AAP MP Arora to provide Rs 1.5L each to 100 cancer patients for treatment every year
Chandigarh: Giving a big relief to the cancer patients of the state, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora on Wednesday announced to provide free treatment worth Rs 1.5 lakh each to 100 cancer patients every year. Arora, during a meeting of Punjab Health Department officials, said that it was his dream that no patient of cancer should suffer due to lack of treatment because of unaffordability; and to realize this, “I have formed ‘Krishna Pran Breast Cancer Charitable Trust’ in the memory of my mother, who died recently fighting breast cancer. This Trust will provide Rs 1.5 lakh worth of free treatment to 100 Cancer patients every year which will be in addition to Rs 1.50 lakh financial assistance cancer patients are getting under Mukh Mantri Cancer Rahat Kosh”.
Punjab 34 players return after month-long training at Jwala Gutta Badminton Academy
Chandigarh: After a month's training at Jwala Gutta Badminton Academy in Hyderabad, one could see the excitement and enthusiasm on the faces of the players who returned to Punjab. Eight-year-old Yuvan Bansal, 10-year-old Kamil Sabharwal, 13-year-old Shivan Dhingra and 14-year old-Arushi Mehta were full of confidence. These new age players now aim to reach the top in the Badminton field like Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Jwala Gutta, and Lakshe Sen. Such confidence was evident in all the 34 players — 18 girls and 16 boys in the age group of 8 to 15 years — as they shared their training experiences with Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer.
PSFC to learn from AP, Telengana’s best practices to amend Punjab Food Security Rules-2016
Chandigarh: To adopt the best practices for further streamlining the food security mechanism, Punjab State Food Commission (PSFC) has taken the initiative of amending Punjab Food Security Rules, 2016, on the pattern of Andhra Pradesh Food Security Rules, 2017, and Telangana Food Security Rules. PSFC chairman DP Reddy said that Commission’s two members would give their suggestions regarding amendment of Rules, after which a consolidated list of suggestions, given by the School Education Department, Social Security, and these members will be forwarded to the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs for incorporating the same in the Punjab Food Security Rules, 2016.
Punjab VB nabs Class IV employee for accepting Rs 10k bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday nabbed Class IV employee Sukhdev Singh posted at Tehsil Office Patti in Tarn Taran district for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. The accused employee has been arrested on the complaint of Jagroop Singh Sandhu resident of Mardingpura in Tarn Taran district. Sandhu lodged a complaint that his grandfather had died on August 12, 2021, and he had applied for the post of Numberdar in December 2022 at the Office of Tehsildar Patti. “The accused employee sent the file to SDM, Patti, for further action, and demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 in lieu of getting his file cleared from SDM office,” he alleged.
Silver-medalist weightlifter calls on Punjab Speaker
Chandigarh: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Wednesday met exceptional weightlifter Amarjeet Guru, who won Silver Medal in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship-2023 held at Noida, recently. Amarjeet, from Gunachaur village in SBS Nagar, is exhibiting remarkable dedication and skill in the field of weightlifting for the past 13 years. Sandhwan commended Amarjeet on his extraordinary achievement at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship, and assured him of full support and encouragement for his future endeavours.