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MAJ GEN SATBIR SINGH :MESSAGE CONTENTS circulated IN WHATS APP

ALL INDIA and nor representative. You can call it Punjab centric. with a touch of NCR and crumbs to Haryana , UP & UK.  Yet the individual who is contesting for the post of Gen Secy and that has been allowed is currently in the US and most likely not be present physically on 27/8..

Since he is from SS inner kitchen cabinet, rules have been bent.

ESM Elections are being held on 27th August 2017 at AVCC, (ARUN VIHAR COMMUNITY CENTRE) SECTOR

 37, Noida,

Near:Army Public School and near Big water Tank,

from 10 AM to 1 PM  to elect the New Management Committee of IESM

*Comments-I*

As received from Brig CS Kamboj:

 

COMMENT –II 

The Leh Army Hospital ICU being inaugurated. Tribune photo

Tribune News Service

Jammu, August 23

The Army today inaugurated the accident and emergency department and the ICU with modern equipment at the Army General Hospital in Leh.The PRO, Defence, Srinagar, said Army’s General Hospital in Leh had been providing quality medical and combat care to soldiers who safeguard frontiers in challenging environs since 1960.He said the hospital had treated operational casualties, mass casualty or civil disasters like the Leh cloud burst, offering the best medical care to the troops, families and civil populace, living up to its reputation of the “highest multispecialty hospital of the world”.A need was felt to augment the critical care services, hence the plan to modernise the intensive care unit (ICU) and accident and emergency department was conceptualised and conceived by the Fire & Fury Corps Commander Lt Gen PJS Pannu, he added.

Indian and Pakistani officials hold a meeting at the Kaman Post on the LoC in Uri sector on Thursday. Tribune photo

Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, August 3

After remaining suspended for a fortnight, the cross-LoC trade on the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad road will resume next week.The decision to resume the trade was taken in a joint meeting of officials from the two sides on Thursday who met at the zero point at Kaman Post on the LoC in Uri sector, 118 km from here.“The trade will resume on the Salamabad-Chakothi axis from Tuesday,” Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM), Uri, Sagar Doifode, who was a member of the delegation that held a one-hour meeting at the zero point, said.The delegation from Kashmir was led by Deputy Commissioner of Baramulla Nasir Naqash. The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir side was represented by Director General, Trans-LoC Trade Authority, Shahid Ahmad.The trade was suspended after the J&K Police seized 66.5 kg of heroin at the Salamabad trade centre at Uri from a truck coming from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on July 21.Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla, Mir Imtiyaz Hussain also briefed the other side about the investigation being carried by the police after the recovery of narcotics.“We also stressed for more security checks on the other side to ensure that no drugs are smuggled here. They agreed to improve the security mechanism at the trade centre at Chakothi,” the Uri SDM said.Besides, both sides have agreed to limit the number of trade trucks to 20 for some time.Cross-LoC trade and the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus services are touted as two of the biggest confidence-building measures between the two warring neighbours over Kashmir since Partition. The cross-LoC trade was launched in October 2008. Initially, the trade was allowed on two days but after 2011, it is being done for four days in a week. The trade is already on the radar of the National Investigation Agency.116 PoK citizens to returnIn all, 116 PoK citizens, who had arrived via Poonch and have been stranded on this side for over a month, will be allowed to return via Kaman Post through the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service on Monday, officials said.

Jhansi (UP), August 28A carton containing smoke bombs was stolen from a special train carrying Army personnel, the police said today. The sensational matter came to light weeks after a Jhansi collectorate clerk, who was under the scanner of the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), was booked for allegedly leaking information to suspected Pakistan-based spies, including those associated with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).The train from Pulgaon in Maharashtra, which was on its way to Pathankot in Punjab, had stopped outside the Jhansi railway station yesterday when the Army personnel detected the seal of one of the coaches broken and a carton containing smoke bombs missing, Circle Officer (CO) Sharad Pratap Singh said here.A case in this regard had been lodged with the Government Railway Police (GRP) and an investigation was on, he said, adding that the incident was said to have taken place between Bina in Madhya Pradesh and the Jhansi railway station as the train had taken several brief halts while crossing the stretch.Earlier this month, Raghavendra Ahirwar, a stenographer posted at the Jhansi collectorate, was booked under different sections of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for allegedly passing on classified information about the movement of Army units at the Babina Cantonment to a “mysterious” caller who identified himself as “Major Yadav”.During the investigation, sleuths found out that “Major Yadav” used to make Internet calls to Ahirwar and had spoofed a local number through a SIM box. The spy, who was interested in the details of the Army units that had reached the Babina Cantonment for firing practice, was reportedly in touch with Ahirwar since 2009.Ahirwar was never able to call “Major Yadav” back as the calls from the latter were always placed over the internet and only nine digits, instead of 10, flashed on his mobile screen.“Major Yadav” had reportedly told him that because of the confidential nature of his job, he was not authorised to receive phone calls.The sleuths detained him for questioning and seized his cell phone, computer, hard disk and pen drive. The bank accounts of Ahirwar and his close relatives were also scanned to detect any “unusual” transaction. Ahirwar was not placed under arrest since no proof of money changing hands surfaced during the preliminary probe. — PTI

The flag meeting at Chakan da Bagh on Wednesday. Tribune Photo

Amir Karim Tantray

Tribune News Service

Jammu, August 23

The Indian and Pakistani armies today held a battalion commander-level flag meeting at Chakan Da Bagh in Poonch to defuse tension at the Line of Control (LoC).The meeting was held in the backdrop of ceasefire violations and casualties to civilians in the past several months.The truce violations on the LoC have affected the cross-LoC bus service and trade. The firing even forced the Poonch administration to suspend the LoC bus service. The stranded tourists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were sent home via Muzaffarabad in Uri recently. The PoK residents were stranded here for three months.The Public Relations Officer of the 16 Corps said the battalion commander-level flag meeting at Chakan Da Bagh in the Poonch sector started at 11 am today and lasted for 50 minutes.“The meeting was held in the backdrop of numerous ceasefire violations and casualties to the civilian population in the past several months,” the PRO said.“The Indian delegation highlighted abetment and support of the Pakistan army to cross-border terrorism, sniping actions on the LoC and deliberate targeting of civilians during ceasefire violations. The resumption of trade and transit through Chakan Da Bagh was also discussed,” he said.“The meeting lasted for 50 minutes in a cordial atmosphere. Both sides mutually agreed to exercise restraint on the LoC and keep the channels of communication between the local commanders open. Both sides also agreed to institute mechanisms to ensure durable peace and tranquillity along the LoC,” the PRO said.The meeting is expected to pave the way for resumption of the cross-LoC trade and bus service through the Poonch-Rawlakote route.

Ruchika M Khanna

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 21

A scaled-down version of the much-hyped Guardians of Governance (GoG) scheme will be launched across 4,000 villages of Punjab from next month. The scheme is coming up for approval before the Council of Ministers in the cabinet meeting, scheduled for Thursday.With ex-servicemen being appointed as the Guardians of Governance (GoG), they will be initially keeping track of 18 welfare schemes, including atta dal, disbursement of social security pensions, any overcharging by cooperatives in fertiliser sale services provided in the hospitals/community health centres and veterinary hospitals.The guardians, to be appointed by a screening committee of ex-servicemen, will be armed with an app on their mobile handsets. They will be physically inspecting the progress of each scheme, which will be ranked and uploaded on the app linked to the IWDMS operating system at the government headquarters here. The ranking, high or low, will be simultaneously visible to the SDM, DC and the administrative secretary of the department that runs the scheme, and the Secretary, Defence Services Welfare, who will be the overall in charge of the GoG scheme.Based on the ranking given by the guardian, the scheme can be rectified. The app allows for the scheme to be examined at the sub-divisional level, district level and at the state level.The Congress government has decided to appoint 1,000 guardians, with each guardian looking after four villages. Originally, the scheme was meant to be rolled out with a budget of Rs 180 crore. “We found that ex-servicemen are residing in only 3,000 villages. We thus reworked the scheme and scaled it down to employing guardians in these 3,000 villages. Thus, the total provisioning required for the scheme will be Rs 45 crore. To begin with, we are running the scheme on a pilot basis this year, and a budget of Rs 12 crore is required for it. Next year, the scheme will be scaled up,” said Gurkirat Kirpal, Secretary, Defence Services Welfare.Two jobs for martyr’s family
As against the norm of giving one compensatory job to next of kin of a martyr, the Punjab Cabinet is likely to give two jobs to the family of Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh of Vein Poin village in Tarn Taran, who attained martyrdom earlier this year.

COL CHARANJIT SINGH KHERA BRIEFS ESM OF GILL HALQUA Distt Ludhiana ABOUT GOG (KHUSHALI DE RAKHE)

ESM from 6 villages attended the meet inspite of heavy rain. ESM from village Silon Khurd,Selon Kalan,Butta,Shanewal ,Dhelon and Roorka attended the meet.

Young Girls and Boys who were keen to join armed forces also attended the meet. The following points were covered /High lighted.

1 GOG in detail.

2. C-PYTE

training Camps 14 NO. which trains Punjab youths for 3 months free training to bring them upto the level of standard required for Army recruitment.

3. Mai Bhago institute
Training for Girls for commission as officer in the Army
4. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Institute.
Taining of boys for commission in Armedn Forces.
5. Kendriya Sainik welfare schemes.

It was was a surprise to know that none of the ESM knew about the above schemes and institutes and even JOB FEST commencing from 21 Aug .

6. ESM welfare points included in the Punjab Congress Manifesto.

All promised to work as a team for betterment of their villages and support war against corruption in all departments of Govt.
Inspite of hy rain esm reached but many missed.
Due to rain the meeting was conducted in a Dera

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Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat pays homage to the slain soldier Sepoy Gawai Sumedh Waman in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, August 13

The Army today paid befitting tributes to two of its soldiers who were killed in an anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.In a solemn ceremony at Badami Bagh Cantonment, Lt Gen JS Sandhu, Chinar Corps Commander and all ranks, paid homage to the soldiers.Representatives and officials of the state government and other security agencies also joined in paying their last respects to the martyrs, the defence spokesman said.The two slain soldiers were identified as Sepoy Ilayaraja P of Kandani Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, and Sepoy Gawai Sumedh Waman of Akola, Maharashtra.Sepoy Waman, 25, had joined the Army in 2011 and is survived by his parents, brother and a sister while coming from Kandani village, Sepoy Ilayaraja P, 25, had donned the uniform in 2012. He is survived by his parents, wife and a sister.The mortal remains of the two slain soldiers were flown to their native places for the last rites.

Last salute to JCO

Tributes were also paid to Naib Subedar Jagram Singh Tomar, 42, who was killed when the Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at the Line of Control in Poonch district on Saturday. Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Naib Subedar Tomar is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The mortal remains of the slain soldier has been flown to his native places for the last rites.