205 kg narcotics recovered in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Saturday said it has recovered 205 kg of doda post from an abandoned vehicle from Mahendergarh district. A spokesperson informed that a police team during patrolling had got a tip off that a vehicle parked in the abandoned condition on a flyover Rivasa in the district following police immediately rushed to the spot and impounded the vehicle. Search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 13 plastic bags weighing 205 kg of doda post. Prima facie, it seems that fearing arrest, the persons involved in drug peddling left the vehicle loaded with contraband and fled. A case has been registered with the city police station, and further probe is underway. Meanwhile, in a separate case, the police arrested a man and recovered 34 kg ganja patti from his possession in Panipat district. The accused has been identified as Joni, a resident of Nawanshahr in Punjab. Primary probe reveals that accused brought the drug from Uttarakhand for supply in Panipat area.
Secondary exams date of Haryana announced
Chandigarh: Board of School Education, Haryana, Bhiwani will conduct the Secondary and Senior Secondary (Academic/Open School) examinations from August 18 and the DL.Ed examinations from August 19. Board Chairman, Jagbir Singh said that one-day examination of secondary and senior secondary (Academic/open school) for partial marks improvement, full marks improvement, additional and compartment in only one subject would be held on August 18. He said the examinations for more than one subject would start from August 19 to September 1. He informed that the date-sheet of these examinations has been uploaded on the official website of the board, www.bseh.org.in. Similarly, DL. Ed examinations will be conducted in two sessions starting from August 19 to August 28. He said that given the COVID-19 Pandemic, all the candidates have been asked to ensure strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines while coming to the examination centers.
Parent-teacher meet on July 26 and 27
Chandigarh: The Punjab School Education Department has directed to conduct parent-teacher meetings in all the schools on July 26 and 27 to evaluate and further improve the education of the students from class VI to XII. A spokesperson of the school education department said that a letter has been issued by the Director SCERT Jagtar Singh in this regard. The teachers have been directed to reach out to the children and their parents during these meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to improve the education of the students by identifying the shortcomings. During the meetings, the teachers have been asked to share all the information about the children to their parents regarding their health care, the assessment for the month of July and national achievement survey.
SAD condemns centre for 550 farmer deaths
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday condemned the NDA government for refusing to recognize the human tragedy which was unfolding on the borders of Delhi by feigning ignorance of the fact that more than 550 farmers had been martyred in the peaceful protest against the three agricultural laws. It also demanded an apology from union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on this issue. Expressing shock at the statement of union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar that the union government did not have any record of the farmers who had died in the ongoing Kisan Andolan on the borders of Delhi, former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said “this anti-farmer attitude of the NDA government is responsible for the plight of the farmers who have not only been stonewalled for eight months, but even their dead are not being recognized. The SAD condemns this anti-human attitude and requests the agriculture minister to apologize to the farmers for this statement and assure the country that the ‘annadaata’ will not be humiliated in this manner again in parliament”. She said the NDA government had also made it clear in parliament that it was functioning in a dictatorial manner and had not even cared to conduct any study to ascertain the apprehensions in the minds of farmers about the three farm laws.
Make report on drug traffickers public: AAP
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded from the ruling Congress government to make public the investigation report prepared by the Special Task Force (STF) on drug trafficking; so that the names of big defaulters linked to the drug mafia can be made public. In a statement on Saturday, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Harpal Singh Cheema while challenging the newly-appointed state president of the ruling Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu, said that due to collusion between the drug kingpins and the government; the STF's sealed report was gathering dust in the High Court since February 1, 2018 and no official authority had made any effort at the administrative and legal level to get the report unsealed. On the contrary, the entire emphasis of the Punjab Advocate General's office was that it be kept at bay, so that the 2022 assembly elections can pass.