Farmers Movement Archive

3 mobile phones seized from jail

SGPC delegation meets TikaitAmritsar: Showing solidarity with the farmers’ cause, an SGPC delegation met farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at the Ghazipur border on Saturday. The delegation comprised SGPC’s senior vice president Surjit Singh Bittewad, former senior vice president Rajinder Singh Mehta, additional secretary Paramjit Singh Saroa and executive member Satwinder Singh Tohra. Mehta said the Centre was adopting unethical practices to curb the farmers’ agitation through its machinery. “The SGPC condemned the ‘misbehaviour’ meted out to Tikait by the police recently. Our purpose of meeting farm leaders was to extend our support to farmers against the farm laws. He said the SGPC had been contributing towards the protest at the Ghazipur border by organising langar and making arrangements for the stay. TNSThree held with banned pillsTarn Taran: The Bhikhiwind police have recovered 1,32,250 intoxicant pills from possession of three persons on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Paramjit Kumar, Rahul Bhargav and Sandeep Kumar, all natives of Rajasthan. He said the accused were to deliver the consignment to Dilbag Singh, a resident of Singhpura village. The police party signalled a car to stop at a naka. During inspection of the vehicle, cops recovered tramadol tablets. Superintendent Police (Investigations) Dr Mehtab Singh said the Dilbag has a criminal history and was already facing four cases. The accused have been booked under Sections 22, 29, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. oc12 fresh cases reported in distAmritsar: The health authorities reported 12 new Covid-19 positive cases on Monday in the district. With this, the total count of positive cases has increased to 15,055. The new cases include seven influenza like illness cases and five contacts of positive cases. The health authorities did not report any death in the last 24 hours in the district and the toll stood at 581. Meanwhile, with recovery of nine patients, the recovery count has reached 14,342. At present, the district has a total of 132 active cases. TNS

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2021-02-02

Amritsar