The Cyber Crime Cell was keeping tabs on their activities for over a month. Investigations said the duo was given the task to revive terrorism in Punjab and they received foreign funds too.
Nodal officers have been appointed across Haryana to ensure that farmers do not burn the crop residue, according to a statement issued on Monday. The Deputy Commissioner of every district has appointed one nodal officer per village for management of stubble burning
A sea of devotees from across the country thronged the historic Gurdwara Ber Sahib here on Monday, a day ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who will be leading a delegation to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on Saturday, held a meeting with DGP Dinkar Gupta and other senior officers ahead of the Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case.
The state has taken up the issue with Google, said an official spokesperson, adding that, acting on the Chief Minister's directives, Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta is also coordinating with central security agencies to tackle the threat triggered by the launch of the '2020 Sikh Referendum' App, just ahead of the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor
For a region that is the epicentre of crop fire burning, Punjab is exhibiting fairly comfortable levels of air quality index (AQI) while many parts of Delhi NCR, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are showing elevated air pollution levels.
"Given his achievements in the solar power sector and his ability to generate energy through new methods, I was convinced that by taking advantage of Kathuria's long expertise in this field, we would be able to save the environment from the pollution and dispose the stubble in a greener way," the Minister said.
A total of 7,852 visitors have been provided with the medical help along with the free of cost medicines, a government spokesperson said IANS.
The resolution was moved by state minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa who said Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev fought against caste and gender inequality throughout his life and this discrimination against women should also end.
The Supreme Court, which lashed out at authorities on Wednesday for failing to curb severe air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to provide support of Rs 100/quintal within 7 days to small and marginal farmers who have not burned the stubble.
In a letter to the prime minister, the Union food processing minister said stubble burning was continuing unabated across North India as the farmers could not afford the expensive stubble cleaning and super seeder machines.
At a special commemorative session of the Punjab Assembly to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Naidu said the guru's vision was timeless and, "has as much relevance today as it was when it was expounded five centuries ago.”
The scrip plunged 5.06 per cent to close at Rs 64.75 on the BSE. During the day, it tumbled 5.71 per cent to Rs 64.30.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), comprising the 10-member ASEAN bloc and six other countries -- India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand -- is engaged in negotiations for a free-trade pact
Singh expressed his anger and anguish and made the pro-farmer proposal in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal persistently blaming stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab for rise in Delhi's air pollution
The farmers are caught were caught in a vicious time-cycle as they have to harvest rice from mid-October to mid-November each year and cultivate wheat in a space of 10-15 days.
With farmers in the agrarian states continuing to set paddy residue afire despite a ban on this practice, many have been slapped with fines and others booked for stubble burning. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has claimed that pollution in Delhi is an effect of stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana.
On November 1, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu state are observing formation day while Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar were given the status of union territories on this day.
Punjab State Lottery 2019: The government of Punjab has announced the result of Punjab State Maa Lakshmi Diwali Pooja Bumper 2019. Aspirants who were waiting for the result can check their lottery result at the official website -- punjabstatelotteries.gov.in.
Ek Onkar: In a huge gesture to mark Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev's 550th Gurpurab celebrations, Air India has put the Sikhs' religious symbol 'Ek Onkar' on its aircraft tail. Ek Onkar is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy.
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