Appointment letters given to 27 ziladars of Water Resources Dept
Chandigarh: Punjab Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Heyer on Monday handed over the appointment letters to the newly-inducted 27 ziladars in the Department and asked them to perform their services with honesty and dedication. Handing over the appointment letter during a simple function-cum-meeting, the Minister said that the Punjab Government has undertaken sincere efforts to bring revolutionary changes in the state’s interests and especially the general public. He said that it was only because of these efforts that after decades, the Water Resources Department has succeeded in delivering water at the tail ends this year.
39k compliances reduced, 183 provisions decriminalized for ease of doing business
Chandigarh: CII Northern Region on Monday organized a conference on ‘Demystifying Trade and Investment’ in Chandigarh bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to deliberate on the pivotal role that standards play in enhancing India's exports and essential preparations required by the industry to seamlessly integrate into global supply chains. Talking about ease of doing business, the Union Minister of State of Commerce and Industry Som Parkash said that the Government of India has reduced 39,000 compliances, besides decriminalizing 183 provisions across 42 Central Acts administered by 19 ministries.
Only regional party like SAD can usher in peace, prosperity in Punjab: Harsimrat
Bathinda: Taking on the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for failing Punjab and Punjabis, the former Union Minister and SAD’s Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said that a truly regional party like the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) could usher in peace and prosperity in Punjab. Harsimrat, addressing a massive Youth Milni programme organized by Youth Akali Dal (YAD) president Sarabjit Singh Jhinjher, said “How can you trust Rahul Gandhi who branded 70 per cent of Punjabi youth as drug addicts, Arvind Kejriwal who is openly selling off the interests of the State or Prime Minister Narendra Modi who imposed draconian laws like NSA, TADA and UPA to suppress our youth and even broke the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to create a separate gurdwara committee for Haryana”.
Book on COVID heroism launched
Chandigarh: ‘Vanquishing A Killer Virus: True Stories of COVID Heroism’, a book authored by Hillary Victor, was officially launched at Chandigarh Press Club. Ramesh Vinayak, Executive Editor of Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, was the chief guest, and Anindita Mitra, IAS, Municipal Corporation Commissioner of Chandigarh, was the special guest.