category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU CHANDIGARH Recognising the outstanding services of the Punjab Police, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (GOI), on the eve of 74th Republic Day announced the names of the Punjab Police officers officials, to be awarded President s Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPMDS) and Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS). Three IPS officers including Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Provisioning and Modernisation G Nageswara Rao, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Border Range Amritsar Mohnish Chawla and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sri Muktsar Sahib Opinderjit Singh Ghuman have been awarded President s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Similarly, an IPS officer Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ferozepur Range Ranjit Singh, and four PPS officers including Commandant RTC PAP Jalandhar Mandeep Singh, ADCP City-2 Amritsar Prabhjot Singh Virk, DSP Vigilance Bureau Unit Sangrur Parminder Singh and DSP CID Unit Sangrur Charanpal Singh, are among 15 officers officials who have been selected for the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. The remaining officials include Inspector Tajinder Singh, Inspector Harjinder Singh, SI Daljit Singh, SI Jagtar Singh, SI Baljit Kaur, SI Jugal Kishore, ASI Raj Kumar, ASI Jaspal Singh, ASI Rakesh Chopra, and ASI Piara Singh. Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav, while congratulating the awardees, expressed gratitude to the Central Government and State Government for recognizing the services of these officers and boosting the morale of the entire Punjab Police force. He said that such recognition plays a significant role in encouraging the Police force to work with more dedication and devotion, which is very much required in a border state having manifold security challenges. LIST OF MARVELLOUS ACHIEVER TEACHERS SENT TO CONCERNED DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS FOR FELICITATION Taking a special initiative to acknowledge the best performers teachers achievement, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Wednesday sent lists of more than 50 marvellous achiever teachers and school heads to concerned Deputy Commissioners to honor them. He instructed the Deputy Commissioners to felicitate them at the district level Republic Day functions. Bains said that the teachers are the nation builders and it was the prime duty of the state government to acknowledge these achievements and honour the achievers. The Education Minister said that when he came to know about the teachers from all over Punjab who brighten up the name of the department by doing their unique work, he immediately asked the Deputy Commissioners to honor them. Bains said that the practice of honoring teachers and school principals will remain continue in the future and these teachers would be felicitated on Independence and Republic Day fictions. He informed that the department will prepare lists on the basis of the performance of teachers and send to the Deputy Commissioners. Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that he has given strict instructions to the officials of the department that teachers should be accorded full respect during the field visit and laxity in this regard simply unwarranted and unbearable. (editor dailyworld.in)