Pension Grievances Cell have been receiving some grievances of the pensioners/family pensioners regarding non-payment of OROP benefits

A file photo of the Pangong Tso (lake).

New Delhi, August 18

India on Friday said it will continue to engage with China to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Dokalam standoff, while confirming that “an incident” did take place between Chinese troops and Indian border guards in Ladakh on August 15.

“We will continue to engage with China to find a mutually acceptable solution,” MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said replying to a volley of questions on the issue.

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He said peace and tranquility in the border areas is an important pre-requisite for smooth development of bilateral relationship.

Asked about the incident between Chinese troops and Indian border guards in Ladakh on August 15, the MEA spokesperson said, “Such incidents are not in the interest of either side.”

The incident occurred when land-based patrols of both sides came face to face north of the Pangong Tso (lake) in eastern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.

The MEA spokesperson said two border personnel meetings (BPMs) had taken place between Indian border guards and Chinese troops recently.

He said one BPM had taken place at Chushul on August 16 and another one at Nathu La a week before.

‘Haven’t received hydrological data from China’

Asked if China has shared hydrological data with India in the backdrop of floods in Assam, Kumar said there is an existing expert-level mechanism, established in 2006, and there are two MoUs under which China is expected to share hydrological data on the rivers Satluj and Brahmaputra with India during the flood season of May 15 to June 15.

“For this year, we have not received hydrological data from the Chinese side,” the spokesperson said.

However, he added that it was “premature” to link it with the floods in Assam.

He also noted that in view of floods in Bihar, India was closely coordinating with Nepal, both at the Centre and state levels.

Asked about the reported comments of the Japanese Ambassador on Dokalam faceoff and if India welcomes it, Kumar gave a very guarded reaction, saying the remarks speak for themselves.

The Japanese ambassador was quoted in media as saying that no country should use unilateral forces to alter the status of Dokalam.

“We recognise Dokalam is a disputed area between Bhutan and China and two countries are engaged in border talks… We also understand that the India has a treaty understanding with Bhutan that’s why Indian troops got involved in the area,” the ambassador had reportedly said.

Kumar also refused to divulge details of communication by other countries to India on the Dokalam issue. PTI

A file photo of the Pangong Tso (lake).

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 15

In a serious turn to the existing tensions between India and China, troops of the two sides clashed on Tuesday, with both pelting stones and hitting each other. Men on both sides were injured.This was the first such incident in several years.Sources confirmed that the incident occurred when land-based patrols of both sides came face to face north of the Pangong Tso (lake) in eastern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. It is an area claimed by both countries and is one of the spots where the two countries fought pitched battles during the 1962 war.The Pangong Tso, a 135 km-wide glacial-melt lake, straddles both countries. It has boat patrols from either side. The land patrols are different from these.The spurs of the mountains forming the northern bank of the lake are militarily termed as ‘fingers’. On a west-to-east axis, India claims territory till ‘Finger 8’, but is in physical control till ‘Finger 4’. The aerial distance between the two ‘fingers’ is about 15 km. The land north of these mountains is disputed.Land patrols of both sides often come face to face and a drill is followed to disengage. This includes unfurling of a banner, asking each other to withdraw. This is the first step.New Delhi has asked for a report as the pelting of stones is considered a serious matter. It is not clear who started the stone pelting or how it was triggered.A flag meeting could be held between brigade commanders of either side at the Spanggur Gap, the designated meeting point south of the Pangong Tso.

Its rather a Shameful act and height of Ambition with greed of the JM Battalion Leader that he directs his second-in-command Brig JS Sandhu to reach Jallander at a schedule  meeting of GOG (Guardians of Governance) the brain child of Capt Amarinder Singh to employ the trained force of Ex-Servicemen as his eyes and ears in the administration Governance.

The meeting was to be addressed by Maj Gen SPS Grewal, Vice Chairman of GOG Scheme and Chairman cum Managing Director  PESCO ( Punjab Ex-Servicemen Corporation) .

The meeting was to educate the ESM of Punjab from Various Districts regarding the role and responsibility that ESM will have to shoulder to make the GOG a success. The ESM will be State employs  at Village,Tehsil,Districts and State Level and they7 will paid an honorarium in return of their services. The basic aim of Capt Amarinder Singh being an ESM to restore the lost respectability and dignity of ESM in Punjab and utilize their experience in Punjab Administration.

SATBIR CIRCULATED MESSAGE TO ESM PUNJAB AGAINST CAPTAIN AMARINDER THROUGH WHATS APP.NOW SEEKING RS SEAT

COMMENTS ON GEN SATBIR  MESSAGE :TRUE FACTS

2. The claim of 13 points submitted was too late in the month of Jan 2017 ,to be included in the congress manifesto. The 17 Points which had been included in the Manifesto were out of the written 24 points handed over to Manpreet Badal  By SANJHA MORCHA after a detailed discussions in a meeting held in the month of    OCT , Those who were [resent were Lt Gen Shergill,Maj Gen

Maj Gen Satbir is a frustrated individual and JM fame leader history and  lowering his image day by day.

 

TODAY Non of the Ministry or MP wants to see his face or  it speak to him about OROP.History repeats earlier Mr Anthony did not allow him  for 9 yrs.

 He landed up at Sangrur function where  IESL was  celeberating Golden Jublee  organised by Brig Inder Mohan as uninvited Guest in month of Jul 2017. He created an unpleasant atmosphere by his unwarranted OROP speeches.

It is alleged that he handed over approx Rs 2 Lakhs to Hav Sukhdev Singh as reliably learned to make new members from IESL and break IESL member ship and support him and  bring maximum ESM to Jantar Mantar on 05 Aug 2017.

 

He himself landed uninvited at Golden Jubliee Akhand Path of IESL at Sangrur 

 

 Brig JS Sandhu his 2 IC of JM battalion also came uninvited  to disturb GOG meeting addressed by Gen SPS Grewal,CMD PESCO and Vice Chairman GOG at Jallander to remind Capt Amarinder regarding his demand for Rajiya Sabha seat.

 

Later Brig Sandhu was seen pleading ESM to support Gen Satbir for Chairman elections of IESM.

 

 No doubt Maj Gen Satbir  has lost his balance and started blaming Brig Indermohan who was no where nearby GOG meet.

Gen Satbir writes to Brig Indermohan with unwarranted language/wording

Brig Inder Mohan,

1   When will you grow up and attend to what you wish to do for the Def Family.Stop criticising others.

 

2   Please donot spread false and concocted Information.I donot even know that there was a Meeting of ESM at Jalandhar and the Schedule.I donot even know about Brig JS Sandhu attending any such Meeting.

 

3   What are you talking about RS Seat?I have neither asked any one nor given any brief to Brig Sandhu to speak about me on any forum.

 

4   Brig Inder Mohan,HAVE YOU NOT LEARNT YOUR LESSON OF BEING ARROGANT WITH YOUR CRUSHING DEFEAT IN IESL ELECTION?The other Day,you were boasting of OUT RIGHT WIN.

 

5   Once again,please refrain from talking about me,i have nothing to do with you.

Dear Gen Satbir,

 

You are talking of growing up.  I thought we are in the last quarter of our lives.

 

Firstly the names mentioned in the post are all known to you and are your confidants. Hope you understand plain English, I just forwarded the post. Not to your liking doesn’t bother me.

 

How come you are not aware your 2ic is in Jalandhar. You wanted RS seat or not is not my concern. But let me tell you. If there is a queue of RS aspirants, you will be too far behind to be visible. And we know you will not be in the queue also. Your place is in JM please be there.

 

About Punjab IESL election I still command more respect and times ahead will show you. You have done a good job, money distribution coming to light. Lt Col SANGHA realising in three way split Inder Mohan will win hands down surrendered his votes getting only 8. Difference between Col Bhag and me only 5 votes. Then I don’t behave like you. When Col Bhag Singh confirmed he doesn’t want to contest I made him a delegate to support me.  Suffice to say, I do not want to write pages on the betrayal, I would have got grass root elections done in the districts where no open elections have been held. Even now they have no standing. In fact very shamelessly they have divided ESM into SIKH and non SIKH votes. What I am doing you all will know in due course. It doesn’t need any organisation for what I am going to do. My bonding with ESM is good enough. And I don’t need show of strength lest I to am like your strength at JM which can be counted on dinners of two hands. What IESL members and large number of other ESM have given me is beyond your comprehension. Mine is payback time for the rest of my life.

 

And yes, unlike you who are always in financial controversies,  with less than Rs 12000 received in subscriptions from new members in  three years, I leave behind Rs 136000 more than I took over. How?  I did not spend a rupee on any expenditure on self. My cars,  my fuel. How about you? One course when donating money between  Jun – Sep 15 gave a cheque of Rs 175000 to IESL Punjab. They knew money in your hands is gone. 30000 in cheque from my Regt officers. 10000 from another offr in Ludhiana and 1000 from an NCO in Tamil Nadu. That’s all. IESL Hq Delhi gave Rs 150000 for travel to  jcos ncos for Anna Hazare really in Delhi,  all paid to 250 participants on 26 Jul 15 I think.

 

The day you imbibe my leadership qualities you would not be running around for getting support for JM.

Just for your Info, visiting Baba Bakala tomorrow to meet Amritsar group for our next venture. We are no more interested in JM or any activity related to begging for better future of ESM. We will show the way to not only ESM of Punjab but the entire country.

 

Got another feed back from some ESM. They are being asked to become members of iesm to vote  for you in your elections. Good luck.

Rest time will tell.

Inder Mohan Singh

OROP CELEBRATED BY MAJ GEN SATBIR AT JM THEN WHY HOLDING TO JM

Major Kamlesh Pandey and jawan Tanzin Chhultim. Image credit: Army

Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, August 3

An Army Major and a jawan were killed while two others were injured in an overnight gunfight in south Kashmir’s volatile Shopian district, the police said.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)The militants attacked an Army patrol at Zadipora  Shopian, some 55 kms from Srinagar when joint teams of  forces were laying a cordon in the area at around 2 am following an input about militant presence.”Four Army men, including a Major, were injured in the attack. The injured Army men were shifted to 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar, where the officer and another jawan succumbed to injuries. The condition of the other injured is also stated to be critical,” sources said.SP Shopian, A S Dinkar, confirmed two Army fatalities.Soon after the attack, forces launched an operation in the area. The anti-militancy operation is still underway in the village bordering Shopian and Kulgam. However, sources said the militants managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness.Meanwhile, two militants were killed in an overnight gunfight at Gopalpora Kulgam, over 75 km from Srinagar.Police sources said that the gunfight broke when militants were challenged by joint teams of forces when they were moving in area.”The militant opened fire triggering a gunfight which ended with the killing of two militants,” sources said, adding two AK 47 rifles were also recovered from the encounter site.A police spokesman in Srinagar said that one of the slain militant was involved in killing of five policemen and guards of bank van at Pambay Kulgam in May.

DC Gauri Parasher Joshi surrounded by security personnel in Panchkula on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR

Nitin Jain

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 26

It could have been a repeat of the unprecedented Jat agitation violence that had rocked Haryana in February 2016, if Deputy Commissioner Gauri Parasher Joshi had not pressed the Army into action when violence and arson reigned supreme in Panchkula on Friday.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)After being outnumbered by the thousands of rampaging dera followers, the local police had fled the spot, leaving the young officer to almost fend for herself.It was her experience of having served in the Naxal-affected district of Kalahandi in Odisha that helped the 2009-batch IAS officer from Odisha cadre, who is on deputation to Haryana, not only to save her life but also to save the situation from totally slipping out of control.The Panchkula violence and arson left at least 32 dead and more than 250 persons injured, besides damaging property worth crores of rupees.As the mob turned violent on hearing the news of the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the 36-year-old District Magistrate faced stone-throwing by the rampaging dera followers, who had swarmed Panchkula for the past couple of days, for some time by herself, as the police force beat a hasty retreat (read fled the spot).During the ensuing violence and arson, this mother of an 11-month-old suffered injuries and even her clothes got torn. Left alone with a single PSO, she then decided to go to her office and issue an order to hand over the situation to the Army, which helped avoid further deterioration of the situation.In the chaotic situation, she again returned to the field. “It was the concern for the city, which was on the boil, that remained uppermost in my mind,” said the bureaucrat.On Saturday, Gauri reached home at 3 am but not before going around every nook and corner of the city and seeing for herself that the situation had been brought under control after dispersing the rioters. After spending a few hours, she left again for the field.During the violence on Friday, the injured DC continued to boost the morale of the district machinery. “When I reached home in the wee hours, the family was shocked to see my blood-soaked clothes,” shared the journalist-turned-bureaucrat, an English Literature postgraduate from Delhi’s St Stephen’s College.“She, however, still refused to go to hospital, saying that the hospital resources were too stretched and did not want to dislocate their work for her relatively less serious injury,” recalled her 2003-batch IAS officer husband Ajit Balaji Joshi, who is the Deputy Commissioner in Chandigarh.

Sushil Manav

Tribune News Service

Sirsa, August 27

Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh on Sunday ordered assets of Dera Sacha Sauda to be attached, following the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s Friday order.

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The high court had ordered the sect to pay for the losses of property caused by its followers after its head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was found guilty of rape on Friday.

Thirty-six people died and hundreds were injured in clashes that broke out after Singh was held guilty of sexually assaulting two female followers in 2002.

A court will announce Singh’s sentence on Monday.