Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal NEW DELHI: Punjab farmer-activist Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since months at the Khanauri border point to press the Centre to accept the agitating farmers’ demands, arrived in ambulance for meeting with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the seventh round of talks. In the…
BATHINDA/CHANDIGARH: Punjab farmers’ march to Chandigarh following Samyukt Kisan Morcha‘s (SKM) call for a week-long protest from March 5 was headed off at multiple points by police, largely restricting the protesters to their districts.The farmers, who moved towards Chandigarh on tractor-trolleys and other vehicles on Wednesday, were stopped on various highways.Chandigarh police, too, put up…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday gave the Punjab government time until December 31 to convince farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike for over a month, to move to a hospital. In a hearing, a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan criticized the Punjab government…