage the crowd, Superinten-dent police Shimla Mr MohitChawla said.

He will be cremated at his na-

tive place Rampur on Saturday, hisfamily spokesperson said.

Mr Yashwant Chhajta in-formed that mortal remains of thedeparted leader were brought toHolly lodge Jakhu Shimla at 0730hrs to enable the public pay theirtributes to him.

On Saturday, the people canpay their homage to Singh at theRidge ground from 0900 hrs to1130 hrs and later at Rajiv Bhawan(Congress party Office) Cart roadShimla from 1140 hrs to 1300 hrs.

The body will be taken toRampur from Shimla at 1300 hrstomorrow. It would be kept at Pad-dam Palace Rampur from 0800 hrsto 1400 hrs on July 10. Thereafter,the last rites would held at Rampuron 1500 hrs the same day, headded.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 8

The law of the land shouldbe abided by everyone,said new Electronics andInformation TechnologyMinister Ashwini Vaish-naw on Thursday whilecommenting on the Cen-tre's stand-off with Twitter.

Vaishnaw, who tookoath as Union Minister onWednesday, took charge asthe Minister of Electronicsand Information Technolo-gy as well as the RailwayMinister earlier this morn-ing.

"I want to thank PMModi for giving me the op-portunity to serve thecountry. I will do my best."

"The law of the landshould be abided by every-one," he said.

For the past severalmonths, Twitter has beeninvolved in a stand-offwith the Indian govern-ment over the new amend-

ments in the country's newInformation Technologylaws with the micro-blog-ging platform losing its in-termediary status and be-coming liable for user-gen-erated content.

Earlier in an affidavitfiled before the DelhiHigh Court, the Centralgovernment informedthat Twitter Inc has failedto fully comply with theIT Rules 2021 in spite ofthe three months timegranted to all SignificantSocial Media Intermedi-aries (SSMIs). The dead-line for complying withthe new rules was May26, 2021.

The Government of In-dia has approached theSupreme Court seekingtransfer of all petitionschallenging the constitu-tionality of the Informa-tion Technology (IT)Rules, 2021 from variousHigh Courts to the topcourt.

AGENCYHAMIRPUR, JUL 8

The elevation of the localMP, Anurag Thakur from thepost of Union Minister ofState for Finance and Corpo-rate affairs to cabinet Minis-ter-in-charge, Information-cum broadcasting, and Youthwelfare and sports in Modicabinet has been hailed as awelcome step for the statepolity and Modi's commit-ment to induct youngsters.

This is because of thereason that another RajyaSabha MP from the state, JPNadda is also the All IndiaPresident of the BJP, and bymaking Anurag as the cabi-net minister, the Prime Min-ister has shown that he hasgreat love and affection forthe people of the statewhere he had worked as theparty’s organization-in-charge when PK Dhumalwas the state BJP chief,sources said.

Moreover, by bringing ayoung man into his cabinet,the Prime Minister has shownthat he had full faith in theabilities of the young force sothat they are trained for tak-ing reins of the nation/statesin the future, they said.

Incidentally, this step hasbeen taken at a time when theparty is working on its Mis-sion-2022 to retain the partygovernment in the statethrough the coming VidhanSabha elections.

Anurag Thakur's elevation reaffirms faithin young brigade by Modi govt

Law of the land should beabided by everyone, saysnew IT minister Vaishnaw

Former HP CM VirbhadraSingh passes away,

cremation tomorrowCentre announces Rs 23,000 cr emergency

response package to combat COVID-19

AGENCYSRINAGAR, JULY 8

Inspector General of Police (IGP)Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Thursdayinformed that total five terrorists werekilled in 24 hours in the union territo-ry.

Kumar said, "We received twopieces of information last night - fromKulgam and Pulwama. From Kulgam,we had received information that twoLeT terrorists are going to carry out anattack at NH. Army and Kulgam Po-lice laid ambush, both terrorists werekilled. Both were local terrorists."

"In Pulwama, there were two ter-rorists in a village. Police, CRPF andArmy laid down cordon, asked themto surrender. They didn't relent and

started firing. We retaliated, both werekilled. They were local terrorists andaffiliated to LeT. One terrorist waskilled in the Handwara district. So to-tal five terrorists were killed in 24hours, he said.

Top Hizbul Mujahideen com-mander, Mehrazuddin Halwai, whowas killed on Wednesday in an en-counter with security forces used torecruit and raise funds for terror or-ganisations, a senior Jammu andKashmir police official said.

Kashmir's Inspector General ofPolice Vijay Kumar had said that Hal-wai, alias Ubaid who was killed in theencounter on Wednesday in Handwaradistrict, was involved in several terrorcrimes, including the killing of civil-ians.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 8

Former Union Minister and Con-gress MP Manish Tewari took onCongress MP Navjot Singh Sidhuamid the ongoing Punjab Congresscrisis and repeated barbs against thestate government on Twitter by Sid-hu.

Speaking to a news agency,Tewari said, "there is no problem inthe state, there are some issues dueto the stepmotherly treatment of theCentral Government. However, ifsomeone wants to take on his per-sonal agenda through Twitter or anyother medium then the leaders at theAICC should take it seriously".

Navjot Singh Sidhu has beencontinuously taking on Captain

Amarinder Singh's government inPunjab on the power issue in thestate, but Tewari has backed Cap-tain.

Tewari said that since 1966,when Punjab came into existence asa state and till 2017, no party has got77 assembly seats out of 117strength of Punjab Legislative As-sembly. And the Congress has won 3Assembly by-polls, 8 Lok Sabhaseats out of 13 seats in Punjab, hepointed out. "Congress has also se-cured victory in more than 90 percent of the local bodies. If you askany MP whom they had called fortheir campaign, they would say thatthe Captain. The Punjab governmentis doing well but only a few peoplehave their own agenda," addedTewari.

4 LeT terrorists, one Hizbul Mujahideencommander killed in last 24 hours

Manish Tewari slams Sidhu, claimsno problem in Punjab unit

Delimitation panel arrives inJammu to meet political leadersAGENCYJAMMU, JUL 8

The Delimitation Commission arrived here late afternoon to meet the po-litical leaders in connection with delineating the boundaries of electoralconstituencies.

An official said that the three-member body comprising Justice(Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)Sushil Chandra, and Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushanarrived at Hotel Radisson Blu here and will begin the exercise of meet-ing leaders of various political parties in the evening.

The delegation had arrived at Kishtwar in the morning after wrappingup a two-day Kashmir visit. Nearly 250 people from 52 delegations rep-resenting political, non-political, social bodies, NGOs, BAR, youth as-sociations and many others met them at Kishtwar. The four-day visit ofthe panel started on July 6 and will conclude on July 9 here after meet-ing DEOs of Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Reasi, Rajouri andPoonch between 0930 hrs to 1030 hrs.

Modi chairs first meeting ofunion cabinet after expansionNEW DELHI: A day after the reshuffle and expansion of the UnionCabinet, meetings of the union cabinet and council of ministers are be-ing held on Thursday.The back-to-back meetings are being held on Thursday evening. Themeeting of the union cabinet has begun in a virtual format and is beingchaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.As many as 43 leaders took oath on Wednesday in the first UnionCabinet reshuffle and expansion after Prime Minister Modi returned topower for a second term in May 2019.The swearing-in ceremony, which took place at Rashtrapati Bhavanamid COVID-19 protocols, came days ahead of the monsoon sessionof parliament.

NEW DELHI: A day after the reboot of theunion cabinet, a number of newly appointedministers took charge of their assignments,including Mansukh Mandaviya - the newHealth Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw - thenew Railways and IT Minister, RK Singh -the new Power Minister, and Anurag Thakur- the new Information and BroadcastingMinister and Kiren Rijiju, the new Law Min-ister.

Mr Mandaviya - who will also head the

Chemicals and Fertilizers ministry - takescharge at a critical time in the government'sfight against COVID-19. Mr Mandaviya'sdeputy, Dr Bharti Pravin Pawar, also tookcharge of her role. Ashwini Vaishnaw - whofaces the daunting task of heading two of themore high-profile ministries - can be seenseated at his new office at Rail Bhawan (In-dian Railways' head office) in Delhi and in-teracting with his officers. Mr Vaishnaw'sdeputies - Darshana Vikram Jardos and

Danve Raosaheb Dadarao, BJP MPs fromGujarat and Maharashtra, respectively - alsotook charge of their offices today. Mr Rijiju,who was promoted from a junior ministerrank, is a law graduate who earlier handledYouth Affairs and Sports. He represents theArunachal Pradesh West constituency in theLok Sabha. Mr Thakur, who was formerlythe junior Finance Minister, took charge atthe I&B Ministry, which was previously ledby Prakash Javadekar.

New ministers take charge dayafter massive cabinet revamp

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you are capable of living.

Nelson Mandela

DHARAMSHALA : Amazon India today announced the launch of its first Digital Kendra in India in Surat, Gujarat. Amazon Digital Kendras are brick and mortar resource centers that will provide micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the opportunity to learn about benefits of eCommerce and avail a range of third party services such as shipping and logistics support, cataloging assistance, digital marketing services, GST and taxation support to kick start their journey towards being digital entrepreneurs. Shri Vijay Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat inaugurated the first Amazon Digital Kendra in a virtual event along with Amit Agarwal, Senior VP and Country Head, Amazon India and Manish Tiwary, VP, Amazon India. The first Amazon Digital Kendra has come up in one of the most important MSME clusters in Surat and will cater to thousands of MSMEs located in and around Surat.

Amazon announces launch of its first Digital Kendra in India

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Will work towards 'Sawasth Bharat', says MoS Health Bharati PawarNEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata The swearing-in ceremony, which Party (BJP) MP from Maharashtra's took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan Dindori constituency Bharati Pravin amid COVID-19 protocols, came Pawar on Thursday assumed office as days ahead of the monsoon session of Union Minister of State (MoS) for parliament.Ministry of Health and Family Some of the key f igures Welfare. inducted into the Union cabinet

Speaking to a news agency, Pawar include Jyotiradi tya Scindia, said that the health ministry will work Bhupender Yadav, Sarbananda towards the development of health Sonowal and Pashupati Kumar infrastructure in rural areas. Paras.

"We are working as per priorities Seven women MPs took oath as and challenges in front of us. I will do union ministers in the expanded my best to fulfill my duties. We will council of ministers.move towards the 'Sawasth Bharat' as They include Anupriya Patel, per the wish of Prime Minister Shobha Karandlaje, Darshana Narendra Modi ji," she said. Vikram Jardosh, Meenakshi Lekhi,

Pawar started her career as a Zilla Annapurna Devi, Pratima Bhoumik She was the member of the on Wednesday in the first Union Parishad member and has been and Bharati Pravin Pawar.

standing committee on Health and Cabinet reshuffle and expansion after working to eradicate malnutrition and Meanwhile, seven Ministers of Family Welfare. Prime Minister Modi returned to providing clean drinking water in State (MoS) have been promoted as

As many as 43 leaders took oath power for a second term in May 2019.Nashik district since last seven years. Union Cabinet Ministers.

Guj CM inaugurates digital centre in SuratAHMEDABAD, JUL 8 : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday virtually inaugurated a 'Digital Kendra' of the e-commerce giant Amazon in Surat city.

The company in a release said it is the first such centre by Amazon in India and has been launched to provide guidance to MSME (micro, small and medium enterprise) units about various aspects related to online trade, such as shipping, logistics, digital marketing, taxation and third party services.

In his virtual address, Rupani thanked Amazon for choosing Surat for starting their first 'Digital Kendra' in the country.

Rupani expressed confidence that the affected business activities in the state, centre would prove beneficial for around Rupani said it is in the genes of Gujaratis to 41,000 MSMEs operating in Surat city. bounce back, and such centres would help

He said small and medium units engaged them in reaching out to the world market.in textiles, diamond and embroidery business Rupani also exuded confidence that the in Surat would now get a global platform with digital centre would open new avenues of the help of this centre. opportunities for locally made handicraft and

Noting that the coronavirus has adversely other traditional products made by tribals.

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PUBLIC NOTICES We, Rajeshwar Singh S/o Sh. Shiv Shankar Singh & R a t t a n D e v i W / o R a j e s h w a r S i n g h R / o Village Kandala, Dist t . S . A . S . N a g a r M o h a l i , Punjab declare that our son Rahul Singh and his wife Putul Devi are out of our control. So, we disown them from our all movable & immovable property. If anybody deal with them in future he/she/ they/ them himself responsible for the same

60017I, Avtar S/o Ramu R/o V i l l a g e - R a j i p u r , Dist t .Panchkula declare that my son Imran Khan & his wife Nasima are out of my control. So, I disown t h e m f r o m m y a l l m o v a b l e / i m m o v a b l e p roper t i es . I f anybody deals with them shall do their own risk in future.

98702I, Army No. 3186432 NTS (NK) Ishwar Singh S/o Dalip Singh, R/o Kichhana, Tehsil & District Kaithal declare that the actual date of birth of my minor son Vikash is 08.10.2003, but in my army record his name is wrongly mentioned as Vikran Kumar and his date of birth has been entered wrongly as 08.10.2004, which is wrong. By the same way the actual date of birth of my minor daughter Ritu is 18.12.2001, but in my army record her date of birth is wrongly entered as 18.10.2003 and her name is wrongly entered as Kumari Ritu.

100039I, Murari Lal S/o Sh. Prem Nath R/o House no. EN-24, Rasta Mohalla, Near Milap Chowk Jalandhar declare that my son Rajesh Tandon and his wife Priya Tandon are out of my control, So I disown and disinherit them from my all moveable & immoveable properties. If anybody deal with them, shall be self responsible for the same.

72778I, Devi Lal s/o Man Singh village Harigarh Bhorakh, P e h o w a ( K u r u k s h e t r a ) d e c l a r e t h a t m y s o n sandeep kumar are out of control. I, disown them f r o m a l l m o v e a b l e / i m m o v a b l e properties. Anybody deals with them at their own risk.

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PUBLIC NOTICES I, Sukhdev Singh S/o Chand Singh R/o Near Dharamshala Chand Patti Vill: Singha Wala (Moga) declare that my daughter Rupinder Kaur alias Pinder is out of my control. So i disown with her f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. If anybody dealing with her at his/her own risk.

63372I, Amarjit Singh S/o Sadhu Singh R/o W.No. 3 Vill: Batta Teh-Kharar (Mohali) declare that my daughter-in-law Ravinder Kaur W/o Taranjit Singh is out of my control. So i disown with her f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. If anybody dealing with her at his/her own risk.

63372I, Parminder Kaur W/o S u k h p r e e t S i n g h R / o Sadhuwala , Talwandi Bhai, Ferozepur, Punjab Declare that I am known as Paramjit Kaur also. I am known by both names as Parminder Kaur And Paramjit Kaur and I am same Person above two names. Concerned Please Note.

63372I, Kulwinder Kaur Widow of Sukhwinder S ingh R/o Bhamaddi (Ludhiana) give information the name of my husband is wrongly recorded as Sukhminder Singh S/o Hakam Singh in Jamabandi, w h i l e h i s c o r r e c t i s Sukhwinder Singh.

63372I, Asha Sharma W/o Late: Baljit Sharma alias Baljit Kumar S/o Late: Chand Ram R / o M a g a z i n e S t r e e t Sangrur, declare that my husband had known by names of Baljit Kumar alias Baljit Sharma.

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PUBLIC NOTICE I, Love Preet Toor D/o Avtar S i n g h h o l d e r o f I n d i a n Passpo r t No . H6691495 , issued at Dubai, on 16-09-2009, permanent resident of Vpo. Andlu Ludhiana, Punjab, and present ly residing at 5140E Primrose Green Dr Regina SK S4V 3S5, do hereby change my name from Love Preet Toor to Lovepreet Kaur Rai, with immediate effect.

Adoption NoticePoonam Devi Aged 32 years D/o Devraj (W/o Late Rakesh Kumar Village Bajwara Kalan Tehsil & Distt. Hoshiarpur) her son Jugraj (Date of Birth 19-5-2014 ). His fa the r d ied on 22 -2 -2020 . Adoptive Father Parkash Chand Aged 65 years S/o Ram Sharan Vil lage Bilaspur PO Nangal ShahidanTehsil & Distt Hoshiarpur his wife Surinder Kaur died on dated 29-6-2019. Whenever Real Mother Poonam Devi and Adoptive Father Parkash Chand got married and Parkash Chand adopted child on 23-4-2021.Concerned Note.

Case registeredagainst assault on womanNIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: An elderly woman fromSandhali village was assaulted and in-jured by her nephew. It is alleged thatafter the assault, he fled from the spot.Later information was given to the po-lice. On the complaint, the police havestarted action by registering a caseagainst the accused Kanwarpal undersections 323 and 325 of IPC. In thecomplaint given to the police, MangtiDevi said that she had gone to the doc-tor to get medicine. When she was re-turning due to non-availability of a doc-tor there, her son Kanwarpal met her onthe way outside her brother-in-lawPrem Singh's house. He started abus-ing her. When she resisted, Kanwarpalstarted slapping her and pushed herhard and dropped him on a pile ofbricks due to which she was injured.Hearing the noise, her grandsonAnkush came to the spot. Then Kan-warpal ran away. Police have registereda case and started a probe.

Four HCS officerstransferred inHaryanaCHANDIGARH: Haryana Governmenthas issued transfer and posting ordersof four HCS officers with immediate ef-fect.lsha Kamboj, Estate Officer, HSVP, Ja-gadhri has been posted as Secretary,Haryana Staff Selection Commissionand Estate Officer, HSVP, Jagadhri (inaddition).Surinder Singh, Additional Director(Admn.), PGIMS, Rohtak has beenposted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil),Kanina.Mayank Bhardwaj, Joint Excise & Taxa-tion Commissioner has been posted asEstate Officer, HSVP, Karnal.Amit Kumar-lll, Joint Director (Admn.),Skill Development & Industrial TrainingDepartment has been posted as JointDirector (Admn.), Town and CountryPlanning, Haryana and Deputy Secre-tary, Town and Country Planning De-partment.

Chadhuni wantsbenefit frommovement: GorayaDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: State Vice President ofBhartiya Kisan Sangh, Surat SinghGoraya has strongly condemned thestatements of State President ofBharatiya Kisan Union Gurnam SinghChaduni. Expressing his reaction at hisresidence, he said that Gurnam SinghChaduni has started giving politicalcolour to the farmers' movement. Chad-huni said in his statements that insteadof giving their support in the assemblyelections in Punjab, the farmers them-selves should enter politics and formtheir own government and abolish theagricultural laws and repeat the samemodel in other states also and imple-ment the agricultural laws.He said that agricultural laws werebrought by the central government. Butlaws cannot be taken back by gettingpower in the states. Farmers have noth-ing to do with politics. Farmers onlywant agriculture laws repealed. He saidthat Chadhuni wants to bake his politi-cal bread by diverting the farmers fromthe movement.

Rising prices of petrol,diesel and gas have madelife hell for the public:Naib SinghBABAIN (RAVI KUMAR): On the callof United Front today, the office bearersof the Bharatiya Kisan Union demon-strated vigorously against the govern-ment in Babain in protest against infla-tion. The program was presided over byBabain Block President of BKU, SatbirGhisarpadi. On this occasion, the farm-ers protested by raising slogansagainst the government. On this occa-sion, farmer leader Naib SinghPatakamajra protested against the ris-ing prices of petrol-diesel and gascylinders by pushing the gas stoveand combine. During this, he criticizedthe policies of the BJP government byshouting slogans against the skyrock-eting prices, as these commoditiesare becoming far away from the reachof a common man.

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Drug peddler nabbed in PehowaRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: The CIA-2 police captured the wanted accused in the case of supplying 2940narcotic pills by raiding them in Kara Sahib Pehwa. During the investigation, drug money ofRs 1000 was recovered from the possession of the accused, and on Thursday, the ac-cused was sent to judicial custody as per the order of the court. Police spokesman saidthat as per the orders of SP Lokendra Singh, 25-year-old Sohan Lal alias Sonu resident ofBhagal was suspected to be coming on foot from Pehowa side during the blockade in vil-lage Bhagal by CIA-II police on the evening of April 10. He was captured. During investi-gation, a total of 2940 banned intoxicating pills including 600 tramadol tablets from onepack and 2340 tablets named Etizolam were recovered from 4 packets of the accused.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY 8

A total of 14 districts will be coveredunder Atal Bhujal Yojana in Haryana,which includes 1669 gram panchayatsof 36 blocks.

Additional Chief Secretary, Irriga-tion and Water Resources Depart-ment, Sh. Devender Singh gave thisinformation during a review meetingof the works being done under AtalBhujal Yojana here today.

He said that the Atal Bhujal Yo-jana was prepared by the Union Min-istry to overcome the scarcity ofgroundwater resources in a largepart of the country. The objectiveof the scheme is to improvegroundwater management in prior-ity areas in the country throughcommunity participation.

He informed that the main ob-jective of the Atal Bhujal Yojana isto create a hydrogeological datanetwork of groundwater resources

in Haryana and it also encouragesthe creation of community institu-tions for the management ofgroundwater resources in the state.The programme will focus oncommunity mobilization andawareness activities as well as ca-pacity building of stakeholdersand increasing people's participa-tion in identified priority areas.

He informed that the DistrictImplementation Partner (DIP) inthe form of NGO in this schemealong with the State Project Man-agement Unit (SPMU) will assistthe Gram Panchayat on various as-pects of the scheme. This includesactivities such as formation ofCommunity Mobilized WaterUsers Associations (WUAs), datacollection, information, education,and communication, including de-velopment of water budgets andwater security plans (WSPs).

On this occasion, Project Di-rector, Irrigation Department, Dr.

Satbir Singh Kadian informed thatAtal Bhujal Yojana in Haryana isin its initial stage and many posi-tive results are expected to comeout of it. This includes better un-derstanding of groundwater sys-tems, focused and integrated com-munity-based approach to addressissues related to groundwaterscarcity, sustainable groundwatermanagement through implementa-tion of new and innovativeschemes, irrigation in target areasand use of groundwater for aug-mentation of groundwater re-sources. This includes adopting ef-ficient water use practices to re-duce usage, owning groundwaterresources and deciding the futureaction plan in consultation withthe state team under the Atal Bhu-jal Yojana. He said that this pro-gramme would revolutionize thegroundwater system in the stateand set an example for the entirecountry.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 8

The 356th Voluntary Blood Donation Campwas organised at Kalpana Chawla Govern-ment College on the birthday of former In-dia cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. In thecamp, Indian Red Cross Secretary KulbirSingh Malik arrived as the chief guest whilethe camp was concluded under the chair-manship of Vinod Kumar Khippal, treasur-er of Maidh Kshatriya Goldsmith Sabha.General Secretary of Goldsmith AssociationRajesh Verma, retired assistant registrar ofKurukshetra University Devindra Sachdevaand star blood donor Manish Bhargava werepresent as special guests. Convenor of thecamp honored with the President's PoliceMedal, National Gold Medalist, DiamondBlood Donor and environmental watchdogDr. Ashok Kumar Verma expressed his grat-itude to all the guests and blood donors.

Kulbir Singh Malik, the chief guest,said that every healthy person shouldcome forward to donate blood. He encour-

aged the camp coordinator Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma and said that blood donation isthe most virtuous work and this workneeds to be done continuously. Under theleadership of Dr. Sachin Garg and Dr. JituRaj, blood fund watchdog of KalpanaChawla Government College, Madan Lal,Karthik and Seema etc. collected blood. Inthe camp, many youths including Assis-tant Sub-Inspector Dharmendra Singh,Manish Bhargava, Rajesh Verma, AjayKumar, Naveen, Umesh Kumar, who do-nated blood several times, donated bloodwhile Vinod Kumar Khippal establishedan example by donating blood for the 61sttime.

Adesh Medical College studentbecomes Haryana's topper in MBBSGOLDY CHUGH, SHAHABAD: Sakshi, a student of Adesh MedicalCollege and Hospital, Mohri, has brought laurels to the name of AdeshMedical College in the state by topping in the third year of MBBS inHaryana. Sakshi has achieved this feat by securing 78 percent marks inthe third year of MBBS. Whereas in the second year of MBBS also,Sakshi topped the Haryana stateby securing 83 percent marks. InMBBS first year, Sakshi stoodsecond in the state. For thisachievement, under the programorganized in the college onThursday, among all the medicalstaff and medical students, thechairman of Adesh Group, Dr.H.S. Gill and Principal B.L.Bhardwaj felicitated Sakshi and credited her achievement to the experi-enced staff of the college. Dr. Gill said that all medical students shouldfocus on their education in this way and develop into promising doctorsand serve the country and society. Dr. Gill inspired Sakshi to work hardin the same way in future and other students to move forward by mak-ing Sakshi a role model. Principal Dr. B.L. Bhardwaj said that Sakshi'sachievement is a matter of joy for Adesh medical college, as Sakshi hasachieved this feat by coming ahead in the race of thousands of studentsof about dozen medical colleges of the state. He said that the credit forthis achievement goes to Sakshi as well as the Chairman of Adesh'sgroup, Dr. Gill, who is providing all facilities to the medical studentsalong with experienced staff. On this occasion, Dr.N.S. Lamba, Dr.Naresh Jyoti, Dr. Guntas Gill, Manager Hari Om Gupta, Dr. Amrit Virk,Dr. Shergill, Dr. S.S. Oberoi, Dr. Dalbir Singh, Dr. Lalit Kumar, Dr. NitinTagri, Dr. Saurabh were present.

Horticulture has immensepotential: MHU V-CSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Maharana Pratap Horticulture University (MHU) ViceChancellor Dr. Samar Singh said that the establishment of Hor-ticulture University in Haryana is the result of far-reaching think-ing of Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Prime Minister NarendraModi. Maharana Pratap Horticulture University is ready to takethe benefits and education of horticulture to all the farmers of

the state through four regionalcenters.Dr. Samar Singh said that it isvery important to increase theincome of the farmer continu-ously. The cost of cultivationhas been increasing continu-ously, thereby reducing theyield or profit per acre relatively.Horticulture is that area relatedto agriculture which has im-mense potential. Horticulture

not only takes care of the health of the land, water level etc., butalso takes full care of the pocket of the farmer. He said that dripirrigation not only saves water but also increases the yield andquality of the crop by 10 to 15 percent. Farmers should take ad-vantage of drip irrigation by making every effort. Eighty percentsubsidy is also provided by Haryana government on drip irriga-tion. He said that it is a matter of great concern that every yearthe water level is going down by 1 liter. If this continues, thenthink what we will give to our coming generation? We do notknow how many adverse conditions will we create for the com-ing generation by wasting the good water that we had takenfrom our forefathers in abundance?

R R SHELLYKARNAL, JULY 8

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of thefounder President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh,Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, former minis-ter and BJP state vice-president ManishGrover addressed the office bear-ers of Karnal and Panipat districtsthrough a virtual meeting. Throw-ing light on his life on this occa-sion, Grover said that Dr. SyamaPrasad Mukherjee was born onJuly 6, 1901. He was a brilliantstudent and at the age of 23, hecompleted his law studies andwent to London to become a bar-rister. In fact, his purpose of goingto London was to see the universi-ty system there so that it could be mouldedinto the Indian environment.

Dr. Mukherjee became the Vice-Chancel-lor of the University of Calcutta at the age ofonly 33, and remained the Vice-Chancellorfor two consecutive terms. During his tenure,he did the Indianisation of university educa-tion and encouraged and supported those whowanted to do research on Indian values and

culture. Before independence, he did a greatjob as the finance minister in the provincialgovernment. When the Muslim League andCongress government was formed, Hinduswere harassed and Islamisation of Indian ed-ucation was being done. Taxes were being im-posed on Hindus. He said that on August 15,

1946, on the call of MuhammadAli Jinnah, the direct action wastaken which lasted for three daysin which several thousand peo-ple were killed. Then no Con-gress leader had reached there tohelp the victims, then only Dr.Syama Prasad helped. He rushedto share the pain of the peopleand help them!

Manish Grover said that iftoday West Bengal is a part of In-

dia, it is the gift of Dr. Mukherjee to the coun-try. When the partition of India was acceptedby Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohammad Ali Jinnahand Louis Mountbatten, then the whole ofBengal could be given to Pakistan. Then Dr.Mukherjee fought and saved half of Bengal.He said that in the first government formed af-ter independence, Mukherjee became theMinister of Industries and Supply.

CJM inspects seweragetreatment plant

R R SHELLYKARNAL, JULY 8

Jasbir, Chief JudicialMagistrate-cum-Secre-tary, DLSA, Karnal in-formed that 50 MLD,Sewerage TreatmentPlant (STP) estab-lished by MunicipalCorporation Karnalwas inspected todayby the special task force team of District Legal Services Au-thority Karnal, Haryana State Pollution Control Board andPublic Health Department.

The CJM informed that this sewerage treatment plantcleans 50 lakh liters of water per day and this water can beused by farmers for farming in their fields. Farmers can alsouse the manure from the sewerage treatment plant for theirfarming. Shailendra Arora, Regional Officer, Haryana StatePollution Control Board, officials of Karnal Municipal Cor-poration and representatives of other departments were pres-ent on the occasion.

During inspection the STP was found to be operatingproperly. Samples of treated trade effluent were also taken.The said STP has been established by Haryana Government onSBR Technology (Latest Technology).

14 districts to be coveredunder Atal Bhujal Yojana

NGO distributes foodamong Covid-hit poor

R K KASHYAPCHHACHHRAULI, JULY 8

Food was distributed to the labourers in Yamunanagar by Ac-tion Aid organization. Giving information, HRD Rizwan Aliof Action Aid said that various programs have been organizedby the organization to benefit the general public affected bycoronavirus and lockdown.

By distributing masks, ration etc., the organization hasdone the work of benefiting the general public, especially theworking class and the poor.

Today under this campaign, lunch was distributed near ITIof Yamunanagar. In the programme, Nooren Ansari said thatfeeding the hungry is an act of virtue. Due to the lockdown,many labourers are not getting their wages nowadays. The or-ganization has done a very noble work by giving food in suchcircumstances.

HRD Rizwan Ali informed that the organization will soonmake efforts to provide employment to the labourers by set-ting up camps under the schemes run by the government.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 8

The Consumer Protection and Right to Infor-mation Sub-Committee of Citizen's Griev-ances Committee led by Chairman Sanjay Ba-tra, Vice-Chairman OP Sachdeva, Advisor KPSingh, Secretary Advocate Narendra Sukhanand Sham Chaudhary met District MedicalOfficer Dr. Yogesh Sharma. The memberssaid the Corona period, doctors all over thecountry served humanity wholeheartedly, forwhich the country is grateful to you all.

But it was learnt from the newspapers andmedia that some hospitals because of the ig-norance about the guidelines while some oth-ers not realising the gravity of pandemic andinstead considering it an opportunity to earnmoney, collect arbitrary money from the vic-tims.

When brought to the notice of the admin-istration, the Deputy Commissioner got allthis investigated, in which it was found thatby 9 private hospitals, overcharged 481 pa-tients to the tune of Rs 57,17,379 lakh.

The sub-committee deserves congratula-tions for the fair investigation conducted bythe administration. Vice-Chairman OPSachdeva said that the Consumer Protectionand Right to Information sub-committee of

CGC now expects the administration to re-fund the excess charged money to victims..

Secretary Advocate Narendra Sukhansaid that the delegation of the sub-committee,through a memorandum to the District Med-ical Officer, demanded to provide the full listof 481 victims, name, address, telephonenumber and details of the excess amount re-covered.

Advisors K P Singh and Sham Chaudharyalso discussed the difficulties faced by thepeople during the period.

In this regard, District Medical Officer DrYogesh Sharma assured that soon after know-ing their side of the story from the concernedhospitals, the amount would be returned tothe victims. He said to protect people from thethird wave of Corona in the coming time, ex-tensive preparations are being made.

JASWINDER SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 8

In 23 villages of Karnal district, land willnot be bought and sold for some time now.The land registry here has been closed tillfurther orders. These 23 villages are theones from where the Ring Road has to pass.With the information of highway exit, thereshould be no black marketing regardingland purchase and the process of acquisi-tion can be completed easily, so the registryhas been closed. These villages include 10in Karnal block, nine in Nilokheri sectionand four in Gharaunda section. About 219hectares of land is to be acquired for theproject.

This six-lane highway coming out ofKarnal city from all four sides has beennamed as Ring Road. This highway of 34and a half kilometers will be built under theBharat Mala project. The draft of this high-way, to be built at a cost of Rs 1750 crore,has been made keeping in mind the trafficload and population of the district till thenext 30 years. According to the preparedDPR of the project, about 15 flyovers will

be built on the 60 meter wide highway. Forthese villages registry has been closed:Villages of Karnal section Kunjpura, Sub-hari, Chhaprakheda, Suhana, Sheikhpura, Ravan, Ganjogarhi, Barota,Kutel and Unchasamana. Villages ofNilokheri section are Shamgarh, Dadupar,Jhanjhari, Kurali, Darad, Salaru, Taprana,Daniyalpur and Naval.Villages Kharkali,Jhimar, Samalkha and Bijna of Gharaundasection.

Ring road:Phase-1 : Starting fromaround Vivaan Hotel adjoining Shamgarh,it will go from village Darad to Naval,Sheikhpura, Ganjogarhi to toll plaza nearKutel. Phase-2: The road built on the West-ern Yamuna Canal, which will cross KaithalRoad, will go further to Barota village andfrom there, crossing NH-44 via Kharkali,Jhimar Jedi will be found near Darad.

The purchase and sale of land oftenstarts with the information about the exit ofthe highway. Due to this, no poor should beharmed, so the registry of 23 villages in-cluded in the Ring Road has been closed tillthe project's alignment or notificationprocess is complete.

Dr. Mukherjee saved Bengal fromgoing to Pakistan: Grover

Farmers’ protest in Jindagainst fuel prices hikeANIL KUMAR JIND, JULY 8 As per the announcement bySamyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), thefarmers have been staging a nation-wide protest on Thursday against thefuel prices hike. The petrol and dieselprices in India hiked again on July 8.Farmers in huge numbers started ar-riving at protest sites jind khatkar toll plaza in preparation for theirprotest against the fuel prices hike on Thursday.Kisan Leader Azad Palwan BKU said that As per the call by SamyuktaKisan Morcha, protests were organised across India on July 8 from 10am to 12 noon for two hours against the hike in diesel, petrol, and cook-ing gas prices. told that The protestors Farmer reached jind khatkar tollplaza via transport including scooters, motorcycles, tractors, cars, alongwith empty gas cylinders. Kisan Leader Azad Palwan said that SKM is up to fresh rounds ofprotests ahead of the monsoon session of the parliament. Over 200protestors will agitate every day outside the Parliament building de-manding repeal of farm laws and a legal guarantee for Minimum Sup-port Price (MSP). For over seven months, thousands of farmers havebeen protesting at Delhi borders against the new farm laws.farmers also observed ‘horn baja diwas’ during which they honked theirvehicles for five minutes to draw the attention of the government, which,according to them, has not been listening to them despite their contin-ued agitation for over seven months. “A call was made to all farmersacross the country to come out with their tractors and vehicles on mainroads and highways across the country.

Speed up refund to Covid patientsoverhcharged by hosps, DMO urged

RAMAN WADHWAAMBALA, JULY 8

Haryana Home, UrbanLocal Bodies andHealth Minister AnilVij today launchedsongs on “Vaccinationcampaign and coronaawareness,” written byDistrict Informationand Public RelationsOfficer (DIPRO)Dharamvir Singh andsung by Sumer Pal.

The songs which havebeen written to make peopleaware during the Corona pe-riod, their lyrics are 'Cov-ishield and Covaxin, YehJaan Bacha Ri Rai, to DGBhi Gajab Dawa, Ya SaathNibha Ri Rai,'’ Other songsare: “Corona is enemy of hu-manity. So stay safe, twoyards distance mask is neces-sary, clean your hands.’’

Home and Health Minis-

ter Anil Vij on the occasionsaid that during the Coronaperiod, along with the gov-ernment, many social serviceorganizations have worked intheir own way to make thecommon man aware and thissong is also meant to makepeople aware. DIPRODharamveer Singh said thatHome Minister Anil Vij hadalso launched songs likeCorona Awareness Song,

Vikas and Personality,Development kiDahleez and Khayaletc. in view of publicinterest. “From time totime, we keep gettingthe guidance of Minis-ter Anil Vij,” he said.When DIPRODharamvir Singhtalked about this sub-ject, he said that manysongs have been writ-ten for public serviceon the subjects of so-

cial fabric, census, faunamanagement and patriotism.Two types of songs were alsowritten on the subject of cen-sus, which were launched bythe Registrar General of theCensus Department of India,Vivek Joshi at the fair ofSurajkund. On this occasion,the Director of Census De-partment, Haryana, PrernaPuri along with the concernedofficers were present.

Vij launches songs to encourageCovid-19 vaccination

Sale of land to be stopped in23 villages for Ring Road

356th blood donation campheld on Ganguly’s birthday

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, JULY 8

A COVID-19 vaccinationcamp was conducted at thepremises of Shri Tara DeviJindal Arya Vidhya MandirSchool under the guidanceof ward no. 13 councilor andsenior vice president AnitaSabharwal and with the sup-port of civil hospital ja-graon.

Giving more informa-tion, block congress com-mittee (city) presidentRavinder Kumar Sabharwalsaid that 220 got vaccinatedagainst COVID-19 in whichpeople aged 18 to 44 yearswere vaccinated were givenfirst dose against virus and

those who completed 84days of first dose were givensecond dose of vaccine.Councilor Anita Sabharwalsaid that our doctors and sci-entists worked tirelessly dayand night to save us fromthis deadly virus with vac-cines and we need to trustthem now and get vaccinat-ed against virus.

She also mentioned thatthe vaccines are completelysafe and will protect usagainst virus and appealedpeople not to believe any ru-mors. At this occasion, Ra-jesh Katyal, Nidhi Gupta,Dr. Bharat Bhushan Singhla,Jagdev Arya, Vijay Sabhar-wal, Sunny Sabharwal andothers were present.

Vaccination campheld at ward no. 13

After battling financial crisis duringCorona, now general public isfacing brunt of inflation: Gurdial

SURESH KUMARBHOA: Due to the increase in theprice of diesel, petrol and cookinggas, people of all sections includingfarmers, traders, housewives areupset. Apart from this, the prices offood items like ghee, mustard oil,pulses and tea have also increasedsignificantly. Angered by thisinflation, in protest against the ever-increasing inflation, on behalf of theJoint Kisan Morcha Jatha Prisonersand Lok Badli Insaaf WelfareSociety at the IRB toll plaza locatedon the Pathankot-Amritsar NationalHighway, under the leadership ofJaswant Singh Kothi Prem Singh,Protest was done against the Modigovernment, in which mainly districtpresident Gurdial Singh Sainiparticipated. . The protestersincluded Gurdial Singh Saini,Jaswant Singh Kothi Prem Singh,Kewal Kalia, Gurnaam SinghSheena, Pishora Singh, BawaSingh, Bhash Saini, jointlyexpressing their anger and sayingthat in protest against the three anti-agricultural laws, the joint farmerscohesions have been fighting for thelast eight, nine months at this tollplaza, while many farmers havebeen martyred while fighting onthese toll plazas and on the outskirtsof Delhi, but still no effect is visibleon the health of the country's PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JULY 8

The Governor of Punjab in his ca-pacity as the President of ChildWelfare Council (CWC) Punjab,has approved the formation ofnew Executive Committee withMrs. Prajakta Nilkanth Avhad asChairperson. The new committeeis elected for a period of threeyears.

Disclosing this, a spokesper-son said that a Lawyer by profes-sion Mrs. Prajakta works as a me-diator in Punjab & Haryana HighCourt and brings to new post hervast experience of working withCWC, Red Cross, Family Coun-selling Centres at Moga, Nawan-shahar, Gurdaspur and otherplaces in the State. She alsoworked for Centre for Social Re-search in Delhi and for ASHA inWashington DC, USA as a gendertrainer, legal advisor and counsel-lor.

She is the founder president ofa non-profit organization‘Samvedana’, which works in thesphere of gender issues with a fo-cus on domestic violence and le-gal assistance for women. Thenew Chairperson spelling out herpriorities, reiterated the need toharness the full potential of all theDistrict Councils, need for a

membership drive, raising fundsand making the Council a vibrantplatform for betterment of chil-dren in the State. The Council willreach out to needy children partic-ularly affected during pandemicperiod. The Council will alsoreach out to other organizationsworking for the welfare of theChildren, said Prajakta Avhad.

Meanwhile, other officerbearers viz. Secretary, Dr. (Mrs.)Pritam Sandhu & Treasurer, Mrs.Ratinder Brar too have vast expe-rience in the field of Child Wel-fare, Child Protection, JuvenileJustice & Care. Dr. Sandhu has

been former Regional Director,NIPCCD, New Delhi which is theright arm of Ministry of Women &Child Development, Governmentof India and Ratinder Brar hasbeen associated with the Child

Welfare Council at District Level& HQs for the last 25 years be-sides being actively involved inother welfare organisations likeICSW, Senior Citizen's organisa-tion & Red Cross.

Prajakta Nilkanth Avhad appointedchairperson of child welfare council

SC Commission willhold an awarenesscamp at BangaJAGDISH LAL KALSIBANGA: Punjab State Commissionfor Scheduled Castes incollaboration with Punjab ScheduledCastes Land Development andFinance Corporation on July 9, 2021at 11 am. An awareness camp isbeing organized at DP office Banga.Disclosing this here today SurinderKaur District Manager, PunjabScheduled Caste LandDevelopment and FinanceCorporation Shaheed Bhagat SinghNagar said that Commissionmembers Gian Chand and PrabhuDayal appreciated the rights ofScheduled Castes and their role inthis camp. Provide information. Hesaid that Mr. Mohan Lal Sood,Chairman, Punjab ScheduledCastes Land Development andFinance Corporation would also bespecially present in this camp andhe would be briefed about theschemes being run by theCorporation for the welfare of theScheduled Castes.

Two car riders arrest with 50gms of heroin, drug moneyof Rs 53500GAGAN BAWAGURDASPUR: Police stationKalanaur has arrested two car-ridingaccused with heroin and drugmoney. SI Pradeep Kumar of CIAstaff was patrolling with the policeparty to nab miscreants. During this,on the basis of information, theaccused Ajay Kumar, resident ofSadar Bazar Cantt, Amritsar andManinder Singh, resident of Tethrke,police station Dera Baba Nanak,was arrested from Tea PointNadanwali. On suspicion of theaccused having narcoticsubstances, information was givento the police station Kalanaur.Investigating officer ASI BalwinderSingh, who arrived from there,searched the accused along withthe police party, 32 grams of heroinwas recovered from Ajay Kumar and18 grams from Maninder Singh.During the search of the car, drugmoney worth Rs 53500 was alsorecovered from the dashboard. Theaccused have been arrested afterregistering a case under the NDPSAct. On the other hand, ASI RajeshKumar of Ghumman Kalan policestation, while patrolling with thepolice party, overpowered theaccused Rajesh Kumar resident ofKaler kalan from near GhummanKalan drain on the basis ofsuspicion. He was informed at thepolice station on suspicion ofpossessing narcotics. Investigatingofficer SI Gurmukh Singh along withthe police party reached the spotand searched the accused, 450intoxicating pills were recoveredfrom him. The accused has beenarrested after registering a caseunder the NDPS Act.

Trade board honoured newly appointed DistrictGovernor Lions Club GS SethiPATHANKOT (RAJINDER SINGH): Under the chairmanship of Amit Nayyar, the delega-tion of the trade board met the newly appointed District Governor Lions Club GS Sethi. Naren-

der Walia, Davinder Singh and Navjot Nayyar honored thenewly appointed District Governor GS Sethi by garlandinghim and giving him bouquets. President Amit Nayyar said thatwe expect the newly appointed Governor GS Sethi to do moreand more projects for the public good in the Pathankot regionas well.On which Governor GS Sethi assured all the members

that in the coming times, there will be a very big project done in the Pathankot area in whichthe idea of opening an old age home and hospital is going on and very soon it will be imple-mented and they have started the business.

CHANDIGARH: The process tofill Junior Draftsman (Civil, Me-chanical and Architectural) postsin various departments of PunjabGovernment initiated. Divulgingthe details, Chairman of Subordi-nate Services Selection Board Ra-man Bahl informed that the eligi-ble candidates can apply onlinebetween 8-07-2021 to 22-07-2021till 5 pm for 659 posts of JuniorDraftsman (Civil, Mechanical andArchitectural).

Bahl said that the Board hadsought applications for 547 postsof Junior Draftsmen (Civil, Me-chanical and Architectural)through advertisement No. 2 of2021 issued on 15-01-2021 for theposts of Draftsmen under direct re-cruitment Scheme. PertinentlySeveral highly qualified candi-dates had filed various writ peti-

tions in Punjab and Haryana HighCourt and sought to consider high-ly qualified candidates as eligiblefor these posts. After getting ap-proval from concerned depart-ments, the Board has allowed can-didates with higher education toapply. The Chairman apprised thatthe Board has withdrawn adver-tisement No. 2 of 2021 issued on15-01-2021 through a public no-tice on 30.06.2021. Now applica-tions have been invited againthrough advertisement No. 12 of2021. He also clarified that as perthe earlier advertisement, the can-didates who had applied will nowonly have to update their profilewith their login password andthere is no need to repay the fee.

Bahl said that the process tofill these posts would be accom-plished soon by the board.

Process initiated to fill 659 vacanciesof Junior Draftsman : Raman Bahl

SACHIN MOUDGILLLUDHIANA, JULY 8

Lakhvir Singh LakhaMember of LegislativeAssembly (MLA) andPunjab Youth Develop-ment Board (PYDB)Chairman SukhwinderSingh Bindra distributedthe sports kits among 25youth clubs in the Payalsub-division.

Addressing the gather-ing in the event,Sukhwinder Singh Bindrasaid that the state govern-ment led by the PunjabChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh is com-mitted to channelizing theenergy of youths in theright direction through the

promotion of sports. Hesaid that the government isalready ensuring a robustand top-notch sports infra-structure in Punjab to pro-duce champions for na-tional and internationalevents. Bindra added thatthe Punjab government isalso leaving no stone un-turned to make Punjab ahub of sports in the coun-try.He asked the youths toplay the game with utmostdedication and hard workto excel in the arena of

sports. MLA LakhvirSingh Lakha exhorted theyouths to participate ac-tively in sporting activi-ties. He said thatsportspersons are blessedwith several qualities andone of them is that theydevelop a team spirit dur-ing the game, which canhelp them to excel in theirlives. He said that sportsalso play an active role inthe overall development ofthe personality of the students.

MLA distributes sports kits to 25 youth

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDARBAHA, JULY 8

Parminder Bansal, SeniorXEN of Powercom Giddarba-ha, along with his team visit-ed different villages to knowabout the smooth arrange-ments for electricity supply inthe villages and problems be-ing faced by the farmers es-pecially.

Giving information in thisregard, XEN Bansal said thattoday information has beenobtained by him about theproblems being faced by the

farmers and common peoplein the villages of Puri, Dola,Husnar, Bhaliana andChhatyana and efforts are be-ing made for the solutions ofthese problems. On this occa-sion, he appealed to the peo-ple to use electricity as per theneed and in case of absence inthe rooms, lights, fans, cool-ers and ACs should be keptoff, so that the electricity doesnot go waste. On this occa-sion, Hardeep Singh SidhuSDO Urban, BhupinderSingh JE and Rajinder SinghJE etc.

XEN listens to people's problemsHARPREET LADDI SIDHU GURUSAR SADHAR, JULY 8

On a call from Sanyukt KisanMorcha, Led by senior Qadianleader Inderjit Singh Gill,BKUs Qadian joined in withhundreds of farmers gathered infront of Khalsa College GurusarSadhar to protest against thecentral government's hike in oilprices, cooking gas and infla-tion by using empty gas cylin-ders and other means againstcorporate houses.

They chanted slogans againstthe central government. Thefarmers protested on one side ofthe highway for two hours anddid not disrupt traffic. InderjitSingh Gill said that the policiesof the Union Government

would ruin every section of thecountry economically. Presenton the occasion were SarpanchHarminder Singh Papp Gill,former Chairman Mehar SinghDhaliwal, Rupinder Singh Pap-pa, President Pawanjit SinghGill, President Jatinder SinghTindi, President Charanjit SinghGill, Iqbal Singh Gill, PresidentRajinder Singh Jinder,Jaswinder Singh Soni, HarmeelSingh Gill, Panch BalwinderSingh, Nambardar AmandeepSingh, Varinderpal Ricky,Davinder Singh Vicky, Manin-der Singh Gill, Jasveer SinghAkalgarh, Jagtar Singh Babbi,Karamjit Singh Brar, Ma:Malkit Singh, Iqbal Singh Pali,Parminder Singh, SurinderSingh Chhinda etc.

BKU Qadian protestsagainst rising oil prices

Akali Dal is only hope forPunjab: Jimmy Sidhu

BARNALA(KULDEEPSOOD/GULSHAN KUMAR): TheShiromani Akalidal is the only one which hears thegrievance of the poor people. Therefore, in the 2022elections, Akalidal will come into power under theleadership of Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal. This state-ment is made by Mr. Jatinder Jimmy Barnala seniorleader of Shiromi Akalidal and a member of the com-pliant redressal committee. Mr. Jim-my asserts that Akalidal is a boon forthe farmers. After coming into pow-er, the farmers would not have to golong distances for selling the crops.Jimmy said that This is Akalidalwhich provides free-of-cost electric-ity and time-to-time canal water.Thanks to the Akali government whoexempted in blood relation registra-tion fee. It is the dedication of Akalidal towards the farmers that Mrs.Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned only for the farmersand broken the long-term relation of BJP and AKali-dal only for the farmers. Moreover, High-tech Suvid-ha Kendras were also introduced by the party. Mr.Jimmy asserted that during the tenure of Akalidal theelectricity per unit cost was only Rs 5.75, but now ithas been reached nearly 11 rupees. The party workedfor the schools by providing books, Computers,scholarships, Hostel for the poor section of society.Shiromani Akalidal provides 24×7 electricity for thebusiness and factories, free Atta dal schemes, freeelectricity up to 200 units, and Shagun schemes forpoor girls.

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, JULY 8

Aided college non-teachingemployees union Punjab held ameeting with higher educationminister Tript Rajinder SinghBajwa informing him about thedemands of college employees.Union's state president Man-deep Singh Bedi, general sec-retary Vivek Markanda, Kash-mir Singh secretary, AuditarPraveen Handa submitted amemorandum to Bajwa regard-ing the pending demands ofemployees which have beenkept hanging for a long time.Union members informed theminister that 2006 amendedhouse rate, medical allowance

have not been implemented fornon-teaching staff of collegeswhile teaching staff enjoy thisfacility. They further informedthat the changes made in payscale since 2011 are not appli-cable on non-teaching staff andalso talked about the vacantposts in colleges. They alsomentioned that they had beenmaking raising these demandssince a long time and manymemorandums have alreadybeen submitted to concernedauthorities but the demandsstill remain hanging. Highereducation minister assured thathe will acknowledge the gov-ernment to the demands of em-ployees and the matter will beaddressed very soon.

Non-teaching employees submitmemorandum to higher education officer ANIL VERMA

BATHINDA, JULY 8

Petrol and diesel prices haverisen again today 35 paise isthe price of petrol and 9 paiseis the price of diesel, which iswhy inflation seems to be onthe rise Farmers' organiza-tions in various districts ofPunjab today staged protestsagainst the central govern-ment. Modi is not the PrimeMinister of the country butthe Prime Minister of privatecompanies who are takinganti-national decisions forthe benefit of rich compa-nies. The allegations weremade by various farmers' or-ganizations today in protest

against the rising prices ofpetrol, diesel and cookinggas by placing cylinders ontheir heads. The participationof women in the programmeheld in front of the Mini Sec-retariat in Bathinda was im-pressive. A large number offarmers gathered to protestagainst the Modi Govern-ment condemned risingprices of essential commodi-ties like petrol, diesel, cook-ing gas, oil. Speaking on the

occasion Amarjit Singh Hon-ey Balkaran Singh GhuddaDarshan Singh Jasveer SinghResham Singh said thatPrime Minister NarendraModi had promised to bringgood days six years ago byseeking votes. But thesegood days have taken thecommon man's salad out,proving that the Prime Min-ister has become a pawn inthe hands of the wealthycompanies.

Petrol, diesel prices rise cross Rs100

National LokAdalat on July 10

NAWANSHAHR (CHET RAM RATTAN): Dis-trict and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman District Le-gal Services Authority Shaheed Bhagat Singh NagarKanwaljit Singh Bajwa, Deputy Commissioner Dr.Shena Agarwal, Senior Police Captain Alka Meenaheld meeting with Harpreet Kaur, M-cum-Secretary,District Legal Services Authority. During the meet-ing, District and Sessions Judge Kanwaljit Singh Ba-

jwa informed that Punjab State LegalServices Authority that National LokAdalat will be constituted in the dis-trict court of Shaheed Bhagat SinghNagar on July 10, 2021. He said thatin this Lok Adalat, the econciliationmatters of the district would be set-tled by mutual consent at the judicial

and pre-litigation level. He said that in this LokAdalat, compoundable cases, cheque bounce, acci-dent claims, matrimonial disputes, traffic challans,electricity and water bills, bank bills and other mat-ters would be heard. He said that in case of any prob-lem in the Lok Adalat, the office of the District LegalServices Authority can be contacted. He said that thedecision of the Lok Adalat has been recognized as thedecree of the Civil Court and no appeal can lie againstits decision.

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL, JULY 8

World’s number 1 fertilisercooperative IFFCO hashailed the Government of In-dia move to createa new Ministry ofCooperation withan aim tostrengthen the co-operative move-ment in the coun-try. B S Nakai,Chairman, IFFCOhailed the deci-sion and said thatit’s a welcomestep and we at IFFCO wel-comes this step of PM.Narendra Modi ji.

It will certainly boost therural economy of the countryapart from the giving

strength to Indian Coopera-tive movement. It’s a trueform of 'sahkar se samriddhi'(through cooperation toprosperity). Nakai furthersaid that this is a "historic

move" as this isfirst of its ownkind where theentire coopera-tive system runby an individualministry whichwill provide aseparate admin-istrative, legaland policyframework for

strengthening the coopera-tive movement in the coun-try. This move will also helpin reaching up the coopera-tive movement to the grass-roots.

IFFCO welcomes Centre for formingof Ministry of Cooperation

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021

50% of open space may be used for socialgatherings: DCPANKAJ KATNAUNA: District Disaster Management and Authority Chairman andDistrict Collector Una Raghav Sharma has issued orders that 50percent of the maximum capacity or a maximum of 200 people cangather in the indoor hall in the social programs to be organized in thedistrict Una. People will be able to participate in the programs according to 50percent capacity of open space or gound provided that they have to wear masks,maintain social distance, ensure thermal scanning and sanitizer arrangements atthe venue. It will be mandatory to take permission from the concerned sub-divisional officer for any event. Disobedience to orders may result in action as perrules, said orders.

HIMACHAL/JKDeath of VirbhadraSingh condoled SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: Former MP and Congressleader of Himachal Pradesh SureshChandel, Piyush Chandel, SanjeevKundalas, Sumit Singla, former MLAof Doon Chaudhary Ram Kumar,former MLA Bambar Thakur, BabuRam Gautam, Sanjay Ratna, DoonCongress leader Prithvi Kaushal, GatThakur, Madan Chaudhary, SushilMonika Kaushal, Praveen Chandel,Pyaar Singh Chandel, Bat SinghChandel, Hoshiar Singh Chandel,Vijay Thakur, Sandeep Numanna,Vice President of State IndustrialDevelopment Corporation, ManoharDhiman, social worker Sanjay Prasar,former District Treasurer of BJPBilaspur Prem Gautam, Dr. ShrikantSharma, BB NIA, HDMA's officebearers including President ofJournalist Ekta Manch ShantiSwarup, NUJ K Ranesh Rana,Bhanuj Thakur from Press ClubBaddi, Usha Panwar, former ChiefMinister of the state and MLA fromArki Vidhan Sabha deeply saddenedby the demise of Virbhadra Singhoffered their condolences. They saidthat Virbhadra Singh was an efficientadministrator and nationalist leader.Himachal has suffered an irreparableloss due to his death. While payinghomage to the departed soul, theabove leaders prayed to God to placethe virtuous soul at his feet and givestrength to the family to bear this loss.

Ex-CM Virbhadrapasses away,wave ofmourning in statePANKAJ KATNAUNA: Six-time Chief Minister ofHimachal Pradesh and former UnionMinister Virbhadra Singh passedaway in the wee hours of today. Hewas under treatment at IGMC, Shimlaafter coming back to Corona positive.There has been a wave of mourningin the state due to the death of thesenior Congress leader. He wasadmitted in IGMC for about two and ahalf months. On Monday, doctors hadadmitted him on ventilator after hishealth suddenly deteriorated. Sincethen he was under treatment here ina state of unconsciousness. But hedied on Thursday morning. He was87 years old. His death has beenconfirmed by Dr. Janak Raj, MS,IGMC. Una Sadar MLA Satpal SinghRaizada said that Raja VirbhadraSingh was our role model and rolemodel of the Congress party. Now,the entire state has suffered loss.Satpal Singh Satti, President of theSixth State Finance Commission, saidthat an era has come to an end withthe departure of Virbhadra Singh.District Una Congress PresidentRana Ranjit Singh said that animportant pillar of the state collapsedtoday, no one will be able to fulfill thisloss. Zilla Parishad memberChaitanya Sharma also condoled thedeath and said Raja Saheb was therole model of the youth.Congressstate spokesperson Vijay Dogra saidthat we learned a lot from RajaSaheb, and whatever we are today iswith the support of Raja Virbhadra.

Some takingillegitimateadvantage of SC/STAct: Bhupendra

BUREAUUNA: A delegation General CategoryJoint Forum under the leadership ofBhupinder Thakur met DeputyCommissioner Raghav Sharma andSuperintendent of Police Arjit Senregarding the SC / ST Act. They saidthrough a memorandum that somepeople are misusing the SC / ST Actand giving information that falsecases are being made on othersections, he said.

Restoration of busroute sought

JOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA: The transport systemhad come to a standstill in the entirestate due to Covid-19, but now someroutes have been restored. Peopletaking advantage of Tutdu Bhayambi-Bangana route bus are still awaitingfor when this route will be restoredand villagers will get its benefit. Atpresent, the students who are goingto take the Bangana examination aswell as the people traveling arefacing a lot of problems. The bus ofthis route used to reach Banganafrom Tutdu to Bangana via Bhyambiat 7 in the morning and used totransport the passengers of BanganaChaplah and Chaplah to Banganaand from here to Matoh to theirdestinations but due to non-resumption of bus route, thepassengers coming and going fromthe above destinations they had toface great difficulties. The villagershave demanded restoration of routeso that the students going to andfrom the college along with thevillagers can get the benefit.

Three-day state mourning declaredin HP on demise of Virbhadra Singh

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JUL 8

Himachal Pradesh Governmenton Thursday declared three-daystate mourning on the demise ofVirbhadra Singh who passedaway this morning afterprolonged illness.

His mortal remains werebrought to his residence atHolilodge from IGMC Shimla ina vehicle and it would be onpublic display for paying lasttribute on Thursday and Fridaymorning.

State Administrationannounced three days of publicmourning on the demise of thesix-time chief minister, five-time

Member of Parliament and ninetimes member of Assembly whodied after three months longillness suffering Covid infectiontwice and other illnesses.

IGMC Senior MedicalSuperintendent Dr Janak Rajinformed that Singh died afterpulmonary cardiac arrest at0340hrs today. He was in thehospital since April 30.

The family members ofSingh declared that thecremation service would be heldat his ancestral home Rampur -Bushair on Friday afternoon. Tillthen last remains of the formerchief minister would be kept atHolilodge for Public display topay the last tribute.

Contribution of Virbhadra Singh indev of HP is unprecedented: CM

SHIMLA: Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur has expressedgrief over demise of formerChief Minister of HimachalPradesh Virbhadra Singh, whobreathed his last in wee hourson Thursday. The ChiefMinister visited 'Holy Lodge',the private residence ofVirbhadra Singh and laidwreath on the mortal remainsof the former Chief Minister.He also expressed his heartfeltcondolences with wife of theformer Chief Minister PratibhaSingh and son and MLA fromShimla Rural constituencyVikramaditya Singh.

The Chief Minister saidthat contributions of VirbhadraSingh for development of theState were unprecedented. Hesaid that Virbhadra Singhdevoted his entire life for theupliftment of every section ofthe society with special focuson weaker and vulnerable

sections. He also played apivotal role for thedevelopment of the country aswell as for the State whileserving as Union Minister atthe Centre. He said that hisstrong will, commitment anddetermination would alwaysremain a source of inspirationfor all of us in public life. Hesaid that the void created byVirbhadra Singh’s death wouldbe difficult to be filled in forthe time to come.

Jai Ram Thakur prayed tothe Almighty to give peace tothe departed soul and strengthto the bereaved familymembers to bear thisirreparable loss. UrbanDevelopment Minister SureshBhardwaj, State BJP PresidentSuresh Kashyap, senior BJPand Congress leaders also laidwreath on the body ofVirbhadra Singh at 'HolyLodge'.

People's CM: Hamirpurpeople shocked over

demise of Virbhadra SinghPANKAJ BHARATIYAHAMIRPUR, JUL 8

People of the Hamirpur districtare shocked over the demise offormer Chief Minister, VirbhadraSingh, who had a personalrapport with the local people. Asthe sad news broke throughsocial media, many people weptinconsolably as if they had losttheir own head of the family.Former HP Chief Minister andsenior BJP leader, PK Dhumalhas described the demise of VBSingh as a great loss to the statepolity. He said Singh was a greatpersonality and was famousamong all including theopposition. He said thecontribution of Singh to the statewould be known forever.Dhumal has sent condolences toVikramaditya Singh, the son ofthe deceased leader and hismother, Pratibha Singh, a formerMP from Mandi. The districtCongress committee todaycanceled its proposed rally atMahre in memory of the lateChief Minister. Rajendra Zar, thedistrict DCC chief said he waspained to know about the saddemise of Raja Sahib. He said he(Singh) was a great leader andtrue statesman and had workedlong for the upliftment of thestate and the Congress party. Brij

Mohan Soni, one of theprominent Congress partyleaders of Nadaun has said that itwas a personal loss to him. Hesaid the status of the state and theHamirpur district stands todaydue to efforts of Mr. Singh.Former Congress MLA, KuldipSingh Pathania has alsoexpressed his shock and griefover the death of Singh and hasdescribed him as a greatpolitician of the state who alwaysworked for the well-being of thepoor and downtrodden sectionsof society. It’s during his sixtenure as the Chief Minister ofthe state, Singh used to visitHamirpur district off and on andto lay the foundation stones ofnew schemes and to inauguratethe old ones on the personalinvitations of the local people. Itwas during his tenure that thestate's sole Sainik School was setup at Sujanpur Tira in Hamirpurand another prestigious institute,Regional Engineering Collegenow known as NIT, Hamirpurcame into being.

Case of cheating registeredunder 420 in Dharampur

ABHIJOT PUNJSOLAN, JULY 8

Dharampur police of district Solan has registered acase of 420 cheating in a matter related to four-lane.Where Rishi Puri son of Subhash Puri, a resident ofAnji village of Badog Panchayat, lodged a complaintwith the police that he had been cheated. He allegedthat Vinod Kumar and Pramod Kumar, residents ofDharmapur, have cheated with it in a building inSukhi Johdi located in Dharampur. According to thecomplaint of Rishi Puri, in 2017, he took the buildingon rent from Vinod Kumar and Pramod Kumar fortwo years for Rs 45000 per month, whose agreementwas also done and security was also deposited. RishiPuri opened a restaurant in this rented building byinvesting lakhs of rupees. After about 10 months, thehigh officials of the National Highway came to itsrestaurant, they told it that the building in which youhave made the restaurant, this building has beenacquired by the National Highway on award number11/1 dated 16.09.2017, whose money is also given tothem in 2017. I have got it. He was stunned afterlistening to the high official of National Highwayand he asked the building owner why you peoplecheated me and why did you give it on rent to thegovernment building, then both these brothers startedthreatening it and also started threatening to kill. Wewill kill you and your family, we have a lot ofidentity even above us, no one will be able to spoilanything. It was told by the NHK high officials thatvacate this building, we have to demolish thisbuilding and together they put that building red cross,then it came to its house after locking restaurant.

Himachal Kisan Sabhaprotests against inflation

JYOTI SYALUNA, JULY 8

On the call of Kisan Sangharsh Morcha in Santoshgarh,Himachal Kisan Sabha protested against inflation in whichthey held the BJP-ruled central and state governmentresponsible for the rising inflation. They said that the peoplein the country and the state are suffering due to the risinginflation. Inflation is at its peak in the country and the stateunder the rule of BJP government. The prices of all essentialcommodities are being increased continuously. Due to thepolicies of the government, serious employment crisis hasarisen. In the calamity arising out of the Covid-19 epidemic,BJP governments at Centre and state instead of helping thegeneral public, have put more burden of inflation on them.

Rajiv Rana urges CM toconduct exams online

KISHORI LAL BAINSAMB, JULY 8

In connection with thegradual hunger strikeorganized by the YouthCongress outside the DistrictHeadquarters HamirpurDeputy Commissioner'soffice, to encourage theoffice bearers of the YouthCongress, Himachal PradeshBuilding and Other Construction Workers Union's StateWorking President and State General Secretary CongressRajiv G. Rana reached, Rajiv Rana said in a press releasethat the Jai Ram government of the state is killing theyouth of the state with baseless facts, Rajiv Rana said thatif the third wave of Covid is to be avoided then thegovernment should conduct online examination, Ranasaid. Taking a sarcastic satire on the government, when thegovernment made online education during Cvid, what hashappened now that the emphasis is on conducting theexamination by hand, Rana said that while the third waveof Kovid is about to come, which is most of all, the youthwill be badly affected. Rana said that the system of thegovernment has failed, the ministers are engaged inhumiliating the employees.

Anurag Thakur gets reward forbest work: Virendra Kanwar

JYOTI SYALUNA, JULY 8

Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Agriculture, Fisheriesand Animal HusbandryMinister VirendraKanwar hascongratulated AnuragThakur, MP fromHamirpur Lok Sabhaseat, on being made a cabinet minister in thecentral government. He said that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has given promotion to AnuragThakur by rewarding him for his excellent work.All the people of Himachal are feeling proud withhis achievement.

While congratulating Anurag Thakur, VirendraKanwar said that he will continue to make valuablecontribution in the service of the country andHimachal Pradesh in future also. He said thatAnurag Thakur has always brought laurels to thename of Himachal Pradesh, first as BCCI Presidentand then as Minister of State in the CentralGovernment. As a result of this, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has now honored him with the postof cabinet minister.

Virbhadra Singh death an irreparableloss to state politics: Satti

JYOTI SYALUNA, JULY 8

Rural Development, PanchayatiRaj, Agriculture, Fisheries andAnimal Husbandry MinisterVirendra Kanwar and 6th StateFinance Commission ChairmanSatpal Singh Satti have condoledthe death of six-time Chief Ministerof Himachal Pradesh and seniorCongress leader Virbhadra Singh.Expressing condolences with the

bereaved family, both the leadershave prayed for the peace of thedeparted soul. Kanwar and Satti

said that the death of VirbhadraSingh is an irreparable loss to thepolitics of the state and he hasalways worked for the bettermentof Himachal Pradesh. worked on.The contribution of VirbhadraSingh in the formation of HimachalPradesh can never be forgotten. Asa minister in the CentralGovernment and as the ChiefMinister of Himachal Pradesh,Virbhadra Singh put the interest ofthe state paramount.

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SHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, JULY 8

About a dozen opposition members of theKharar Municipal Council have urged the Pun-jab Government to hold a high level inquiryabout 10 thousands street light points replaced bya company in Kharar in the last few months.They said that the company has replaced manylights installed earlier with LED lights and theyare not at all satisfactory.

While addressing media men here today Ka-mal Kishore Kala, Shivani Chadha, Vaneet Jain,Neelam Kumari, Sohan Singh, Surmukh Singhand other members said that these lights do notlook good and their lighting is very insufficient.They alleged that most of the time these lights re-main off. They said that the company has onlyten employees to repair the faulty lights whereaskeeping in view the area of Kharar MunicipalCouncil there should be at least 25-30 employ-ees. They said that bulbs, tubes and mercurylights which were installed earlier were verygood quality but now the lights which have beeninstalled in their place are not of good quality.

They demanded that it should be inquiredwhy the company had taken off the bulbs, tubelights and mercury which were already there.That fact must be taken into account. " The em-ployees of this company do not have the equip-ment to fix the faulty lights nor do they have lad-ders etc.” they added. They said that even thiscompany has no grievance removal office. And

the poles are not even numbered. Those mem-bers and well-wishers have threatened that if thesituation is not rectified soon, the people heremay even go on to block roads.

Meanwhile, Deepak Kumar, an official ofthe e-smart company present there, said that thecompany was carrying out the work at the behestof the Punjab government and the company had

not charged any cost from the Municipal Coun-cil. So far 9600 lights have been installed and thecompany has to take 85 per cent of the electrici-ty bill savings on installation of these lights fromCouncil . He said that these lights would not putany financial burden on the Municipal Counciland said that all defective lights would be re-placed by the company within 48 hours.

About dozen members of Kharar MC demand highlevel inquiry into lights installed by company

KULDEEP SOOD/GULSHAN KUMAR BARNALA, JULY 8

Deputy Commissioner Bar-nala Mr. Tej Partap SinghPhoolka visited Baba KalaMehar Sports Stadium todayand directed the Sports andother concerned depart-ments to transform the faceof the stadium.

On this occasion, theDeputy Commissioner in-structed to clean the stadiumimmediately. He orders thesports authorities to contactthe Department of Panchay-ati Raj and get the stadiumcleaned as soon as possible.He directed the MandiBoard to make properarrangements for drainageof rainwater at the stadium.Apart from this, he re-viewed the arrangements forthe repair of the track, towhich the District SportsOfficer said that estimatesregarding the tracks and

playgrounds have been sent.The Deputy Commissionersaid that basketball and oth-er grounds would be set upin the stadium soon. Apartfrom this the stadium wouldsoon start training for theyouth in police recruitmentin collaboration with thesports department and thepolice, which would includetraining in 1600 meter run,long jump, high jump, shotput, etc.

He instructed the offi-cials of Sports and otherconcerned departments topay full attention to themaintenance of this impor-tant sports stadium in Bar-nala so that the youth couldtake full advantage of thisstadium. District Sports Of-ficer Balwinder Singh,Sports Coach JaspreetSingh, Gurwinder Kaur,Mallpreet Singh, BrindarjitKaur (all coaches), SahilKumar, and others werepresent on the occasion.

Deputy Commissioner visits BabaKala Meher Sports Stadium

8 school heads honoured bydistrict officials for increasingenrollment in governmentschools by more than 25%

RAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT: Today, DistrictEducation Officer, SecondaryJaswant Singh and Deputy DistrictEducation Officer, SecondaryRajeshwar Salaria honored 8 schoolheads, who increased theenrollment by more than 25% ingovernment schools of thesecondary wing,by giving them amark of honor and appreciationletter sent by the EducationDepartment, Punjab.During this,while congratulating these schoolheads, District Education Officer,Secondary Jaswant Singh said thatdue to the hard work of schoolheads and teachers in governmentschools, enrollment in the newsession has increased as comparedto the previous session. For this,under the leadership of EducationMinister Punjab Vijay Inder Singla,on behalf of Education SecretaryKrishna Kumar, honor marks weresent in the district for the schoolheads and trachers.Today, in asimple but effective programconducted at District EducationOffice, Pathankot.He said thatgovernment schools are the bestschools, in which all kinds offacilities are being provided to thechildren by the Punjab government.

Do not ignore havoc of Corona,but follow administrative rules :Chetan VermaR.SINGHPATHANKOT: For the last twoyears, the Corona pandemic haswreaked havoc and has taken manyprecious lives in its wake and duringthis time the business has alsobeen badly damaged which weshould never forget.These wordswere revealed by social workerChetan Verma during a special

conversation. He saidthat in view of theincreasing cases ofcorona epidemic, theCentral and Punjabgovernments resortedto lockdown andcurfew, but if all thepeople had followed

the administrative rules, then all thiswould not have happened. He saidthat now that there has been somerelief from the corona epidemic andthe number of corona infected hascome down significantly andbusinesses have been opened, insuch a situation, we should followthe administrative rules till theepidemic called corona is noteradicated from the root. Make it apart of the routine. Chetan Vermasaid that the way the markets aregetting crowded, it is a matter ofserious concern because by comingin contact with each other, we areagain feasting on the coronaepidemic.

MCM holds sessionon film making andstory tellingRAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH: The YoungCommunicators Club (YCC) of MehrChand Mahajan College forWomen, in collaboration with PublicRelations Council of India (PRCI)Chandigarh Chapter, organised anonline interactive session on filmmaking and story telling titled ‘TaleFlair’. The resource person for thissession was Mr. Ojaswwee Sharma,Award winning Film Maker,Producer and Screenwriter. Theevent began with address by Mr.Vivek Atray, Ex IAS, Author,Motivational Speaker and Chairman,PRCI Chandigarh Chapter.Motivating the students toconsistently refine the finesse andflair in their lives for bringing out thebest in themselves, Mr. Atray urgedthem to kindle the spirit of creativityat a very young age and to carry itthroughout their lives. In a lively andinformative session, Mr. Ojaswweeshared his personal experience inthe film industry with theenthusiastic participants. Withpertinent examples from the worldof cinema, Mr. Ojaswwee lucidlyexplained the nuances of the artand techniques of film making andstory telling. The engaging sessionwas followed by a discussionsession wherein the participantsshared their queries with the expert.The event was viewed by over 450people, making it a successful one.Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava laudedthe efforts of MCM YCC forchiseling the communication skills ofstudents as these are one of themost important ingredients forsuccess.

CM mourns passing away of Virbhadra SinghCHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday condoled the saddemise of veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh(87) who passed away at Indira Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Shimla this morning after pro-tracted illness.

He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. In his condolence message, the Chief Min-ister said, "I am deeply saddened to learn about the death of Virbhadra Singh who was a seasonedpolitician and a fine human being with the qualities of head and heart". Recalling the outstandingservices rendered by Virbhadra Singh as 6 times Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, CaptainAmarinder Singh said that he not only ensured holistic development of the hill state but also playeda pivotal role for overall well being of all sections of the society. In the death of Virbhadra Singh,a void has been created in Congress as the party has been bereft of his valuable services and adviceon certain internal matters, added the Chief Minister.

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Technology excels

RAMPURA PHUL (HEMANT SHARMA): Pop-ular educational institution of Malwa in the resultsannounced by Punjabi University Patiala in the lastday .Fateh Group of Institutions Rampura (Bathinda)Master of Science ( Fashion Designing and Technol-ogy) The results of Semester III were excellent. Thehead of the department, Prof Ramanpreet Kaur, in-formed that all the students had passed on the first di-visions which were taken by Sukhpreet Kaur daugh-ter Sukhmander Singh with 80 per cent marks and thefirst of the college, Rajpal Kaur daughter HarbansSingh, with 78 per cent marks Second and Raman-deep Kaur daughter Jagdish Singh varindrapal Kaurdaughter Gurlab Singh took third place with 76 per-centage points. The chairman of the organization S.S.Chattha congratulated the students and teachers onthe good results and happiness.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JULY 8

Shiromani Akali Dal SamyuktaPresident Member Rajya SabhaSukhdev Singh Dhindsa isstrengthening the or-ganizational structureof the party and impor-tant responsibilities arebeing given to differ-ent districts of Punjab.Following the discus-sions with DistrictBathinda PresidentSarabjit SinghDoomwali and former Chair-man, important appointmentshave also been made to DistrictBathinda.

District President SarabjitSingh Doomwali said that twotime President of Bar Associa-tion Bathinda Advocate Mahin-der Singh Sidhu has been ap-pointed as General Secretary ofPunjab. In addition, BrahmanSabha Malwa Zone President

Ved Prakash Sharma has beenappointed as Vice President,Swaranjit Singh former Chair-man Block Samiti Pukka Kalanas Secretary and Hamir Singhformer Sarpanch and Jasvir

Singh Parasram Na-gar Bathinda havebeen appointed asmembers of the work-ing committee. Sarab-jit Singh Doomwalisaid that Important re-sponsibilities in theparty are being givento the members striv-

ing for public service so that theorganizational structure of theparty is strong at the village lev-el. Patron of Shiromani AkaliDal United Women Akali DalBibi Paramjit Kaur Gulshan,Former Member Lok SabhaBhola Singh Gilpati Vice Presi-dent, Jathedar SukhmandarSingh Jai Singh Wala, HarbhidarSingh Gehri Butter, OnkarSingh Sarpanch Ramsara etc.

SAD announces office-bearersPRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, JULY 8

With health teams visiting doorto door, Special inoculationdrive to cover specially abledbeneficiaries has begun with fullswing in the district.

Divulging the details,Deputy Commissioner Ghan-shyam Thori stated that districtadministration was duty boundto serve weaker and needy sac-tions of the society and wouldleave no stone unturned to servethem amid this unprecedentedhealth crisis. He said that all theSDMs have been monitoringthis drive personally and con-certed efforts were being madeto approach every single benefi-ciaries to provide them jabs ofCovid-19 vaccine at their home.He stated that such beneficiariescan seek inoculation facilities attheir doorsteps by dailing con-trol room number 0181-

2224417. He reiterated districtadministration's commitment tocovering every eligible benefici-ary under the vaccination driveso that no one was left withoutthe jab of Covid-19 vaccine.The DC also directed the SDMsto ensure that no specially abledperson is left without vaccina-tion in their respective jurisdic-tions. Pointing out further Addi-tional Deputy Commissioner(Urban Development) Himan-shu Jain said.

Admn duty bound to serve weaker,needy sactions of society: DC

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, JULY 8

A school was being run byRSS with the support ofMLA Harinderpal SinghChandumajra in a land ofGurdwara Sahib fallingunder the Shiromani Com-mittee at village Chandu-majra. The decision wastaken by SGPC PresidentBibi Jagir Kaur, to closethe school. MLAHarinderpal Singh, whoopposed and challengedthe closure of the school,got a challenge from Gur-mukh Singh Sandhu, a so-cial activist and director ofBhai Dan Singh Public Se-nior Secondary School, areputed rural educationalinstitution and Sarpanchof Manunke village. Hesaid that he opposed andchallenged the RSS school

built on Shiromani Com-mittee land. He said that ifthe Shiromani Committeeallows me, I would run avery good school there.

He said that since1982 in thename of myesteemed fa-ther Bhai DanSingh PublicSenior Sec-ondary Schoolvillage Ma-nunke in Lud-hiana districtis number one in ruralPunjab.

He said that thousandsof students from the vil-lage have got educationand got good jobs in vari-ous foreign countries andmany children have be-come officers. He said thatmany sacrifices weremade by my father and he

stayed in different jails fora long time. He never gaveup and also served in TheIndian Army.

Despite this, he alsorejected the pensions giv-

en by Shiromani Com-mittee Amritsar andthe Government of In-dia. Sardar Sandhu re-quested the Hon'bleSingh Sahib JathedarHarpreet Singh of theSupreme Court of theSikh Nation Takht SriAmritsar Sahib to sum-

mon MLA HarinderpalSingh Chandumajra to theTakht Sahib and punishhim severely. HarinderpalSingh, MLA, has been ex-posed in front of the Sikhcommunity for being anagent of RSS in India. Heappealed to the Sikh com-munity to boycott thisRSS agent completely.

Chandumajra's face exposed in frontof Sikh Sangat: Director Sandhu

Farmers protestagainst uniongovernment

AJAY ARORAKHAMANON, JULY 8 Joint Kisan Morcha BlockKhamanon today, took out aprotest against increasingprices of petroleum products.They hold a protest march inthe market. The farmersstood their tractors, cars andother vehicles along the road-side and raised slogansagainst the Modi govern-ment. The union leaders saidthat union government is failon every front and all sec-tions of society are in diffi-culty due inflation. They saidthat modi government has notmove a bugde howeverfarmer are protesting for theirrights at Delhi borders since 8months ago. Farmer leaderKarnail Singh Jatana, Kash-mira Singh Jatana, HarbhajnSingh Kaler and many farm-ers were also present on theoccasion.

SUMER GARGBHAWANIGARH, JULY 8

Hundreds of employees andPensioners Joint Front fromBlock Bhavanigarh, othercities of Punjab and UT whileprotesting against the PunjabGovt. by burning the copiesof the Sixth Pay Commissionhave pledged to be a part ofthe Chakka Jam on July 9 inPunjab and on July 29 in UT.

They have also decided toparticipate in the historicgrand rally in Patiala city un-der the banner of employeesand pensioners joint front.Addressing the gathering onthe occasion, Raghveer SinghBhawanigarh, KanwaljitSingh, Harish Kumar, Gopal

Sharma said that the report of6th Punjab Pay Commissionis anti-employees. The oldpension is not being restoredby cancelling the new pen-sion scheme, which was ef-fective from January 1, 2004.The step up / grade incre-ments received by the teach-ers during the year 2011 hadbeen abolished. Among theother demands the leaderswere demanding to imple-ment the fifth pay commis-sion committee's report,which had increased paygrades of 24 categories fromOctober 2011 and CabinetSub-Committee had also in-creased the pay grades of 239categories from December2011.

Employees burn copies of 6th paycommission of Punjab govt

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, JULY 8

Senior Congress LeaderHakam Singh Thekedar, whowas associated with formerClass MLA late HarmohinderSingh Pradhan, joined the AamAadmi party during a specialfunction organized by the Par-ty leaders at Raikot. GeneralSecretary Ram Kumar Chapa,Senior Congressman of BlockSadhar, Leader Ramesh Jainand youth leader SukhwinderSingh Halwara were accordedspecial honors.

Harbhupinder SinghDharor, District President Lud-hiana (Rural), Balour SinghMullanpur Vice President SCWing, Jagtar Singh HisowalMLA, Baljinder Singh StateVice President SC Wing,Balvir Singh Bali Manjit SinghMakkar District Secretary, Sur-jit Singh District Joint Secre-

tary, Mansa Khan Vice Presi-dent Minority Wing etc. hon-ored the party leaders with ti-tles and sweetened theirmouths with laddoos. Speakingon the occasion, Hakam SinghThekedar and Ram KumarChhapa said that the Congressparty was a corrupt party with alot of money and no question-ing of old and senior classyCongress leaders and workers,but the High Command wasdoing its part. And those whowork are ignored. He said thatthe policies of Arvind Kejriw-al, the convener of the AamAadmi Party, were very good

and he had done a great job forthe common man during histenure in Delhi, which im-pressed them to join the AamAadmi Party.

Completely satisfied andhappy, they appealed to thepeople of Punjab that they haveseen the Congress and AkaliDal governments many times,who play friendly matches to-gether and are only interestedin their own interests. There-fore the people of Punjabshould elect the Aam AadmiParty government in the forth-coming Assembly electionsand bring a good.

Hakam Singh Thekedar and associates getspecial honor on joining AAP at Raikot

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JULY 8

SDM Hoshiarpur ShivrajSingh Bal today sat with theofficers of various departmentsof the sub-division and direct-ed them to makenecessary arrange-ments regardingthe preparations inadvance to dealwith possiblefloods. He instruct-ed the officers ofdifferent departments to workin unity and coordination toface such situation. TehsildarHarminder Singh was alsopresent with him on this occa-sion. The SDM said that al-though the situation in the dis-trict is normal now, the offi-cials should maintain full vigi-lance. He directed the officialsto keep the mobiles on 24

hours and asked the officers tomaintain constant coordinationwith the people living near theareas likely to be affected byfloods so that unforeseen situ-ation could be dealt with. Hesaid that the officers should

perform the assigned duty re-sponsibly and responsibly, sothat there is no difficulty indealing with the situation likefloods. Shivraj Singh Bal in-structed that the officers of theHealth Department, medicalteams and medicines in the re-lief centers during the flood sit-uation, the officers of the Water Supply Department.

SDM held meeting with officers of variousdepartments regarding arrangements to

deal with possible floods

Farmers should use PAUrecommended pesticides : CAOSANGRUR (SUMER GARG): Dr. Jaswinder PalSingh Grewal, Chief agriculture officer(CAO), San-grur while appealing to the farmers of Sangrur saidthat in order to meet quality standards for the exportof Basmati, only use pesticides recommended byPunjab Agricultural University(PAU), Ludhiana andit's quantity as advised by experts only, because theun judicious use of pesticide, it adversely effect thequality of Basmati leading tolesser price gained by the farm-ers. CAO warned the farmers tonot use Acephate, Triazophos,Thiamethoxam 25% WG, Car-bendazim 50%WP, Tricyclazole75%WP, Buprofezin, Carbofu-ran, Propiconazole and Thio-phanate Methyl, so that theproblem of pesticide residue canbe managed in export qualityBasmati. He also directed all thepesticide dealers in district to sell only recommend-ed pesticides to farmers for Basmati crop. Agricultureofficers and Agriculture development officers of dis-trict were directed to ensure compliance and taskedwith keeping vigil on pesticide dealers. "Any dealerfound selling spurious pesticides to farmers will bedealt according to the provisions under InsecticidesAct", CAO, added.

SHIVJOT GHUMANSHAHPUR KANDI, JULY 8

Today a special program wasorganized by All IndiaPriyanka Rahul Gandhi Fo-rum in Manwal under thechairmanship of PunjabGeneral Secretary AlladinMalik. National President ofForum from Chennai (TamilNadu) L Vijay Gupta attend-ed the event as chief guestwhile National DeputyChairperson Sheela Masih,Women's Wing Punjab Pres-ident Vidwant Kaur andYouth Wing Punjab Presi-

dent Salim Malik graced theoccasion. They were accord-ed a grand welcome by theleaders of the Forum by giv-ing them flower garlands andbouquets. Pawan Kumarconducted the stage.Sarpanch, Panch, womenleaders, senior leaders andyouth from different villagesof Sujanpur assembly con-stituency enthusiasticallyparticipated in this program.This special program wasalso addressed by NationalPresident L Vijay Gupta KElaba Alladin Malik, SheelaMasih etc.

Forum workers will play animportant role in 2022 assembly

elections in Punjab : L Vijay Gupta

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021

PM relies more on ex-bureaucrats than BJPcadres, says Manish TewariNEW DELHI: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday said that the Union Cabinetreshuffle has again underscored the excessive reliance of PM Modi on ex-bureaucrats in-stead of BJP cadres. He added that he was surprised that Rajiv Pratap Rudy, SudhanshuTrivedi, Rakesh Sinha, and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain were ignored. "Cabinet Reshuffleagain underscores excessive reliance of @PMOIndia on Ex bureaucrats as opposed toBJP cadres. @HardeepSPuri, @OfficeOfRKSingh @AshwiniVaishnaw are examples. Sur-prised that @RajivPratapRudy, @SudhanshuTrived @RakeshSinha01 @Shahnawaz BJPBJP/RSS cadres ignored," tweeted Tewari. As many as 43 leaders took oath on Wednes-day in the first Union Cabinet reshuffle and expansion after Prime Minister Modi returned topower for a second term in May 2019. The swearing-in ceremony, which took place atRashtrapati Bhavan amid COVID-19 protocols, came days ahead of the monsoon sessionof parliament.

7B.Voc (J&M) studentsof HMV get universitypositions

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The students of B.VocSem V (Journalism and Media) of HansRaj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhargot university positions. Radhika got251 out of 400 & scored 1st position,Pallavi got 2nd position with 232 marks,Muskan Bhatia got 3rd position with231 marks. Principal Prof. Dr. AjaySareen congratulated the students,Head of Department Rama Sharmaand Asst. Prof. Jyoti Sehgal andPriyanka Jain.

Lyallpur KhalsaCollege student excelin university exams

JALANDHAR: Angad Singh of LyallpurKhalsa College Jalandhar has bagged3rd position in the University exams ofBachelor of Vocation (SoftwareDevelopment) Semester by getting 324marks out of 400. This information wasgiven in a press release by the Principalof the College Dr. Gurpinder SinghSamra. The President of the CollegeGoverning Council Sardarni Balbir Kaurcongratulated the students and wishedthem success in life. Prof. ManoharSingh was also present on thisoccasion.

Two wanted men heldin separate shootoutsin DelhiNEW DELHI: The Delhi Police SpecialCell has arrested two alleged criminalsin separate shootouts in northwestDelhi's Rohini area, officials said onThursday. A police team arrestedPradeep, wanted in several cases ofrobbery, snatching and a case wherethe Maharashtra Control of OrganisedCrime Act (MCOCA) has been invoked,after a brief exchange of fire in Rohini,officials said. He sustained a bulletinjury and was shifted to a hospital, asenior police officer said. According tothe police, another shootout took placeat the Begampur area. Deepak, whowas involved in over 30 cases ofrobbery and snatching, was arrested,police said. He was injured during theshootout and shifted to a hospital wherehe is undergoing treatment and isstated to be stable, police said.

Siliguri police arrestsfake judicial officer,associate in connectionwith cheating caseSILIGURI: The detective departmentof Siliguri Metropolitan Police (SMP)on Wednesday arrested a 'fake judicialofficer' and his associate for cheatingpeople. According to the SMP officials,the person posing as an additionalsessions judge has been identified aSamir Dubey and his associate as MdFayaque Alam. "Dubey used toimpersonate Additional SessionsJudge cum Auction officer and dupebusinessmen. Recently the accusedperson and his associate in the nameof wheat and car auction managed totake 91 lakhs from few businessmenunder Bhaktinagar police station ofSiliguri," officials said. "One of thebusinessmen had lodged a writtencomplaint against the person afterwhich an investigation was instigatedby the detective department of SMP,"they added. Rajen Chettri, ACP, SMPspeaking with ANI said, "On the basisof the complaint a team of DetectiveDepartment (DD) raided a place inBihar's Kishanganj area and arrestedSamir Dubey and Md Fayaque. Theyused to cheat people and recently took91 lakhs rupees from Siliguri-basedbusinessmen." "Both the accusedwere presented before a court inKishanganj on Wednesday. Bothaccused have been sent to transitremand for further investigation,"Chettri said.

Will carry out responsibilityto best of my ability: Scindia

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 8

Jyotiraditya Scindia, whoswitched from Congress to BJPlast year, is all set to take chargeof the Civil Aviation Ministry onThursday.

Before taking over the CivilAviation Ministry, he arrived atthe BJP office and said he willtry to carry out the responsibilityto the best of his ability.

"I hope to meet allexpectations. I will work hard,just like I worked for the peoplein last 15-20 years," he said.

The Rajya Sabha MP hasreplaced Hardeep Singh Puri,who has been given the charge ofthe Ministry of Petroleum andNatural Gas. He will also holdthe Housing and Urban AffairsMinistry. Scindia, a five-timeMP had under the Congress-ledUPA I government been theMinister of State forCommunications andInformation Technology and inthe UPA II government served asthe Union Minister of State forCommerce and Industry. Scindiawas among the two formerCongress leaders who have

found a place in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's new Cabinet.Former Maharashtra chiefminister Narayan Rane was theother Congress leader who hadswitched to the BJP.

The Rajya Sabha MP playeda key role in BJP's return topower in Madhya Pradesh lastyear after Congress ruled thestate for 15-months. Twenty-twoMLAs loyal to Scindia hadresigned triggering a crisis in theKamal Nath government.

Articulate and charismatic,Scindia,50, is a Rajya Sabha MPfrom Madhya Pradesh. He wasthe Union Minister of State forCommerce and Industry in theUPA-II government between2009 and 2012. Scindia wasUnion Minister of State(Independent Charge) of Powerbetween 2012 and 2014.

Belonging to Gwalior royalfamily, Scindia was first electedto Lok Sabha from Guna in 2002after his father MadhavraoScindia died in an aeroplanecrash. Madhavrao Scindia waselected to the Lok Sabha in 1971at the age of 26 and went on towin nine consecutive electionsfrom the Gwalior and Guna

constituencies. JyotirdadityaScindia suffered a shockingdefeat from Guna parliamentaryseat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.He has been president of theMadhya Pradesh CricketAssociation. The BJP leader hasan MBA from StanfordUniversity and BA from HarvardUniversity.

John Barla takes charge asMoS Minority Affairs

NEW DELHI: John Barla, the BJP's Lok Sabha MP from WestBengal's Alipurduar, took charge as the Union Minister of State forMinority Affairs on Thursday. He was welcomed by UnionMinority Affairs Minister (Cabinet rank), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, atthe Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, here. Prominent triballeader Barla, who was one of the key persons responsible for theBJP making inroads in the North Bengal region and had recentlydemanded the creation of a union territory by craving out NorthBengal, was inducted into the Union ministry on Wednesdayevening as a minister of state. The 45-year-old Barla, who beganhis political career as a tea garden worker in the Terai-Dooarsregion nearly two decades ago, has come a long way from being atribal leader to the corridors of power in New Delhi. Earlier, KirenRijiju was the minister of state for minority affairs. Rijiju waselevated to the cabinet minister rank and given the charge of theMinistry of Law and Justice on Wednesday.

Jalandhar's New Kamal Vihar at healthrisk because of contaminated water

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR, JULY 8

Team AAP Jalandhar Centralled by Dr. Sanjiv SharmaState Co-President AAPPunjab Doctor wing visitedNew Kamal Vihar yesterday& was surprised to seecontaminated water supplyfor the last 30 days. Localityresidents showed us jammedfilters of water purifierreplaced 2 days back. TDSchecked in my presencerevealed levels of 630 to1000 in last 2 days, Dr.Sanjiv Sharma said.Residents said that wardcouncillor & local MLA was

unable to get problemsrectified in these days.Immediately a AAP teamled by Subhash Prabhakar ji& Tejpal Singh BlockPresident accompanied byPaean Sharma & Tara Singhlocal residents submitted a

memorandum to Mayor &SE Satinder Mahajan. SEassured to take up matter atthe earliest. Dr. Sanjiv saidthat it's a major health issueafter people faced brunt ofCovid not fully tackled asyet.

PSPCL purchases 400 MW power fromenergy exchange: A.Venu Prasad

PATIALA, JULY 8

CMD PSPCL A.Venu Prasadsaid that Punjab iswitnessing all time highdemand in the ongoingpaddy season due to delayedmonsoon arrival. He said thatthe power availability is alsoon the lower side this seasondue to low reservoir levels indams resulting into lesshydro power by about 600MW. He informed that oneunit of Talwandi Sabo PowerLtd. (TSPL) has been onforced outage due to turbinebreakdown, another unit hasdeveloped a technical snagon 07.07.2021 and the thirdone is operating at halfcapacity due to sometechnical issue. This hasresulted into a shortage ofnearly 2200 MW.

A.Venu Prasad disclosed

that to tide over the situation,PSPCL in addition to theexisting arrangements haspurchased extra power of400 MW from the openmarket @ Rs 12.40 per uniton July 8,2021. Total 1400MW power purchased forJuly 8,2021 at an exchangerate of 5.46 / unit. He saidthat on the request of PunjabGovernment, National LoadDespatch Centre has agreedto enhance the ATC/TTClimit to 8000/8600 MW from

18.00 hrs to 09.00 hrs due tooutage of TSPL unit. PSPCLis utilizing this limit byimport of maximum possiblepower to improve the supplyposition. Last year the sameimport limit was only 6500MW. He said that theinstalled capacity of PSPCLfrom all sources is 13,845MW out of this about 9,000MW is being generated.Major reason for lessergeneration is due to failure ofTSPL, less generation onBBMB. He also added thatdespite various remedialmeasures, PSPCL has beenforced to impose powerregulatory measures onSouth and Border Zones tomake up for the shortage.PSPCL is making all outefforts to continue supplying8- hour uninterrupted powerto the AP consumers.

SUSHIL GOYALSANGRUR, JULY 8

In protest against"indifferent attitude" ofPunjab Government towardsdemands of draftsmen,working in variousgovernment departments,boards, corporations, and infavour of implementation oftheir demands the draftsmenunder the banner of PunjabDraftsmen Associationtoday began two-day pendown strike throughout thestate. Due to pen downstrike, the entire work ofdrawing branches of thegovernment departments,boards and corporationsremained paralysed.

Sat Bhushan Garg, stateorganising secretary ofPunjab DraftsmenAssociation, said here todaythat the main demands of

the draftsmen includedimplementation of revisedpay scales of the draftsmenwith effect from December2011 like other categories,design allowance,conveyance allowance,special allowance, Rs 20lakh gratuity for servingdraftsmen and draftsmenretired after January 1, 2016and promotion of SubDivision Engineer (SDE)

from the draftsmen cadre.District president of the

association Sandeep Kapoorand district secretaryJagmeet Singh alsodemanded new recruitmentof draftsmen to run thefunctioning of drawingbranches of variousgovernment departments,boards and corporationssmoothly as there was norecruitment for the pastmany years due to whichexisting draftsmen havebeen performing duties inmore than one office.

The agitating draftsmenalso warned the stategovernment that in casetheir demands were not metsoon they would becompelled to intensify theiragitation, for which theentire responsibility wouldbe of the PunjabGovernment.

Draftsmen begin two-day pendown strike against Punjab Govt

Meeting with Police Officersfor National Lok Adalat

VERMAGURDASPUR, JULY 8

The National Lok Adalat is being organized in Gurdaspur district onJuly 10, 2021 as per the directions of the Acting Chairman PunjabLegal Services Authority, Justice Tiwari, Hon'ble Judge Punjab andHaryana High Court Chandigarh. In this regard under the guidanceof Mati Ramesh Kumari District and Sessions Judge cum-Chairperson District Legal Services Authority Gurdaspur andMadam Navdeep Kaur Gill, Civil Judge (Senior Division) cum-C.If. Secretary District Legal Services Authority Gurdaspur along withM. on July 5, 2021 in Gurdaspur and Batala. S. Ameeting was heldwith Pease. In this meeting Madam Navdeep Kaur Gill encouragedher to file more and more cases in her courts like CriminalCompoundables, Traffie Challanm and untraced reports etc. in theNational Lok Adalats and shed light on the benefits of cases decidedthrough Lok Adalats He further said that there could be no furtherappeal in the case decided by the Lok Adalat as the decision in theLok Adalat is taken by mutual consent of both the parties.

Hundreds of farmers sit on dharnaat sugar mills chowk in Phagwara

ASHOK KAURAPHAGWARA, JULY 8

Hundreds of farmers sat on dharna fortwo hours at sugar mills chowk inPhagwara in support of their longpending demands on Thursday.Addressing the dharna, IndianFarmers Union General SecretarySatnam Singh Sahni, Vice PresidentKripal Singh Musapur, KulwinderSingh Kala Sarpanch Atholi,Sukhwinder Singh, Gurpal SinghPala, Inderjit Singh Khalian, SantokhSingh Lakhpur, Gurcharan SinghGoshi, Ranjit Singh Jita Khedaalleged that "Rising inflation hasbroken the backs of the people and thepeople are very upset. They said thatthe central government wascompletely asleep and the governmentwas not taking any steps to curbinflation day by day. They demandedthat rising inflation be curbed. They

said that farmers have been sitting onthe sidelines of Delhi for a long timebut the government did not care. Theysaid that anti-farmer laws should bewithdrawn immediately. They warnedthat BJP ministers and leaders wouldbe boycotted if the laws were notwithdrawn. Farmer leaders said thatthe administration had promised toprovide full power to the motors forpaddy sowing but even now thispromise has not been fulfilled. Theywarned that if the power supply

remained the same, there would beanother fierce struggle in the comingdays. On this occasion the farmerstried to wake up the Modi governmentby blowing the horns of their vehiclesand motors for 8 minutes. HarwinderSingh Manawali, Inderjit Khalian,Sharanjit, Harbhajan SarpanchBhullarai, Naresh Chairman MarketCommittee Phagwara, Gurdial, Nisha,Kaka Pradhan Khalwada, Harmeshwere present on the occasion. A largenumber of farmers were involved.

Volunteers played an importantrole in monitoring home isolation

of Covid patients: Apneet RiyaitDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JULY 8

Deputy Commissioner ApneetRiyait appreciated the servicesrendered by the intern doctors,professors, nursing students,college students of the district andother sections, who served asvolunteers to monitor the patientsof home isolation during thedifficult period of Covid.expressed thanks. He said thatmany precious lives have beensaved due to the services renderedby them. She was addressing themeeting of all these volunteersduring the online meeting. Duringthis, Assistant Commissioner(General) Kirpal Vir Singh wasalso present with him. Callingupon all these volunteers, theDeputy Commissioner said thatjust as they have played animportant role in providing healthservices by calling them tomonitor the Covid patients livingin home confinement, similarlythey are creating awareness aboutCovid vaccination and Covidinstructions in the district. Be abrand ambassador to spread. Hesaid that from May 15 to June 30,these volunteers have monitoredthe health of 42599 Covid patients,including 33210 withoutsymptoms and 10389 homequarantined Covid patients withsymptoms, who have been calledby their fever, oxygen level etc.

After monitoring their parameters,their parameters were recordedand if needed they were referred tothe health department. He said thatalong with taking care of Covidpatients through the calling ofvolunteers, the administration alsogot to know which patient neededration, medicine or Mission FatehKit. According to the need of thepatients, these services were madeavailable to the patients on time bythe administration. Apneet Riyaitjoined the Maraki Foundation (onwhose behalf the entire processwas coordinated), GovernmentCollege, S.D. College, Rayat-Bahra Nursing College, MotherMary Nursing College, SwamiSarbanandagiri Regional Instituteof Punjab Universities besidesstudents of DAV College, 7 interndoctors, staff members of DCOffice, senior citizens, workingprofessionals Also thanked thosewho came forward in the difficulttimes of Covid and gave theirservices towards the society.

DSP holds meetingwith press club Jagraon

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, JULY 8

DSP (under training) Harshpreet Singh held a meetingwith press club (regd) Jagraon in order to discussabout the problems of civilians and other importantaspects of the city. The reporters of press clubacknowledged DSP Harshpreet Singh to the law andorder situation in the city and also discussed thecommon problems faced by people. They informedDSP regarding the prevalent drug peddling in the cityand the fear of robberies and thefts. They alsopromised cooperation with the police department.Singh assured the club that he will be dedicatedtowards his duties and will surely consider points ofconcern expressed by press club. At this occasion,reporters including Deepak Jain, Sukhdeep Nahar,Vishal Atre, Amit Khanna, Charanjeet Singh, KrishanVerma, Davinder jain and others were present.

Shalimar Mall Panchkula owner urgesHry Govt to cancel MC house resolution

RN KHERACHANDIGARH, JULY 8

R K Aggarwal, owner of Shalimar Mall,Panchkula urged the Haryana Governmentto ask the Municipal Corporation towithdraw resolution for the recovery ofproperty tax against the Mall as he hasalready paid excess property tax to the MC .Justifying his claim to the media in the pressclub here, R K Aggarwal said, "The MCHouse Panchkula is acting in a mala fidemanner against him in relation to hisproperty on the issue of property Tax. Theother day Mayor of the MC Panchkula hadreported that his Mall is the biggestdefaulter of property tax. But it is wrong, theMC should check records , nearly Rs.7.5lakhs of property tax is still lying depositedin excess with the Panchkula MC. So I have

in fact paid more property tax than actuallyinvoiced by MC." Aggarwal further said, "My property has been re-assessed after aquasi judicial order by commissioner MC,Panchkula & still I have been targeted underthis illegal resolution. I have given arepresentation to the Additional ChiefSecretary, Urban Local Bodies department,Haryana for justice to me." Shalimar Mall islocated in Sector 5 Panchkula.

8WITHOUT HEALTH LIFE IS NOT LIFE; IT IS ONLY

A STATE OF LANGOUR AND SUFFERING - AN IM-AGE OF DEATH.

BUDDHA

THOSE WHO ARE FREE OF RESENTFULTHOUGHTS SURELY FIND PEACE.

BUDDHA

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021

Iran hosts high-level Afghan peace talksIran on Wednesday host-

ed the first significanttalks in months be-

tween Taliban and Afghangovernment representa-tives, a surprise meetingthat comes as the US com-pletes its withdrawal fromAfghanistan and districtsfall to the Taliban acrossthe country.

The high-level peacetalks between the warringsides follow months-olddiscussions in Qatar thathave been stalled by adiplomatic stalemate andescalating violence. Evenas officials faced each oth-er across vast tables inTehran and Iran's topdiplomat pledged to endthe crisis, fighting surgedin Afghanistan's westernBadghis province.

The Taliban politicalcommittee, led by chief ne-gotiator Sher MohammadAbbas Stanikzai, flewfrom Doha to Iran's capitalto meet Afghan govern-ment officials, includingformer Vice PresidentYounus Qanooni and oth-ers from the High Councilfor National Reconcilia-tion.

Iranian Foreign Minis-ter Mohammad Javad Zarifgreeted the delegates, urg-ing them to take difficultdecisions today for the fu-ture of their country,"state-run media reported.

After the failure of theUS in Afghanistan, Zarifsaid, Iran stands ready toassist the dialogue and toresolve the current con-flicts in the country."

Returning to the inter-Afghan negotiation table

and committing to politicalsolutions is the best choice,he added.

But any solution ap-peared a long way offWednesday as the Talibanoffensive, which has re-cently captured many dis-tricts in the country'snorth, pushed into thewestern Badghis province.The insurgents attackedthe provincial capital ofQala-e-Naw from severalsides, its governorHasamuddin Shams said,adding that Afghan troopshad so far managed to pushthe Taliban fighters back.

From the early hours

of Wednesday morning,battles have raged near theprovincial police head-quarters and a Qala-e-Nawarmy base, said Abdul Azizbeg, head of the provincialcouncil in Badghis.

Videos widely circulat-ed on social media ap-peared to show Talibanfighters speeding into theprovincial capital on mo-torcycles. Other clips showinsurgents approaching thecity's prison and releasinginmates. The AssociatedPress could not independ-ently verify the authentici-ty of the footage. FawadAman, the Afghan defense

minister's deputyspokesman, claimed thatTaliban had suffered heavycasualties and promisedsecurity forces would clearthe city in the cominghours. The Taliban havenot publicly commentedon the violence in Qala-e-Naw. The surge of fight-ing, and the sudden newsof peace talks in Tehran,come at a critical time forthe war-battered country.After a two-decade-longmilitary campaign, the USmilitary announced onTuesday that 90 per cent ofAmerican troops andequipment had already left

the country, with the draw-down set to finish by lateAugust. Last week, US of-ficials definitively vacatedthe country's biggest air-field, Bagram Air Base, theepicenter of the war to oustthe Taliban and hunt downthe al-Qaida perpetratorsof the 9/11 terrorist attackson America.

The Taliban have maderelentless territorial winssince April, when Presi-dent Joe Biden announcedthe last 2,500-3,500 USsoldiers and 7,000 alliedNATO soldiers would de-part Afghanistan. Withtheir victories in northern

and southern Afghanistan,the Taliban are escalatingpressure on provincialcities and gaining controlof key transportationroutes.

Afghanistan's uncer-tain path toward peacebears profound conse-quences for Iran, its west-ern neighbour, which hostshundreds of thousands ofundocumented Afghans.Fears have grown in Iranover a wave of Afghansseeking refuge in the coun-try, which already is strug-gling to stem worseningpoverty under tough U.S.sanctions.

Literature & Health

Not only humans, dogs have talent too!

" There is light despite all of darkness"When a year starts, it

comes with hopes,dreams and expecta-

tions for millions of people. Butsometimes reality is not the sameas we wish for it to be. And sameis the case with 2021. As 2020had brought bundles of drasticchanges in our lifestyle due to"Covid-19 " pandemic and wewished for 2021 to be at its high.

At the starting of 2021, wehad got loads of good news suchas schools were reopening, en-tertainment industry startedworking again and sports werealso coming back into its way.But that was just the joy of mo-ments. Schools opened for 2months and reclosed, Entertain-ment industry was not finding itsway and half of IPL got post-poned.

We were struggling throughsecond wave of Covid-19. Dailycases were not having any limits,cases were rising up to 2.5 - 3.0lacs daily and death rate was in-creasing day by day. But every-thing is a result of our past ac-tions and this second wave is re-sult of actions taken by our gov-ernment and public. let`s have alook at that! But for that we haveto go a year back. In August -September we were strugglingthrough peak of Covid-19. Butin phase of October - Decembercases were decreasing and we

thought that Covid has gone butthat wasn't it , we were gettingthe news of second wave but ourgovernment doesn't paid atten-tion to it as a result of which wegot hit by second wave of covid.People were not wearing maskswhen cases were decreasing.

Government was busy inBengal elections , we had vac-cines but we exported it to 50+other countries , it was a greatinitiative but it would have beenbetter if we have did this aftervaccinating our country . And inMarch, cases started rising. Wewere not able to find our way toget out of this wave. But goodthing is that cases are decreasing

day by day. But only3.7% of India's totalpopulation is fully vac-cinated with both doses.People are spreading ru-mors of covid vaccinesthat are not proven. Vac-cines will provide you65% - 75% protectionafter first dose and aregoing to provide you80% - 90% protectionafter second dose. Butnow we are facing short-age of vaccines. Butcovid is a roller coasterride, it is not over until itis over. Viruses goesthrough number of mu-tations and we are get-ting news that one muta-

tion is harmful that is Indianstrain which is well known asdelta, delta+ . But we cannot pre-dict about it to early.

Now , all we can do individ-ually for our world is wearing amask , maintaining social dis-tance , sanitizing our hands onregular bases , spreading aware-ness regarding covid and gettingvaccinated as soon as possible (ifeligible ). And of course hopeand courage can lead our way tovictory. Pray to God for things tostart happening again.

By: Sanveer Singh Samra(9th Class)

Is talent in a given field auniquely human phenomenon?We do not know whether gifted

bees or elephants exist, just toname a few species, but now thereis evidence that talent in a specificfield exists, in at least one non-hu-man species: the dog.

A new study, published in Sci-entific Reports, found that, whilethe vast majority of dogs struggleto learn object labels (such as thenames of their toys), when tested instrictly controlled conditions, ahandful of gifted word learner dogslearn multiple toy names, apparent-ly effortlessly. A team of re-searchers of the Family Dog Pro-ject at the Department of Ethology,Eotvos Lorand University, Bu-dapest, exposed 40 dogs to an in-

tensive, three-month-long trainingprogram aimed at teaching themthe name of at least two dog toys -which is the minimum amount nec-essary to be able to assess whetherdogs can tell the items apart basedon their names.

The training protocol includeddaily playful interactions betweenthe dog and the owner, duringwhich the owner repeated the nameof the toy several times, and week-ly sessions including also a dogtrainer. "At first, we hypothesizedthat developmental factors, such asneuroplasticity during puppyhood,would have played a role in makingpuppies learn object names at afaster rate, compared to adult dogs.Thus, we recruited for this studypuppies and adults," reported Dr

Claudia Fugazza, leading re-searcher of this project.

"We were surprised to find that,despite the intensive training, mostdogs, irrespective of their age, didnot show any evidence of learning.Even more surprisingly, 7 adultdogs showed an exceptional learn-ing capacity: they did not onlylearn the two toy names but, withinthe time of the study, they learnedbetween 11 and 37 other novel toynames," continued the researcher.

Among these seven dogs, sixalready possessed a vocabulary oftoy names when the study began;The seventh dog, named Oliva, didnot previously know toy names,but learned 21 in only two months,keeping the pace with the other 6gifted word learner peers. This may

suggest that the exceptional capac-ity to learn object names does notnecessarily presuppose prior expe-rience. "All the 7 dogs that showedthis exceptional talent are Bordercollies, a breed meant to cooperatewith humans for herding purposes"reported Shany Dror, co-author ofthe study, "but it is important tokeep in mind that, within the manydogs that did not show any evi-dence of learning, there were also18 Border collies."

Moreover, in the literature,some dogs of other breeds are re-ported to have acquired vocabularyknowledge. For example, a previ-ous study found this capacity in aYorkshire terrier. Although it mayincrease the chances, being a Bor-der collie is not necessary, nor

enough to be a "gifted word learn-er dog".

"We are intrigued by this ex-treme inter-individual variation in acognitive trait (the capacity to learnobject labels) and we think that thisis just the beginning of a journeythat will lead us to better under-stand the roots of talent - i.e., whysome individuals - humans or otherspecies - are gifted in a givenfield," concluded Dr Adam Mik-losi, head of the Department ofEthology and coauthor of the study,who thinks that dogs, thanks totheir evolution and development inthe human environment, constitutethe ideal model species to take upthe challenge to study the origins oftalent and variation across individ-uals in cognitive capacities.

EDITORIALHome away

Just statements may sometimes touch the surfaceof a problem. Responding to a public interest lit-igation asking that the government provide three

meals, drinking water, free shelters, free public bath-rooms and toilets, soaps and sanitary napkins to thehomeless in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court re-portedly said that providing homeless people, beg-gars and pavement dwellers with free shelters willonly increase their numbers unless they ‘work for thecountry’; there are government schemes for that. Thestate cannot give them everything. The court felt thatthe state and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpora-tion were doing everything within their capacity tosupply the homeless with water, food and sanitarynapkins. These authorities were, however, asked bythe court to ensure that homeless people could usepublic toilets for free. Last month, the high court hadasked the BMC for information regarding the build-ing of shelter homes in every ward. The report ofwork in progress was apparently satisfactory. The high court pointed out that the petitioner had notfound out who the homeless in the city were. Thatwould have been useful, because pavement-dwellersare not a homogeneous mass. There are seasonal andinformal sector workers among them, who do notearn enough for an urban home, yet have no sourceof livelihood in their villages. Some have lost theirhomes and livelihood to river erosion or the loss ofcommon land to private or government schemes andcannot sustain themselves on relief or compensation,even if they received it. The Bombay High Court’sreference to work under government schemes wasrather puzzling; besides, many pavement dwellers dowork. There should be close scrutiny of beggars, es-pecially children and women, because they are oftenforced to beg by criminal groups which engage in ab-duction, trafficking and drug-related transactions.Homeless families may have sick or aged memberswho need care. All this is true of most Indian cities.The homeless represent governmental failure at manylevels. The Supreme Court insisted on night shelters,which are still not sufficient in most states. The Deen-dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban LivelihoodsMission has an excellent scheme for shelters, but thenumbers of urban homeless indicate that the schemehas not quite flowered yet. But protection is espe-cially urgent during the pandemic, whether they areworking for the country or not.

Study finds gender pay gap leads tofewer female candidates on the ballotAnew study has found that elec-

toral districts with larger gen-der pay gaps show favouritism

toward male political candidates inParliamentary elections, with fewerfemale candidates on the ballot.

The researchers here gathereddata for seven parliamentary electionsin France between 1988 and 2017.Researchers studied candidates fromthe Left and Right political coalitions,which account for 80 per cent ofelected members of Parliament. Thestudy was published by Oxford Uni-versity Press in the Journal of the Eu-ropean Economic Association. Theresearchers consulted administrativeand web data on candidates and elec-toral outcomes, survey data on voters'attitudes towards gender, as well ascensus data on earnings, and voters'demographics across electoral dis-tricts. The analysis found that femalecandidates made up approximately15 per cent of all Parliamentary can-didates in the 1980s and 1990s. Thefigure doubled to nearly 30 per centfollowing the implementation of theParity Law in 2000, which stipulatedthat each party should have an equalfraction of male and female candi-dates across electoral districts in Par-liamentary elections. Noncompliancewith the parity rule results in a finan-cial penalty to the public funding pro-vided to political parties. Researchers

analysed local gender pay gaps com-pared to voting support for male andfemale candidates in the same elec-toral districts. Researchers found apositive and strong correlation be-tween gender earnings gaps and elec-toral gaps across municipalities of thesame electoral district: 150 euros in-crease in gender monthly earningsgap leads to an increase by 0.6 per-centage points in vote shares betweenmale and female candidates. Re-searchers concluded that female can-didates obtain lower votes in areaswith less favorable attitudes towardswomen, including significant genderpay gaps.

"The Princess"Come down, O maid, from yonder moun-tain height:What pleasure lives in height (the shep-herd sang),In height and cold, the splendour of thehills?But cease to move so near the Heavens,and ceaseTo glide a sunbeam by the blasted Pine,To sit a star upon the sparkling spire;And come, for Love isof the valley, come,For Love is of the valley,come thou downAnd find him; by thehappy threshold, he,Or hand in hand withPlenty in the maize,Or red with spirted pur-ple of the vats,Or foxlike in the vine; nor cares to walkWith Death and Morning on the silverhorns,Nor wilt thou snare him in the whiteravine,Nor find him dropt upon the firths of ice,That huddling slant in furrow-cloven fallsTo roll the torrent out of dusky doors

By: Alfred Tennyson

Tennyson

POEM

handigarh: Vedanta is rolling out a social transformation campaign through its flagship project, Nand Ghar, focused Con key areas of Health, Education, Nutrition, Women

Empowerment & Hygiene. The campaign titled #ForABetterKal aptly showcases the essence of Nand Ghar, aiming to bridge the gap between urban and rural India. As part of the campaign, the company will be unveiling five videos paying tribute to frontline workers of Nand Ghar who are working tirelessly towards

uplif tment of communities. The N a n d G h a r project - run under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation - is transforming the A n g a n w a d i ecosys tem in co l l abo ra t i on

with the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development. The campaign, conceptualized and created by McCann World Group, throws light on services such as education and new e-learning modules introduced across villages to ensure continuity of early childhood education even during the lockdown. These modules that were previously only seen in urban cities.

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SHORT TALKS HEALTH/BUSINESS

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021

Land rover defender 90 goes on sale in India

handigarh: Fun88, the leading sports platform, today announced the signing of Daren Sammy as its brand Cambassador. Sammy is a two time T20 World Cup

winning captain for West Indies with a strong fan following in India and the sub-continent. Sammy has also played professionally in the Indian Premier League for Hyderabad.

Fun88 is a renowned brand in the global & Indian sports domain with an offering of real time news and analysis on various sports leading with cricket, tennis, football, kabaddi and m u c h m o r e . A s a k i c k s t a r t t o t h i s partnership, Sammy will be a part of a series of brand films targeting

sports fanatics in India. The brand films will be a part of Fun88’s upcoming integrated branding and marketing campaign #LagiShart. Speaking of the association with Daren Sammy and bringing him on board as a face for the platform, a Fun88 spokesperson said “Daren is a leader and an inspiration to everyone. His success & contribution in Caribbean cricket is remarkable.

Fun88 announces Daren Sammy as brand ambassador

Dr Bedi’s endovascular achievement in Pb recognized as a world first

Scholarships to544NavodayaVidyalaya Students Attending IITs &NITs

Harvest Gold Unveils its Vibrant New Look

mritsar/Jalandhar ,July,8:--Amazon India today announced the launch of its first Digital Kendra in India in Surat, Gujarat. Amazon Digital Kendras are brick and Amortar resource centers that will provide micro small and medium enterprises

(MSMEs) the opportunity to learn about benefits of eCommerce and avail a range of third party services such as shipping and logistics support, cataloging assistance, digital marketing services, GST and taxation support to kick start their journey towards being digital entrepreneurs. Shri Vijay Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat

inaugurated the first Amazon Digital Kendra in a virtual event along with Amit Agarwal, Senior VP and Country Head, Amazon India and Manish Tiwary, VP, Amazon India. The first Amazon Digital Kendra has come up in one of the most important MSME clusters in Surat and will cater to thousands of MSMEs located in and around Surat. Inaugurating the Amazon

Digital Kendra, Shri Vijay Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat said, “I would like to congratulate Amazon India for having taken this initiative that will help equip MSMEs with the right knowledge, skills and support to benefit from technology adoption and ecommerce. This is even more important as MSMEs look at reviving and rebuilding their businesses from after the recent challenges. Initiatives like these have a multiplier effect in enabling our MSMEs to play a big role in taking India towards its vision of being a $5 trillion economy.

MADAME opens new factory outlet in Ludhiana, customers to benefit from lower prices and expansive collection

udhiana: India’s leading women’s fashion brand MADAME has Lannounced the opening of its new

factory outlet in Ludhiana, Punjab. The launch of a factory outlet in Ludhiana is a part of the brand’s expansion strategy to reach out to the fashion-conscious customers in Tier-II cities. The factory outlet will make the wide range of MADAME’s fashion clothing and accessory accessible to the people of Ludhiana and nearby areas at lower prices.The MADAME factory outlet is located at SCO 1 C in Sector 32A on the Chandigarh Road. The outlet has been built with in a spacious area of 736 sq. ft. to make it accessible for maximum number of customers keeping in mind the need for physical distancing in the post-pandemic world. Customers will be able to shop for MADAME, MSecret, and CAMLA collection with assistance from the company’s expert staff.

Vijay Rupani, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat inaugurates the first Amazon Digital Kendra

handigarh. 08 July 2021 : Over the waist and hip circumferences were participants’ total calorie intake.last 40 years, the number of people measured and fasting blood samples were Throughout the duration of the study, Cliving with diabetes globally has taken. Participants also underwent a participants were monitored to ensure

quadrupled[i] and this upward trajectory is glucose tolerance test and their lipid they were compliant in eating their especially steep in India. In fact, Indians profiles were assessed. snacks. At the end of the study, have the highest annual progression to The almond group (n=107) ate 56 grams participants completed dietary intake type 2 diabetes from pre- assessments and the same diabetes (about 14-18%), measurements and blood which calls for lifestyle tests were performed again.interventions to help reverse In the almond group, this trend. HbA1c (a measure of long-When it comes to snack term blood sugar control choices, almonds may be one that also serves as a easy - and tasty - dietary diagnostic criteria for strategy. A new study[ii] prediabetes and diabetes) showed that almond snacking decreased significantly helped improve glucose compared to the control metabolism in adolescents and group. Improving blood young adults in India with sugar levels at the pre-prediabetes. diabetes stage may help This randomized controlled prevent or delay the clinical trial aimed to development of diabetes. determine the effect of almond Additionally, almond consumption on factors of consumption reduced total (about 2 one-ounce servings, or ~340 metabolic dysfunction including blood cholesterol and “bad” LDL-cholesterol calories) of unroasted almonds every day glucose, lipids, insulin, and selected significantly compared to the control for three months and the control group inflammatory markers in adolescents and group, while maintaining “good” HDL-(n=112) consumed a savory snack with the young adults (aged 16-25 years old) with cholesterol levels.same number of calories. The prediabetes, who resided in Mumbai, There were no changes in measures of consumption of almonds as snacks was India. The study was a randomized, weight, height, waist or hip tested in the almond group, while the parallel trial of 275 participants (59 male, circumferencesor biochemical markers control group consumed a savory snack 216 female) with impaired glucose nor macronutrient intake between the that is commonly consumed by this age metabolism (prediabetes). At the start of almond group and the control from the group in India. Both the almond and the study, participants’ weight, height, and start to post-intervention. savory snacks accounted for ~20% of

SHIMLA : Prabhu Shree Ram, a premium agarbatti brand, has launched over 100 premium agarbattis in the last one year. The adverse effects of lockdown due to the Corona epidemic were visible across all industries and businesses. At such a time a new brand was launched in August 2020, in the FMCG segment that successfully

expanded its market. The achievement of this brand is that in such a short span of time the premium incense stick has a product range of more than 100 products in the country.The quality of Prabhu Shri Ram incense sticks is very much liked by the people of the country. Today, owing to its nation-wide network the brand is easily available across the country. As the brand is just associated with Aastha, it added a range of premium perfumes to its array of premium products which simply denotes its foray into lifestyle FMCG segment. With an aggressive marketing strategy and manufacturing of premium quality products, the company is establishing a strong identity in this segment.

Prashant Kumar CEO & Founder of Prabhu Shree Ram brand, says, “We put a lot of emphasis on the quality of Prabhu Shree Ram incense sticks and dhoop. We make sure that customers get great products at affordable prices. Popularity of the brand is quite evident in smaller towns as well and we are working out a new strategy to meet this demand.”

handigarh, July 8: It is a matter of great risk to life and limb. Dr Bedi has seen very few pride for all of India that a procedure such cases in Sydney where he has worked Cperformed in Punjab has been earlier . The standard treatment is open surgery

recognized as a World First by the medical which carries some risk as the patient had fraternity . Dr Harinder Singh multiple co-morbidities and Bedi – Director of Cardio also had a phobia for surgery .Vascular & Endovascular So a minimally invasive Sciences at the Ivy Hospital in procedure was planned . With Mohali – told that the great precision in a hi-tech procedure was a minimally cardiac cath lab - a special invasive one in a very high risk stent was used to exclude the patient . Explaining further he aneurysm and restore normal said that the patient – Mr flow to the leg . Dr Bedi Sukhbir Singh (name explained that since the knee changed) was a 55 year old is a very flexible joint it was who had a massive aneurysm imperative to get a stent which (ie ballooning out) of his artery could bend multiple times a behind the knee – called the day without getting damaged . popliteal artery . This had He used a Covera Plus stent ruptured with loss of over 2 which is the latest and would liter blood in the thigh . The be perfect for this area. The patient experienced patient had an immediate unbearable pain and came to Dr Bedi . On relief of pain and his leg vascularity was restored examination and investigation it was realized that .On a literature search it was found that this the patient was very anemic due to the loss of particular stent has never been used in the blood . Also the aneurysm could burst again with World for this indication.

Vedanta rolls out social transformation campaign

The infection you keep having could have originated in your bathroom; Deep cleaning is a must

ochi : Where we shower ourselves and dispose of our waste, it is where germs are certainly present. Have you happened to hover over a toilet seat in someone’s Krestroom, anxious not to touch it? People tend to flush the toilet with their feet or

use toilet paper to avoid any direct contact with it. Keeping your restroom germ-free should not be a hassle but a basic etiquette. To fight back it becomes essential to pick the right toilet disinfectant Domex which is enabled with Fresh Guard technology and has the power of both – killing the germs as well as leaving long-lasting freshness.According to, Dr Apurva K Srivastava, Senior Microbiologist, “Human excreta can carry a wide range of microorganisms, both bacteria like: Staphylococcus, Campylobacter, Enterococcus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,Yersinia, and viruses like,Papillomaviruses, rotavirus, hepatitis A and E viruses. Research has shown that microbes from our gut make up 25-54% of faecal matter. Several studies using genetic tests have detected the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus in stool samples, although it’s still unclear how transmissible this Corona virus is.”Some other scientists too believe that bathroom germs certainly start in the toilet, and later they easily spread to other parts of the room like faucet handles which are considered to be the second dirtiest spot.

alandhar, July 08: Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), the national leader in test preparatory services, Jjoined hands with city-based NGO Narayan Nagar Sewa

Samiti to distribute food packets across the city to covid affected families. As part of the initiative, 750 food packets (for breakfast, lunch and dinner) were distributed to 250 covid patients in Jalandhar today. The CSR initiative was launched by Mr Vivek Bhadauria, Branch Head, A a k a s h I n s t i t u t e , Jalandhar along with Mr Sanjiv Talwar from the Narayan Nagar Sewa Samiti and dignitaries from the city. Commenting on the noble initiative, Mr Parmeshwar Jha, Regional D i r e c t o r , A a k a s h Educational Services Limited said: “Our company is fully committed to provide the best possible assistance to the needy during this grim hour. To support everyone around, the company has partnered with this noble initiative which will help thousands of families. We hope to benefit as much people as we can.”

Aakash Educational Services Limited distributes 750 food packets to 250 Covid patients in Jalandhar

handigarh: itel announced the launch of its 4K Android TVs range in India. With a discerning customer base of over C7 crore mobile customers in India, the 4K Smart TVs

promise bundle of entertainment with great features and variations coming in both 43 and 55 inch sizes. After a phenomenal response with the G Series Android TV launch in March 2021, the new 4K Smart TV range looks stunning with s u p e r i o r t e c h n o l o g y a n d functionalities. The new television models named G4334IE and G5534IE are designed to elevate the home entertainment experience with a Bigger, Brighter, and Better viewing experience. The Smart TVs are priced at INR 32999 for the 43-inch variant and INR 46999 for the 55-inch version. Aligned with its brand philosophy- 'itel Hai. Life Sahi Hai', the new G Series 4K Smart TV additions are equipped with superior features that will make everyday entertainment better for consumers. The 4K UHD TVs offer a better resolution and come packed with an Ultra Bright Display (upto 400nits bright), 24W speaker, latest Android 10 OS, Google Assistant, Chromecast built-inTM and more storage.

itel Launches 4K Android TVs Pabhu Shri Ram launches more than 100 premium agarbattis in a year

handigarh :Harvest Gold, India's leading bakery food brand unveiled its fresh visual Cidentity with a new logo and packaging to

strengthen its brand positioning. The new look replaces the earlier image of a toque-wearing chef carrying fresh baked buns with a vibrant and energetic motif of a rising sun. Harvest Gold's new look is a homage to the generation who embraced the brand as a part of their lives. "The new logo of Harvest Gold is quintessentially Indian. It has been designed keeping in mind the fact that our audience is becoming more diverse every day. The new logo resonates with vibrant and dynamic spirit of young and effervescent India. The sun in new Logo reflects the energy and rededicated hope that inspires people to make the best of each day" says Mr Raj Kanwar Singh, MD of the company.

handigarh: Mi India, country’s number one smartphone and smart TV player, today Cannounced that it has recorded strong

and speedy growth in the premium smartphone segment. As per the May 2021 tracker by CounterPoint, the company captured ~14% market share in the 20K-45K category, thereby emerging as one of the fastest-growing and leading premium smartphone brands. A strong and clear portfolio of smartphones such as Mi 10i, Mi 11X, and Mi 11X Pro led to the growth of the Mi brand in India.Mi India’s market share growth in the premium segment comes as a testimony of the trust that Mi fans and consumers have shown towards the brand. In a span of a year, the company’s market share has reached from 3 percent in October 2020 to ~14 percent in May 2021. Commenting on the success of the Mi smartphones in India, Manu Kumar Jain, Managing Director, Mi India, said, “With Mi, we have focused on bringing breakthrough technologies and setting newer benchmarks for mobile innovation. With the launch of Mi 10 and Mi 11 series in the market, we have empowered our users with premium experience, on the back of superior design, best in class features.

Mi India records supersonic growth inthe premium smartphone segment

handigarh : :Samsung, India’s most trusted brand,has given scholarships to C544 meritorious students from Jawahar

Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) schools who have qualified for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and National Institute of Technology (NIT), as part of its Samsung Star Scholar program, fulfilling its vision of #PoweringDigitalIndia by empowering the next generation of Young India.In its sixth year, Samsung Star Scholar program has so far benefitted 800 JNV students. Under this program, Samsung offers scholarships every year to meritorious JNV students pursuing full-term B. Tech/Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) course at any IIT or NIT.The program offers a scholarship of up to 2 lakh for expenses related to tuition, examination, hostel and mess for one academic year and it can be renewed every year up to 5 years, seeking to financially support less privileged students.

mritsar/Jalandhar ,8 July :--: The pandemic. Talking about the campaign, Sharat pandemic has hit India hard, with Verma, Chief Marketing Officer, P&G India Amajor towns and cities going under and Vice President, Fabric Care said, “During

lockdown. With work from home and social Covid, we have been limited to the confines of distancing, everyone is spending more time our homes. But this physical proximity has not indoors. Though a strict lockdown nationwide necessarily led to stronger emotional

connection. Research shows 9 out of 10* people agree that covid has made them realize the importance of togetherness. With #TideForTime, our endeavor is to bring to light a pertinent question, rendered even more important in the current context – ‘Are we spending our time on what’s really important?’. We also realize that families spend

has brought many families together under one around 300^ hours every year doing laundry.

roof, this has also resulted in increased This is also a reminder that by putting Tide to

workload in the house. This adds up over time work and letting it deliver its superior cleaning,

and has a larger impact. A recently conducted we can make some time for our lives and spend

survey revealed 82%* agree that balancing it on what we truly value - whether it is

housework and office work has led to spending spending time with families, pursuing passions,

lesser time with your family during the finding some me-time or even exploring.

Tide announces their newest campaign #TideforTime which contextualises the importance of time for the families of today

HDFC Bank Spends Rs. 634.91 cr Towards CSR in FY 2020-2021

handigarh: HDFC Bank spent Rs 634.91 croretowards #Parivartan, Cthe umbrella programme for all

Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, in FY 2020-21. Out of Rs 634.9 crore, over Rs 110crore was allocated and utilised towards initiatives focused on Covid-19 relief.Further, the bank’s #Parivartanhas cumulatively haveimpacted over 8.5 crore lives across India. “As India’s largest private bank, we are humbled to have been able to make a difference in the lives of people, in a year that was difficult for many,” says Ms.AshimaBhat, Group Head – Business Finance, Strategy, Administration, Infrastructure,ESG &CSR, HDFC Bank. “HDFC Bank focuses on long-term sustainable initiatives that address the root cause of the problem as against any short-term relief. In a year that saw restrictions of many kinds due to Covid-19, the HDFC Bank team, including NGO partners, worked harder to remain committed to these initiatives and project goals. I want to take this opportunity to applaud them for their dedication. In the new FY, we’ll continue the work with a renewed vigour.”

Doctors call for frontofpack labels onpackaged foods to preventand reduce heart disease and stroke in India

handigarh : Leading doctors called for mandatory front of package labels on Cpackaged food products to stem the rising

burden of cardiovascular disease and stroke in India.The experts participating in a national session conducted by AIIMS Rishikesh and GMC College, Srinagar on “Addressing Cardiovascular Diseases through Front of Package Labelling in India” urged the need for simple measures such as front-of-package labels (FOPL)that can make a paradigm shift in the food consumption pattern of the country and as a result, avert an impending NCD crisis. Participants included Prof Samia Rashid, Principal, Government Medical College, Srinagar and Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, University of Kashmir; DrRubeenaShahen, Ex-Technical Director, FSSAI; Dr Khalid Mohiuddin, Associate Professor and Head, Superspeciality Hospital, GMC, Srinagar; Dr Pradeep Aggarwal, Associate Professor, Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Rishikesh and Dr Salim Khan, Professor and Head, Dept of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar.

New Range Rover Evoque introduced in India with prices 64.12 Lakh

Vi Customers Can Now Find Covid-19 Vaccine Slots Through Vi AppURUGRAM / HISAR : Getting vaccinated is the most important thing one can do in the present situation to protect themselves, their families and society from Gthe spread of Covid 19. To simplify the process of scheduling their vaccination

appointment, Vi has integrated the CoWin App’s slot finder on the Vi App for its customers. Vi users can search for available vaccine slots and set notification alerts on the Vi App itself. Vi customers will now not need to look beyond their phone to schedule a Covid 19 vaccination appointment. Vi customers can filter their search by age group, Vaccine names (Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik V), Dose, Paid/Free etc. and can source the available slots at a location closest to their address. Customers registered through the Vi App will also be notified as and when the vaccine slots are available in the user’s area. This service is available to Vi prepaid and post-paid customers.

Eating Almonds Improves Blood Glucose Control: Study

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M.Voc Cosmetology andWellness students ofHMV shine in University

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The students of M.VocCosmetology & Wellness Sem I ofHans Raj Mahila Maha VidyalayaHarnoor Kaur got 1st position with 342marks out of 400. Priyanka got 2ndposition with 326 marks and Ritika got3rd position with 307 marks. PrincipalProf. Dr. Ajay Sareen congratulated thestudents, Head of Department MuktiArora and Aditi.

Saplings planted inLedi school

SK SHARMABILASPUR: Plant more and more treesfor environmental balance. Globalwarming is a challenge for the wholeworld. Help in making the environmentgreen by planting saplings on everyoccasion. These views were expressedby Anil Saini, Principal of SeniorSecondary School, Ledi. Saplings wereplanted in the school premises incollaboration with the social organization- Roundtable. Various types of saplingswere planted to make the schoolcampus green. Saini said that the birdsalso get shelter by planting shady treeswith large expanses. He said that toimprove the deteriorating environment,there is a need to plant a large numberof saplings. Appealing to everyone, hesaid that after planting saplings, onemust take care of the plants. On thisoccasion, school staff members KrishnaPal, Krishna Saini, Mahendra, PraveenKumar, Vijay, Rajendra etc. werepresent.

Governor condolesdemise of former CMVirbhadra Singh

SHIMLA: Governor Bandaru Dattatrayahas expressed grief over the demise offormer Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.The Governor visited his residence'Holy Lodge' and laid a wreath on themortal remains of the former ChiefMinister. He expressed his condolencesto Pratibha Singh, wife of former ChiefMinister and son Vikramaditya Singh. Inhis condolence message, the Governorsaid that Virbhadra Singh was astalwart leader, who ensuredunprecedented contribution indevelopment of Himachal Pradesh. Thecountry and particularly Himachal haslost a great personality and a dynamicleader. He said that Virbhadra Singhwould always be remembered andrespected by the people of the countryfor his simplicity, humanity andbenevolence. The services andcontributions made by him for the Stateas a politician and Chief Minister willalways be remembered.

Soni directs to set up JanAushdhi Kendra atAmritsar Medical CollegeLK BANSALMOHALI: Punjab Medical Education andResearch Minister Om Prakash Sonitoday directed to set up a Jan AushadhiCentre at Government Medical College,Amritsar. While presiding over a high-levelmeeting to review the working mechanismof Government Medical College Patialaand Amritsar here today, Soni said thatJan Aushdhi Centre at Amritsar willprovide much-needed respite withaffordable generic drugs to local residents.During the meeting Principal Secretary ofthe department, Alok Shekhar informedthat the construction work of State CancerInstitute Amritsar was in full swing and itwould be completed soon and dedicatedto the people of Punjab. He said thatSuper Specialist Services for Cancertreatment at Government Medical College,Patiala would also be started shortly.

Lakhowal not in favor of fighting Punjab polls on keepinggun on shoulders of farmersMOGA: National President BKU (Lakhowal), Ajmer Singh Lakhowal was not in favour of contesting Punjab polls andwas strongly critical of Haryana BKU leader Gurnam Singh Churani who called upon farmers' agitating centre's threefarm laws with launching "Mission Punjab" before the assembly elections with the formation of 'Kissan MazdoorSarkar' in the state. Lakhowal while commenting upon the statement of Gurnam Singh Churani said on Thursdaythat it was not the decision of the Sanyukt Kissan Morcha and might be the personal decision of Churani. He alsosaid farmers' always fought for the sake of farmers' and were protesting against the three farm Laws since last eightmonths. He said farmers never wanted political leaders to get involved in their fight and also said farmers would notspare BJP leadership throughout the country and also those MPs who would oppose farmers' interest in theparliament. He also declared that farmers' in a group of 200 will protest against the three farm Laws outside theParliament everyday during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament as per the announcement of the SanyuktKissan Morcha.

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Manohar government is realizing thedream of Antyodaya : Dr. Ganesh Dutt

RAVI KUMARBABAIN, JULY 8

Former national executivemember of BJP's intellectualcell, Dr. Ganesh Dutt said thatChief Minister Manohar Lal'sgovernment in the state isfulfilling the dream ofAntyodaya in the state. Thegovernment has started manyschemes for the poor sectionof the society and they havestarted development worksfor the middle class also, dueto which the dream ofAntyodaya is being realized.BJP leader Ganesh Dutt wastalking to reporters at theoffice of BJP worker VikasSharma Jalkhedi in Babain.Dutt said that ever since theBJP government was formedin the state, works have beenstarted for the economic and

social upliftment of thepeople belonging toscheduled castes and tribes. Inwhich the government hasdecided to give 50 lakhrupees in each district forscheduled castes and tribes,so that they can be providedfinancial assistance on time.Not only this, the governmenthas also given a reservation of20 percent in outsourcingpolicy. He said that in 12 lakhfamilies, the government will

put an amount of Rs 5000each in the account of eachfamily, so that those whosejobs have been affectedduring the Corona transitionperiod can get immediatehelp. Dr. Dutt said that underMera Pani Meri Virasat, thegovernment has also decidedto give Rs.4000 per acre tothe farmer having vacantland and to the farmers, whosow crops other than paddy.Due to which they will also

get economic benefits andwater will be saved and theproduction capacity of theland will also increase. Hesaid that while working inthe field of health, thegovernment has also workedto promote tourism alongwith medical colleges,AYUSH universities in everydistrict. He said that it is theresponsibility of every BJPworker to take the schemesof the government to thepeople, so that all thepolitical parties includingCongress, who aremisleading the farmers andengaged in doing politics oftheir own selfishness, can geta lesson. Many workersincluding Vikas SharmaJalkhedi, Mukesh Kumar,Ashwani, Praveen werepresent on this occasion.

Ensure all eligible get PMAYscheme benefits: MC

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 8

Municipal Corporation has increasedthe lobbying to provide benefits ofPradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)to all eligible persons of Karnal Urban.On Thursday, Municipal CommissionerDr. Manoj Kumar held a meeting withUrban Project Officer Praveen Chugh,who is handling the scheme, to knowthe status of the beneficiaries till nowand gave some necessary guidelines totake the scheme forward.

The Municipal Commissioner saidto take advantage of the benefits of thescheme in Karnal Urban, 1896 personshad filled the forms, out of which 1042forms were found to be correct and outof these 740 letters of intent wereissued, out of which 235 got the firstinstalment to build houses. Whilesecond instalment was released to 127.The number of beneficiaries whocompleted the construction of their

houses by taking advantage of thescheme is 44.

The MC Commissioner furtherinformed that out of 740 persons withthe letter of intent, notices have beenissued to 498 persons except 242 andappealed to them to inform about thecommencement of house construction,so that they can be released the firstinstalment of the scheme.

Thieves target fourhouses in single nightRAMLAL SHARMATARAORI, JULY 8

Last night in the city's Laxmi Colony, thievestargeted four houses, but they could not succeed intheir objective. The people of the colony are shockedby this incident. Sanjay Singla, Prem Lamba,Arvindr Singh said in the complaint given to thepolice that first 4 thieves entered Prem Lamba'shouse around 3 pm by taking off the grill of thewindow of the house, but the room was locked frominside. The second target was the kothi of Shri RamRice Mill MD Sanjay Singla. After jumping from theback wall of Singla, the three thieves took out thegrill of the window and entered and lit the battery.Suddenly the battery light fell on Sanjay Singla, whowas sleeping in another room. The light made SanjaySingla suspicious and he went out with his wife. Oneof the thieves standing outside hit Singla with aslingshot. Sanjay Singla chased the thief but he tookadvantage of the darkness and disappeared and threethieves inside the house also escaped. The third thiefbroke the cameras installed outside Tejinder Singla'shouse. In the fourth attempt he tried to go insideArvind Singh's kothi but could not succeed inentering. Police have taken footage of the camerasinstalled in Pankaj Goyal's kothi with Sanjay Singla.Police station in-charge Kulbir Kaur said thatfingerprints were taken and patrolling would beincreased during night. A case has been registeredagainst unknown thieves.

SJVN felicitates RK Singh UnionMinister of Power and NRE

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JULY 8

Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVNfelicitated Raj Kumar Singh on his elevation as Cabinet Ministerin Union Government for Power and New & Renewable Energy(NRE) today at New Delhi. Sharma apprised Minister about theprogress of various Projects of SJVN in India, Nepal andBhutan. During the interaction the Minister expressed happinesson the progress of activities carried out by SJVN in differentProjects. He further emphasized that, we have to achieve thetarget of 24X7 Power for All set by Prime Minister well beforethe schedule while ensuring that the benefits of power andenergy sector reach the common man. Nand Lal Sharma assuredthat SJVN is committed to fulfil the vision of Prime Ministerunder the able guidance of Union Power Minister. Nand LalSharma also met and congratulated Krishan Pal Gurjar forassuming the charge of Minister of State for Power & HeavyIndustries. Sharma informed Minister about SJVN and itsongoing projects in India & Abroad.Dharmendra Pradhan on the occasion of taking charge as the Education Minister today.

Medical Associations lend supportto former Panchkula CMO

SD SHARMAPANCHKULA, JULY 8

After the Citizens’ Welfare Association(CWA), an apex-body, having taken thecognizance that Dr Jasjeet Kaur, CivilSurgeon, General Hospital sector 6,Panchkula has been put under suspension byhon’ble Health Minister, Haryana hadresented the illegal and uncalled forsuspension the Indian Medical AssociationPanchkula had extended full support to DrJasjeet Kaur. Meanwhile the Haryana Civil

Medical Services Association too hasextended their whole hearted support to her.The IMA Panchkula president Dr.Rajiv Aryahas issued a press note duly signed bysecretary Rachit Duggal, Finance secretary DrSajeev Sharma and patron Dr DS Verma hastermed it illegal and condemned thesuspension of Dr Jasjeet Kaur withoutfollowing the official procedure in vogue forgovernment employees. Dr Arya reiteratedthat Dr Jasjeet Kaur had done exemplary hardwork during her 18 months stint as the CMOespecially during the COVID19.

200 saplings distributedamong lawyers, public

RR SHELLYKARNAL, JULY 8

More than 200 saplings weredistributed by the authoritytoday on the second day ofthe “Save Environment, SaveLife” campaign being run bythe District Legal ServicesAuthority, Karnal. Givingthis information, the CJM ofthe Authority and SecretaryJasbir informed that in viewof the increasing threat to theenvironment, a weeklycampaign was started by theauthority under which theauthority is distributing treesand plants in different areasof. He said that saplings arebeing planted in vacantplaces with the help of

NGOs. Under this campaign,more than 200 saplings weredistributed to lawyers andgeneral public at ADRCenter today, which includedtrees of guava, jamun,lemon, amla and tamarindetc. He said that the authorityhas been organizing

programs related toenvironment from time totime so that the generalpublic can be made awareabout the environment. Heappealed to the people toplant more and more treesaround them so that theenvironment can be kept safe.

Draw for reservationward of Panipat ZP held

PARDEEP MEHTAPANIPAT, JULY 8

Under thechairmanship ofDeputy Commissionerand District ElectionOfficer Sushil Sarwan,the draw of wardreservation of ZillaParishad was held onThursday in theauditorium of the second floor of the mini secretariat. As per theprovisions given in Rule 5 of Haryana Panchayati Raj Election(Amendment) Rules 2021, this draw was drawn for reservation ofseats/wards of Zilla Parishad Panipat for Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Castes Women, Backward Classes-A and Women.Giving information, Zilla Parishad CEO Vivek Chaudhary said thatin the presence of dignitaries during the process of reservation, wardnumber 1 for scheduled caste and ward number 2 for generalcategory, women reserved seat for ward number 3, ward number 4.For Backward Class-A, Women for Ward No. 5, Backward Class-Afor Ward No. 6, Women Reserved for Ward No. 7, General Categoryfor Ward No. 8, Women Reserved for Ward No. 9 General Categoryfor Ward No. 10, Women Reserved for Ward No. 11, GeneralCategory for Ward No. 12, Women Reserved Seat for Ward No. 13,General Category for Ward No. 14, Women Reserved for Ward No.15 for ward number 16, the seat reserved for scheduled castewomen and ward number 17 will be reserved for scheduled caste.Videography and photography of Ward Reservation Draw was alsodone on this occasion.

DC Mohammad Ishfaq inspects JagowalIsland, Salopur and Basantpur drains

VERMAGURDASPUR, JULY 8

Deputy CommissionerMohammad Ishfaq inspectedJagowal Island, Salopur andBasantpur drains to review thedrainage and other necessaryarrangements keeping in view therainy season and directed theauthorities to ensure that beforethe rains. Ensure complete

cleaning of drains. RahulAdditional Deputy Commissioner(G), Jaipal Singh Bhinder XenDrains Gurdaspur, GOG officialsand officers of the concerneddepartment were present on theoccasion. The DeputyCommissioner directed theofficers of the DrainageDepartment to ensure that thegarbage coming out of the drainsduring the cleaning of drains

should not be dumped near thedrains but should be disposed offthe drains. He said that in view ofthe rains no slack should be usedfor the cleaning of drains in thedistrict and strict action would betaken in case of negligence. Onthis occasion the DeputyCommissioner interacted with theSarpanches and Mohtabars of thevillages near the drains andlistened to the problems faced by

them. He further said that thedistrict administration wascommitted to solve everyproblem of the people of thevillages near the drains on prioritybasis and no hassle would beallowed to them. He asked theofficials to keep in touch with therelatives of the nearby villageskeeping in view the rainy seasonand ensure timely resolution ofany problem.

Kumar reads a riot act to dairy ownersSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JULY 8

In the meeting of MunicipalCommissioner Dr. Manoj Kumarwith the dairy operators at Dr.Mangalsen auditorium, it wasdecided that all the dairy operatorsshould shift their dairies within themonth of July to the Dairy Complexat Pingali, otherwise the corporationwill lift the animals out of the citythrough enforcement. Thecorporation commissioner bluntlytold about 3 dozen dairy operatorspresent in the meeting to take thedairies to Pingali complex.

There are about 150 dairies inthe city. It was told in the meetingthat in the earlier survey conductedby the Municipal Corporation, about300 dairies were told to shut, out ofwhich many have closed the dairybusiness. Now in real terms, about150 dairies are running in the city, inwhich the number of animals varies.

The dung coming out of dairiesclogs the sewer lines and dairiesalsocause dirt in the city, its effectcan be seen on the roads at manyplaces. Dairy animals also causeaccidents on the roads. The commoncitizen also wants that the dairiesshould be shifted out of the city. Tokeep the city clean, it is necessary toshift the dairies out of the city.

Facilities like electricity andwater are available at the DairyComplex site In the meeting, theMunicipal Commissioner informedthat necessary facilities likeelectricity, water have beenprovided by the MunicipalCorporation at the Dairy Shifting

site. Dairy operators should nolonger have an excuse for nothaving these facilities. The roadswere already built. Two tube wellshave been installed, water supplylines have been given. Electricitywires have reached the poles, youwill have to apply and get theconnection, which will be availablesoon, MC told dairy farmers.Residential rooms can also be builtabove the dairy. The Commissionersaid that first notices will be issuedto all dairy operators, then theenforcement teams will do theirwork. To take the animals out of thecity, 5 teams have been preparedunder the leadership of theSanitation Officer. He told that anydairy operator can come to thecorporation to get his doubtsresolved. In the meeting, the contactnumbers of Secretary Bal Singh andAssistant Engineer Satish Mittalwere also given to the dairyoperators.

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Sourav Gangulyturns 49, Sehwag,Laxman lead wishesfor BCCI PresidentNEW DELHI: Former Indian crick-eters VVS Laxman and VirenderSehwag led the way as wishespoured in for Sourav Ganguly onhis 49th birthday on Thursday.Laxman wished Ganguly "life'sbiggest joys" on his birthday andshared a picture with the formerIndian skipper from their playingdays."Many more happy returns of theday @SGanguly99. May you begifted with life's biggest joys andnever-ending bliss. Wishing you agreat year ahead. #HappyBirth-dayDada," Laxman tweeted.Former Indian opener VirenderSehwag wished Ganguly "goodhealth" on his birthday."Few could match Dada kaJunoon, Dada ka Iraada. May yoube in good health and spirits al-ways Dada. #HappyBirthdayDa-da," said Sehwag.BCCI also came forward to wishthe board's President.

Eng vs Pak: HarisSohail ruled out ofODI series due tohamstring injuryCARDIFF : Pakistan batsmanHaris Sohail has been ruled outfrom the tour of England due to ahamstring injury.The MRI conducted here onWednesday revealed a gradethree tear injury, which he hadpicked up during a training sessionin Derby last week.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)medical panel has advised the left-handed middle-order batsman toundergo a four-week rehabilitationprogramme before a reassess-ment is carried out.Haris, who was selected for theODIs only, will return to Pakistanto undergo the rehabilitation pro-gramme at the National High-Per-formance Centre in Lahore."I was keenly looking forward tothe ODIs as part of my objective tocontribute in the side's successand also cement my position in theside," said Haris in a statement.

Mixed start forViswanathan Anandafter he kicks off GrandChess Tour with winZAGREB : Five-time world cham-pion Viswanathan Anand defeatedDutch Grandmaster Jorden vanForeest on his return to competi-tive chess on Wednesday.Former world champion Anand,who was playing his first over-the-board game in almost 17 months,started off with a win in round oneof the Croatia Grand Chess Tourtournament.However, the Indian championfaced a defeat at the hands-offFrenchman Maxime Vachier-La-grave in the second round beforedrawing with Ian Nepomniachtchiof Russia."It started to come back, but thefirst game was very strange,"Chess.com quoted Anand as say-ing. "There were several momentswhere I realized: oh, I have tomake a move now! When you aresitting at home you are always inanalysis mode but here suddenlyyou actually have to make a deci-sion," he added. The ZagrebRapid and Blitz are being stagedfrom July 7 to 11 in Zagreb, Croat-ia. The time control in the rapid is25 minutes for each player with a10-second increment per move,starting from move one.The time control in the blitz is fiveminutes for each player with atwo-second increment per move,starting from move one. The rapidcounts double for the final stand-ings. The tournament is the thirdleg of the Grand Chess Tour and has a USD 150,000 prizefund with the first prize of USD37,500.

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AGENCYBENGALURU, JULY 8

Having made the cut to the 16-member Indian women's hockeysquad for the Tokyo Olympics,young striker Lalremsiami is hope-ful of winning a medal in Japan.

She said the team has workedhard and made many sacrifices forthe Olympics due to the currentCOVID-19 pandemic situation.

"We won't waste the hard workand sacrifices we all have made atthe camp (SAI Bengaluru). We willgive our best in Tokyo. We havebeen getting wonderful supportfrom the fans, and I hope we makethem proud by winning a medal atthe Tokyo Olympics," said Lalrem-siami, who is one of the eight debu-tants named in the squad for TokyoGames 2020.

The 21-year-old striker, whohails from Kolasib, Mizoram, creat-ed history when she became thefirst female player from the state tomake it for the Olympics.

While speaking about her hock-ey journey, the young striker said, "Iwas introduced to hockey in a play-ground near my house, and as soonas my school hockey coach saw meplaying, he selected me for theschool team. When I was 10, Iplayed my first inter-school tourna-ment, and won the Best HockeyPlayer award, along with a Rs 500cash prize. So, that's how my love

affair with this beautiful game start-ed.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JULY 8

Outgoing Sports MinisterKiren Rijiju on Thursday saidthe journey of making India agreat sporting nation willcontinue as only responsibil-ities have changed and notthe vision. Rijiju assumedcharge as the Union Ministerof Law and Justice on Thurs-day replacing Ravi ShankarPrasad in the Ministry.

"We tried everything tomake India a great sportingnation. The journey will con-tinue as it is a change of re-sponsibilities. I am shifting tothe Law and Justice Ministrybut the efforts which are go-ing on in the Ministry ofYouth Affairs and Sports willcontinue and my best wishesto the team," Rijiju told re-porters.

The former Sports Minis-ter said his team did every-thing in their capacity to ful-

fill the aspirations of thecountrymen and the vi-sion of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. "I metthe sports ministry offi-cials, secretary Youth Af-fairs, secretary Sports,DG SAI, and the entireteam. We had a greatteam and a wonderfuljourney," said Rijiju.

"We did everythingto fulfill the vision of PMand the aspirations of thepeople. We have triedeverything to make Indiaa great sporting nation.We will all continue to

cheer for our team in TokyoOlympics," he added.

Rijiju had become theUnion Minister of Youth Af-fairs and Sports after theBJP-led government returnedto office in the 2019 Lok Sab-ha polls. Over the past twoyears, he has been associatedwith several initiatives in the

sports ministry including theFit India movement. "Thetime which I had has been ex-tremely favourable as well asfull of events and activities,"said Rijiju. "From young tosenior athletes, I have metmost of the players in theacademy and interacted withthem.

Journey will continue to make Indiaa great sporting nation: Kiren Rijiju

Kohli retains 5th spot,Rahul climbs to 6th in

ICC T20I rankings

Ind vs Eng: Focus on Harmanpreet asvisitors target improved performanceAGENCYNORTHAMPTON, JULY 8

England women might have won the ODI se-ries but the victory in the last game has en-sured India walk into the T20 leg with rejuve-nated confidence as the two teams get ready tolock horns in the shortest format from Friday.

The momentum will be with Team Indianot only because the visitors are coming onthe back of a thrilling win but also for theirvictory over South Africa in the third and finalT20I in March.

In the last two white-ball series, Team In-dia has shown why you can never write themoff. They might have lost the series but havealways ensured the fight is on till the last ball.

And when the Harmanpreet Kaur-led sidenow gets ready to face England in the T20Is,it will all be about gathering the confidencefrom the wins the side has registered this year.

However, skipper Harmanpreet's form is amajor concern for the visitors as she is goingthrough a lean patch. The right-handed batterhas scored 36 runs in her last three ODIs andhas not played a T20I since India's defeat toAustralia in the women's T20 World Cup in2020. While teammates have advocated thatHarmanpreet is just one knock away from re-gaining form, Indian women hope the inning isnot so far as it seems to be. "It's just a matter ofone innings for a batter like her to get [back] herrhythm and timing. I'm sure with the T20 for-mat, a format that suits her game, I really hopeshe will be back among the runs," India ODIskipper Mithali Raj had said in a virtual pressconference last week. Meanwhile, all eyes willbe on Sneh Rana, who has impressed everyonewith her calm and composed style of batting.Sneh had helped the team register a draw in theone-off Test before making sure England does-n't clean sweep the ODI series. Mithali after thewin in the last game admitted that Sneh, who re-turned to international cricket after a five-year

gap, can be groomed as a finisher. "Definitely,yes. That's a slot we've always looked forsomebody who has the shots to clear the field-- strong shots all around. And it helps to havea player there who can also bowl. So it's goodto have her in the side," said Mithali. "She'sdefinitely shown that she does have the char-acter in her to be built into a good player. Inthe current era, in modern cricket, all-roundersplay a very important role in the compositionof the team. I'm sure that she has a bigger roleplaying for India in the coming years," sheadded.

Eyes will also be on Shafali Verma as the

teen sensation walks into her favourite formatafter a not so good show in the ODI series.Ramesh Powar, the India Women head coachsaid batting has to be up to the mark if the sidewants to go one step ahead in the World Cup.

India women's squad for T20I : Harman-preet Kaur (Captain) Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues,Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol,Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), In-drani Roy (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey,Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Ya-dav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran DilBahadur.

Had promised my latefather that I'll play in

Olympics: Lalremsiami

AGENCYDUBAI, JULY 8

Indian skipper Virat Kohli re-tained his fifth position whilewicketkeeper-batsman KLRahul gained one spot to be insixth place in the latest ICCT20I rankings.

With 762 points, Kohli isbehind England's David Malan(888 points), Australia white-ball skipper Aaron Finch(830), Pakistan captain BabarAzam (828) and New Zealandopener Devon Conway (774).

Rahul, who has 743 points,and Australia all-rounderGlenn Maxwell have climbeda rung each to be placed sixthand seventh respectively.

Rahul and Kohli are theonly two Indians to feature inthe top-10 among batsmen. NoIndian features in the top-10among bowlers and all-rounders in the latest T20Irankings.

In the ODI rankings, Kohliand vice-captain Rohit Sharmaremained in the top five, occu-

pying the second and thirdspots respectively, behindAzam.

Indian pace ace JapritBumrah, the lone bowler fromthe country in the top 10,dropped a spot to sixth place,while Ravindra Jadeja re-mained in the ninth position inthe all-rounders' list.

England all-rounder ChrisWoakes reached a career-bestthird position among bowlersafter a fine show against SriLanka in the three-match ICCMen's ricket World Cup SuperLeague series.

Woakes, who grabbed sixwickets in two matches, in-cluding a haul of four for 18 inthe first ODI, has advancedfour slots in the list led by NewZealand's Trent Boult withBangladesh's Mehidy HasanMiraz in second place.

Woakes' previous best wasfourth position attained in Sep-tember last year. He is also upone place to third among all-rounders after overtakingteam-mate, Ben Stokes.

Ind vs SL: Opportunity for Dravid tocreate future champions, says Laxman

AGENCYMUMBAI, JULY 8

Former India batsman VVS Laxman feels the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lan-ka is an opportunity for Rahul Dravid to create future champions.

Sri Lanka and India will square off in three ODIs and three T20Is, beginning July 13.While Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been named vice-captain, Shikhar Dhawan will lead theteam which will be coached by former skipper Dravid.

Laxman said it will also be an opportunity for Dravid to prove himself as a coach andhis mere experience will help the young guns during the Sri Lanka tour.

"I don't think there is any pressure. This is an opportunity for Rahul Dravid to provehimself as a coach. We all know his contribution towards Indian cricket, both as a playerand as someone, who has been instrumental in creating the (Team India's) bench strength-- both as India A coach and as the Director of the National Cricket Academy," Laxmansaid on Star Sports' show Game Plan. "I think it is an opportunity for him to create the fu-ture champions for Indian cricket. It's not necessary, that everyone will get an opportuni-ty to play in this tournament. "But just spending time with Rahul and sharing his experi-ences -- which he has already done with a lot of these players in the squad -- will enhancetheir future and their growth as Indian cricketers," he added.

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Ajay Devgn welcomes Esha Deol to the team of Rudra- The Edge Of Darkness

ollywood actor Ajay Devgn recently announced that Esha Deol Takhtani has joined the cast of the upcoming series titled 'Rudra - The Edge Of Darkness'. The 'Drishyam' star took to his Twitter Bhandle to welcome Esha to the crime-drama series' team. He wrote, "Happy to share the news

that @Esha_Deol will be joining the journey of Rudra - The Edge Of Darkness. Welcome aboard Esha." The forthcoming series marks the digital debut of both the stars, who have shared screen space in movies like 'Yuva', 'LOC: Kargil', 'Cash', 'Main Aisa Hi Hoon', 'Insan' and 'Kaal'. The series will soon go into production and will be shot across Mumbai. Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with BBC Studios India, the series is the Indian adaptation of the Idris Elba-starrer hit British series 'Luther'. 'Rudra - The Edge of Darkness' is an engaging dark, gritty crime-drama series that would bring together a unique storytelling format and powerful characters. Speaking about the upcoming project, Esha said, "I am really happy to collaborate with Applause and BBC Studios for Rudra - The Edge of Darkness on Disney+ Hotstar VIP. As an actor, I believe in working on projects that would let me explore something new and engage me as a viewer as well. This series is a fresh take on the quintessential cop drama, with a grey overtone, something which has not been explored in the Indian context before."Speaking about reuniting with Ajay, she added, "With the resounding success of the OTT space, I am charged up for my digital debut with this one and I am looking forward to working with Ajay Devgn after a long time who has been a fantastic co-star to me in many films." Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment, said that Esha's presence will take the series a notch higher and "add more spark to the story". He said, "With Esha Deol joining the star cast of Rudra - The Edge of Darkness, we are certain that her presence will take the series a notch

higher and add more spark to the story. Building on the long-standing relationship with Disney+ Hotstar VIP, we are looking forward to the

creation of this remarkable series." Announcing the project, Ajay had earlier called Rudra "the crime thriller of the year". The 'Omkara'

actor will don the role of a cop with grey shades for this drama. The Ajay Devgn headlined project will release later this year on

Disney+ Hotstar VIP. Esha was last seen in the critically acclaimed short film 'Cakewalk'. The award-winning British

drama 'Luther' released in 2010 and went on for five seasons. It is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video in India.

Dilip Kumar imitated Helen's dance moves with ease: Saira Banu

ilip Kumar was a great "It had to be seen to be mimic and used to imitate believed! His imitation of the Dthe dance moves of Helen 'Monica, O my darling' number was

with effortless ease, according to mind-boggling! I was amazed! What his wife Saira Banu. a superb duplication he did of

She recalled this trait of her Helenji! He seductively projected his husband in his autobiography "The leg out of the slit of a towel and with Substance And The Shadow". the batting of his thick eyelashes to Banu, who wrote the foreword to give that come-hither look, he paid the book published in 2014, wanted his own tribute to Hindi cinema's his admirers to be acquainted, most adorable seductress," Saira through incidents and episodes, Banu wrote. "I wish I had filmed it with Dilip Kumar's "innate simplicity, quietly to show all of you what a straightforwardness and good mimic he is," she also immeasurable goodness of heart". mentioned.

She considered her husband, Dilip Kumar once also tried to who passed away Wednesday at depict the difficult steps of famous the age of 98, a man full of joie de Kathak star Gopi Krishna from V vivre (the joy of living) and as Shantaram's "Jhanak Jhanak Payal mischievous as a child prankster. Baaje" (1955).

"When I stopped my work in "To add conviction to the dance films and took over the performance, Dilip Sahab would management of the house, recite the necessary tabla 'bols' sometime after marriage, my new (words) exquisitely, chanting and avatar was replicated hilariously by doing 'chakkers' (rounds) like a Dilip Sahab a few times having me professional dancer, his tousled

carry a dress outfit precariously for me) and he would romp around Another hilarious and perfect and my mother in splits," she wrote. mop of hair bouncing in a frenzy all showing to the tailor in one hand absentmindedly in the house copy was his grand depiction of the "He would perch a pair of over his forehead and you could not while keeping one half of his pyjama impersonating me. It was a sight," dancing queen Helen's famous spectacles on his head, a telephone miss his mischievous eyes darting drawn high on his leg (much like she reminisced. cabaret item, she said.diary pressed under his arms, and to and fro.

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Alia Bhatt signs withWME talent agency

eems like Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt is eyeing opportunities in the Hollywood industry. The 'Gully Boy' Sstar has recently signed a contract with one of the

leading international talent management agencies, William Morris Agency (WME).As per Deadline, the actor has signed with William Morris Agency in all areas as she is planning to go big by spreading her wings internationally.WME is one of the longest-running talent agencies, which manages sports, events, media and fashion. The agency had also signed actor Freida Pinto, who went on to act in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Immortals'.Alia, the daughter of filmmaker-producer Mahesh Bhatt and actor Soni Razdan, has won four Filmfare Awards in a career that began as a child actor. Most recently she took her third Best Actress award for 'Gully Boy', which also became India's submission for the 2020 Oscar race. The actor, who was last seen in 'Sadak 2', will next feature in 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, which is expected to arrive in theatres later this year.She will also be seen in the forthcoming movie 'Brahmastra' alongside rumoured beau Ranbir Kapoor. The movie is directed by Ayan Mukerji and also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna, and Mouni Roy.

The 'Highway' actor will also feature in the multi-starrer magnum opus 'RRR', helmed by S.S. Rajamouli. It also

stars NT Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn and Olivia Morris.

Alia is currently shooting for the upcoming dark comedy 'Darlings', in which she is starring and

producing via her Eternal Sunshine Productions banner.She also has 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem

Kahani', 'Baiju Bawra' and 'Takht' in the pipeline.

Aamir Khan pens emotional note mourningDilip Kumar's demise

s the Bollywood fraternity mourned Dilip Kumar's demise and extended their condolences on social Amedia, megastar Aamir Khan also paid his respects

to the late actor. "Thank you Yusuf Sahab for the invaluable, priceless and unique gift you have given all of us through your work. For me you have always been and always will be the greatest ever. Salaam. Love. Aamir," the actor wrote on the Instagram handle of his company 'Aamir Khan Productions'. The news of Dilip Kumar's demise was shared by his family friend Faisal Farooqui on the former Twitter handle. "With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return. Faisal Farooqui," he wrote in his tweet. The late actor's funeral took place with full state honours as declared by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. He was laid to rest at the Santacruz cemeter y around 5 pm in the presenc e of his wife and heavy police security. Meanwhile, on the work front, Aamir is awaiti ng the release of his film 'Laal Singh Chad ha'. It is the official Hindi remake of the Tom Hanks-starrer 'Forrest Gump'. The movie, directed by Advait Chandan , also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead role.

NASEERUDDIN SHAH discharged from hospital, returns home

eteran actor Naseeruddin Shah was on Wednesday morning discharged from hospital, Vwhere he was undergoing treatment for

pneumonia that he was diagnosed with last month. Naseeruddin Shah's son, actor Vivaan Shah took to Instagram stories to post photos featuring the thespian and his wife and actor Ratna Pathak Shah. In the first photo, Naseeruddin Shah can be seen standing by the side of his bed in an orange T-shirt and white track pants. "Back home," he captained the photo along with a heart and folded hands emoji. In the second photo, Naseeruddin Shah can be seen conversing on his phone while Ratna Pathak Shah is sitting on the bed

engaged in some work. Giving an update on his health, Vivaash wrote, "He just got discharged today morning." The 70-year-old actor was reportedly admitted to the Khar-based P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, a non-COVID-19 facility, last Tuesday. Meanwhile, on the work front, the National Award-winning actor was last seen in the film 'Mee Raqsam'. He was also a part of the hit web series 'Bandish Bandits', where he played the role of a classical musician.

Movie buffs will now get to see him sharing screen space with actor Rasika Duggal in a short film.