Uttar Pradesh ministers will travel to 19 cities across 17 countries between December 9 and 19, ahead of the Global Investors’ Summit (GIS) scheduled early next year.
The road shows will work in simultaneous mode which means that more than one road show will take place per day.
Sources said the schedule had been verbally approved by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who may travel separately closer to the event in January. The required paperwork for visa and other things has been initiated by the partner industry bodies.
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have been engaged for the event that eyes to attract an investment of over Rs 10 lakh crore to the state.
As per the schedule, state finance minister Suresh Khanna will travel alone between December 9 and 15 and lead roadshows in London, New York and San Francisco.
Cabinet minister for industries and infrastructure development Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ and PWD minister Jitin Prasada will travel between December 9 and 14 to lead roadshows in Frankfurt, Brussels and Stockholm.
On the same dates, Speaker UP Vidhan Sabha and former minister for industrial development Satish Mahana will travel to Canada to hold roadshows in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. He will be accompanied by Dharampal Singh, cabinet minister for animal husbandry, dairy development, political pension, minority welfare, Muslim waqf and haj and civil defence departments.
Canada has extended support to the UP GIS 2023 as a partner country. Dharampal Singh will travel to Los Angeles on December 16 as well.
Minister for tourism Jaiveer Singh would travel to Tokyo and Seoul between December 9 and 16 with Ashish Patel, minister for technical education, consumer protection, weights and measures minister.
The minister for MSME Rakesh Sachan will conduct the roadshow in Dubai and will head to his destination on December 11.
Power minister Arvind Kumar Sharma and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh would travel to Sydney and Singapore City between December 13 and 16.
Deputy chief ministers Brijesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya will travel to different directions from December 13 and 16 respectively.
While Pathak would head to Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires with Sanjay Nishad, the minister for fisheries, Maurya would cover Hague and Paris with IT minister Yogendra Upadhyay.
Though the programme for chief minister is yet to be finalised, he may travel in January closer to the event.
Sources said his schedule was also subject to security clearances from Union Ministry of External Affairs.
Senior officials had earlier pointed out that the focus sectors being targeted through the roadshows, include electronics manufacturing, retail, automobile, EV-manufacturing, defence, textile, agro and food processing, chemical, pharmaceuticals, venture capitalists and transport among others.
Meanwhile, domestic roadshows will be led by senior officials from the industries department.
UP ministers ready to cross shores for Global Investors’ Summit
Four die, four struggling for lives took spurious liquor
Last year when large number of persons were reported killed in Sonipat and adjoining district after consuming spurious Desi liquor, this year too four persons after taking poisonous liquor have died and four others are yet struggling for their lives, police said. Among four persons reported died and three ot after consuming spurious liquor three are from Shamdi village in Sonepat and the fourth victim is from Bursham village in Panipat. The deceased had consumed the liquor together and the condition of four others, all from Shamdi village is stated critical. Three of them are undergoing treatment at Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College for Women in Khanpur Kalan in Sonepat district and one being treated at a private hospital in Rohtak.
According to Inspector Subil Kuar in-charge Samalkha police station the deceased have been identified as Ajay Kumar, 28, Sunil, 30, and Surender, 42, of Shamdi and Anil, 30, of Bursham. Three of them, except Surender, were working as sweepers at a sugar mill in Panipat. Gohana deputy superintendent of police Mukesh Jakhar said, the post-mortem report will reveal whether the liquor was spurious or not but information reveals that they had not purchased liquor from any liquor shop and an FIR as well as investigation will start after recording the statements of those undergoing treatment. According to police, Ajay and Sunil had consumed liquor with Anil and his brother at Panipat sfter returning to Shamdi village, Ajay and Sunil consumed the same liquor with five other persons, including Surender.
When Ajay returned from cremation of Anil from Panipat, he and others from Shamdi too complained of diarrhea, vomiting. After their health started deteriorating all of them were rushed to Bhagat Phool Singh medical college for women at Khanpur Kalan where three of them died, a police official said the family members of Anil cremated his body after considering that he died of heart attack on Monday but now they suspect that he also died after consuming the liquor. The residents of Shamdi village are in the state of shock due to several deaths and demanded a thorough probe into the incident.
Gangster-terror nexus case:National Investigation Agency to grill gangster
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday got ten days’ custodial remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with the gangster-terror nexus case.
A number of Punjabi pop singers were on the target list of the gangster, the agency officials said.
The central agency has also claimed that the gangsters were getting arms and ammunition from Pakistan.
Bishnoi is currently lodged in Punjab jail, from where he will be brought to Delhi. He will be grilled at the NIA headquarters.
In the first week of November, the probe agency had questioned two Punjabi singers Dalpreet Dhillo and Mankirat Aulak for hours at its Delhi based headquarters.
Mankirat has been living abroad, this is the first time he is in India.
Both the singers were asked questions related to Bambiha gang and Lawrence Bishnoi. They were also asked about a few of their projects.
In October, the probe agency grilled Punjabi pop singer Afsana Khan, an associate of late Moosewala.
Lawrence Bishnoi gang had allegedly killed Moosewala to avenge the death of Vicky Middukhera. But before commissioning the crime, a number of persons of Punjabi pop industry were threatened, a few were even attacked.
The sources said that they are also trying to explore the tiff between gangsters and Punjabi Pop Industry.
The Delhi Police Special Cell and the Punjab Police have arrested over a dozen gangsters in connection with the murder case of Moosewala.
During the probe, the agencies learnt about the sinister Gangsters-terrorists nexus. The MHA took the matter seriously and asked the NIA to carry out a thorough probe.
The sources have claimed that in coming days, few more persons of Punjabi Pop Industry can be summoned to join the investigation.
AAP will win in Gujarat with a thumping majority, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
Gujarat:Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party will win this assembly elections with a thumping majority in the Gujarat and they will eliminate unemployment, corruption and poverty after forming the government in the state.
Addressing a massive gathering of people in his road shows here in Nazar, the Chief Minister said that there is a wave of change as people of Gujarat are so fed-up of the failed BJP government that they are themselves saying that they want to give a chance to AAP for the next 5 years to bring a revolution in Gujarat like the AAP did in Delhi and Punjab.
He further said that the this time people will oust venal and tyrant BJP leaders from the Gujarat, which have pushed the state’s economy by decades due to its ill advised policies.
He said that Congress and BJP leaders have looted the money of the country far more mercilessly than even what the Britishers had done and said, “Pehle lade they goron se, ab ladenge choron se (First, we fought the British, now we will fight the thieves), ” while urging people to end the inimical 27-year-old regime of BJP by giving a chance to honest AAP party under the leadership of supremo Arvind Kejriwal for a better future.
Hitting out at BJP, Mann said that AAP doesn’t make bogus claims and whatever AAP promises, we deliver to people unlike BJP which fooled people with 15 lakh jhumla and other bogus poll promises. He said that AAP fulfilled all its elections promises in Punjab within 7 months after coming to power, which previous government had failed to do in 70 years.
He said that AAP is a party of the common people. Only the sons and daughters from humble backgrounds will go to the assembly and the Lok Sabha from AAP. The party will give chance to common people in Gujarat and he is confident that AAP will repeat the history of Punjab in this assembly election.
TAC Security CEO Trishneet Arora meets US Vice President Kamala Harris
Chandigarh : It was a heart- warming moment for 29-year old Trishneet Arora, the founder and CEO of TAC Security, when he met Indian origin US Vice President Kamala Harris in Albuquerque recently. Two iconic personalities with common Indian roots discussed ways and means to tackle cyber security challenges effectively. TAC Security has its corporate office at Mohali near Chandigarh and offices in other parts of India and US.
The young entrepreneur expressed his joy through a tweet after meeting Harris. He tweeted, “Glad to have met the Vice President Kamala Harris during my recent visit to the United States. @VP is empowering women across the world and stands as a strong inspiration for them.
“I am profusely honoured to have met the Vice President of the United States of America. She is empowering women across the world and stands as a strong inspiration for them. I shared my vision to deal with the menace of cyber security with her, which has snowballed into a serious global challenge with US Vice President Kamala Harris,” said Trishneet.
Talking about cyber challenges, he said that as the world is going through a larger shift to digitalization, cyber security is at the centre stage of it. Global cyber security concerns are even more profound now. “Therefore, looking at the strong relationship between India-US on cyber terror, I have urged the US VP to work on cyber resilience and strengthening the ecosystem with a cyber-scoring principal policy. The US is a land of opportunity for entrepreneurs like me and TAC Security is dedicated to investing and growing in the States,” he further added.
Thanks to his prodigious cyber security skills, Trishneet who is from Punjab is making a mark not just in India but even globally. He was the centre of attraction when recently he met Harris at a special gathering of entrepreneurs in Albuquerque. It is noteworthy that Trishneet had a private session with Harris on the side-lines of the event.
Trishneet left his studies and started his entrepreneurial journey in 2013 at the mere age of 19. He founded TAC Security, which is now a global cyber security behemoth specializing in vulnerability management. Trishneet is also listed in Forbes 30 Under-30 List. In 2021, he was listed in Fortune India’s 40 Under-40 List for the second time, being the youngest one on it both times.
Known as the Mark Zuckerberg of India, Trishneet was listed in the 50 Most Influential Young Indians by GQ Magazine in 2017.
Javier Gonzales, Mayor of the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, proclaimed 25th August as the ‘Trishneet Arora Day’ in 2017.
Khatter & Vij to monitor rising, wipe out drug addiction in Haryana
Drugs smuggling as well as fast increasing addiction of drugs among youths, aged and even women residing in urban as well as rural areas in Haryana is a matter of concern for state government and both Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter and Home & Health Minister Anil Vij has now decided to monitor this fast growing issue jointly to make Haryana drugs-free state. About a year ago state government formed Narcotic Control Bureau in the state to control smuggling and sale of drugs, especially in youths but satisfactory results could not be obtained as such both Khatter and Vij has now decided to undertake monitoring of the same themselves.
Information reveals, a meeting comprising of officers from as many as 17 government departments in the state including education, excise & taxation, agriculture, medical, higher education, forest, drugs control, forensic science laboratories, jails, CID, legal and police was held at Chandigarh presided by Chief Minister to review this burning issue when a State Action Plan was also constituted by both Chief Minister and Home &Health Minister. Khatter told that state government is very serious in this regard and further strengthening Narcotic Control Bureau to deal the situation strictly and take stern action against drug smugglers as well as suppliers in the state.
Chief Minister told that state government introduced Bulldozer Scheme in the state in which illegal properties of large number of drug smugglers in the state, hard core criminals and gangsters were demolished to wipe out crime. He said, government is now going to take stern action against such criminals playing with the life of young generation involved in criminal activities under the influence of drugs. Vij said, under State Action Plan government is going to strengthen Narcotic Control Bureau network in the state with the addition of new IPS officers, 29 Scorpio vehicles, 33 Pulsar bikes already handed over and a software helpful to wipe out drug smuggling and supplies in the state.
Chief Minister said that as many as 84 persons between the age 18 and 35 have been reported died in Haryana state due to overdose of drugs in past less than one year. He said, Bulldozer campaign was started in the state sometime ago in which illegal residential as well as commercial properties of large number of drug smugglers, gangsters and hard core criminals were demolished with the help of bulldozers in different parts in Haryana state which brought good results and many criminals went underground and decision has been taken to attach or demolish properties of all drug smugglers and suppliers in the state apart from pushing them in jails as per law. Chief Minister told that state Narcotic Control Bureau in the state has been able to seize as well as destroy huge stocks of drugs in past few months. He told that complaints have been received as regard availability of drugs in few drug de-addiction centers in the state and decision has been taken that SDMs in districts will supervise the functioning and visit these drug de-addiction centers and take strict action against irregularities.
Chief of state Narcotic Control Bureau n the state Shrikant Jaghav told that 2584 Mission Teams have been formed in 7590 villages in Haryana state to collect data of drug addicted persons in rural areas apart from 635 teams comprising of 10 persons in each will collect similar data in each ward apart from 190 teams being deployed at Primary Health Centers, 44 tams at Sub Division level to collect data of those suffering from drug addiction.
Goa Congress seeks Governor’s intervention in foodgrain ‘smuggling’
Goa Congress unit has sought intervention of the Goa Governor in regards to alleged foodgrain smuggling racket busted by the coastal Police and has demanded a high-level inquiry under a retired High Court judge into the matter.
The Congress on Monday submitted a memorandum to Goa Governor Goa P.S. Sreedharan Pillai demanding his immediate intervention on this issue.
Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Quepem MLA Altone D’Costa and Senior Vice President of Congress Party M. K. Shaikh were present.
“The seizure of huge quantities of rice and wheat from a private godown during the raids conducted by the Crime Branch has exposed the scam of pilferage of foodgrains, procured by the Government for Public Distribution System, ” the memorandum stated.
“This is a matter of serious concern and needs to be investigated thoroughly. We had earlier brought to your notice the huge wastage of foodgrains like toor dal and sugar in our earlier Memorandum. We would like to bring to your notice that the government has no proper mechanism in place to monitor the procurement, storage and distribution of various Commodities, ” it said.
“It is a matter of concern that a loss of almost Rs 5-6 crore to the State treasury is incurred due to wastage of foodgrains. We demand for a high-level inquiry under retired High Court Judge of all Procurements and Distribution of food grains and commodities from 2020 onwards, ” it further said.
The Crime Branch of Goa Police on last Tuesday had arrested five persons for allegedly stealing rice and wheat from Civil Supply Department’s godown for “smuggling” in Karnataka.
The police have seized 761 rice bags and 253 bags containing wheat in this connection.
Police have said that the accused persons were smuggling rice bags and wheat bags stolen from Civil Supply godowns from Goa. However, the Civil Supply Department has clarified that there is no ‘mismatch’ in their storage and supply.
Interacting with reporters, Yuri Alemao said that high-level inquiry under retired High Court judge should be conducted into this matter.
SGPC plans nationwide signature campaign for release of Sikh prisoners
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in its today’s executive committee (EC) meeting presided over by SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami has decided that the signature campaign to be launched from December 1, 2022, demanding release of Bandi Singhs (Sikh political prisoners) will be held nationwide.
It was the first meeting of the SGPC EC which was newly elected on November 9, in which many important decisions were taken.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami said that the active campaign under the struggle for the release of Sikh prisoners will be taken forward from December 1, 2022. He said a signature campaign will be launched, under which, proformas will be filled besides spreading awareness among the Sangat about the cases of Sikh prisoners and the punishments served.
“In order to make this movement nationwide, an approach will be made for filling proformas to different states through the SGPC’s Sikh missions and Gurdwara management committees besides Punjab”, said Dhami. He said that the center of this campaign will be the SGPC office in Amritsar, while sub-centres will be established in every district of Punjab and Sikh missions outside Punjab.
“Especially in Punjab, proformas will be filled by setting up camps at Gurdwaras, educational institutions, railway stations, bus stands, cities, towns and important intersections”, said SGPC President.
He said that after completing the work of filling the proformas, a one-day protest will be held by all SGPC members at Chandigarh, after which, the filled proformas will be handed over to the Governor of Punjab. He also said that besides filling the proformas, its entire written and digital record will also be maintained simultaneously.
About another EC decisions, he said that following the direction from Sri Akal Takht Sahib, the SGPC had appealed to Government of India to observe the martyrdom day of Sahibzadas as ‘Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas’ instead of ‘Veer Bal Diwas’.
“The Union and state governments have been asked once again to implement the decision as recommended by Sri Akal Takht Sahib. Martyrdom day of Sahibzadas is an important page of Sikh history, which should be observed as per the spirit of Sikh heritage and Gurmat (teachings of Sikh Gurus). Therefore, the Government of India should change and announce the name of this day as ‘Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas’ as suggested by the committee formed by Sri Akal Takht Sahib. I urge the state governments to organize the event in accordance with the same spirit, and not as Veer Bal Diwas”, said Dhami.
The SGPC President said that rules have also been framed for the proper use of Siropao (robe of honour) in the future. Now it has been decided to honour the dignitaries only with books instead of Siropao, shawl and mementoes in every educational institution. Even at Gurdwaras, orders have been issued to ensure use of Siropao as per the Gurmat. “Only those who have contributed to Panthic (community’s) causes will be honoured with Siropao, while books will be given to other respected personalities”, he said.
SGPC President also informed that the already running YouTube channel of SGPC will be made functional in a better way to ensure communication of various SGPC functions to the Sangat on a regular basis.
Anmol Gagan Maan will be the chief guest of Punjab Day function at IITF 2022
Punjab Cabinet Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Investment Promotion, Anmol Gagan Maan will be the chief guest of ‘Punjab Day’ function to be held on 25th November 2022 during the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Punjab Cabinet Minister, Anmol Gagan Maan will inaugurate the Punjab Pavilion where stalls of various departments and institutes including Markfed, Verka, PSIEC-Invest Punjab, Punjab Tourism, Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, and Punjab Pollution Control Board have been set up to showcase the state`s culture, heritage, industrial growth, agricultural innovations and handicraft as well as related products.The theme of this year is “Vocal for Local, Local to Global”.
A spokesperson of the Punjab Government revealed that the officials deputed by various departments at the stalls have been informing visitors about the various progressive and pro-people initiatives of the state government led by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
The spokesperson further informed that Nooran sisters renowed for their soulful Sufi singing will perform during the cultural leg of the Punjab Day function.
