'You get loan waivers, have Fortuners, we don't': Lady shopkeeper's faceoff with protesting farmers during Punjab bandh goes viralA viral video captures a woman's confrontation with farmers' protesters during the Punjab Bandh, highlighting the disruption to small busin...
02 Jan, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Farmers stay put on Haryana-Punjab border, say next move on TuesdayThe Haryana government had further extended the suspension of mobile internet and bulk SMS services in seven districts by a day till Saturd...
24 Feb, 2024, 10.40 PM IST
UN University report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planetA report by the United Nations University warns that the northwestern region of India, particularly Punjab and Haryana, is at risk of exper...
26 Oct, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
As massive crisis builds, govt policies fail to reflect their concerns: Rahul Gandhi on farmers stirFarmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi's borders for seven months in protest against th...
27 Jun, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
Punjab farmers to get money directly in accounts, Centre rejects state’s plea to route through arhtiyasThe procurement of wheat is scheduled to start from Saturday in Punjab, which is likely to buy 13 million tonnes of wheat from farmers for ...
09 Apr, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
Rail Roko: Indian Railways deploys 20 additional RPSF companies, focus on Punjab, Haryana, UPThe SKM had said that the rail blockade will held across the country from 12 pm to 4 pm. The announcement came amid the ongoing protests ag...
17 Feb, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Several US lawmakers voice support for agitating farmers in India"I stand in solidarity with the Punjabi farmers in India protesting for their livelihoods and protection from misguided, manipulative gover...
08 Dec, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
Situation getting out of hand, hold talks with farmers immediately: Amarinder Singh to Centre"The voice of farmers cannot be muzzled indefinitely. Centre should immediately initiate talks with Kisan Union leaders to defuse the tense...
27 Nov, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh stages dharna in Delhi, alleges step-motherly treatment by CentreThe CM said, “I am not in Delhi to confront the Centre but to fight for justice for the poor farmers whose livelihood is at stake due to th...
04 Nov, 2020, 09.44 PM IST
Open to dialogue only when PM will publicly be ready to accept amendments in farm laws: All India Kisan SabhaThe government has, however, asserted that the new laws will free farmers from the clutches of middleman and allow them to sell their produ...
05 Oct, 2020, 08.58 PM IST
Farm Bills protest: Rahul Gandhi to now hold tractor rallies from October 4-6"Change in @Rahul Gandhi tractor rallies programme; rescheduled to October 4, 5, 6. Rest (itinerary) remains the same," Punjab Chief Minist...
02 Oct, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
View: Why do India's farmers kill themselves? Can market reforms help?Only about 50% or less of the household income of cultivating farmer comes from farming with the rest made up of wages, off-farm and non-fa...
28 Sep, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Modi and Yediyurappa governments have launched 'diabolical attack' on the lives of farmers: SurjewalaSurjewala was referring to the amended APMC and land reforms Act in Karnataka and the three contentious farms bills passed by Parliament, a...
27 Sep, 2020, 04.34 PM IST
Direct payment system for grain farmers of Punjab, Haryana soonMSP for procurement won’t be routed via middlemen in these two states; agents or arthiyas likely to oppose new system.
15 Aug, 2019, 09.28 AM IST
Parkash Singh Badal seeks Rs 10,000 per acre compensationCM urged Modi to duly compensate the farmers whose standing crops have been affected due to recent heavy rains coupled with high velocity w...
08 Mar, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
Former Punjab CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal slams Modi government over land ordinance"Land acquisition ordinance promulgated by Narendra Modi government is anti-farmer and impinges on the right of farmers to preserve their l...
22 Feb, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal demands separate budget for agriculture sectorBadal today appealed to the Centre to present a separate budget for agriculture on the lines of railways, saying 55 per cent of the country...
16 Feb, 2014, 09.53 PM IST