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Nominations from December1 to 4,scrutiny on 5 and withdrawal on December 6. Polling on December 14th and counting would be held on December 17th. All arrangements are going to be made shortly- Punamdeep Kaur-DC Faridkot Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot The 10 zones of the zila parishads and 75 zones of  three block samitis would go into polls on December 14th, as per the notification of the Punjab Election Commissioner, said Punamdep Kaur,DC Faridkot in a press note today. "The candidates can file their nomination from December 1,11AM to 3 PM which continues till December 4.The nominations would be scrutinized on December 5 and the last date for the withdrawal of the nomination would be December 6," said Punamdeep Kaur-DC cum district returning officer Faridkot. The DC sai...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot West Point marked its Silver Jubilee—25 years of excellence—with great pride and patriotic spirit as the school conducted the Trooping of the School Flag, celebrating its new milestone as an NCC School.The celebrations took place on the school’s impressive 200-metre athletic ground, featuring a range of athletic events including the 100m race, relay races, and an impressive PT display. The cultural segment showcased vibrant dance performances based on the theme “Nav Ras.”To recognise achievement and inspire excellence, medals and trophies were awarded to the winners of the athletic events. Children who had excelled in academics and students who had won gold at national levels were also honoured during the ceremony.The Chief Guest for the occasion was Advo...

Raghbir Singh Brar FaridkotS. Himmat Singh Nakai, Director of West Point School, Kotkapura, brought laurels to Punjab by clinching the Gold Medal in the 0175 India Open Shotgun Competition (Skeet – Masters Category) held in Patiala from October 30 to November 5, 2025. The championship saw outstanding performances from Punjab shooters, with Dr. Deepinder Sandhu winning Silver and Gurinder Garcha taking Bronze. The event featured top shooters from across the nation, highlighting Punjab’s growing dominance in the shooting arena. After his victory, Mr. Nakai shared: “To compete in an Olympic sport, one must maintain both physical and mental fitness. In life too, sports and fitness play a vital role in achieving success.” At West Point School, academics and athletics go hand ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot S. Himmat Singh Nakai, Director of West Point School, Kotkapura, brought glory to Punjab by winning the Gold Medal in the 0175 India Open Shotgun Competition (Skeet – Masters Category) held in Patiala from October 30 to November 5, 2025. Punjab shooters displayed exceptional skill, with Dr. Deepinder Sandhu securing Silver and Gurinder Garcha earning Bronze. The event witnessed participation from top shooters across India, reaffirming Punjab’s dominance in the sport. After his victory, Mr. Nakai shared, “To compete in an Olympic sport, one must maintain both physical and mental fitness. In life too, sports and fitness play a vital role in achieving success.” At West Point School, academics and athletics go hand in hand. Mr. Nakai has cult...

"We have nothing left now,making both ends meet very difficult, "Kaku Singh,father of the patient. The family had lost everything during partition and now work as daily wagers. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot 40 years old Binder Singh,a resident of village Devi Wala, subdivision Kotkapura is now looking for some financial help to purchase medicines and transport to reach Dera Bassi where he was operated upon. He has pinned all his hopes on the help from the society and some government departments. The family had to first suffer the trauma of partition in 1947 and had lost all its land back in Pakistan. “Both the valves of his heart have been replaced. We first took him to Faridkot and then to Bathinda where the doctors told us that estimated cost for his heart sur...

A village that has many intra-village marriages. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot It was on 24th October when one resident of the village broke the news "There is a very strange news from our village,” he whispers to his colleague as soon as he pulls off his bike near me. “What has happened?" I ask him curiously? “There was a girl from our neighborhood. She allegedly called up two boys to her home. One of them parked his bike nearby while one entered into her house. Some other brats, alerted the situation, caught the one with the motorcycle parked with him and he told them that his companion was in that house,’ he tells. The result is harrowing,terrifying. The minor girl had allegedly drunk some weedicide leading to her death when she was allegedly caught with the boy. "...

A welcome move to save the farming community. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot If one is a law-abiding farmer, fearing red entries and registration of the cases for stubble burning, one may have to shell about Rs 1700 per acre, Rs 700 paid to the chopper operators and about Rs 900 to 1000 to paddy baler operators for making the bales of the paddy. Apart from it, one may have to face harassment or delays of sowing next crop and preparing the tough fields. There were strict messages to the farmers till the last week of October but conditioned with the whispers that if you want to burn the paddy stubble, burn it after the satellite monitoring the farm fire incidents leaves the land, ie,5 PM. “The operators of the paddy balers demand Rs 1000 per acre for making stubble bal...

Raaghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Jagjeet Singh Dallewal,state president of Bharti Kisan Union Sidhupur-Ekta alleged that the moisture meters to find out the moisture content in paddy are being allegedly misused. ‘I visited a grain market in Bhagtan Wali Mandi in Amritsar district and found out that the moisture meters used by different persons ,ie, procurement agencies, traders ,millers and market committee had a lot of variation in their readings. This is an apparent loot of the farmers and it would not be tolerated by us.I met many farmers and the moisture content in their paddy was between 15 to 17 which was shown much higher. When we intervened, the produce was decided to be proccured,but later on the farmers told us that the vested interests persons allegedly threatened that farm...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Dr Kulwant Singh, chief agriculture officer Faridkot has said that the farmers can avail a subsidy upto Rs 2000 per quintal on the purchase of the seeds of certified varieties of wheat as per the scheme of the government “National food security and Nutrition Mission”.“The farmers can apply on the website of the government for the subsidised seed of the wheat crop.The farmers can log in on agrimachinerypb.com portala to avail the subsidy on the certified seeds of wheat.The farmers can maxxium avail the subsidy upto one hectare only and it would be at the spot discount to the farmers where they purchase the seeds,” informed Dr Kulwant Singh,CAO Faridkot."There is a target of making available seeds of subsiudised wheat of about 1980 quintal in the district,...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot month, farmers are waiting at the grain markets to sell their produce allegedly to higher moisture content.The three days off is likely to lead to a very heavy glut in the grain market.If the grain market is closed by the ahartias for three days, it is allegedly an unwelcome move beecause, the farmers who have already unloaded their produce at the grain markets, may have to wait for many days due to the three days off in the grain market.As the agriculture harvest can not be delayed much due to many causes, the farmers have to harvest and carry their produce to the market.Even the farmers and the labour work till the Diwali Day afternoon,having an off only in the evening in such a busy schedule.