Will soon constitute committee to amicably resolve grievances of farmers for all times: SCThe Supreme Court announced on Thursday it plans to set up a multi-member committee to resolve farmers' grievances permanently. This decisi...
22 Aug, 2024, 02.00 PM IST
Tractor-trolleys can't run on highways as per MV Act, observes HC on petitions on farmers' protestThe Punjab and Haryana High Court orally directed the Punjab government not to permit large gatherings of protesting farmers at the border,...
20 Feb, 2024, 09.10 PM IST
Farmers' Delhi march: HC issues notices to Haryana, Punjab, Centre on two petitionsOne of the petitioners has sought directions from the court to stay all "obstructive" actions by the governments of Haryana and Punjab and ...
13 Feb, 2024, 07.22 PM IST
Farmers' stir in Punjab: Train movement hit; some farmers block Chandigarh-Ambala NHFarmers in Punjab are protesting by squatting on rail tracks and blocking highways to demand a financial package for flood losses, a legal ...
29 Sep, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Uttarakhand: Yamunotri, Badrinath roads blocked due to falling debrisThe flood rescue operation by the National Disaster Response Force continues in the flood-affected areas of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Harya...
15 Jul, 2023, 10.15 AM IST
Is this the beginning of another mega farmer protest? Know what's happeningEven after receiving court orders, the farmers did not vacate the NH-44 blockade, following which, the police used force to vacate the high...
13 Jun, 2023, 07.42 PM IST
Farmers block road and rail traffic in many areas as part of Bharat BandhNormal life was hit in Punjab and Haryana -- the epicentre of the farm protests -- where the farmers caused long jams on traffic on many ro...
27 Sep, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Bharat Bandh: Farmers block highways at many places in PunjabIn neighbouring Haryana too, there were reports of protesters blocking some highways, including in Sirsa, Fatehabad and Kurukshetra.
27 Sep, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Bharat Bandh: Hundreds of farmers block highways in Punjab, HaryanaThe protesting farmers parked their tractors on highways and major link roads in both Punjab and Haryana and squatted on the road.Heavy pol...
27 Sep, 2021, 08.59 AM IST
Police lathi-charge on farmers in Karnal triggers protests in Punjab, opposition attack on Manohar Lal Khattar govtA day after the police action in Karnal, a farm union leader accused police of causing death to a farmer, allegedly injured in the lathi-ch...
29 Aug, 2021, 09.27 PM IST
Farmers in Punjab block roads, burn effigies over lathicharge on Haryana peasantsAround 10 people were injured on Saturday as police allegedly lathicharged a group of farmers disrupting traffic movement on a national hig...
29 Aug, 2021, 06.10 PM IST
Farmers' protest hits train movement, road traffic in Jalandhar for second dayScores of farmers had on Friday launched an agitation for an indefinite period to press the Punjab government to accept their demands relat...
21 Aug, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
Bahujan Samaj Party leaders arrested for staging dharnaBSP leaders were arrested for staging dharna against alleged non-implementation of Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme by some private colleges ...
18 Nov, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Congress activists burn Badal's effigy; one protester dies in PhagwaraWhen contacted, Phagwara DSP Manpreet Singh Dhillon said that traffic from Phagwara to Hoshiarpur and the vice versa was diverted via Pansh...
18 Oct, 2015, 04.19 PM IST
Punjab sacrilege: National highway blocked by Sikh protestersThe Phagwara SP along with some other district administration officials reached the spot and attempted to persuade the protesters to lift t...
17 Oct, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
- FDI in retail & hike in diesel prices: Farmers block rail, road traffic
Several farmers today blocked rail and road traffic at different locations in the district opposing FDI in retail and hike in diesel price.
05 Oct, 2012, 04.21 PM IST
- Punjab signs agreement with HCL for Wide Area Network
The Punjab government on Wednesday signed an agreement with HCL Infosystems to establish Punjab State Wide Area Network (PAWAN) at a total ...
30 Jan, 2008, 07.23 PM IST