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Farmers in Punjab begin 3-day "rail roko" protest over flood compensation
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Raising the demand for financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, farmers, under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in Punjab's Amritsar have organised a three-day 'rail blockade' all over Punjab on Thursday.
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Farmers block railway tracks in Punjab after cop slaps woman protesting ag
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Farmers in Punjab's Jalandhar staged a protest on railway tracks at Jalandhar Cantonment junction after a policeman allegedly slapped an elderly woman protesting over land acquisition for Delhi-Katra national highway.
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AAP MP Raghav Chadha writes to Finance Minister Sitharaman, seeks support
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
AAP leader Chadha wrote, "I'm writing to draw your attention towards the plight of the farmers in Punjab. Rain, high-velocity winds and hailstorm reported in the state in the state since March 24 have impacted at least 14 lakh hectares (40 per cent) of 34.9 lakh hectares of wheat sown in Pun
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Punjab: Local farmers hits out at government over poor stubble management
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Local farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district expressed their dissatisfaction over Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led state government's failure to find an alternative to the stubble burning problem.
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Punjab: Sangrur SSP to contribute part of his salary to education of farme
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): A Punjab police official from the Sangrur district has decided to contribute a part of his salary to the education of the daughters of farmers who die by suicide due to financial constraints.
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Pakistan: Farmers threaten govt to go on strike if demands not met, give d
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Kissan Ittehad Awami Party threatened the provincial government over issues faced by farmers in Punjab province and gave deadline of February 20 to solve the grievances.
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SAD leader alleges attack on his convoy by farmers in Punjab's Firozpur
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Firozpur (Punjab) [India], November 10 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Vardev Singh Noni Mann on Wednesday alleged that his convoy was attacked by farmers in Firozpur on Wednesday.
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Farmers in Punjab's Bathinda burn stubble, say not left with any other cho
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], October 14 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab's Bathinda have started burning stubble, saying that they are not being provided with a 50 per cent subsidy as directed by the state government in September.
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Farmers in Punjab, Haryana stage protest over delay in paddy procurement
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana)/Ambala (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): Various farmer organisations on Saturday staged protests in several parts of Haryana and Punjab over delay in paddy procurement.
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AYUSH distributed 7,500 medicinal plants to farmers in Punjab and 750 in U
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The Ministry of AYUSH on Thursday informed that a total of 7500 medicinal plants were distributed to farmers in Maharashtra and 750 in Uttar Pradesh under the national campaign run by AYUSH.
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BJP leader, workers 'attacked' by farmers in Punjab, allege police involve
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], July 11 (ANI): Punjab BJP leader Bhupesh Aggarwal and other local leaders of the party were allegedly attacked by farmers on Sunday in Patiala.
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Railways restores 11 trains; Punjab farmers say will not allow passenger t
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab)/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Nov 24 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab's Amritsar continued their protest against the new farm laws, saying that they will not allow the passenger trains to run, even as Western Railway (WR) restored the services of 11 trains, which were either cancell
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