Farmers in Punjab on a three-day ‘rail roko’ protest

Panjab

Farmers in Punjab on a three-day ‘rail roko’ protest; 18 train services of Firozpur division hit Demands include: Financial package for losses caused by recent floods, a legal guarantee to minimum support price (MSP), Debt waiver and Demanding action against Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri...

AAP protests arrest of MP Sanjay Singh

Panjab

District leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today protested the arrest of Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the excise policy case.  

PSPCL union ends protest

Panjab

The apprenticeship union of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), which had been holding a protest outside the office premises, ended the stir today following an audience with Director (Admn) Jasbir Singh Sur Singh. Jasbir Singh reassured the agitating union members that the recruitment for assistant linemen would be officially advertised by December 15. He...

Day 6: Teachers’ protest continues at Arya College

Ludhiana Ludhiana, Ludhiana, Punjab

The protest of Arya College Teachers’ Union continued for the sixth consecutive day at Arya College. The main demands of the Arya College Teachers’ Union are to implement the 7th Pay Commission report. Releasing pending salary of prof Parminder Singh Bhogal and Improving the local administration.

Punjab BJP holds protest against AAP Government over SYL issue

Chandigarh Mohali Border Chandigarh Mohali Border, Mohali, Panjab, India

Led by state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar, several senior party leaders sit in protest near CM Bhagwant Mann’s official residence The Punjab BJP Saturday held a protest over the issue of Sutlej Yamuna link (SYL) canal, accusing the AAP Government of failing to safeguard the state’s interest on river waters. The Opposition party asserted that...

Farmers protest unfair compensation for land

Ludhiana Ludhiana, Ludhiana, Punjab

The Ludhiana-Ropar Greenfield Expressway Sangharsh Committee, Ludhiana along with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Dakaunda, BKU Lakhowal and BKU Qadiyan protested at the office of the Project Director of the National Highway Authority (NHAI) in Jainpur village along the Ladhowal-South City bypass road on Monday. They demand higher compensation against land acquired for the expressway project....

Kin of abducted newborn protest police ‘inaction’

Amritsar Amritsar, Amritsar, Punjab

Alleging police inaction, the parents and kin of the abducted newborn baby boy staged a protest outside the Majitha Road police station here on Tuesday. Harpreet Singh, father of the abducted child, said, “Myself and wife were blessed with a child 14 years after our marriage. It was a great day for me and my...