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Tushita Gulati,PCS has been appointed nodal officer in the district. The aspirants can contact Pradeep Deora,deputy DEO Faridkot at helpline no.98142-56584 Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot .Deputy commissioner Faridkot Punamdeep Kaur on Thursday has instructed the officials of the education department, police officers and other concerned departments to help complete the National Eligibility Entrance Test(NEET) in the district. The DC said that two schools ,Dr Mohinder Singn Sambi, senior secondary school for girls and Kendriya Vidyalaya Faridkot have been designated centers for the NEET in the district. "The examination is going to be held on May 4,Sunday and all the concerned officials are instructed to successfully help conduct the entrance examination. The candidates are supposed to...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot    Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguarding the rights of farmers. The wheat procurement process is progressing rapidly across the state, with payments totaling ₹20,500 crore already made to farmers.This was stated by Punjab Food & Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak during his visit to the main grain market of Sri Muktsar Sahib. Interacting with the media, he emphasized that the government is ensuring smooth and prompt procurement of wheat directly from the farmers.During the visit, the Minister held discussions with laborers, commission agents (arhtiyas), and farmers to understand their concerns and received updates from officials regarding...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Faridkot police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested 4 persons from near Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Chowk in Faridkot and claimed to have recovered 310 grams of Heroin, which is a commercial recovery made in the presence of Tarlochan Singh,DSP SD Faridkot. "We have arrested Jagmeet Singh and Sandeep Singh,both residents of Faridkot and Mehakdeep Singh and Harjeet Singh, both residents of village Dohak of Muktsar.They were sitting in  a parked car and when the car and the occupants were searched, the police recovered 310 grams of heroin besides a small computerized scale from their possession," said Pragya Jain,SSP Faridkot in a press release to the media. All the accused have been produced in the court and further investigation would...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Jagjeet Singh Dallewal,state president of the BKU Sidhupur Ekta on Tuesday demanded compensation for the wheat crop damaged by the fires,hailstorms and Karnal bunt disease in Muktsar and Fatehgarh districts. He said that farm fires have burned thousands of acres of standing wheat crop and at some places, untimely rains and hailstorms have also led to huge loss of the farmers. But the government has not initiated Girdawari to assess the damage so far,Dallewal said in a press note to the media today. He announced that SKM Non political would hold Dharnas at district headquarters in Punjab,Haryana and Rajasthan in this regard besides a thorough inquiry and compensation for the stolen agricultural ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Kotkapura sub division police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested Jaspreet Singh alias Shaktiman, a resident of village Khara,under Sadar police station Kotkapura,who was the main accused in the murder case of his wife Gagandeep Kaur. The police had registered a case of murder and criminal conspiracy on the complaint of Baltej Singh, a resident of Kothe Bahman Wale on Monday against Jaspreet Singh, his brother Sukhwant Singh, father Mohinder Singh and mother Charanjeet Kaur under section 103(1),61 of BNS at Sadar police station Kotkapura. "We have arrested the main accused JAspreet Singh alias Shaktiman and shall nab others too soon. The police had taken swift action and registered a case and began investigation into the case soon after the murcer," ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot In a self destruction move, Jaspreet Singh , a resident of village Khara, allegedly killed his wife Gagandeep Kaur,40 at about 8 AM on Monday. Jaspreet Singh alias Shaktiman, a Kabaddi player was married to Kaur about 17 years ago. "The accused wanted to sell earth from his land of which Gagandeep Kaur opposed. When they were both in the fields on Melka road, near Khara, a scuffle broke out between the two which led to the murder of the Gagandeep Kaur," said Jatinder Singh,DSP Kotkpura. The locals said that there was always a dispute between the families and when the husband wanted to sell earth which was higher, her wife opposed. The land in question was of the two brothers and their father. One of the brother of the accused lived in another ...

My first hand account......... Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com While the grain market Kotkpaura is considered to be one of the largest markets in the state,like,maybe all, it also has a sad tale of poverty to tell. The herds of the small children,boys and girls,apart from the women, are seen roaming around in the market all day and night to lift some produce so that they can douse the fire of appetite burning their stomach. The intolerable,vulgar comments by the labourers,sometimes beatings by the farmers and abusive language of the Chaudhris of the ahartis is not strange to them. Their needs have made them strong enough to tolerate this all, as at least they have to survive.They always, in all season, give the farmers, Choudharis of th...