Punjab DIG comes in support of farmers, tenders resignation
News | Dec 13, 2020, 07:00 PM ISTPunjab DIG (Prisons) Lakhminder Singh Jakhar wrote to State Principal Secretary Home requesting 'to be treated as prematurely retired from service'.
Punjab DIG (Prisons) Lakhminder Singh Jakhar wrote to State Principal Secretary Home requesting 'to be treated as prematurely retired from service'.
Dense fog enveloped Amritsar city of Punjab on December 13. It led to low visibility on Amritsar-Tarn Taran Highway. Fog delayed train services at the Prayagraj railway station leaving passengers stranded for hours.
Twin brothers from Punjab distributed warm clothes to protesters at Ghazipur on December 13. One of the brothers, Karanveer said, "Who likes to be on streets? It's time for struggle.
Farmers took the national centrestage on Tuesday as their call for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ to push for a repeal of the new agri laws disrupted life in myriad ways with shops closed, transport affected and protesters squatting on roads and train tracks.
"The condition put forward for talks is an insult to farmers. We will never go to Burari (Delhi). It is not a park but an open jail. Delhi Police told Uttarakhand Farmer Association President that they'll take them to Jantar Mantar but instead locked them at Burari Park," Surjeet Singh Phul, State President of BKU Krantikari (Punjab), said.
Mortal remains of Rifleman Sukhbir Singh brought to his native village Khawaspur in Tarn Taran district of Punjab on November 28.
Large numbers of protesting farmers on November 27 were allowed to enter the national capital by the Delhi Police which settled them at Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari.
Actress Sunny Leone was spotted outside a salon in Juhu.
Heavy security has been deployed as farmers gathered to proceed to the national capital to stage demonstration against amended farm laws.
Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai on November 24 said that stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab over last 15 days played a major role in poisoning Delhi's air.
DRI, Delhi Police intercepted 2 trucks carrying smuggled gold into India through Indo-Myanmar border. Police seized 400 gold bars weighing 66.4 kgs valued at Rs 35 crore.
On the auspicious occasion of Bandi Chhor Divas, devotees offered prayers at Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar.
Large number of people gathered at Chura Bazaar area in Punjab's Ludhiana ahead of Diwali. Social distancing norms were flouted as people came out for Diwali shopping.
Sindhi leader Shafi Burfat has accused Pakistan of being a fascist state imposed on historical nations through the fascist Punjabi military.
Environmental Engineer of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), GS Gill said that 40,000 incidents (of stubble burning) reported so far this year.
On November 04, Punjab MLAs marched towards Jantar Mantar from Punjab Bhawan to stage a protest.
The BJP hit out at the Congress on Saturday over a case of alleged rape and killing of a six-year-old girl belonging to a migrant family from Bihar in Punjab, as it asked opposition party leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra why had they not paid
The accused -- Gurpreet Singh and his grandfather Surjit Singh -- have been arrested on charges of murder, rape and other relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they further said.
Two women jumped out of a running cab in Punjab's Amritsar to escape molestation by the cab driver who allegedly tried to molest one of the women. However the driver was later arrested.
In wake of COVID-19 pandemic, schools partially reopened in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab except containment zones on October 19.
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