Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today gave nod to fill up 645 posts of assistant professors in government colleges.

A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of the council of Ministers held under the leadership of the Chief Minister here at his office in the Punjab Civil Secretariat- I.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that in order to overcome acute shortage of teaching staff in 16 Government colleges, Cabinet gave nod to fill up 645 posts of Assistant Professors through PPSC in accordance with the UGC Regulations 2018 as being notified in the notification of UGC Pay Scales for Colleges and University teachers by the State Government. This will help to accomplish the task of making the newly opened colleges fully functional as well as to meet the requirement of teaching faculty in all the existing colleges, so that new courses can be started in these colleges. This will further facilitate to streamline and improve the management and quality of education in these colleges.

ENHANCE UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF PRINCIPALS IN GOVERNMENT COLLEGES FROM 45 YEARS TO 53 YEARS

Likewise, the Cabinet also accorded approval to enhance the upper age limit for direct recruitment of Principals from 45 years to 53 years to enable the Associate Professors/Professors working in colleges up to the age of 53 years to apply for these posts, which will be filled through the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). This age relaxation will provide a pool of competent and eligible persons to the government from amongst whom the selections can be made by PPSC. This will also enable experienced teachers with sufficient academic contribution and administrative acumen to compete for these posts.

WAIVES OFF PENDING POWER ARREARS OF GAUSHALAS TILL OCTOBER 31

In another landmark decision, the Cabinet also gave green signal to waive off the pending electricity bills worth more than Rs 9.31 crore of 366 registered (verified/identified) Gaushalas including 20 Government cattle ponds till October 31. The step is aimed at enabling the gaushalas to contribute generously for checking the problem of stray menace. This adjustment will be made from the amount of Cow Cess collected and currently lying with PSPCL.

GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO INK A MOU FOR BUILDING A CITIZEN-CENTRIC AND FORWARD-LOOKING GOVERNANCE ECOSYSTEM

In a landmark initiative aimed at building a citizen-centric and forward-looking governance ecosystem, the Cabinet also gave nod to ink a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Governance Reforms and IDinsights India Private Limited. Through the MoU, the Government will collaborate with IDinsights India to seek the services of experts on a pro-bono basis to enhance the Government’s abilities to use data and evidence in the service of better governance. This will enable the State Government in bringing greater professional expertise towards building a citizen-centric and forward-looking governance ecosystem.

ACCORDS APPROVAL TO AMEND THE PUNJAB E-STAMP RULES, 2014

The Cabinet also gave approval for amending the Punjab e-stamp Rules, 2014 to start online e-stamping upto Rs 500 in addition to existing provision. The online option of e-Stamping is running successfully in other states and the online version of e-Stamp certificate can also be printed on plain paper. As in offline version, online version will also have a 2D barcode and a UM, so that there is no issue regarding security of stamp paper. So for the convenience of residents of State of Punjab it has been decided to start an online option of e-Stamp certificate as per which now residents of State of Punjab can get e-Stamp certificate of value up to Rs. 500/- through online platform.

APPROVES ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS OF NRI DEPARTMENT

The Cabinet has also given its approval to the Annual Administrative Reports of the Year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 of NRI Department of Punjab.

Likewise, for the better functioning of the Economic Policy and Planning Board, Punjab, the Cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval to the appointment of three Vice Chairmen namely Rajinder Gupta, Amrit Sagar Mittal and Sunil Gupta with Cabinet rank in the board. The Cabinet also gave nod to terms and conditions of their appointment along with their salaries and allowances.

Keeping in view the larger public interest, the Cabinet also gave green signal to create one post each of Naib Tehsildar (Agrarian), Sadar Kanungo and Naib Sadar Kanungo in the office of Deputy Commissioner Malerkotla.

The Cabinet also gave a go ahead to amend Punjab Land Reforms Rules, 1973 by inserting Rule 6-A , Form ‘L’ and Form ‘M’ to facilitate the entry of change in land use for the land acquired for non-agricultural purposes in the revenue records.

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LUDHIANA: Deputy Commissioner-Cum-District Election Officer Varinder Kumar Sharma today said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has banned all victory processions after the counting, thereby, the candidates participating in the elections must strictly abide by the guidelines issued by the ECI.

Divulging the details, the DC said that the ECI in its directions has prohibited any kind of victory procession on or after counting adding that strict action would be taken against those found violating these guidelines. He also said that any kind of negligence in this regard would be dealt with strictly. The ECI has also restricted the number of persons to accompany the winning candidates while receiving their certificates as only two persons can accompany the candidate or his/her authorized representative during issuing of certificate of election.

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New Delhi: Poets, scholars and admirers of Bhai Vir Singh, the father of modern Punjabi literature, assembled in the National Capital on Sunday to mark his 149th birth anniversary and recall his glorious legacy.

Gursharan Kaur, the wife of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; Jaspal Singh, the former Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala; and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur were among those who attended the event hosted by the Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi, in both the physical and virtual formats.

Former PM Manmohan Singh is President of the Sadan, a premier literary and cultural organisation established in 1958 to further the legacy of the saint poet. Various authors also paid tribute in Punjab and posted messages on social media to pay respect to legendary scholar.

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New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi slammed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for keeping Punjabi out of the major subjects by terming it against the federal spirit of the Constitution and it violates the right of Punjabi youth to learn their native language.

Following receiving opprobrium from public on social media, CBSE board clarified the decision and responded to Punjab CM on the twitter.

“I firmly oppose the CBSE’s authoritarian decision to keep Punjabi out of the main subjects. This is against the federal spirit of Constitution, violating the right of Punjabi youth to learn their native language. I condemn this biased exclusion of Punjabi,” CM Channi wrote on twitter.

Replying to CM, “It is clarified that the classification of subjects has been done purely on administrative ground for the purpose of conduct of Term – I Examinations based on the number of candidates appearing in the subject and in no way reflects the importance of subjects as Major or Minor.” The CBSE board wrote on social media.

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Kapurthala: Sainik School Kapurthala has announced admission for boys and girls in class VI now to this school. The school has already admitted its first ever batch of 10 girl cadets of class VI in Academic Session 2021-22.

Admission to Sainik School Kapurthala can be applied “Online” on the website https://aissee.nta.nic.in for AlISSEE 2022. The link is also available on school website https://sskapurthala.com The Application Form other than online mode will not be accepted. The online application will be accepted up to 26 October 2021 (upto 5:00 PM). In Sainik School Kapurthala, both boys and girls will be admitted in Class VI. The detailed information is available in the information bulletin available at https://aissee.nta.nic.in. The Parents / aspirants may keep them updated with latest information on above links.

The School has notified 60 vacancies for the boys & 10 vacancies for girls in Class VI and 15 vacancies only for boys in Class IX. A candidate should be between 10 to 12 years as on 31 March 2022 for admission to Class VI, i.e he/she should have been born between 01 April 2010 and 31 March 2012 (both days inclusive) for admission to the academic year 2022-23. Similarly, the candidate should be between 13 to 15 years as on 31 March 2022 for admission to Class IX, i.e, he should have been born between 01 April 2007 and 31 March 2009 (both days inclusive) for admission in the academic year 2022-23.

The All India Sainik Schools Entrance Exam is scheduled to be held on 09 January 2022 (Sunday) which would be conducted by the National Testing Agency, under the aegis of the Ministry of Education.

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Chandigarh: The Education Recruitment Directorate today conducted recruitment examination for 6635 posts of ETT teachers.

The Secretary School Education Ajoy Sharma while expressing satisfaction over the arrangements made by the department said that the recruitment examination has been conducted very efficiently by the Directorate of Recruitment. He also said that the department has started the process for the recruitment of 18,900 teachers which would be completed soon and the appointment letters would be handed over to the selected candidates.

Giving details, SCERT Director and Recruitment Board Officer Dr. Jarnail Singh Kaleke said that 95 examination centers were set up in 7 districts of the state in which out of 22982 candidates, 19963 appeared for the examination which comes around to 86.86 percent. He added that the vigilant supervisory staff of the department in the examination centers caught 2 impersonation cases. One case came to light in Jalalabad examination center and another in Abohar examination center where another person was caught giving examination instead of the candidate. Further action has been taken in both the cases.

He further said that the candidates who have been found involved in the cases of impersonation would be blacklisted and legal action would be taken by the department as per the rules. He also divulged that strict action would be taken in the cases of plagiarism or impersonation in the recruitment examinations of the education department.

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Chandigarh:Punjab Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Dr Raj Kumar Verka, on Monday, said that the alleged scholarship scam was being investigated in a very fair and transparent manner and following the preliminary reports, five officials and employees have been issued charge-sheet. The cabinet minister said that those who were nailed included Deputy Director Parminder Singh Gill, DCFA Charanjit Singh, SO Mukesh Bhatia, Superintendent Rajinder Chopra and Senior Assistant Rakesh Arora.

Dr. Raj Kumar Verka said that any other found involved in the alleged post-matric SC scholarship scam would face action soon and he would personally ensure fair and transparent probe in the matter. He said that the colleges indulged in bungling of SC scholarship funds who failed to return the amount will have to face strict action now. He said that he has ordered the department authorities to initiate strict action against such institutions and should submit action taken report to his office on daily basis.

Dr. Verka said that he will never tolerate any injustice with minorities at any level and would personally ensure that a strict course of action must be taken in such cases. He added that their government has been committed to provide benefits of social welfare schemes to the real beneficiaries and no stone would be left unturned to uplift the living standard of needy people.

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Chandigarh: In the newly formed Punjab cabinets, none of the ministers are post graduate degree holder and one minister is even under matric academic qualification.

According to the affidavits filed by the leaders while contesting the Assembly elections in 2017 reveals that out of total 18 ministers, one is under-Matric, three are matriculates, one has studied up to Class XII and one dropped out after BA-I. Similarly, ministers including Sangat Singh Gilzian, (studied up to Class IX), Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Rana Gurjeet Singh (matriculates) and Raj Kumar Verka (dropped out after BA-I), are not even graduates.

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is the lone masters degree holder among all as he had completed his BA-LLB from Panjab University and MBA from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Whereas, Manpreet Singh Badal had studied abroad as he did LLB (Hons) from London in 1987.

Among 11 old faces in the Cabinet, Razia Sultana is a matriculate and Deputy Chief Minister Om Parkash Soni has studied up to Class XII while two are not graduates.

Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria a BSc (non-medical) and Vijay Inder Singla BE (computer science), Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Brahm Mohindra, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Aruna Chaudhary, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Pargat Singh, Randeep Singh and Gurkirat Singh Kotli are graduates.

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ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ : ਭਾਰਤ ਪ੍ਰਗਤੀਸ਼ੀਲ ਲੇਖਕ ਸੰਘ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਜਕਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਅਲੀ ਜਾਵੇਦ ਸਦੀਵੀ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਦੇ ਗਏ। ਉਰਦੂ ਤੇ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ ਲਿਖਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਅਲੀ ਜਾਵੇਦ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਸਾਂਝੀ ਗੰਗਾ-ਜਮਨੀ ਤਹਿਜ਼ੀਬ ਦਾ ਸੁਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਮੁਦੱਈ ਸੀ। ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਅਲੀ ਜਾਵੇਦ ਦਾ ਜਨਮ ਪ੍ਰਯਾਗਰਾਜ ਨੇੜਲੇ ਪਿੰਡ ‘ਕਰਾਰੀ’ ‘ਚ ਹੋਇਆ।

ਅਲਾਹਾਬਾਦ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਬੀ.ਏ. ਕਰਨ ਬਾਅਦ ਉਹ ਜਵਾਹਰ ਲਾਲ ਨਹਿਰੂ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ, ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੇ ੳਰਦੂ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਦੇ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਣੀ ਬਣੇ। ਇੱਥੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਐਮ.ਏ. (ਉਰਦੂ) 1977, ਐਮ.ਫ਼ਿਲ 1978 ਅਤੇ ਪੀਐਚ.ਡੀ. (1983) ਦੀਆਂ ਡਿਗਰੀਆਂ ਹਾਸਿਲ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ 1993 ਤੋਂ 1998 ਤੱਕ ਜ਼ਾਕਿਰ ਹੁਸੈਨ ਪੀ.ਜੀ. ਕਾਲਜ, ਦਿੱਲੀ ਵਿਖੇ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਇਆ।

ਉਹ 1998 ਈ. ‘ਚ ਉਰਦੂ ਵਿਭਾਗ, ਦਿੱਲੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਵਿਚ ਬਤੌਰ ਪ੍ਰਾਧਿਆਪਕ ਆ ਗਏ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਦੋ ਦਰਜਨ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੀਐਚ.ਡੀ. ਦੀ ਉਪਾਧੀ ਲਈ ਨਿਗਰਾਨ ਵਜੋਂ ਸੇਵਾ ਨਿਭਾਈ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਰਦੂ ਆਲੋਚਨਾ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜ ਪੁਸਤਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਅਮੀਰ ਬਣਾਇਆ।

ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਪੁਸਤਕਾਂ ਹਨ : ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਮੁਸਤਸ਼ਕਚੀਨ ਔਰ ਤਾਰੀਖ਼-ਇ-ਅਦਬ-ਇ ਉਰਦੂ (1992), ਕਲਾਸਕੀਅਤ ਔਰ ਰੂਮਾਨਵੀਅਤ (1999), ਜਾਫ਼ਰ ਜੱਟਲੀ ਕੀ ਏਹਤਜਾਜੀ ਸ਼ਾਇਰੀ (2000), ਏਫ਼ਹਾਮ-ਓ-ਤਫ਼ਹੀਮ (2000) ਅਤੇ ਉਰਦੂ ਕਾ ਦਾਸਤਾਨਵੀ ਅਦਬ (ਸੰਪਾ. 2011)  ਉਰਦੂ ਅਤੇ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਵਿਚ ਛਪਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਖੋਜ-ਨਿਬੰਧ ਸੌ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਪਰ ਹਨ।

ਪੰਜਾਬ, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜ਼ਬਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਾਹਿਤ ਨਾਲ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਲਗਾਉ ਸੀ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੁਝ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ (ਕਵਿਤਾਵਾਂ ਤੇ ਲੇਖ) ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਚ ਤਰਜਮਾ ਹੋਏ। ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੇਖਕ ਸਭਾ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਬੁੱਟਰ ਅਤੇ ਜਨਰਲ ਸਕੱਤਰ ਸੁਖਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿਰਸਾ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਅਲੀ ਜਾਵੇਦ ਦੇ ਸਦੀਵੀ ਵਿਛੋੜੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਮੁੱਚੀ ਪ੍ਰਗਤੀਸ਼ੀਲ ਲੇਖਕ ਲਹਿਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਪੂਰਿਆ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਘਾਟਾ ਪਿਆ ਹੈ।

ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੇਖਕ ਸਭਾ ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਜਾਵੇਦ ਦੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਸਨੇਹੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਹਾਰਦਿਕ ਸੰਵੇਦਨਾ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ।

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ਜਲੰਧਰ : ਹਰਿਆਣਾ ਵਿਖੇ ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਡਾਂਗਾਂ ਵਰਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਭਾਜਪਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਖਿਲਾਫ ਆਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਇਕਾਈ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਡੀ ਸੀ ਦਫਤਰ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਪੁੱਡਾ ਕੰਪਲੈਕਸ ਵਿਖੇ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਫੂਕ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ।

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ : ਇਸੇ ਤਰਾਂ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਵਿਖੇ ਵੀ ਭਾਜਪਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਫੂਕ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ। ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਵਿਚ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਹਰਿਆਣਾ ਦੇ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਮਨੋਹਰ ਲਾਲ ਖੱਟੜ ਦਾ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਫੂਕਿਆ ਗਿਆ।

ਬਠਿੰਡਾ : ਅੱਜ ਆਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ,ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਬਠਿੰਡਾ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਵੀ ਸਥਾਨਕ ਫਾਇਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਗੇਡ ਚੌਕ ਵਿਚ ਇਕੱਠ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਹਰਿਆਣਾ ਵਿਚ ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਡਾਂਗਾਂ ਵਰਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਖੱਟਰ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਸਾੜਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਨਾਅਰੇਬਾਜ਼ੀ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਰੋਸ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ।

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