NEW DELHI: The Punjab farmers protesting against three new agricultural laws have decided to lift their rail blockade from 23 November. The farmers’ unions said they will lift the blockade for 15 days during which the central government should hold talks, adding that the protests will resume if the government …
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Farmers unions in Punjab on Saturday allowed all trains to resume starting Monday for 15 days, during which the central government should start talks on its new agricultural laws. If the talks don’t happen in 15 days, then the unrest will resume, the Punjab Department of Information and Public Relations …
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Thousands of Punjab farmers had blocked railroad tracks and highways to protest against agricultural laws. Chandigarh: Punjab farmers who had set up statewide rail blockades to protest the center’s controversial agricultural laws will allow trains (both passenger and freight) to resume service starting Monday night, it was announced after a …
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Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh invited the leaders of the agricultural unions to a meeting on Saturday to resolve the ongoing confrontation over the stop of passenger trains by unions in the state. Farmers are in arms against three agricultural laws passed in Parliament. They say these laws deter …
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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has urged the center to help end the blockade of farmers protesting against agricultural laws and said he will meet with Prime Minister Modi and Interior Minister Amit Shah on the issue. Captain Amarinder Singh urged the central government to show magnanimity and agree to the …
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Almost two months after the BJP’s long-term ally in Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) split from the NDA over controversial agricultural laws, the party’s general secretary, Tarun Chugh, announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party will contest the 117 Assembly constituencies in the 2022 state elections alone, posing a major challenge …
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The Indian government is very interested in operating trains in Punjab, wrote JP Nadda. Chandigarh: Train services suspended in Punjab for more than a month, BJP chief JP Nadda attacked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today, accusing his government of being responsible for the situation. Singh’s government, he wrote, had …
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The head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jagat Prakash Nadda, has written a letter to Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh about the ongoing protests in the state against the farm last approved by Parliament. In the letter, Nadda has detained the Amarinder government over the situation in the …
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Amid the dispute between the Center and the Punjab state government over allowing trains to pass through the state, Indian Railways has claimed losses of nearly Rs 1,200 crore in transportation revenue with over 2,225 suspended freight trains and 1,350 trains of canceled and diverted passengers. Trains have been suspended …
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Written by Kanchan Vasdev | Chandigarh | Updated: November 4, 2020 11:53:37 am Navjot Singh Sidhu on the Delhi border on Wednesday. (Source: Facebook / Navjot Singh Sidhu) As the MLA from the Punjab Congress headed to the national capital on Wednesday to participate in a ‘Dharna Relay’ convened by …
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