On a call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), farmer unions on Sunday staged a protest for four hours at the railway station resulting in disruption of train services.
Two Uttar Pradesh-based labourers, who were working with a private company for the electrification work on the Jalandhar-Ferozepur rail track near Lohian Khas, died during a blast in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder here on Tuesday.
Ritik Sharma, who lives in India, paid $15,000 to attend a private college in Sherbrooke, Que. He ultimately wasn't able to get a student visa to come to Canada, but still hasn't been reimbursed his tuition.