Laleana (Talwandi Sabo), September 11, 2014: The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would undertake a whirlwind tour in the rain affected water logged areas of Mansa, Fazilka and Sri Muktsar Sahib Districts from 13th to 15th September to reach out to people in distress and assure proper compensation awards.

Badal made this announcement here today while talking to the media persons on the first day of his two-day Sangat Darshan program in the Talwandi Sabo assembly constituency. He added that the visit to flood affected areas would be aimed at getting first hand information of the losses incurred, hastening the pace of rescue operations wherever needed, ensuring that the people in areas get adequate civil supplies and food and that the girdawri was soon conducted to assess damage to crops and land.

He said that policies framed by previous Congress led UPA government at Centre had tied the hands of the state government due to which they were forced to award meager compensation for natural disasters but now the NDA government at the helm of affairs, the Punjab government expected a major hike in the quantum of existing compensation norms to adequately commensurate with the interest of farmers.

Answering a query on the impending issue of Ranjit Sagar Dam with Jammu and Kashmir, Badal said that Punjab was open for settling the matter amicably. “J&K government is pre-occupied in mitigating the flood disaster and even we also don’t want to disturb them at this critical juncture. This contentious matter would be soon resolved harmoniously,” he asserted.

Responding to a query on the Congress demand for white paper on the financial affairs of state, the Chief Minister said that before raising any such demand the Congress should introspect to ascertain the reasons which forced its leaders to lick the dust even in their own home constituencies.

Talking about the partnering with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) for Haryana assembly elections, he said that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was ready to forge alliance with parties which were willing to form anti-Congress government. He added that the SAD-BJP has very intimate and cordial ties with each other and even this was the oldest alliance in the country, which was religiously followed by both the parties.

Earlier, Badal began his tour of this constituency by first paying obeisance at Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo where he prayed for the welfare of state.

While addressing gathering in the villages of Bhagi Vander, Mahi Nangal, Malkana, Giana Badal enquired from village panchayats and villagers about the ongoing developmental works. He directed the officials to fasten the pace of developmental works, ensure transparency and quality of the works conducted. He said that all the funds granted should be optimally utilized. He asked people to actively come forward and contribute towards the overall development of the region.

The Chief Minister was accompanied him by MLA Talwandi Sabo Jeet Mohinder Sidhu, his Special Principal Secretary KJS Cheema and Deputy Commissioner Dr Basant Garg.

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Ferozepur, September 11, 2014: “The BSF sentinels are ever vigilant and ready to face any challenge thrown at them. The motto of the BSF is to protect the motherland from any kind of threat and our brave soldiers deployed at Border will leave no stone unturned to fulfill it”, it was stated by R K Thapa, DIG, Ferozepur Sector during a press conference.

When asked about the ongoing construction work of Visitors’ Gallery, Thapa said that the construction work will be finished till December this year. He said that the newly constructed visitors’ gallery will prove a tourist attraction. He said that besides the visitors’ gallery, a new car parking area, multi facilitated food plaza will also be constructed.  

The DIG said that the BSF always try to cooperate with those farmers whose land falls inside the fence. But they cannot allow anyone to take any unnecessary advantage.

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Chandigarh, September 11, 2014 Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today directed deputy commissioners to perform or perish saying they must reduce delays in implementation of government schemes, ensure timely delivery of services and check corruption in their districts. He also directed them to implement the new mining policy strictly and enjoined them to respond to people’s grievances including web-complaints forwarded to them from his office immediately.
Addressing a meeting of deputy commissioners held here at Punjab Bhawan, Badal directed Deputy Commissioner to ensure zero corruption in the government offices by getting feedback from the people. He said every deputy commissioner must forward the feedback, especially on the registries done in their areas, to their divisional commissioners and the chief secretary on a daily basis. The Deputy CM also directed the Commissioners and the chief secretary to check the reports submitted by the DC’s regularly to stamp out corruption.
Badal also disclosed in the meeting that he was getting a number of complaints and grievances through email and web portal feedback. He issued instructions to the deputy commissioners to take immediate action on all the grievances and complaints being forwarded to them besides giving a feedback regarding their current status to his office.
Issuing instructions to reduce sand prices as per the new mining policy immediately, the Deputy CM said that deputy commissioners must keep a vigil on sand mining as well as its distribution through Punjab Mandi Board to ensure sand was provided to customers in a timely manner at reasonable prices. Badal asked the deputy commissioners to immediately report to chief secretary whenever and wherever sand prices crossed the price set by them.
Reviewing the drug de-addiction program, Deputy CM asked the deputy commissioners to coordinate with district police in charges to create congenial atmosphere for de-addicted persons to bring them back to normal life. He also took feedback regarding infrastructure and other requirements for the successful implementation of drug de-addiction program. He asked the deputy commissioners to put their maximum efforts to save the next generation and assured that state would fulfill all the requirements needed to make the drug de-addiction program a success.
Reviewing the implementation of Social welfare schemes, Badal directed the secretary, Food Supplies to work on computerisation of distribution of wheat and pulses under Atta-Dal scheme to ensure that wheat and pulses reached the consumer in time. He also directed the concerned secretaries and deputy commissioners to ensure that the Atta-Dal scheme, Shagun scheme, Pension scheme and other social security schemes were implemented efficiently
Reviewing the acquisition of land under National Highways Act, Deputy Chief Minister said that the centre had sanctioned 4 and 6 lane National Highway projects worth Rs 10000 crores for Punjab. He said that these highways would cross through almost all the cities and districts of state and directed deputy commissioners to ensure timely land acquisition for the same by October 15.
In today’s meeting the other issues which were discussed in-depth were regularisation of plots and colonies in the state, rationalisation of collector rates, pending Suvidha Centres applications and RTS applications beyond RTS deadline, relief measures on account of recent rains, water logging and floods in State. Besides this, progress of solid waste management projects, acquisition of land for STP’s and computerisation of land records and implementation of e-stamping were also discussed with the deputy commissioners.
Prominent amongst others present in the meeting included Revenue & Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Media Advisor to Deputy Chief Minister Jangveer Singh, Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal, Financial Commissioner Revenue N.S Kang,   Principal Secretary to CM S.K.Sandhu, Principal Secretary Governance Reforms C. Roul, Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister P.S Aulja, Principal Secretary Health Vinni Mahajan, and Deputy Commissioners of all districts.
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Chandigarh, September 11, 2014: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukbir Singh Badal today finalised the initiation of unique e-stamping program besides directing all Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners to launch e-stamping by mid October.

In a high level meeting here flanked by Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Deputy Chief Minister asked the senior officers of revenue department, divisional commissioners and DCs to ensure all land registrations and mutation of deeds should be done under e-stamping after mid of next month.

He asked DCs to get included all stakeholders including stamp vendors to involve and educate them about the computerization of stamp duty advanced system (C-SDAS) so that this unique program could be implemented in true spirit. He said that all deeds and land registrations above Rs. 50,000 would be made under e-stamping.

Informing the meeting that Punjab was signing an agreement with Stock Holding Corporation of India, a central record keeping agency, to implement and monitor the program properly, he said that the required training to the users as well as staff of sub registrar officers and other concerned officers would also be imparted. He asked DCs to ensure effective and speedy implementation of this program for the facilitation of people.

While presenting a presentation in this regard, the Deputy CM elaborated the benefits of e-stamping system he said that stamp certificate could be generated within minutes and tamper proof. Terming it cost savings and user friendly he added that e-stamp certificates would have a unique identification number and its authenticity could be checked any time anywhere. Besides, specific denomination is also not required. The e-stamping has an easy accessibility and faster processing having secure storage of certificates.

Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia informed the meeting that the program should be launched well in time. He asked DCs of SAS Nagar, Jalandhar and Bathinda to make sure the necessary arrangements and requisite infrastructures for launching of e-stamping as these districts have been chosen under pilot project in first phase from next month. Adding further he said that after its success in three districts the program would be launched in other districts in the coming months.

It is mentioned here that to implement this system in the state the central record keeping agency (SHCIL) would be responsible for user registration, overall e-stamping application operations and maintenance. It will appoint authorised collection centers (ACC's) that will issue certificates to the clients at their counters. The scheduled banks, post offices, stamp vendors, self help groups or societies could apply to facilitate clients as ACCs. The clients could pay stamp duty amount through various modes like cash, cheque, demand draft, pay order, RTGS, NEFT or account to account transfer.

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Chandigarh, September 11, 2014: The Punjab Government has geared up to put a complete ban on the adulterated food products in the state. The Government has asked the officials to be launch a state wide campaign to collect samples of food products keeping in mind the coming festive  season.  The Punjab Health Minister Surjeet Kumar Jayani while presiding over a meeting of the district food safety officers directed that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked him nobody should be allowed to play with the lives of people by supplying adulterated Sweets, Cheese and Milk etc during the coming festive season.

Jayani directed the food safety officers to keep proper surveillance in the markets to check adulterated supply of sweets and no shopkeeper should be allowed to store Sweets in the store houses in abundance. He also asked the officers to raid all possible store houses such as cold stores etc and collect samples of collect samples on regular basis. He said that all below standard or expired food products should be destroyed in personal presence and big fines should be imposed on the people playing with the lives of people.

Minister also asked the officials to put surveillance teams to check flow of adulterated sweets and other milk products from other states. He asked the officials to be strict and don’t listen to the approaches of such people involved in supplying adulterated food products. He also warned officials that state level teams would also conduct surprise checks across the state to check adulteration and if field officials found not performing their duty properly then the department would take strong action against them also.

Minster also appealed to the public to provide information about the adulterators so that action could be taken against them. He also announced that identity of informers would not be made public and they would also be honoured by the department.

Others prominent present in the meeting included Husan Lal MD PHSC, Dr. Bhag Mall Joint Director Food & Drugs and all district food safety officers.

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Jhandiyan (Roopnagar), September 11, 2014- Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that state government would prepare a comprehensive plan to save the crops from wild animals in Kandi areas of Roopnagar and Hoshiarpur districts. Besides, he also announced to provide barbed wires on subsidized rates to farmers for fencing around their fields.

After laying the foundation stone of Maharaj Lal Das Brahma Nand Bhurri Wale Community Health centre at Village Jhandiyan along with head of Bhurri Wala Sect Swami Chetna Nand here on Thursday, Mr. Badal said that the farmers of Kandi belt were facing major trouble form wild animals especially pigs that damages their crops. To overcome this problem he announced to call a meeting with wildlife and forest department officials to kick off a campaign for sterilization of pigs also.

Answering a query about the preparations of Shiromani Akali Dal for the upcoming Assembly elections in Haryana state, Deputy CM said that SAD was fully geared up to wipe out scam ridden state congress government from political scenario and candidates from Ambala and Kalanwali assembly constituencies would be announced in next 2 days.

Talking about the memorandum presented by Swami Chetna Nand, Badal also announced to construct 18 feet roads from Bunga to Noorpur Bedi at a cost of Rs. 8 crore and Tibba Tapriyan to Kanpur Khuhi within a year. He also informed that a new bus service would also be started after the construction of these roads.

On the demand of providing drinking water facility in Kandi area, Badal said that in next year 200 deep tubewells would be installed that would provide free water drinking water in all villages in the semi hilly areas. Deputy CM also approved the project proposal worth Rs. 24 crore to provide safe drinking water to 46 villages that has already been submitted by Education Minister Dr. Daljeet Singh Cheema. He also declared that Rs. 20 crore would be spent on augmentation of basic civic amenities in next year. Badal has announced a discretionary grant of Rs. 5 Lakh each for Bhurri Wala Education Trust and Gaushala being run by the Ashram.

Lauding the efforts of Bhurri Wale sect for providing education and health services in backward kandi area, Badal said that Punjab Government would provide all kind of help to this sect.

On the occasion Member Parliament Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra and Education Minister Dr. Daljeet Singh Cheema has also addressed the gathering and thanked Deputy Chief Minister for the announcements he made for the public of kandi belt.

Prominent amongst others present on the occassion included Chief Parliamentary Secretary Chaudry Nand Lal, SGPC members Amarjit Singh Chawla and Paramjit Singh Lakhewal, Shiromani Akali Dal district president urban Paramjit Singh Makkar, Chairman Central Coopreative Bank Patiala Harinder Singh Chandumajra, Chairman, Education Trust Mahinder Singh Baghi, Deputy Commissioner Tannu Kashyap and SSP Varinderpal Singh.

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Ludhiana, September 11, 2014: Swami Vivekananda's inspiring personality was well known both in India and in America during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he represented Hinduism. His vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture as well as his deep spiritual insight, fervid eloquence, brilliant conversation, broad human sympathy, colourful personality, and handsome figure made an irresistible appeal to the many types of Americans who came in contact with him. People who saw or heard Vivekananda even once still cherish his memory after a lapse of more than half a century.
Swami Vivekanand Kendra, Kanyakumari and Ek Umeed Foundation organised seminar on Thursday at Bar Room at New District Courts, Ludhiana  on the theme "Chicago Day". A day when Swami Vivekananda represented India at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893). This was the first World's Parliament of Religions and it was held from 11 to 27 September 1893. Delegates from all over the world joined this Parliament at Chicago. We look forward to your participation in this meeting and your continued guidance in the follow-up meetings in the upcoming days.
The invited Chief Guest was Prof Rajinder Bhandari, Vice Chairman, Cabinet rank, Planning Board. Guest of honour was Senior Advocate S.R.Wadhera and G.S.Grewal. Speakers were: C.S.Talwar Rtd. I.A.S. & Gen.Sec.Red Cross Pb. And Dr. Vinay Sofat, Area Sec,PCCTU.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Bhandari spoke on the various objectives of the foundation and appreciated the initiatives of foundation and also spoke about vivekanand learning.
C.S.Talwar spoke that the  life and teachings are of inestimable value to the West for an understanding of the mind of Asia. William James, the Harvard philosopher, called the Swami the "paragon of Vedantists."
Dr. Vinay Sofat spoke about life and learning. A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power, Vivekananda crammed immense labor and achievement into his short life, 1863-1902. Born in the Datta family of Calcutta, the youthful Vivekananda embraced the agnostic philosophies of the Western mind along with the worship of science.
At the same time, vehement in his desire to know the truth about God, he questioned people of holy reputation, asking them if they had seen God. He found such a person in Sri Ramakrishna, who became his master, allayed his doubts, gave him God vision, and transformed him into sage and prophet with authority to teach.
Manoj lekhi Advocate, founder member and chairman of foundation shared few moments of Chicago speech given by Swami vivekanand “Sisters and Brothers of America, It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world. I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects”
An interaction session was also held in which the participants exchanged their views on Swami vivekanand approximate 450 -500 persons attended the seminar.
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PDDB invites applications for dairy training course in five districts
Chandigarh, September 12, 2014: Punjab Dairy Development Board (PDDB) has invited applications for Dairy Training Course in five districts with a view to educate farmers about growing benefits in dairy profession. The farmers can get the scientific and modern training at five centres in the state.

Giving Details, a spokesperson said that Dairy Development, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike has finalised the schedule of proposed training program for the expansion of Dairy farming in the state. He said that 45 days Dairy Entrepreneurship Training course would be started from October 13, 2014 at Dairy Training and Extension Centers, Bija (Ludhiana), Chttamli (Ropar), Verka (Amritsar), Gill (Moga) and Abul Khurana (Sri Mukatsar Sahib). The Training Course would be on the basis of ‘first come first serve’ and the selection committee would interview the eligible candidates on September 22, 2014.

He further said that besides, giving knowledge on different techniques of dairy farm management, the candidates would be imparted training in artificial insemination, pregnancy diagnosis and milk handling etc. Interested candidates can contact at District offices or concerned Dairy Training and Extension Centres or log on website www.pddb.in.

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Chandigarh, September 12, 2014: Concerned by rising air pollution level by burning of straw and agriculture waste during harvesting seasons, the Punjab Agriculture Department has decided to motivate farmers to adopt mechanical mowing machines to mow straw in earth rather than burning it.
Agriculture Minister Jathedar. Tota Singh said that Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was concerned about rising air pollution level due to burning of straw and approved subsidy on mowing machines to motivate farmers to adopt new eco friendly technology.  He said that the Punjab government has taken this step to reduce environmental pollution done by burning the straw residue and maintain productivity of the soil. Jathedar Tota Singh said that such low cost new technique machines are developed in the state so that we need not to purchase such machines on high price from other countries. He said that Punjab Government would provide these machines to the cooperative societies which would be utilised by the farmers.  
The Agriculture Minister appealed to the progressive farmers to use this new technology and encourage other farmers for to use this technology. ‘Punjab Agriculture department would also organise camps and exhibitions to educate farmers about the benefits of the new technology to deal with straw residue.
Earlier in the meeting the Horticulture department officials briefed about the Rs 82.5 crore grant received under the National Horticulture Mission programme. In a two hour long discussion progressive farmers presented their views about the proper utilization of this grant to promote Horticulture farming in the state.  
After giving a patient hearing to diverse views of the progressive farmers Jathedar Tota Singh said that Punjab Government has decided to provide subsidy on solar pumps from 2 to 7.5 horse power to the fruit and vegetable farmers. He asked the farmers to avail this facility to solve the issue of electricity supply to the farmers during the wheat cultivation season.
The Minister also expressed a deep concern over the extensive usage of pesticides and insecticides that was having adverse effect not only the quality of the vegetables, fruits and other crops but also giving a bad name to the whole state. He said that due to this our products were not able to maintain international standards and therefore we are not able to sell our vegetables and fruits etc in the international markets.
Prominent amongst those present in the meeting included Chief parliamentary Secretary Gurbachan Singh Babehali, Financial Commissioner Development Suresh Kumar, Commissioner Agriculture Dr. Balwinder Singh Sidhu, Director Horticulture Dr. Lajwinder Singh, Joint Director Horticulture Dr. Gurkanwal Singh and progressive framers of the state.
 
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Chandigarh, September 12, 2014: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's initiative for relief to the beleaguered victims of unprecedented floods in J&K today took off as the Punjab Government dispatched one lac cooked food packets for the victims of the worst ever natural calamity that ravaged the Valley beyond anyone’s imagination.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that out of nearly one lac cooked food packets, 26,000 have been contributed by SGPC and the rest have been donated by the prominent religious and social organisations of Rupnagar, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Amritsar and Jalandhar. Apart from this, nearly 600 blankets, 35 quintals of dry ration and clothing kits have been dispatched from Amritsar through special IAF plane.
Expressing solidarity with the government and the people of J&K in their hour of crisis, Badal had assured the J&K government of all possible help and support. Responding to an appeal issued by the Chief Minister, various voluntary, social and religious organisations, including the SGPC have pooled in with liberal help.
The spokesperson further said that on the directions of Badal, the state Chief Secretary was overall coordinating the entire relief operations from Punjab for the flood affected families in J&K. Principal Secretary Coordination Mr. Sanjay Kumar has been deputed as nodal officer for keeping liaison with all the Deputy Commissioners in the state for the dispatch of relief material from different parts of the state and Resident Commissioner Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi K.Shiva Parshad has been asked to coordinate with the Ministry of Defence and the J&K government to assess the demand for relief material as per their requirement to be sent from Punjab.  Likewise, Deputy Commissioners of Amritsar and SAS Nagar (Mohali) have been asked to coordinate with the Airport Authorities at Amritsar and Chandigarh to ensure timely and safe air lifting of relief material to the J&K.
The Chief Minister also appealed to the people of Punjab to donate generously for this noble cause as the Punjabis were known for magnanimity and sense of belongingness world over and called upon them to demonstrate their all pervasive spirit of charity.

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Chandigarh, September 12, 2014: On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Controls Rooms have been set up at SAS Nagar (Mohali) and Amritsar to enable the various social, voluntary and religious organisations besides other NGOs for dispatching the relief material to the flood stricken valley in J&K.
Disclosing this here a spokesperson of the CMO said that the organisations desirous of sending relief material to J&K could contact Control Room Mohali at Telephone No. 0172-2220152. ADC (General) Ms. Poonamdeep Kaur (94140-08686) has been made overall in charge in this regard. Collection Centre for relief material has been set up Gurdwara Sri Amb Sahib, Phase-8 Mohali and Dispatch Centre at Chandigarh Airport under the supervision of SDM Mohali Lakhvir Singh (94172-50172) and SDM Dera Bassi Sanjeev Kumar (98146-43678) respectively. In case of any emergency, the concerned organisation could contact the Deputy Commissioner TPS Sidhu on his Cell No.-9888987867  
Likewise, another Control Room has been set up at Amritsar with Telephone No. 0183-2226161, 2226162 under the overall supervision of SDM Baba Bakala Rohit Gupta.
It may be recalled that 1.90 lac cooked food packets besides large quantities of biscuits and drinking water bottles have been dispatched from Mohali in four IAF planes till 5 pm. Similarly, another IAF plane carrying 26,000 food packets besides 175 kg milk left for dispatched for Srinagar from Amritsar Airport at 1 pm.

Gohlewala (Talwandi Sabo), September 12, 2014: Punjab would soon impress upon the Central government for review of the tax holiday granted to neighboring states, which was proving to be detrimental for the growth of industry in state, said the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal while addressing media persons on the last leg of his two-day Sangat Darshan program in the Talwandi Sabo assembly constituency.
He said Punjab would take up the cudgels of cause for industry and besides demanding review of the special facilities granted to neighboring states, it would also ask for special package for the state’s industrial sector.
Badal said that it has been three months only since the NDA government has taken over the reins of country.  “The Modi led NDA government is busy putting nation back on track of development where the Congress had miserably failed,” he said.
Interacting with the youngsters of village Gohlewala, Badal said there was urgent need to set up skill development centers so that the young people are imparted vocational skills and turn out to be industry ready professionals. He called upon youngsters to develop into entrepreneurs by adopting dairy and allied sectors that also generates employment.
Talking about the state government’s ambitious project in ensuring better child care and development, the Chief Minister said that government was introducing at least one anganwari in each village. Badal said that the officers have been asked to provide funds for setting up anganwari in all nearly 13000 villages of the state so that every child gets proper nutrition and care.
Besides this the government was also committed to provide drinking water in each village for which efforts were being done on war footing. He directed the public works department to work on people’s priority and fulfill the basic amenity of clean drinking water.
He added that the Sangat Darshan programs have heralded new chapter in good administration, wherein government feels the pulse of common man and solves the issue. “Sangat darshans are an open platform for people to come forward with their issues,” he said appealing people to bring their complaints at the sangat darshan programs.
Badal also directed the state officials to ensure that Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana was successfully implemented. He directed the state government officials to ensure that the bank account of each resident of Punjab is opened within a month’s time so that no one is bereft of the benefit Prime Minister’s ambitious scheme. He said that the Modi government has floated this scheme with an earnest desire to ensure that subsidies, pensions and other grants reach beneficiaries directly in their accounts. The accounts are opened free of cost and the account holder is provided Rs. 1 lac insurance cover without paying any premium.
Chief Minister’s Special Principal Secretary KJS Cheema accompanied him during the Sangat Darshan in villages Manuana, Mirjeana, Kaureana, Kalalwala, Fatta Balu, Gohlewala and others.  Prominent among others present included the area MLA Jeet Mohinder Sidhu, deputy commissioner Dr Basant Garg, SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SAD press secretary Om Prakash Sharma and others.

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Ludhiana, September 12, 2014: A round the clock control room has been setup at office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana here to assist the people of district Ludhiana who affected by flood in Jammu & Kashmir. Such affected people family member/ relative from the district may kindly approach for assistance pertaining to the recent flood crisis in Jammu & Kashmir at Deputy Commissioner Office at Disaster Management cell (Room No. 203) or call to Helpline Number 0161-2433100. Concerned person can contact at helpline number and provide detail of the people who are still missing. Similarly, those who are returning from Jammu & Kashmir reach their home safely can contact if help is required.
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Ludhiana, September 12, 2014: Dr Sudhir Joseph, Director of St. Stephen Hospital, Delhi has been elected as the new Chairman of CMC Ludhiana Society at its Annual General Meeting held at CMC Ludhiana on September 11 and 12.
Earlier Dr Rajinder Gyani had, upholding the high Values of the Society, decided to step down as Chairman to lay aside all controversies.
Prem Masih has been elected as the Vice Chairman and Dr. Bimal Charles as the Treasurer of the Society.
Further, the Governing Board and the Society reviewed the ongoing project of the Surgical Block and reaffirmed the work and the progress.
At the meeting, the Society & the Governing Board lauded the progress made in the institution under Dr. A.G.Thomas as Director. It endorsed its full faith in him and support for the development of the colleges and Hospital in education and research and its outreach work in the community and in rural centers.
The Governing Board also commended the doctors and nurses and all staff for their commitment to the institution. It also appreciated the faculty, staff, doctors and nurses who have gone to various mission hospitals in the remote parts of India as per the mandate of the Society.
Dr. Rajnesh Calton has been appointed as Associate Director along with Dr. Kim Mammen and Dr. Jeyaraj Pandian as Deputy Director. Dr. Bobby John has been appointed the new Principal of the Medical College succeeding Dr. S.M.Bhatti who has completed his term
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New Delhi: Priyanka Mehta and Dr Ekta Chadha hosted a “Hole in one party” to felicitate star golfer Puja Batra and to celebrate   the spirit of femininity, freedom, golf and grace at Chew Pan Asian Café Connaught Place, New Delhi.
 
The glitzy gala was full of glitterati as Golf Divas of the capital city joined in for the special afternoon and Chew Pan Asian Café restrained the thoughts of the guests with some delicious and lip smacking pan Asian dishes on the highest stage of a lavishness lunch.
 
The guests were spotted enjoying themselves over a leisurely afternoon with drinks and mouth-watering food of Chew Pan Asian Café. Some of the guests who attended the event to extend their love for Puja Batra included Madhu Arora, Neelam Pratap Rudy, Anupma Singh, Disha Batra , Namrata Dhir, Puja Batra, Astha Mittal, Anu Chadha Abha Jain, Sunayna Chibba, Indu Seth& Ashi Thukral to name a few.
 
About the Chew Pan Asian Café
 
Chew is an amalgamation of flavours from the Pan Pacific rim, it is a result of research on these cuisines existing, over a period of time, by the culinary experts, during their frequent trips to gather expertise and resources.It is One stop destination for Asian food lovers featuring oriental flavors prepared by an innovative and talented culinary team  in a live and interactive environment
 
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Ferozepur, September 12, 2014: Thousands converged at Saragarhi Memorial to pay homage to those 21 valiant Sikh soldiers of 4 Sikh Regiment who fought against more than ten thousand atrocious Afridis and Pathans at Saragarhi Post. The battle of Saragarhi is still considered one of the most daring and audacious event in the history of mankind. The soldiers of the regiment were posthumously awarded with the highest gallantry award Indian Order of Merit by British Government.
Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Cabinet Minister, Punjab, Kamal Sharma, President, Punjab BJP, Avtar Singh Minna, Chairman, Cooperative Bank Societies, Er. DPS Kharbanda, Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur, Amit Kumar, ADC, Ferozepur, Sandip Singh, SDM, Ferozepur besides successors of the Saragarhi martyrs, Army personals and many others paid tributes to these brave soldiers.
Family members of the Saragarhi martyrs, ex-servicemen were honoured at the function. Various government departments like health and family welfare, horticulture, employment and industries put up their exhibitions and stalls on this occasion.
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Chandigarh, September 13, 2014: The Punjab Government has today placed Gautam Cheema, IPS, Inspector General of Police, under suspension with immediate effect.
According to a spokesperson of Department of Home Affairs and Justice a complaint was filed by Kricpy Khera, Maninder Gulati and Amarpreet Verma against Gautam Cheema. He said that to ensure free and fair probe regarding the allegations Cheema placed under suspension with immediate effect. He further said that during suspension period his headquarter would be the office of Director General of Police, Punjab, Chandigarh.  
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Aalamwala (Sri Muktsar Sahib), September 13, 2014: Expressing grave concern over the meager compensation given to the farmers for their whopping losses due to the natural disasters, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that he would once again flag up the issue of hiking this compensation with the Government of India (GoI).

Interacting with the media persons on the first day of his tour to assess the losses due massive rain in the waterlogged districts of the state, the Chief Minister said that Rs 3500 given by the Centre per acre to the farmers for compensating their loss due to the natural disaster, was too miniscule, in wake of the exorbitant hike in the prices of agriculture inputs borne by the farmers to raise the crop. Badal said that he had time and again raised the issue of enhancing the relief amount to be disbursed amongst the farmers with the previous Union government but as the Congress leaders were unaware about the ground situation so they had hardly paid any heed towards this genuine demand due to which the victims of the natural tragedy were suffering a lot. However, he said that with the change of guard at centre the hope for adequate compensation for the victims of the tragedy have been renewed and hopefully the NDA government would look into this matter sympathetically.

The Chief Minister said that state government was fully seized with the hardships of the floods victims and they want to extend a helping hand to them by giving adequate financial assistance as compensation. However, he said that the riders imposed by the Union government barred them from helping the victims of this natural tragedy which was unfortunate. Badal said that the Union government must adopt liberal approach for duly compensating the flood victims in this hour of crisis.

Batting for the need of ‘micro planning’ at the village level to combat the problem of water logging in the state, the Chief Minister said that every villager from the water logged districts would have to play a proactive role for dealing with this situation. He said that the top brass of the state government has been deployed by him in these areas to ensure properly assess the loss suffered by the victims of this tragedy besides ensuring prompt relief to them. Mr. Badal directed the district administration to meticulously evaluate the losses incurred by the residents of the villages so that they could be duly compensated for it.

Earlier interacting with the victims of the nature’s fury at village Panniwala, Midda, Bodiwala, Ratta Khera, Aalamwala, Aspaal, Pakki Tibbi, Kattianwali, Saraawan Bodla, Bhagwanpura, Kolianwali and others, the Chief Minister said that the state government would make all out efforts to ease out financial burden on the farmers besides extending a helping hand to them in this hour of crisis. Badal announced that the Cooperative department has been directed to postpone the recovery of loans from the farmers in wake of havoc created due to the rain. “We are fully committed to bail out the people in this hour of crisis and the state government is making every effort to ensure timely relief and rehabilitation of the people’ he added.

Expressing concern over the huge loss incurred due to this natural tragedy, the Chief Minister said that this was the biggest loss of the property and crops ever since the state had been facing the chronic problem of water logging. Badal said that he was himself supervising all the relief operations to ensure that no stone was left unturned in helping the people in these difficult times. He said that the Punjabis have been blessed with the indomitable spirit of overcoming such challenges bravely and with the efforts of state government the curse of water logging would be eliminated from the state. Citing the example of great French hero Napolean, who took inspiration from an ant to overcome failures for achieving his target, the Chief Minister called upon the people to fully support the state government to remove this curse from the state.

The Chief Minister was accompanied by MLA Harpreet Singh, Chairman Punjab Agro Food grains Corporation Jathedar Dyal Singh Kolianwali, Member Punjab State Women Commission Veerpal Kaur Tarmala, his Special Principal Secretary KJS Cheema, Secretary Irrigation Kahan Singh Pannu and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Jaskiran Singh. 

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Chandigarh, September 13, 2014: The Punjab government has started recruitment process of 43 Tehsil Welfare Officers to strengthen the Welfare Department, especially at the Tehsil level for ensuring proper delivery of Welfare schemes to the beneficiaries in the remote villages. Punjab Welfare Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike said that welfare department has started the recruitment process and these vacancies would be filled very soon.
Divulging the details, a spokesperson said that applications can be submitted online only atwww.punjabscholarships.gov.in from September 15 to October 7, 2014. He said that graduate in any discipline from a recognized university and punjabi passed at the level of matric or equivalent can apply for the post of Tehsil Welfare Officer. He further said that candidates can get information regarding detail of posts, reservation charts, qualifications, age limit and other terms and conditions etc. from the website.
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Chandigarh, September 13, 2014: All IAS Officers of Punjab have decided to donate one day salary for Jammu and Kashmir flood relief fund.
Disclosing this here today Mr. Suresh Kumar, President, Punjab IAS Officers Association said that in this hour of distress and calamity, the IAS officers of Punjab have decided to express their solidarity with the flood affected people of J & K by this gesture.
Gurkirat Singh, General Secretary of this association has requested Vikas Partap, Secretary Personnel to issue instructions to all Drawing and Disbursing Officers to deduct one day salary from the September Pay of IAS Officers and forward the same to J & K flood relief fund.
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