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Elephant tusksseized, 3 held COIMBATORE: The De-partment of Forest onSunday said three ele-phants tusks have beenconfiscated and as manypeople arrested in Tirupur,near here.Based on tip-off that aloadman was trying to sellthe tusks, a forest officialposing as a buyer ap-proached the worker andoffered to buy them for Rs80 lakh. When the dealwas struck, the officialand others from the forestdepartment caught hold ofthe loadman and his twoaccomplices. Preliminaryinquiry revealed that thetusks were given for saleto the three by a personfive days ago. Investiga-tions into how the tuskscame into their posses-sion have begun and ahunt for the person.

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Bhagwant Mann orders reconstitutionof SIT probing Majithia drug case

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, MARCH 20

In his first orders to Punjab Police af-ter assuming charge, Chief MinisterBhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday re-constituted the Special InvestigationTeam investigating the drug caseagainst SAD leader and ex-MinisterBikram Singh Majithia.

IGP-Crime Branch GursharanSingh Sandhu, known for his cleanand professional service record,would supervise the working of thefour-member team which will beheaded by an IPS officer, Rahul S.The other members are AIG RanjitSingh and DSPs Raghbir Singh andAmanpreet Singh.

IG Sandhu’s supervision of theSIT means he will take a call on theline of action and ensure the SITworks within its mandate and remainson course. The actual investigation onthe ground and question of accused orwitnessed will be done AIG Rahul Sand his team, an official explained.

The previous SIT was a three-member team headed by AIG BalrajSingh. The SIT was formed to probeallegations against Majithia based onan FIR lodged under various sectionsof the NDPS Act on December 20,2021.

Director Bureau of InvestigationB Chandershekhar has issued the or-

ders regarding the formation of thenew SIT.

The 49-page FIR was based on aninquiry report by ADGP HarpreetSingh Sidhu, head of the STF againstdrugs. Sources said ADGP Sidhu wasnot happy with the progress made byAIG Balraj’s team and had conveyedthis to his superiors. Further, AIGBalraj was also caught in a controver-sy on out-of-turn promotion of hisson in the police department. On or-ders of then DGP Sidharth Chat-topadhyaya, AIG’s son PrincepreetSingh was promoted as Inspector aday after the FIR against Majithia.The AIG had defended the promotionsaying his son was denied the due risein rank earlier.

Haryana receives BestState Award for

promotion of SportsBUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAR 20

Maintaining its supremacy inthe world of Sports Haryanahas been awarded the 'BestState Award for Promotion ofSports'. Haryana has re-ceived this award after beat-ing all States, including thestate of Odisha which hasbeen winning this Award forthree in a row.

Sharing more informa-tion in this regard an officialspokesperson of the SportsDepartment said that ACESSports Star Awards is an ini-tiative by Hindu Group hasorganized the Annual SportsAwards function where Min-ister of State for Sports, Sar-dar Sandeep Singh receivedthe 'Best State Award for Pro-motion of Sports' on behalf ofthe State. Besides this, theplayers of Haryana broughtlaurels to the State by win-ning awards in eight othercategories as well.

This year the jury has se-lected Haryana as the winnerof the Award for its role inpromoting sports at the grass-roots-level and supporting theOlympic Movement as well.The jury headed by Sh. SunilGavaskar was particularlyimpressed by Haryana's long-standing commitment tosports and the state's incline

towards groomingOlympians. Haryana govern-ment has been making con-tinuous efforts to promotesports for years. The displayof sportsmanship by the play-ers of Haryana in several na-tional and international sportscompetitions and the awardsreceived in large numbershave proved the effectivenessof the Sports Policy being im-plemented in the State. Thegovernment is taking con-crete steps to promote sportsin the State and attract chil-dren towards sports sincechildhood. Haryana Govern-ment has taken steps like al-locating extra budget forSports, ensuring best infra-structure, imparting qualitytraining to sportspersons, giv-ing huge amount of cashprizes, providing governmentjobs on merit basis.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 20

Former Union minister and socialistleader Sharad Yadav merged his par-ty Loktantrik Janata Dal withRashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday,pitching for unity in opposition ranksto take on the BJP.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav wel-comed the veteran leader, who hadfought some of the keenest Lok Sab-ha poll battles against his father LaluPrasad Yadav in the 1990s, into hisparty’s fold, saying that it is a mes-

sage for the anti-BJP parties to uniteto take on the ruling dispensation.

Sharad Yadav (74) had beenkeeping low after battling health is-sues for months, and the developmentis seen as an effort to rehabilitate hiscolleagues and other associates as hisparty LJD could never become a seri-ous force after being launched fol-lowing his separation with JD(U)leader and Bihar Chief Minister Ni-tish Kumar.

He had contested the 2019 LokSabha election on the RJD ticketwhile his daughter had fought the

2020 Bihar assembly poll as a nomi-nee of the Congress, then an RJD ally.

Unity of opposition parties is hispriority, Sharad Yadav told reportershere, while lauding Tejashwi Yadavfor leading the fight against the BJP-led NDA in Bihar.

Opposition parties should joinhands nationwide to take on the BJP,he said.

“This step (merger) has been ne-cessitated as an initiative of his regu-lar efforts for bringing together scat-tered Janata parivar in view of thecurrent political situation in the coun-

try,” he had earlier said in a statement,claiming the BJP government hasbeen a failure and people are lookingfor a strong opposition.

The merger marks his coming to-gether with Lalu Prasad Yadav aftermore than three decades with bothleaders seen to be at a fag end of theirpolitical career.

Lalu Prasad Yadav had quit Jana-ta Dal in 1997 to form his party overdifferences with its leadership as theprobe against fodder scam, in whichhe was a main accused, gatheredpace.

Suzuki to invest Rs 10,445crore for manufacturingelectric vehicles, batteries in GujaratNEW DELHI : Japaneseautomaker Suzuki MotorCorporation on Sundaysaid it would investaround 150 billion yen(about Rs 10,445 crore)by 2026, for local manu-facturing of Battery Elec-tric Vehicles (BEV) andBEV batteries in Gujarat.The company has signeda Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) to this ef-fect with the Gujarat gov-ernment. “The MoU wassigned on March 19, 2022at India-Japan EconomicForum held in New Delhi,India, in the presence ofJapanese Prime Minister .

CIRCULATED IN DELHI, CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB, HARYANA, HIMACHAL AND J&K

BJP to stake claimto form govt in Goa today PANAJI: The BJP willmeet the Goa governoron Monday and stake aclaim to form the nextgovernment, state unitresident Sadanand ShetTanavade said on Sun-day.The much-awaited BJPlegislature party meetingwill also be held on Mon-day to select the leader ofthe House, who will bethe next chief minister.“BJP president J P Nad-da has informed that thelegislature party meetingwould be held on Mondayafter which party leaderswill meet Governor P SSreedharan Pillai andstake a claim to form thenext government,”Tanavade told a pressconference.

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Police to organiseMartyrs Day CycleRide 2022 on March22-23: SSP

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAR 20

AAP national convenorArvind Kejriwal on Sundaytold the newly-appointedministers in Punjab in no un-certain terms to perform orbe ready to be replaced andsaid those unhappy withmissing out on ministerialberth need to leave behindpersonal ambitions for thestate's progress.

While he will be there"like an elder brother toguide" them, Kejriwal saidthe 92 MLAs have to workwith honesty as a strong teamunder the leadership of Pun-jab chief minister BhagwantMann, whom he lauded forthe decisions taken after as-suming office.

"Every minister will begiven a target by Mann sahabregarding works they have todo. They will have to workround-the-clock.

''If your (ministers) tar-gets are not met, then thepublic will say change thisminister, bring another min-ister... work has to be doneand whatever target given byMann Sahab has to be met,”the Aam Aadmi Party chief

said in his first address toparty legislators throughvideoconferencing after theformation of the new govern-ment in Punjab.

Kejriwal also advised theMLAs to be polite and not tobe rude or use objectionablelanguage against anyone, in-cluding officials. They wouldhave to win the hearts of thepeople of Punjab with per-formance, the Delhi chiefminister said and warned theparty leaders of "'strict ac-tion" if they indulge in anywrongdoing. “I can tolerateanything but not dishonestyand theft of public money. IfI come to know or Mannsahib comes to know thatanybody has indulged inwrongdoing, then not even asingle chance will be given,”he said, adding “people haveshown faith in us .

Kejriwal tells new ministersin Punjab to perform or be

ready to be replacedAGENCYLONDON, MAR 20

British Prime Minister Boris Johnsonhas issued a stark message to China tochoose the right side in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as he claimed thatthere are some signs of “secondthoughts” in Beijing.

In an interview with ‘The SundayTimes' on his way back from a tour ofthe Middle East, the UK Prime Min-ister accused Russian PresidentVladimir Putin of trying to establish anew authoritarian world order andsaid China risked being on the wrongside of history by not condemning hisactions.

“I don't think I have ever seen

such a clear case of right and wrong.I've never seen such a stark divisionbetween good and evil as there is inthis invasion. And it is clear that rightis overwhelmingly on the side of theUkrainians. That's why their plight isobvious to the world and why I think

that in the last three weeks people'sunderstanding of what is happening ischanging,” he said.

With a reference to China, John-son added: “I think that some coun-tries began by thinking Putin's warmachine will go through like a knifethrough butter. That Kyiv will fallsoon and it will be tragic, but it willbe speedily accomplished.

“They have now been disabusedof that idea. I think for a lot of peoplethis has been a psychological shock.This has been a terrible realisation forpeople who may be living in a fool'sparadise. There's going to have to bea new way of looking at nations likeRussia.” Back in the UK, Boris John-son came under fire for referencing

Brexit in the context of the conflict inUkraine in his speech to the Conserv-ative Party Spring Conference inBlackpool on Saturday.

“This is a turning point for theworld. And it's a moment of choice.It's a choice between freedom and op-pression,” Johnson said in his speech.

“And I know that it's the instinctof the people of this country, like thepeople of Ukraine, to choose free-dom, every time, I can give you acouple of famous recent examples.When the British people voted forBrexit, in such large, large numbers, Idon't believe it was because they wereremotely hostile to foreigners. It's be-cause they wanted to be free to dothings differently .

UK PM Boris issues stark message to China over Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sharad Yadav merges his party withRJD, seeks opposition unity

AGENCYBHAGALPUR/MADHEPURA, MAR 20

At least 10 deaths in two districts of dry Bi-har have been blamed by locals on suspectedconsumption of spurious liquor during Holicelebrations, police said on Sunday.

Eight deaths have been reported in Bha-galpur district, including four in Sahibganjlocality of Bhagalpur town and the remain-ing in different villages in Narayanpur policestation area.

Narayanpur SHO Ramesh Sah said thatonly after post-mortem examination could heconfirm whether the deceased had consumedhooch.

He also claimed that one of the deceasedhad, apparently, suffered a heart attack and another had a fall while climbing up aladder.

Rita Kumari, SHO of University policestation under which Sahibganj falls, similar-ly said that illicit liquor consumption couldbe confirmed only after an autopsy. OneSahibganj resident lost his eyesight and isbeing treated at a hospital. Locals ventedtheir ire on Sunday morning by burning tyreson the road. Traffic resumed after police hada word with them.

Besides, two people have died in Mad-hepura district’s Murliganj block where, lo-cals allege, hooch business is rampant.

Suspected hooch kills 10 in dryBihar during Holi

Second Covishielddose can be givenbetween 8-16 weeksafter first dose: NTAGINEW DELHI: India’sapex body on immunisa-tion NTAGI has recom-mended administeringthe second dose ofCOVID-19 vaccine Cov-ishield between eight and16 weeks after the firstdose, official sourcessaid on Sunday.Presently, the seconddose of Covishield is giv-en between 12-16 weeksafter the first dose underthe National COVID-19Vaccination Strategy.NTAGI has not yet sug-gested any change in theschedule of BharatBiotech’s Covaxin,whose second dose isadministered 28 days af-ter the first dose.

Biren Singh named chiefminister of Manipur

for second termAGENCYIMPHAL, MARCH 20

Union Finance Minister Nir-mala Sitharaman on Sundayannounced that N BirenSingh would remain the chiefminister of Manipur for asecond term.

Sitharaman, who hasbeen sent to the northeasternstate as central observer, saidSingh was unanimously cho-sen by the BJP’s state legisla-ture party as its leader.

The legislature party’smeeting and announcementfollows 10 days of uncertain-ty since the assembly poll re-sults were announced, withrivals Biren Singh and seniorBJP MLA Th Biswajit Singhrushing to Delhi twice tomeet central leaders in whatwas seen as part of a hecticlobbying exercise by com-peting camps, despite denialsof differences. “It is a gooddecision taken unanimously,which will ensure that Ma-nipur has a stable and respon-sible government. The Cen-tre, under the leadership ofPrime Minister NarendraModi, gives special attentionto the northeastern states,”the finance minister said.Sitharaman and Union Law

and Justice Minister KirenRijiju, who is the co-observ-er, arrived at Imphal earlieron Sunday to attend themeeting of the newly-electedBJP MLAs in Manipur.Union Labour Minister Bhu-pendra Yadav, Manipur’s tit-ular king and BJP’s RajyaSabha MP Leishemba Sana-jaoba and party nationalspokesperson Sambit Patraalso flew in for the crucialmeet. The BJP returned topower in Manipur by win-ning 32 seats in the 60-mem-ber House in the recent as-sembly elections. In the 2017polls, although the BJP hadwon only 21 seats, it man-aged to lure MLAs from theCongress, which clinched 28seats, and Biren Singh wassworn in as the first-ever BJPchief minister in Manipur.

"No Sifarish (Recommendations)": PunjabCM on 25,000 jobs in Punjab

MOHALI: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs to workwith honesty for the welfare of people.

Mr Mann, who threw open 25,000 jobs in various state government departments on Saturday in his first Cabi-net meeting, asked his party MLAs to not come with any "sifarish" (recommendations) for the vacant positions."Many will approach you for these jobs, but refrain from making any recommendations. There is no place for cor-ruption in Aam Aadmi Party," Mr Mann said. Unemployment has been one of the major issues that the Aam AadmiParty had raised during the just-concluded state assembly polls. Addressing the party MLAs, AAP National Con-vener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lauded the work of the new Chief Minister Of Punjab and said hehas "covered a lot of ground within just three days."

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I, hitherto known as Vipan Kumar I, hitherto Known as HARDEEP I, Yadvinder Singh S/o Gurdeep I No.14270982P Ex-Hav Bhola I, Hitherto Known As Manjit Singh I, Prithpal Singh S/o Ajay I, Simarjit Kaur D/o Naginder I, Gagandeep Singh S/o Mukhtiar Singh R/o Vpo. Hathur Teh- Singh Shokar R/o Vill: Mander S/o Bias Dev, residing at H.No. 61, SINGH SAMA Son of SHER Singh R/o House No. 344, Street Singh R/o Vill Kothe Natha S/O Surta Singh R/O Vpo Rampur Singh Bedi R/o.E-1 3378-C, Jagraon Distt. Ludhiana have Po. Khanpur Teh-Banga (SBS Green Avenue, Model Town, SINGH residing at Village No. 4, 6th crossing New Suraj Singh Wale, PO Mehma Swai, Sainian, Tehsil Dera Bassi, Distt. Paris Avenue San Sahib Road changed my name Simarjit Kaur Nagar) changed my name to Jalandhar-144003, Punjab, India, N u r p u r S e t h a n , D i s t r i c t Nagri, Abohar Distt. Fazilka Distt Bathinda Inform all that S.a.s Nagar(mohali) - 140507, Guru ki Wadali Chheharta Dhaliwal to Simarjit Kaur (New Gagandeep Singh Shokar, have changed my name and shall Ferozepur-152004 Punjab have declare that Yadvinder Singh name of my wife is given in my Punjab, India Have Changed My Amritsar have Changed my Name). Shokar is my surname.hereafter be known as Vipan changed my name and Shall and Yadwinder Singh is same army records as Paramjit Kaur, Name And Shall Hereafter Be daughter name from Mansimran

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900020 BHUPINDER SINGH BATTI Son of Kulbir Singh Singarh R/o kumar Sharma Village Sanch Distt Dinanagar, Gurdaspur, Punjab- name to Sarab j i t S ingh I, Paramvir Kaur Rangi W/o surname.

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DABHUR Son of JASWANT RAI Village Nurpur Sethan, District Sangrur declared Amandeep from Sudesh Kumari to Sudesh Of My Minor Son Mankirat Singh 72737(Ludhiana) Punjab, changed my I, Balkaran Singh S/O Manjinder

residing at 45, Krishna Square-3, Ferozepur-152004 Punjab have Kaur Singarh alias Amandeep Rani Sharma Sandhu Aged About 15 Years And I 2494378H, Harnek Singh S/o name to Paramveer Kaur. Singh R/O Vpo Kaunke Kalan

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Shall hereafter be known as BHUPINDER SINGH. 50008 Purushotam Dass Village Sanch 72778 declare that in my Army record Singh R/o H.No. 257 Sunder Balkaran Singh To Balkaran

NEERAJ KUMAR. 900020 I, 2494378H, Harnek Singh S/o. Distt Kaithal have changed my I, Sunny Deol S/O Jagga Ram,R/O my daughter name is written as Nagar Doraha (Ludhiana) Singh Sekhon.900020 I, hitherto Known as SATINDER Roorh Singh, VPO Dhulka, name from Naresh Kumar to 1714, Street Number-4, Tajpur Road , AmanantPreet Kaur that is Punjab, have changed my first 63372

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900020 900020 42778 Singh R/O Vpo. Langeri, Distt solemnly Affirm & declare, That 63372 Balachaur Distt S.B.S Nagar I , h i t h e r t o K n o w n a s I, Balvir kaur W/o Terlochan S.b.s.nagar, Punjab Want To Change my name is Shashpal Singh I , S h a m i m W / o D i l s h a d Declare That The Correct Name GURMEET Daughter of Singh R/o Vill Singhpura Teh: My Name From Suvitra Kumari To Bhurjee. By mistake my name Mohammad Adress #270 W.No. Of My Mother Is Surinder Kaur In VIRSA SINGH Wife of RANJIT Kharar Distt S.A.S Nagar Kumari Suvitra written as Shashi pal singh, but 12 Morinda Roopnagar Punjab Stead Of Surinder Devi.SINGH residing at Satnam (Mohali) Punjab India Pin 72778 my real name is “ shashpal 140101 have changed my name 63372N a g a r, C h a b a l R o a d , 140103 Have change my I, Manish Kumar S/O Rajiv Kumar Singh Bhurjee.” So pls, All Shameem. I, Sahib Ram S/O Sh. Bhoora Amritsar-143009 Punjab name from Balvir kour to Balbir R/O H No 1468/4 New Bazar concern please noted. 63372 Ram, resident of village :Nihal have changed my name and Kaur And that due to some Adampur Doaba Distt Jalandhar 72737 I, Jaskarnjeet Singh Sandhu S/O khera, Tehsil :Abohar, Distt. Shall hereafter be known as clerical mistake in my passport Punjab-144102 India. I Have I, Shispal Singh S/o Dalbara Karnail Singh R/O Village Fazilka, State : Punjab, do

GURMEET KAUR. my date of birth entered Changed My Name To Manish Singh R/o Vil l : Dandrala Sultanpur Tehsil And Distt hereby solemnly affirm and Malerkotla Have Changed My declare that at time of enrolment 900020 wrongly 04/07/1950 but my Kumar Nayyar Kharoud Teh-Nabha (Patiala) Name Jaskarnjeet Singh. of my son A. No. 18023979Y I, Simaant S/o Roop Chand correct date of birth is 72778 Pb, India, changed my name to

63372 Rank :Spr, Name : Pawan kumar, R/o 1134, Gali No.3, Love 01/01/1951 so amended my I, Poonam Sharma W/O Kamal Shispal Singh Lohat.I , B i l q u e s Fa t i m a W / O in the Indian Army, my Date of Kush Colony, Hansi Road, date of birth in my passport Sharma R/O Vill. Fajjupur, Po. 63372Muhammad Bilal R/O Kalu Basti birth has been recorded in the K a r n a l , H a r y a n a h a v e 63372 Dhariwal, Distt. Gurdaspur Has I, Palvinder Kaur Mann W/o Imamgarh Road Malerkotla Have army record as 01.01.1966 , changed my name to Ankush I, SARVJEET KAUR wife of Changed My Surname After Sukhminder Singh Mann R/o Changed My Name To Bilquees which is wrong, whereas correct to Simaant. S e r v i c e N u m b e r : J C - Marriage As Poonam Datta To Vill: Rara Sahib Teh-Payal Fatima. date of birth is 15.05.1965All 100046 280744A Rank: Ex Sub Name Poonam Sharma (Ludhiana) changed my name to 63372 concerned note it.Jawhar Singh resident of 72778 Palwinder Kaur Mann.I, Sahil S/o Jog Raj R/o Mohalla 400015Village: Bagwanpur PO: I, Surinder Singh S/o Krishna R/o 63372Ravidasspura Nurmahal Teh- I , Krishan Kumar Puniya S/O Bholath Tehsi l : Bholath Village Sindhar Tehsil Distt Jalandhar I, Mukhtiar Singh Shokar S/o Phillaur (Jalandhar) Punjab, Shri Prem Kumar , R/O Village District Kapurthala, Punjab Punjab have changed my name Chain Singh R/o Vill: Mander Po. changed my name to Sahil Virdi. Variam Khera , Tehsil Abohar , have changed MY NAME Shinda to Surinder Singh. Khanpur Teh-Banga (SBS

63372 Distt : Fazilka do hereby FROM SARVJEET KAUR to 900025 Nagar) changed my minor I, Manju Rani W/o Rajinder Singh solemenly affirm and declare that SARBJIT KAUR. I, Balwinder Kaur W/o Jodha Singh daughter name from Jasleen R/o W.No.2, Master Colony, I have changed my name from 98706 R/o. Bhakna Kalan Amritsar Punjab Kaur to Jasleen Kaur Shokar, Amloh (Fatehgarh Sahib) have 'Krishan Kumar' to 'Krishan I Hitherto Known As Jaswinder Changed my name Balwinder Kaur Shokar is my surname.changed my name to Manju Kumar Puniya' from today. All

Saini W/O Manjit Singh Saini to Baljinder Kaur. All note it 63372Arora. concerned note it.

R/O Vpo Rampur Sainian, 72737 I, Gurmeet Kaur W/O Baljinder 63372 400015

Tehsil Dera Bassi, Distt. S.a.s I, Surjeet Singh S/o Mahender Singh S i ngh V i r k R /O V i l l age I, Kiranpreet Kaur Bhullar W/O I Ramou Kanwar spouse of no.

Nagar(mohali) - 140507, R/o. 804 Diamond Avenue majitha Shahzada Sant Singh Malsian Kulwinder Singh R/O Village 2894683H Rank Hav Name Mool

Punjab, India Have Changed Road Amritsar have Changed my Kalan, Teh. Zira, (Ferozepur) Bhuti Wala P.O Makhu Tehsil Zira Singh 8 Raj Rif C/o 56 APO

My Name And Shall Hereafter name Singh is my Surname and have changed Name of Gurmeet Distt Ferozepur Have Change My Ferozepur resident of, Village-

Be Known As Jaswinder Kaur Surjeet is my given name Kaur Virk.Name To Kiranpreet Kaur. Penna Singh ki Dhani, Devnagar,

72778 72737 6337263372 Balesar Durgawata, Balesar,

I, Hitherto Known As Joginder I, Vicky S/o Sudarshan Kumar I, Sarabjeet Singh Sidhu S/o I, Satwinder Singh S/O Satpal Singh Balesar Durgawatan, Pin-Singh Johal S/O Mohan Singh R/o.H.No.16, Gali No.1, Guru Balvir Singh R/o Vill: Kot Sadar R/O 2144 Agwar Gujjran Jagraon 342023 (Rajasthan) have Johal R/O Vpo Behram (Model Nanak Avenue Sher Shah Suri Khan (Moga) changed my name Distt Ludhiana Have Changed change my Name from Ramou Town) Distt. S.b.s Nagar - Road, Chheharta Amritsar to Sarabjeet Singh Sidhu. Name My Minor Son Jupjot Singh To Kanwar to Ramu Kanwar vide 144504, Punjab, India Have declare that Vicky and Vicky 63372 Jupjot Singh Multani. affidavit dated 19-03-2022 Changed My Name And Shall Mehan both are my names I, Nirbhai Singh S/o Pawitter 63372 be fo re No ta ry Pub l i c a t Hereafter Be Known As and belongs to the same Singh R/o Khiali (Barnala) I, Satwinder Singh S/O Satpal FerozepurJoginder Singh. person. changed my name to Nirbhai Singh R/O 2144 Agwar Gujjran 900023

72778 72737 Singh Chahal. Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have I Ramou Kanwar spouse of no. 63372 Changed Name My Minor Son 2894683H Rank Hav Name Mool

I, Sandeep Kaur W/o Nirbhai Tegbeer Singh To Tegbeer Singh Singh 8 Raj Rif C/o 56 APO Singh Chahal R/o Khiali Multani. Ferozepur resident of, Village-(Barnala) changed my name to 63372 Penna Singh ki Dhani, Devnagar, Sandeep Kaur Chahal. I, Chhinderpal Kaur Alies Balesar Durgawata, Balesar,

63372 Shinderpal Kaur W/O Ajmer Balesar Durgawatan, Pin-I, Virpal Kaur W/o Jagjit Singh Singh Village Goslan, Tehsil 342023 (Rajasthan) have my Mahal R/o Mahal Kalan Samrala (Ludhiana) Known correct Dob 01-10-1980 and (Barnala) changed my name to Upon Two Names. Both Names incorrect Dob 01-07-1977 vide Virpal Kaur Mahal. Are Mine. All Concern Note. affidavit dated 19-03-2022

63372 63372 before Notary Pub l ic a t I, Khushpreet Singh S/o Baldev I, Sangeeta Sharma W/o FerozepurSingh Maan R/o Maur Nauabad Parveen Kumar Patti kangar, 900023(Moga) have changed my name Bhai Rupa, Bathinda have to Khushpreet Singh Maan.changed my name to Sangeeta

63372 Rani.I, Pardeep Kumar S/o Faqir Chand 63372 R/o Mohalla Talab, Near Thakur I, Sital W/o Ramesh Kumar R/o Dawara, Faridkot have changed Phul (Bathinda) have changed my name to Pardeep Bawa.my name Sital Devi to Sital.

6337263372I, Pardeep Kaur W/o Mukhtiar I, Ishu Jindal W/o Sahil Gupta Singh Shokar R/o Vill: Mander R/o H.No. 751 Mohalla Krishan Po. Khanpur Teh-Banga (SBS Nagar Nakodar (Jalandhar) Nagar) changed my name to Punjab, India, changed my Pardeep Kaur Shokar, Shokar is name to Ishu Gupta after my surname.marriage.

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Kapoor ruesshutting downof Press, ITC inNilokheriDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: In Nilokheri, the Govern-ment of India has closed the Presswhich used to have around 700 em-ployees. This has affected the employ-ment of hundreds of families and alsoaffected the business, according to ShivNath Kapoor, General Secretary, Pun-jabi Sabha, and former District VicePresident BJP.The vacant houses of about 500 per-sonnel are lying in ruins. On the otherhand, the closure of the Integrated Inte-grated Training Center (ITC) by theGovernment of India has proved to be acurse for Nilokheri, said Kapoor.He said the Government of India or theGovernment of Haryana should con-struct a heavy industry on this vacantbuilding and land and bring it into useso that the means of employment mayincrease. This ruined place and buildingof the town should be rehabilitatedwhich affected the trade of the city.Kapoor urged the government to payspecial attention to this in the public in-terest.

Onlookers gather asa large python getsstuck in canal nearChhchhrauliR K KASHYAPCHHCHHRAULI: According to the in-formation received, a large pythonwhich was floating in the waters of thewestern Yamuna canal got stuck in thewater due to the rapid flow of water.For a long time, the animal remainedtrapped even as the villagers from thesurrounding places gathered aroundthe spot.Jaisingh of Deodhar said that he alongwith other persons was going toChhchhrauli via Jayadhar and stoppedfor some work near western Yamunacanal where they saw a python stuck inthe fast flowing water. Seeing them,passersby also started gatheringaround the spot. On the other hand,some masons tried to extricate thedragon from the trouble but failed to doso due to the fast flow of water.After many hours, the python managedto free itself from where it had got stuck.The sight of a large python has left theresidents of nearby village worried.They say that the western Yamunacanal is passing near the village anddue to the scorching summer the chil-dren of the village bathe in the canal.Fearing for the safety of the children,the concerned residents have appealedto the villagers to not to let their childrengo near the canal.

Scribes tour KalesarNational Park

R. K. KASHYAPCHHCHHRAULI: A one-day education-al tour of Print Media Association wasorganized at Kalesar National Park.The tour was presided over by OmPahwa, President of the Association.During the educational tour, he said thatin a busy life, the journalist should alsogive some time to himself and this typeof tour is for calming the mental curiosi-ty of the journalist. He said that it wouldbe the priority of the association to or-ganize such events for all the membersof the association. He said such eventswould be organized for the membersevery month.On this occasion, with the help of Kale-sar, Kuldeep Singh, Forest Rajik Officerof Forest Department, a tour of KalesarNational Park was conducted. VirendraTyagi, Kali Ram, Rakhi, Ramratan,Sunil Sharma, Sukhwinder, Gulshan,Arvind Sharma etc. were also presenton this occasion.

NEWS BRIEFS HARYANA

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022

CHANDIGARH: For the first time,Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. ManoharLal connected with around 4,000Class-I Gazetted Officers of the StateGovernment through audio webinar,under ‘Gram SanrakshakYojana’wherein the officers will be adoptinga village and working on its whole-some development. The Chief Minis-ter gave key points around which thedevelopment of the villages adoptedby these officers will revolve.

CM emphasises on GovernmentCommunity Partnership (GCP)

While motivating the officers towork in this sphere diligently with anintention to serve people, Chief Min-ister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that wehave coined a new term for thisunique collaboration of Governmentofficials for public welfare and devel-opment of the state. Like in the privatesector it is Public Private Partnership–PPP, similarly this will be calledGovernment Community Partnership

(GCP) wherein the officerswill work for developmentof villages besides the rou-tine office work of aGazetted Officer. He saidthat we have specificallychosen a non-working dayfor this webinar as this workwill be done on a non-work-ing day. He elaborated that itis not a part of their job andit is more of a social service.They have to visit their adopted vil-lage atleast once a month and monitorits development.

He urged them to work on this Yo-jana as social service while followingthe ideology of ‘Sabka Sath-SabkaVishwas’.

Government committed towardsprosperity of its people and enhancingits Happiness Index

Taking off on a high note, theChief Minister said that other than en-suring the overall development of the

State, the Government iscommitted to ensure thehappiness and prosperityof the people of its State.He elaborated that theprosperity of the peoplecan be gauged throughthe ‘Happiness Index’ ofthe State. We need to en-hance our ranking and byworking on the ‘GramSanrakshakYojana’ these

officers will contribute majorly to-wards improving the Happiness Indexof the State.

‘Both government Officials, re-tired officials can be its part’

The Chief Minister, Sh. ManoharLal emphasized that the State will beon the path of progress if everyone, in-cluding serving officers, retired offi-cers contribute towards developmentof villages. He elaborated that theSanrakshak can register on website,www.intrahry.gov.in.

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Holi celebrated in Laxmi Narayan templeSADHAURA (PRITI SAINI): Holi of flowers was organised on Friday with Bhajan Kirtan in the ancientLaxmi Narayan temple located on Torowala pond. A large number of people participated in it. Holi offlowers has been played in this temple since 2007 along with Bhajan. Awadh Bihari of the temple com-mittee said that the restoration of this ancient temple was started in 2007 with the blessings of BabaBansi Wale ji. Since then, with the main objective of saving water, Baba Bansi Wale had started playingthis Holi of flowers. This time bhajan kirtan was performed by Shukla and associates of Yamunanagar.The devotees played Holi of flowers while dancing to the tune of his hymns. Awadh Bihari said that Holiis a part of the Sanatan tradition. During this, apart from Rakesh Sharma, Naresh Sharma, who wasassociated with social service after doing engineering, Inder Mahant, Kinnar Mahant, winning BJPleader, Sumit Jain were honored for their services.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, MARCH 20

Manav Mitra Mandal today provided fi-nancial assistance for education to aneedy student, Paras. Manav MitraMandal received information that Paras,a student of class X and a resident ofSaini Colony, was facing difficulty incontinuing education due to paucity offunds. Upon receiving the information,the Mandal soon held an executivemeeting and investigated the matter, anddecided to provide financial assistanceof Rs. 10000 to the student. Retired of-ficer from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd,Satpal Kalyan, Deputy Inspector incharge of Awareness Campaign and Re-habilitation in Haryana State SwapakControl Bureau under the chairmanshipof Prof. Ram Ratan Sharma, Founderand Provincial President of Manav Mi-tra Mandal, presented a cheque of Rs10,000 to Paras in the presence of AshokKumar Verma. Satpal Kalyan said thathe will continue to participate in this sa-cred work of Manav Mitra Mandal.

Deputy Inspector Dr. Ashok KumarVerma said that Manav Mitra Mandalhas been selflessly doing work for thewelfare of the people for almost 15 yearsand it is his privilege to be associatedwith the organisation. Expressing grati-tude to all the visitors, Prof Ram RatanSharma said that the purpose of forma-tion of Manav Mitra Mandal is to makepeople aware of Indian culture, civiliza-tion and disseminate the sacred messageof Ramayana Gita and Gurbani for pub-lic welfare along with public service.Manav Mitra Mandal office bearersRamesh Sharma, Bharatendu Harish,Dr. Arun Dhiman and Karma Chandwere present when Paras was given thecheque in the presence of his father.

SC Finance andDevelopment Corporationplaying important role: DCSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Deputy Commissioner Anish Yadav informedthat through Scheduled Caste Finance and DevelopmentCorporation, eligible persons can get financial assistanceand develop their means of livelihood. Various kinds of fi-nancial assistance schemes are being run through the cor-poration for the betterment of the scheduled caste people.The purpose of providing financial assistance to the peopleof the Scheduled Castes is to start their own business andtake them forward on the path of self-employment. He saidthat many schemes are being run by the State Governmentto improve the standard of living of the people belonging tothe Scheduled Castes. The Haryana Scheduled Castes Fi-nance and Development Corporation, on behalf of the gov-ernment, implements schemes for the welfare of scheduledcaste families. The main objective of these schemes beingrun by the corporation is to improve the standard of livingof the members of scheduled caste families by providingthem livelihood means through financial assistance. TheDC informed that the Haryana Scheduled Castes Financeand Development Corporation, in collaboration with thebank, provides financial assistance to the scheduled castefamilies.Financial assistance is also provided to the scheduled castewomen by the corporation, so that she can also help in increas-ing the income of her family by starting from beauty parlor, gen-eral store and boutique etc. Marginal money is given at the rateof four per cent per annum, which is recovered in half-yearlyequal installments over five and a half years. In the first sixmonths only the interest is recovered.

Bhana resident murder case solved

RANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Two accused were arrested by the Special Detective Staffwhile solving the mystery behind the murder of a person found in apond of Kotda village. Both the accused were presented in the court onSunday, from where police remand was obtained from the court for 2days for extensive interrogation and recovery from the accused. Givinginformation during the press conference on Sunday afternoon, DSPRavindra Sangwan said that according to the complaint given to the po-lice in Pundri police station, Suman, a resident of Bhana, said that hisbrother Suresh was unmarried and lived in the village.Jaswinder had accused his brother of stealing Rs 60,000 a few monthsago and also assaulted his brother. On March 18, on the day of phag,the body of his brother was found lying in the pond of Kotda village.There were many bruises on his brother's body. Jaswinder, Rohit, Man-ish and others killed his brother and threw the dead body in the pond todestroy the evidence. In the police station Pundri, the accused werebooked under other sections including the murder section. The DSPsaid that while investigating the matter thoroughly and diligently by thejoint team of Police Station Pundri Manager SI Shiv Kumar and SpecialDetective Staff in-charge Inspector Sombir, SI Bijendra arrested bothaccused Jaswinder and Rohit, resident Bhana from Pai.

People want AAP tocome to power: Sharma

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, MARCH 20

The process of people joining the Aam Aadmi Party is contin-uing. In this episode, dozens of people joined the Aam AadmiParty under the leadership of senior leader Satish SharmaDhaudag in village Mohidi and Madhubans. In village Mad-hubans, Vishal Poswal, Rajendra Poswal took membership ofAam Aadmi Party with supporters, while in village Mohi,Sharafat, Shohrat Rao, Kaif Rana, Aamir Khan and Sajid ex-pressed their faith in AAP. Those who joined the party werejoined by Satish Sharma wearing the party's patka and cap andassured them that they would be given full respect in the par-ty. In the coming time, you will work to form your governmentin other states of the country and new dimensions will be giv-en to the development works of the people.

Manav Mitra Mandal lends ahelping hand to Class X student

CM connects to over 4,000 Class-IGazetted Officers through audio webinar

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MARCH 20

Sanjay Batra, a member ofthe Municipal Corporation'sBiodiversity ManagementCommittee, honouredSandeep Nain and NaveenKumar, president of the SatyaFoundation, who worked onthe conservation of sparrowbird and said that on WorldSparrow Day today we mustpledge that we should protectall the wild animals, birds andvegetation so that the beautyof our earth remains and thecolors that nature has carvedon this earth remain intact.Sanjay Batra said thatthrough Satya FoundationSandeep Nain, Naveen Ku-mar and many environmentlovers are doing this cam-paign very well and its happyresults are also coming out.Today, we are seeing manyother almost extinct animalsand birds chirping around us.

Seeing whom we all get hap-py. On this occasion, SandeepNain, President of SatyaFoundation said that due tothe lack of forest, the birds areunable to make their nest, sothe members of our organiza-tion have started a campaigntogether, under which peoplehave distributed nests madeof grass and wood, whichpeople have planted in shadyplaces in their homes andbirds have made their homes

in these nests. Sanjay Batra, amember of the BiodiversityManagement Committee ofthe Municipal Corporation,appealed to all the people thatto protect the environment,we should always makearrangements for food andwater for animals and birdsaround our homes. On thisoccasion Dr. Sonia, AshutoshGautam, Keshav, Vishal, Pur-va, Ladi and Swati were pres-ent.

Take a pledge to protectall birds, animals: Batra

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI, MARCH 20MARCH

In order to give the messageof environmental protectionand to expand the greenery,the school head, under theleadership of Kanika, plant-ed a sapling of Alphonsomango in the GovernmentModel Culture PrimarySchool, Nanheda. Giving in-formation, the head of theschool, Mahindra Kumarsaid that Nanheda Pathshalais working to create interestamong the people for plant-ing trees. He said that highquality flowers attract peo-ple so people want to plantthem in vacant land. He saidthat most of the nurseries offruit plants are out of reachof the people due to being inUttar Pradesh. He said that itis the endeavor of the school

to introduce high quality andearly fruiting plants to thepeople so that people can ful-fill their needs by buyingthem and planting them in

their home-yardor fields. He saidthat trees are thesource of humanlife. In the Coro-na period, thelack of oxygenhad created a se-rious challengein front of life,due to the indis-criminate cuttingof trees, birdshave disap-peared. Sparrowsare now not visi-ble anywhere.He said that wehave to return tonature, only thenlife on earth willbe able to sustain

for a long time. He calledupon them to be a part of anenvironmental protectioncampaign by planting moreand more fruit trees.

Nanheda school askspeople to plant trees

Accused held with720 grams of drugs

RAMAN GUPTAKAITHAL: To save the youth from the grip of drugs, the crim-inals involved in this type of business are being continuouslycracked down by the police as per the instructions of SP Maq-sood Ahmed during which the accused along with 720 gramsof doda chura post werecaught by the Anti Nar-cotic Cell. Action is be-ing taken against the ac-cused as per rules by thepolice. Police Superin-tendent Maqsood Ahmedsaid that the team of Sub-Inspector Balraj Singh ofAnti Narcotic Cell waspresent in Majra godownduring patrolling in theafternoon. The police gotsecret information fromallied sources thatBalkar, a resident ofKalor Majra, is in thebusiness of selling narcotics in his house.

After raiding Balkar's house as per rules, the accusedBalkar was overpowered with polythene. After registering acase against the accused in police station Cheeka, the accusedwas arrested under NDPS Act by SI Chandrabhan whoreached the spot. Action is being taken against the accused asper rules.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MARCH 20

On the 91st Martyrdom Day of thegreat martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguruand Sukhdev, who laid down their livesin the fight for freedom, this timeyoung social workers from about 24states of the country will be a part ofthe "National Youth Conference".Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreyawill guide the youth as the chief guestin this event going to be organised atGolden Moments of Karnal. MP SanjayBhatia will preside over while DeputyCommissioner Anees Yadav, SP GangaRam Punia and many eminent personali-ties including convener SP Chauhan,businessman Dr. Neeraj Gupta will bepresent as special guests. In a press con-ference called to give information in thisregard, Advocate Preetpal Singh Pannu,National President of NIFAA, said thatblood donation camps are being organ-ised by NIFAA in the memory of martyrsfrom March 12 in different circles of Kar-nal district and on March 23. A blood do-nation camp will also be organised along

with the “National Youth Conference” onhis 91st Martyrdom Day. In these camps,with 910 units of blood, gratitude will beexpressed for the great sacrifice of thegreat heroes of freedom fighting. Bloodwill be given to the blood banks of CivilHospital Karnal, Kalpana Chawla Med-ical College and Indian Red Cross Soci-ety in conjunction with District RedCross Society and this will especiallysave the lives of children suffering fromThalassemia. Pannu said that like lastyear's condolences campaign, this yeartoo there will be a big blood donationcamp in Golden Moments which will be

organised in collaboration with vari-ous social organizations of Karnal.Along with a youth conference andblood donation camp, a painting ex-hibition depicting the sacrifices ofShaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru andSukhdev will also be organized. NI-FAA General Secretary PraveshGaba said that before this, on March21 and 22, the National Executive ofNIFAA will discuss the topic “Roleof youth in nation building” in VikasSadan and the future plans of the or-

ganisation will also be discussed. Stateheads and secretaries are coming fromNIFAA branches in 28 states of thecountry to participate in this two-daymeeting. So far, approval has been giv-en to reach representatives from 24states. During the meeting, a new Na-tional Executive will also be formed forthe coming years of NIFAA. JaswinderSingh Bedi, Co-Secretary of NIFA, Pa-tron Dr. Lajpat Rai Choudhary, SatinderMohan Kumar, JR Kalda, District Pres-ident Ranjit Singh Greta, District Secre-tary Hitesh Gupta were also present inthe press conference.

CM emphasises on Government Community Partnership (GCP)

Youth Convention by NIFAA on MartyrdomDay of Bhagat Singh on March 23

Sports keeps bodyfit: Mohit

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, MARCH 20

Shri Balaji Cricket Tournament In the cricket tournament isbeing organised by Sandhala in Gumthala village, where therewas a match between the team of Jubbal and Hansu Majra vil-lage. The match wasinaugurated by Tiru-pati Earth & ProjectWorks Pvt. Ltd.Mohit, partner ofSandhala Ghat B-14, cut the ribbon.Electing to bat first,Jubal's team scored60 runs for the lossof 7 wickets in theallotted 8 overs. Inresponse, the play-ers of Hansumajra team batted well and achieved the targetin 5 overs for the loss of one wicket. In his address, Mohitsaid that participating in sports keeps the body fit. Mentalstress remains. We are protected from many kinds of dis-eases. Therefore, along with youth education, participate insports as well. On this occasion the organisers of the tourna-ment Sunny Sandhala, Nikku, Shubham Sandhala, Dheeraj,Vipin, Vicky, Mandeep Singh, Aryan, Rajat and Ashish werepresent.

Naveen Jaihind protests againstcorruption outside CM’s houseSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Naveen Jaihind, the former state president of the Aam Aad-mi Party, spoke on corruption and reached Karnal with hundreds of hissupporters to gherao the Chief Minister's residence. As soon as Jaihindproceeded to present money and cow dung to the Chief Minister, theadministration stopped him mid-way. Without succumbing to thepressure of the administration,Jaihind continued his protestagainst corruption. Jaihind saidthat for the last 7 years, ChiefMinister Khattar was sitting asDhritarashtra with his eyes blind-folded. Scam of crores of rupeeshad happened. This scam andthe properties of IAS officers andall high level officers should be investigated. The houses of the poorpeople whose houses have been demolished should be built.Jaihind said that a Kaun Banega Crorepati game is going on inHaryana. This scam has been going on in the Chief Minister's homedistrict for the last 7 years. When the property of a Tehsildar can be100 crores in the last one year, how much will be that of a Lok SabhaMP, DC and how much will be that of the MLA there. This is not a mat-ter of Karnal alone, it is a scam of at least Rs 5000 crore in Haryana.Chief Minister Khattar should apologise to the people and he shouldbe ashamed. Jaihind, citing his sources, said that during the investiga-tion of the Vigilance, it has come to the fore that the Tehsildar alone didnot take bribes. There was a transaction of money higher up. On thisoccasion Soyb Alam, Anoop Sandhu, Balbir Narwal, Vinod Israna, AnilHindustani, Jile Singh, Suresh Kakkar, Sandeep Gharaunda, AseemSharma, Anil Verma, Gaurav Goyal, Laxman Ranga, JP Sheikhpura,Sandeep Rana, Ayub Garhi were present.

4I BELIEVE THAT EVERY HUMAN MINDFEELS PLEASURE IN DOING GOOD TO

ANOTHER.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

I THINK YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR LOVE WITH BIT-TER TEARS.

EDITH PIAF

Long and winding roadHome is where the heart is, or so goes the adage.

But the human heart did not always crave a stillhearth. In fact, before the emergence of agrarian

societies, the early humans journeyed along the roadstaken by their prey — hunter-gatherer societies weremobile and the road was their life. But with the rise ofagrarianism, humans learnt to put down their roots and alife of journeys became something to be frowned upon.Yet, vestiges of the wandering spirit persist. In the year,2000, Herman and Candelaria Zapp set out in a car fromBuenos Aires to travel the world. The Zapps’home is theroad — literally and proverbially. They have had fourchildren in different countries, and in an era of strict visaregimes and rising insularity, managed to treat bordersas what they truly are — arbitrary and artificial lines ona map. The world was a different place when the Zappsset out — there were no smartphones, the internet was inits infancy, a site of knowledge and hope rather than dis-information and division, the twin towers towered overNew York, and Russia was a diminutive shell stripped ofits Soviet grandeur. It is tempting to imagine that theZapps hummed Kishore Kumar’s immortal song,“Musafir hoon yaaron, na ghar hai na thikana”, as theycovered great distances across a changing world.

The Zapps, interestingly, are not an anomaly. Latestestimates show that over one million Americans live per-manently in recreational vehicles with no permanent ad-dress. Many are retired, but many others work part of theyear, just long enough to keep them going for a fewmonths or so. It is easy to romanticize the lifestyle andthe idea of freedom that it brings. But in most countries,people without a stationary home are subjected to in-tense legal scrutiny. Law enforcement institutions areeven prejudiced against specific communities. For ex-ample, in the United States of America, there are legis-lations that make it illegal to sit on the sidewalk, to campor sleep anywhere in a downtown area or to hang aroundin a public place without an apparent purpose. The intentseems to encourage sanitization of space of some kindsof human presences. These laws are not unique to theUS. Anti-vagrancy laws have existed for hundreds ofyears — think of the persecution of gypsies across Eu-rope. In the old United Kingdom, vagrants could be putin jail, sold as slaves, or sometimes even killed for noother reason than wandering. Colonial India, too, hadwitnessed the purge of nomadic communities, most no-tably under the guise of the campaign against thuggees.But the road is retaliating along with the rise of liberal-ism. There are now movements across Europe and theUS fighting for squatters’ rights to be made universal.

The five Assembly elec-tions concluded recent-ly have two clear-cut

lessons. The first is that theBJP has emerged as the clearwinner. Its victories in UP andin Uttarakhand are particular-ly noteworthy.

However, a win in UPshould not be seen as a semi-final before the parliamentaryelections of 2024; nor shouldone assume that 2024 is adone deal. In 2012, MulayamSingh Yadav swept UP, withthe BJP getting only some tenper cent of the votes; in 2014,the BJP swept UP, trouncingthe SP. Politics is a dynamicprocess. Nothing can be as-sumed until the fact. In 1971,just after the defeat of Pak-istan and the creation ofBangladesh, Indira Gandhiappeared invincible. By 1974she was in serious trouble,and in 1975 she had to declarethe Emergency. Similarly, Ra-jiv Gandhi with over 400 MPsin 1984 seemed undefeatable.Yet, by 1987, in just threeyears, his government was introuble, and he lost the nextparliamentary elections in1989.

The second lesson is thatthe Congress, as currentlyconstituted, is in deep trouble,if not beyond redemption. Itlost badly in every election itfought, reinforcing a verifi-able trend since 2014 of anear irreversible decline. For

it to get only around two percent of the vote in UP andonly two seats, is an unmiti-gated disaster. What is worseis that it appears to beadamant not to change. Itscustodians seem to believethat a couple of band-aids willdo, when the party needs ma-jor transformative surgery.

The BJP’s victory runneeds analysis. To my mind, ithas three strong elements inits narrative which it uses tothe full. The first is politicalHindutva, which is, simplyput, the use of religion to di-vide votes for political gain.The second is hyper-national-ism, whereby it claims a mo-nopoly on matters of nationalsecurity, and berates anyone

who questions it as anti-na-tional. The third is welfarism,whereby it has achieved suc-cess in partially assisting thepoor, through direct benefittransfers, the distribution offree rations, and through theuse of other schemes such asthe PM Awas Yojana andUjjwala. A fourth element, es-pecially in UP, was the pro-jection that Yogi Adityanathwas the guarantor of betterlaw and order. Finally, theparty must be credited withefficient social engineering. Itsuccessfully co-opted the up-per castes, and it mustered thesupport of the non-YadavOBCs, which account forsome 32 per cent of UP’s pop-ulation. To all of this, it had an

effective organisation, withthe RSS cadres on the ground.

Akhilesh Yadav put up aspirited fight, but the chinksin his armour were obvious.Firstly, he started his journeyto power too late.

To take on the organisa-tional might of the BJP, heshould have started in thevery next week after his de-feat in the parliamentary elec-tions of 2019. Secondly, hisvote base was narrow. Eightper cent Yadavs, and some 16per cent Muslims, at the coreof his effort, do not constitutea large enough social base towin UP. Thirdly, he lacked aconvincing counter-narrative.It is not enough to critique theBJP; people also want to

know what is it that you areoffering. And, finally, his or-ganisational apparatus on theground was no match to themicro outreach of the BJP.

These facts show not thatthe BJP — as we have arguedearlier — is invincible, butthat the Opposition has to befar better prepared to take iton. The BJP has been defeat-ed innumerable times in stateelections. Charismatic stateleaders have held on to theirbastions in spite of the deter-mined predatoriness of theBJP. But the BJP’s strengthlies in the national elections,where an organised, planned,grass-rooted, coordinated andcredible challenge, with aface, a narrative, and organi-zational vigour, does not yetexist to harness the legitimateand widespread discontentsof the people. This is the realchallenge for 2024, and thegauntlet lies at the thresholdof the Opposition.

A very significant part ofthis challenge is to find a sub-stitute for the Congress. Thisis not to devalue the impor-tance of the Congress. Theidea of the Congress, and itsoriginal vision for India are, ifanything, even more relevanttoday. The problem is that theCongress as it exists today isunable to fight to preservethat idea of India, and is un-willing to do anything tochange this state of affairs.

This has emerged as a veryserious weakness in the com-bined aspirations of the Op-position, since the Congressis the principal opponent tothe BJP in some 250 seats. Insuch direct fights, the BJP’sstrike rate against the Con-gress is around 96 per cent.The Congress’s weakness isthus the strength of the BJP.

What then becomes abun-dantly clear is that some newentity must emerge, especial-ly in the north and the west in-cluding the Hindi heartland,which can more effectivelychallenge the BJP.

This may well happen inthe coming days, since poli-tics, like nature, cannot sus-tain a void. The relentless ero-sion of the Congress has cre-ated precisely such a void. Ifsuch an entity, working on itsown, or in the right strategicalliances, does emerge, it can-not be seen mechanically ascutting the vote of the Con-gress, since the Congress hasin any case where little left tobe cut.

The second step in thereinvigoration of the Opposi-tion must be more cohesivenational coordination be-tween all parties opposed tothe BJP. This cannot be anarithmetical unity, merely aconglomeration of Opposi-tion leaders on a stage, norcan it be held hostage to van-ity or one-upmanship.

Persevere and be clear tobuild a robust opposition

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022

Editorial

Literature & HealthRAJENDRA KHATRY

With an aim to bring far-reachingchange in small, small andmedium scale industries, the

Global India Collaborative (GIC) is tak-ing a high level delegation of Industrial-ists, Entrepreneurs, Policy Makers andMedia Persons like Parliamen-tarians and MLAs to DubaiWorld Expo 2021-22.

The four-day tour organ-ised under the leadership ofGIC Global President SantoshMangal and National Presi-dent Ashok Buwaniwala, willbe held from March 25 to 28.The six-month long DubaiWorld Expo will end onMarch 31, 2022.

Giving details of the pro-gramme, National PresidentAshok Buwaniwala said thatthere is a need for adoption ofbest standards at the globallevel including investment in MSMEsand technology as much as the post-World War II Europe industrial systemwhich the US adopted under the Mar-shall Plan. Such a huge assistance canrevive India's 6.5 crore MSME indus-tries.

The sector is providing a golden op-portunity for investment and technologytransfer to the world and GIC is com-mitted to bring this investment to India.He said that the platform of Dubai World

Expo will give confidence to global in-vestors and businessmen to come and in-vest in India and transfer technology sothat our MSME sector can grow.

Buwaniwala informed that duringthe four-day visit (March 25-28), thedelegation will meet and have in-depth

discussions withthe representa-tives and ambas-sadors of the 12countries that ac-count for 80 percent of India'strade and fromwhere maximumforeign capitali n v e s t m e n tcomes into India.The Dubai WorldExpo 2021-22will give India anopportunity tocapitalise on In-

dia's potential in a strong and effectivemanner. Buwaniwala said that theMSME sector can make the countryself-reliant in production, eliminate un-employment and turn India into a world-class innovation hub. Incidentally, Indiahas chosen the theme of Opportunitywhich is perfectly suited to our presentneed and huge potential, said Buwani-wala. Businessmen, politicians and jour-nalists will form part of the GIC delega-tion, said Ashok Buwaniwala.

GIC delegation to visit Dubai WorldExpo to promote investment

The "Inner" WarThe whole world to-

day is witnessing the'Russia-Ukraine' war.

This war has impacted theworld in many ways likeloss of human lives, disrup-tions in smooth supply ofgoods, uncertain atmos-phere and fluctuations instock markets, crypto cur-rency and economy. We allunderstand such repercus-sions and are praying for itto end as soon as possible.

But there is a supple-mentary war which is go-ing on and we all deal withit on daily basis. The "innerwar". The war which wefight with our inner self onregular basis. Our reasonsvary from one another butwe all are at war. The ten-sion between the inner selfand outer self is common inmodern world.

Each of us is tugged inmultiple directions everyday and our actions don'talways align with our val-ues. From a working momwho is balancing her workand her home to anothermillennial mom who isstruggling between herpromotion and her child'snutrition, from a young fa-ther who is trying to keep

balance between a boardroom meeting and a parentteacher meeting to anotherone who is at conflict ofrisk and contentment, froma fresher who is fightingthe pressures of new job aswell as pressure of partyingthe weekend away to a stu-dent who just can't getthrough the college of hischoice, everyone is at war!Zoomers have their own"magnanimous" wars, be ita number pressure (of ex-ams as well as social mediafollowers) or be it a strug-gle of FOMO & NEMO.Older generation are no ex-ception.

Just like real wars,these inner struggles haveimpacts too. Increasedstress levels, mood fluctua-tions, impatience, insomniato name a few. Inner warsare constant battles which

hinder our growth. Thougheveryone prays for actualwar to end, for inner battleseach one has 'self-granted'right to judge others fortheir choices, as if that isgoing to make our strug-gles easy!

Can we ever end thesewars? Yes, we can! Startwith acknowledging the in-ner conflict. Trust yourselfand know yourself more.Take control of your life.Make choices wisely.What's important is that wewin our inner battles andthat too on our terms. Let'sdefeat the enemy within.And while we try to do,let's be kind and compas-sionate to others as every-one is at war.

We all are just as capa-ble of peace with our innerself as we are of war. Life istoo short to be wasted onbattles. Nothing is as pre-cious as peace even if itcomes at a cost or compro-mise. No one can help usthe way we can assist our-selves. Rise foryourself.There is no "Be-larus" to talk of "compro-mises" for our inner wars!

Gitika Goyal

The three-judge bench of the Kar-nataka high court has flatly reject-ed the petition of the six girls from

the Pre-University Government Collegein Udupi and others from Kundapur andBengaluru that the hijab is an “essentialpart” of Islam. The court had to limit it-self to the narrow ambit of the words ofthe Quran and arrive at a reasonableconclusion. Religious scholars and lin-guists can always argue that the wordsof the Holy Quran’s text mean more orless than what they stand for, and thereare implicit meanings. The judges didwhat they could. The petitioners hadperhaps posed the wrong question.

This entire controversy was notabout what is essential or not essential tobe a true Muslim. This is about the so-cial practices of lower-middle-class con-servative families in Mangaluru andmany other places in India. Long-held

social practice should be respected noton the grounds of what the religioustexts say but on custom. In every type oflaw, from the Anglo-Saxon common lawwhich we have adopted in India to other

kinds of codified religious laws, therules are partly based on written textslike the scriptures and often on unwrit-ten social customs. But here we are notreally discussing the finer points of

scripture, law and custom. Things aremore convoluted and confusing becausewe have this muddled definition of sec-ularism, where we do not know whetherall religions are to be kept out or all re-ligions should be allowed. It is not sur-prising therefore that everyone grabs theaspect that serves their purpose best.

The Udupi-Mangaluru-Bengaluruquestion about the hijab is a political is-sue. And we must get at the facts as towhy and when the issue became a con-tentious one.

It is surprising that no one has askedas to what the practice has been all theseyears? Did the girls who wanted to wearthe hijab wear it in the prescribed colourof the uniform, or did they start to wearit only recently? This does not mean thatthe girls involved in the matter cannotchange their minds and choose to wearthe hijab when they want to, and it

would not be right to say that since theydid not wear it earlier, they cannot wearit now. When they choose to change isthe right of all individuals. Also, whendid the school authorities decide thatthey would not allow the hijab as part ofthe uniform.

Is there is a government circularabout uniforms, with the specific indi-cation that the hijab is prohibited.

The political motives are such thatno one seems ready to clarify these is-sues. It can only be conjectured that theHindu communal elements in the schooladministration chose to act against thehijab, and the six students chose to defythe order. It is usually the case that Hin-du communal elements praise thevirtues of secularism when they want topin down the Muslims, and the Muslimson their part ironically use secularismeither to defend their religious identity

and defy secularism when they feel thatit intrudes upon their perceived religiousidentity. This political tussle between re-ligious groups should not be a surprisebecause this is the stuff of social and po-litical struggle for domination.

The Mangaluru belt has been wit-nessing communalism, and it would befutile to argue about who started it first.The Hindu communalists have beenranting about “love jihad” and the Mus-lims and Christians in the region havebeen complaining about discriminationas the hands of the Hindu authorities.

Given the basic hostility that hasbeen foisted on the relations between thecommunities, every issue is turned intoone of confrontation. So, a Muslim boycannot love a Hindu girl, and a Hinduboy cannot love a Christian girl if the fa-natics in all communities were to havetheir way.

Don’t ‘weaponise’ hijab, time to be more flexible

The Chanpa FlowerSupposing I became achanpa flower,just for fun,and grew on abranch high upthat tree, and shook inthe wind with laughterand danced upon thenewly budded leaves,would you know me,mother?You would call, "Baby,where are you?" and Ishould laugh to myselfand keep quite quiet.

By: Rabindranath Tagore

RabindranathTagore

POEMS

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022

Civil Hospital Haroli out of category ofDCHC: DCHAROLI: In view of the continuous decrease inCovid-19 infection, Civil Hospital Haroli has now beenexcluded from the category of Dedicated CovidHealth Center. Issuing instructions in this regard,District Magistrate Una Raghav Sharma said that theCivil Hospital building will not be used as a dedicatedCovid Health Center. He said that this order will comeinto force with immediate effect.

HIMACHAL/J&KFree ration distributedto 51 women in BachatBhawan

UNA: Under the Amodini WomenEmpowerment Project by HimotkarshSanstha, free ration distribution wasdone to 51 selected women of thedistrict at Bachat Bhawan Una.During this, free ration of Rs 1500each was provided to the selectedwomen for three months. DC Una'swife and advocate Swati Sharmaattended this function organized onSunday as the chief guest. Shestarted the program by lighting theisland. Himotkarsh State PresidentJitendra Kanwar honored the chiefguest. While addressing the program,Chief Guest Swati Sharmaappreciated the efforts being madeby Himotkarsh Sanstha, whilemotivating the women present in theprogram to become self-reliant. Shesaid that today women are notbehind men in any field, but womenare ahead of men. She said that it isvery important for women to beeducated and self-reliant. If thewoman of the family is educated,then the family will also be awareand educated. He said that I requestwomen to stand on their own feet,get education and educate theirchildren too. While conducting thestage of the program, Karnpal SinghMankotia gave detailed informationabout the Amodini project. StatePresident of the organization JitendraKanwar said that Amodani projecthas been started for destitute widowwomen. Under which free ration isgiven to selected women everymonth for one year.

Memorandum regardingmajor demands ofcolleges submitted

UNA: Akhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad is the world's largeststudent organization working in thebroad context of nationreconstruction. ABVP Taking theimagination and creative approach ofthe educational family, it is anorganization to express its views onmany subjects of the students andthe country. After its establishmentfrom the year 1949, the studentcouncil has done the work ofadministering and resolving thedemands of the education sector ofthe same students. Through thememorandum, the workers of thestudent council want to place thedemands of the college in front ofyou. They are Auditorium should beconstructed in the college followed byidol of Mata Saraswati in college atearliest, main gate of the collegeshould be re-constructed, in whichthe name of the college should bewritten in the same manner.

State govt to constitute Committee to frame policyfor regularizing services of Silai Adhiyapika: CM

AGENCYSHIMLA, MAR 20

A committee would beconstituted to look in to thematter of re-designating the SilaiAdhiyapika (Tailoring Teachers)and to frame a policy forregularizing of their services.This was stated by the ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur whileaddressing the delegation ofSilai-Kataye Adhiyapika thatcalled on the Chief Minister atOak Over here today to thankhim for increasing theirhonorarium by Rs. 900 permonth. The delegation was ledby the President of BharatiyaMazdoor Sangh Madan Rana.

Chief Minister said that thepresent State Government wascommitted for the welfare of theemployees, particularly the para-workers employees in variousdepartments. He said that theState Government would alsoensure that 20 per cent of theseats of Panchayat Secretaries befilled amongst the Silai

Teachers, for which notificationwould be issued soon.

Jai Ram Thakur said that theGovernment was also ensuringwomen empowerment at alllevels. He said thatMukhyamantri Grihini SuvidhaYojna, Beti Hai Anmol, ShagunYojna etc. were aimed at thisdirection. He said that for thefirst time Gender Budgeting

Component has been introducedin the budget for the financialyear 2022-23. He said thathonorarium of Asha Workers,Anganwari Workers, and midday meal workers have beenincreased considerably in thebudget 2022-23.

Chief Minister said that withthe increase of Rs. 900 permonth, the Silai Teachers would

now get honorarium of Rs. 7950per month. He said that with this,the total increase of Rs. 1650 hasbeen made in the honorarium ofthe Silai teachers during thetenure of the present StateGovernment. He said that thedaily wages of the daily wagershas also been enhanced by Rs.50 per day. He said that with thisthe daily wagers would now getRs. 1500 more every month.

President BMS Madan Ranathanked the Chief Minister forbeing considerate towards thevarious demands of the workingclass. He said that the workingclass of the State would alwaysremain indebted to the ChiefMinister for the historic hikemade by him in the honorariumof the para-worker and the dailywagers of the State.

Deputy Speaker HP VidhanSabha Hans Raj, GeneralSecretary BMS Yash Pal,President of Silai TeacherAssociation Sunita Rana wasalso present on the occasionamong others.

Governor presides over felicitationfunction organized by Kangra Against

Covid-19 Working Group and NIFFADINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, MAR 20

While presiding over thefelicitation function organized atDharamshala College jointly bythe “Kangra Against Covid-19Working Group” constitutedunder the Kangra districtadministration and the NationalIntegrated Forum of Artists andActivists (NIFAA), GovernorRajendra Vishwanath Arlekarsaid that the organizations whichmake continuous efforts in thesociety were the real strength ofthe country. The Governor saidthat everyone got inspirationfrom the Kangra Against Covid-19 Working Group. He said thatthere were many suchorganizations in the societywhich acted according to theirideology and thoughts and set anexample for the society. Theirexperiences were recognized inthe society and were a torchbearer for all of us. Expressingconcern over the drug addiction,he said that at present it was thebiggest problem in the society.He said that there was a need toorganize de-addiction programs

against it to raise awarenessamong the people in the society,especially in Himachal Pradesh.All social organizations shouldcome forward in this direction,he appealed. “If the societythinks in one direction, then ithas that power that it can faceevery challenge. It was the samestrength of our thinking, we wonthe corona battle”, said theGovernor. He added that everyperson should cooperate for adrug-free Himachal as thefigures or data of drug abuse inthe State were shocking.

He also showed theirconcern in environmental issuesand said that all of us shouldalso work towardsenvironmental protection.

There is no dearth of sportstalent in Himachal: GovernorSANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, MAR 20

Himachal Pradesh GovernorRajendra Vishwanath Arlekarcalled upon the players to dotheir best to maintain the teamspirit. He was presiding overthe inaugural function of theAll India Level Inter-University Women's NetballCompetition at DYSSStadium, Dharamsala, nearVC Secretariat CentralUniversity, Himachal Pradesh,in Kangra district on Sunday.Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekarhas stressed on the need tocreate an environment ofsports in the state. He said thatthere is no dearth of sportstalent in Himachal.Appreciating the efforts ofUnion Sports Minister AnuragSingh Thakur, he said that hehas contributed a lot indeveloping the sportsenvironment. He said that in

the games we were involvedonly to participate but todaywe came with the idea ofwinning and it was a bigchange. He said that this beliefshould remain in the players.The Governor said, "Comingtogether is the beginning,staying together is progressand working together issuccess." He said that there isa need to work as a team. Hesaid that the atmosphere ofHimachal made him feel athome. He said that thehospitality of the people hereimpresses everyone. Earlier,

the Governor took the saluteof the impressive march pastpresented by 600 players from43 universities across thecountry. On this occasion theVice Chancellor of HimachalPradesh Central University,Prof. sp. Bansal welcomedand honored the Governor. Hethanked the Union Minister ofInformation andBroadcasting, Youth Servicesand Sports for theannouncement of Rs. 15crores for the construction ofsports stadium at HP CentralUniversity.

Big tourism industry expectedfrom ropeway: Neha Pandit

SANJAY AGGARWALDHARAMSHALA, MAR 20

The ropeway built fromDharamsala to Mcleodganj hasraised hopes of growth in thetourism industry. Givinginformation during the pressconference, Ropeway DirectorNeha Pandit said that touristsare enjoying the ropewayopenly in the summer season, aswell as traffic jam between Dharamshala to McLeodganj hasalso been relieved by the tourists. He said that ropeway isbeing used for tourists at two beautiful places. With the helpof ropeway, tourists can easily reach from one place toanother. Neha said that till now tourists had to use the vehicleonly to go from Dharamsala to McLeodganj, as well as theyhad to get stuck in the middle of the road due to the rush ofhours, but the tourists also got relief from the traffic jam fromthe ropeway. has been He said that Himachal Pradesh ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur had recently inaugurated thisropeway route, where now only 5 minutes can reachMcleodganj from Dharamsala comfortably with the help ofthis ropeway, as well as enjoy the beautiful aerial views of thecity. can take. The ropeway has a capacity to carry 1000persons every hour. 18 trolleys have been installed on theropeway, which can seat eight people each. This ropeway,about 1751 meters long, is built on 10 towers. A total of 800people can enjoy air travel in one hour. Neha said that both theterminals of the ropeway have been made for parking andcafeteria for food and drink. This is the first in the countrywithout gear, it is the safest ropeway equipped with state-of-the-art technology and facilities.

Dispute between the villagersand industry manager takes

form of a movement

UNA, MAR 20

There was a dispute between the management ofcosmetics, soap factory and the villagers located inthe industrial area of Gondpur village under Haroliassembly constituency of district Una.today, ademonstration was held on behalf of the villagers infront of the gate of the industry, on which a disputearose between both the factions and this dispute tooka fierce form. A policeman and another person wereinjured. When a local person wanted to talk to theprotesting people and stopped a tractor and startedtalking. But the protesters got enraged by thisconversation and they started throwing kicks andpunches on the said person and also started peltingstones. As the police proceeded to quell the tussle,only Singh, a constable of the 1st IRB Battalion, washit by a stone, in which he sustained minor injuries.However, now the situation is under police control.Sensing the situation, police force was alreadydeployed there.The protesting villagers allege thatthis soap factory burns stubble and the air is beingpolluted by the smoke coming out of it. The secondallegation is that by buying stubble on a large scalefrom this industry, there is a shortage of fodder forthe animals and they have to buy expensive fodder.

Sankranti celebrated with great pomp in thehistoric Charan Choh Ganga Khuralgarh Sahib

BUREAUHAROLI, MAR 20

Sri Guru Ravidas historicCharan Choh GangaKhuralgarh Sahib Sankranti,adjacent to Bathri, wascelebrated with great pomp.Accompaniment of villageJejvin Kotdhar of HimachalPradesh district Bilaspurreached with a procession ofdrums and was given a grandwelcome on reaching theGuru's house. Rajat KumarAnand of Jejvin Kotdha. Hetold that seven years agotoday we had made a vow thatwhen our vow is fulfilled, wewill raise a silver umbrella. Inthe same joy, today wepresented a silver umbrella atthe feet of Shri Guru Ravidasji. In Guru Ravidas HistoricalDharma Charan Choh GangaKhuralgarh Sahib, KirtanDiwan Sajay Ragi Jatho shed

light on the biography of Guruji by praising Guru Mahimathrough Kirtan. Sant SurinderDas, the head of Charan ChohGanga, while preaching to thesangat, said that Guru RavidasMaharaj had uttered a word. IfI wish so, wherever everyonegets food, small and large,Ravidas is happy, this is thefeeling. Guru Ravidas jiwanted such a secret that ifeveryone has food to eat,small and big, if everyonestays together, then the guru ispleased. On this occasion, AllIndia Adidharma Mission

National President SantSatwinder Hira, HimachalPradesh All India AdidharmaMission President KanugoRamesh Chand Sahota,Satguru Ravidas MahasabhaDeputy President Tulsi RamSahota, SC CommissionPunjab member Gyan ChandDibali, Senior Vice PresidentBSP Punjab Gurlal Sela, TotuRam, Sohan Lal, Lekh Ram,Nanda Ram, Lachhu Ram,Ram Gopal Chauhan,Thanedar Jyoti Ram, Monika,and thousands of devoteesregistered their presence.

Satti starts 'one village' programfrom Chhatarpur Dhada

UNA, MAR 20

President of the Sixth State Finance Commission, Satpal SinghSatti, laid the foundation stone and inaugurated about Rs 85 lakhin Chhatarpur Dhada, Gram Panchayat of Una assemblyconstituency, under one village program today. He did theBhoomipujan of the dispensary to be constructed withRs.38.80 lakh and the circular road to be completed at Rs.30lakh in Mohalla Chaudhary and also inaugurated thePanchayat Ghar constructed with Rs.15 lakh.essing thegathering, Satpal Singh Satti said that the objective of Ek DinEk Gaon program is to inform the people about thedevelopmental works done by the State Government in the lastfour and a half years. He said that under this program, hewould go to 36 gram panchayats and three municipal councilsof Una assembly constituency to listen to the public problemsand discuss the developmental works done in thepanchayat.Satti said that there was a demand of the people fora long time that Mohalla Chaudhary Road should be made.

BUREAUUNA, MAR 20

Gurdas Ram, a resident of villageBhalon of Panchayat Zol underChintpurni assembly constituency ofdistrict Una, whose age is about 85years old and cannot even see with hiseyes, if he talks about his family, thenAsha Devi, daughter-in-law ofGurdasram, whose age is in this family.He is around 60 years old and his sonAnkush lives in this house, who isbeing told around 30 years that he isdisabled.This has happened to them,now it is the matter, what have I tried totell you, the head of this house, GurdasRam, who cannot see due to theproblem of eye disease, has crossed theage of 80, that's why even in earning adaily wage. is unable, after three

months in the name of pension, anamount of Rs 4500 is received from thegovernment, but the matter does notend here, neither they have land nor anyearner in the house.Under the PrimeMinister's Housing Scheme, thePanchayat has somehow put a roomand a verandah, but due to lack oftoilets, the woman Asha Devi is facingproblems,If you hear the story of

Gurdas Ram, the head of this house,then the mind becomes very sad.Thecondition of the house where one has tostruggle every evening in front of thestove to prepare food, the same AshaKumari does not know how the wholeday is spent in handling her 30 year oldson Ankush, who is mentally disturbed.The elders of the house are taking theirtime on the broken cot next to the placewhere the food is prepared, If the sameAsha Devi is to be believed, she saysthat in view of the condition of her son,she has not come out of the house forthe last many years and she has not gotany help even from her relatives. Whena social service organization of Unacame to know about this, their teamimmediately reached the spot with fan,ration, gas cylinder and some cash, thenthey saw that what we were told, the

condition of this family was even morethan that. is seventy,Prince Thakur,chairman of the social serviceorganization Indian Helping Hand, andhis members, while talking to ourtastemaker Pankaj Katna, said that,seeing the condition of this family, wehave reached here today, we have giventhis family a cylinder filled with gas, aceiling fan. Ration for the needs of thehouse and about 30 thousand rupeeshave been given in the account and 13thousand as eco-immediate relief sothat they do not face any problem infuture, they told that they talked to thepsychiatrist for the treatment of theirson and the treatment will start soon,the members of the organization havegone ahead and asked them to pay theirelectricity bills, fill gas every monthand give one year's ration.

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Guru Amar Dass PublicSchool excellent result ofGrade 12 Term I exams

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Under the ableguidance of S.Ajit Singh Sethi and allCommittee members, students of GuruAmar Dass Public School Model Town,Jalandhar showed excellent result inthe 12th CBSE Term l Examination. Inmedical stream Tanmaydeep Singhscored 99.2%,in non medical Muskangot 92.8%,in commerce stream ParneetKaur secured 92.4%and in HumanitiesPrabhjot Singh got 92.8% and theystood first in their respective streams.Out of 117 students those whoappeared in Grade 12 Term lexamination, 19 students have scoredabove 85%and more. These studentshave brought pride to the school withtheir outstanding performance .SchoolPresident S.Ajit Singh Sethi and allCommittee members, Vice Principal DrSonika Singh and Ms Renuka AngrishExamination Incharge congratulated thestudents on their grand success andmotivated them for their Term Ilexamination.

Fever Survey conductedby Health Department atVillage Dhingar

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL: Civil Surgeon BathindaDr. Balwant Singh, District EpidemiologistDr. Mayokjot Singh and Senior MedicalOfficer Bhagta Dr. Rajpal Singh conducteda fever survey at village Dhingar andinstructed the people to destroy mosquitolarvae. Opportunity Multipurpose HealthSupervisor Balvir Singh Sandhu Kalansaid that with the onset of summer, there isan increase in the production ofmosquitoes, which in turn increases theincidence of dengue, malaria,chikungunya, Zika virus, etc. Fever. Bowlsfor drinking water, feeding games foranimals, doorsIt is very important to emptyand dry Aad once a week before and it isvery important to keep cleanliness aroundthe house. Negative came !

12 to 14 age groupchildren vaccinatedPRITI SAINISADHAURA: In CHC Sadhaura,children in the age group of 12 to 14years were vaccinated to protect themfrom corona. S.O. Dr. Amrish startedthe campaign by vaccinating SakshamKalda. On the first day, 7 childrencame to got the vaccine dose. HealthSupervisor Sanjeev Asgarpur said thatnow all the people above 60 agegroup can get Precautionary dose. Allthe people above 12 age group inCHC will be given the vaccine daily.

Hooliganism of retiredChandigarh police officerin ZirakpurVICKY BHABATZIRAKPUR: Residents of Khushalenclave in Pawat village of Zirakpur aredisturbed by a former police officer whois currently living there. The formerpolice officer allegedly made threats tothe public. On the day of Holi, he fatallyattacked a woman and her son. Policewere called several times for rescue butpolice arrived 3 hours after the incident.The police caught him and took himaway, but later released him. Nowpeople have sent complaints to the policedemanding justice for them. In a letter toSHO, the residents of the area informedthat DS Grewal has retired fromChandigarh Police and now lives with hiswife in House No. 16 of KhushalEnclave. Residents of the colony allegedthat he allegedly intimidated andthreatened women, children and youth inthe area. People have lodged acomplaint with the SHO alleging that theformer police personnel were harassingwomen and girls by uttering obscenewords. Anyone who tries to stop himfrom doing so threatens him.

All-India Bahaskar Rao Nritya andSangeet Sammelan from 21 to 27th MarchR N KHERACHANDIGARH: The Parcheen KalaKendra is delighted to announce 51segments of their prestigious week longAll India Bhaskar Rao Nritya andSangeet Sammelan to be held from 21to 27 March at Tagore Theater.Interacting with the media at press club,Dr. Shobha Kosar Registrar & SajalKosar Secretary, Parcheen KalaKendra, said that over the years theSammelan has attained a national andinternational reputation which has beengratifying as well as encouraging.

Pb Governor watches movie ‘The Kashmir Files’CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, BanwarilalPurohit, watching the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ along with officers from Punjab & UTChandigarh, Raj Bhavan staff and other dignitaries at Guru Nanak Dev Auditorium, PunjabRaj Bhavan on March 20, 2022. Further Sh.Banwari Lal Purohit, Administrator, UTChandigarh has approved the waiver of state tax on the exhibition of movie "The KashmirFiles" in the theatres in U.T. Chandigarh from tomorrow onwards.

KULDEEP SOOD BARNALA, MAR 20

AAP MLA from BarnalaGurmeet Singh Meet Hair hasbecome a cabinet minister inthe AAP government. GurmeetSingh Meet Haier, a second-term MLA from Barnala, hasbeen associated with the AamAadmi Party since the AnnaHazare movement.

He dropped out of IASstudies and joined the AamAadmi Party. After that, hebecame the President of YouthWing Punjab and he did notallow the activities of AAP toslow down all over Punjab. Toget the issues resolved, thepeople continued to holddharnas in Chandigarh, fightwith the police and break thebarricades, and at the sametime raise issues in the PunjabVidhan Sabha. When about 10of the party's 20 MLAs joinedthe Congress, Meet Hair didnot leave behind Aam AadmiParty supremo ArvindKejriwal, President BhagwantMann, and AAP workers and

supporters. He first competewith Kewal Singh Dhillon, asenior Punjab Congress leaderin 2017, defeated Kewal SinghDhillon, a senior PunjabCongress leader for the firsttime in 2017, and became MLAfor the second time in 2022 byforfeiting the bail of MunishBansal, son of former RailwayMinister and Treasurer of theAll India Congress. Similarly,MLA Kulwant Pandori won theHalqa Mahil Kalan for thesecond time by a landslidewhen about 10 out of 20MLAs of the party joined theCongress. Even, KulwantSingh Pandori did not quit theAam Aadmi Party in the hardtimes.

AAP led Pb cabinet gives nodto provide 25,000 Govt. jobs

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, MAR 20

In a major landmark decision,the Punjab Cabinet in itsmaiden meeting has given agreen signal for providing25,000 government jobs to theyouth in various departments,boards and corporations of thestate government.

A decision to this effect wastaken during a maiden Cabinetmeeting chaired by ChiefMinister of Punjab, Mr.Bhagwant Mann here at ChiefMinister Office(CMO).

Disclosing this here aspokesperson of the CMO's saidthat this historic decision wouldopen new vistas of employmentfor the youth by providing thejobs to them in governmentsector through a transparent andmerit based mechanism. Out ofthe total 25,000 governmentjobs, 10,000 would be offeredfor various posts in Punjab

Police whereas the remaining15,000 jobs would be given inother departments. The processof advertisement andnotification of these jobs wouldbe initiated within a month,spokesperson added.

Likewise, the PunjabCabinet also cleared thepresentation of supplementarydemands for grants for the year2021-22 to be presented in theensuing Vidhan Sabha Session.This decision would provide

budget for additional or excessexpenditure incurred by variousdepartments during thefinancial year 2021-22 toliquidate the pending liabilities.Further, in accordance with theprovisions contained in Clause(3) of Article 203 of theConstitution of India, theCabinet also gave approval topresent the supplementarydemands for the grants of theGovernment of Punjab for theyear 2021-22.

Similarly, the Cabinet hasalso given approval forpresentation of the Statement ofEstimated Expenditure (Vote onAccount) from April 1, 2022 toJune 30, 2022 of the State ofPunjab for the year 2022-23mandated to be presented in theState Assembly in the ensuingPunjab Vidhan Sabha as per theprovisions under Rule 164 ofthe Rules of Procedure andConduct of Business in thePunjab Legislative Assembly.

Wave of happiness among peopleof Barnala on appointment ofMeet Hair as Cabinet Minister

Commissionerate Policeobserve Disposal of

Public Complaints Day

RAJ KUMAR SHARMALUDHIANA, MAR 20

Taking a new initiative to settle thecomplaints of general public promptlywithout any inconvenience to them, theLudhiana Commissionerate Police on Sundayobserved Disposal of Public Complaints Dayin all police stations under its jurisdiction.Divulging the details, Commissioner ofPolice (CP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said thatspecial camps were organized in all 29 policestations of Ludhiana Commissionerate and1251 complaints were settled on the spot. Hesaid that 29 police stations were dividedamong 15 ACPs who were tasked topersonally visit their areas and solve people'sgrievances at the earliest. He added that fiveof ADCPs were deputed to supervise thefunctioning of these camps. He said thatACPs/SHOs were asked to pay specialattention to all the concerns raised by thepeople as it would build their trust on thefunctioning of the department.

Bhagwati Manav KalyanSangathan striving to eradicate

social evils: Rajendra Mehta

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, MAR 20

Divine monthly Maha Aarti of Maa Jagat Janani andSadgurudev Shaktiputra Maharaj was organized atPunjabi Dharamsala here under the joint auspices ofBhagwati Manav Kalyan Sangathan andPachanjyoti Shakti Tirtha Siddhanshram Trust. Inthe event , hundreds of people associated with theorganization participated. Addressing the devoteeswho reached the program, State President of theorganization Rajendra Mehta said that BhagwatiManav Kalyan Sangathan is a welfare and spiritualorganization, which builds a drug free, vegetarian,charismatic and conscious society and aims to reinin social evils like caste discrimination,untouchability, communalism etc. Theorganization is engaged in improving the directionand condition of the society. Praveen Kamboj,state president of Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party,said that every human being needs to be consciousand dedicated in the service of his country, religionand humanity, because these are the basic duties ofevery human being.

Mohi new distt presidentof Anti Corruption

BUREAUTARAORI, MAR 20

A meeting of the North India Anti-Corruption Association wasorganised at the farmer's rest house, Taraori. National Presidentof Anti Corruption Yashpal Malik discussed the successfulorganisation of the ongoing corruption awareness campaign inthe state. He also talked about the upcoming works. YashpalMalik, while expanding the North India Anti-Corruption Team,appointed Bhagwandas Mohi, a reputed businessman ofTarawari Grain Market, as the District President of Anti-Corruption Association, Karnal. National President YashpalMalik handed over the appointment letter to the newly appointedDistrict President Karnal Bhagwandas Mohi and administeredthe oath to work for eradication of corruption by staying in thedignity of the post. On this occasion, Bhagwandas Mohi said thathe would work for the eradication campaign in the dignity of thepost and would prepare his team at the district level. SubhashGupta, Pawan Garg, Pankaj Gupta, Govardhan Sharma, Satish,Rajesh Rohilla, Anil, Rajbir, Krishna, Virender Bansal, IshwarChand, Balwinder Chaudhary, Rajan Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar,Pradeep Gupta, Rajesh Bhatia, Deshraj Sharma, Manydignitaries including Saurabh Garg were also present.

63 donate blood at camp heldfor thalassemia-hit children

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAR 20

On Sunday, in collaboration with NavjyotiVidya Mandir, Karnal and District Red CrossSociety, on the occasion of Martyr's Day, ahuge blood donation camp for childrensuffering from thalassemia was organized atBasant Vihar, Karnal. About 75 peopleregistered for the camp and 63 people donatedblood voluntarily. A team of Kalpana ChawlaMedical College led by Dr. Anmol Guptacollected blood. Karnal Mayor Renu BalaGupta, Representative Chief MinisterHaryana Sanjay Batla and Deputy MayorAdvocate Naveen Kumar reached the campand encouraged all the blood donors. MayorRenu Bala Gupta said that blood donation isthe biggest donation, blood cannot be made inany factory, this is the biggest gift given toone human being to another human being.Chief Minister's Representative Sanjay Batlasaid that we should all continue donatingblood at regular intervals, blood donationdoes not cause any weakness in the body but

regular blood donor gets rid of many diseases.Deputy Mayor Naveen Kumar said that suchevents should be held continuously in thesociety, it increases mutual brotherhood! Onthis occasion, school director Madan MohanSharma and Sushil Sharma thanked all thepeople who came to the camp. Givinginformation, the convener of the camp, KapilKishor said that in order to avoid a diseaselike thalassemia, every boy and girl must gettheir blood tested before marriage. Everypregnant woman must have her blood tested.All the blood donors were also honored withsouvenirs and letters of appreciation.

Mata Lakshmi Rath Yatra toreach every nook and corner

of country: Pankaj MittalRK KASHYAPCHHATRAULI, MAR 20

The meeting of All India Agrawal Conference was held in theoffice of Sarpanch Praveen Agrawal at Pratap Nagar. AshishMittal, district president of the All India Agrawal Conference,said that the Rath Yatra of Mata Lakshmi, which started fromAgroha, would go to all corners of the country, which wouldwork to connect the Agrawal brothers across the country. StateSecretary of All India Agrawal Conference, Pankaj Mittal saidthat this will be the first such trip in the world which will go toevery village, town and city and will cover a distance of about11 lakh kilometers. He informed that the main purpose of thevisit is to connect one crore Agrawal families with the templeof mother Kuldevi Mahalakshmi and Ashtamahalakshmi underconstruction in Shakti Peeth. Agrawal is to give the message ofunity of the society by organizing the society. MaharajaAgrasen's message of world peace and human welfare is to beconveyed to the masses. On this occasion, under the guidanceof Pawan Gupta, the patron of Agrawal Conference, it wasconsidered to gather all the society and prepare a frameworkfor the grand reception of Rath Yatra. On this occasion, MohitGarg, District General Secretary, appealed to all Agrawalbrothers to join the Rath Yatra with their family and get theblessings of Mata Lakshmi ji.

Dr. Sandhu honored by HumanityClub for rescuing Indian students

stranded in UkraineKULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU: Aprogram was organized atDream City Manawala tohonor Dr. Karan SinghSandhu who played a pivotalrole in rescuing Indianstudents trapped in Ukraine during the ongoing war. Theevent was organized under the chairmanship of SmritiSingh, President, Humanity Club Dream City. At presentDr. Karan Sandhu is busy in Germany and has notreached India. Therefore, the honor was given to his fatherDr. TP Singh Sandhu in the form of Momento. Walkingseveral kilometers through the snow and hiding in bunkershas helped Indian students get out of Ukraine. Among thehonorees were President Sumitra Singh Secretary besidesJasbir Singh, Founder President Sardar Harminder SinghSidhu, Varinder Singh Gulati, Sat Dev Grover, AshwaniBabbar, Sr. Bharpur Singh, Satinder Singh Sidhu, JagDeep Singh Sohal, Karnail Singh, Dr. Sham Lal, SubodhSarma, Kanwaljit Suri etc. were present.

Crusaders againstcorruption get mobile

phones as prizesSHIV KUMAR SHARNAKARNAL, MAR 20

The anti-corruption organization Anti-CorruptionFoundation of India, registered in all the states ofthe country for anti-corruption awareness, has

been given iPhone 13 ProMax and other phoneprizes by the Governmentof India to encourage thegreat personalitiesspreading anti-corruptionawareness. Five greatleaders working for anti-corruption awarenesswere honored by drawing

a lucky draw on the fourth foundation day of Anti-Corruption Foundation of India. At the ‘SammanSabha’ at the National Office by the Anti-Corruption Foundation of India, NationalPresident Narendra Arora presented first prizeiPhone 13 Pro Max to Vedic Patel from Mumbai,second prize Samsung Galaxy to Ravi ShankarVyas from Bhilwara, third prize Oppo phone toManinder Singh Gill from Jaipur.

DC honors Nodal Officers, Staff who have renderedexcellent services during Assembly Elections-2022

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, MAR 20

The District Administration Pathankothonored the nodal officers, officers andemployees of various committees constitutedunder the Vidhan Sabha 2022 by the ElectionCommission for performing their duties withutmost diligence and sincerity during theVidhan Sabha elections 2022. An honorablefunction was held at District AdministrativeComplex, Malikpur, Pathankot in whichSanyam Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner,Pathankot was the Chief Guest. On thisoccasion Lakhwinder Singh RandhawaAdditional Deputy Commissioner (D),Gursimran Singh Dhillon SDM Pathankot,Sarabjit Singh Tehsildar Election, RamLubhaya District Public Relations Officer,Sunil Dutt Lead Bank Manager, JugalKishore , Sukhwinder Singh District Treasury

Officer, Kumar Daver Assistant LaborCommissioner, Manoj Kumar LaborEnforcement Officer etc. District Officers ofvarious departments were present. At thecommencement of the function SarabjitSingh Tehsildar Election welcomed all thevisiting officers and staff. After thisGursimran Singh Dhillon SDM Pathankotapplauded the work of the officersperforming their duties during the Assemblyelections 2022 and highlighted the work ofvarious appointed committees.

RBU pass outs are employmentready; upswing in placements

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, MAR 20

One of the unique features ofthe Rayat Bahra Group ofInstitutions is its commitmentto make the studentsemployment ready evenbefore they pass out theiracademic courses which stands them in good stead in placements.With this end in view the Group has established the Bahra MultiSuper Specialty Hospital which provides practical training tostudents studying in different paramedical courses. They are giventraining in beauty and wellness, X-ray,CT scan ,ultrasound, andpathological diagnostic tests, radiology and imaging technology,dialysis technology, medical laboratory technology, operationtheatre and anaesthesia technology. During an interaction withmedia persons here today, Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Chancellor ofthe Rayat Bahra University, who is also Promoter of the BahraMulti Super Specialty Hospital, said that the students were alsoimparted training in incubation centre technology.

Councillor BalwinderSingh joins AAP

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAR 20

Ward number 2 councillor Balwinder SinghBrar, who often raises his voice against thegovernment in CM City, has joined the AamAadmi Party. Councilor Balwinder Singhjoined AAP along with his colleagues andsupporters in the public meeting held inShaktipuram on Sunday. AAP's Haryana in-charge and MP Dr. Sushil Gupta, nationalspokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj, NorthHaryana zone head Dr. Balkrishna Kaushikand organisation secretary Sukhbir Chahalwelcomed the councillor and hiscompanions. He was given party patka andcap. MP Dr. Sushil Gupta said that the AamAadmi Party governments are working inDelhi and Punjab in support of the people.The capital has been presented by ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal as a developmentmodel for the entire country. Seeing thisdevelopment, the people of Punjab havehanded over power to AAP. Now the doorsof development will open in Punjab also.

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Identity of robbers carried out robbery incidentDINANAGAR (JASPOONAM KOHLI): After identifying the accused who carried out the rob-bery incident about a month ago, the police of Dinanagar police station has registered a case. As ofnow no one has been arrested yet. In the complaint given to the police, Waras Masih s/o Gyan Masihresident Nakki (Pathankot) told that on February 27, he was going to his house from Gharota Mor by-pass in his Centro car. When he reached near the FCI godown at 8 pm, a man standing on the road sig-naled him to stop to take the lift. When he stopped the car, the man said that his motorcycle had runout of oil.Give him an empty bottle.When he got down from the car and opened the trunk of the car,three more persons already hiding in the bushes came out. Who tied his hands with a rope and tookout the purse from his pocket. In which three thousand rupees and necessary documents were there.Apart from this, snatching mobile phone and his car also . On the other hand, ASI Naresh Kumar saidthat after recording the statement of the victim, the matter was investigated and it was found that theincident of robbery was reported as Jograj Singh son Hira Singh, Amarjit Singh alias Baba, LovejitSingh alias Kucha son Tarsem Singh, all residents of Bhangali Kalan Amritsar.

SACHIN MOUDGILLLUDHIANA, MARCH 20

The Ludhiana Rural police underCommunity policing initiative isorganizing a Cycle Rally on March22-23, 2022 in remembrance ofMartyrs to mark the Shaheedi Di-was 23 March 2022 under the ableguidance of Dr Ketan Patil Bali-ram, IPS SSP Ludhiana Rural.

While addressing a press con-ference here today, SSP Dr KetanPatil Baliram said that the Cyclerally will start from Police Lines Ja-graon on 22 March at 7:00 AM andwould pass through Moga, Talwan-di Bhai and will culminate on 23rdMarch 2022 at Hussainiwala Inter-national Indo Pak Border DistrictFerozepur to pay homage at the me-morial of the revered martyrs.

He said that any person above18 years of age can participate inrally. He should bring his own bi-cycle. There is no entry fee for par-ticipants. Adequate securityarrangements will be done by Po-lice. The Punjabi youth are invitedto join the rally. He said that the ral-

ly will be flagged off by PadmaShriBalbir Singh Seechewal and Zo-rawar Singh Sandhu, nephew ofShaheed Bhagat Singh and S.P.SParmar, IPS, IGP Ludhiana Range,Ludhiana. He informed that notedPunjabi singer Rajvir Jawandawould also attend the rally.

“We are hopeful that you willextend your generous support to

our initiative. Any person interest-ed in participating in this rally cancontact DSP Harshpreet Singh at96460-10117, DSP Daljit Singh at79734-98284 or the Control Roomat 85560-19100.

For the benefit of participants,refreshments, stay, first aid, cyclerepair, ambulance etc have alreadybeen arranged by the Ludhiana

Rural police,” he said.He urged the residents, educa-

tional institutions, social organisa-tions to have maximum participa-tion in this cycle rally and said thatall participants would be awardedwith certificates. He also said thatpeople can participate in this cyclerally for as much distance as theywant to cover.

Police to organise Martyrs Day CycleRide 2022 on March 22-23: SSP

SUMER GARGSUNAM, MAR 20

The kins of Shaheed Ud-ham Singh(SUS) on theeve of holi festival yester-day has handed over amemorandum to AAP,MLA, Aman Arora.

The memorandum wasaddressed in the name ofChief Minister of Punjab,

Mr. Bhagwant Mann, inwhich they were mainlydemanding to install thephotograph of Shaheed Ud-ham Singh in governmentoffices, who had avengedthe Jallian wala bagh mas-sacre by killing GeneralO'dier, who had ordered toshoot innocent persons,who gathered there for apeaceful meeting.

Martyr's kin hands overmemorandum to Aman Arora

Revolutionary center Punjab convoy will marchon Hussainiwala on March 23 to strengthen

pledge for independence: Narayan Dutt

KULDEEP SOOD BARNALA, MAR 20A meeting has been held under the chairmanship of Dis-trict President of Revolutionary Center Punjab Dr. Rajin-derpal in which state president Narain Dutt specially par-ticipated. After the meeting, the leaders informed that topay homage to the martyrs of the National LiberationMovement on the occasion of 92nd Martyrdom Day ofBhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, a large number ofcaravans of the youth of BKU Ekta Dakoda, from the rev-olutionary center Punjab would also join the massive mar-tyrdom conference being held on March 23 at Husaini-wala. Revolutionary Center Punjab State President Com-rade Narayan Dutt said that on August 15, 1947, the powerpassed from the hands of the British to the hands of thenative rulers but the real freedom of the martyrs' dreamsdid not come to the people. Establishing true independencerequires great unity and long struggle in the country.Sukhwinder Singh, Harcharan Channa, Vinder Thikri-wala, Baldev Mander, Khushmandar Pal, Gurmeet Sukh-pura said that Revolutionary Center Punjab would arriveat Husainiwala on March 23 at 11 am in a convoy.

S. Sulakhan Singh Bhangali takes chargeof service as manager of Sri Darbar Sahib

CHARNJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR, MAR 20Taking an important decision, Shiromani Gurdwara Par-bandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjin-der Singh Dhami has appointed assistant secretary S. Su-lakhan Singh Bhangali as manager of Sri HarmandarSahib, Sri Darbar Sahib. S. Bhangalihas been appointed in place of S.Gurinder Singh, while S. GurinderSingh has been transferred as assistantsecretary.

Speaking in this regard, SGPC as-sistant secretary media S. KulwinderSingh Ramdas said SGPC PresidentAdvocate Harjinder Singh Dhami hasordered some administrative transfers,under which, S. Sulakhan Singh Bhangali has been ap-pointed as manager of Sri Darbar Sahib. S. Ramdas saidanother transfer included S. Satnam Singh, in-charge ofFlying Department as additional manager of Sri DarbarSahib. Similarly, S. Sukhbir Singh, in-charge of estab-lishment at Dharam Prachar Committee (DPC) has beentransferred as in-charge of Flying Department and S. Bal-winder Singh, in-charge RTI as in-charge of establish-ment DPC.

HARNAMAN BHATIANANGAL, MAR 20

Nangal Constituency neverfound Sikh Candidate, after2012 it was renamed as SriAnandpur Sahib Con-stituency in the new delimi-tation and yet none of theseSikh candidates were field-ed by any party in the As-sembly elections.

Although the ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD) has beencalling itself "Panthak Par-ty" but this time when it gotthe opportunity to contestthe elections alone for thefirst time, they also gave this"Panthak seat" to BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) but in

such a situation Arvind Ke-jriwal who is called enemiesof Sikhs, not only fielded aSikh candidate named Har-jot Singh Bains but also pro-moted him to the rank ofCabinet Minister after hisvictory.

The Congress and theBJP have not given a singleSikh face since 1972 till to-day. In addition to this, 31yrs Harjot Bains studied In-ternational Human Rightsfrom the London School ofEconomics and Politics. Hestudied BA (Hons) and LLBfrom Punjab University andbecame the youngestspokesperson of Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP).

Kejriwal honoured birth place of sikhby giving cabinet seat to Harjot Bains

SACHIN MOUDGILLLUDHIANA, MAR 20

The new Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) government in Pun-jab today vowed tooppose corruptionand ensure that thepeople do not faceany problem in gov-ernment work.MLAKulwant Singh Sid-hu also asked the of-ficials of Food Sup-ply Department anddepot holders tobring transparencyin the ration distributionsystem. Delivering the ma-terial in a timely manner tothe beneficiaries. He alsoasked the depot holders tosoften their attitude towardsthe general public and en-

sure timely delivery of ra-tions sent by the govern-ment to the people. MLASidhu said that it is commonto complain about the nega-

tive attitude of foodofficials and depotholders, now whatwas supposed tohappen in the past,now neither theirpolitical boss norwill there be anywrongdoing.Thosewho embarrasspeople will be dealtwith severely.

MLA Sidhu finally appealedto the people whether thereis a government in the statenow and you have to assertyour rights without any fear.A hearing will be held on thespot.

MLA instructs food supply officers,depot holders to bring transparency

in ration distribution system

Spl efforts to develop Gurdaspurdistrict as tourism: DC

GURDASPUR (VERMA): District Heritage SocietyGurdaspur has re-launched a special weekly bus forvisiting historical and religious places of the district.On this occasion Mr. Baldev Singh Bajwa XEN Pun-jab Mandi Board, Mr. Harmanjit Singh Secretary Dis-trict Heritage Society, Mr. Harjinder Singh Kalsi, Dis-trict Public Relations Officer Gurdaspur and Mr.Damanjit Singh, Incharge Chhota GhallugharaMemorial were also present. Speaking to reporters atthe local panchayat, the Deputy Commissioner saidthat the operation of special buses from Gurdaspurand Batala was started on January 31, 2021 and thebuses were stopped for some time due to the Assem-bly elections.

He further said that special efforts are being madeby the District Heritage Society to develop Gurdaspurdistrict as a tourist destination so that the people of thedistrict and especially the younger generation couldbe aware of their rich heritage.

Test reports distributed toblood donors by social welfareorganization Ahmedgarh

MAHAVIR GOYALAHMEDGARH: State Awardwinning social welfare organizationAhmedgarh under the leadershipof Chairman Dr. Rajinder Mittaland President Dr. Suneet Hinddistributed test reports to the blooddonors in the blood donationcamp. Mr. Ravinder Puri AndCouncilor Vikas Krishan Sharmawere present as Chief Guest. Thegeneral secretary of theorganization Mr. Tarsem Garg saidthat 450 women had donatedblood in this blood donation campand 200 donors had donated bloodfor the first time. Mr. Ravinder Purisaid that blood donation is a nobledeed. Blood donation is animportant part of saving one's life.He said that the tests performed atthe time of blood donation wouldhelp one to know one's illnessahead of time which would makethe treatment possible. Presidentsunit Hind,tarsem Garg, SanjayMittal, baljinder verma DeepakGupta, Prem Chand Babla, AnavGarg, Pawan Garg, Vipan Garg,Manoj Garg etc. were present.

Results of annualexamination in SarvahitkariSchool excellent

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL: Lala KasturiLal Sarvahitkari Senior SecondaryVidya Mandir today under thesupervision of Principal S K Malikannounced the results of annualexaminations of Class IX and XIfrom LKG. Earlier, the results ofyoung children were released inVidya Mandir's branch ShishuVatika yesterday. The result of theannual examinations is the hardwork of the children throughout theyear and this result is not only ofthe children but also of theeducation imparted by theteachers. At the same time, thewishes and dreams of the parentsare also involved in the results ofthe annual examinations of thechildren. Today the fruits of theirhard work throughout the yearwere given to the students by theteachers as their test results. Meritboards and selfie stands forchildren were the main attraction ofthe school. On this occasionPrincipal S K Malik blessed andcongratulated all the students andwished them all the best for theirfuture and especially the childrenwho got first, second and thirdplace on the basis of the results ofthis annual examination andespecially their parents. Bestwishes. On this occasion PrincipalYashpal Goyal, Manager RakeshKumar, Deputy Principal UshaGoyal, Coordinators Vikram Singh,Saroj Bala, Sushma Sharma andall were present.

Small industry on verge ofclosure due to rise in iron andsteel prices: Brindar BirdiRAJ KUMAR SHARMALUDHIANA: The small scaleindustry is on the verge of closuredue to continuous rise in prices ofiron, steel and steel, said BrindarSingh Birdi, MD, Raja Sahib ManjitIndustries while talking to reportersat Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. He

said that the ratesof iron ore havegone up from Rs.18 to Rs. 20 inlast one month.Which is affectingthe industry a lotand most of the

industry is on the verge of closure.He said that the centralgovernment should take immediateaction to curb the rise in iron oremarket due to speculation or otherreasons. He said that if this didnot happen in time then it would bevery difficult to save the smallindustry from closing down and theMSME sector would be ruined.This will be a huge loss to theindustry. Puneet Bhatia, DilawarSingh Matharu, Ravinder Singh,Harpreet Singh, Charanjit Singh,Inderjit Singh, Balwinder Singh,Gurpreet Singh etc. were presenton the occasion.

Case registered against builderfor cheating of Rs 20 lakhVICKY BHABATZIRAKPUR: On the orders of SSPMohali, Zirakpur Police hasregistered a case against Zirakpurbuilder Prem Bansal and threemembers of his family for cheating.Police have registered a caseagainst the four accused undersections 420 and 120B of IPC andstarted their search. At present, allthe accused are walking out of thecustody of the police. In thecomplaint given to the police, thecomplainant Sharda Bansalresident of Sector 7 Panchukalasaid that in 2006, he had given Rs20 lakh to Prem Bansal andCompany for taking the duplex.But they neither gave him theduplex nor returned his money.Whose complaint he had given toSSP Mohali.

Duty related to drug awareness seminarto be organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad

QADIAN (VERMA): On behalf of Bharat Vikas ParishadBranch Qadian, Anti Drugs Awareness Seminar and Decla-mation Competition dedicated to Martyrdom Day of Sha-heed- e- Azam Bhagat Singh is being organized in AVM Se-nior Secondary School on Thursday, 24th March. SpeciallySSP IPS of Police District Batala, Gaurav Toora is comingto honor the first 3 places in this competition and to distrib-

ute tricycles to 4 differently-abled persons. Giving informa-tion in this regard, the Presidentof the organization, Mukesh Ver-ma said that today a specialmeeting was convened on behalfof his organization in the localKrishna temple for the smoothconduct of the said seminar, inwhich the office bearers of theorganization attended. He said

that Shaheed Bhagat Singh is not only a guide for the Pun-jab government, but he is also revered for every young manwho wants to be free from corruption and suppress the evilof drugs. Because if we have to remove the evil like drugsfrom our society, then we have to make our youth aware, forwhich this seminar has been organized so that with the helpof Punjab Police, people can be made aware of the story. To

Chaudhary calls on former Lt. Governor Iqbal SinghPHAGWARA (ASHOK KAURA): Newly elected Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly fromPhillaur constituency Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary met with veteran Indian National Congress leader and for-mer Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Iqbal Singh to seek his blessings here on Saturday. Iqbal Singh con-gratulated Vikramjit Chaudhary on his election to the Vidhan Sabha by a large margin from Phillaur and saidthat his best wishes were with Vikramjit. Former Punjab Youth Congress president Vikramjit Chaudhary saidthat Iqbal Singh was a senior leader of the Congress party and had held several public offices.

Seminar on "Consumer Rights"organized in SDAM College

DINANAGAR (JASPOONAM KOHLI): The Post Grad-uate Department of Economics and Commerce of ShantiDevi Arya Mahila College, Dinanagar organized a seminaron "Consumer Rights" to celebrate 'World Consumer RightsDay' under the able guidance of Principal Dr. Reena Tal-war.In which Advocate Satyan Khajuria and AdvocateHarpreet Kaur participated as keynote speakers.On this oc-casion, the keynote speaker Satyan Khajuria spoke aboutconsumer rights and redressal mechanism.

NEW DELHI: Lakshya Sencontinued his rich vein of form todethrone Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia21-13, 12-21, 21-19 in the semi-finals of the All England Cham-pionships on Saturday.

The 20-year-old is just onestep away from emulating thefeat of his mentor PrakashPadukone and chief coach PullelaGopichand. While Prakash, atwhose academy Lakshya learnedthe nuances of the game and stilltrains, won it in 1980, Gopi hadwon it in 2001.

“I’m very happy to be in thefinal. But I know it is still notover,” Lakshya said after hewaltzed into the final.

On a day when the Indianfans were outnumbered by theMalaysians in Birmingham, Lak-shya fought back from 12-16 inthe decider to pack off the holder,who at one stage looked on

course to defending his title.Playing from the difficult

side of the court, Lakshya foundhis range even as Lee celebratedthe 16th point with a 397 kphsmash.

His opponent seemed casualas Lakshya collected the nextthree points — one with a rallyand the next two at the net. Lak-shya then drew level with Lee at18-18 with a ferocious crosscourtsmash.

Lakshya Sen is the the man tobeat if his recent performancesare any indication. Fresh from hiswin over world No. 1 Viktor Ax-elsen of Denmark in the semifi-nals of the German Open lastweek, he dethroned Lee Zii Jia tomake the final of the All EnglandChampionships in Birminghamon Saturday. But

Under pressure, Lee tried totilt the scales but Lakshya’s net

play at this critical juncture wasso good that it would’ve made hisguru Prakash proud.

At 20-19, Lakshya inducedLee to commit an unforced errorand as the Malaysian hit the shut-tle wide, Lakshya threw up hisracquet in delight and celebratedby pumping his fists.

The umpire had cautionedhim against the customary ex-changes with the opponent. Butthe youngster from Almora wasin no mood to listen as the Indianfans in the stadium and across theworld joined him in celebratinghis phenomenal feat.

Lee said that he lost the plotat the net. “The last few pointswere all about netplay. He out-played me at the net. I know heplays well but today he was verygood,” said Lee.

Just as good was the firstgame, which Lakshya won with-

out breaking sweat. But once hemoved to the other side of thecourt, he lost momentum and Leedominated. At one stage, Lee wasled 16-6 but Lakshya was in nomood to surrender. Though helost, he managed to win sevenmore points.

The decider was a close con-test between the two till 10-11,before Lee raced ahead to 16-12.At this stage, Lakshya found away to get back and sealed thenerve-wracking one hour, 16-minute contest that also includeda 67-shot rally.

Lakshya will face world No.1Viktor Axelsen of Denmark whobeat Chou Tien Chen of ChineseTaipei 21-13, 21-15, on Sunday.

Lakshya is still fresh from hiswin over Axelsen in the semifi-nals of the German Open last Sat-urday.

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Rafael Nadalvanquishes CarlosAlcaraz, faces TaylorFritz in ATP IndianWells Masters finalINDIAN WELLS: Spanish superstarRafael Nadal turned back the fiercechallenge of young compatriot Car-los Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Satur-day to book an ATP Indian WellsMasters title clash with AmericanTaylor Fritz.Nadal, who claimed a record-set-ting 21st Grand Slam title at theAustralian Open in January, im-proved to 20-0 in 2022, pushed allthe way through three hours and12 minutes by the 18-year-old aim-ing to follow in the footsteps of hischildhood idol.Nadal’s experience was key in asee-saw battle in tricky winds thatstrengthened in the second set,sending debris skittering across thecourt and at one point forcing areadjustment of the billowing netlate in the second set.The array of shots and athleticismthat have already stamped Alcaraza star were on full display, but atendency to go for too much in thekey moments may have con-tributed to some damaging errors.Even so, Nadal needed five setpoints to emerge with a hard-foughtfirst set that opened with Alcarazwinning the first two games.The second game was a titanicbattle to hold serve in which theyoung player fought off five of theastonishing 17 break points hewould face in the set.

MotoGP legend MarcMarquez 'OK' after'really big crash'MANDALIKA: Six-time MotoGPworld champion Marc Marquezcalled it "one of the biggest" crash-es he’d ever had after being cata-pulted into the air during the warm-up to Sunday’s rain-hit IndonesianGrand Prix.The Spaniard’s Honda cartwheeledend-over-end as it disintegratedand he appeared to land heavily onhis left arm and smack his helmeton the ground at about 180kph(112mph).The shaken 29-year-old somehowgot to his feet and gingerly walkedaway before being taken to a near-by Lombok hospital for medicalchecks.He was ruled out of the race on thenew Mandalika circuit and said in astatement released by his RepsolHonda Team: "What can I say? Ithas not been our weekend, wehave struggled and had problemsfrom the start."It was a really big crash in warm-up this morning, maybe one of thebiggest I have had."I went to the local hospital andwhile there were no serious prob-lems, it was decided that I shouldnot race. It’s of course a shame,but the best decision."Marquez, who was thought to havesuffered a concussion from thespectacular incident at turn seven,had already endured a bruisingweekend with two crashes duringqualifying on Saturday.He had been due to start the racefrom 14th on the grid after beingpromoted one spot due to a three-place grid penalty for Yamaha’sFranco Morbidelli.

Shot putter TajinderpalSingh Toor fails to producevalid throw in threeattempts in World IndoorAthletics Championships

BELGRADE: Asian record holdershot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toorfailed to produce any valid throwin all his three attempts as Indianathletes ended their campaignwithout any impact at the WorldIndoor Athletics Championshipshere. Toor, a Tokyo Olympian,fouled all his three attempts to endwith ’No Mark (NM)’ against hisname. Darlan Romani of Brazil wonthe gold with a best throw of22.53m, while American RyanCrouser (22.44m) and TomasWalsh (22.31m) of New Zealandtook the silver and bronze respec-tively late Saturday night. The 27-year-old Toor, who won gold in the2018 Asian Games, holds theAsian record of 21.49m which hehad produced last year in Patiala.Earlier, national record holder longjumper M Sreeshankar had fin-ished seventh with a best jump of7.92m, while Dutee Chand failed toenter the semifinals of women’s60m sprint after finishing sixth inher heats .

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TALKS

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022

All England Championships: SensationalLakshya Sen dethrones Lee Zii Jia

IPL 2022: Moeen Ali'savailability for CSK’s opener

in doubt amid visa delayNEW DELHI : Chennai SuperKings are fretting over the avail-ability of their England all-rounder Moeen Ali for the Indi-an Premier League (IPL) open-ing match on March 26. MoeenAli's visa to India hasn't beenapproved yet and the Englandstar is yet to leave for India tojoin Chennai Super Kings.

CSK CEO KasiViswanathan told India Todaythat the franchise is not sure ofwhy there's a delay in Moeen'svisa approval but expressedconfidence that the issue willbe sorted soon.

"We spoke to him about theissue and he is hoping that mat-ter will be resolved soon.allnecessary documentation hasbeen done but don't know whyhis visa approval hasn't come.As soon he will get his Visa hewill fly to India and join theteam," Viswanathan said.

CSK will open their cam-

paign when they take onKolkata Knight Riders at theWankhede Stadium on Satur-day. CSK players have beentraining in Surat in the lead upto the new season. While thelikes of MS Dhoni and AmbatiRayudu began training earlierthis month, the other domesticstars and foreign players havestarted arriving.

Moeen Ali will have to un-dergo a 3-day quarantine uponarrival in India. He is not partof the England Test team that iscurrently touring the West In-dies after having retired fromthe longest format of the game.

India and overseas playershave been allowed to do buvbleto bubble transfer as well. Ro-hit Sharma and his Test teammembers joined their respec-tive IPL sides via bubble tobubble transfer after complet-ing the pink ball Test in Ben-galuru.

AGENCYMUMBAI, MAR 20

Having bought a lot of new facesat the Indian Premier League(IPL) mega auction this year, Del-hi Capitals' head coach RickyPonting stressed that the playerswho have been retained by thefranchise now have a responsibili-ty to guide the youngsters in theteam.

The Capitals had retained fourplayers -- skipper Rishabh Pant,opener Prithiv Shaw, spin all-rounder Axar Patel and SouthAfrica pacer Anrich Nortje --ahead of the auction and the coachis trying his best to get to knowthe rest of the squad ahead of the2022 season, which begins onMarch 26.

"I have told the boys to keeptheir doors open when they are intheir rooms and get to know eachother. I am going to have break-fast, lunch and dinner with all theyounger guys that I don't know,"Ponting was quoted as saying in amedia release.

"When you show love towardsthe younger guys as a coach or asenior player, you know that theyare going to give it back."

"The guys who have been inthe Delhi Capitals camp for awhile definitely have the respon-sibility of guiding the youngstersin the team.

"Rishabh's captain, so he's go-ing to do that anyway, but guyslike Prithvi, Axar and Nortje willalso have their roles and responsi-bilities within the team," he

added.Ponting was impressed with

the energetic vibe around thegroup of players when he attendedhis first training session with theteam. "At the moment, we need toreally focus on what we need to doto get ready for game one. I had agreat first session with the play-ers. There's an energetic vibearound the team, which is what wealways strive for," Ponting said.

Delhi Capitals' new foreign re-cruits include David Warner,Mitchell Marsh, Tim Seifert andRovman Powell. Vicky Ostwal,Chetan Sakaria, Yash Dhull, Sar-faraz Khan and Kamlesh Na-garkoti are the youngsters in theside. Delhi Capitals will opentheir campaign against MumbaiIndians on March 27.

IPL 2022: Retained players have a responsibility toguide youngsters in the team, says Ricky Ponting

Ligue 1: PSG's Lionel Messi ruled outof Monaco clash due to THIS reason

NEW DELHI : LionelMessi will miss Paris Saint-Germain's French leaguematch at Monaco after ex-periencing flu-like symp-toms over the past couple ofdays, his club said. Messi,who joined Paris Saint-Ger-main last summer, has beenstruggling throughout hisfirst season in the Frenchleague. Before Sunday'strip to Monaco, Messi hasscored just seven goals in26 games in all competi-tions.

It's a stark contrastcompared to his figuresfrom last season when hebagged 38 goals withBarcelona. In addition tothe seven-time Ballon d'Orwinner, PSG will also be missing Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos,Angel di María, Juan Bernat, Layvin Kurzawa and Ander Herrera at the StadeLouis II.

Lionel Messi is out for PSG due to flu likesymptoms. He will miss their match againstMonaco. pic.twitter.com/pDIH35q5qN

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) March 19,

2022PSG has a 15-point lead at the top of the

standings as it chases a record-equaling 10thFrench title. Lagging 15 points behind PSG andchasing a runner-up finish, Marseille and Nicemeet at the Stade Velodrome in Sunday's show-case match. Nice will be missing suspended de-fender Dante.

Over 200 people injured asaudience gallery collapses

during football match in KeralaNEW DELHI : Over 200 peoplewere injured after a makeshift audi-ence gallery suddenly collapsed be-fore the start of a football match inthe Malappuram district of Kerala.The incident took place on Saturdaynight when a local football tourna-ment was underway at Poongod.

According to the police, morethan 1000 people had climbed overthe stands without any safety con-cern, which led to the accident.

A terrifying video of the inci-dent has also been shared by newsagency a news agency, where onecan see the temporary galleryfalling on the people who werewatching the match, triggering pan-ic inside the stadium.

Notably, all the injured peoplewere taken to nearby hospitals, andfive people are said to be in seriouscondition.

As per local reports, several children alsogot injured in the incident. The locals are claim-ing that the organiser's inability to restrict thecrowd from entering the temporary gallerycaused the accident. The gallery made of woodand ropes were not strong enough to hold suchlarge crowds.

Police said the incident occurred at around 9

PM when the sevens final match between twolocal teams was being played. “The injured havebeen admitted to the nearby hospitals,” policesaid.

Regional football tournaments in the north-ern district of Kerala are quite popular and thusthe matches had attracted spectators in thou-sands.