Days after Governor Singh Badnore’s Vice President said he would summon Punjab’s chief secretary and DGP over the damage to mobile towers in the state, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Saturday that the governor should have addressed the matter with him since he is the custodian of the Home portfolio. …
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Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Chandigarh | December 21, 2020 10:23:54 pm Arhtiyas claim they are being targeted for supporting the farmer’s protest. For the past week, Arhtiyas in Punjab have been receiving summons and notices from the income tax department. In addition, there have been IT raids on …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 21, 2020 8:24:02 am ‘Shradhanjali Diwas’ observed in the Jhamat village of Ludhiana. (Archive) On Sunday, tributes were paid to 41 farmers who have died since September 15, when protests against three Central farm laws intensified. “Our union organized programs to …
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Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 18, 2020 1:03:37 pm An elderly farmer shouts slogans as others listen to a speaker as they block a main road during a protest on the Delhi-Haryana border (AP photo) Despite the limited presence of agricultural unions in the state, Haryana …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 14, 2020 1:00:13 pm With the trade union ministers attributing ideological opposition to the agricultural protests and equating some of them with “Left and naxal elements, ”Up to 32 farmers unions passed a resolution on Saturday making it clear that their …
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Written by Kamaldeep Singh Brar | Amritsar | Updated: December 13, 2020 1:34:32 pm Moose Jattana at the site of the protest on the Singhu border. (Photo Express) Among the protesters who have joined the farmers’ fight against the Center’s farm laws on the borders of Delhi is an Australian …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | December 8, 2020 9:30:25 am Warm jackets are distributed to farmers during their ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation against the new farm laws, at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday, December 6, 2020 (PTI Photo: Manvender Vashist). “Ab ki baar, kisan aur …
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By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Updated: November 25, 2020 6:44:29 pm Large crowd at Chaura Bazar in Ludhiana. The government has said that the fine for not following appropriate Covid behavior will be raised to Rs 1000 from the current Rs 500. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) Amid …
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Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Updated: November 23, 2020 11:32:29 am Members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) block Khanda Chowk near Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib in Patiala. (Express photo: Harmeet Sodhi) Farmers in Punjab protesting the three recently agricultural laws enacted It will arrive in the National Capital on …
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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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