Monday, December 4, 2023

Topic: Punjab

Punjab announces Rs 2 lakh compensation for farmers arrested after Republic Day rally

The Punjab government will provide Rs 2 lakh as compensation to 83 people who were arrested after carrying out a farmers' tractor rally against Narendra Modi government's three farm laws in Delhi on Republic Day, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said on Friday.

“Terrorist” branded on back by cop, Punjab undertrial prisoner faces horrific torture

Karamjit Singh, a 28-year-old undertrial prisoner in Punjab's Barnala district has accused the jail superintendent Balbir Singh of horrific custodial torture and branding the word 'aatankwadi', or terrorist, on his back.

Kashmiri students attacked following India’s loss to Pakistan in T20 World Cup

Multiple reports have been pouring in from Punjab that Kashmiri students were thrashed following India’s defeat to Pakistan in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup on Sunday night. 

Role of central agencies suspected in murder of Dalit Sikh at Singhu: Punjab Congress leaders

Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday alleged there could be a role of Central agencies in the murder of a 35-year-old Dalit Sikh from Punjab at the farmers’ protest site at Singhu border.

After Lakhimpur Kheri, another BJP MP’s car rammed into protestors in Punjab, farmer seriously injured

Nayab Singh Saini, BJP leader and Lok Sabha member from Kurukshetra constituency in Haryana, rammed his car on farmers in Punjab's Ambala on Thursday, leaving farmers injured, alleged farmer bodies.

Lakhimpur Kheri: Punjab CM Channi’s helicopter denied landing permission in UP

The Yogi Adityanath-led government has not allowed Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi to land in Uttar Pradesh in state government chopper.