Everything you need to know about Faridkot: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Faridkot: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Three officials of Punjab's Faridkot town jail were injured Monday in a clash with inmates following the death of a prisoner, police said. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered a magisterial enquiry.
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Three officials of Punjab's Faridkot town jail were injured Monday in a clash with inmates following the death of a prisoner, police said.
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Inmates of the model jail in Punjab's Faridkot town clashed with security officials Monday following the death of an inmate.
New Delhi, Nov. 22 (ANI): India has asked Pakistan to increase security at its embassy, following fear of demonstrations or possible retaliation after the execution of Pakistani militant Ajmal Kasab, who was the sole survivor of the terror squad responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.
Islamabad, Nov. 22 (ANI): Residents of Ajmal Kasab's village in Pakistan, after hearing the news of the execution of the terrorist, have lashed out at India and hounded journalists who asked about the gunman.
Islamabad, Nov.21 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday did not officially react to the hanging of Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist nabbed alive for his role in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed 166 lives and left over 300 others injured.
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) A soldier was arrested here on charges of rape after a woman constable accused him of marrying her while hiding the fact that he had a wife and a child, police said Monday.
Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) A top politician is hectoring Punjab's Police chief and the latter, in turn, tells him to stick to politics. The scenario may seem unlikely but this is exactly what is happening in the state these days.
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (IANS) With Punjab Police failing to trace a minor girl who was allegedly kidnapped from Punjab's Faridkot town last month, the Congress Wednesday questioned Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's silence over the issue.
Lahore, Oct. 10 (ANI): Thirteen-year-old Kashif Ali, who had crossed from Pakistan to India in a bid to meet Indian actor Ajay Devgn a year ago, but was jailed, has returned to Lahore with the help of two women- one from Pakistan and the other from India.
Faridkot (Punjab), Oct 1 (IANS) Traders downed shutters and locals took to the streets Monday in Punjab's Faridkot town to protest Punjab Police's failure to act over the kidnapping of a teenaged girl by a local gangster last week.
Kuala Lumpur, September 29 (ANI): A teenaged Pakistani boy, who ran away from home to pursue his "dream" of meeting Bollywood hero Ajay Devgan and crossed the India-Pakistan border, landed in a juvenile home instead, thereby ending his wishful efforts, it has been revealed.
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the government for not providing infrastructure for the effective functioning of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that deals with environmental matters.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) life for Gurkeerat Singh Mann has transformed sharply within just six months in the Indian Premier league (IPl).
Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) It has lost but it is still fighting. Ironical as it may sound, that is the state of affairs in the Punjab Congress these days.
Washington, Nov.29 (ANI): It has been two years since the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, and India's policy-makers and its wider public are by no means reassured about the Pakistani leadership's renunciation of terrorism as a means of advancing its perceived interests. Indian officials have few doubts about the implicit involvement of senior Pakistani leaders in supporting terrorism, even if just as accessories after the fact. However, many intelligent and well-informed Americans continue to harbour reservations about the degree of involvement of various actors within the Pakistani establishment, and consequently the extent to which terrorism represents an instrument of Pakistani state policy.
Faridkot (Punjab), June 16 (ANI): The tests conducted on the hair samples of 150 neurologically disabled children in Punjab's Faridkot District have revealed high levels of Uranium and other harmful chemicals.
Mumbai, May 3 (ANI): A special court is all set to decide the fate of the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, Ajmal Ameer Kasab and two Indian conspirators-Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed on Monday.
Faridkot (Punjab), Mar 25 (ANI): Two persons were killed and nine others injured after an oil tanker overturned and exploded on Muktasar-Ferozepur Road in Punjab on Wednesday evening.
Kotkapura (Punjab), Mar 15(ANI): Three-year-old Gurshan Singh, who was found dead near Australia's Melbourne airport on March 4, was cremated in his native village in Punjab's Faridkot district on Monday.
Kotkapura (Punjab), Mar 15(ANI): A memorial service for three-year-old Gurshan Singh, who was found dead near Australia's Melbourne airport on March 4, will be held in his native village in Punjab's Faridkot district on Monday.
Faridkot, Mar 5 (ANI): A pall of gloom enveloped the household of the three-year-old toddler Gurshan Singh Channa whose body was found in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday.
Ludhiana, Jan 18(ANI): Many small and marginal farmers in Punjab have switched to integrated fish farming, and among them is Rajvinder Pal Singh of Mullanapur in Ludhiana district, who is a successful fish farmer.
New Delhi, Dec.30 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission and the Indira Gandhi National Open University today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop and conduct three types of courses on human rights awareness for police personnel at cutting edge level.
Faridkot, Dec 20(ANI): Bollywood actor Aamir Khan sprung a surprise at an unknown village near Faridkot in Punjab when he made his presence felt dressed as a foreigner on Saturday.
Mumbai, Dec 18 (ANI): Mohd Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman, whose statement was to be recorded today in the 26/11 special trial Court in Mumbai, has withdrawn from all the confessions made by him earlier.
Muktsar (Punjab), Oct.24 (ANI): Situated 30 miles from Faridkot, Muktsar in Punjab commemorates the martyrdom of 40 Sikh soldiers three centuries ago.
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will celebrate its Foundation Day on October 12.
Faridkot (Punjab), Oct 6(ANI): A five-day-long annual fair promoting communal harmony and dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid, a 12th century Sufi saint, was recently organized in Punjab's Faridkot city.
Faridkot (Punjab), Sep 24(ANI): A five-day-long annual fair marking communal harmony and dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid, a Sufi saint, concluded in Punjab's Faridkot district on Wednesday.
Abohar, Aug.10 (ANI): Life of a large number of villagers in Punjab's Muktsar district has transformed since they have been enabled to have safe drinking water with the initiative of a non-governmental organization here.
Chandigarh, June 20(ANI): The microbiology department of Punjab Agricultural University has developed a water testing kit to help people test water at their homes and ward off numerous water borne diseases.
Chandigarh, June 20 (ANI): Punjab Agricultural University's microbiology department has developed a water testing kit to help people ward off numerous water borne diseases.
Abohar, June 9 (ANI): Many farmers in Punjab are doing away with the usage of pesticides and fertilizers and increasingly taking to natural farming methods for better financial returns.
Kotkapura (Punjab), May 24 (ANI): A major fire destroyed a power sub-station at Kotkapura near Faridkot on Saturday. Although the inferno caused enormous damage, there have been no casualties reported.
Kotkapura (Punjab), May 23 (ANI): In a major incident in Punjab's Faridkot district's Kotkapura area, around 8,000 new and old electricity transformers along with power cables were gutted into fire on Saturday evening.
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) The prestige fight between Punjab's leading political families of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his predecessor Amarinder Singh of the Congress in the Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency was Saturday won by the Badals even though the Congress won eight out of the state's 13 seats.
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) The prestige fight between Punjab's leading political families of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and former Congress Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat was Saturday won by the Badals even though the Congress had the upper hand on eight out of the state's 13 parliamentary seats.
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance and the opposition Congress shared the honours in initial leads in Punjab's 13 parliamentary constituencies Saturday morning.
New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Elections for the fifth and final phase of parliamentary elections for the 86 constituencies in seven States and two Union Territories began on Wednesday morning.
Mumbai, May 13 (ANI): A fourth eyewitness in the Mumbai terror attack case on Wednesday testified before the special court that Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman, had revealed his age as 21 on November 26.
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Between 10-15 percent voting was recorded in the nine parliamentary constituencies of Punjab and the lone seat in Chandigarh in the first three hours (till 10 a.m.) of polling Wednesday.
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Amidst hope of high voter turnout, polling in nine parliamentary constituencies of Punjab and the lone seat of the union territory of Chandigarh began Wednesday morning for the the fifth and final round of the general elections.
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) The Punjab Police Tuesday said that all measures were in place to ensure safe and peaceful voting in nine constituencies that go to polls Wednesday.
Chandigarh, April 29 (ANI): C-PYTE, a centre for training and employment of Punjabi youth, is enabling various misguided youth affected by drug-addiction and alcoholism, to use their energy into useful activities in Punjab.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Nearly five months after 26/11, candour and introspection marked a seminar of Pakistani and Indian journalists and writers here Wednesday, as they admitted they sometimes tended to speak in the 'language of the secret services'.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is known to have helped young faces from Punjab get party nominations for the Lok Sabha polls. And now he will go the whole hog by campaigning for them.
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Captured Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab Monday got a court-appointed government lawyer to defend him in the Nov 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai and the special court set April 6 as the date for the trial to start.
Mumbai, March 30 (ANI): A special court here today appointed Anjali Waghmare as the new lawyer for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in the Mumbai terror attacks last year.
Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) That Punjab is a colourful state with vibrant people is known. Equally colourful are the suffixes and pet names that some politicians are known by, even in public life.
Mumbai, Mar 23 (ANI): Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in the Mumbai terror attacks last year, said that he is a Pakistani national.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) They may have been picked to woo the youth. Or it's possible that a whole new generation of young Congress leaders in Punjab has direct access to party general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Captured terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir, alias Kasab, Monday admitted that he is from Faridkot in Pakistan and demanded that he be provided a lawyer by the Maharashtra government.
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) The Lok Sabha elections in Punjab are going to be quite a family affair, politically speaking - going by the number of relatives of politicians who figure in the list of candidates for the state's 13 parliamentary seats.
Chandigarh, March 18 (IANS) The Punjab police Wednesday claimed that it had busted a spy network in the state being run by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
New Delhi, Feb. 21 (ANI): As the criminal activities are rising in Punjab, a growing number of women have started keeping licensed guns to protect themselves.
New Delhi, Feb. 5, (ANI): The Mumbai police on Thursday said that the DNA of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and the imprints of blankets seized from MV Kuber has been matched.
Amritsar, Jan 21 (IANS) Sukhbir Singh Badal was Wednesday sworn in as deputy chief minister of Punjab, becoming deputy to his father Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in an event unprecedented in six decades of Indian politics.
Amritsar, Jan 21 (IANS) In an event not seen in India's political history so far, a father and son Wednesday began their rule over Punjab as chief minister and the deputy, with Sukhbir Singh Badal sworn in here as Parkash Singh Badal's second in command.
Amritsar, Jan 21 (IANS) He was known as the 'super chief minister' in Punjab's power circles so far. But when Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday took oath of office as deputy chief minister to his father and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, he got the official tag to his status.
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) There are no 'badal', Hindi for clouds, looming over the government in Punjab - but the Badals definitely are. And when Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal anoints his son Sukhbir Badal as the state's deputy chief minister this week, it will be one more of the Badal clan in the ministry.
Ezhimala (Kerala), Jan 8 (IANS) It is another feather in her cap. For Namita Singh, one of the leading architects in the country, it was a proud moment when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Thursday inaugurated the Indian Naval Academy, Asia's biggest, that she has designed. It was a project she bagged beating several architectural firms.
After weeks of incessant denials and flip-flops, Pakistan has finally accepted under mounting international pressure that Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured Mumbai perpetrator, is his national.
Islamabad, Jan.7 (ANI): Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said that Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone terrorist captured after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is indeed a Pakistani national.
Islamabad, Jan 5 (IANS) The Pakistani government is in a bind on dealing with an appeal for help from Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman captured during the Mumbai terror strikes, a noted commentator said Monday.
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IANS) This is one report card that some Punjab politicians are not going to be proud of. High profile leaders like Charanjit Singh Atwal, Ashwini Kumar and the chirpy cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu have been virtually 'failed' for not utilising the development funds allocated to them as MPs.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Rejecting Pakistan's contention that those behind the Mumbai attacks were 'non-state actors', Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said the enormity and planning of the operation clearly indicated that they were 'state actors or state-assisted'. He also said a DNA test on the lone survivor, Ajmal Amir Kasab, with the man identified as his father can prove if he is a Pakistani national.
Lahore, Jan. 4 (ANI): The US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia affairs, Richard Boucher, is expected to arrive in Pakistan on Monday as part of Washington's efforts to defuse tension between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attacks.
Islamabad, Jan.2 (ANI): The Pakistan Government on Friday firmly denied that a team of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was in the country to investigate possible leads connected with the November 26-29 terror attacks on Mumbai that caused the deaths of over 170 people and injured over 300.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) India Thursday said the evidence found by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 'corroborated' New Delhi's view that elements from Pakistan were responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks and Islamabad should act on it 'soon'.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) India is keeping 'all options open' in its response to the Mumbai carnage that it has blamed on elements operating from Pakistan but is not responsible for creating war hysteria on the sub-continent, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The FBI has shared 'strong evidence' relating to the Mumbai terror attacks with Pakistan and it is now for Islamabad to act on this, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) A five-member FBI team has visited Faridkot, the ancestral hometown Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the Mumbai terror attacks, a media report Thursday said.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) A FBI team has visited the home village of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai carnage, but has failed to find conclusive evidence of him being a Pakistani, Online news agency reported.
Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team has visited Faridkot in Paklistan is Pujab province the ancestral village of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist arrested for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks.
Lahore, Jan.1 (ANI): Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General (retired) Mahmud Ali Durrani has admitted that Pakistan does not have enough proof to rule out the possibility that Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the November terror attacks on Mumbai, is not a Pakistani.
Karachi, Dec. 31 (ANI): Ansar Burney Trust Chairman and Pakistan's former federal minister for human rights, Ansar Burney has appealed to the Indian government to allow him to get in touch with Ajmal Kasab, who was allegedly involved in The Mumbai attacks.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan may seek consular access to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, to determine if he is a Pakistani, officials said Sunday as the country's ruling party decided to 'play down' the war talk.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan may ask for consular access to Ajmal Amir Kasab - the lone terrorist caught alive in the Mumbai terror attack - to determine if he is a Pakistani and provide him legal aid if he is found to be one, a senior official here said Sunday.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (ANI): The reality of the lone surviving terrorist behind the Mumbai carnage Ajmal Kasab may be being denied by the Pakistani Government, but the real problem facing the Pakistani society is that there has been a gradual transformation leading to the creation of pockets of population or youth, especially in Punjab province, that behave exactly like Kasab, a leading Islamabad based daily has said.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (ANI): Pakistan's intelligence agencies have insisted that the evidence provided by Britain and the United States of involvement of Pakistani citizens in the Mumbai terror attacks is not enough, as much of it would not stand up in the court.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): The reality of the lone surviving terrorist behind the Mumbai carnage Ajmal Kasab may be being denied by the Pakistani Government, but the real problem facing the Pakistani society is that there has been a gradual transformation leading to the creation of pockets of population or youth, especially in Punjab province, that behave exactly like Kasab, a leading Islamabad based daily has said.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): The reality of the lone surviving terrorist behind the Mumbai carnage Ajmal Kasab may be being denied by the Pakistani Government, but the real problem facing the Pakistani society is that there has been a gradual transformation leading to the creation of pockets of population or youth, especially in Punjab province, that behave exactly like Kasab, a leading Islamabad based daily has said.
Lahore, Dec 24 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief Nawaz Sharif after terming that lone surviving terrorist in the Mumbai terror attacks was a Pakistani national, has now backtracked from his earlier stand as usual, and demanded substantial evidences against the persons involved in the Mumbai attacks.
New Delhi/Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) With Pakistan denying any link to the lone surviving Mumbai attacker, India Tuesday cautioned against 'creating war hysteria' and asked Islamabad to address the real issue of 'dismantling the terror machine' in that country.
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistan has taken note of the letter by lone surviving Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab saying he is a Pakistani but has asked India to provide 'ample proof' of his identity, official sources were quoted as saying here.
New Delhi/Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) India Monday sought to put an end to Pakistan's 'policy of denial' when it handed over a letter written by Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone Mumbai attacker in Indian custody, to the Pakistani envoy that he and his fellow gunmen were from Pakistan.
Lahore, Dec. 19 (ANI): The Lahore High Court (LHC) has received a petition against the owners and the staff of a Pakistani national TV channel for airing a story that claimed that Ajmal Kasab was a resident of Faridkot
Kathmandu, Dec 19 (IANS) Records at Nepal's apex court have proved as false Pakistani lawyer Chaudhary Muhammad Farooq's claim that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Mumbai attacker, was arrested in Nepal two years ago. The incident has raised questions about the lawyer's actual identity and intent.
New Delhi/Faridkot (Pakistan), Dec. 17 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik said on Wednesday that Ajmal Kasab is not a Pakistani citizen.
Ludhiana/Chandigarh, Dec.15 (ANI): The global economic slowdown not withstanding, the hospitality industry of Punjab is continuing to prosper.
Islamabad, Dec.14 (ANI): While the Mumbai mayhem has raised millions of questions and speculations about the global war on terror the war mongering between Pakistan and India, an editorial in the Dawn says Pakistan would do well to attend threats rather than focussing on external ones. Pakistan is being referred to as the 'epicenter' of terrorism, the question is why? The answer is that it is facing the brunt of the wounds that it has inflicted in the past.
Islamabad, Dec.14 (ANI): An editorial in a Pakistani paper has said that both Pakistan and India are currently engaged in a media war that if not stopped, will act as a major obstacle to arriving at any solution to the crisis emanating out of the November 26-29 terror attack in Mumbai.
Islamabad, Dec.14 (ANI): An editorial in a Pakistani paper has said that both Pakistan and India are currently engaged in a media war that if not stopped, will act as a major obstacle to arriving at any solution to the crisis emanating out of the November 26-29 terror attack in Mumbai.
Mumbai, Dec. 13 (ANI): Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani gunman arrested in connection with the November 26 to 29 Mumbai terror attacks forwarded a written appeal to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Saturday, seeking legal help.
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) The Pakistani media has begun doing a lot of 'soul-searching' in the wake of the Mumbai carnage that has shocked civil society in this country as much as it has shocked the rest of the world, with the English language newspapers warning the government about how class conflict and religion were fuelling the jehadi movement.
Islamabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Class conflict and religion are in equal measure fuelling the jehadi movement in Pakistan, and the sooner the government moves against this the better, editorials in three leading English dailies said Saturday.
As major Jihadi groups in Pakistan went underground with the highhandedness of Pakistan Government under immense international pressure
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) India has 'enough evidence' to link elements in its territory to the Mumbai terror outrage and sees Pakistan's demand for evidence as 'nothing but a delaying tactic' to avoid dismantling 'terrorist infrastructure' in that country, government sources said here Friday.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) If Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in Mumbai, was indeed from Pakistan then it was time for Pakistan to take 'very serious action' and let India know, says former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
