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Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Now the farmers, if they want to avail any kind of subsidy on fertilizers, farm machinery or incentives under the PM Kisan Yojana,they must get their digital ID. “The centre government has launched this project that all the farmers must get their digital ID to avail all kinds of the subsidies.It aims to ensure that the subsidy goes to the beneficiaries only. For example, Urea may be used for some other purposes as well, but it is highly subsidised by the government,” said Dr Kulwant Singh,CAO Faridkot. “But the farmers can buy as much as fertilizer they need.There is no provision of any capping. The project was in the pipeline for some time, but the farmers were reluctant to come forwards, apprehending that there may be some caps and controls over th...

It would enable the vaccinator to register the animals on the govt portal. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot If you have any dairy or other kinds of animals,remember that you must give the vaccinator the OPT(One Time Password) to ensure that your animals have been vaccinated. Dr Surjeet Singh Mall,deputy director of animal husbandry department Faridkot has confirmed the move. “Yes,to ensure that all the vaccinations are done timely and effectively, the centre government has mandated that the OTP is must for vaccinations.Earlier, it was to be implemented from February 15, but due to some pending work, the date was extended upto March 1.Now we have got PPR(Peste des Petitis,for sheep and goat plague) and then there would be Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD), then we get HS(Hemorrhagic...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that cleaning up the Sutlej and Beas rivers would be a top priority of the next SAD government and that he would not allow one drop of polluted effluents from either factories or sewer lines to flow into the State’s rivers.  Addressing a mammoth rally as part of the Punjab Bachao movement spearheaded by him at Bhai Rupa,Sukhbir Badal said “polluted water is the reason for the spread of cancer in the Malwa region. I am committed to ending this scourge once and for all”.  Addressing a sea of blue along with senior leader Sikandar Singh Maluka, the SAD president said the SAD was also committed to ending gunda raj and the drug mafia. Stating that as if extortions and targete...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Barnala Sports and Social Welfare club, an NGO promoting sports and education has honoured two students,Akshnoor Kaur, a resident of village Landhe and Jashanpreet Kaur Gill, a resident of village Sirsari in an impressive show today. Both the girls, who had topped the PSEB class 10th examination held in March 2025, are the students of Sant Mohan Das Senior Secondary School village Kotsukhia in district Faridkot. The girls were awarded mementoes,shawls and other useful material to promote their education. The awarding ceremony,held in Barnala, was attended by Meet Hayer,MP from Sangrur,MLA Kuldeep Singh and chairman of CTC group Charanjit Singh Channi besides many others. “I am highly thankful to the club for honouring our students who ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot In about 2014, Yogendra Yadav, then a prominent face of the newly emerging AAP said ,”The people of Punjab have lost one generation to the militancy, the second one  are losing to the drugs.The SAD-BJP government is pushing this generation into the drugs which is a sin,.”   Yadav, who was then a prominent member of the newly emerging AAP, might have been  much optimistic of having his share in the birth of the AAP  in India.  His tone and tenure was touching to upset the then SAD-BJP ruling alliance and a very large number of people assembled to hear him in Kotkapura and Faridkot town. But Yadav might not have anticipated that the state was yet going to lose some part of its third generation on study visa to abroad, drugs ...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Manjot Singh Patwari posted in the revenue office of Kot Shamir, district Bathinda, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000/-. 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 village kot Shamir district Bathinda. He said that the complainant met the accused Patwari regarding executing the mutation of inherit property of his relative. In this regard, complainant alleged that accused Patwari demanded bribe of Rs. 10,000/- in lieu of execution of mutation of his relative property. The entire conversation regarding the demand...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Kotkapaura police have claimed to have arrested two accused, who had allegedly stolen a Bolero car in which gold jewelry worth Rs 10 lakh had been placed in dash board by the owner as the car was duly locked. The incident had reportedly happened on February 26, when the police got a complaint that a Bolero car parked in the parking of a marriage palace on Moga road Kotkapaura was stolen and there were gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh in its dashboard. "On the directions of the SSP Faridkot, Dr Pragya Jain and under the supervision of Yogeshwar Singh Goraya, SP (D), the Kotkapaura police immediately came into action. We got a clue that the two brothers, habitual offenders, were behind this theft and they had been both arrested from Muktsar road Kotkapa...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot The 19th Heritage Fair will be organized from 20 to 22 March in the heritage village of Jaipalgarh in Bathinda. With the aim of taking this fair to a bigger scale, the self-help groups run by women in Bathinda district will also be given the opportunity to sell their products so that that these women get a pedestal to market their products. Shri Rajesh Dhiman, Deputy Commissioner Bathinda, said while addressing meeting specially convened regarding preparations for the fair. Bathinda District Administration and the Malwa Heritage Foundation together are organizing this fair. Renowned singers will captivate the people with their performances in the fair. While giving information related to the fair, Shri Rajesh Dhiman, Deputy Commissioner, added that a...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Under the Chief Minister Health Scheme, so far more than 74,000 people have got their registration done and 1628 people have received free treatment. Shri Rajesh Dhiman, Deputy Commissioner Bathinda, gave this information while addressing a meeting convened to review the Chief Minister Health Scheme. He said that people are getting free treatment up to Rs 10 lakh in government and non-government empanelled hospitals. He said instructions have been given to the health department to ensure that one officer is assigned in every hospital to implement this scheme. This officer will be responsible for smoothly implementing this scheme and will coordinate with the district administration if any difficulty arises in its implementation. He directed all Sub...

Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot February 25,2026 Adopting zero tolerance approach against corruption, Vigilance Bureau Punjab today arrested Shankar Singh Counsellor, posted at the De-addiction Centre in Civil Hospital Bareta district Mansa for getting a job of Counsellor on the basis of fake degree/certificate.  Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of Vigilance Bureau Punjab said that action has been taken against accused Counsellor Shankar Singh, resident of village Bhunder Bhaini, tehsil Moonak, district Sangrur after probing the complaint. Degree/certificate of Counsellors and computer Operators who were recruited through outsourcing by Innovision Limited, a private company in the year 2023 were got verified by the Office of the Civil Surgeon, Mansa and it ...