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If a man achieves victory over thisbody, who in the world can

exercise power over him? He whorules himself rules over the whole

world.

Vinoba Bhave

Sourabh winsVietnam OpenSuper 100 titleHO CHI MINH CITY: India'sSourabh Verma registered athrilling three-game win over Chi-na's Sun Fei Xiang to claim themen's singles title at the USD75,000 Vietnam Open BWF TourSuper 100 badminton tourna-ment here on Sunday.Second seed Sourabh, who haswon the Hyderabad Open andSlovenian International earlierthis year, recovered from a mid-game slump to beat Sun 21-1217-21 21-14 in the summit clashwhich lasted an hour and 12 min-utes. "I am very happy with theway, I played this week. I playedthree Japanese and these play-ers have similar kind of style.Most like to attack and the littledifferences in their style is some-thing you have to figure out onthe court.

Doordarshanturns 60NEW DELHI: 'Doordarshan',watched by generations of Indianswhile growing, completes 60 glori-ous years in the service of the Na-tion on Sunday. The iconic Nation-al Broadcaster of India 'Doordar-shan', was founded in 1959 andpaved the way for the golden ageof television.. From Ramayan, Ma-habharat, Buniyaad, Humlog to hitech coverage of Chandrayaan2, In-dia’s first public service broadcasterDoordarshan is loved by generationsof Indians. "It's a moment to recog-nise that it's not that Doordarshanhas gotten older, but it is getting new-er for digital audiences," said PrasarBharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vem-pati. 'It is not only that Doordarshanhas turned 60 but the history of Tele-vision Broadcasting in India nowspans 6 decaded - a milestone for allof TV,' he said in his tweet. Doordar-shan, inspired by the idea of unitingfamilies in the living room to watchthe daily Samachar or the eveningshows, catered to all audiences alikewith its evolving number of TVshows — from regional and generalentertainment to news and sports.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, SEPTEM-BER 15-

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.Manohar Lal said that likewiseAssam, the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) would also beimplemented in Haryana. Besidesthis, constitution of a Law Com-mission is also being consideredin the state and a separate volun-tary department would also be setup to take the services of intellec-tuals of the society.

The Chief Minister was ad-dressing the people on the lastday of the state-level Maha JanSampark Abhiyan organised toinform the people about worksdone by the state government in the last fiveyears, Panchkula today.

In reply to a question, the Chief Minis-ter said that the party is running a five-dayMaha Jan Sampark Abhiyan at national lev-el, in the same sequence today, he met withthe dignitaries in Panchkula. Apart fromformer chairman, Haryana State HumanRights Commission, Justice (Retd) HS

Bhalla, he also met former Admiral Mr J.S.Lamba, Sector-6, MCD and Lt. Gen. (re-tired), Baljit Singh Jaiswal at AmaravatiEnclave.

The Chief Minister said that the aim ofsuch campaign is to reach out to peopleabout the work done by the present stategovernment during the last five years. Hesaid that they are also taking suggestions of

enlightened people about whatto do in the coming time.Good suggestions could alsobe included in our resolutionletter, he added. Manohar Lalsaid that social audit systemwould be implemented so thatthe audit of developmentworks could be done by the in-tellectuals people of the soci-ety, in which ex-servicemen,teachers, engineers or othershaving special achievementwould be included. For this,in the coming time a separatevoluntary department wouldalso be formed. In response toa question, the Chief Ministersaid that the State Governmentis working on a fast pace on

family identity card and its data would alsobe used in the National Register of Citizens(NRC). He also appreciated the efforts ofJustice (retd), H.S. Bhalla that even after re-tirement, he is going on a tour of Assam tostudy NRC data. He said that in a way, itwould also be better for the government asMr. Bhalla's services would be useful forthe NRC to be established in the state.

NRC to be implementedin Haryana too: KhattarBJP’s Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyan concludes

AGENCYAMARAVATI (AP), SEPT 15

At least 13 people drowned and around29 were missing after a boat carryingthem to a tourist spot capsized in theswollen River Godavari in AndhraPradesh on Sunday, police said.

The boat was carrying around 60people, including nine-member crew,and 17 of them were rescued by the lo-cals while search was on for others.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi andAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Ja-gan Mohan Reddy expressed anguishover the tragedy.

"Extremely pained by the capsizingof a boat in Andhra Pradesh's East Go-davari. My thoughts are with the be-reaved families," the prime ministerwrote on Twitter.

He said rescue operations are cur-rently underway at the site of thetragedy.

Jagan Mohan Reddy expressedshock over the mishap and announcedan ex-gratia relief of Rs 10 lakh each tothe kin of the deceased.

The boat, belonging to a private op-erator, was on its way to the picturesquePapikondalu tourist spot in the middle ofthe river when it met with the accident,apparently on colliding with a large rockformation, at Kachchuluru in East Go-davari District, about 200 km from here,they said.

Twelves bodies have been retrieved

so far while 17 people were rescued bythe locals, police said adding two teamsof National Disaster Response Forceand State Disaster Response Force, witha total of 140 personnel, have been sentto the accident spot for rescue opera-tions. A special helicopter has beenpressed into service from Rajamahen-dravaram for the rescue operation.

Tourists boat capsizesin AP, 13 drown

Modi, Rajnathcondole deaths NEW DELHI: Prime Minister NarendraModi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singhon Sunday condoled the demise of 11 peo-ple who died after a boat capsized in theGodavari River near Devipatnam in AndhraPradesh."Extremely pained by the capsizing of aboat in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari.My thoughts are with the bereaved fami-lies. Rescue operations are currently un-derway at the site of the tragedy," Modisaid in a tweet.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, SEPT 15

India said on Sunday it had con-veyed to Pakistan its concerns at“unprovoked ceasefire violations”along the Line of Control (LoC) inJammu and Kashmir to supportcross-border infiltration of terror-ists.

There had been more than2,050 unprovoked ceasefire viola-tions this year, in which 21 Indianshad been killed, external affairs ministryspokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. The de-velopment comes against the backdrop ofheightened tensions between India and Pakistanover New Delhi’s decision to revoke Jammu

and Kashmir’s special status andsplit the state into two union ter-ritories on August 5. Pakistan hassought to use the changes in Jam-mu and Kashmir, described byIndia as an internal matter, to in-ternationalise the Kashmir issue.Indian officials have also rejectedthe Pakistani leadership’s con-tention that the matter could leadto war and accused Pakistan ofusing the Kashmir issue to pro-mote jihad and cross-border ter-

rorism. “We have highlighted our concerns at un-provoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces,including in support of cross-border terrorist infil-tration, and targeting of Indian civilians and bor-der posts by them,” Kumar said.

AGENCYPHAGWARA, SEP 15

In a major breakthrough,two kg heroin worth Rs 10crore in international mar-ket, was seized from thepossession of a foreign na-tional in district Kapurtha-la, police informed on Sun-day

The foreign national, awoman, identified asRehmapani, was held onSaturday night near villageDeinwind Bus Stand inDistrict Kapurthala late lastnight.

Senior Superintendent

of Police Satinder Singhtold UNI here that the ac-cused presently residing inChattarpur Rajpura in Del-hi. The woman was walk-ing towards a car in whichher accomplice NarinderjitSingh, resident of Sultan-pur Lodhi, was sitting. Onseeing the police, Narinder-jit fled, leaving the womanin the middle.

The police said the ar-rested accused womancame to deliver the con-signment of drugs toNarinderjit. Police is raid-ing several places to nabNarinderjit.

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, SEPT 15

Taking suo motu cognizanceof Friday’s attack on a PunjabPolice Sub-Inspector by agroup of drug smugglers invillage Chogawan of TarnTaran, Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh to-day ordered the immediatedismissal of the personnelwho accompanied the officerbut took no action to come tohis rescue. Acting on the ChiefMinister’s orders, Punjab Po-lice chief Dinkar Gupta got aninquiry conducted by IG Bor-der into the role of the raiding

police party, which accompa-nied SI Baldev Singh of PSKachha Pacca to Chogawanvillage on the morning of 13thSeptember. Based on his re-port, three police officers, in-cluding ASI Sawinder Singh,HC Gurvinder Singh, and CTNishan Singh, along withPHG Jawan Darshan Singh,were dismissed/dischargedfrom service for inaction anddereliction of duty. InspectorJhirmal Singh, SHO KachaPakka, Tarn Taran district, wasshifted to Police Lines as hisexplanation into the incidentwas found to be satisfactory,said Gupta.

AGENCYAHMEDABAD, SEPT 15

The Sardar Sarovar Dam inGujarat is expected toreach its full storage capac-ity soon, a milestone thatwill be witnessed by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on17 September, which alsohappens to be his birthday.

The water in the dam,considered as 'Gujarat'slifeline, is likely to touchthe full reservoir level of138.68 metres soon, Gu-jarat chief minister VijayRupani said. On Saturday,it reached the height of 138metres, just 68 centimetresshort of the overflow mark.

"Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will bepresent at the dam site tocelebrate the feat on 17September, which is alsohis 69th birthday," Rupanisaid on Saturday. "Afteryears of struggle, thedream of Sardar Vallabhb-hai Patel (country's firsthome minister) of the damon the Narmada river hascome true now," he said.

The dam's foundationstone was laid by India's

first prime minister Jawa-harlal Nehru on 5 April1961. But, its constructionwas completed in Septem-ber 2017, after 56 years.Due to less rainfall in 2018,the dam remained half-empty last year.

"But due to good rainsthis year, the dam waterlevel is likely to reach itsmaximum height in thecoming days, and thestate's people are delightedas their wish of seeing thisday is soon going to cometrue," Rupani said.

"It will be a day ofpride for people of Gujaratwhen the dam will be filledto the brim," SardarSarovar Narmada NigamLimited's Managing Direc-tor Rajiv Gupta said.

Heroin worth Rs 10 crseized in Kapurthala

21 Indians killed in ceasefireviolations in J-K: India to Pak

Three Pb cops, home guarddismissed over attack on SI

Modi to visitSardar Sarovar

Dam on birthday

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100042 Jasiben Instead Of Masar Smt. Sima To Smt. Sima Changed My Name After Chand. R/o Patti Kora, Vpo Manuke, I Rajput Vibhutiben Anup Jashiben Jitendra Kumar Kushwah ( Date Of Birth Marriage Kiranjot Kaur 63372 Teh. Nihal Singh Wala, Distt. S i n g h W / o N o . 100078 3.10.1974 ) Randhawa To Kiranjot I Bharti Vashishit W/o M o g a - 1 4 2 0 4 5 H a v e 14688358m ,rank Nk I Sandeep S/o Sh. Hakikat Rai 72778 Kaur Sangha. Parveen Kumar Vashishit Changed My Name To ,rajput Anup Singh Unit R/o 16/2452, Ajit Nagar, Verka, I Hitherto Known As 72778 R/o V.p.o.saroya, Tehsil Gursewak Singh. 948 Ad Msl Wksp C/o 56 Teh. & Distt. Amritsar Have Deesho Kaur Sahota W/o I Diljot Kaur Randhawa B a l a c h a u r , D i s t t . 63372Apo.have Changed My Changed My Name To Joginder Singh Bains, W/o J a t i nde r S ingh S.b.s.nagar Changed My I, Jugraj Singh S/o Amrik Name From Rajput Sandeep Sharma. Concerned R/o H.no. 117, Ward No. Dhillon R/o Jhakharwala Name From Bharati To Singh R/o Vill: Raipur Teh-Vi b h u t i To R a j p u t Note. 09, Patti Haveli, V.p.o. (faridkot) Have Changed Bharti Vashishit (my khanna (ludhiana) Changed Vibhutiben Anup Singh.. M a h i l p u r , T e h s i l My Name To Diljot Kaur New Name) My Name To Jagraj Singh.98728

100042 G a r h s h a n k a r, D i s t t . Dhillon After Marriage 63372 63372I, Sukhwinder Singh Mann S/o I No. 14622450l Rank Karnail Singh R/o H.no. 296, H o s h i a r p u r - 1 4 6 1 0 5 , 98723 I, Mamta Sukla W/o I, Balpreet Kaur W/o Sukhpal Bhm ,dinesh Chandra Near Benra Darwaja, Dhuri Punjab, India , Have I , S h a y m i l a W / o Ravinder Nath R/o H.no. Singh R/o Vill: Khai (moga) S/o Late Krishna Nand Pind, Distt. Sangrur Have Changed My Name And Pushpinder Sharma R/o 3 2 8 - a S t . n o . 9 D r. Changed My Name To Bhatt Unit 640 Eme Bn Changed My Name As S h a l l H e r e a f t e r B e H.no. 20531 St.no. 11-a A m b e d k a r N a g a r Sukhpreet Kaur Sidhu After C / o 5 6 A p o . h a v e Sukhwinder Singh Known As Deesho Kaur Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar (ludhiana) Changed My Marriage.Changed My Son Name Bains. (bathinda) Pb, India, Have Name To Mamta.98726 63372From Gaurav To Gaurav 72778 Known By Both Names 63372I, Ravinder Dev S/o Harnam I, Khushdeep Singh S/o Bhatt. I Hitherto Known As Shaymila And Shyamila. I, Ravinder Nath Sukla Dev R/o House No 232 Bazar Late: Beant Singh R/o

100042 Harwinder Kaur W/o 63372 S/o Sat inder Kumar No 2 Ferozepur Cantt Have Vpo. Karyal (moga) I No. 14681375k Rank Changed My Name Ravinder Kuldip Singh, R/o Vill. I, Ajay Kumar Garg S/o Sukla R/o H.no. 328-a Changed My Name To N k N a r e s h K u m a r Dev To Ravi Kumar S o h a l J a g i r , Te h s i l Rajinder Garg R/o H.no. St.no. 9 Dr. Ambedkar Khushdeep Singh Gill.C h o u d h a r y S / o Concerned Note. S h a h k o t , D i s t t . 12891 St.no. 4 Near Sepal N a g a r ( l u d h i a n a ) 63372Ramniwas Choudhary J a l a n d h a r - 1 4 4 7 0 3 , Hotel Parjapat Colony Changed My Name To 900011 I, Sarabjit Singh S/o Ajaib Unit 640 Eme Bn C/o 56 Punjab, India , Have (bathinda) Pb, Changed Ravinder Nath.I, Hina Gupta W/o Himanshu Singh R/o Talwandi Apo.have Changed My Changed My Name And My Name To Ajay Garg. 63372Gupta R/o House No 53 Street Khurd, Ludhiana Changed Wife Name From Sunita S h a l l H e r e a f t e r B e 63372 I Amarjit Kaur W/o No 2 Ferozepur Cantt Have His Name To Sarbjit To Sunita Choudhary & Known As Rajwinder I, Ram Singh S/o Gurjant Gurmail Singh R/o Near Changed My Name Hina Singh.Her Dob From 27/3/1984 Kaur. Singh R/o Vill: Allowal Water Works, Rameana Gupta To Heena Concerned 63372To 10/05/1987. 72778 Te h - n a b h a ( p a t i a l a ) (faridkot) Have Changed Note. I Karan S/o Sohan Lal R/o

100042 I Hitherto Known As Changed My Name To My Name To Sandeep 900011 Rampura Phul Dis t t I Manpreet Kaur W/o Jagdish Ram S/o Sawarn Abhi. Kaur After Marriage.I, Daljit Kaur W/o Bathinda Have Changed Amandeep Singh S/o S ingh , R /o Vi l l . 63372 63372Bhupinder Singh Malhi R/o My Name To Karan GargJoginder Singh R/o Ward Poonian, Teh. Banga, I, Parmjit Singh S/o I , I q b a l S i n g h S / o Vpo Mallian Tehsil And Distt 63372No. 2 Begowal Teh . Dis t t . S .b .s . Nagar- B h a g w a n D a s s R / o Darshan Singh R/o Vill: Amritsar Have Changed My I Hitherto Known As Bholath Distt Kapurthala 144505, Punjab, India, B h a g t a B h a i K a Dargher i , Teh-amloh Name To Daljit Kaur Malhi. Paramjit Kaur W/o Jasbir Have Changed My Name H a v e C h a n g e d M y (bathinda) Punjab 151206 (fatehgarh Sahib) Have 72737 Singh Residing At Ward From Manpreet Kaur To N a m e A n d S h a l l Having Change My Name Changed My Name To I, Sanjiv Kumar S/o Sh. No 11 Mudk i Di s t t Kaur Manpreet .please Hereafter Be Known As Parmjeet Singh. Iqbal Singh Gill.Jagdish Chander R/o. Ferozepur Punjab 142060 Note. Jagdish Singh. 63372 63372H.no.2922, Patti Mansoor Di, Have Changed My Name

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PUBLIC NOTICEWe Ramesh kumar Dua S/o Jivan Dass , Nilam W/o Ramesh kumar Dua R/o 602/3,Shiv Pratap Nagar ,Opp. Telephone Exchange ,Ambala Cantt declare that my Son Kapil Dua and his wife Priyanka and One son Madhav Dua are out of our control.So we disown them from all m o v a b l e i m m o v a b l e properties.

100042I, Raj Kumar Bhatt S/o Ishwar Chand R/o #87/2, Thatheran M o h a l l a , T h a n e s a r (Kurukshetra) declare that my sons Sachin Bhatt & his wife Ravina and 2 nd son Kamal Bhatt are out of my control. So I disown them all our movable/ immovable properties. Anybody deals with them at own risk, I shall not be responsible.

52724I, Navneet Chawla S/o Dilbagh Rai Chawla R/o 22/22 Gali Kashmirianwali Zira Gate Ferozepur City declare that my son Vikram is not in my control. Hence I d e b a r h i m f r o m m y moveable/immoveable assets. He himself will be responsible for his actions.

63372I, Rani Kaur Wife of army No. 15340660L Ex-Spr, Varinder Singh resident of House No. 259 Vill : Joganand Po. Bibiwala Teh-Nathana Distt. Bathinda, Punjab, inform all that I have changed my name from Rani Kaur to Rani, My Adhar No. is 9131 3285 7180 6422. Now I will use my new name as Rani in all deeds, revenue Deptt and other offices.

63372I, Army No. 1486207L Ex-Spr, Nirmal Singh resident of St.No. 9 Near Happy Public Shool, Baba Deep Singh Nagar Bathinda Punjab, inform all that I have changed my name from Nirmal Singh to Nirmal singh Samra, Similarly my son Harjinder Singh also changed his name from Harjinder Singh to Harjinder Singh Samra. His Adhar Card No. 8520 5386 7467.

63372I, Army No. 4473547-X, Ex-Hav, Baljit Singh, Sikh LI, Resident of Vpo. Khemuana Teh & Distt . Bathinda, Punjab, inform all that Arman Singh is my real son, his DOB is 01-11-2006, His Adhar No. 5143 6115 3254.

63372I , K a s h m i r S i n g h S / o Gurbachan Singh R/o Vpo. Heran Teh-Nakodar Distt. Jalandhar, Punjab-144040 hereby declare that the name of mine/my father has been wrongly written as Kashmir S /o Gurbachana in my passport No. G4154801. The actual name of mine/father’s name is Kashmir Singh S/o Gurbachan Singh respectively which may be amended accordingly. it is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements in this connection.

63372I, Gurpreet Kaur Wd/O Parvinder Singh S/O Tarlok Singh R/O #738, St.No.10, W.No.26, Guru Harkrishan Nagar, Khanna (Ludhiana) Declare That My (Dever) Younger Brother-In-Law Jasvir Singh S/O Tarlok Singh Is Living With Us From Some Times And Fallen Into Bad Company. I Have No Relation With Him. I Will Not Be Responsible For Any Of His Good And Bad Act And Conduct.

63372I, Sumeet Goyal S/o Satish Kumar Goyal R/o H.no. 683, Sector-9 Panchkula Declare That Khushi Goyal Dob 12.01.2004 Is My Real Daughter And She Is The Student Of 10th 'b' Class In Bhawan Vidyalaya Sector 15, Panchkula, Name Of The Deponent Has Been Written As Sumit Goyal In The School Records Of My Daughter While My True And Correct Name Is Sumeet Goyal.

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LOST & FOUNDIt is notified for the i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t m y o r i g i n a l / d u p l i c a t e qualifying examination c e r t i f i c a t e o f m a i n / c o m p a r t m e n t secondary, senior secondary examination of Year 2014-15 and Roll No. 2262848 issued by CBSE has been a c t u a l l y lost/destroyed/mutilated. name of candidate Sandeep Kaur Full Address/Teh: Vpo. Marhana Teh/Distt. Tarn Taran.

63372I, Simranpreet Singh S/o Tirlochan Singh R/o W.No. 5 P a y a l T e h - P a y a l (Ludhiana) declare that my 10th class certificate Roll No. 2227278 CBSE Board serial No. 0286295 and r e g i s t e r N o . C 114/04601/0032 session 2012-14 issued dt. 20-05-2014 has been lost in anywhere. I, tried to find it but in vain. If anybody found then contact at my above address.

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Bhai Maharaj Singh,known as a “freedomfighter”, a “revolution-

ary”, a “saint”, is the firstrecorded Sikh person in Singa-pore who had reached there in1850 as a prisoner of theBritish. Bhai Maharaj Singh,

also de-scribed as“ K a r n i -vala”, theW o n d e rWorker whocouldn’t becaught, was

born as Nihal Singh in 1780 inRabbon village of Ludhianadistrict of Punjab.

A man born with a reli-gious bent of mind receivedkhande-di-pahul (baptism) tobe a member of the Khalsa andwas duly initiated as BhagvanSingh. He was a very humbleperson and truly following thetenets of Sikhism, would seedivine light in all human beingsand address them as “Ma-haraj”. This soon became an in-tegral part of his personalityand everyone started callinghim as Bhai Maharaj Singh. Hewas initially nurtured andtrained by Bhai Bir Singh. BhaiMaharaj Singh succeeded himafter his death and became the

head of the centre at Nau-rangabad. Bhai Maharaj Singhshifted to Amritsar and estab-lished his centre at Samdu kaTalab. He, along with BabaRam Singh, toured the Panjabto motivate the Sikhs to saveKhalsa raj. He led a movementagainst the British in the Panjabafter the first Anglo-Sikh war.Due to his involvement in thePrema plot to assassinate Hen-ry Lawrence, the British re-stricted his movements to Nau-rangabad and confiscated hisproperty. Bhai Maharaj, as a re-sult, went underground andwas declared not only an out-law but a reward for his arrestwas also announced.

Bhai Maharaj Singh, with600 Sikhs, continued his activ-ities against the British. In 1848he fought in the battles of Ram-

nagar, Chillianvala andRavalpindi and exhorted theSikhs to lay down their lives fortheir country. His courage evenwon him admirers from theBritish. Henry Lawrencerecorded, “Bhai MahararajSingh, a Sikh priest of reputedsanctity, and of great influence,was the first man who raisedthe standards of rebellion be-yond the confines of Multan in1848, and the only leader ofnote who did not lay down hisarms to Sir Walter Gilberts atRawalpindi.” Bhai MaharajSingh was admired by a num-ber of people and had a largefollowing. McLeod while writ-ing a report on Bhai MaharajSingh, writes, “I am convincedthat Bhai Maharaj Singh is a re-markable person. He has all theattributes of a saint.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

To stem the anarchy that had come to characterise theCongress party, with state leaders sensing that all was notwell after the defeat in the May Lok Sabha election and

then switching over to the ruling party in several cases, SoniaGandhi, the matriarch, had to step in as the interim president.But that did not arrest the slide. Gandhi is seen as an astute fig-ure and commands respect. As Congress chief for two decades,she showed ideological sturdiness, and has by and largeworked on the basis of organising a consensus beyond her ownparty. Nevertheless, Gandhi can be said to be facing the tough-est test of her life. When she came on the scene with her partyfaltering and Sitaram Kesri at its helm, the BJP was not theforce it has become in the past five years. More, it did not havean equivalent of the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah team, for whichno political tactic is proscribed by established mores.

No less pertinently, the Congress is today a weak body,whose presence is no more to be felt in a large number of states.Even on a critical issue such as Kashmir, leading Congressmen— possibly preparing the pitch to jump ship and join the BJP— spoke the ruling party’s language.

Owning responsibility for the Lok Sabha defeat under hisleadership, Rahul Gandhi resigned as party president as any ho-nourable man should. But he erred in not making sure there wasa coherent succession plan through a proper organisationalpoll. He seemed in a hurry so as not to attract the dynastycharge. The party was not prepared for it, and matters becameworse on the organisational plane. Ms Gandhi stepping into thebreach was not part of the original script.

She has not been in her present position long, but thingsseem so far gone that even her formal return at the top is yet tocarry with it the message of the party being a steady ship.

From the factional warfare perspective, some of the worst-hit states are Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, where the Con-gress won elections fair and square late last year even as theModi magic was on display, and formed governments. In Kar-nataka, the Congress forfeited its coalition government chieflyon account of faction play by its tallest leaders who under-mined alliance partner Janata Dal (Secular).

When the so-called high command remained a mute spec-tator then, it is hardly any surprise that key state-level Congressfigures in Maharashtra are switching over to the BJP with theAssembly election only about a month away. This defines thescale of the problem that confronts Ms Gandhi. The one posi-tive to emerge is that she has patched up factional feuds inHaryana, also poll-bound along with Maharashtra.

Sonia Gandhi’s sessions with the top state leaders, heldmid-week, can produce results based only on her reputation.The aim must be to produce better results in the state polls thanis anticipated.

EditorialCan Sonia steady the

Congress ship?

One hundred years agoout of the ravages ofWorld War One

emerged a new politicalarrangement in Germanycalled the Weimar Republic.It lasted 14 years between1919 and 1933. It was Ger-many's first experience withdemocracy. It strove to pro-vide pellucidity to politicalprocesses including freedomof association and a free me-dia. In the 1920s, the princi-pal media vehicles in Ger-many were newspapers andthe radio. By 1932, there were2,483 newspapers, both dailyand weekly, catering to a pop-ulation of 65 million people.An atmosphere of permis-siveness and liberalism per-vaded the environment.

However, this progres-sive culture did not last long.In the latter years of theWeimar Republic, newspa-pers, particularly their propri-etors, developed a maniacalfascination with the NationalSocialists and, in particular,Adolf Hitler.

With the help of a fawn-ing media, the Nazis ascend-ed to power in Germany in1933. The Nazis wanted com-plete control of the mindspaceand the newspapers obligedthem by becoming willingcollaborators. Business-runnewspapers were rapidly co-opted as the Third Reich es-tablished itself. Most of themhappily made the transitionfrom a culture of active citi-zenry to one of unthinking

obedience. The Nazis did notnationalise Germany's news-papers. What they in fact didwas far simpler — they justbullied any remaining pub-lishers critical of AdolfHitler’s grandiose fantasiesinto subjugation and madethem sell their businesses tothose amenable to the Naziworldview. Not merely satis-fied by coercing recalcitrantnewspaper owners to partwith their establishments,they tightened control evenon the co-opted by enactingthe Editors Law -—Schriftleitergesetz — on the4th of October, 1933, thatmandated that newspapersmust proscribe any reportageintended to diminish the méti-er of the Reich abroad or athome. This ambiguous direc-tive made publishers respon-sible for bowdlerising theirown publications and ensur-ing they did not print infor-mation or opinions critical of

the Nazi government. JosephGoebbels and his Ministry ofPeople’s Enlightenment andPropaganda provided copiousdoses of Nazi lies —the orig-inal fake news — to pad theby-now-vacant columns ofnewspapers.

Not having the convictionof courage to oppose the Nazisteamroller, editors and jour-nalists who till yesterday heldthemselves out as the posterboys of liberalism willinglymarched goose step to goosestep in perfect synchronicitywith the Nazi system. Thechilling effect of this co-op-tion, cooperation and a con-scious conversion of the“conscience” best manifesteditself on Kristallnacht — thenight of the broken glass —when on the 9th and 10th ofNovember, 1938, the Nazissystematically destroyed Jew-ish property and murderedover a hundred Jews. Ger-man newspapers blacked out

Kristallnacht as if nothing hadhappened. Between 1933 and1938, the prostration of theGerman press was complete.All it took the Nazis was fiveyears to get the Germannewspapers to crawl on allfours. Mark the phrase, fiveyears.

Having subjugated thenational press, the Nazisturned their attention to theinternational media. Criticalforeign newspapers werebanned within a year of Nazisusurping power. Even largeBritish-American agenciessuch as Keystone and WideWorld Photos were forced toclose their bureaus after beingtargeted for engaging Jewishjournalists. Only those inter-national newspapers and wireagencies that conceded con-trol of their content by en-dorsing the Editors Law andforeswearing not to publishany reportage, column or edi-torial that in the opinion of theNazis may be “calculated toweaken the strength of theReich abroad or at home”were permitted to function.The Editors Law obligated in-ternational newspapers andwire agencies to hire reporterswho concurrently served withthe Nazi party’s propagandadivision.

Herr Hitler personally cu-rated the content and photo-graphs that were disseminat-ed abroad by those wire agen-cies and other internationalpublications that had madethe Faustian bargain.

In Italy, too, a similarthing happened in the wake ofthe First World War. BenitoAmilcare Andrea Mussolinibecame Prime Minister ofItaly in 1922. He dismantledall democratic institutionsand by 1925 and declaredhimself “Il Duce” — theleader. Italian Fascism restedon a tenuous balance, predi-cated by mass confidence jux-taposed with terror. The aspi-rations of this pernicious proj-ect extended not only to theexecutive, judiciary and eco-nomic organisation of thestate but had, as its most crit-ical element, the reformattingof the minds of the Italianpeople.

The Fascists believed thatthis aspect was critical to re-shaping their intrinsic inter-nalisation of Fascism in per-petuity. To achieve this end,absolute control over all ele-ments of information dissem-ination was critical. Co-op-tion of, collaboration withand suppression of the news-paper industry were, there-fore, a foremost priority. Adexterous polemicist, Mus-solini was penetratinglymindful of the linkage be-tween the perpetuation ofpower and optics. In 1929,Mussolini decreed a HighCommission for the Press. Heaverred that the said institu-tion would not interfere withthe freedom of the press.However, Mussolini’s minis-ter of justice Alfredo Rocco,carved out exceptions to even

these sanctimonious homiliesfor coming down with an ironfist on non-pliant newspapers.Loosely worded formulationssubject to the most expansiveinterpretation, namely “anyactivity contrary to the na-tional interest” and “faithful-ness to the Fatherland” wereroutinely abused to stamp outany vestiges of dissent. Thiswas, however, unnecessary,for the voluntary capitulationof the media to the Fascist en-terprise was by then completeand total.

Reporters and editorswere “stimulated” to under-stand their vocation was aservice to the nation. Theywere encouraged to believethat inculcation of Fascismamong the Italian people wastheir true calling. Mussoliniperceived himself to be a rad-ical and his régime being anorganic quintessence of trans-formative dogmas of myriadpersuasions. The communica-tion of these philosophies andthe institutionalisation ofmass subservience to the Fas-cist ideal in Mussolini’sworldview was the cardinalobligation of the Italian press.It was blasphemous for thenewspapers to even counte-nance the conception of oppo-sitional commentary, of hold-ing actions of state to any in-quiry and examination muchless account. This was an in-fection was decisively purgedfrom the collective psyche ofthe nation's journalists andeditors once and for all.

Media and fascists: Lessons of history

Bhai Maharaj Singh – Asaint as well as a soldierBhai Maharaj Singh was admired by a number

of people and had a large following

The European Union(EU) has the largestfree trade zone in the

world. The EU’s singlemarket has more than 50crore people in it and it hasan economy that is 10 timesthe size of India’s. There isfree movement of goods,capital and services. Frenchwine can be sold withoutborders in Italy, Germancars in Spain and traders inEngland’s mighty financialcentre London can deal insecurities across Europe.

The citizens of Polandand Portugal can move toLondon or Copenhagenfreely and set up home andfamily there. This is aunique arrangement whichhas no parallel anywhereelse on the planet.

The idea of the EUcame about after World WarII. People thought that if theeconomies of the Europeannations were linked, therewould be fewer chancesthat they would go to war.And so the EU nations be-gan to link themselvesthrough the steel industries,which were critical for warproduction. Gradually, theybegan integrating more andmore of their interests tillwe have reached the pointtoday when all of Europeresembles one nation with afederal structure. Todaymost EU nations even havea common currency, theEuro. Italy has let go of theLira, France the Franc andGermany the Deutschmarkin adopting the Euro.

Though they speak dif-ferent languages on the

continent, EU nations be-lieve that they have a com-mon civilisational heritage.They share religious tiesand cultural ones. There isalso the romance of unitingthe continent as had beendone by the warrior Charle-magne or Charles the Greatabout 1,000 years ago.

The original idea, thatof preventing war, appearsto have worked because noEuropean nation has goneto war with another in the75 years since the closing ofWorld War II. The ancientenmity of France versusGermany has ended. Eng-land is not required to see it-self as a balancing force onthe continent. And in thatsense the EU is a goodthing.

But what has alsoworked is the linking up ofthe economies. Nations thatneeded human capital andlabour benefited from themovement of such assetsthrough their borders.About 20 years ago, afterPoland was brought into theEU, the UK opened up its

borders to Polish migrants.There are an estimated 30lakh migrants in the UK to-day and there are 10 lakhBritons living in Europe,mostly in Spain. And theEU continues to expand to-wards the east. It has a cus-toms union with Turkeywhich has long sought EUmembership with the claimthat part of its country, theside in which Istanbul is,lies in Europe. There arealso expanding ties withformer Soviet states.

All this has a lesson forIndia. We have not beenable to use the potential ofour location in the regionand the world and ourstrength as a nation and aneconomy to establish anEU-like structure in SouthAsia. The South Asian As-sociation for Regional Co-operation (Saarc) containsNepal, Bangladesh, Pak-istan Sri Lanka, Bhutan, theMaldives and India. It has afifth of the world’s popula-tion, but the key states andkey economies here areonly three: India,

Bangladesh and Pakistan.We have some limited freemovement arrangementswith Sri Lanka, Bhutan andNepal but none with thetwo other major states. It isfair to say that if one is anon-Indian then it is easierto get a visa for Pakistanand vice versa. On the mat-ter of trade, our economiesplay second fiddle to na-tionalism. Even the verylimited cross-border tradewith Pakistan gets shutdown when there is an inci-dent. We seem happierwhen not having to dealwith one another. The ques-tion, from a purely selfishIndian point of view is:does it benefit us to have anEU-like arrangement with-in Saarc?

The answer is an obvi-ous yes. A demand slow-down in India can be cor-rected by giving our manu-facturers easier access tothe markets of Pakistan andBangladesh. The qualityand pricing of Indian goodswill make them very attrac-tive to consumers in both

nations.It is interesting that

while the leaderships ofboth Pakistan and Indiahave for long been keen thatthere be little or no trade,the business communityonly of Pakistan has also re-sisted a deeper economicrelationship. Indian busi-ness has always wanted topush the government to-wards opening up the mar-ket but business voiceshave been drowned out bythe others that want a per-manently hostile border.

We have a strange situa-tion in India at the presenttime.

We have an ideologythat is popular and in pow-er, that has for manydecades spoken passionate-ly about Akhand Bharat:The civilisational Indianstate that stretched fromKabul to Burma. But at thesame time we hate the ideaof linking up this AkhandBharat through the freemovement of Saarc citizensand goods and capital andservices through the region.

4EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

IN LIFE, AND TEACHERS MAKE ALASTING IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF

THEIR STUDENTS.

SOLOMON ORTIZ

THE MEDIOCRE TEACHER TELLS. THE GOODTEACHER EXPLAINS. THE SUPERIOR TEACHER

DEMONSTRATES. THE GREAT TEACHER IN-SPIRES. WILLIAM

ARTHUR WARD

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and Vastu Ex-pert known for her accu-

rate predictions of winningBJP minister Kirron Kher, as

well winningof Punjabelections byCongress. Shehas deliveredmany lectureson astrologyin India as

well as abroad. Followed byinternational conferences andT.V. shows on various Chan-nels.ARIES:-Outings, parties andpleasure jaunts will keep youin good mood today. A bene-ficial day as things seems togo in your favour.

Lucky Color:-Crimson

Lucky Number:-6TAURUS:-Don't get upsetwhen you confront a trickysituation. As food owes itsflavour to salt, some unhappi-ness is essential, only thenyou realize its value.

Lucky Color:-Lemon

Lucky Number:-7GEMINI:-Lov-ing in a fortresslife style and al-ways concerningabout security willonly hamper yourphysical as well as yourmental growth.

Lucky Color:-WhiteLucky Number:-3

CANCER:-Let your humor-ous side prevail and defensesdown and you will be in a bet-

ter position to ward off cryp-tic comment.

Lucky Color:-OrangeLucky Number:-1

LEO:-Financial hassles willbe eased out with the help of

your family members.Your partners will be

supportive to yournew ideas andplans.

Lucky Color:-Electric Grey

Lucky Number:-17

VIRGO:-Only fewwill know the secret behind

your magic charms. Afavourable day for domesticmatters.

Lucky Color:-SilverLucky Number:-11

LIBRA:-Some changes at

home will make you highlysentimental. However, youare able to effectively com-municate your feelings to oth-er people.

Lucky Color:-Sea GreenLucky Number:-5

SCORPIO:-Evening withfriends will be pleasant buttake care as excessive eating,that may upset your nextmorning. Lucky Color:-Bluish Green

Lucky Number:-5SAGITTARIUS: - Don ' tmake investments in haste.Losses are certain if you don'ttook at investments from allpossible angles.

Lucky Color:-GoldenBrown

Lucky Number:-9CAPRICORN:-Think twice

before speaking. New ven-tures are likely to take placebut you should read carefullybefore singing any importantdocument.

Lucky Color:-MagentaLucky Number:-18

AQUARIUS:-Your businesssense and your ability to ne-gotiate will bring you gains.You will be in the mood tocelebrate and will enjoyspending money.

Lucky Color:-CreamLucky Number:-2

PISCES:-You seem to knowexactly what people need andwant from you - but try not tobe too lavish in your spendingtoday.

Lucky Color:-DarkTurquoise

Lucky Number:-8

Let’s have free movement within SAARC

PROTEST MAKES STUDENTS GROW UP AS CITIZENS

For reasons more thanone, it is truly ironic thatthe authorities of Ali-

garh Muslim Universityshould have objected to theprotests voiced by its studentsfrom Kashmir at the outragesperpetrated by the govern-ment of India and its stooge,the governor in Srinagar, ontheir land. The studentswould have been false to Ali-garh’s glorious tradition ifthey had kept supinely silent.

Before and shortly afterIndependence, the universi-ty’s campus was the stampingground for diverse politicalideologies — the Congress,the Muslim League, Commu-nists and the Jamaat-i-Islami.It is far too late in the day todemand that they confinethemselves to the lecture halls

and their dormitories. Such adiktat would go against theglobal trend of expanding thefrontiers of academic free-dom. The Supreme Court ofIndia has held that a prisonerremains a citizen even in theconfines of his jail and is en-titled to fundamental rightspermissible in the circum-stances. Surely a student doesnot stand in an inferior posi-tion to a prisoner.

Since judicial dicta do nothelp much, statutory rules arerequired. What we do need asa “permanent feature” is aprovision in all our universityacts along the lines of Section43(1) of the British EducationAct, 1986, which reads thus:“Every individual and bodyof persons concerned in thegovernment of any establish-

ment to which this section ap-plies shall take such steps asare reasonably practicable toensure that freedom of speechwithin the law is secured formember students and em-ployees of the establishmentand visiting speakers.” Theright to free speech belongs toall.

The Sangh Parivar’s menbreak up meetings on cam-puses at which visiting speak-ers critical of the Sangh’s ide-ology and policy are invitedto speak. Even employees areentitled to the right. The rightcan be exercised throughmeetings as well as students’journals. Protest meetings oncampus should be protected.The British statute also pro-tected visiting speakers, andfor good reason.

The Fascists believed that this aspect was critical to reshaping theirintrinsic internalisation of Fascism in perpetuity

The original idea, that of preventingwar, appears to have workedbecause no European nation hasgone to war with another in the 75years since the closing of World WarII. The ancient enmity of Franceversus Germany has ended. Englandis not required to see itself as abalancing force on the continent.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

J-K: Army destroys unexploded mortal shellin Balakote villagePOONCH: A team of Army officials destroyed unexploded mortar shell found inBalakote village in, Poonch district. Army here destroyed the unexploded mortarshell in Balakote village on Saturday evening. Reportedly, 120mm of mortar,fired by Pakistan Rangers were recovered by the villagers of Balakote. Theunexploded bomb was found inside the village, in the proximity of the housesand local population residing there. An Army official said that under great risk,the Army team dug out an unexploded live bomb from the village and destroyedit at a safe place. The operation was undertaken swiftly by the disposal team,ensuring no loss of life and property or any collateral damage.

Engineers Daycelebrated atShimlaSHIMLA: Engineers Day wascelebrated with greatenthusiasm at Nirman Bhawanhere today under thechairmanship of Engineer-in-Chief, Public WorksDepartment Er. Raj KumarVerma in which 70 engineersincluding Chief Engineers,Superintending Engineers,Executive Engineers, AssistantEngineers and JuniorEngineers participated.Speaking on the occasion, Er.Raj Kumar Verma said thatengineers are the backbone ofthe society as they play animportant role in the buildingthe infrastructure of the Nationand States. He said that theprojects should be completedwithin the stipulated periodtime as this will not save costescalation but also delivergoods to the people in time.Chief Engineer, PWD ShimlaZone Er. Lalit Bhushan urgedthe engineers to work withrenewed zeal and dedicationkeeping in view the latesttechniques and technology. Hesaid that we should feel proudthat Sir MokshagundamVisvesvarya, an engineer hasbeen honoured with India'shighest civilian honour BharatRatna in 1955. Discussionswere also held on improvementin working of department bytaking lead in new technologyand ePMS initiatives. ThreeAssistant Engineers and twoJunior Engineers under 4thCircle Shimla were alsohonoured with mementos onthe occasion.

Man dies inpolice custodyJAMMU: A 32-year-oldsuspected drug peddler died inpolice custody here shortlyafter his arrest, a police officersaid on Sunday. Ikhlaq AhmadKhan, a resident of Kotli villagein Rajouri, was arrested fromJanipur area on Saturday andcomplained of uneasinesswhile he was being taken toMiran Sahib Police Station forquestioning, the police said. Hewas taken to a hospital wheredoctors declared him broughtdead, they added. Magisterialand departmental inquirieshave been initiated into theincident, the officer said,adding that Khan's post-mortem is being conducted toascertain the cause of hisdeath.

Hike of salaries,allowances byBJP-ruled statesshameful: CPI(M)SHIMLA: Tapas Sen, GeneralSecretary of Centre of IndianTrade Unions (CITU), a lefttrade union, on Sundaycondemned the hike ofsalaries and allowances toMLAs and Ministers of theBJP-ruled Himachal Pradeshand Tripura. Speaking to UNIon the sideline of CITU 'stateconference' at Kalibari here,Mr Sen said, "This is sheerloot of public resources andhighly shameful that MLAs andMPs are getting hike insalaries and other allowanceswhen public exchequer isbleeding and RBI have tohand over its reserved to thegovernment." Last month,Reserve Bank of India (RBI)board approved a transfer ofRs 1.76 lakh crore surplusreserves to the CentralGovernment. When travelingallowances were hiked by theHimachal Pradesh Assemblyin last Monsoon Session,except CPI(M) MLA RakeshSingha, no others opposed themove and all 65 MLAsincluding Congress legislatorswere in support of thisdecision. He added that MrSingha also announced it thathe wouldn't claim theallowances increased by BJPgovernment in Himachal forstate MLAs.

Authorities to initiatestrict action againstrumour mongers SRINAGAR: The authoritieswill initiate strict action againstrumour mongers in Kashmirvalley, where a communicationgag, including suspension ofmobile phones and internetservices, continued sinceArticle 370 and Article 35 Awere scrapped on August 5.Meanwhile, life remainedcrippled for the 42nd day onSunday in Kashmir valley,where people are protestingagainst scrapping of thespecial status of J&K, besidesbifurcation of the state into twoUnion Territories on August 5.An official said that to create asafe and secure atmosphereacross valley, DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir BaseerAhmad Khan directed officersconcerned to initiate actionagainst rumour mongers, whoare spreading fake.

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, SEPT 15

The 16th state level Yogasan competitionorganized by Himachal Pradesh YogaAssociation was launched at ShivalikScience School Kharuni of Nalagarh sub-division in which 530 yoga players of thestate will perform their yoga. Social Justiceand Empowerment Minister Dr. RajeevSaizal attended the program as the chiefguest. Speaking on the occasion, Saizalsaid that regular Yogasan provides relieffrom mental stress of busy life in today'senvironment. He said that practicing yogashould be a part of life as regular yoga willhelp human health and many types ofserious diseases can also be avoided. Heappreciated the Yoga Association and saidthat the association has been training thechildren of the state for Yogasanas formany years and many Yogi players havealso demonstrated their talent at the worldand international level.

Provincial President of YogaAssociation Acharya Mahendra Sharmaand Secretary Yogacharya Raman Sharmasaid that 530 selected Yogi players from 10

districts of the state participated in thiscompetition. In this competition, the first,second and third place players willparticipate in the national levelcompetition. The association appealed tothe minister to give sports status to yogasanyas so that the children can get benefitin the future. Justifying this, he said that heshould give full support to the stategovernment and appreciated the efforts ofthe Yoga Association and extended its fullsupport.MD of the school Navjot Saini saidthat all possible support is being given tothe players by the school management.School principal Kulbir Singh Ranathanked the guests present.

16th state level Yogasancompetition organized

MCS councillors call on Thakur,thank for providing Town Hall

AGENCYSHIMLA, SEP 15

A delegation of Councillors ofMunicipal Corporation Shimlaled by its Mayor Kusum Sadretcalled on the Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur at Oak Over heretoday and thanked himproviding Town Hall building,The Ridge Shimla for theCorporation after its renovation.

They gave various

suggestions for its properutilization in the public interestand demanded CouncillorsRoom and Meeting Hall in theTown Hall building.

Deputy Mayor RakeshSharma and Principal Secretaryto Chief Minister Sanjay Kunduwere also present on theoccasion.

Later, Chief Minister alsovisited the Town Hall buildingto have first hand information

for using it citizen friendlyactivities by making it morecomfortable to the users.

Jai Ram Thakur went toevery room of the building andheld discussions with officebearers of the Corporation forits use in befitting manner sothat it could be made anattraction to the tourists besidesearning revenue to theCorporation.

Chief Minister also

inspected the sinking site of TheRidge, Shimla and gavedirections to start improvementwork on this at the earliest.

Mayor Kusum Sadret,Deputy Mayor Rakesh Sharma,Chief Secretary Dr. ShrikantBaldi, Principal Secretary toChief Minister Sanjay KunduCouncillors of MC andCommissioner MC Pankaj Raiwere also present on theoccasion.

Health department refutesallegations of irregularities

in medicines purchase DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, SEP 15

A Spokesperson of the stategovernment said here today that thenews reports appearing in a sectionof media and social media as wellsince last few days regardingirregularities in purchase ofmedicines are totally baseless,contrary to the facts andunnecessary rumors are beingspread to mislead the people.

The Spokesperson said it iswrong to say that any person hasbeen given supply ordersamounting to Rs. 35 crores as thegovernment has enlisted 42 firmsfor this purpose and it is notpossible to give supply orders toany individual. He also said that asregards to purchases of equipmentsby Ayurveda Department at higherrates is concerned, the then Directorhas been charge sheeted formisconduct and causing loss to theState exchequer to the extent of Rs.39 lakh. Simultaneously, threemembers of Purchase Committeewere placed under suspension andare also being charge-sheeted fornegligence and causing loss to theState. He said the reports regardingpurchase of medicines by a Doctorin Mandi at a high rate of Rs. 16(instead of Rs. 2) is unfounded andno such instance has come to thenotice of the department. Similarly,the claim of allotting a medicineshop at Palampur is also false andbaseless since this shop was allottedto Civil Supplies Corporation in1997 and the pharmacists are alsoappointed by the Corporation. Hesaid that for the first time in thehistory of Himachal Pradesh, the e-

tendering has been started to ensurecomplete transparency inprocurement of all types ofmedicines/drugs, surgical items andconsumables in the healthdepartment. He said before year2018, the medicines and surgicalitems used to be procured as per therate contract finalized by theHimachal Pradesh State CivilSupplies Corporation Ltd.However, now after introducing e-tendering in August, 2018,medicines and medical equipmentsfor all the government healthinstitutions including medicalcolleges of the state are beingpurchased by the department itself.He said that e-tenders for supply ofmedicines, drugs and consumablesto the state health institutions wereinvited by the health department forthe first time in August, 2018 andthe bids were invited from themanufactures/direct importers inwhich 118 firms participated and 73qualified. All supply orders arebeing issued through Drugs VaccineDistribution Management System(DVDMS) portal to the successfulbidders by generating code of thesuccessful bidder being operated atthe level of CMOs/BMOs andMedical Superintendents. TheSpokesperson said that efforts havebeen made to bring maximum drugson rate contract and the medicinesnot available on the state ratecontract are being procured fromthe Central Public SectorUndertakings (CPSUs), ratecontract of medical colleges, ESIrate contract, Bureau of PharmaPSU of India (BPPI) rates (JanAushadhi) and also by calling localtenders.

SHIMLA, SEP 15

Himachal Mandi Jankalyan Sabha organisedSair Mahotsav and 58th Annual Event andHimachali Milan programme at New Delhitoday. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakuraddressed the gathering through videoconferencing. He felicitated the Himachalicommunity on the occasion of Sair Mahotsavand added that this is one of the importantfestivals celebrated in the State which marksthe end of crop harvesting. He hoped that thefestival brings joy and happiness in the livesof people besides prosperity. Chief Ministersaid that State government was committed tothe welfare of the people of Himachal in theState as well as those living out of the State.

Member of Parliament Ram SwaroopSharma who presided over the function saidthat the State has rich cultural heritage andHimachali community in New Delhi wasmaking every effort to preserve it. He saidthat these kinds of events acquaint younggeneration about our traditions. He alsoannounced Rs. 31000 for the Sabha. K. R.Verma President of the Sabha welcomed theChief Guest and others. A colourful culturalprogramme was also presented on theoccasion. MLA Sarkaghat Col. Inder Singh,Prominent people from Himachal Pradeshand D.S. Saklani, Manohar Thakur, S.K.Bhandari, Khushi Lal Sharma Office Bearersof the Sabha and other Members of the Sabhawere present on the occasion.

CM felicitates Himachali communityon occasion of Sair Mahotsav SAC approves 'Policy document' for

setting up of two medi-cities in J&KSRINAGAR, SEP 15

The State AdministrativeCouncil (SAC) approved the‘Policy Document’ for settingup of two medi-cities inJammu and Kashmir alongwith identification/ transfer ofland by the RevenueDepartment for the purpose.An official spokesperson onSunday said that the decisionwas taken during a SACmeeting, which met here onSaturday evening under the

chairmanship of GovernorSatya Pal Malik. He said theJ&K Government has beenlaying emphasis on provisionof quality healthcare facilitiesto the people and expandingthe coverage of public healthinstitutional network. 'Thereare around 3,500 public healthinstitutions spread acrossJammu, Kashmir and Ladakhregions. Government has beenmaking considerableinvestment in the creation ofhealth infrastructure and

improvement of the quality ofpublic health services.Concerted efforts are alsobeing made to develop theprivate healthcare sector inJ&K to attain universal healthcoverage goals,' he said. Hesaid with a view to promotinghealthcare infrastructure inJ&K, Government in themonth of March, 2019approved the 'State HealthCare Investment Policy-2019'.'The Policy offers variousincentives to the private

investors and entrepreneurs toset up health care facilities thataim at improving accessibilityof people to quality healthservices including promotionand establishment of hospitalsand medical and alliededucational institutions,' hesaid. He said the Policy alsoenvisages declaration of well-defined geographical areashaving potential and beingconducive for development asmedi-city to promote medicaltourism in J&K.

SRINAGAR, SEP 15

Life remained crippled for the 42ndday on Sunday in Kashmir valley,where people are protesting againstscrapping of Article 370 and 35 A,besides bifurcation of the state intotwo Union Territories on August 5.

There are no curfew restrictions inany part of the valley today, officialssaid, adding situation was also by andlarge peaceful during the night.However, restrictions under Section144 CrPC, banning assembly of fouror more persons, continued as aprecautionary measure to prevent anylaw and order problem.

The historic Jamia Masjid indowntown remained closed sinceAugust 5 and a large number ofsecurity forces remained deployed to

prevent any demonstration.Meanwhile, train service in

Kashmir valley remained suspendedsince August 5 for security reasons.The internet service of all Cellularcompanies, including broadband ofBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL), also remained suspended forthe past 42 days badly hittingstudents, media persons, doctors and

other professionals. However,landlines, which were restored lastweek since August 5, are working inthe valley.

Education was yet another victimof the spontaneous strike as studentscontinued to stay away from schoolthough teaching and other staffmembers are attending their duties.Universities and colleges alsoremained closed since August 5.

Shops and other businessestablishments remained crippled inSrinagar and its adjoining areas forthe past 42 days while publictransport, including the buses of StateRoad Transport Corporation (SRTC),remained off the roads. However,private vehicles were seen plying onroads in uptown, civil lines andoutskirts.

Life remains crippled for 42nd day in Kashmir Arya Samaj played vital role in liberationof Hydrabad from Nizam : Governor

SHIMLA, SEP 15

Governor Bandaru Dattatrayasaid that Arya Samaj playedan important role and hasbeen one of the maincontributors in the freedommovement in the country andhas also been inspiring thepeople from the rule ofNizam in post independence.With the inspiration of AryaSamaj, many patriots carriedforward the freedommovement. The Governorwas speaking as the ChiefGuest in the Inaugural sessionof Hyderabad Liberation Day

Celebration, felicitation ofFreedom Fighters &Prominent Arya Samajis byArya Samaj at VaidikAshram Kanya Gurukul,Umanagar, Kundan bagh,Begumpet in Telangana,today. The governor said thathe has been associated with

Arya Samaj and wasinfluenced by the ideology ofArya Samaj. He said thatsince 1925, only the AryaSamaj movement had beenin effect in Hyderabad andafter independence, thefreedom movement againstthe Nizam was also led bythe people associated withthe Arya Samaj. "Who canforget the sacrifice of greatpeople like Shri NarayanRao Pawar against theNizam. Arya Samajcontributed significantly tothe liberation from theNizam.

Authorities for ensuring centper cent attendance in govt

departments in KashmirSRINAGAR, SEP 15

As normal life remainedcrippled for the 42nd daydue to a strike againstscrapping of Article 370 andArticle 35 A in Kashmirvalley, the divisionalauthority has directed alldistrict administrations toensure cent per centattendance of governmentemployees in theirrespective areas, particularlyteachers.

Education was yetanother victim of thespontaneous strike asstudents continued to stayaway from school, despitegovernment opening schoolsup to high schools thoughteaching and other staffmembers are attending theirduties. Universities andcolleges also remainedclosed since August 5.

Meanwhile, liferemained crippled for the

42nd day on Sunday inKashmir valley, wherepeople are protesting againstscrapping of the specialstatus of J&K, besidesbifurcation of the state intotwo Union Territories onAugust 5.

An official said that inorder to restore the cultureof good administration ingovernment departments andmitigate the sufferings of thepublic, the DivisionalCommissioner asked allDeputy Commissioners toensure cent percentattendance of governmentemployees in theirdepartments especiallyteachers and take actionagainst absentees.

''The DCs should alsoconstitute squads for far-flung areas in theirrespective districts so thatthe population residing inhilly areas does not face anyinconvenience,'' he said.

Farm economy getsnew dimension in

state, says HP govtSHIMLA, SEP 15

In a bid to transform the farmand horticulture sectors andenhancing the farmer's in-come, the present state gov-ernment has launched severalnew schemes focusing onproviding irrigation facilities,lowering the cost of produc-tion, encouraging naturalfarming, crop diversificationand the farm mechanization.

State Spokesman here onSunday said, "These effortshave already started yieldingfruitful results and to givefurther impetus to the farmactivities, the government isalso implementing the cen-trally sponsored schemes ef-fectively. The state is makingbest use of the centralschemes along-with its ownschemes to give maximumbenefit to the farming com-munity."

Raishtriya Krishi VikasYojana (RKVY) is being im-plemented for strengtheningthe farmer's efforts throughcreation of required pre andpost-harvest agri-infrastruc-ture, increasing their farm in-come, providing storage andmarket facilities and to planand execute schemes as perlocal farmer's needs. Underthis scheme, the state has for-mulated district agricultureschemes for the first time be-sides preparing a state agri-culture scheme for ensuringdevelopment and expansionof the farm activities. Thehorticulture, animal hus-bandry and fisheries depart-ments have also been associ-ated with this scheme. Rs.22.12 crores were spent dur-ing 2018-19 under thescheme while Rs 26.78 croreswould be spent during this fi-nancial year.

Welcome party heldby LKC MathematicsDepartment

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The PG Department ofMathematics Lyallpur Khalsa College,Jalandhar organized a Fresher's partyfor the fresher students of M.Sc.Mathematics. The chief guest of theevent was the college Principal Dr.Gurpinder Singh Samra whowelcomed the new students and urgedthem to work hard using all theirpotential for the development ofcountry. The Head of the DepartmentDr. Santokh Singh welcomed thePrincipal, other guests and students.Dance, Bhangra, Skits, Song werepresented by the students on thisoccasion. Ravneet Kaur was declaredMiss Fresher, where as SaavangeetKaur was declared best personality.Bhawna was declared Miss Charming.The occasion was witnessed by Dr.Harjit Singh, Dr. Dinkar Sharma, Prof.Palwinder Singh, Prof. Pooja Sonik,Prof. Ajay Kumar and students of thedepartment.

LPU’s chinese languagecentre celebrates ‘Moon Festival’

JALANDHAR: The Chinese LanguageCentre at Lovely ProfessionalUniversity (LPU) celebrated Mid-Autumn ‘Moon’ Festival at its campuswith Chinese traditions. After New Yearcelebrations, this “Festival” oftogetherness is the second largestfestival celebrated in China. ChinesePh.D Students Ms Yuna Li, Mr YangZhao and other Chinese languagelearners at LPU designed andcelebrated the event. Celebrations heldlanterns & lights; fun activities &games; music performances; and, art,craft & food demonstrations to up heldthe culture and traditions of countriesincluding China, Japan, Vietnam,Korea and more. Moon cakes andother delicious food items weredistributed among the students and fungames like oranges’ peeling and pilingchallenges, lifting of tiny objects withchop-sticks, Chinese calligraphy andmore were also organized. Riddleswere made on lanterns, so thatstudents may enjoy solving them witheach other. Additional Director atDivision of International Affairs MrAman Mittal graced the occasion asGuest of Honour. Congratulating all onthe Festival, Mr Mittal also informedthat LPU has Chinese LanguageCentre at the Campus, with anobjective of teaching ChineseLanguage through Chinese facultymembers with true accent andannotations. He also emphasized thatkeeping in view the vast tradingactivities through China and its impactupon global scenario, learning ofChinese language and culture has alsobecome essential to cope up with thenew world. Mr Mittal also hopes thatsuch celebrations will certainly promoteChinese language and culture.

KMVites bag Inter-School VolleyballDistrict ChampionshipTrophy

JALANDHAR: Kanya Maha VidyalayaCollegiate Sr. Sec. School Volleyballplayers have exhibited immenseexcellence by winning Inter-SchoolDistrict Tournament for the 12th time insuccession. KMV Collegiate teamdefeated Government School,Noormahal in the finals by a score of25-6, 25-7. It is important to mentionthat KMV Collegiate team will furtherparticipate in Punjab StateChampionship. Principal Prof.(Dr.)Atima Sharma Dwivedi congratulatedthe victorious champs and the sportsfaculty comprising Mrs. Ashoo Bajaj &Dr. Davinder. The members of thewinning team are Kiran Bedi, Jaspreet,Luvpreet, Simran, Balwinder,Gagandeep, Gurjit, Parampreet,Bhawna & Navpreet.

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Hindi Diwas celebratedABOHAR: A dozen students of local colleges who had won positions in the merit lists in postgraduations exams of the Panjab University were honoured at a function that was organised as partof Hindi Diwas celebrations at Sahitya Sadan here. SDM Poonam Singh, senior educationist DrRekha Sood Handa, retd SDM BL Sikka, Lekhak Parishad president Raj Sadosh and SahityaSadan president Surya Kant Rinwa felicitated the students by presenting Swami KeshwanandMemorial Awards. The recipients were: Deepak Bajaj, Pallavi, Sheenu Bala, Manpreet Kaur andManjit Kaur (all of DAV College), Amandeep Kaur, Diksha Gilhotra, Pawanpreet Kaur, Jyoti Raniand Anju Bala of Gopichand Arya Mahila College, Rina Rani and Sandeep Kaur of Bhag SinghKhalsa College for Women.

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Pb gears up for community participationfor plastic waste Shramdaan on Oct 2

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, SEPT 15

Joining the nationwidecampaign to get rid of SingleUse Plastic (SUP), the Statehas geared up its machineryfor massive communitymobilization regarding plasticwaste shramdaan slated for2nd October 2019, with aview to making Punjab freefrom SUP. The State ChiefSecretary Karan Avtar Singhtoday held a meeting with thedepartments of Environment,Local Government, RuralDevelopment & Panchayatsand Punjab Pollution ControlBoard to chalk out acomprehensive strategy fortackling the menace of plastic

pollution under the umbrellaof “Mission TandrustPunjab”. Keeping in view thewide ranging environmentaland health hazards of plasticpollution, the State hasdecided to elicit massivepublic participation as a nobleinitiative to create awarenessamongst masses about the ill-

effects of plastic pollution tomark the occasion of 550thPrakash Purb of Shri GuruNanak Dev Ji. Divulgingdetails of the meeting anofficial spokesperson saidthat deliberations were aimedat strategizing an action planto garner public support andinvolvement to make this

movement a grand successacross the state. The LocalGovernment was directed toevolve a strategy for effectiveexecution of programme atward level. Likewise, theRural Development andPanchayats Departmentwould also spearheaded thedrive in the Rural areas.

Similarly, the PunjabPollution Control Board wasdirected to being awarenessamongst the people topublicise the obligationsunder Rules and the specificsingle use plastic items to bediscouraged under the ban, aswell as the alternativesamong the public throughevery possiblecommunication medium.

CS holds meeting with concerned departments

Health Minister launches three-day polio vaccination drive for

migratory populationCHANDIGARH, SEP 15

The Health and Family Welfare MinisterBalbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday launchedthe three-day Sub-nationalimmunization day (SNID) drivespecially for the migratory populationby administering drops of oral poliovaccine (OPV) to children below fiveyears at a state-level function in Balongi(Mohali) here. The target is toadminister drops to around 10 lakhchildren in the age group of 0-5 yearsacross the state. Speaking at the event,the Health Minister said that as many as8,000 teams have been deputed intoservice across the state, which willconduct house to house visits during thedrive whereas a total of 800 supervisorswill carry out sudden checks to monitorthe immunization program and to ensurethat all children are immunized. MrSidhu appealed to the people to get theirchildren vaccinated even if the child isborn a few hours ago or is suffering fromcough, cold, fever, diarrhea or any other

disease as the polio drops have noharmful effects in these sick children.He said the country is already polio-free, however, the vaccination is mustto sustain polio eradication from thecountry. He said that on 27 March2014, the World Health Organization(WHO) had declared India a polio freecountry. Pointing out that thegovernment was making all efforts toprotect children from diseases,he saidthe vaccines under the program mustreach the last child of the state. Heapplauded the efforts of thousands ofvolunteers, frontline workers andhealth officials for tireless work forkeeping the state polio-free.

Punjab govt appeals farmersto shun stubble burning

CHANDIGARH, SEP 15

Urging the farmers to refrainfrom burning Paddy stubble,the Punjab Government onSunday appealed to thepeasants to follow thephilosophy of Guru NanakDev in reverence of 550thPrakash Purb celebrations offirst Sikh Guru.

Noting that recklessburning of paddy strawcauses irreversible damage tothe texture of soil, naturalenvironment and humanhealth, a resolution waspassed by Cabinet meetingheld at Sultanpur Lodhi lastweek in which the ChiefMinister and Ministersunanimously appealed thefarmers to do away with theunhealthy practice of stubbleburning in line with

upholding the Guru NanakDev’s ideology to protectnatural resources.

Describing the seriousill-effects of stubble burning,Secretary Agriculture KSPannu mentioned that due tostubble burning, 30 kg ofnitrogen per hectare, 13.8 kgof phosphorus, 30 kg ofpotassium, 6.48 kg sulphur,2400 kg carbon and severaluseful microbial organismsare perished in fire besides

resulting in environmentalpollution.

Highly appreciating theefforts of Punjab progressivefarmers who had beenrecently honoured by UnionGovernment in New Delhifor adopting in-situ cropresidue management duringNational Conference ofFarmers, Mr Pannu alsocalled upon all the farmers toreplicate the modernpractices propagated by theseinnovative farmers so as toemerge Punjab as ‘Zerostubble burning state’.

While highlightingvarious pro-active measuresinitiated by the StateGovernment to encourage thefarming community torestrain from burning cropresidue, Mr Pannu revealedthat nearly 28,000 residue

management machineswould also be provided tofarmers involving a subsidycomponent of Rs 274 croreduring current fiscal, addingthat subsidy ranging from 50to 80 per cent is beingprovided under this scheme.He also pointed out that theState government hadalready provided over 28,000such machines to farmerswith a subsidy element of Rs269 crore last year. With theconcerted efforts coupledwith whole hearted supportand cooperation fromfarmers, positive results wereforthcoming which wasreflective from the fact thatmajority of farmers wereswitching over to in-situ cropresidue management fromthe conventional paddy strawburning, he added.

Amarinder urges Odisha CM to reverse decision todemolish Mangu Mutt associated with 1st Sikh GuruCHANDIGARH, SEPT 15

Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singhon Saturday wrote to hisOdisha counterpartNaveen Patnaik, urgingthe latter to retract hisgovernment’s decision todemolish the Mangu Muttassociated with GuruNanak Dev Ji.

Captain Amarinderhas termed as unfortunatethe move to demolish theMutt, which had age-oldsignificance for the Sikhcommunity, as Sri GuruNanak Dev ji had visitedthe holy temple to spreadhis universal message ofthe oneness of God.

It was shocking that

while the whole world wasgetting ready tocommemorate the 550thPrakash Purb of the firstSikh Guru, the historicallyimportant Mutt, a symbolof the connection betweenSikhism and the JagannathTemple, was sought to be

demolished by the Odishagovernment, said CaptainAmarinder. Media reportssuggest the Odishagovernment had decidedto demolish thehistorically significantMutt to make way for aheritage corridor within 75

metres of 'MeghanadPrachir' of the JagannathTemple.

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast, a Sikh preacherand head of Dhuari of theUdasi Sect, the ManguMutt was also visited byGuru Tegh Bahadur in1670. Further, the eldestson of Guru Hargobind,Baba Gurditta, had chosenBhai Almast todisseminate Guru Nanak'smessage. Besides, theMutt was the abode of theNanak Panthis, who wereprimarily responsible fortaking Jagannath cultureto North India. The imageof Baba Shri Chand, GuruNanak's son is kept in theshrine inside the mutt.

PRITPAL SINGHSHAHKOT, SEPT 15

South Asian Dragon Boat Race dedicatedto 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru NanakDev Ji is being conducted for the first timein India on 22, 23, 24 October at SultanpurLodhi in the holy Kali Bein. Giving thisinformation, Gurwinder Singh Boparai, aSevadar of Nirmal Kutiya Seechewal, toldthat a meeting of member countries ofSouth Asian Dragon Boat Federation heldat Navinta Retreat House in New Delhi.During the meeting, it was decided by theFederation that Nepal, Bhutan,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, andIndia will be vigorously accelerated inevery province of the country to increasethe participation of the youth in theDragon Boat Race. He said that the SouthAsian Dragon Boat Race is beingorganized in Sultanpur Lodhi by theDragon Boat Federation of India with theinitiative and cooperation of Sant BalbirSingh Seechewal. Gurwinder SinghBoparai and instructor Amandeep SinghKhaira, who attended the meeting onbehalf of Padma Shri Sant Balbir SinghSeechewal, have warmly welcomed the

decision of the Federation. He said that theplayers will be provided with all primaryfacilities including lodging, vegetarianfood, transport, medical with the supportof Ik Onkar Charitable Trust. He said thatSant Seechewal, with the support of thepeople, has made Holy Bein aninternational platform. This historic Beinwhich was buried under a lot of garbagehas now been made worthy by SantSechewal to lead the international game.Boparai told that Sant Balbir SinghSechewal is running a Water SportsCenter in Sultanpur Lodhi, in which NRIAdvocate Harminder Singh Dhillon gavethe Dragon Boat on which childrenpractice. This Dragon Boat benefitted theteam of Punjab in the National DragonBoat Race which was held at Darbhanga(Bihar) in which Punjab got the firstposition for the first time.

South Asian Dragon Boat Race to beintroduced at Sultanpur Lodhi

Heart disease gains alarming proportions: expertDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, SEPT 15

“Heart disease has reached alarming epidemicproportions in India. According to the WHOthere are 50 million heart disease patients inIndia and it will soon double to 100 million.Thus this will be 60% of the world’s heartpatients. 4 Indians die of heart attack everyminute. In Delhi the number of heart diseasepatients is 31 per 1000 – in Punjab it is aboutdouble this.” Dr Harinder Singh Bedi, Directorof Cardiology stated this during a pressconference at Ivy Hospital here. He furthersaid that India was now the diabetes capital ofthe world. 50% of his bypass surgery patientsare diabetics. They constitute a difficult subsetas they have a higher propensity forcomplications. However if surgery is not donewhen indicated they can have a bad outcome.Bypass surgery done with proper precautionsand with the appropriate arterial grafts hasexcellent results, he said . In detail some of thefiner points’ surgery which can lead to a goodlong term outcome, he informed. He also

explained about the latest techniques includingendovascular and minimally invasivetechniques for cardiac, vascular and thoracicdiseases. Meanwhile Dr Bedi is one of thesenior most heart surgeons of India and has aspecial expertise in bypass surgery. In fact he iscredited with one of the world’s first series ofmulti vessel beating heart surgery with post opcheck angios. This was published in the mostreputed journal – the Annals of ThoracicSurgery – and was also presented by Dr Bedi atvarious National and International meetingsand acknowledged.

MCM organises educationtrip to Sultanpur Lodhi

ISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH, SEP 15

To mark the 550th BirthAnniversary of Sri GuruNanak Dev Ji underinstructions from the PanjabGovernment and YouthWelfare Department PanjabUniversity, the YouthWelfare Committee ofMehr Chand Mahajan forWomen, Sec.36-A,Chandigarh organized a tripfor its students to the sacredtown Sultanpur Lodhiwhere the founder ofSikhism had hiscommunion with God anduttered the holy mool-mantra on the bank of KaliBein river. The studentspaid obeisance at theGurudwara Ber Sahibwhere the tree under whichGuru Nanak meditated ispreserved along with theBhora Sahib. Thesurrounding Gurudwarassuch as Guru Ka Bagh, HatSahib, Sehra Sahib andmany others also gave thestudents glimpses of Guruji’s life and places markedby His Divinity. The trip

was certainly aninformative andtransformative experience.

Earlier in the week, theYouth Welfare Committeeand the Skill DevelopmentCommittee of the collegecame together for aninnovative venture ofteaching calligraphy inGurmukhi script to thestudents of the college.Sardar Mehtab Singh, theresource person and expertinvited at the workshop isactively involved inpreparation and rewriting ofancient religious andhistorical Sikh sacred textsat Harimandar Sahib,Amritsar. He was

accompanied by manyrepresentatives of hisorganization Kalam Dwaat ,who in a very encouragingand inspiring manner, taughtthe nuances of writing theGurmukhi script withwooden Kalams usingearthen inkpots. The historyof the written script and theadvent of writing withvarious ingredients was alsoelaborated through a detailedpresentation. The experiencetransported the nearly 100participating students to thatpristine era. Severalmembers of the faculty alsoenthusiastically learnt the artand delighted in writing inthe traditional method.

VDS got overwhelmingresponse throughout

the state

PATIALA, SEPT 15

Voluntary Disclosure Scheme of PSPCL forAP/Domestic & Commercial consumers has gotoverwhelming response throughout the state.Spokesman disclosed that 9012 consumers (whichincludes 7006 nos of AP,1866 of Domestic and140 of Commercial categories) consumers haveapplied for extension of their electricity load.

Spokesman said that if the consumers declaretheir electricity load honestly, then PSPCL wouldbe in a better position to strengthen itsinfrastructure and make suitable arrangements formuch better services for their consumers.

It is also informed that various camps forextension of load for AP consumers wereorganised yesterday in different divisions underPatiala circle. It is informed that 355 consumershave applied for load extension in East Patiala,Suburban Patiala, Rajpura ,Nabha and Samanadivisions under Patiala circle.

VDS which was launched on August 27 and isclosing on Oct.31,2019.PSPCL appeals to allrespective consumers desirous of extending theirload should avail this golden opportunity.

BBMB honoured with highest awardfor Rajbhasha-'The Kirti Puraskar'

CHANDIGARH, SEP 15

Bhakra Beas ManagementBoard received First Prize forRajbhasha Kirti Award atNational Level under Boards/Autonomous bodies categoryfor the excellentimplementation of theOfficial Language Policyduring the year 2018-19 inRegion "B". D.K. Sharma,Chairman, BBMB receivedthis prestigious award fromthe Chief Guest, Amit Shah,Home Minister, Govt. ofIndia in a prize distributionceremony organized atVigyan Bhawan, NewDelhion 14th

September,2019. NityanandRai and G. Kishan Reddy,both Minister of State forHome Affairs, Govt. of Indiawere also present on thisoccasion. D.K. Sharma,Chairman, BBMB,congratulated the Officers andEmployees of BBMB for thisprestigious achievement. Thisis the first time that BBMBhas bagged first prize underthe Rajbhasha Kirti Award.

Punjab Khadi & Village Industries board toset up 600 Industrial units in rural areas

FATEHGARH SAHIB, SEPT 15

Punjab Khadi and Village Industries Board is setting up nearabout 600 industrial units in the rural areas of the state which willgenerate more than 4700 employment opportunities. This wasstated by Mamta Dutta, Chairperson, Punjab Khadi and VillageIndustries Board while interacting with the media after visitingthe Shri Shyam Industries at Bassi Pathana which manufacturesstationary. Some years ago this unit was established with thefinancial assistance provided by the board. Dutta disclosed thatthe Board had assisted in the establishment of more than threethousand units till last financial year, in which more than 22thousand employment opportunities were generated. She saidthat Board has been providing loan through banks up to Rs 25lakh for manufacturing units and 10 lakh for service units.

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Newly wed couple shot deadby girl’s family members

KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU: In a suspectedhounour killing, a newly wed girl and herhusband were shot dead by the girl'sfamily members in village NausharaDhala located on the border areas. Thegirl's husband Amandeep Singh son ofSukhdev Singh died on the spotwhereas girl Amanpreet Kaur wasdeclared dead during here treatment.Tarn Taran DSP Kamaljit Singh admittedcouple was shot dead. Girl’s cousinGurbinder Singh alias Bhinda, SurjitSingh, Harvinder Singh son of KarnailSingh, Amarjeet Singh son of SarvanSingh are all residents of village Deepdistrict Tarn Taran and girl’s fatherAmarjeet Singh have also beendetained for questioning, said police.

Meem Afzal accuses Yogigovt of targeting AzamKhan over land grab casesNEW DELHI: Congress spokespersonMeem Afzal on Sunday alleged thatYogi Adityanath government wastargeting Samajwadi Party leaderAzam Khan. "Everyone doubts thecredibility of the cases filed againstAzam Khan. More than 81 cases havebeen filed against him. Have evercases like these been filed againstany politician. It clearly shows that theUttar Pradesh government is targetinghim and wants to send him to jail byhook or crook," Afzal told ANI here.He said: "Many assume that the casesagainst Azam Khan are correct but ahuge population does not believe init." Khan, who is a Lok Sabha MPfrom Rampur, his wife Tajeen Fatimaand sons Abdullah Azam Khan andAdeeb Azam Khan have been bookedin over 80 cases of allegedencroachment on government andprivate land.

MLA Raja Warring paysobeisance at Dera BabaGanga Ram

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA: Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh appointed Gid-derbaha MLA Amrinder Singh RajaWarring as a political advisor by givingthe status of Cabinet Minister. Afterthis appointment, MLA Raja Warringreached his constituency Giddarbahafor the first time. First of all he reachedhistorical Gurudwara Guptsar Sahib atvillage Chhatiana and then receivedblessings of God by praying at famousDera Baba Ganga Ram Ji and ancientShri Durga Mandir of Gidderbaha. Onthis occasion talking to media personsMLA Raja Warring said that he wasdeeply grateful to Chief Minister for hisappointment as political advisor. Hesaid that he would not take any of thecabinet level privileges given under thesaid appointment and continue to takeadvantage of the benefits as a MLA.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Six labourers washed away in ChambalRiver, later rescuedDHOLPUR: After a sudden rise of water in Chambal River on Satur-day, six labourers trapped in a container were washed away near Bhind-Dholpur border. The labourers were working at the railway construc-tion site in Rajkheda area here when a sudden rise in the water levelwashed away the labourers trapped in a container. Later, they were res-cued by the local people. Earlier, the authorities have urged people notto go near the river, as the river is flowing above the danger mark aftercontinues heavy rainfall. Indian Metrological Department (IMD) haspredicted heavy rainfall in Rajasthan during the next 24 hours. Rain-fall activity is likely to reduce significantly from 17th onwards.

NEW DELHI, SEPT 15

The agenda of RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh (RSS)is to impose Hindi as the na-tional language, said SitaramYechury, general secretary ofCommunist Party of India(Marxist), here on Sunday.

"The agenda of RSS is toimpose Hindi as the nationallanguage. RSS ideology isone nation, one language, andone culture, which is not ac-ceptable," said Yechury whiletalking to a news agency.

His statement comes inthe backdrop of Union HomeMinister Amit Shah's call toculturally unify India withHindi as its national languageon Saturday.

"All the languages listedin the 8th schedule of theConstitution are our nationallanguages. Hindi can emergeas a language of communica-tion but any effort to imposeHindi will only lead to a neg-ative reaction as it happenedin the past. All languagesmust be treated equally," hesaid. Shah's statement trig-gered a row with several op-

position leaders training theirguns at him asking him to re-consider his appeal as it "pos-es a danger to the nationalunity." Speaking as the chiefguest at a function to graceHindi Divas here, Shah saidthat while unity in diversity isIndia's defining trait, a com-mon language is needed as aculturally unifying factor.

"While diversity in lan-guages is the strength of ournation, a national language isneeded so that foreign lan-guages and cultures do notoverpower our own," he said.

The Union Home Minis-ter said that the governmentwould take Hindi Divas out-side Delhi, and would cele-brate a Hindi Saptah acrossthe country. He called Hindithe heart and soul of freedomstruggle.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, SEPT 15

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader and formerminister of state for fi-nance Shiv Pratap Shuklaon Sunday said that Fi-nance Minister NirmalaSitharaman is taking ef-fective steps to rectifythe issues in the housingsector in the country.

"The current govern-ment is assisting the pub-lic. There are 3.50 lakhhousing projects whichare yet to be allotted tobuyers. Finance Minister

Nirmala Sitharaman hastaken steps to rectify thissituation," Shukla told anews agency.

Speaking about thestate of the economy,Shukla said: "There is no

problem with the econo-my of the country. Earli-er builders and otherbusinessmen were givena free run because ofwhich the public wastroubled."

For the housing sec-tor, the Finance Minister,in the Union Budget2019, had announced ad-ditional deduction of upto Rs 1.5 lakh on interestpaid on loan borrowedfor the purchase of housevalued up to Rs 45 lakh.

"There will be a re-laxation in external com-mercial borrowing (ECB)

guidelines to facilitatethe financing of home-buyers eligible underPradhan Mantri Awas Yo-jana (PMAY)," Sithara-man had said adding shewill meet bankers onSeptember 19 to discusson status of measures an-nounced to increase liq-uidity for housing fi-nance companies andrepo-linked lendingrates.

The Finance Ministeron September 14 also an-nounced a special win-dow to provide last-milefunding requirement for

housing projects whichare stuck due to lack offunding.

This will be set upwith a fund size of Rs10,000 crore funded bythe government. About 3to 3.5 lakh projects allover the country willbenefit from this fund.

The government hasbeen working on meas-ures to boost growth inthe housing and real es-tate sector, a major job-creating industry whichhas been grappling withrecord unsold inventoryand poor sales.

NEW DELHI, SEP 15

Over 80 former MPs areyet to vacate their officialbungalows in Lutyens' Del-hi despite a stern warningby a Lok Sabha panel,sources said.

They said the govern-ment is contemplating totake action against theseex-MPs under the PublicPremises (Eviction ofUnauthorised Occupants)Act for their speedy evic-tion. On August 19, the LokSabha Housing Committeeheaded by C R Patil had or-dered around 200 ex-MPs,who did not vacate theirbungalows, to give up thefacility within a week anddisconnect their power, wa-ter and cooking gas con-nections within three days.

"Since the committee'sorder, most of the ex-MPshave vacated their official

bungalows. But, 82 formerMPs are, however, yet tovacate their bungalows asper a recent list," thesources told a news agency.

Sources in the LokSabha Housing Committeesaid this is not acceptableand that strict action will betaken against such formerMPs. "It was the panel's de-cision to ask ex-MPs to va-cate their official resi-

dences. Now, if some ofthem have not done so, it isnot acceptable. Strict actionwill be taken against them,"the sources in the commit-tee said.

Notices are being sentto these former Membersof Parliament, asking themto vacate their bungalowswhich had been allotted tothem in 2014, anothersource said. "If they (ex-

MPs) do not give up offi-cial bungalows, action maybe taken against them un-der the Public Premises(Eviction of UnauthorisedOccupants) Act.

"Once the eviction or-der is passed, power, waterand cooking gas connec-tions will be snapped," thesource added. According torules, former MPs have to

vacate their respective bun-galows within one monthof dissolution of the previ-ous Lok Sabha. PresidentRam Nath Kovind had onMay 25 dissolved the 16thLok Sabha with immediateeffect on the recommenda-tion of the Union Cabinetafter the Modi governmentwas formed for a secondterm.

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, SEPT 15

The National Lok Adalat wasset-up today at local court com-plex in which 77 cases out of atotal of 238 cases, includingRevenue, Criminal Com-poundable Cases, Bank Recov-ery, Checks, Family Disputes,Marriages, Motor Vehicle re-lated cases were settled. Out oftotal 126 cases presented in thecourt of SDJM Miss ParwinderKaur, 46 cases were settled onthe spot, while a recovery ofRs.56,41,500 was made. Simi-larly, out of total 112 cases pre-sented in the court of Mandeep

Singh Civil Judge Junior Divi-sion, 31 cases were settled onthe spot while recovery ofRs.48, 61,056 was made. Apartfrom Lok Adalat Members An-mol Juneja Bablu, Adv. Har-man Kochar, Prof. D.L. Bansaland Adv. Harsimran Sidhu, Barassociation president HardeepBhangal, R.P.Singh, AmitBansal, Kuljinder Sandhu,Lovelish Goyal, S.P. Sehgal,V.P. Dhir, P.C. Garg, RohitNarang Raman Handa,Kuldeep Jindal (All Advo-cates), Steno Manish Garg,Parmod Kumar, Ved Parkash,Gurmeet Singh and JagjeetSingh were also present.

LG Kiran Bedifelicitates Sadhguru

Jaggi VasudevPUDUCHERRY, SEPT 15

Lieutenant Governor KiranBedi felicitated spiritualGuru Jaggi Vasudev on Sun-day during the course of thelatter's 'Cauvery Calling'campaign here. The spiritualGuru's convoy crossedPuducherry on motorbikestoday as part of the campaignto save river Cauvery.

In order to highlight theplight of river Cauvery andfor conserving its ecosystemand perennial flow, SadhguruJaggi Vasudev, the founder ofIsha foundation had launchedthe campaign in Bengaluruon July 20. "Cauvery Call-ing" has been implemented incollaboration with the Kar-nataka government whichsigned an MoU with IshaFoundation for planting 25crore saplings in the Cauverybasin to augment water flowat source and restore Cau-very's perennial flow.

PUNE, SEP 15

Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis on Sundaysaid looking at the huge supportthat his 'Mahajanadesh Yatra' isreceiving, the BJP will have an"unprecedented" victory in theupcoming state Assembly polls.Fadnavis said so far, his yatrahas covered over 3,000 km andreached out to over 100 con-stituencies (out of the total 288)in the state.

"Wherever we go, the yatrais being welcomed by peopleand getting a huge response.Looking at the people's support,we are sure that we will get anunprecedented victory in theAssembly polls," he told re-porters here.

Fadnavis on Saturday visit-ed several tehsils of Pune dis-trict as part of the third leg of his'Mahajanadesh Yatra'.

When asked about the hugehoardings put on routes of theyatra, he said if the party work-ers think that by putting up suchbanners they will get the ticket(for the upcoming polls), "it isnot so". To a question on the is-sue of felling of trees in Mum-

bai's Aarey Colony to makeway for a Metro car shed, hesaid it is a fact that there aretrees in the area, but it neithercomes under bio-diversity noris it a forest land. "Japan isfunding the project and theynever do funding unless theproject is sustainable," he said.He claimed the state has re-ceived maximum investment inthe country and as far as directemployment is concerned, thestate is on the first position.

The Mumbai civic body re-cently gave its nod to cut over2,600 trees for setting up aMetro car shed in AareyColony, the sprawling greenbelt of Mumbai. Environmen-talists have been opposing theproposed tree felling. SeveralBollywood personalities andpoliticians have also extendedtheir support to the activists.Fadnavis earlier started hismass contact programme fromAmravati in Vidarbha on Au-gust 1. He, however, suspendedit on August 6 in view of rainswrecking havoc in parts of thestate, even as the oppositioncharged him then with givingpriority to his campaign.

RAJWINDER SINGHGOINDWAL SAHIB,SEPT 15

The removal of 312 Sikhsfrom the black list is a majorachievement of theAkali Dal, saidKuldeep SinghAulakh, the nationaland organizationsecretary of the Shi-romani Akali Dal.The blacklist wasprepared and black-listed hundreds ofrefugees in Canada,America, Germany,Italy and England.

He said that by removingthe names of 312 Sikhs fromthe black list, they would beable to connect their mother-land with their heads of fam-ily. He further said that underanother decision of the Modigovernment, Sikhs seekingasylum in a foreign country

had the opportunity to regis-ter for the Overseas Citizenof India card. Aulakh saidthat the patron of Akali DalPrakash Singh Badal andShiromani Akali Dal Presi-

dent SukhbirSingh Badalare eligible tobe congratulat-ed.

He said thatthe efforts ofthe leaders ofthe ShiromaniAkali Dal havebeen strug-gling for a long

time, Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi, Amit Shah andUnion Minister HarsimratKaur Badal have been con-gratulated for taking all pos-sible steps for this. Theyhaves once again won theheart of the Sikhs. Aulakhthanked the Modi govern-ment from the entire Sikhs.

Electro homeopathydoctor's association holdsmonthly meeting in MogaPALWINDER SINGH FATEHABAD: The ElectroHomeopathy Doctor's Association

Registered (404)held a monthlymeeting today inMoga at BarnalaBypass, Moga-Ludhiana Roadnear the NeelamNew Hotel heretoday. The

meeting will attended by doctors fromHaryana, Rajasthan and HimachalPradesh and shared their experiences,said Dr Sarabjit Singh.

Gangwar's lack ofqualification remark insultednorth Indians: PriyankaNEW DELHI: Reacting sharply overLabour Minister Santosh Gangwar’sremark that north Indians lackqualifications for public sector jobs,Senior Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra said that the ministerwants to insult the north Indians and itwon’t work out. “You have been ingovernment for over 5 years. Youcould not able to generate jobs.Whatever jobs were there, they arebeing snatched away due toslowdown. Youth is hopeful that thegovernment will do something good.But you want to insult the northIndians. This will not work,” Gandhisaid in a tweet. On completion of 100days in government, the minister washighlighting his dispensation’sachievements. He had said that in lastfive years Modi government has donea tremendous job for public and thereason why the people have reposedtheir faith in this government.Mr Gangwar had added that thegovernment has taken numeroussteps in a bid to make Indian economy strong.

Govt taking effective steps to rectifyissues in housing sector: BJP

RSS ideology is to imposeHindi as national language:

Sitaram Yechury

82 ex-MPs still to vacate official bungalowsdespite Lok Sabha panel warning

Sources in the Lok SabhaHousing Committee said this isnot acceptable and that strictaction will be taken againstsuch former MPs. "It was thepanel's decision to ask ex-MPsto vacate their officialresidences.

TAJPREET SONISADIQ, SEPT 15

The Farmers Union is ful-ly prepared to organisedharna and meetings infront of office of DeputyCommissioner from Sep-tember 25 to 27 to savesmall farmers and loanstaken by them. KisanUnion has made prepara-tions of farmers’ meet inMumara, Chanian, Doad.

State Vice President ofKirti Kissan Union, Ra-jinder Singh Deep, SinghWala while addressingthe farmers on the occa-sion said that the Punjabgovernment had failed tosolve the farmers’ crisisand failed to solve thefarmers' issues followingwhich incidents of suicidewere on the rise.

The words of forgive-ness have gone astray.Thousands of farmers arebeing sent to jail for non-payment of loan and Cap-tain government iswatching everything as asilent spectator. He said

that small farming is inthe most serious crisisand the reason for theagrarian crisis is theGreen Revolution farm-ing model which hasbeen changed by imple-menting the natural farm-ing model of the perma-nent farmer and openingthe government farmequipment center in thevillage.

Due to the reclamationof land, the smallfarmer's land should beprovided free water up tofive acres. Lendersshould provide loanswithout interest. The vil-lage unit of Kriti Kisan

Union was also formed inDoad village as a prepa-ration for the dharna.

These include GurjotSingh as president,Kuldeep Singh as vice-president, ManpreetSingh as secretary, NanakSingh & Uttam Singh,Harmel Singh, WaqilSingh, Biker Singh, Par-minder Singh, GursewakSingh, Makhan SinghSingh, Amrit Singh, Am-rit, Amrit Huh. MandeepSingh was elected as amember of the commit-tee. The newly electedcommittee resolved totake maximum part in thepeasant struggle.

Farmers to hold meetings in frontof DC office from Sept 25 to 27

2781 teachers, headshonoured for 100% result

KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU, SEPT 15

A ceremony was organized to build a self-made smart schoolat private resort in village Chauhan in Amritsar district to hon-or the school heads and teachers of Amritsar district with 100%result here today. In this programme, f 2781 teachers of Upper

Classes of Amritsardistrict were hon-oured by Punjab Ed-ucation Minister Vi-jay Indra Singla andEducation Depart-ment Secretary Kr-ishna Kumar on theoccasion.

Vijay Indra Singlasaid that this pro-gram has been or-

ganized today for the encouragement of those teachers whohave made special contribution in the field of education and forthe government school for whom the Education Department isrunning a scheme under the Samagra Education campaign. Onthis occasion, DEO Secondary Salvinder Singh, Deputy DeoRajesh Sharma, and hundreds of teachers were present.

BJP set for 'unprecedented'win in Maha polls: Fadnavis

Vast Vision's my path - studentcounseling campaign concludes at

Ayan Nursng College

MAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA, SEPT 15

10 days my path student counseling campaign start-ed by Vast Vision marketing company successfullyconcluded at Ayan college of Nursing today, chiefguest of the program Joginder Singh Aulakh deputydirector school education (Retd) appreciating com-pany's effort said that students must take advantageof the knowledge provided through such counselingprograms, he said that students should have knowl-edge of job oriented courses and eligibility test thatcan be helpful for them, Imtiaz Ali from ABC edu-cation provided information regarding easy accessto foreign countries specially Japan, he advised stu-dents to collect knowledge of the course and itsscope prior to take admission in it, Mamoon Rashidfounder of the company said that 7 educational in-stitutes including two colleges were covered undersaid campaign and approximately 1000 studentswere counseled, senior journalist Zahoor AhmedChauhan, Mohd Jameel, Prince Verma.

77 cases settled in National Lok AdalatRemoving 312 Sikhs from blacklist is a major achievement of

Akali Dal: Aulakh

VERMABATALA, SEPT 15

"The Punjab Government ispulling out its socks to ensurethat celebrations of 550thParkash Purb of Sri GuruNanak Dev Ji founder of theSikh religion, Epitome ofUniversal Peace, amity andhumanity turn out to be mem-orable ones. Under this strat-egy, the various cities visitedby Guru Sahib are beingbeautified and given a newlook." These views were ex-

pressed here today by theCabinet Minister S. Sukhjin-der Singh Randhawa whileinteracting with the mediapeople. He said that prepara-tions by the Punjab Govern-ment are afoot to celebratethe Parkash Purb on a grandscale. Furthermore, adequatearrangements are being madeto provide boarding, lodging,stay, langar and medical facil-ities to the people who are ex-pected to attend the ParkashPurb celebrations from coun-try and abroad.

Religious literature dedicated to550th Parkash Purb to be distributed

in Pb jails: Randhawa

NEWS BRIEFS

8HARYANAOne IAS, two HCS officers transferred CHANDIGARH: Haryana Government has issued transfer and posting orders of one IASand two HCS officers, with immediate effect. Rajeev Ranjan, Director General, SwarnaJayanti Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management has been posted Director General, Fish-eries.Surender Pal, Sub Divisional Officer-(Civil), Ganaur has been posted Chief Executive Offi-cer, Zila Parishad, Sonipat and CEO,DRDA, Sonipat , relieving Ashwani Kumar of the saidcharge. Ashwani Kumar, Managing Director, Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sonipat, Chief Exec-utive Officer, Zila Parishad, Sonepat and CEO, DRDA, Sonipat has been posted Sub Divi-sional Officer-(Civil), Ganaur and Managing Director, Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sonipat.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Selja, Hooda to visitKarnal todaySHIV SHARMAKARNAL: Newly appointed CongressPresident Kumari Selja and former ChiefMinister and Congress Legislature Partyleader Bhupendra Singh Hooda will visitKarnal on 16 September. He will hold ameeting of workers at 10 am in JatBhawan Karnal. Big leaders of the Con-gress will be present. Senior Congressleader Trilochan Singh said that in thestate He said that Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi at the Center and ManoharSarkar in the state indulged in false, jum-lewaj, dishonest and karpasan. He willcall for the rejection of the BJP governent. He asked more and more Congressworkers to attend the programme at 10am on 16 September at Jat Bhawan.

Chauhan honourssportspersonsSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: Sports fortnight closing cere-mony was organised by Krida Bharti Kar-nal on Sunday. International wrestler Yo-geshwar Dutt attended the event as thechief guest. The program was chaired byS.P. Chauhan did it. Convenor DalpatSingh and Pracharak Umesh were spe-cial guests in the program. The eventhonored 4 players of Yoga, 28 ofWrestling, 8 of Athletics. Trophies werepresented to the first and second teamsin eight games. 20 outstanding contribut-ing coaches were also honoured duringthis programme. Around 400 players andcoaches participated in the programme.Sushil Kumar, Balwant Singh, SurajBhan, Dharmendra, Jagmal Singh,Praveen, Harjeet Singh, Anil Gambhir,Satish Gheer, Nitin, Arya, Chetan werepresent on the occasion.

Polio drops to begiven to childrenGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: Civil Surgeon Dr. RameshKumar on Sunday inaugurated the sub-national Pulse Polio Programme cam-paign run by the local Ramnagar Dispen-sary Service Committee. On this occa-sion, Civil Surgeon Dr. Ramesh Kumarsaid that no polio cases have been re-ported in the state of Haryana since Jan-uary 2010 and no cases of polio havebeen found in India since January 2011.He informed that a sub-national pulsepolio campaign is being run in 13 districtsof Haryana from September 15 to Sep-tember 17. Now the high risk areas ofthe district such as kilns, deras, facto-ries,slums etc, will be targeted.On this occasion, Dr. Neelam Verma,Deputy Civil Surgeon, Dr. Saroj, DeputyCivil Surgeon, Dr. Rajendra Kumar,Deputy Civil Surgeon, other officers andemployees and Dr. S. from Rotary ClubKarnal. K. Atreja, I N Jagiya, SubhashNarang, Gaurav Tuli, BR Seth, K. K.Puri, Nutan Narang, Sandeep Goyal,Sudhir Rastogi, Manoj Arora were pres-ent.

Jan Shikshan Sansthancelebrates Hindi DivasCHANDIGARH: Hindi Divas was cele-brated at the Jan Shikshan Sansthan,Chandigarh on Saturday. A workshopwas held on the topic `DevelopingTeaching Learning Materials in Hindi forskill training process’. Professor Kam-lesh Mohan, President of the Adult Edu-cation Association, UT, Chandigarhchaired the workshop in Hindi. Hindi writ-ers, experts from NITTI, Sector 26, ITI,women and instructors of different tradesparticipated in the workshop. Professor YK Anand apprised the participants aboutthe need for teaching-learning materialsin Hindi for instructors and beneficiaries.Arjun Kamboj, Director Jan ShikshanSansthan, Chandigarh informed aboutobjectives and target groups for whomteaching learning materials is required.At the end of the workshop, it was decid-ed that teaching-learning materials insimple Hindi will be prepared keeping inview the background of target groups.

Govt increasesvalidity of HTETcertificate CHANDIGARH: Haryana governmenthas now increased the validity ofHaryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET)certificate from existing five years to sev-en years, conducted by Board of SchoolEducation Haryana, Bhiwani.A proposal in this regard, has been ap-proved by Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar. Giving this information, an offi-cial spokesperson said recently, a meet-ing was held to extend the validity ofHTET certificate, in which, the decisionwas taken to increase the validity ofHTET certificate to seven years, on thepattern of Central Teacher Eligibility Test(CTET).

Kashyap communitymembers meetKabirpanthiROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Kashyap Samaj SevaSamiti officials met MLA BhagwandasKabirpanthi. He met the MLA to dis-cuss social issues and problems aswell as expressed gratitude for thegrant given for Kashyap Dharamshala.MLA Kabirpanthi told members of theKashyap Samaj Seva Samiti that therewill be no let in the development of thesociety. He said that the grant ofKashyap Dharamshala has alreadycome, on which work is going on. Afterthis, the construction work of KashyapDharamshala will be completed soon.Under the leadership of KashyapSamaj Seva Samiti President KrishnaKashyap, all the officials thanked MLABhagwandas Kabirpanthi and said thatpeople of Kashyap community are withhim. Ma on this occasion Many peopleincluding Surjeet Kashyap, SubhashKashyap, Subhash Chand PoothiTarawadi, Amarnath, Rinku Kashyap,Tinku, Sandeep Kashyap, JeetKashyap, Praveen Kashyap, PradeepKashyap, Rohit Kashyap, KapilKashyap were present.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, SEPT 15

In Haryana, the overall crime ratewent down by 2.5 per cent in themonth of August 2019 as comparedto the corresponding period of lastyear. In addition, the cases of CrimeAgainst person and Crime againstproperty were also reduced by 1.2 percent and 4.2 per cent respectively.

While stating this here today, Di-rector General of Police (DGP), MrManoj Yadava said that a total of12,220 cases pertaining to murder, at-tempt to murder and kidnapping etc.were registered in different PoliceStations in August this year as againstthe 12,535 cases reported during thesame period in 2018.

He said that number of Crimeagainst person had dropped down to3000, which is 1.2 per cent less thanthe last year figure of 3037. Similar-ly, Police has recorded a total 3238cases of Crime against property inAugust 2019, which saw and impres-sive decline of 4.2 per cent as com-pared to the 3381 incidents of corre-sponding period of previous year.

Giving details about the Crimeagainst person, Mr Yadava said thatthe number of murder incidents wentdown to 97 from 105 whereas thenumber of attempt to murder de-creased to 87 from 96. The number ofkidnapping or abduction incidents

also saw a decline from 388 to 386,wrongful confinement from 171 to131, riots from 241 to 220 and vol-untarily causing hurt or assault orcriminal force to deter public servantfrom discharge of his duty from 121to 77.

The DGP said that there has beena check on Crime against propertysuch dacoity, snatching, burglary andtheft in the month of August 2019 ascompared to the corresponding peri-od of last year. The dacoity cases de-creased from 17 to 15, snatchingfrom 218 to 201, burglary from 768to 712 and theft incidents declinefrom 2261 to 2189.

Crime rate down by 2.5 percent in state, claims DGP

Massive trafficawareness campaignunderway in KaithalKAITHAL: Under the traffic aware-ness campaign launched on the direc-tions of Haryana DGP Manoj Yadavduring a visit to local Chhotu Ram In-door Stadium in Sector - 21 HUDAhere the SP Virender Vij interactedwith players and was surprised toknow that out of four hundred maleand female players present in the sta-dium, only 80 held driving License andonly one girl had an helmet who waspresented a flower bud by the SP as agood gesture and appreciation. SPasked coaches and all sports personsto observe traffic rules and laws notonly for saving themselves from Chal-lans by police but to ensure their ownsafety and to save their precious lives. Following directions of Haryana DGPManoj Yadav, the district police led bySP Virender Vij has launched a massawakening campaign for the third con-sective day, to educate the road usersand specially youth about the newprovisions of Motor Vehicles Act. Be-sides SP, DSP traffic Arjun AwardeeRavinder Sangwan, Kulwant SinghDSP (HQ), DSP AEC Baljinder Singh,DSP Vinod Shanker, DSP Krishan Ku-mar, DSP Guhla Kishori Lal Inchargeof all Police stations and police postscontinue to take active part in thiscampaign.

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, SEPT 15

The All India Congress Committee(AICC) has constituted the ScreeningCommittee headed by MadhusudanMistry for Haryana in view of the as-sembly elections in the state. Duringthe forthcoming assembly elections inHaryana, the entire process of ticketdistribution will be done through thisscreening committee.

A panel of Congress leaders andactivists desirous of contesting all the90 assembly seats in Haryana will besent to this screening committee. Thefive members of the screening com-mittee headed by Madhusudan Mistryare Deepa Dasmunshi, Devendra Ya-dav, All India Congress CommitteeGeneral Secretary Ghulam NabiAzad, Haryana Pradesh CongressCommittee President Kumari Sailjaand CLP Leader and former ChiefMinister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Meanwhile the Haryana Pradesh

Congress Committee today launcheda statewide Workers’ Sammelans.Under this programme Kumari Selja,M.P., President, Haryana PradeshCongress Committee and BhupinderSingh Hooda, former Chief Minister,Leader of Haryana Congress Legisla-ture Party met the Party rank and file.Other senior leaders of the CongressParty also participated in these sam-melans.

The first Workers’Sammelan ofthis series was held at Faridabad. Therank and file from Hathin, Hodal, Pal-wal, Prithla, NIT Faridabad, Badkhal,Faridabad & Tigaon Vidhan Sabhaconstituencies participated in thismeet.

In the afternoon, a similar sam-melan of Party workers and leaders ofGurugram Lok Sabha Constituencywas held at District Congress Com-mittee office, Kaman Sarai, Guru-gram. The rank and file from Bawal,Rewari, Pataudi, Badshahpur, Guru-gram, Sohna, Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka

and Punhana Vidhan Sabha Con-stituencies took part in it.

PCC President Kumari Selja saidthat there is great enthusiasm in theParty workers. She said that people ofHaryana are fed up of the anti-peoplepolicies of the BJP Government andwant a change. She said that similarsammelans will be held in the re-maining six Lok Sabha constituenciesin the next few days.

Meanwhile Senior Congressleader Bhupinder Singh Hooda onSunday said the days of the ̀ anti-peo-ple’ BJP government in Haryana arenumbered and people have made uptheir mind to throw them out of pow-er in the upcoming Assembly polls.

The Haryana Congress Legisla-ture Party leader said the "false prom-ises" made by the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) have been exposed beforethe people. Addressing a party work-ers' meeting in Faridabad, Hoodacalled on all Congress workers towork hard to oust the BJP regime.

Madhusudan Mistry to head Congressscreening committee for Haryana polls

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, SEPT 15

Today morning World First Aid Day and Hin-di Diwas was celebrated at Kalpna ChawlaGovernment Medical College Karnal. On thisoccasion Gold Medalist Diamond BloodDonor and Environmentalist Dr. Ashok KumarVerma organised 245th Voluntary Blood Do-nation there.

In this camp more than 41 volunteers do-nated blood. Mr. Vinod Kumar Khippal donat-ed blood 61st time whereas Sushil Commando43rd time. Additional Director of HaryanaProsecution Shri Shahsi Kant Sharma and Sec-retary, Indian Red Cross Society, Kurukshetra

were chief guests. Shashi Kant Sharma praisedthe camp organiser by saying that this is theupmost social cause and Dr. Verma is the starof Police department who inspired thousandsyoungs for donating blood. Kulbir Singh Ma-lik taught the lesson of First Aid to the volun-teers by saying that in the year 2000 it was de-cided by the World conference that on the sec-ond saturday of every September will be cele-brated as World First Aid Day.

On this occasion Charanji Lal Verma,Gurvinder Singh, Naresh Mehta, Bimla Devi,Dr. Sachin Garg and Dr. Navdeep Kaur werepresent. Program organizer Dr. Ashok KumarVerma thanked all the guests and honored thedonors.

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, SEPT 15

On behalf of the Bharat Vikas Parishad,Shri Radha Krishna, this Sunday, thethird free health check-up camp was or-ganised in Sector-12, in collaborationwith Suresh Punia and DMC DheerajKumar. This camp was organised here sothat more and more people can get bene-fit of the camp. The health of more than150 people in the camp was tested forfree. About 150 people benefitted fromtoday's programme.

Guide Gaurav Khurana said that thisbranch has been doing service work fromtime to time and will continue to do so.Manoj Kathpal, Pramod Nagpal,Sandeep Kukreja, Sunil Virmani,Praveen Aggarwal, Poonam Aggarwal,Ravi Mehta and Sheenu Khurana werepresent at the event.

150 people checked in free health campSHIV SHARMAKARNAL, SEPT 15

The demand of building the under pass un-der the railway line of Shiv Colony resi-dents has been fulfilled. Renu Bala Gupta,Mayor of Karnal, inaugurated this under-bridge at a cost of about 1 crore 80 lakh ru-pees and inaugurated Councilor Rajni ofWard No. 16 and Councillor Joginder Shar-ma of 17 by breaking coconut. MunicipalCorporation Commissioner Nishant KumarYadav was present on the occasion. On thisoccasion, Mayor Renu Bala Gupta wishedShiv Colony residents and Shivaji Colonyresidents for underbridges. On this occa-sion, Assistant Engineer Satish Kumar Mit-tal from Municipal Corporation, J.E. SushilSharma, Balbir Singh, Somdutt Sharma,Aditya Sarsar, Ramesh Wadhawan, Mohan

Sharma, Pradeep Manoj, Surjeet Sharma,Rajindra Panchal and many dignitarieswere present. On this occasion AssistantEngineer Sunil Bhalla, J.E. Ram Niwas,District Vice President of BJP Yuva Mor-cha Shubham, Gurpreet Bhinder, Pradhan,O.P. Chaudhary, Prithvi Kamboj, SunilGoyal, Subhash Rawal, Karm Singh,Davindra Madan and many dignitarieswere present.

Rail under pass a giftto people: Mayor

Blood donation is goodsocial cause- Shahsi

MAHINDER SINGHGHARAUNDA, SEPT 15

The BJP, which is aiming forthe goal of 75 plus seats, hasstarted a Maha Jan Samparkcampaign from 11 to 15 Sep-tember to communicate di-rectly with the people. Underthis campaign, MLA Harvin-dra Kalyan launched a publicrelations campaign in the rail-way road, Arpana Colony andvillage Kohund. The MLAdistributed the booklets andcalendars of the achievementsof the government, informingthe villagers about the poli-cies. MLA Harvidner Kalyansaid that the central and stategovernment carried outrecord development pro-

grammes. On this occasion,Ravindra Tyagi, RajendraBhatt, Mangal Singh, KrishnaSharma, Ramesh Bairagi, Ra-jendra Basatada, Satish Bajaj,Ravindra Rana, Satpal

Bindraban, Shyam Pal, GulabKashyap, Pratap Kashyap,Prem Sharma, Subhash Shar-ma, Sanjay Rawal, SurendraSaini, Amarjeet Sharma, etc.villagers were present.

BJP workers hold meetingwith Kashyap samaj

MAIN PALINDRI, SEPT 15

A meeting of KashyapSamaj and BJP workerstook place in Indri. In thismeeting, Rajya Sabha mem-ber and BJP leader Ram Ku-mar Kashyap arrived as thechief guest, he was strongly welcomed upon reaching theprogram. There was a long line of welcoming people whowere honored by wearing turban and flower garlands. Onthis occasion, BSP leader Mukesh Rani left the BSP andjoined the BJP. MP Ram Kumar Kashyap strongly wel-comed and assured them to honor him.

Ram Kumar Kashyap said that he has supported the BJP bybeing influenced by the policies of the BJP. He further said thatafter independence, he has also supported the Rajya Sabha inenacting a law to fulfill the demand for the removal of Article370.

High Court Naveen Kashyap, Sarpanch Shyam Lal,Mukesh Tusang, Yogesh Sarpanch, Aliabbas Sarpanch Repre-sentative, Pramod Kumar Tusang, Pursotam, Malkiyat Singh,Harikishan, Gurdial Nambardar, Pawan Bhadso, Karmabir Ad-vocate Chand. Kashyap, Rohtas Kashyap Hansumajra, Shiv-charan, Madan, etc. were all present.

Kamboj holds publiccontact programme

MAIN PALINDRI, SEPT 15

Minister of State Karan Dev Kamboj met people fromhouse to house in village Garhi Birbal and Indergarhtoday as a part of the mass contact campaignlaunched by the BJP andreferred to the policiesand achievements of theBharatiya Janata Partygovernment. On this oc-casion, he appealed thepeople to vote in favourof the BJP by presenting the booklet containing theachievements of the government, BJP officials andworkers were present on this occasion.

He also appealed to the people to join the BJPwith the honest and clean image of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar. On this occasion, he was accompanied by thechairman of Block Committee Kusum Kamboj, Cir-cle President Aman Virk, Vinod Kamboj, ChandarPal, Shri Ram, Sanjeev, Raghubir, Udham Singh,Deepu, Surender Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Jaipal, Tinu,Naseeb, etc. All BJP workers were also present.

JCI Gold distributes track suit to poor childrenGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, SEPT 15

The Women's Wing of JCI Karnal Gold distributed track suits, to be worn in the winter season,to the local Karneshwar temple for 116 children of rickshaw pullers and home-working miyaswho are living below the poverty line. These children are associated with an institution called'Pukar Waqt Ki 7' and are studying from first class to 11th grade. Chairperson of the Women'sWing Smt Mona Gupta, Secretary Seema Gupta, Project Director Needhi Gupta, AssistantSweety Garg, Convenor Punam Goyal, Vikas Gupta, Principal of JCI Gold.Pen set and choco-late and snacks were also distributed.

The Chief Guest of today's programme was Sushma Bansal and the special guest was Mam-ta Goel. The stage operations were played by Rakhi Garg. Also present on the occasion wereJagmal Gupta, Ramesh Bansal, Rajesh Garg, Ashwani Joshi from JCI Gold as well as SangeetaGupta, Sarla Singla, Archana Bansal, Suman Aggarwal, Sarita Aggarwal, Meenu Joshi, NilamBansal, Shailaja Agarwal, Ritu Mittal from Women's Wing And from the time of call, Sanjoli,Kirti, Muktesh Sharma, Jyoti, Kamal, Harshil, Deepakshmi, Smriti and Puneet etc.were present.

Ayushman Bharat fortnight till Sept 30KARNAL, SEPT 15 (SHIV SHARMA) : Under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Ar-ogya Yojana, Ayushman Bharat Pakhwada will be celebrated in Karnal district from September15 to 30, under which civil surgeon Karnal Ramesh Kumar flagged off the Ayushman BharatPrabhat Ferry on Sunday from the Civil Surgeon office, Karnal. did. On this occasion, DeputyCivil Surgeon Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Saroj and Ayushman India Dis-trict Information Manager Hitesh Kapoor and Ayushman Mitras, Ayushman India Prime Minis-ter Jan Arogya Yojna were present. The Health Department will ensure that the Ayushman Bharatletter sent by the Haryana government to the concerned beneficiaries, under which the benefici-ary families can get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh annually in any listed government and privatehospital, for which they do not have to pay any money. To know whether you are a beneficiaryor not, call the toll free number 14555 or 1800111565 or go to any listed government and privatehospital and get it checked.

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