SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal also raised a black flag at his house in Muktsar district and urged the Central govt to accept the demand of protesting farmers.
The 2020 lockdown and ensuing migrant exodus triggered much upheaval in Punjab as it came in the run-up to rabi marketing season and ahead of paddy sowing.
Punjab implements direct transfer of payments for farmers on day one of rabi procurement season. Farmers worry it will hurt working relationship with agents, make getting loans harder.
The 3 orders include one calling for direct payment to farmers, bypassing arhatiyas, and another that requires tillers to prove they have authority to cultivate a certain plot to claim money.
Farmers, led by activists of the Kirti Kisan Union, accused BJP of 'spoiling the atmosphere' by organising meetings despite the ongoing agitation against the Centre's new farm laws.
Doctors at PGIMS Rohtak say condition of Niranjan Singh, a farmer from Punjab’s Tarn Taran, is stable. Farmer leaders say suicides will send the wrong message to the country.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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