In a historic move, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed three Bills to counter the contentious farm laws enacted by the Union Government last month. Among other things, the Bills make buying wheat and paddy below minimum support price (MSP) a punishable … [Read more...] about Punjab passes Bills to bypass Central farm laws
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Political parties trying to hijack farmers’ protest: Kisan union
Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KSMC) blocked Amritsar-Delhi railway track at Devidas Pura village for the 13th day on Tuesday. Protesters burnt effigies of politicians for trying to weaken their agitation. The agitators have been protesting against three … [Read more...] about Political parties trying to hijack farmers’ protest: Kisan union
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Union Food Processing Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal today resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against the farm-related Bills. She walked out of the Lok Sabha when the House was taking up a discussion on the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce … [Read more...] about Harsimrat quits over farm Bills
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US Presidential candidate and former Vice-President Joe Biden has expressed concern over the targeting of Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan, especially after the attack on Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib, and suggested they will be given refugee status in America if he was elected … [Read more...] about Former US Vice-President Biden for relocating Afghan Sikhs, Hindus
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The Special Task Force (STF) has claimed that strictness in Punjab has forced the peddlers to change the smuggling routes. STF chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu said 180 foreign nationals had been arrested in 147 cases registered over three years. Of them, 61 were arrested in 2017, … [Read more...] about 1,376 kg heroin seized in 3 years: STF
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