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Punjab farmers continue to burn stubble, say govt has not provided
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 14 (ANI): Amid the rising levels of pollution in Delhi, stubble burning continues in various parts of Amritsar, with farmers alleging that the government has done nothing in regards to providing machinery and compensation for controlling the burning of stu
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Punjab farmers demand Rs 7,000 per acre compensation to stop stubb
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 8 (ANI): Stubble burning continued in Punjab on Monday amid 'severe' Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi.
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Will not let farmers die by suicide from April 1, says Delhi CM at
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Mansa (Punjab) [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday promised the farmer at Punjab's Mansa that after April 1, the party will not let any farmer die by suicide.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu is a fraud, cheat, clueless about interests of
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 21 (ANI): Calling Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu a "fraud and cheat", former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said Sidhu is clueless about the state's and its farmers' interests.
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Singhu border killing: Punjab Dy CM alleges conspiracy, says 'will
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 20 (ANI): Alleging that a "deep-rooted conspiracy" to defame the farmers' protest is behind the Singhu border killing, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the state government would reach the bottom of the case to identify the "conspirators
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Don't upset Punjab farmers, country witnessed ramification of unst
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 17 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday urged the Centre to handle farmers' agitation with sensitivity and not to upset the farmers as most of the protesters are from Punjab, a border state.
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Punjab CM urges Railway Board Chairman to withdraw cases against f
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday urged the Chairman of Railway Board to withdraw the cases registered by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) against the members of Kissan (farmer) organisations.
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Punjab farmers in distress as untimely rain destroy crops ready fo
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): The farmers had to bear the loss of most of their crops due to the untimely heavy rain early morning in Amritsar on Saturday.
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Amarinder Singh urges Punjab CM-designate to ensure relief to fami
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 19 (ANI): A day after he quit as the Chief Minister amid the crisis in Punjab Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed sorrow at having to cancel the scheduled disbursement of appointment letters to families of 150 farmers who had lost their live
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Farmers protest: Punjab to give jobs to 104 legal heirs of decease
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Cabinet on Thursday gave ex-post facto approval for jobs to 104 legal heirs of farmers/farm labourers who have died during the ongoing agitation against the farm laws.
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50 trains cancelled, road traffic affected as farmers protesting s
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], August 21 (ANI): Several trains of the Northern Railway on Saturday were running behind schedule as famers seeking a hike in sugarcane prices blocked rail tracks.
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Farmers in Pak's Punjab slam new law on sugar factories, claim the
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan have slammed the passage of a new law controlling sugar factories, saying that their rights have been compromised in the amendment act in contrast to what they were provided in last year's ordinance.
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