PUNJAB CM MOURNS SAD DEMISE
OF DR.SHIVINDER SINGH SANDHU AND HIS WIFE
CHANDIGARH JANUARY 12, 2009
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today expressed
profound grief and sorrow on the passing away of Dr. Shivinder
Singh Sandhu and his wife, Manveen Sandhu Director Punarjyot who
died in a road accident in Rajasthan on Sunday.
In a condolence message, the Chief Minister recalled the outstanding
services of Sandhu couple in the renaissance of composite culture
of Punjab. He said that in the death of both eminent personalities,
the state has bereft of great educationists, social activists
and philanthropists and a void had been created which was difficult
to be filled.
Mr. Badal expressed heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family
and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul
and give strength and courage to them to bear this loss.
Meanwhile, SAD President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal and Information
& Public Relations Minister Mr.Bikram Singh Majithia also
shared their heart felt condolences with the members of the bereaved
family
PUNJAB CM CONDOLES THE SAD DEMISE OF VETERAN
JOURNALIST DP SHARMA
CHANDIGARH JANUARY 12, 2009
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today expressed
profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of veteran journalist
DP Sharma who died here today this morning at his residence in
sleep. He was 78 and is survived by his only daughter Miss Vibha
Sharma, Senior Correspondent with The Tribune at New Delhi.
In a condolence message, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Sharma
was an outstanding journalist with the qualities of head and heart
who performed his professional duties with utmost dedication,
commitment and sincerity. He had a long stint as a journalist
in news agencies of PTI and UNI, besides he also worked for Hindi
dailies Uttam Hindu and Divya Himachal.
Mr. Badal expressed heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family
and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul
and give strength and courage to them to bear this loss.
Meanwhile, SAD President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Information
& Public Relations Minister Mr.Bikram Singh Majithia and Chief
Minister's Media Advisor Harcharan Bains also condoled the passing
away of Mr.DP Sharma.
Principal Secretary Information & Public Relations Mr.DS
Jaspal and Director Information & Public Relations Mr. Tejveer
Singh also shared their heart felt condolences with the members
of the bereaved family
PUNJAB GOVERNMENT APPOINTS
15 MEMBERS OF 6 DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEES
CHANDIGARH JANUARY 12, 2009
The Punjab Government today nominated 15 members of the District
Level Planning Committees of Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Ferozepur,
Hoshiarpur, Moga and Ropar.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesman of the Punjab
government said that Mr. Santa Singh Umaidpur, Mr.Jagdev Singh
Gohalwaria, Mr. Jagjit Singh Talwandi, Mr.Harpreet Singh Garcha
and Mr. Jiwan Dhawan had been appointed as the members of the
District Level Planning Committee of Ludhiana, while Mr. Harbajhan
Singh had been appointed as the member of the District Level Planning
Committee, Kapurthala.
Meanwhile, Mr. Paramjit Singh, Mr. Hari Singh Zira and Mr.Brij
Lal Kherva had been appointed as the members of the District Level
Planning Committee Ferozepur. Likewise, Jathedar Bhagwant Singh
Hardothla, Jathedar Surinder Singh Bulowal Rathan and Mr.Avtar
Singh Kapur had been appointed as the member of the District Level
Planning Committee Hoshiarpur.
Mr. Deep Singh Rode had been appointed as the member of the District
Level Planning Committee Moga and Bibi Satwant Kaur Sandhu and
Jathedar Pritam Singh Salomajra as members of the District Level
Planning Committee Ropar, added the spokesman
Panchayats playing important
role in lowering difference in sex ratio and protecting environment
will be honored-Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Thousands of women attended 'Nannhi Chhaan' rally
Mukatsar, January 11, 2009
Founder patron of `Nannhi Chhaan' Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal today
said that she will request Chief Minister S. Parkash Singh Badal
to reward the village panchayts that will took initiatives to
lower the difference in sex ratio and plant maximum trees for
environmental protection by issuing special grants and announced
that organization will also honor these. Mrs. Badal was addressing
a massive public rally organized by organization and Shiromani
Gurudwara Parbandak Committee here day before Maghi Mela. Thousands
of women from the area attend this rally. Before, she and her
husband S. Sukhbir Singh Badal planted a sapling in the premises
of Gurudwara 'Tuti Gandi Sahib'.
Mrs. Badal also requested state government to provide aid of
Rs. 15000 as fixed deposit to financially week parents of newly
born girl child instead of giving it at the time of her marriage.
She said it will help them to utilize the money for girl's education
and make her competent. She also stress on the need of vocational
education for women so that they can become able to stand on their
own. Mrs. Badal praised SGPC President S. Avtar Singh for making
a wing to educate people against social sins like female feticide,
drugs etc. and motivating them to plant more and more trees.
Highlighting the twin issues of protecting the girl child and
environment, Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal stated that where on one
hand declining tree cover a great environmental concern is; on
other hand female feticide is grown into a major social curse.
She said that there is great need of putting effective steps to
tackle with both of these issues. Harsimrat Kaur said that there
would be serious demographic imbalances in Punjab's society in
the future and declining tree cover is also a cause of great environmental
concern as it would make our development ecologically unsustainable.
She said female foeticide had badly hit the social structure and
the sex ratio had got upset. This would create serious problems
in days to come if corrective measures were not taken immediately.
She said it was a sin to indulge in feticide as the Sikh Gurus
were strictly against such actions. She said that now there is
an urgent need to mainstream both these issues and to take them
to the common man through well-directed initiatives.
Speaking on the occasion Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir
Singh Badal said it was sad that Punjab led in female foeticide
cases that had created an alarming situation. Asserting that dowry
is the root cause of female feticide, Mrs. Badal appeals that
society should get rid of this evil. He called for launching a
crusade against foeticide and dowry and also stressed the importance
of each person planting a tree. He said that this novel campaign
was started with the blessing of Gurus and SGPC would go a long
way in protecting the girl child and environment
Later addressing a press conference, Mr. Badal said that SAD-BJP
government will start a women college in every district of state
to promote women education. He said that he said that present
infrastructure will be used in such an efficient way that government
colleges and schools will be used for women education in the morning
and for males at evening. He said that a number of schools will
be chosen in every constituency for the purpose. Mr. Badal said
that he this scheme will attract those parents for educating their
daughters who hesitates to send their daughter in co-educated
institutes. He gives emphasis to provide equal opportunities to
women. He said that from coming year government is going to establish
a Rs. 400 Crore revolving educational fund for upgrading schools
and colleges of the state.
SGPC president S. Avtar Singh and MP Parmjeet Kaur Gulshan also
address the huge gathering, whereas famous singer and SAD candidate
for Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency in his unique style sing
few lines of different to highlight objectives of 'Nannhi Chhaan'.
The campaign 'Nanhi Chhaan' involves giving saplings of trees
to women devotees coming to the holiest Sikh shrines to plant
them in their homes with a pledge to help save the girl child
and also the environment. Today, 1 lack saplings were distributed
as 'Buta Parsad'. The campaign is a joint venture between the
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and Impact group
