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The district police have registered 121 cases under NDPS act,arrested 310 accused including 25 big fish in 8 months-Dr Pragya Jain,SSP Faridkot

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Illegal residential construction demolished in Faridkot The owner had four cases under various sections of IPC and BNS-SSP Faridkot. Raghbir Singh Brar Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com Faridkot “Faridkot police have registered about 121 cases of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) and 310 accused have been arrested so far,”said Dr Pragya Jain,SSP Faridkot in a press release to the media today. “We have also nabbed 25 big smugglers(big fish) and property worth Rs 4.33crore has been seized or frozen,” she said. The police and health department of the district have also sealed two illegal drug-de addiction centres,in Faridkot and Golewala village on Saturday. Illegal construction demolished The district administration on Monday demolished allegedly an i...

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Accused arrested for shooting a cow dead of roaming Gujjar family,revolver recovered-SSP Faridkot

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The Gujjar was allegedly had a cow herd of about 200 animals and when some animals allegedly entered into the fields of the farmer, he objected and it led to a heated exchange between the cow herd grazer and farmer. The enraged farmer allegedly fired a bullet which left a cow dead. Raghbir Singh Brar Taking a swift action on the complaint of one Sikander Khan son of Sharif Khan, resident of village Janta Wali of district Ganganagar, the Faridkot police have claimed to have arrested a farmer Jagdish Singh son of Tehal Singh, resident of Guru Nanak Colony Faridkot. The complainant had stated to the police that he would graze his cow herd of about two hundreds animals at vacant places roaming from place to place. He stated that when he was moving with his cow herd from village J...

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3 arrested,four booked including the kingpin of cow smuggling gang, 18 cows rescued-SSP Faridkot Pragya Jain

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“The two among the arrested are truck drivers and the son of the kingpin of the cow smuggling gang who allegedly caught cows from nearby places,” Jasmeet Singh,SP investigation Faridkot. The kingpin of the cow smuggling gang has about 8 such cases registered against him besides one cheating in Bathinda and Faridkot-Faridkot police. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com The Faridkot police have claimed to have arrested 3 accused in an attempted cow smuggling case, booked three unidentified persons besides the kingpin of the cow smuggling gang. The police have also seized a truck in which about 18 cows had been loaded to transport them allegedly for slaughtering. “The Faridkot police was informed by Mahant Gharib Das of Kotkapura, who is the gener...

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Vigilance Bureau arrests Patwari and his assistant for accepting Rs 1000 bribe

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Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot April 2: Continuing its zero-tolerance policy against corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested a revenue patwari and his assistant for accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000. The accused have been identified as Kulwinder Singh, Patwari of Halqa Waringkhera in Mukatsar Sahib district and his assistant Ashok Kumar.Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said both the above said accused were booked following a complaint lodged by a resident of Waringkhera village on the Chief Minister’s Anti Corruption Action Line.He further added that the complainant had alleged that the said patwari had demanded Rs 1,500 through his aforementioned accomplice for demarcating his land but bribe money was eventually settled at Rs 1,000. ...

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All arrangements for the procurement of wheat completed in the district-Punamdeep Kaur,DC Faridkot

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Procurement has already started from April 1. Combine harvesters banned from harvesting operations from 7PM to 10 AM. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot "All the arrangements for the procurement of wheat in the 68 yards,including the main grain markets of the district have been completed. The wheat procurement in the district has started from April 1 as per the instructions of the Punjab government.The district Mandi board officials have been instructed to make arrangements of the shade, drinking water,lighting and sanitation so that no farmer may suffer due to the lack of facilities," said Punamdeep Kaur,DC Faridkot in a press note to the media today. She said that the harvesting of the wheat must be started from 10 am onwards and up to 7 PM...

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Program ‘Aarambh’ – A Unique Initiative to Engage Parents in Their Child’s Learning Journey: Dr. Baljit Kaur

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Punjab Government Led By Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann is Committed to Strengthening Early Childhood Education Raghbir Singh Brar Muktsar The Punjab Government is launching the ‘Aarambh’ program, an innovative initiative aimed at encouraging parents to actively participate in their child's learning journey through simple, play-based activities. Social Security, Women, and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur shared this information, stating that this program is a significant step towards strengthening foundational education for children. Dr. Baljit Kaur further said that in the first phase, the ‘Aarambh’ program will be implemented in eight districts: Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Sangrur, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Tarn Taran, Ropar, and Amritsar. This initia...

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Cancer patients now being ferried to Rajasthan for charm remedies(Hathola),arrangements of buses by social workers for Rs 6000 per head

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Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com “There is a magic remedy act.It can be applied but it is very weak. Unlike, PNDT act, which gives us too much power to check the crime,Magic Remedy act has little to check this unfortunate trend.However, it can be applied to control it to some extent,” said Dr Chander Sekhar Kakkar,Civil surgeon Faridkot. Despite the scientific claims that nothing can treat cancer except the best possible available options in Allopathy, still cancer patients are being ferried to some village of Rajasthan,district Disawar. The posts to woo the patients are being circulated on social media about it. One of the persons, who was arranging a bus to the remote village of the neighbouring state claimed that they are working just for th...

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Every cancer is unique, every patient is unique,it is like Chameleon-Dr Manjit Jaura,former senior consultant oncologist AIIMS Delhi

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Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com As most of the cancer patients are allegedly being looted by the quakes and charmers at many places,The Punjab Express tried to spoke at length about cancer on most concerned topic about it with Dr Manjit Jaura,former senior consultant oncologist AIIMS,now at Pragma hospital in Bathinda. The Genetically Modified products are also a major issue.. Now most of the products are genetically modified. Excerpts from the interview: Can it be cured or treated by magic remedies or some other way as claimed on social media platforms etc? Dr Manjit Jaura:There is nothing like magic remedies that could work.Scientifically it does not stand anywhere.Then the government need not have opened so many hospitals.Even after the ...

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Speaker listens to the problems of commission agents,labour at Ahartia Association Office Kotkapura

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The Punjab Express Bureau Faridkot On Saturday, Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha, attended a meeting with commission agents’ representatives and labour union of grain market committee Kotkapura at the office of the ahartia association Kotkapura. Ashok Kumar Goel and Mahesh Kataria, president and chairman of the association respectively said that the businessman community has felt relief from the crack down of the government on drugs. “When there is no drugs, there is little crime and the businessman community can do business fearlessly which is in the interest of all,” they said. They also apprised the Speaker about the problems of trasport and labour in the coming market season, to which the Speaker assured all proper management and hassle free procuremen...

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Conceptualized by Canadian family,Gujrati Firm builds the first Birds house in Faridkot

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“It has been built by my cousin who is based in Canada.The family have dedicated it to the birthday of their daughter-Jagdev Singh, Sarpanch, NavanNathewala. “This is first in Punjab by us, but we have constructed 250 plus in Gujrat-Jigar Bhai from Gujrat. Raghbir Singh Brar Faridkot Email:raghbirsinghbrar@gmail.com A unique kind of Birds house has been constructed in a village in Faridkot to provide shelter to the birds which like to make their nestles on the trees.As some of the species of the birds are on the verge of extinct because of the constant shrinking cover of the trees,suitable for birds to live and hatch their young ones. “This is the idea of my cousin Lakhwinder Singh Gill son of late Ajmer Singh who is living in Canada.They had seen such structure on mobile...