SUKHDEV SINGH KOKRI
‘Bitter harvest’: Farmers’ unions up ante over MSPFarm groups have termed the Budget a “bitter harvest” sugar-coated with an implausible target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Claiming...
Defiant farmers take oath across villages in Malwa to burn paddy stubblePaddy has been sown in over 29.5 lakh hectares in Punjab, including 4.5 lakh hectares under the aromatic basmati crop.
Punjab to auction two lakh tonnes of rotten wheatIn November, TOI had highlighted how wheat stacked in the open plinths near Rampura and Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda was rotting.
Basmati growers fetch low prices, allege cartelisationBasmati growers are in for a shock as popular aromatic rice varieties like PUSA 1121 are fetching "far lower" prices than what they got las...
SAD, BJP appeal farmers to work with govt to resolve issuesRuling coalition partners SAD and BJP today appealed to them to work with the Punjab government to get their issue resolved at the earliest.
Protesting farmers to meet Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal on October 12; Rail Roko to continue todayRail services continued to remain paralysed for the fourth consecutive day today with a large number of farmers participating in Rail Roko ...
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