Fraudster MD who duped people held from Gujarat
Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Tuesday said it has arrested the Managing Director of a fraud company from Gujarat, who allegedly duped the citizens of Haryana and Punjab worth crores of rupees in the lieu of hefty returns on investment. The spokesperson of Haryana Police said that the accused, who was absconding for the last five years, has been identified as Jagjit Singh alias Ladi, a resident of Sant Vihar Colony, Amritsar. Apart from Fatehabad district, cases of fraud are also registered against the accused in various districts of Punjab including Rupnagar, Barnala, Tapan Mandi, Bathinda, Malerkotla, Sangrur, Mohali etc. He was absconding after bail from the court in a case registered in Punjab.
Haryana Govt constitutes 19-member Empowered Group of Secretaries to monitor PM NMP
Chandigarh: Haryana Government on Tuesday constituted a 19-member Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) to monitor the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP). The Chairman of the EGoS will be Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal and its scope of work will be to review and monitor implementation of the State Master Plan and to set out a procedure and a definitive time frame for synchronization of various activities for construction of roads, rail etc along with all utility services in an area-based approach for development of infrastructure on pilot basis. The Member Secretary will be Director General or Director, Industries & Commerce, and Secretary Industries & Commerce Department.
Anita Dutta of Haryana IPR retires
Chandigarh: Anita Dutta, Joint Director, Information Public Relations and Languages Department, retired on Tuesday after 23 years of service. The Director General, Information Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal congratulated her and wished her good luck for her future endeavours. The other officers of the department also congratulated her. Dutta joined the department in 1999 and in her tenure, she worked in several branches of the department, but most of her service time was spent in the Press Section. She also served as Executive Director of Samvad.