Jhajjar, January 25 Three farmers — two from Haryana and one from Punjab, died reportedly of cardiac arrest at Tikri-Bahadurgarh border on Monday taking the toll in the ongoing farmers’ protest to 24. Among the deceased, 19 were from Punjab while five belonged to Haryana. Those who died today haveRead More

New Delhi, January 25 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, late Moga-born physicist and entrepreneur Narinder Singh Kapany, and late singer SP Balasubramaniam are among the seven Padma Vibhushan awardees announced by the government on the eve of the 72nd Republic Day. The others include leading cardiologist and former chancellorRead More

New Delhi, January 25 Even as Delhi and the country await the January 26 tractor parade by farmers, unions have already announced their plans to take forward the agitation against the three contentious farm laws. Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Darshan Pal on Monday said farmers will march on foot toRead More

Chandigarh, January 24 Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu was Sunday allegedly assaulted, pushed around and his turban pulled off in what he described was a “murderous attack” by some “mischievous elements” at the Singhu border during a ‘Jan Sansad’ programme. The Ludhiana MP’s vehicle was also damaged in the attackRead More

New Delhi, January 24 Delhi Police on Sunday said they have taken an in-principle decision to allow farmers to hold their proposed tractor rally inside the territory of the national capital on January 26. The proposed tractor rally of farmers on Tuesday will begin amid tight security after Republic DayRead More

New Delhi, January 22 Protesting farmer leaders on Friday have said their proposed January 26 tractor ‘parade’ will take place on Delhi’s busy Outer Ring Road as decided earlier, after their 11th round of talks with the government ended in a deadlock. Coming out of the meeting, farmer leader BalbirRead More

Ludhiana, January 21 Families of four farmers, who had died during the ongoing protests against the contentious farm laws, were on Thursday handed over Rs 5 lakh each in compensation. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said Rs 5 lakh was given to each of the four bereaved families on theRead More

Chandigarh, January 21 Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell on Thursday called on Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the two had a “great discussion” on several issues. The discussion revolved around further deepening of cooperation in agriculture, water and education, revitalising economies post COVID-19 and cricket. After theRead More

New Delhi/Sonepat, January 21 In a move that brought the situation back to square one, farmers’ unions on Thursday rejected the BJP-led government’s offer to suspend the implementation of the three contentious farm laws for a-year-and-a-half or any period agreed upon mutually between the protesting farmers and the Centre. TheRead More

Shimla, January 19 Three Punjab farmers who had come to Shimla from the Singhu border near Delhi to explain to the locals the motive of their agitation and the ramifications of the central farm laws were detained by the police from the historic Ridge here. Their detention led to commotionRead More