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Punjab reports 385 new coronavirus cases, 8 more deaths; tally at 177,759

Among other districts, SBS Nagar reported 101 fresh cases, Ludhiana 65 and Jalandhar 49, the bulletin said

Farmers ready to sacrifice a crop but would not let movement weaken: Rakesh

Farmers are ready to sacrifice one crop, but will not leave the protest sites and let the ongoing agitation weaken at any cost, Tikait on Friday

Centre directs Punjab, Haryana to make online MSP payment from next season

Centre plans to monetize assets of Food Corporation of India and Central Warehousing Corp, says union minister Piyush Goyal

Be ready to sacrifice your standing crop: Farm leader Tikait to farmers

Tikait asserted that protesting farmers won't return home till the farm laws are repealed

Rail roko: Farmers sit on tracks in Punjab and Haryana; many trains halted

Farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the four-hour 'rail roko' protest against the Centre's three farm laws

Punjab civic polls: Oppn BJP, SAD allege Cong misused official machinery

The opposition BJP and SAD accused the Congress of misusing official machinery after it swept the civic body elections in Punjab on Wednesday.

Does govt still believe farm laws are popular: Chidambaram after Punjab win

After the Congress's victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular

Congress sweeps Punjab's urban body polls, boost for Amarinder Singh

The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday.

Congress heads for big win in Punjab urban civic polls; poor show by AAP

The Congress won municipal corporations in Abohar, Bathinda, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Moga, Batala and Hoshiarpur

Oppn crying foul in face of imminent defeat in civic body polls: Amarinder

His remarks came on the eve of the counting of votes for the civic body elections

Crowds thin at Singhu, Tikri, but farmers say movement stronger than ever

The farmers' stir against three new agriculture laws of the Centre inches towards the three-month mark

Max Bupa eyes Rs 250 cr business from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh in 5 yrs

Max Bupa Health Insurance on Tuesday said it is eyeing business of Rs 250 crore in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in the next five years

10 more deaths, 224 new Covid-19 cases recorded in a day in Punjab

Ten more fatalities related to COVID-19 pushed the death toll in Punjab to 5,707, while 224 new instances of the viral infection took the tally to 1,76,520 on Monday

Health workers getting 2nd dose of Covid vaccine in Punjab: Health minister

Second dose of vaccine is being given to health workers who had got their first shots on January 16, when the vaccination drive was launched

Do terrorists grow in farms?

Gulzar's Maachis operates in a matrix where the audience is infected with Stockholm Syndrome

Rakesh Tikait warns farmers' protest will go on for indefinite period

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the ongoing farmers' protest will go on for indefinite period

Agitating farmers not aiming change in power at Centre: Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday asserted that the agitating farmers were not aiming at any change in power at the Centre but a solution to their problems

Cong MPs from Punjab to move private member's bill to repeal farm laws

Congress MPs from Punjab will move a private member's bill in Lok Sabha to repeal the three contentious new farm laws

3.5 magnitude earthquake hits Bathinda district in Punjab; details awaited

A low-intensity earthquake of 3.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale occurred in Bathinda, Punjab on Monday morning, said the National Centre for Seismology (NCS)

Four states to borrow addl Rs 5,034 crore post ease of doing biz reforms

The Finance Ministry has granted permission to four states of Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab