🔴 The protest site at Tikri wore an unusual excitement on Wednesday after the SKM announced that they had arrived at a consensus with the government on the demands and a formal decision to lift the protest will be taken on Thursday afternoon.

🔴 The prisoners would be trained as masons, carpenters, beauty therapists, painters, helpers and electricians and plumbers. After completing the course, they will be given employment in the jail as per their qualifications.

🔴 Singla said, “This is the first of its kind memorial in the country. The ninth Sikh Guru has sacrificed his life for the sake of humanity and following the preachings of Sikh Gurus, the farmers have also laid down their lives against the anti-farmer policies of the Modi government.”

🔴 Manish Mishra, who has 18 cases against him, including murder and extortion, is five-time block pramukh of Deegh in Bhadohi district.

🔴 Former district president of SP, Balram Yadav, is among the arrested. A search is on for legislator Prabhunarayan Singh Yadav and others, police said.

🔴 The CM said recruiting more Bengali-speaking people would go a long way in addressing the language barrier. She also directed the recruitment of more Bengali-speaking youth in both public and private sector jobs.

🔴 As per this analysis, around 40% of the soil in Punjab already has high levels of phosphorus and it can help farmers reduce consumption of Di-Ammonium Phosphate fertiliser thereby reducing the cost of inputs while maintaining good soil health.

🔴 Singh paid tribute to the supreme sacrifice of commanding officer Col Santosh who martyred in the Galwan valley last year while fighting Chinese intruders. Col Santosh was Sainik School Kapurthala alumni.

🔴 The case refers to a woman allegedly being shot at by unidentified assailants just hours after her wedding on Wednesday night.

🔴 The baby, investigators said, had been kidnapped from Moga Civil Hospital on Saturday by the suspect, identified as 24year-old Vishal, and then handed over to a childless couple from Faridkot. The police are yet to arrest Vishal.

🔴 The interim stay has been ordered by the Bench of Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu, while hearing the petition filed by Kulwinder Singh.

🔴 In terms of area this is the lowest area on which stubble was burnt despite that fact that farm fire incidents were the second highest this year.

🔴 Among those who made the cut in the first list of 30 candidates released on Thursday were wives, sons, and siblings of sitting councillors as well as a garbage collector, a fireworks trader and a priest.

🔴The criticism, apparently aimed at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, follows a similar jibe by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Mumbai on Wednesday.

🔴 It is learnt that Sidhu had complained to the party high command after AICC secretary in-charge Harish Chaudhary and Channi had called a meeting of block presidents without keeping PPCC in the loop.

🔴 While addressing the Moga gathering, Channi also came down heavily on former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the Badals.

🔴 The scheme is expected to improve the Gross Enrollment Ratio in government colleges that is very low at present, a statement said. The scheme would involve annual financial implication of Rs 36.05 crore.

🔴 Bittu, 51, through his counsel, has sought for quashing the orders dated November 25, 2021, wherein the MC general house had deemed the Mayor suspended after he got only 25 votes, while 36 members voted against him.

🔴 Shingara Singh Maan, senior vice president of BKU (Ugrahan), added, 'BJP is desperate to find new Sikh faces and they found one in Sirsa. It seems he was being sidelined by SAD and hence he joined BJP.'

🔴 Congress leaders said that they have to watch BJP’s strategy; party would leave no stone unturned

🔴 More than 72,000 students who had registered for the project and paid the token amount of Rs 1,000 at the beginning of the 2020-21 academic session are waiting for their tablets.

🔴 With Kajari Banerjee, the wife of CM Mamata Banerjee’s brother Kartik Banerjee, being picked as the TMC nominee from ward 73, Malakar submitted his nomination papers as an Independent from the CM’s ward.

🔴 The CPM's vote share in the state has declined since 2011. In the 2021 Assembly polls, the party came last.

🔴 Sources said this was done in case the final board exams for classes 10 and 12 cannot be held next year, keeping in mind possible Covid-19-related restrictions.