Tag Archives: Punjab

Protests by thousands of farmers against a set of land reform laws that they say will harm their interests have been simmering for the seventh day in a row, with talks stalled. While farmers want all three laws repealed and a new law passed that guarantees state-set minimum prices for …

Delhi’s air quality was at the top end of the “very poor” category on Wednesday morning, while pollution levels have already entered the “severe” zone in the neighboring cities of Ghaziabad and Greater Noida. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was 381 at 9 am. The 24-hour average was 367 …

The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership is pushing for an early and friendly resolution of the farmers’ protest as the current unrest threatens to derail the party’s expansion plans in Punjab and undermines the government’s “pro-farmer image”. Union, said people familiar with the details. . Even when the meeting between the …

Pakistan-backed terror groups and its Interservice Intelligence have started using larger drones to expand their ability to smuggle weapons and ammunition across the border into Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in India, people familiar with the matter said. Counter-terrorism officials in Delhi said that terror groups and the ISI, which …

Although the number of Covid-19 cases decreased in Punjab in November compared to October, the night curfew has been re-imposed in the state and the fine for not wearing masks or following social distancing has doubled since Tuesday. amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus infection. The curbs, which …

With the Center inviting them to a new round of talks on Tuesday and Union Interior Minister Amit Shah likely to attend the meeting, Punjab farmer leaders gathered in Singhu on the Haryana-Delhi border to build consensus on problems and oppose adoption. . “The Center has had two meetings with …

In the midst of their confrontation with the Center over their protest site in Delhi, farmers demonstrating at the Singhu entry point on the Delhi-Haryana border on Monday were busy commemorating the birth anniversary of the first Sikh teacher, Guru Nanak Dev, listening to ‘kirtan’ and recalling his teachings in …

A medical camp has been established on the Singhu border (on the Haryana side of Delhi) to help farmers protesting there against the Center’s agricultural laws and trying to enter the national capital. The camp was installed in light of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic that has already infected more …

Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday urged people to join the “Speak Up for Farmers” campaign, amid protests by farmers against the central government’s new agricultural laws. “The Modi government tortured farmers, first they introduced laws for blacks and then they used force / farmers accused …

Ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the Center’s new farm laws entered the fifth day on Monday, and protesters threatened to block all five points of entry into the national capital. By rejecting the Center’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari farm, the farmers said …