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Farmers’ Punjab bandh call gets total response in Malwa

The Punjab bandh call by farmer unions evoked a total response in seven districts of the south Malwa region, namely Faridkot, Fazilka, Moga, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Mansa and Bathinda on Monday. Farm protesters blocking Kanahiya Chowk in Bathinda that intersects national highways leading towards Amritsar and Chandigarh. In Bathinda, bus services were hit and farmers blocked Kanhaiya Chowk, which intersects national …

National Chandigarh Punjab Bathinda Mansa National Highways Faridkot

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Rail traffic disrupted in Punjab as farmers squat on tracks

Hindustan Times

As many as 21 trains were cancelled and several were either short-terminated or short-originated in Ambala and Ferozepur rail divisions as farmers squatted on rail tracks at more than 50 places across Punjab on Wednesday as part of their three-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest to press the Centre to accept their various demands, including a legally binding minimum support price for …

Trains Farmers Railway Ludhiana Protest Punjab Bathinda

3 months, 1 week ago

Amid boycott by arhtiyas, labourers, 730-tonne paddy procured on Day 1

Hindustan Times

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 …

Rice Procurement Paddy State Punjab Bathinda Ferozepur

7 months, 1 week ago

Tabs on rivals’ plans, video calls, parleys with workers: Candidates make the last day count

Hindustan Times

Amritsar/Patiala/ Bathinda : After days of gruelling campaigning spanning over two months, most of the candidates in the fray for Lok Sabha polls in Punjab preferred to stay indoors due to searing heatwave. After days of gruelling campaigning spanning over two months, most of the candidates in the fray for Lok Sabha polls in Punjab preferred to stay indoors due …

Congress Candidates Party Voters Bjp Punjab Bathinda

8 months, 1 week ago

BJP district head writes to ex-FM Manpreet, supporters absence from party nominee Parampal’s campaign

Hindustan Times

With BJP leader Manpreet Badal and his camp conspicuous by their absence from the poll campaign of the party’s Bathinda nominee Parampal Kaur Sidhu, saffron party’s Bathinda district head Sarup Chand Singla has written a letter to former finance minister seeking his support. Manpreet Badal Singla, an old bête noire of Manpreet, in a letter to the five-time MLA, said …

Party Bjp Bathinda Supporters Manpreet Singla

10 months ago

Trust deficit between farm unions once again comes to fore during Rail Roko stir

Hindustan Times

Bathinda Sharp differences among the farmer union leaders cropped up once again even as they worked together to make ‘rail roko’ a success across the state on Sunday. In their public addresses, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of several unions across the country, hit out at the ‘SKM, currently spearheading agitation at Shambhu and Khanauri borders, indicating …

Leaders Protest Bku Bathinda Skm Ugrahan Singh

1 year, 9 months ago

Content targeting CM’s children Bathinda-based YouTuber given clean chit

Hindustan Times

Within 24 hours of arresting a Bathinda-based YouTuber Sukhnaib Sidhu for posting a video on his social media handles purportedly containing a speech from an unidentified person sending out a call to target the children of chief minister Bhagwant Mann living in the US, the district police gave Sidhu clean chit on Thursday. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann A district court …

Content Bathinda Sidhu Youtube

1 year, 9 months ago

Bathinda-based youtuber held for sharing video asking people to ‘target’ Punjab CM’s children

Hindustan Times

Police arrested a Bathinda-based youtuber Sukhnaib Sidhu for posting a video on his social media handles purportedly containing a speech from an unidentified person sending out a call to target the children of chief minister Bhagwant Mann living in the US. Police arrested a Bathinda-based youtuber for sharing a video asking people to ‘target’ Punjab CM’s children living in the …

Bathinda Sidhu Youtube

5 years, 2 months ago

32 farmers fined in Bathinda, Muktsar for burning stubble

Hindustan Times

With the spike in number of farm fires in the region over the past few days, the state government swung into action and imposed penalties on farmers who burned paddy stubble. HT Image Officials of Punjab Pollution Control Board said that about 23 farmers were fined in Muktsar district for setting afire paddy stubble in their fields, while nine farmers …

Farmers Officials Bathinda Mansa Farm Fires Farm Fires

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Farmers’ Punjab bandh call gets total response in Malwa

Rail traffic disrupted in Punjab as farmers squat on tracks

Amid boycott by arhtiyas, labourers, 730-tonne paddy procured on Day 1

Tabs on rivals’ plans, video calls, parleys with workers: Candidates make the last day count

BJP district head writes to ex-FM Manpreet, supporters absence from party nominee Parampal’s campaign

Trust deficit between farm unions once again comes to fore during Rail Roko stir

Content targeting CM’s children Bathinda-based YouTuber given clean chit

Bathinda-based youtuber held for sharing video asking people to ‘target’ Punjab CM’s children

32 farmers fined in Bathinda, Muktsar for burning stubble