Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks on the resolution against the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing in the State Legislative Assembly, in Chandigarh, on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Punjab State Assembly on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) rejected the draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural … Read more
Rakesh Tikait. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar After Punjab farmers announced a one-day protest today, farmer leader and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson, Rakesh Tikait said that the protest has been declared by the farmers in Punjab only. Questioning the government’s action against stubble burning, Mr. Tikait said the government should tell the … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. | Photo Credit: ANI Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann held a meeting with the officials and discussed the matter of compensation for the farmers in the wake of crop loss due to bad weather. Heavy damage to crops was reported due to the bad weather in North India. Crops of … Read more
The disastrous spike in Covid cases has changed many mindsets. The Election Commission was slammed for a lengthy voting schedule in the recent state elections, helping spread the disease. The Kumbh Mela at Haridwar was castigated for promoting mass contact. The IPL was suspended, and the Tokyo Olympics will probably be abandoned. The Uttarakhand government … Read more
CHANDIGARH: Towards the close of 2020, the farmers’ protest appeared to push everything else that happened in Punjab to the background. The fight against COVID-19, for instance. Also, a hooch tragedy that claimed over 100 lives. The state’s top bureaucrat was shunted out after two ministers went into a sulk over him. Chief Minister Amarinder … Read more