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Chandigarh All 31 farmers unions in Punjab, who had shown a historic solidarity against the controversial agriculture laws passed by Parliament last month, have agreed to hold talks with the Centre on Wednesday.. It has also been decided that the protests against what they refer to as “kaale kanoon (blackRead More
Chandigarh Taking an aggressive posture against the state government, the SAD today gave a seven-day ultimatum to Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to convene a special Vidhan Sabha session to declare the entire state a notified mandi (principal market area) and reject the Centre’s recent Acts on farm marketing asRead More
Patiala/Bathinda, October 7 Upping the ante in their protest against the contentious agriculture Acts, farmers are now not letting the toll plazas on the national and state highways here to collect the charges from commuters, thereby, almost turning these into freeways. In Patiala, farmers are protesting at toll plazas atRead More
Patiala, October 6 Amid high-drama at Haryana’s border with Punjab during Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s rally against farm laws, he was allowed to enter the state along with a few selective leaders and supporters by the authorities on Tuesday. Earlier, Youth Congress leaders and workers from Punjab Congress were stoppedRead More
Patiala, October 6 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus. He has been isolated at home. The minister showed mild symptoms in the morning. He has fever and body ache. Balbir Sidhu (in yellow turban) during the Kheti Bachao rally in Sangrur. Tribune Photo TheRead More
October 2 Launching a crusade against political parties for “hijacking” their agitation for electoral gains, farmers today burnt the effigies of SAD, Congress and BJP leaders at Devi Daspura. At another protest, they gheraoed BJP’s national general secretary Tarun Chugh and showed him black flags to lodge their protest againstRead More
October 3 India on Saturday decided to continue the closure of the Kartarpur Corridor despite Pakistan reopening it. Citing COVID-19 protocols, and a ‘technical issue’ the reason behind the closure. Earlier in the day, the Pakistan government had announced, that the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on their side has beenRead More
Oct 1 Intensifying their agitation against the new agriculture laws, farmers today blocked highways and rail tracks across the state as part of their ‘rail roko’ agitation. Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan, general secretary, Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta) claimed farmers blocked roads at 27 locations and rail tracks at Dhablan (Patiala),Read More
October 2 Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday launched the Congress’ signature campaign in the state against the new farm laws and slammed the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for its “political theatrics” over Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s resignation from the Union Cabinet. Singh said the SAD is projecting Badal’sRead More
September 30 A Supreme Court-mandated pollution control authority has said it “may not be a viable option” to provide an incentive of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy produced to farmers for not burning stubble. If at all necessary, any such incentive should be provided by state governments from theirRead More
