Protesting farmers picket Punjab hotel, BJP leaders slip out through backdoor
Phagwara/Punjab/IBNS: A group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Punjab's Phagwara had to be taken out from the backdoor of a hotel by the police on Friday after protesting farmers picketed the building where they were holding an event.
Amarinder Singh dares Arvind Kejriwal to be in his limits of decency
Chandigarh/UNI: Ridiculing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to refrain from indulging in politics of the lowest order and mudslinging, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday slammed his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal while making it clear that his meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah was exclusively on one-point agenda to discuss issues related national security.
Punjab: SFJ: Struggling for Relevance
On December 18, 2020, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), filed a chargesheet against 10 accused, including designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the banned secessionist organization – Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) – before the NIA Special Court at Mohali in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District of Punjab. Originally registered by Punjab Police at Sultanwind Police Station, Amritsar (City) on October 19, 2018, the case was subsequently re-registered by the NIA (RC-19/2020/NIA/DLI) on April 5, 2020. The case relates to a series of acts of violence including acts of arson in Punjab in 2017-18, carrying out propaganda activities, both online and on ground campaigns in support of SFJ and the purported ‘Referendum 2020’. These acts were committed by a gang of radicalised Sikh youth under the direction and financial assistance from SFJ handlers located abroad, as part of an organized conspiracy by the accused for the launch of a concerted secessionist campaign for the creation of ‘Khalistan’.
Sikh for Justice case: NIA files charge sheet against 10 Khalistanis living abroad
New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Friday filed a charge sheet against 10 accused persons including designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun before the Mohali NIA Special Court in Punjab.
Assist farmers' families involved in ongoing agitation: SAD chief to party workers
Chandigarh/UNI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal has appealed to the party rank and file to actively assist the families of farmers engaged in the ongoing agitation at the Delhi border.
Massive deployment of police force as farmers threaten to block Delhi-Jaipur Highway on Sunday
New Delhi/IBNS: The farmers unions protesting the Centre's farm laws will take out a tractor rally on Sunday to block the Delhi-Jaipur Highway, vowing to intensify their protest even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the laws are aimed at doubling their income by facilitating access to alternate markets.
Yuvraj Singh isolates himself from father Yograj Singh's comment on farmers' protests
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has isolated himself from a statement made by his father Yograj Singh who had backed the sportspersons returning their awards in support of the ongoing farmers' protests.
Punjab: Migrant die after drowning
Nakodar/UNI: A 37-years-old migrant residing at Mallain Kalan died after drowning in water.
Haryana CM Manohar Khattar has said some "unwanted elements" like Khalistan sympathizers have been seen among those farmers who are demonstrating in New Delhi.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces 5 lakh each to families of 2 farmers
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday expressed grief at the death of two farmers who were participating in the ongoing protests against the 'Black Farm Laws'.
Protest against farm laws: Centre-farmers meeting today amid deadlock
New Delhi/IBNS: The representatives of the central government will on Thursday meet the farmers, who are protesting against the Centre's new farm laws, for the second time in three days searching for an end to one of the biggest agitation it faced in its six-year old rule.
Farmers protest: No breakthrough reached, demonstration continue
New Delhi/UNI: An impasse over new laws to regulate agriculture showed no signs of ending on Sunday as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh remained fixed at borders of the national capital on the third consecutive day.
Punjab: BSF seizes 1.550 kg heroin from Gurdaspur sector
Jalandhar/UNI: Border Security Force seized a plastic bottle containing 1.550 kg contraband suspected to be heroin from the river Ravi in the area of responsibility of 73rd Bn of the BSF in Gurdaspur sector.
Farmers Protest: Ambala man who turned off water cannon charged with attempt to murder
New Delhi/IBNS: A young man from Haryana's Ambala, who was called a "hero" on social media for turning off water cannon in an iconic moment during the farmers protest, has been charged with an attempt to murder, media reports said.
Punjab AAP leaders, workers join farmers in their struggle sans party flags, banners
Chandigarh/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab leaders and workers, rising above their political considerations, on Friday joined the peasant movement in large numbers to extend whole-hearted support to their "justified cause."