H D Devegowda upset for not inviting on the inaguration of Bogibeel bridge he laid the foundation of

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PM Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel across Brahmaputra river.

BENGALURU: While the inauguration of the Bogibeel Bridge by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Assam on Tuesday was welcomed by many, it reportedly brought disappointment for former Prime Minister and JD (S) supremo HD Deve Gowda, who had laid the foundation stone of the longest rail-cum-road bridge, over not being invited to the event.

Though the PM inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel across Brahmaputra river, built at a cost of Rs 5,900 crore, its foundation stone was laid by Gowda when he was the prime minister in 1997.

“Railway line to Kashmir, Delhi Metro and Bogibeel rail-road bridgewere among the projects I had sanctioned (as prime minister). I had sanctioned the budget of Rs 100 crore for each of these projects and laid their foundation stones. People have forgotten today,” Gowda said.

Replying to a question from reporters on the sidelines of a function in Bengaluru as to how he felt about the inauguration of the project started by him, the former prime minister said he had given the nod for many projects.

To a question whether he received an invitation, Gowda quipped, “Aiyo Rama! Who will remember me? Some newspapers might have mentioned about it.”

On the enormous delay in completing the project, he said, “That is where I differ. I completed the Hassan-Mysuru project in 13 months. I completed two bridges on time. Anagwadi bridge (across Ghataprabha). Go and see the bridge on Krishna river.

“Some people from Bombay Karnataka region say that Deve Gowda did not do anything (for the north Karnataka region), go and see it,” he added. 

Amid much fanfare, the Prime Minister on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam.

The PM, who reached Dibrugarh in the afternoon from New Delhi, flew directly to Bogibeel in a chopper and dedicated the 4.94-km-long double-decker bridge to the nation from the south bank of the river.

After greeting people, standing on the foothold of his vehicle, PM Modi deboarded the car and walked a few metres on the bridge along with Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

The PM crossed the bridge in his cavalcade to the north bank of Brahmaputra, where he flagged off the Tinsukia-Naharlagun Intercity Express.

The train will run five days a week. 

The 4.9-km bridge will cut down the train-travel time between Tinsukia in Assam to Naharlagun town of Arunachal Pradesh by more than 10 hours.

The strategically important bridge, which begins at Dibrugarh and ends at Dhemaji districts of Assam, will remove communication bottlenecks to several districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Bogibeel Bridge, which was a part of the Assam Accord and sanctioned in 1997-98, is also likely to play a crucial role in defence movement along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh.

The foundation stone of the project was laid by former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on January 22, 1997, while work commenced on April 21, 2002, under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government. The Congress-led UPA government had declared it a national project in 2007.

December 25 happens to be Vajpayee’s birth anniversary.

Due to an inordinate delay in its implementation, the cost of the project escalated by 85 per cent to Rs 5,960 crore from the sanctioned estimated cost of Rs 3,230.02 crore. The total length of the bridge was also revised to 4.94 km from the earlier 4.31 km.

The bridge is part of the infrastructure projects planned by India to improve logistics along the border in Arunachal Pradesh.

“The bridge will enhance the national security of the eastern region by facilitating the swift movement of defence forces and their equipment. It was constructed in such a way that even a fighter jet can land on it in case of emergency,” a source said.

A senior army official had earlier said the biggest advantage of the bridge will be an easy movement of troops from southern to northern bank.

“This means travelling to the farthest most point of India’s border with China will be shortened by several hundred kilometers,” he had said.

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma had also said that the bridge will provide logistical support for the Indian Army manning the border.

The road distance from Dibrugarh to Itanagar will be reduced by 150 km and the railway travel distance between these two points will shorten by 705 km, he had said.

The bridge and the train will be a boon for the people of Dhemaji as major hospitals, medical colleges and airport are in Dibrugarh, the third-largest city in the Northeast. 

Small parties should be respected and given due importance by their bigger allies: Ashish Patel

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Apna Dal (S) is not happy with the treatment given to its leader and MoS (Health) Anupriya Patel by the BJP.

Mirzapur: Small parties should be respected and given due importance by their bigger allies, Ashish Patel, national president of Apna Dal (S) party, a constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), said on Tuesday.

He also cautioned the saffron party that a tie-up between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh would pose a challenge to it in 2019 Lok Sabha election.

“We small parties, like the Apna Dal(S), want some respect to be shown to us. We, our leaders and workers feel hurt if due importance is not given to us,” Ashish Patel told mediapersons here.

He added that his party was not happy with the behaviour of the BJP-led state government with Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel, also his wife.

The Apna Dal (S) chief claimed that she was not given adequate importance and not even invited for inaugurations of medical colleges.

Ashish Patel’s remarks come days after Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RSLP) Chief Upendra Kushwaha walked out of the NDA. He was upset with the BJP after it asserted that the RLSP would not be given more than two seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Earlier in March, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ended its four-year-old alliance with the NDA over the Centre’s refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh.

Asked how many seats his party would like to contest in in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 Lok Sabha election, Ashish Patel said it would be revealed when the time comes.

He asserted that the Apna Dal(S) had widened its base during the last five years.

The party’s candidates Anupriya Patel and Harivansh Singh won from Mirzapur and Pratapgarh respectively.

Responding to a question, Ashish Patel denied that the BJP’s defeats in the recently concluded assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh had weakened the party.

“However, the defeat is a matter of concern. The BJP leadership should review the poll outcome in-depth,” he said. 

He added his party would like to see Narendra Modi as the prime minister again after next year’s general election.

The Apna Dal(S) chief said the NDA partners should be ready to face a BSP-SP alliance.

“Such a tie-up will pose a challenge before the BJP,” Ashish Patel said.

To be able to face the situation, the NDA members should sit together and discuss the scenario, he said.

He also expressed concern over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh. 

Nationalised Banks on Strike today: 26 Dec, 2018

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Services of state-owned banks are expected to be impacted Wednesday due to a nation-wide strike call given by unions to protest against the proposed amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda. This will be the second bank strike in less than a week.

Last Friday (December 21), an officers’ union of state-run banks observed a day-long strike to protest against the merger and also demanded immediate settlement of wage negotiations. Most of the banks have already informed customers about the strike.

Private sector banks will continue to function as usual.

The strike is being organised by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella organisation of nine unions, including the All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), the All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE) and the National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW). The UFBU claims membership of 10 lakh officers and staffers.

According to AIBEA General Secretary C H Vekatachalam, the conciliation meeting called by Additional Chief Labour Commissioner did not lead to any assurance and so the unions are going ahead with the strike.

During the meeting, neither the government nor the concerned banks came forward to assure that they will not go ahead with the merger, he added.

The unions claim that the government wants banks to grow in size by such mergers but even if all public sector banks are bundled into one, the merged entity will not find a place among the top 10 globally.

The government in September approved the amalgamation of Bank of Baroda (BoB), Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank — the first three-way merger in the public sector banking space.

The move follows top lender State Bank of India last year merging five of its subsidiary banks with itself and taking over Bharatiya Mahila Bank, catapulting it to among the top 50 global lenders.

On wage revision, NOBW Vice President Ashwani Rana it is due since November 2017. So far, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has offered 8 per cent wage hike which is not acceptable to UFBU, he said.

PM inagurated country’s longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, Bogibeel bridge, at Dibrugarh in Assam on December 25, 2018. 

At 4.94 km, the double-decker structure is India’s longest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25 inaugurated the country’s longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam.

After reaching Dibrugarh in the afternoon from New Delhi, Mr. Modi directly flew to Bogibeel in a chopper and inaugurated the 4.94-km-long double-decker bridge from the southern bank of the river.

Mr. Modi along with Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also walked a few metres on the bridge.

The strategically important bridge over the mighty Brahmaputra will remove communication bottlenecks to several districts in Arunachal Pradesh.

The bridge, which begins at Dibrugarh and ends at Dhemaji districts of Assam, will connect parts of Arunachal Pradesh by road as well as the railway.

bogibeel-bridge why is it so important

he Bogibeel Bridge, which was a part of the Assam Accord and sanctioned in 1997-98, is likely to play a crucial role in defence movement along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh.

‘NDA govt changed dilly-dallying work culture of the past’

After inaugurating the bridge, the Prime Minister flagged off the Tinsukia-Naharlagun Intercity Express, which will run five days a week and use the 4.9-km bridge to cut down the train-travel time between Tinsukia in Assam to Naharlagun town of Arunachal Pradesh by more than 10 hours.

Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh is just over 15 km from Naharlagun.

Addressing a rally at Kareng Chapori after inaugurating the bridge, Mr. Modi said said completion of projects within a given time frame is no longer confined to paper but has become a reality.

“We have changed the earlier latkane bhatkane (dilly-dallying) work culture… Completion of projects within a time frame is no longer confined to paper but has become a truth in the real sense,” he said in an apparent dig at the previous Congress-led UPA government.

If former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had a second term, Bogibeel Bridge would have been ready by 2008-09. After his government, no attention was paid to the project till 2014, the Prime Minister said.

Asserting that the Bogibeel bridge will strengthen the country’s defence prowess with movement of vehicles and trains, he said, it is not only a bridge, it is a lifeline for crores of people in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

The bridge will cut down rail distance (between Dibrugarh in Assam to Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh) to below 200 km from 700 km now, Mr. Modi said.


Bogibeel Bridge why it is so important

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Bogibeel will span the Brahmaputra in eastern Assam

The Brahmaputra was till 1962 the only river in India that had not been bridged along its entire length either for road or railway, according to a 1988 book co-authored by former railwayman and IIT Madras teacher S. Ponnuswamy.

The river, more than 10 km wide in several stretches, now awaits the completion of its fourth and easternmost span — the country’s longest road-rail bridge at 4.94 km — that India’s defence forces and residents of the eastern half of the Northeast have been demanding for almost five decades.

“The Bogibeel bridge will usher in a new era of economic development in the region, apart from strengthening national security in the border areas,” AssamChief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, following a recent visit to inspect progress on the construction of the bridge.

Sited about 17 km downstream of Dibrugarh town, the bridge will facilitate road and rail connectivity between the north and south banks of the Brahmaputra in the eastern part of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

“A lot of emotion is attached to this bridge because it was part of the Assam Accord of 1985, but it is taking a long time,” said Lurinjyoti Gogoi, general secretary of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).

For the construction wing of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) that is undertaking the project, it is better late than never given the unpredictability of the Brahmaputra and instability of its banks.

Training the river

While former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda laid the foundation stone for the Bogibeel bridge in January 1997, work started only in April 2002, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the construction.

With several deadlines having been missed over the past 16 years, impatience has grown in the area. The NFR had set a June target, which was pushed back to October, and the latest indications are that the formal inauguration might be delayed by another couple of months more.

The protracted delay has resulted in the project’s cost increasing more than threefold to ₹5,800 crore, from the initial estimate of ₹1,767 crore.

At Bogibeel, the unpredictable river needed to be trained first for diversion through a narrower channel by constructing a total of 4.83 km of guide bunds, while flood dykes had to be raised and strengthened 9 km upstream and 7 km downstream on both banks.

Strategic span

“The actual work on the bridge began in 2011, and by that time we knew the guide bunds and dykes could withstand the river’s might,” a railway engineer, who did not wish to be named, said. The bridge has been designed for carrying very heavy loads and features dual broad-gauge tracks and a three-lane road.

“This is very strategic from the defence point of view, and the Army has been demanding it for years,” retired Brigadier Ranjit Barthakur told the media persons “The bridge classification is on the higher side for movement of heavy military equipment. It will drastically cut time for induction of troops and logistics during a war-like situation,” he added.

At present, troops moving between Dhemaji and Dibrugarh — districts on opposite banks — have to travel more than 600 km via the 3.015 km Kaliabhomora bridge, west of Bogibeel.

Ferry services could be hit

The Inland Water Transport (IWT) Department of Assam fears that the Bogibeel bridge will impact ferry services to a large extent. At present, one government vessel and 24 private boats ferry 2,500 people, 146 cars and 84 two-wheelers on an average every day, said Bharat Bhushan Dev Choudhury, director, IWT Department.

“We have to think of other ways to remain in business, such as long-distance cargo movement that works out cheaper than road transport,” Mr. Choudhury said.

पंचकूला के विधायक एवं मुख्य सचेतक ज्ञान चंद गुप्ता ने सैक्टर 6 में 37.14 लाख रुपए की लागत से नवनिर्मित अंत्योदय भवन का लोकार्पण किया।

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प्ंचकूला 25 दिसम्बर:

पंचकूला के विधायक एवं मुख्य सचेतक ज्ञान चंद गुप्ता ने सैक्टर 6 में 37.14 लाख रुपए की लागत से नवनिर्मित अंत्योदय भवन का लोकार्पण किया। 

इस अवसर पर उन्होंने बोलते हुए कहा कि आज मदन मोहन मालवीय एवं पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी का जन्म दिन है जिसे सुशासन दिवस के रूप में मनाया गया और लोगों को एक ही छत के नीचे विभिन्न स्कीमों का लाभ देने के लिए अंत्योदय भवन की शुरूआत की गई है। उन्होंने कहा कि  इस अंत्योदय भवन की शुरूआत करने का सरकार का मुख्य उद्वेश्य की गरीब वर्ग के लोग जो अंतिम पंक्ति में खड़ा है उन्हें सरकार की स्कीमों का लाभ सरल तरीके से मिल सके। 

उन्होंने कहा कि मुख्यमंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल ने भी आज करनाल से वीडियो कान्फ्रेंसिंग के माध्यम से प्रदेश के 115 अंत्योदय भवनों का उदघाटन किया है। इस भवन में सभी 47 विभागों की 242 स्कीमों  का लाभ एक ही छत के नीचे उपलब्ध होगा। उन्होंने कहा कि हरियाणा देश का एकमात्र ऐसा राज्य बन जहां पर लोगों को इतनी मात्रा में योजनाओं एवं सेवाओं का लाभ उपलब्ध होगा। 

उपायुक्त ने बताया  िकइस केन्द्र में चार कांउटर बनाए गए है। इसके अलावा एक हैल्प डैस्क एवं टोकन सैंटर बनाया गया है जिस पर सभी प्रकार की फीस सहित पूर्ण जानकारी मिलेगी। उन्होंने बताया कि यह ंअंत्योदय भवन कालका चण्डीगढ रोड़ पर कमान अस्पताल के समाने कार्यरत है। आम नागरिकों की जानकारी के लिए 1800-2000-023 हैल्प लाईन भी बनाया गया है। कोई भी व्यक्ति ूूूण्ेंतंसींतलंदं ण्हवअण्पद सरल पोर्टल पर घर बैठे कम्प्युटर एवं लेबटोप के माध्यम भी अपलोड कर सकते है। 

अवसर पर जिला भाजपा के प्रधान दीपक शर्मा, जिला महामंत्री हरेन्द्र मलिक, उपमण्डल अधिकारी ना. पंचकूला पंकज सेतिया, कालका की एसडीएम रिचा राठी, नगराधीश ममता शर्मा, हरियाणा शिवालिक विकास बोर्ड के सदस्य श्यामलाल बसंल, मुख्यमंत्री सुशासन सहयोगी सरोज, सहित अन्य अधिकारी व कर्मचारी भी उपस्थित रहे। 

जिला सचिवालय में स्थित ई दिशा में अंत्योदय सरल का उदघाटन

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प्ंचकूला 25  दिसम्बर।

हरियाणा सरकार ने एक ओर नई पहल करते हुए प्रदेशवासियों को  नववर्ष पर अंत्योदय सरल केन्द्र एक ही छत के नीचे लोगों को सभी प्रकार की सेवाएं ऑन लाईन मुहैया करवाने की शुरूआत कर दी है। इसके तहत जिला व तहसील स्तर पर लोगों को लगभग 470 सेवाओं एवं स्कीमों का लाभ मिलेगा।

जिला सचिवालय में स्थित ई दिशा में अंत्योदय सरल का उदघाटन हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल ने करनाल से वीडियो कान्फ्रेस के माध्यम से सुशासन दिवस के अवसर पर किया। पंचकूला में आयोजित कार्यक्रम में पंचकूला के विधायक मुख्य सचेतक ज्ञानचंद गुप्ता ने मुख्य अतिथि के रूप  में शिरक्त की। विधायक इस अवसर पर मुख्यमंत्री से सीधी तौर पर बातचीत करते हुए मुख्यमंत्री को इन सेवाओं को ऑन लाईन लोगों को उपलब्ध करवाने की दिशा में सरकार की पहल पर मुख्यमंत्री को इस बड़ी उपलब्धी पर बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं दी। उन्होंने बातचीच के दौरान मुख्यमंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल से विशेष तौर पर सुझाव देते हुए कहा कि इन सेवाओं एवं स्कीमों का लोगों को लाभ मिलने के लिए अधिक से अधिक प्रचार प्रसार होना चाहिए। इस पर मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि सूचना एंव जनसम्पर्क विभाग के माध्यम से रेडियो, जिंगल व प्रेैस के माध्यम से व्यापक प्रचार किया जा रहा है। इसके साथ साथ विभाग के अधिकारी भी उनके द्वारा दी जाने वाली लोगों को सुविधाओं के संबध में पम्पलेट तैयार करवाकर गांव स्तर पर प्रचार किया जा सकता है। 

इस मौके पर उपायुक्त मुकुल कुमार ने इस सरल केन्द्र में दी जाने वाली सेवाओं के बारे में विधायक को विस्तार से जानकारी देते हुए बताया कि राईट टू सर्विस एक्ट के तहत प्रद्वत की जाने वाली 204 सेवाओं का लाभ जिला स्तर के इस केन्द्र पर मिलेगा। इनमें नगर निगम, राजस्व, स्वास्थ्य, मार्केटिंग बोर्ड, शिक्षा बोर्ड, उतर हरियाणा बिजली वितरण निगम, खाद्य एवं पूर्ति विभाग, लेबर बोर्ड, वन, जनस्वास्थ्य अभियंात्रिकी विभाग की सेवाएं शामिल है। इसके साथ ही मत्स्य, हाऊसिंग बोर्ड, प्रिंटिंग एण्ड स्टेशनरी, साईसं एवं टैक्नोलोजी, यातायात, राजस्व विभाग की सेवाए भी इस केन्द्र पर मिलेगी। इसके अलावा रायपुर रानी व कालका में भी इस तरह के अटल सरल केन्द्र संचालित किए जा रहे है। 

विधायक ने सरल केन्द्र में सराहनीय कार्य करने वाले रायपुरा रानी के दिनेश सिक्का, बरवाला के जयवीर सिंह को प्रशासन की ओर से सम्मानित किया। इस अवसर पर जिला भाजपा के प्रधान दीपक शर्मा, जिला महामंत्री हरेन्द्र मलिक, उपमण्डल अधिकारी ना. पंचकूला पंकज सेतिया, कालका की एसडीएम रिचा राठी, नगराधीश ममता शर्मा सहित अन्य अधिकारी व कर्मचारी भी उपस्थित रहे। 

फोटो कैप्शन  पंचकूला के विधायक एवं मुख्य सचेतक ज्ञानचंद गुप्ता जिला सचिवालय में सरल केन्द्र के उदघाटन अवसर पर मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में उपस्थित एवं सराहनीय कार्य करने वालों को सम्मानित करते हुए। 

Man held with illegal weapon

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25.12.2018

On 24.12.18, in a major breakthrough police party of PS- Maloya, Chandigarh arrested one accused namely Parmod Kumar S/o Rajpal R/o Village Kapsad, PS- Sardana, Distt. Meerut, UP, age 36 years, in case of Arms Act.

On 24.12.18, police party of PS-Maloya was on patrolling duty under Roko-Toko Abhiyan. A secret information was received that one person namely Parmod Kumar S/o Rajpal R/o Village Kapsad, Distt. Meerut, (UP) who was involved in Docaity cases registered in Himachal Pradesh and was released on parole in the said case but he did not surrender in Jail. At present, he is staying at the residence of his sister situated in Maloya Colony, Chandigarh and he is having one Revolver along with live cartridges. He is planning to commit a Docaity in Chandigarh. On this information a naka was laid and at about 5.15 PM one person seen coming from Daronacharya Mandir toward police party and he was detained by the police party. On asking he disclosed his name as Parmod Kumar S/o Rajpal R/o Village Kapsad, PS- Sardana, Distt. Meerut, UP, age 36 years and Police party recovered one country made Revolver .32 MK-IV Kanpur India 2016-9741 M along with 5 live Cartridges without any license or permit.

In this regard a Case FIR No. 243 dated 24.12.18 u/s 25/54/59 Arms Act has been registered at PS-Maloya, Chd. He will be produced before duty magistrate today and his police remand will be sought in order to know about his involvement in other crimes and from where and how he procured the said weapon and his other accomplices.

Police File

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DATED:25.12.2018

Two arrested for consuming liquor at public place

A case U/S 68-1(B) Punjab Police Act 2007 & 510 IPC has been registered in PS-03, Chandigarh against two persons who were arrested while consuming liquor at public place in canter No. PB65T-2005 while parked near Post Office, inner market, Sector 8, Chandigarh on 24.12.2018. The vehicle in which they were consuming liquor has also been seized/impounded by police.

This drive will be continuing in future, the general public is requested for not breaking the law.

Cheating

Sh. Jagdish Chander (worker) C/o Manchanda Money Changer, Booth No. 340, Sector 32D, Chandigarh alleged that unknown person cheated away 10,000 Euro from complainant regarding exchanging with Rs. 8,10,000/- at cabin of SCO No. 156-157, 1st floor, Sector 9, Chandigarh on 24.12.2018. A case FIR No. 252, U/S 420 IPC has been registered in PS-03, Chandigarh. Investigation of the case is in progress.

MV Theft

Sh. Karambir Singh R/o # 246, Shanti Nagar, Manimajra, Chandigarh reported that unknown person stolen away complainant’s M/Cycle No. PB30W0412 from Parking ISBT-43, Chandigarh on 19.12.2018. A case FIR No. 449, U/S 379 IPC has been registered in PS-36, Chandigarh. Investigation of the case is in progress.

Burglary

A lady resident of Sector-52, Chandigarh reported that unknown person stolen away cash Rs. 12,000/- and gold ornaments from her house on 24-12.2018. A case FIR No. 450, U/S 380, 454 IPC has been registered in PS-36, Chandigarh. Investigation of the case is in progress.

Quarrel/Assault

A case FIR No. 482, U/S 323, 325, 341, 427, 506, 34 IPC has been registered in PS-39, Chandigarh on the complaint of Deepak R/o # 6732/A, Sector-56, Chandigarh who alleged that a person namely Shine with two others beaten & threatened complainant near Jamun Chowk, Sector 56, Chandigarh and also broken the window pane of complainant’s Swift Dzire car No. HR-45C-5233 on 22.12.2018. Investigation of the case is in progress.

25 दिसंबर को क्यों होती है तुलसी की पूजा, जानें इतिहास और पूजा विधि

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तुलसी केवल एक पौधा ही नहीं बल्कि धरा के लिए वरदान है और इसी वजह से हिंदू धर्म में इसे पूज्यनीय माना गया है

प्रतिवर्ष 25 दिसंबर को तुलसी पूजन दिवस मनाया जाता है. तुलसी केवल एक पौधा ही नहीं बल्कि धरा के लिए वरदान है और इसी वजह से हिंदू धर्म में इसे पूज्यनीय माना गया है. आयुर्वेद में तुलसी को अमृत कहा गया है क्योंकि ये औषधि भी है और इसका नियमित उपयोग आपको उत्साहित, खुश और शांत रखता है. भगवान विष्णु की कोई भी पूजा बिना तुलसी के पूरी नहीं मानी जाती.

मीडिया रिपोर्ट के अनुसार तुलसी पूजन दिवस की शुरुआत साल 2014 में धर्मगुरू आसाराम ने की थी. आसाराम इस समय बलात्कार के एक मामले में जेल में बंद हैं. आसाराम की संस्था की वेबसाइट आश्रम डॉट ओआरजी पर बताया गया है, 25 दिसम्बर से 1 जनवरी के दौरान शराब आदि नशीले पदार्थों का सेवन, आत्महत्या जैसी घटनाए, युवाधन की तबाही एवं अवांछनीय कृत्य खूब होते हैं. इसलिए प्राणिमात्र का मंगल एवं भला चाहने और करने वाले पूज्य बापूजी ने वर्ष 2014 में आह्वान किया था कि 25 दिसंबर से एक जनवरी तक तुलसी-पूजन, जप-माला पूजन, गौ-पूजन, हवन, गौ-गीता-गंगा जागृति यात्रा, सत्संग आदि कार्यक्रम आयोजित हों.

पूजन विधि

सुबह अपने नैतिक कार्यों से निवृत होकर मां तुलसी की पूजा करनी चाहिए. पहले कुमकुम से उनका टीका करना चाहिए और उसके बाद उनकी आरती करके जल चढ़ाना चाहिए.

जल चढ़ाते वक्त आपको निम्नलिखित मंत्र पढ़ने चाहिए-

महाप्रसादजननी सर्व सौभाग्यवर्धिनी

आधि व्याधि हरा नित्यं तुलसी त्वं नमोस्तुते

इसके बाद आप तुलसी की परिक्रमा कीजिए, आप अपनी सुविधानुसार 7, 11, 21 या 111 परिक्रमा कर सकते हैं और उसके बाद मां तुलसी का ध्यान कीजिए. इसके बाद तुलसी के पत्ते डालकर प्रसाद वितरित करें. तुलसी पूजा सुबह ही नहीं आप आज कभी भी कर सकते हैं.

तुलसी के आठ नाम

वृंदा, वृंदावनी, विश्वपावनी, विश्वपूजिता, पुष्पसारा, नंदिनी, तुलसी और कृष्णजीवनी- ये तुलसी देवी के आठ नाम हैं. कहते हैं कि जो पुरुष तुलसी की पूजा करके इस नामाष्टक का पाठ करता है, उसे अश्वमेध यज्ञ का फल प्राप्त होता है.

आज के दिन केवल तुलसी की पूजा ही नहीं होती है बल्कि आज के दिन एक अभियान के तहत घर-घर तुलसी लगाया जाता है. ‘घर-घर तुलसी लगाओ अभियान’ वेदांत सेवा समिति एवं महिला उत्थान मंडल द्वारा शुरू किया गया था.

तुलसी के लाभ

डिफेन्स रिसर्च एंड डेवलपमेंट ऑर्गनाइजेशन के मुताबिक ‘तुलसी’ में एंटी ऑक्सीडंट गुणधर्म है और वह आण्विक विकिरणों से क्षतिग्रस्त कोशों को स्वस्थ बना देती है. तुलसी संक्रामक रोगों, जैसे-टीबी, मलेरिया इत्यादि की चिकित्सा में बहुत उपयोगी है. तुलसी का पौधा उच्छ्वास में ओजोन वायु छोड़ता है, जो विशेष स्फूर्तिप्रद है.