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Farmer unions agree to resume talks with govt, propose meeting on December 29

Farmer unions agree to resume talks with govt, propose meeting on December 29

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 26, 2020 at 5:44 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, December 26 It is too early to call it a ‘breakthrough’ but there seemed to be some movement forward in the ongoing deadlock between agitating farmers and the government on the farm laws. Responding to the December 24 invite by joint secretary Vivek Aggarwal, farmers’ unions on SaturdayRead More

62-year-old woman, her five companions drive jeep to farmers’ protests

62-year-old woman, her five companions drive jeep to farmers’ protests

Breaking news, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 23, 2020 at 6:01 pm 0 comments

Chandigarh, December 23 A 62-year-old woman drove a jeep 250 km to join farmers’ protest at the Singhu border, media reports said on Wednesday. Manjeet Kaur, and her five companions drove down from Patiala to join the protest. Kisan Ekta Morcha, a handle that tweets the latest updates on theRead More

Farm laws: Petitioner seeks to implead over 40 protesting farmer unions as party in SC

Farm laws: Petitioner seeks to implead over 40 protesting farmer unions as party in SC

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 23, 2020 at 5:54 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, December 23 One of the petitioners, who has approached the Supreme Court for direction to the authorities to remove farmers protesting at several border points of Delhi against three new farm laws, has sought to implead over 40 farmer unions as party in the pending case. A BenchRead More

Ready for talks, but govt should send concrete proposal: Farmer unions

Ready for talks, but govt should send concrete proposal: Farmer unions

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 23, 2020 at 5:52 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, December 23 Asserting that the ball is in the Centre’s court, protesting farmer unions on Wednesday asked it to come up with a new concrete proposal for resumption of talks, even as Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar underscored that dialogue was the only way to reach a resolutionRead More

7 passengers, crew member on flight from UK test positive for COVID

7 passengers, crew member on flight from UK test positive for COVID

Breaking news, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 22, 2020 at 2:57 pm 0 comments

Amritsar, December 22 Seven passengers and a crew member who arrived here from the UK in an Air India flight tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. Punjab Minister for Medical Education and Research OP Soni said those who tested positive for the infection will be quarantined. Among the infected passengersRead More

Punjab arhtiyas to keep shops shut for four days against IT raids

Punjab arhtiyas to keep shops shut for four days against IT raids

Breaking news, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 21, 2020 at 6:12 pm 0 comments

Chandigarh, December 21 Arhtiyas in Punjab will keep their shops shut for four days from Tuesday in protest against income tax raids allegedly conducted to intimidate them for supporting the farmers’ stir against the Centre’s agriculture laws, according to a body representing them. The Federation of Arhtiyas said income taxRead More

Centre trying to defame farmers: Sukhbir Badal

Centre trying to defame farmers: Sukhbir Badal

Breaking news, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 21, 2020 at 6:10 pm 0 comments

Chamkaur Sahib, December 21 Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday accused the Centre of the bid to “defame” agitating farmers by raising the “bogey of talks” to create an impression that it is reasonable and farmers are wrong, according to a statement. After paying obeisance at GurdwaraRead More

Tent city: The new go-to lodging spot for protesters at Singhu border

Tent city: The new go-to lodging spot for protesters at Singhu border

Breaking news, India, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 21, 2020 at 6:01 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, December 21 A dip in the capital’s minimum temperature and scores of women joining the ongoing farmers’ protest has resulted in a make-shift ‘tent city’ propping up at a petrol pump in the Singhu border area. While tractor trolleys continue to be the first choice to sleep inRead More

Police ‘lathicharge’ protesting teachers near CM residence in Patiala

Police ‘lathicharge’ protesting teachers near CM residence in Patiala

Breaking news, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 19, 2020 at 6:15 pm 0 comments

Patiala, December 19 Several unemployed ETT teachers — who were protesting against the state government — were injured when police allegedly resorted to lathi-charge, here on Saturday. Police allegedly ‘cane-charged’ the protesters when they tried to scale the barricades near YPS roundabout — barely hundred metre from the Chief Minister’sRead More

Punjab CM flays Centre for intimidating ‘arhtiyas’ with motivated I-T raids

Punjab CM flays Centre for intimidating ‘arhtiyas’ with motivated I-T raids

Breaking news, Latest headlines, Punjab, slider December 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm 0 comments

Chandigarh, December 19 Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday castigated the Centre for its intimidatory tactics against arhityas supporting the agitating farmers, and warned that such draconian measures will further aggravate the angst of the people against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government. Terming the clearly motivatedRead More