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BATHINDA: Agricultural leaders Tuesday night blamed Majha’s Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and Deep sidhu – who had led a group to the Red Fort – for the violence in the national capital and described the entire episode as “the work of some central agencies” to defame the peasants’ struggle. Samyukt …

Farmers in Punjab, particularly in the Majha region, which comprises Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran districts, began burning rice residues earlier this year to prepare fields for planting vegetables. Agriculture department officials said potatoes and peas are grown on a significant portion of the arable land in these regions. Farmers …