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Amritsar MP urges PM Modi to resume trade with Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider the opening of diplomatic channels for the resumption of trade with Pakistan and allow agricultural products from East Punjab to ge
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Govt procured nearly 43 lakh tonne Kharif paddy from 3.57 lakh farmers at
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): As the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21 begins, as much as 42.55 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been purchased from 3.57 lakh farmers at a minimum support price valued at Rs 8032.62 crore, a statement from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Foo
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Punjab BJP president's car vandalised in Hoshiapur during protest against
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma's car was vandalised in Tanda area of Hoshiarpur district on Monday during a protest against farm laws.
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Punjab School Education Department intensifies campaign to make farmers aw
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Punjab School Education Department on Monday said that it has intensified its campaign to make the farmers aware about the harmful effects of paddy straw burning on the environment.
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SAD gives 7-day ultimatum to Punjab CM to declare entire state notified Ma
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday gave a seven-day ultimatum to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for convening a special session of the Punjab assembly to declare the entire state a notified Mandi (Principal Market Area) and reject t
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AAP's Punjab unit holds protest against farm laws at Jantar Mantar
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday protested against the recently enacted farm laws at Jantar Mantar here, which was also attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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Centre continues procurement of Kharif crops at MSP from farmers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): With the commencement of the Kharif marketing season, the Central government is continuing to procure Kharif crops at its minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said on Monday.
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Cong alleges Shivraj Singh Chouhan corrupt, amassed wealth by ripping off
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 12 (ANI): While former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is a highly successful industrialist, the current CM and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan comes from a "poverty-stricken family" (bhooka nanga) and has amassed huge wealth by ripping off
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SC seeks Centre's response on pleas challenging farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government on a batch of petitions challenging the three farm laws, recently passed by the Parliament of India, claiming that the acts are "discriminatory and manifestly arbitrary" and will expose m
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Close to 700 cases of stubble burning reported from Punjab, Haryana betwee
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amidst increasing levels of air pollution in the national capital region, close to 700 cases of stubble burning were reported from Punjab and Haryana between September 21-29, according to sources in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (
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To counter Congress propaganda against farm laws, BJP fields eight Union M
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amid Congress attempts to intensify stir against new farm laws in the States ruled by the party, with a focus on Punjab, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to rope in Union Ministers to counter the narrative against Narendra Modi government's ambiti
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CPI MP files plea in SC to strike down farm laws for being 'unconstitution
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, requesting "to strike down the three farm bills passed by the Parliament for being unconstitutional".
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