By Amrit Brar
New Delhi, 3 June 2019: The Union Government has reappointed Ajit Doval as National Security Advisor (NSA) with a Cabinet Minister rank as per official reports. His appointment will be co-terminus with appointment of PM. His appointment is for five years. He belongs to 1968 batch of IPS cadre and he has also served as Director of Intelligence Bureau of India. (File Photo RS)
By Amrit Pal Singh Brar
Bathinda, 2 June 2019: In a gesture of goodwill, Amrita Warring wife of Raja Warring MLA who lost the recent Lok Sabha poll by a narrow margin, have come out to help Jaskaran Singh a victim of Maur blast who sustained serious burn injuries in blast which was triggered on January 31, 2017
Amrita Warring came into contact of Jaskaran Singh during the election campaign and pained at his situation, she decided to help him and get him treated.
After the completion of election process, Amrita Warring got the blast victim Jaskaran Singh operated and his first plastic surgery of hands has been done successfully recently.
Amrita Warring told “First plastic surgery operation of hands of Jaskaran Singh has been done successfully. Further parts of the body will be operated in the coming days”. We will make efforts to bring him to his normal life, said Amrita Warring.
Amrita thanked the team of Aasra Foundation, who is looking after the victim and taking care of him.
It may be recalled that Jaskaran Singh has sustained serious injuries in the blast and he is till bedridden. His body parts were burned in this incident.(Author can be contacted at 9814313405)
Sarkar Darbar Bureau
Jalandhar : 01 June 2019
2 Army Dog Unit organised ‘Army Dog Technical Demonstration’ for children in Jalandhar Cantt today as a part of Annual Summer Camp 2019 being conducted by Vajra Corps. 120 children of Army families watched the show. Four specialized trained dogs displayed their skills under the guidance of their dog trainers.
2 Army Dog Unit (‘Second to None’) is the only Dog Unit in Western Command area of responsibility. It is the oldest and highly decorated Dog Unit of Indian Army. The Unit dogs along with their handlers have been awarded with 2 Sena Medal Gallantry (Posthumous), Chief of Army Staff Commendation, Vice Chief of Army Staff Commendation, Army Commander Commendation and General Officer Commanding Corps appreciation.
The various categories of Army dogs (‘Force Multipliers’) deployed by 2 Army Dog Unit are Tracker dog, Guard dog, Mine detection dog, Explosive detection dog and Avalanche Rescue dog.
Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) is pioneer in Dog Training in India. In Indian Army we Breed, Rear, Train and Deploy these ‘Silent Warriors’. The breeds of dogs which are being trained and deployed by RVC include Labrador, German Shepherd (GSD), Belgian Shepherd (Malinois), Cocker Spaniel and indigenous dog breeds like Mudhol Hound.
These trained dogs are deployed in various operational roles, for guarding vital defence installations, for National events like Independence day and Republic day and also for providing security to VVIPs in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Children were overjoyed and thrilled to watch the Army Dog Show and applauded the performance of Army Dogs.
Sarkar Darbar Bureau
Chandigarh, June 1:
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday gave clearance for the operationalization of a new Sports University in Patiala from September 1, 2019, and directed the Department of Higher Education to finalise the admission regulations for the first batch.
Chairing a high-level meeting of the Steering Committee for the establishment of the university, the Chief Minister also approved `The Punjab Sports University’ as the name of the proposed institution, for which a draft memorandum will be presented in the next cabinet meeting.
An ordinance will be brought out to ensure timely commencement of the academic session, according to an official spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office.
The Chief Minister directed the Deputy Commissioner Patiala Patiala Kumar Amit to initiate the process of acquisition of 97 Acres of land adjacent to the Rajiv Gandhi National Law University in Sidhowal village, for the construction of the university building.
While 97% of the land is being provided free of cost by the village Panchayat, the remaining will be acquired. Acceding to a proposal from the DC, the Chief Minister also gave in-principle approval to reserve some Group C and D jobs for the eligible natives whose land is acquired.
In the interim, Captain Amarinder asked the Sports Department to immediately take possession of Mohindra Kothi to run the institution there till completion of the new building.
A sum of Rs 50 lakh has been sanctioned for renovating the Kothi for this purpose, said the spokesperson.
The Chief Minister further asked the ACS Sports to explore the possibility of engaging top industrial houses like Reliance and Wipro for sponsoring various courses and the related infrastructural development.
Reliance had evinced interest in being part of the venture during the Chief Minister’s visit to Mumbai; it was disclosed at the meeting.
The course curriculum, which has already been finalized, will focus on development of knowledge, skills and competence at various levels in the fields of physical education and sports sciences, sports technology and high performance training of all sports and games.
It would also provide the best coaching facilities and state-of-the-art infrastructure, besides efficient institutional support and ecosystem to budding athletes to tap their potential at an early stage.
Urging youngsters to take up at least one sport right from school level, the Chief Minister asked the Sports Department to launch an innovative state-wide awareness programme to attract and capture talent at an early age for nurturance into world-class players.
Steering Committee head and International Olympic Committee member Randhir Singh attended the meeting, along with Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, and Media Advisor to CM Raveen Thukral, besides Chief Principal Secretary to CM Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary to CM Tejveer Singh, Secretary Sports Sanjay Kumar, and Director Sports Amrit Kaur Gill.
Sarkar Darbar bureau
Chandigarh, 01 June: Four senior IAS officers of Punjab retired from government service on May 31, 2019. These officers are Santosh Kumar Sandhu , Kamaljit Singh Sangha , Harjit Singh and Harjit Singh Kandhola .
Sarkar Darbar Bureau
Jalandhar, 01 June 2019: The Jalandhar Rural Police on Saturday have arrested a Nigerian woman after seizing one-kg heroin in Bara Pind of the district.
The woman has been identified Beauty of Ohio, Abdu, Benin in Nigeria. She was residing presently street number-13 Shiapur near Vikaspuri, New Delhi.
Addressing a press conference, Jalandhar Rural SSP Navjot Singh Mahal said that sub-inspector Nirmal Singh from CIA staff along with police party was patrolling near Goraya to Barra Pind. When the police party reached Canal Bridge in Barra Pind, the cops spotted a woman who was carrying black colour bag on her left shoulder.
On spotting the police, she tried to outsmart the cops but later apprehended by women police constables.
SSP further added that on getting information, DSP Major Crime Amandeep Singh Brar reached the spot and in his presence, the women constables Daljeet Kaur and Rajdeep Kaur checked her bag and recovered 1-kg heroin.
She was immediately arrested and a case under sections 21 of NDPS Act in Goraya Police Station.
SSP told that a detailed probe is being conducted in this case.
Sarkar Darbar Bureau
New Delhi, 31st May 2019
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, assumed charge of her office as the Union Minister of Food Processing Industries for a second term here today.
This is the second stint of Harsimrat Badal as Minister of Food Processing Industries after holding the same charge under NDA 1 from 2014 to 2019.
During her time as the Cabinet Minister her main achievements include the successful organisation of World Food India 2017 (following which preparations for World Food India 2019 are currently underway), successful operationalisation of Operation Greens to arrest the fluctuation in prices of tomato, onion and potato, giving a major boost to food processing in India by way of inauguration of 17 Mega Food Parks, fast tracking of approvals of cold chains and other projects et al.
The Minister notably led efforts of Indian food processing sector towards relief efforts in Kerala in 2018.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal is a Member of Parliament from Bathinda, Punjab and a member of Shiromani Akali Dal. This is her third consecutive stint as an MP from Bathinda after being a part of both the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha from the same constituency.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal has done her schooling from Loreto convent school, New Delhi and subsequently pursued a three-year course in textile design.
Sarkar Darbar Bureau
Jalandhar, May 31
Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Jalandhar Diparva Lakra today called upon the Principals of all the government and private schools in the district to come forward for developing their schools as ‘Plastic Free Zone’.
Addressing the gathering during a workshop on Solid Waste Management organized by the civic body for the School Principals here at the local KMV Sanskriti School, the Commissioner, accompanied by the Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation Aashika Jain, said that in order to avoid environmental hazards the school Principals must ensure that use of plastic was completely banned in the school premises.
He said that disposable material must be completely prohibited in the school canteens along with the plastic bags. Lakra said that plastics play a major havoc with the health of the residents due to need of the hour was to ban them in school premises.
Dwelling on another point, the Commissioner said that all the government schools where Mid Day meal was offered must ensure that waste generated while preparing the meal was duly composted as per Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.
He said that the waste must be disposed off with the through Pit Composting technique being adopted by the Municipal Corporation.
Lakra said that the civic body has already set up Pit Composting Unit at Government Senior Secondary School Nehru Garden adding that the other Principals could also use the same technique to compost this waste.
Batting for mass awareness campaign amongst the students to make them aware of solid waste management, the Commissioner said that the students must be made aware of the benefits of the source segregation for proper disposal of the waste.
He exhorted the schools to encourage the students for ensuring source segregation at their homes so that Jalandhar could be made clean, green and pollution free.
Lakra announced that after the summer vacations were over the Municipal Corporation would assess the performance of schools on the themes of plastic free zones, pit compositing and source segregation adding that as per the performance of schools the civic body would select 10 best performing schools out of them.
On the occasion District education officer Harvinder Pal Singh, District Guidance Counselor Surjit Lal and others were also present.
Move aimed at streamlining traffic movement & environment pollution
Sarkar Darbar Team
Jalandhar, May 31
In a bid to streamline traffic movement in the city, the district administration today decided to embark a major drive to take strict action against illegal auto-rickshaws and overloaded vehicles plying in the city.
A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting held here at the District Administrative Complex in which MLA Avtar Singh Bawa Henry, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Jalandhar Diprava Lakra, Additional Deputy Commissioners Kulwant Singh and Jasbir Singh, Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation Aashika Jain and Secretary Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Dr. Nayan Jassal were present.
It was decided in the meeting that severest of severe action would be taken against the auto rickshaws and overloaded vehicles moving within the Municipal limits illegally. Similarly, it was decided that special checking points would be installed at the entry points of the city to check the entry of these vehicles in the city and challan such vehicles.
Likewise, it was decided that a joint team comprising of officers from Transport and Police departments besides the Sub Divisional Magistrates would enforce this drive to check the movement of these vehicles.
It was also decided that in order to prevent hazardous effects of plastic bags in the city, a major drive would also be started to check the use of plastic bags in the city. During the drive major checking would be done at all the malls and shopping complexes besides the prominent markets in the city.
It was also decided that stern action would be taken against the erring people who would use the plastic bags as they cast a hazardous effect on human health besides causing major environmental pollution.
Sarkar Darbar Bureau
Barnala, May 31:
Deputy Commissioner Barnala Tej Partap Singh Phoolka, on Friday, flagged off awareness van on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day here from civil surgeon office.
DC said that the awareness van would make the district residents aware of the ill-effects of consuming tobacco products. He also directed the health department officials to issue challans to under The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) to ensure zero smoking on public places.
TPS Phoolka said that theme of World No Tobacco Day is tobacco and lung health and district administration would carry out awareness campaign on the negative impact of tobacco on the people’s health, from cancer to chronic respiratory diseases. He added that it would also focus on the fundamental role lungs play for the health and well-being of all people.
On this occasion, a district level seminar was also organised by the health department to sensitise people against the use of tobacco. World No Tobacco Day was also observed in various schools with the motivation of Youth Services Department.
Civil Surgeon Dr. Jugal Kishore, District Family Welfare Officer Dr. Tapinderjot Kaushal, District Health Officer Dr. Raj Kumar, Mass Media officer Gurmeet Singh among several others were also present on the occasion.
