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Amritsar, Punjab: 1 LAKH HECTARE LAND – ON LEASE, RS 5 CR, 200 FARMERS SET OUT FOR DESTINATION AFRICA. A group of farmers from Punjab are planning to take 1 lakh hectare land on lease in the African nation of Ethiopia for cultivation. The plan follows the visit of a delegation of the Jalandhar Potato »
Moga, Punjab: A debt-ridden septuagenarian farmer allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a goods train near railway station at Moga late last night. His body was recovered by the railway police this morning. Jagjit Singh, son of the deceased farmer identified as Saggar Singh, resident of Raunta village of Nihal Singh Wala subdivision, in a »
Sikh Farmers Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab: Large number of dairy farms surrounding Chandigarh has lead farmers in the region to opt for manual harvesting of wheat despite shortage of labourers, as price of wheat husk — used as fodder for cattle — has increased by manifolds. As per a survey conducted by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, »
Ludhiana, Punjab: The Punjab farmers may suffer a loss of Rs 1,100 crore and the Mandi Board, Rural Development Fund and the arhtiyas will suffer a loss worth Rs 130 crore respectively due to the fall in the wheat production as a result of a sudden rise in temperature during March. The temperature during March »
Chandigarh, Punjab: Over 25,000 farmers from all over Punjab on Tuesday thronged Chandigarh to hold a protest rally here in protest against unbundling of Punjab State Electricity Board. The protest march which remained peaceful during day but around 4 PM turned violent forcing the police to lathi charge the farmers. The protesting farmers set on »
Nagar kirtan marks Guru Granth Sahib’s installation
Amritsar, September 1 Nagar kirtan was taken out to celebrate the 406th anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple with religious fervour here today. After performing ardas at Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib, the nagar kirtan led by Panj Piaras went through various markets of the holy city. The gurdwara is the [...]
Sharjah court accepts translator, records statements of 17 boys on death row
Chandigarh, September 1 The statements of all 17 Indian boys facing the death sentence in the Sharjah murder case were recorded today by a Sharjah Sharia Appeal Court after it accepted Mohammed Arif, a Balouchi, as translator-cum-interpreter. Relatives of eight of the 17 boys were present in the court during the recording of the statements. [...]
Dilgeer at it Again: New book claims only first 13 angs of Maharaj is Nitnem
Writer Harjinder Dilgeer, who last year wrote the anti-panthic book called Sikh Twareekh is at it again. This time he has written a book called “Nitnem- Guru Granth Sahib ji de pehla 13 Ang.” In this book Dilgeer claims that the daily Nitnem of a Sikh is only in the first 13 Angs of Maharaj [...]