Written by Raakhi Jagga | Chandigarh, Ludhiana, New Delhi | Updated: December 31, 2020 7:05:12 am With mounting pressure on the congressional government in Punjab, Reliance Jio and ASSOCHAM separately wrote to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday with the telecommunications giant seeking his intervention to take action against …
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A senior Punjab police official quit his job to support farmers protesting the three new agricultural laws, saying the laws were “detrimental to the interests of farmers and their future generations.” Punjab Deputy Inspector General of Police (Prisons) Lakhminder Singh Jakhar said he had submitted his resignation from the state …
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By: Express News Service | Chandigarh, New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:52:56 am During Bharat bandh at Ghumar Mandi in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) THE BHARAT bandh called by groups of farmers in protest saw the greatest response in Punjab and Haryana, where roads …
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Written by Liz Mathew, Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: December 7, 2020 7:38:57 am Farmers union leaders at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday. (File photo) It is not a “question of revoking” the three laws farmers protest against But “all other options” are open as the …
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Written by Man Aman Singh Chhina, Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Chandigarh, Jalandhar | Updated: November 15, 2020 7:10:52 am At a checkpoint along a road leading to Ladakh. Reuters Archive With Farmers’ protests stir Punjab and railways suspend services of freight and passenger trains, the Army hit the road to …
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Written by Avishek G Dastidar, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 11, 2020 7:24:53 am Farmers protest at a train station in Jalandhar, Punjab, on October 1, 2020 (Express photo: Gurmeet Singh) Continued protests by farmers have stopped all train services in Punjab. As a result, …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 28, 2020 7:20:35 pm Farmers and activists shout anti-government slogans during a protest against agricultural bills in Bangalore, India on Monday (AP Photo / Aijaz Rahi). As farmers’ organizations and regional and opposition parties continue to protest against the contentious …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: September 26, 2020 8:18:31 am In the village of Bhuttiwala in Mukatsar. (Photo Express) At the forefront of several farmer protests in Punjab on Friday were some unusual numbers: two 20-year-old college students, a 33-year-old activist and a teenage girl who dropped …
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Farmers in Punjab and Haryana blocked roads and railroads on Friday to protest against three new legislation that they say could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at minimum support prices (MSP) set by the federal government. leaving them vulnerable to exploitation by agro-industries. Prime Minister …
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Written by Kanchan Vasdev | Chandigarh | Updated: September 25, 2020 7:43:58 am Farmers in Punjab have been protesting against the agricultural laws. (Proceedings) WITH THE SAD Opposition raising the stakes with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Union Cabinet on Center Farm Laws Amid Farmer Protests, Congress-run …
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