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Punjab farmers continue to burn stubble as alternative methods are expensi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tarn Taran (Punjab) [India], October 18 (ANI): Farmers continue to burn stubble in Tarn Taran area of Punjab as they cannot afford the equipment to dispose of stubble.
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Punjab: Several farmers' unions hold meeting to discuss agri laws
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 15 (ANI): Leaders of several farmers' unions of Punjab on Thursday conducted a meeting to discuss farm laws here at the Kisan Bhawan.
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Delhi's air quality dips as Punjab farmers continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 14 (ANI): Despite increasing concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital, farmers in Amritsar's Wadala Johal village on Wednesday continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Union Ministers reach out to Punjab farmers over new farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As part of efforts to reach out to farmers in Punjab to explain benefits of agriculture laws and counter opposition criticism, union ministers are holding press conferences and interactions covering various districts of Punjab that will continue over t
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Amritsar MP urges PM Modi to resume trade with Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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Amritsar's protesting farmers call Rahul Gandhi's tractor rally as 'luxury
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 5 (ANI): Punjab farmers at the 'rail roko' agitation in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village called the tractor rally by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a 'luxury rally', and added that the protests by political parties were stunts for the coming elections.
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Punjab farmers continue 'Rail Roko' agitation in Jalandhar, Patiala
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], October 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union and Jamhuri Kisan Sabha staged a 'Rail Roko' agitation at Phillaur Junction in Punjab's Jalandhar, to protest against the newly passed agriculture laws on Thursday.
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Protest against farm laws continues in Amritsar, enters seventh day
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 30 (ANI): The "rail roko" protest by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on railway tracks in Devidaspura village of Amritsar against the new farm laws entered the seventh day on Wednesday.
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Farmers in Amritsar protest against Centre over agriculture reform bills
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 19 (ANI): Farmers held a protest demonstration against the Centre on Saturday over the recent bills in the agriculture sector.
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Punjab not to file cases against farmers for violation of Sec 144, Amarind
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of FIRs over violation of Section 144 filed against farmers in the state and said that no fresh cases would be registered against farmers for such violation.
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Farmers protest against govt ordinances, fuel price hike
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab), July 21 (ANI): Thousands of farmers under the banners of different organisations took out a "tractor march" in Ludhiana on Monday in protest against three ordinances introduced by the Central Government and the fuel price hike.
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Stubble burning in Punjab may worsen air quality
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): The air quality in Punjab is expected to deteriorate as the farmers in Chatiwind village have started to burn the stubble post the harvest season, which had improved due to imposition of nationwide lockdown by the Centre to contain the spread of coron
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