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AAP defends action against Punjab farmers, says, farmers hurting economy of state

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government led by Bhagwant Mann and AAP leaders have defended police action against the farmers and arrest of senior farmer leaders sitting on dharna on Khanauri and Shambu borders.

In Delhi-like protest, Punjab farmers heading to Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: In a Delhi-like protest by farmers, mainly from Punjab, over their long-pending demands, several farm unions under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) are heading to Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, on Wednesday to start their indefinite agitation wherever they were stopped by the security.

Protesting Punjab farmers try to break barricades, face teargas shells at Shambhu border

CHANDIGARH: Security forces on Friday used teargas shells to disperse protesting farmers from Punjab when they tried to jump the specially erected barricades on the Shambhu border to enter Haryana on their way to Delhi.

Road blockades by Punjab farmers continue, CM Mann says ‘excess of everything bad’

CHANDIGARH: As the farmers' protest continued on the third day on Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has said that "excess of everything was bad" and blocking roads almost every day without “any reason was not justified".

Punjab farmers to block Chandigarh-Delhi Highway from 11 A.M.

CHANDIGARH: Commuters travelling on the Chandigarh-Delhi National Highway via Ambala will be harassed as farmer outfit Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced to keep the highway shut for four hours on Friday from 11 A.M. over the “slow pace” of procurement of paddy in Punjab.

Wheat procurement: Punjab farmers to get Rs.2000 crores om Saturday

CHANDIGARH: Tomorrow Government of Punjab shall be transferring more than Rs. 2000 crores into farmers bank accounts in lieu of MSP payments.

BJP-led alliance promises to waive debt of Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH: Eyeing to woo the farmers, who constitute an influential electoral cohort, the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) alliance on Friday released 11 resolutions for Punjab Assembly polls with a promise to waive the debt of farmers having less than five acres of land.

Punjab farmers' front fails to meet Election Commission norms for registering as a political party

NEW DELHI: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, the umbrella organisation for farmers, is in a quandary as the Election Commission of India (EC) has raised objections over its demand to register the outfit as a political party for the Punjab assembly elections.

Punjab farmers' front fails to meet Election Commission norms for registering as a political part

NEW DELHI: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, the umbrella organisation for farmers, is in a quandary as the Election Commission of India (EC) has raised objections over its demand to register the outfit as a political party for the Punjab assembly elections.

Accident kills 2 Punjab farmers returning from protest site

CHANDIGARH: Two farmers from Punjab were killed in a road accident on Saturday in Haryana's Hisar district while they were returning from the protest site at Tikri border, police said.

Accident kills 2 Punjab farmers returning from protest site

CHANDIGARH: Two farmers from Punjab were killed in a road accident on Saturday in Haryana's Hisar district while they were returning from the protest site at Tikri border, police said.

AAP blaming Punjab farmers to run from responsibility of Delhi pollution: Gurkirat Kotli

CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI:Slamming the Aam Adami Party (AAP) for wrongly blaming the Punjab farmers for Delhi pollution, Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister, Gurkirat Singh, on Monday said that Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi Government has indulged in the blame game to save it's own skin as it has completely failed to control pollution in the national capital.

Punjab farmers pay with life for state apathy

By Inderjit Singh Jaijee
When a highly productive agricultural state like Punjab is beset by a high rural suicide rate it points to a severe agrarian crisis all over the country. The corporate sector flourishes at the cost of farmers. As a consequence, farmers pay with their lives. It’s time to reset our priorities.

SAD-BJP take Punjab farmers for ride on SYL issue, playing political gimmicks

Satinder Bains/Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and BJP, the ruling alliance partners in Punjab have taken farmers of the state for a ride on the issue of Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal in a bid to counter strong anti-incumbency against them. The both parties are ruling partners in center and BJP is in power in Haryana with which Punjab is on war path on sharing of river waters.

Punjab farmers to hold seize of houses of Akali Dal MPs, MLAs

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: The agitationg farmers of Punjab today withdrew from the rail tracks after seven day long blockade and now decided to lay seize of houses of ruling SAD and BJP leaders inlcuding Members of Parliament and MLAs from October 22 to press the Punjab government for their demand of adequate compensation for crop damage.

Punjab farmers extend rail block till Oct 12, CM invites them for talks on Monday

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: The farmer organisations holding rail block agitation for the last four days to seek compensation for damaged cotton crop have extended their agitation for two days, till Monday (October 12). Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has cllaed the farmer bodies for talks on Monday at 4.30 PM.

Punjab farmers shocked at meagre hike in Paddy MSP, Badal keeps mum

Opposition slams BJP, SAD for cheating the farmers
CHANDIGARH: The farmers in Punjab are upset over BJP led NDA government's decision to give meagre hike of Rs.50 per per quintal for paddy. While Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) ruling allinace partner of BJP is evading to criticise center government for anti-farmer decision, the Congress party and Bhartiya Kisan Union (Mann) have rejected the hike and demanded implementation of Swaminathan report as per promsie made by Prime Minister Narender Modi.

Punjab farmers devastated due to unseasonal rains, hope no help

CHANDIGARH:The nonseasonal rains in Punjab have played havoc with the crops and shattered all hopes of farmers. The crops in most part of the state have deferred up to 75 percent loss. Ironically, no help is coming from Government side. 

Tota assures sufficient supply of Urea to Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Agriculture Minister Jathedar Tota Singh today assured the farming community of sufficient urea supply required for wheat crop as the state has already received 10 lac MTs of urea by December 13 as compared to 8.23 lac MT received till date during previous year.

Digital empowerment of Punjab farmers: J-Form in digilocker would be treated as valid document

CHANDIGARH:In a yet another pro-farmers’ initiative besides promoting e-governance, Punjab became the first state in the country to launch a Digi-Locker facility for farmers. Now, the farmers have an option to take print or download digital copies of their J-Forms in the state, as the Punjab Mandi Board has made the electronic format of J-Forms available, from this Wheat Procurement-2021 season onwards.

Rs 8,180 cr transferred into Punjab farmers' accounts via DBT: Centre

NEW DELHI: The Union government said on Monday that Rs 8,180 crore MSP payment has been transferred directly into the accounts of Punjab farmers using the direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode.

Capt Amarinder slams MHA for false propaganda on bonded labour against Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the central government for spreading misinformation about the state’s farmers with its grave and incorrect allegations of bonded labourers working in the fields.

Amarinder blocking Centre's money for Punjab farmers: Chugh

CHANDIGARH: BJP National General Secretary Tarun chugh today condemned Punjab chief Minister Amarinder Singh for sticking to anti-farmer policies and thus depriving Punjab farmers benifits given by the Centre.

Jakhar tears into centre for weaponising it's food grain purchase to undermine mandi system and target Punjab Farmers

CHANDIGARH:Even as he termed the recent FCI diktats regarding crop purchase requirements including forcing farmers to produce farad for selling their produce as vengeful, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday tore into centre for weaponising crop purchase mechanism to dismantle the time-tested mandi system and target Punjab and its farmers.

Punjab farmers are not anti-nationals, says Capt Amarinder

CHANDIGARH:Launching a frontal attack against BJP leaders over their reprehensible statements against the farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday asserted that the famers and farm workers of Punjab are not anti-nationals but are the same patriotic and nationalistic people who gave their lives for the country in Galwan valley last year to protect India’s integrity and sovereignty.

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa MP, President of the SAD (Democratic) writes to Canadian PM, expresses gratitude for his benevolence towards Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH:The Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) president and Rajya Sabha MP S. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa through a communiqué to Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau, on Wednesday expressed gratitude to him for showing benevolence and magnanimity towards the sufferings of the Punjab farmers, through his statements, ahead of the farmers’ agitation against the recently introduced anti-farmers black laws by the centre government.

Back home, Punjab farmers adding sweetness to protest

CHANDIGARH: The sweet fragrance of gur or jaggery fills the air in fields across Punjab these days with wood-fired stills continuously working to make it 'immunity' booster for protesting farmers who have set up vast camps for over a week to mark their protest at the borders of the national capital against new farm laws they say will destroy livelihoods.

Badals who bartered interests of Punjab farmers are posing themselves as 'martyrs': Harpal Singh Cheema

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party Punjab (AAP) senior leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, while reacting to the returning of the Padma Vibhushan award by former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in protest against the contentious farm laws, said on Thursady that had he (Parkash Singh Badal), being an alliance partner of NDA government at the centre, done a precious little to exert pressure on the Centre to repeal black laws, he would not have to  enact the drama today.

Punjab farmers turned down Amit Shah's conditional invitation for talks

CHANDIGARH: Punjab farmers have decided to continue theor agitation from Singhu border of Delhi as they have rejected the conditional invitation of talks. Amit Shah had told farmers to reach Brari and center government will talk to them.

Wont talk to Khattat unless he apologises for inflicting brutality on Punjab farmers: Capt Amarinder

CHANDIGARH: Lashing out at his Haryana counterpart for inflicting such brutality on Punjab’s farmers, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday demanded an unequivocal apology from ML Khattar, accusing him of spreading lies and sticking his nose into a matter in which his state had no role to play.

Revolutionary Bhagat Singh's spirit alive amid Punjab farmers protest

NEW DELHI: With slogans of 'Inquilab Zindabad' on lips, hundreds of the protesting farmers, both men and women, with strong grit, determination and revolutionary thoughts of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, have gathered along borders of the national capital for a planned protest against new farm laws with the commitment and spirit of volunteering.

Punjab Farmers accept Capt Amarinder's request,announce total lifting of rail blockade from Monday'

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday succeeded in breaking the imbroglio over the suspension of train services in the state, with the Kisan Unions acceding to his appeal and announcing complete lifting of the rail blockade from Monday, 23rd November, to pave the way for resumption of both goods and passenger train services in the state after two months.

Centre offers Punjab farmers to hold more talks on farm laws

NEW DELHI: After a meeting of the representatives of farmers' bodies from Punjab with Union ministers on Friday on the new farm laws enacted by the Centre remained inconclusive, the government offered to hold more discussions to resolve the matter.

Prime Minister should come forward to talk with Punjab farmers unconditionally: Chairman Sukhwinder Singh Bindra

CHANDIGARH: Slamming the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Punjab Youth Development Board Chairman Sukhwinder Singh Bindra today said that the Union government eagerly desired to ruin the agriculture based economy to destroy farmers, the Youth and industries of Punjab.

Punjab farmers exempt goods trains to run till Nov 5, agitation to continue

CHANDIGARH: The 30 farmer unions of Punjab have decided to continue their agitation against the farm bills but allowed the goods trains to fun till November 5 to facilitate supply of coal for thermal plants in the state.

SFJ woos Punjab farmers with hiked grants ahead of 'Referendum 2020'

NEW DELHI:Undeterred by the attachment of properties of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) key leaders -- Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and Hardeep Singh Nijjar -- the banned outfit is now offering Rs 3,500 each as grant to woo Punjab farmers ahead of its anti-India campaign 'Referendum-2020', intelligence sources have said.

Amid pandemic, direct seeding of rice helps Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH:The concept of self-reliant India is growing among farmers of Punjab, one of the country's prominent granaries, with the pruning of farm labour caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Encouraging response to crop diversification by Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH: The Crop Diversification Programme initiated by the Punjab Agriculture Department has received a massive response from farmers with the state nearly accomplishing its goal to bring an area of 12.5 lakh acres under cotton cultivation, which was 9.7 lakh acres last year. Diversification of the cropping pattern away from paddy helps to save the precious natural resources of the state i.e. water, helps improve soil fertility, avoid winter stubble burning and thus preserve and improve the environment in a very substantial way.

Free power to Punjab farmers to continue: CM

CHANDIGARH:Criticising the Opposition for spreading lies, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here on Wednesday said free power to farmers would continue till his government was in power.

Punjab farmers to get compensation of Rs.2500 per acre for not burning paddy straw

CHANDIGARH: On the directives of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, the Punjab government has decided to pay Rs 2,500 per acre as compensation to those small and marginal farmers, who have not burnt paddy straw.

Punjab farmers pay with life for state apathy

By Inderjit Singh Jaijee
When a highly productive agricultural state like Punjab is beset by a high rural suicide rate it points to a severe agrarian crisis all over the country. The corporate sector flourishes at the cost of farmers. As a consequence, farmers pay with their lives. It’s time to reset our priorities.

SAD-BJP take Punjab farmers for ride on SYL issue, playing political gimmicks

Satinder Bains/Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and BJP, the ruling alliance partners in Punjab have taken farmers of the state for a ride on the issue of Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal in a bid to counter strong anti-incumbency against them. The both parties are ruling partners in center and BJP is in power in Haryana with which Punjab is on war path on sharing of river waters.

Punjab farmers to hold seize of houses of Akali Dal MPs, MLAs

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: The agitationg farmers of Punjab today withdrew from the rail tracks after seven day long blockade and now decided to lay seize of houses of ruling SAD and BJP leaders inlcuding Members of Parliament and MLAs from October 22 to press the Punjab government for their demand of adequate compensation for crop damage.

Punjab farmers extend rail block till Oct 12, CM invites them for talks on Monday

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH: The farmer organisations holding rail block agitation for the last four days to seek compensation for damaged cotton crop have extended their agitation for two days, till Monday (October 12). Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has cllaed the farmer bodies for talks on Monday at 4.30 PM.

Punjab farmers shocked at meagre hike in Paddy MSP, Badal keeps mum

Opposition slams BJP, SAD for cheating the farmers
CHANDIGARH: The farmers in Punjab are upset over BJP led NDA government's decision to give meagre hike of Rs.50 per per quintal for paddy. While Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) ruling allinace partner of BJP is evading to criticise center government for anti-farmer decision, the Congress party and Bhartiya Kisan Union (Mann) have rejected the hike and demanded implementation of Swaminathan report as per promsie made by Prime Minister Narender Modi.

Punjab farmers devastated due to unseasonal rains, hope no help

CHANDIGARH:The nonseasonal rains in Punjab have played havoc with the crops and shattered all hopes of farmers. The crops in most part of the state have deferred up to 75 percent loss. Ironically, no help is coming from Government side. 

Tota assures sufficient supply of Urea to Punjab farmers

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Agriculture Minister Jathedar Tota Singh today assured the farming community of sufficient urea supply required for wheat crop as the state has already received 10 lac MTs of urea by December 13 as compared to 8.23 lac MT received till date during previous year.