A farmer in Bathinda, Punjab, has been booked and fined for burning crop residue in violation of the law. This is the first FIR of the season related to crop burning. Satellite images were used to detect the burning of straw. The number of crop burning…
Stubble burning in Punjab is on the rise, with over 100 cases reported in a day for two consecutive days. As of Monday, there have been a total of 456 cases, surpassing the numbers from the previous two years. The district of Amritsar has reported the …
Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was arrested in Punjab in connection with a 2015 drug case. Khaira claims the case is false and that he is being targeted for opposing the government. The case involves a heroin smuggling racket and allegations that Kh…