New Delhi, January 1 Upping the ante ahead of the next round of talks, farmer unions on Friday warned that they will start shutting all malls and petrol pumps in Haryana if the government fails to resolve their main demands for the repeal of three new farm laws and aRead More

Kharar (Mohali), December 31 Lashing out at the state BJP president for spreading false propaganda to further his party’s political agenda, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said Ashwani Sharma’s desperate attempts to falsely project a law-and-order problem in Punjab reflected the party’s fear of complete annihilation in theRead More

Sanaa, December 31 A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 25 people were killed and 110 wounded in the blast. Yemen’s internationally recognised government said Iran-backed Houthi rebelsRead More

New Delhi, December 29 Khalsa Aid India, an NGO known for providing aid to people in distress, said the “vilification” faced by the organisation for helping their “own people” during the ongoing farmers protest was “unprecedented”. Registered separately as a charitable trust in 2013, Khalsa Aid India has been campingRead More

Amritsar, December 29 Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has landed in yet another controversy, this time in connection with a photo he posted on Facebook. The photo, which showed Sidhu with a piece of cloth embossed with Sikh religious symbols around his shoulders, was soon widely circulating on social media,Read More

New Delhi, December 29 The Centre and the protesting farmer unions will resume stalled talks on Wednesday with the latter sticking to their hardline position that the parleys will only be on the modalities of repealing the three new agri laws and giving a legal guarantee on the MSP amongRead More

Chandigarh, December 27 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s appeal to protesting farmers to not damage telecom infrastructure seems to have failed to deter new attacks, with more than 176 signal transmitting sites being vandalised in the last 24 hours, sources said on Sunday. While firms belonging to billionaires Mukesh AmbaniRead More

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 27 The three-day annual ‘Shaheedi Sabha’ held to commemorate the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh’s two younger sons concluded here on Sunday with religious ceremonies. The event marks the martyrdom of the two younger sons of the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, who were “bricked alive” hereRead More

Chandigarh, December 26 Former MP from Fatehgarh Sahib Harinder Singh Khalsa has resigned from BJP. Khalsa said the party leadership has shown insensitivity towards farmers. He had won Lok Sabha election on AAP ticket from Fatehgarh Sahib and later joined BJP.

Chandigarh, December 26 Carrying ration and other essential items with them, several batches of farmers from Punjab headed towards Delhi borders on Saturday to join the peasants protesting against the Centre’s new agriculture-related laws for a month now. According to farmer union leaders, peasants from various places, including Sangrur, Amritsar,Read More