‘Farmers Who Commit Suicide Are Cowards, Criminals’: Haryana Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar’s Shocker

Chandigarh : At a time when farmer suicides have caught national attention, a minister in Haryana has said that farmers who commit suicide are “cowards” and implied that they don’t deserve the government’s support.”Suicide is a crime. According to Indian law, suicide is a crime. A person who commits suicide runs away from his responsibilities. […]

Bains brothers get bail after HC interventio

LUDHIANA: The court of District Session Judge Ludhiana Justice Gurnam Singh today granted bail to Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains, both MLAs arrested by police on April 17 for launching Satyagrah against sand mafia. Punjab and Haryana High Court had yesterday directed the Ludhiana court to accept bail bonds of Bains brothers.Karamjeet Singh […]

RAHUL TO TRAVEL TO GRAIN BOWL OF PUNJAB

Khanna April 28: Rahul Gandhi is visiting Khanna and Gobindgarh in Punjab on Tuesday and will take stock of the situation in the state’s grain markets where farmers are finding it difficult to sell their produce after the recent unseasonal rains. The visit comes at a time when farmers in the region have accused the […]

Rail traffic remains affected in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: Rail traffic in Punjab remained disrupted for the second consecutive day today as members of factions of Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) continued their protest at Mansa, Barnala and Amritsar by squatting on tracks protesting “tardy” wheat procurement and value cut imposed by the Centre.

Modi govt move to reduce freight subsidy on fertilizers to hit farmers hard: Bajwa

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress President, Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, while strongly opposing the move of the Narendra Modi government at the centre to end freight subsidy on potash and phosphorus fertilizers, said it would adversely hit the farmers in the high fertilizer consuming states like Punjab and Haryana.While visiting Hoshiarpur and Tanda Dana Mandis today […]