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Farmers, sympathisers continue to target telecom towers in Punjab

Dozens of telecom towers in Punjab continued to be damaged by protesting farmers and sympathisers on Tuesday

Don't vandalise telecom towers, farmers' leaders appeal from Delhi

More than 1,500 mobile phone towers having been vandalised in Punjab amid protests over the three farm laws

Punjab looking into whether protesting farmers sabotaged telecom towers

A senior Punjab state police official said the power supply was disrupted to several telecom towers in the state, mainly ones owned by Jio, the telecommunications arm of Reliance Industries

I appeal with folded hands to Centre to repeal farm laws: Delhi CM Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed to the Centre to repeal the new farm laws and said farmers are protesting for their survival

Farmers camping at Delhi borders to seek answers, not for holiday: Mollah

Farmers camping at various Delhi borders are here not for a "holiday" but to seek answers from the Centre to their grievances, farmer leader Hannan Mollah said on Sunday

Dec 29 talks will only work if done from farmers' perspective: Agri MoS

Minister of State (MoS) Agriculture Kailash Choudhary has said that talks scheduled on December 29 will resolve issues if they are conducted from farmers' perspective

Lawyer from Punjab commits suicide near farmers' protest site

A lawyer from Punjab allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Sunday a few kilometres from the site of a farmers' protest at Tikri border

Truckload of pineapples free of cost in solidarity for agitating farmers

A farmers association in Kerala has sent 16 tonnes of pineapples by truck to the national capital for free distribution

Cold weather persist in Haryana, Punjab; Ludhiana reels at 1.6 deg C

Piercing cold weather conditions prevailed in most parts of Haryana and Punjab on Friday, with minimum temperatures hovering well below normal limits.

Security forces deployed at Delhi's Ghazipur border amid farmer protests

Security forces have been deployed at Delhi's Ghazipur border on Friday in view of farmers' protest against the new agricultural laws

Govt plans dry run for Covid vaccine administration in 4 states next week

The central government said it has planned a dry run for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat and Punjab next week

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine on Dec 28, 29 in two Punjab districts

The Centre has chosen Punjab to conduct a dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on December 28 and 29, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said here on Thursday.

Punjab CM asks people to exercise caution amid reports of new Covid strain

Punjab reported 14 more COVID-19 deaths and 488 new cases on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 5,243 and the infection count to 1,64,145

Punjab farmer dies by suicide after returning from Delhi protests

The reason behind the suicide was yet to be ascertained, the police said

439 fresh Covid-19 cases, 20 deaths in Punjab; state tally rises to 162,705

A total of 36,59,116 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state

We need a new Farm Act that looks at the issues afresh: Punjab FM Badal

Badal said that it remains unclear who is leading the talks from the Centre's side, and the move comes after much dilly-dallying

BSF kills two intruders at Attari border in Punjab, recovers weapons

Two intruders were eliminated by Border Security Force (BSF) at the Attari border area in Punjab. Several weapons have been recovered from the spot

A discovery of India

Book review of The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

In Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh has hit the sweet spot

With no effective challenge from within his own party and a weak opposition outside, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is in a sweet spot politically

Has Diljit Dosanjh changed Bollywood?

For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement