Amid strike by arhtiyas, labourers and rice mill owners, the Punjab government announced the beginning of the paddy procurement from Tuesday that saw about 1,000-tonne freshly harvested grain reaching the over 1,800 mandis of the state. Muktsar district mandi officer Ahaypal Brar said the authorities have made ample arrangements to purchase 9 lakh tonnes of paddy. “The government may store …
Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many places across Punjab as part of a ‘rail roko’ protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price. “There are reports of railway tracks being blocked by farmers in various states of …
Cold weather conditions continued to persist in most parts of Punjab and Haryana while minimum temperatures stayed below normal levels on Tuesday. Among other places in Punjab, Bathinda, Faridkot and Gurdaspur experienced cold weather conditions at 3, 3.5 and 4 degrees Celsius respectively. Amritsar shivered at 5.5 degrees Celsius while minimum temperatures of Patiala and Ludhiana were 5.6 and 6.9 …
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Ferozepur rally has been postponed after incessant rainfall lashed parts of Punjab on Wednesday. According to ABP News sources, PM Modi's rally was postponed as the weather remained inclement in many parts of Punjab, including Bathinda and Ferozepur. Sources also told to ABP News that PM Modi's election rally in Lucknow which is scheduled …
