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8Raghbir Sinh Brar Faridkot Russia had allegedly invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and after four years, there are no chances of ending the war. The Russian President,Vladimir Putin,73, may continue upto 2036 and as the martial law has been declared in Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky would continue to be the president of Ukraine unless and until the war ends,ie,peace is restored. Why the war broke out? Primarily, NATO and the US are allegedly behind the war. Ukraine wanted to join NATO out of the fear of Russia as it had allegedly annexed some parts of its land earlier.But Russia knew that if Ukraine joins NATO, the NATO forces,including the US and UK, would sit close to its border and pose an imminent threat to it at any time.Russia was absolute right in its conception. ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Like the considerable drop in the yield of paddy in outgone seasons,there could also be a considerable drop in the yield of wheat,thanks to the higher temperatures. The winter was short lived, dry and the spring season was cut short due to an unexpected rise in the temperature, between 2 to 4 degree centigrade. The temperature in February 2026 remained between 27 to 30 degrees on average,against the previous year's between 24 to 27 for the corresponding period. The higher temperature may lead to the considerable drop in the yield of the wheat, shattering the dreams of the farmers,who had high hopes to recover from the setback by the low yield of paddy. The higher temperature, while the crop is in a transitional phase, from flowering to grain fi...

This is allegedly a very big industry. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot The advertisements go like that anyone who scored even 33 percent marks can become a civil servant.The answer is no.This is the minimum criteria to appear in the civil services examinations held by UPSC. What would a candidate,who only scored 33 per cent marks merely to pass in bachelor examinations do in very high competitive examinations?Only they can explain how he would climb the steep ladder to outsmart more than 65 percent running ahead of him,how he would push back those people sitting atop the ladder? This is an illusion.The IELTS coaching centres are being replaced now. Take a look at hard facts: The UPSC in 2025 advertised about 979 vacancies to be filled up on the basis of its compe...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot March 8  Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the Aam Aadmi Party government was set to take an unprecedented loan of Rs 52,000 crore this year and wanted to sell government lands to purchase votes by giving an allowance of Rs 1,000 to women for a few months. Addressing a mammoth rally along with senior leader Janmeja Singh Sekhon here which turned the entire Grain Market into a sea of blue, the SAD president said “if the AAP government was serious about doing anything for the women of the State it would have allocated Rs 66,000 for each woman starting from the day the AAP government was formed. This was the promise of AAP. However instead of doing this, the AAP government wants to steal their votes by giving them this ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot DC Faridkot Punamdeep Kaur on Monday honoured Sunawardeep Singh,who bagged 76th rank in the UPSC examinations,the result of which was declared on March 6. The DC congratulated him and said that the youth can achieve their goal with perseverence and higly dedication. She encouraged the youth to pay more attention towards their studies and have a focused aim instead of wafting time on social media etc. Sunawardeep’s farther,Dr Kuldeep Singh, is director at , PAU’s regional research station Farikdot and mother Dr Gagandeep Kaur is professor at Govt Brijindra college Faridkot.

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot DC Faridkot Punamdeep Kaur on Tuesday held a meeting with ASHA workers(Accredited Social Health Workers). ‘The government has availed the services of the ASHA workers to ensure that there is 100 percent enrolment of the beneficiaries for cashless treatment upto Rs 10 lakh.The work is already going on at 157 common service centres in the district.The people can get themselves enrolled for cashless treatment upto Rs 10 lakh under the flagship scheme of the state government under the CM Bhagwant Singh Mann,” said Punamdeep Kaur,DC Faridkot in a press release to the media today. “Any beneficiary who wants to get himself enrolled does not require any slip.He only needs to produce his Aadhaar card and voter card apart from a self declaration,” the DC said....

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Finally, whether these kinds of freebies would enable to win the AAP next elections, only time would tell,but these would surely led to the destruction of the fiscal health of the state at the cost of all the other facilities and put the next government,whichever party is that, in an awkward situation. The Bhagwant Mann led AAP government had promised the women to pay Rs 1000 in 2022, before the elections. Today, Sunday, coincidently which is also an International women's day, the government has announced to pay the general category women Rs 1000 and the SC, Rs 1500 respectively. These flagship schemes have only be introduced just when the AAP has less than one years to go. The government might have known the mathematics very well that it w...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Punjab Youth Congress Secretary Angad Dutta has strongly criticized the Punjab Budget presented by the Aam Aadmi Party government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, stating that the budget is more focused on political announcements rather than addressing the real economic challenges of the state. Angad Dutta said that the government has presented a budget with a total outlay of ₹2,60,437 crore for the financial year 2026-27, but it fails to provide a concrete roadmap for strengthening Punjab’s economy, attracting large-scale industry, and generating employment for the youth. 8 Raising serious concerns over the financial condition of the state, he pointed out that Punjab’s total debt has already crossed ₹4 lakh crore and is proje...

Ragbir Singh Brar Faridkot March 7,2026 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Drug Inspector Ramandeep Gupta posted at FDA Drug Wing, Sri Muktsar Sahib, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 1,00,000/-.          Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Bathinda.          He said that complainant is the director of Redinex Life Sciences Private Limited Company, Bathinda and his company is manufacturing allopathic medicines since the year 2020. Accused Drug Inspector raided and sealed his company. In this regard, complainant alleg...