Maha plans probe into celebrity tweets over farmer protests

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will order a probe of tweets by Indian celebrities in response to social media posts by singer Rihanna and climate change activist Greta Thunberg in support of the farmers’ protest in Delhi to find out whether they had been pressured by the BJP to post pro-government messages, state home minister Anil Deshmukh said.

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Monday posted Atul Kumar, the 2007 batch IAS officer, as secretary to governor in place of G Anupama. PC Meena, director general and secretary, skill development and industrial training and employment department and secretary, finance department has been given additional charge of nodal officer, CPGRAM PG Portal. Shyam Lal Poonia, DC Sonipat has been given additional charge of Sonipat MC commissioner and district municipal commissioner, Sonepat during the training period of Jagdish Sharma.

JAMMU: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday gunned down a Pakistani intruder along the international border in Samba sector here.

A BSF spokesman said that at around 9.45am, the BSF troops observed a Pakistani intruder heading towards BS fence near border pillar number 64 in area of border outpost (BOP) Chak Faquira in Samba sector.

“Despite repeated warnings, the intruder kept moving under suspicious circumstances and approached fencing in an aggressive manner and was fired upon by BSF troops,” he said. The dead body of the Pakistani intruder has been recovered. He had entered approximately 40 metres inside the Indian territory.

Another Pakistani intruder was killed in the same area on November 23 last year. A tunnel around six to eight years old was also detected in this area recently. A search operation in the area is in progress.

THE INTRUDER HAD ENTERED 40 METRES INSIDE THE INDIAN TERRITORY