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{‘Tardy’ paddy procurement } 17 trains affected as farmers block roads, squat on tracks
2 months, 1 week ago

{‘Tardy’ paddy procurement } 17 trains affected as farmers block roads, squat on tracks

Hindustan Times  

Several trains were either cancelled, diverted or rescheduled as Punjab farmers on Sunday blocked roads and squatted on rail tracks across the state as part of their protest against the alleged ‘tardy’ paddy procurement operations during the ongoing kharif marketing season. In Punjab, procurement officially began on October 1 but various factors including paucity of space with Food Corporation of …

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Punjab suspends 7 cops, files charge sheet over breach in Modi’s security
1 year ago

Punjab suspends 7 cops, files charge sheet over breach in Modi’s security

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh Sangha was posted in Ferozepur as SP operations when Modi was stranded for half an hour on a flyover when he was travelling by road from Bathinda airport to Ferozepur on January 5, 2022. The Punjab government has suspended seven policemen, including a superintendent of police, and filed a charge sheet against them over dereliction of duty in connection …

State Punjab Bathinda Ferozepur Singh Modi Breach
51 trains cancelled; commuters suffer as farmers lay siege on tracks in Punjab
1 year, 2 months ago

51 trains cancelled; commuters suffer as farmers lay siege on tracks in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Members of various farmers’ bodies on Thursday squatted on train tracks at several places in Punjab as they began a three-day ‘rail roko’ agitation over their various demands, including financial package for losses caused by recent floods, legal guarantee to minimum support price and debt waiver. Sukhwinder Singh, state president of KMSC, said they are demanding guaranteed 200 days employment …

Trains Farmers Railway Train Committee Punjab Ferozepur
51 trains cancelled; commuters suffer as farmers lay siege on tracks in Punjab
1 year, 2 months ago

51 trains cancelled; commuters suffer as farmers lay siege on tracks in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Members of various farmers’ bodies on Thursday squatted on train tracks at several places in Punjab as they began a three-day ‘rail roko’ agitation over their various demands, including financial package for losses caused by recent floods, legal guarantee to minimum support price and debt waiver. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The movement of several trains was affected and according to …

Trains Farmers Railway Committee Punjab Ferozepur Msp
Construction of Ferozepur PGI satellite centre to begin in December: Jakhar
1 year, 2 months ago

Construction of Ferozepur PGI satellite centre to begin in December: Jakhar

Hindustan Times  

Tender for construction of ₹233.55-crore Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research satellite centre in Ferozepur has been floated with a timeline of 24 months. BJP leader Sunil Jakhar “Union home minister Amit Shah has been monitoring the progress of the project, which would be instrumental in ensuring quality health services to our citizens,” said Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar …

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Breaking wheat-paddy cycle: Ferozepur chilli farmers show the way
1 year, 8 months ago

Breaking wheat-paddy cycle: Ferozepur chilli farmers show the way

Hindustan Times  

Chilli growers in Punjab’s border district of Ferozepur are setting an example for other farmers for coming out of the wheat-paddy crop cycle and successfully reaping rich dividends without depending on the traditional crops. Under the chilli cluster development programme, a group of chilli growers will be provided technical support for reducing input costs and further improving crop quality to …

Farmers Crop Punjab Ferozepur Singh Chilli Green Chilli
Punjab chief minister announces closure of Zira liquor factory amid pollution protests
1 year, 11 months ago

Punjab chief minister announces closure of Zira liquor factory amid pollution protests

Hindustan Times  

Giving in to the six-month-long protest by farmers and area residents against groundwater pollution, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday announced the closure of the private distillery at Zira in Ferozepur district. In a video message announcing the distillery’s closure, Mann said, “For purity of Punjab’s water, air and its land, and keeping in view the interests of the …

Court Water Crore Ferozepur Firm Ngt Samples
Ahead of PM Modi's visit, Punjab Police knew about protesting farmers but didn't act | India Today investigation
2 years, 11 months ago

Ahead of PM Modi's visit, Punjab Police knew about protesting farmers but didn't act | India Today investigation

India Today  

On January 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his way to visit the National Martyr’s Memorial at Hussainiwala and address a rally in Punjab’s Ferozepur when his convoy got stuck on a flyover for around 20 minutes. POLICE KNEW BUT DIDN’T ACT In a sting operation, India Today’s reporters went undercover and met Ferozepur’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhdev …

India Security Investigation Road Punjab Ferozepur Singh
Akhilesh Yadav mocks PM Modi's security breach
2 years, 11 months ago

Akhilesh Yadav mocks PM Modi's security breach

India Today  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said protesting farmers should have allowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reach the rally venue in Punjab’s Ferozepur to let him witness and address the “empty chairs” there. Mocking the PM’s security breach, Yadav said due to the cancellation of the public meeting at Ferozepur, the country was deprived of knowing why the …

Yadav Punjab Ferozepur Empty Chairs
Watch the moment PM Modi's convoy was stuck on flyover in Punjab's Ferozepur
2 years, 11 months ago

Watch the moment PM Modi's convoy was stuck on flyover in Punjab's Ferozepur

India Today  

In a major security lapse, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy was stranded for around 20 minutes on a flyover due to a blockade by protesting farmers in Punjab's Ferozepur on Wednesday. In the over one minute video, the SPG personnel could be seen standing guard outside PM Modi's car. The video also shows PM Modi, wearing a face mask, sitting …

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PM's security breach: BJP delegation meets Punjab Guv; demands sacking of state home minister, DGP
2 years, 11 months ago

PM's security breach: BJP delegation meets Punjab Guv; demands sacking of state home minister, DGP

India TV News  

Highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit Ferozepur in poll-bound Punjab on Wednesday In Ferozepur, PM Modi was scheduled to attend several events and to address an election rally DIGP Inderbir Singh said around 100 farmers suddenly blocked PM Modi's convoy Day after the serious security breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security, a six-member delegation of the …

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PM security breach: SSP told us about convoy, but we thought they were lying, say farmers
2 years, 11 months ago

PM security breach: SSP told us about convoy, but we thought they were lying, say farmers

India Today  

Bhartiya Kisan Union on Thursday, January 6, said that the protesting farmers had been told by the Ferozepur SSP that PM Narendra Modi's cavalcade would pass along that route on Wednesday. "Around 2 pm, we were told Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be coming by road from Bathinda. He said that neither the farmers knew nor were they told by …

Security Prime Farmers Punjab Ferozepur Route Modi
PM security breach: Punjab govt sets up high-level panel to probe lapses
2 years, 11 months ago

PM security breach: Punjab govt sets up high-level panel to probe lapses

India Today  

The Punjab Government has constituted a high-level committee to thoroughly investigate the lapses that occurred during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ferozepur on Wednesday. Responding to the allegation of a major security lapse, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said on Wednesday, “We spoke to the farmers last night, after which they ended their agitation. WATCH | PM Modi …

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Punjab polls: Waiting for PM Modi, people pick up chairs, cutouts to take shelter from rain at Ferozepur
2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab polls: Waiting for PM Modi, people pick up chairs, cutouts to take shelter from rain at Ferozepur

India Today  

Rain played spoilsport ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Ferozepur, Punjab, on Wednesday, January 5. Even as PM Modi left Bathinda for Ferozepur on Wednesday, heavy rain has made it difficult for people to sit at the venue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 42,750 crore in …

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PM security lapse in Punjab: No official suspended, CM Channi on reports of Ferozepur SSP's suspension
2 years, 11 months ago

PM security lapse in Punjab: No official suspended, CM Channi on reports of Ferozepur SSP's suspension

India Today  

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday said that no government official has been suspended in connection with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security lapse in the state. CM Channi was responding to reports that Senior Superintendent of Police of Punjab's Ferozepur Harman Hans was placed under suspension after PM Modi was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes due …

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Ludhiana: Farmers ends 8-day sit-in at railway tracks
2 years, 11 months ago

Ludhiana: Farmers ends 8-day sit-in at railway tracks

Hindustan Times  

Ludhiana The eight-day-long “rail roko” protest by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee ended on Tuesday, with protestors ending their sit-in at around 5 pm. The Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee, a famers’ body which was demanding a loan-waiver and relief from paying outstanding electricity bills, ended an eight-day sit-in at the railway tracks. “We are now planning to ply the trains …

Trains Passengers Railway Ludhiana Protest Ferozepur Lakh
"Farmers' Agitation Against Farm Laws An Extraordinary Situation": P&H High Court Forms Committee To Ensure Free Movement Of Foodgrains In Punjab
3 years, 6 months ago

"Farmers' Agitation Against Farm Laws An Extraordinary Situation": P&H High Court Forms Committee To Ensure Free Movement Of Foodgrains In Punjab

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday observed that farmers' agitation across the country against the farm laws has thrown up an extraordinary situation, and more so in the States of Punjab and Haryana. The Bench of Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul thus formed a committee to ensure that free movement of foodgrains etc., is not hindered from and to …

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'Farmers' vandalise 11 Jio towers, Punjab CM appeals for peace
3 years, 11 months ago

'Farmers' vandalise 11 Jio towers, Punjab CM appeals for peace

Op India  

After staging protests along the Haryana-Delhi border causing massive inconvenience to the public, the farmers from Punjab are now resorting to vandalism and forceful disconnection of power supply to Reliance Jio towers to express their opposition to three farm laws passed by the Modi government. After staging protests outside the petrol pumps and retail outlets of #Reliance, farmers in Punjab …

Protests Protestors Power Supply Jio Punjab Ferozepur Singh
Opinion | How Punjab farmer agitation was hijacked by their Left-leaning leaders
4 years ago

Opinion | How Punjab farmer agitation was hijacked by their Left-leaning leaders

India TV News  

In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Friday night, we showed how a handful of farmer leaders, with Leftist and anti-Modi leanings, have hijacked the farmers’ agitation in Delhi. Baldev Singh Nihalgarh runs the CPI farmers’ wing Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha and has supporters in Bhatinda, Moga, Mansa and Patiala. Another important farmer leader is Ruldu Singh Mansa …

Farmers Union Leaders Ludhiana Patiala Punjab Bathinda
Railways suspend 14 pairs of special trains till 26 Sept due to ’Rail roko’ agitation in Punjab
4 years, 2 months ago

Railways suspend 14 pairs of special trains till 26 Sept due to ’Rail roko’ agitation in Punjab

Live Mint  

Farmers in Punjab began their three-day "rail roko" protest against farm Bills on Thursday as the Railways suspended several trains to avoid a confrontation with them. The call for 'rail roko' agitation was given by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and later different farmers' outfits extended their support to it. Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee …

Farmers Train Punjab Sept Train Number Bills Ferozepur Cantt
28 trains cancelled as Punjab farmers begin three-day rail roko agitation
4 years, 3 months ago

28 trains cancelled as Punjab farmers begin three-day rail roko agitation

Hindustan Times  

Special passenger trains running from the railways’ Ferozepur division were cancelled fully or partially from September 24 to 26 in view of the farmer outfits’ three-day rail roko protest against the Centre’s three agriculture bills. Divisional railway manager Rajesh Agarwal said the division operated only these 14 pairs of special passenger trains on these days, as routine passenger train service …

Train Number Ferozepur Cantt Its Journey 28 Train