Punjab assembly bypoll: AAP wins Jalandhar West byelection by getting over 58% votes
Jul 13, 2024AAP won Jalandhar West by 37,235 votes; CM Mann campaigned intensively. 54.98% turnout saw BJP second; Congress's Surinder Kaur lagged. Channi alleged election 'looting'; Angural defected to BJP amid criminal accusations. AAP's Mohinder Bhagat was inducted.
Jalandhar police arrest Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh’s brother Harpreet Singh, another with ‘ice’
Jul 12, 2024Jalandhar Rural police arrested Harpreet Singh, brother of Khadoor Sahib MP, and Lovepreet Singh with four grams of 'Ice' near Phillaur. Their tests were positive. SSP Ankur Gupta noted the Creta car found on the highway Thursday evening. Rs 10,000 paid to Ludhiana peddler Sandeep Arora. FIR amended; family's conspiracy claim; phone off at Rayya.
‘PAU recommended burning of paddy stubble due to diseases' NGOs argue before NGT
Jul 11, 2024The NGT is hearing a case on Punjab stubble burning. Phagwara's Sampuran Kheti Puran Rozgar, Gyan Sewa Trust, and farmer Avtar Singh argue it was advised by Punjab Agriculture University for Sheath Rot, Stem Rot, and Sheath Blight. They seek incentives for direct seeding and anaerobic sowing methods. Hearing scheduled for Friday. Prompt government action requested.
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