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Rural roads repair work hit due to non-release of RDF, says Agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian in question hour

Chandigarh, March 12 -- Agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Monday said that owing to the non-release of rural development fund (RDF) by the Centre, the repairs of rural roads have been dela... Read More


Punjab farmers set to take the wheel of improved, easy-to-use surface seeders

Chandigarh, March 11 -- Punjab Agricultural University's (PAU) surface seeder, an improved and easy-to-use version of its older counterparts, has found space in the list machines being provided to far... Read More


No mention of AAP's pre-poll promises in Punjab budget: Bajwa

Chandigarh, March 7 -- Punjab Vidhan Sabha leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party's guarantees given before of the state polls were missing in the state budget p... Read More


Sukhdev Dhindsa merges his party SAD (Sanyukt) with SAD after 4 years

Chandigarh, March 6 -- In a boost for Akali Dal ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Tuesday merged his SAD (Sanyukt) with the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Aka... Read More


Punjab: rRs.r13,784 crore for agri sector, major chunk to be pumped into free power for tubewells

Chandigarh, March 6 -- Presenting the budget for the financial year 2024-25, Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday announced an allocation of Rs.13,784 crore for the agriculture and a... Read More


Punjab's crop residue management plan bets big on subsidised machines

Chandigarh, March 1 -- The Punjab government has decided to provide farmers with 36,020 subsidised machines for in-situ and ex-situ management of the crop residue for the upcoming kharif season harves... Read More


Bharti Kisan Union (Sidhupur) convener Dallewal seeks designated protest site in Delhi

Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- Bharti Kisan Union (Sidhupur) convener Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Tuesday asked the Centre to provide a designated place in the national capital for the protest. This comes after ... Read More


Union ministers assure farmers to 'study framework' for guaranteed MSP

Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- The three Union ministers who met farmer leaders in Chandigarh for the third round of talks on Thursday are learnt to have given an assurance to "study the framework" for provid... Read More


Amid deadlock, farmers' stir talks with Centre stretch past midnight

Chandigarh, Feb. 16 -- A fresh round negotiations between a panel of senior Union ministers and protesting farmers stretched past midnight on Thursday, as interlocutors tried to hammer out compromises... Read More


SAD suspends month-long Punjab Bachao Yatra

Chandigarh, Feb. 15 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has suspended its over a month-long 'Punjab Bachao Yatra' in view of the ongoing farmers' protest. The yatra, which was scheduled in Faridkot and ... Read More