Friday’s anniversary mobilisation had been planned before Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement on November 19 of a decision to repeal three controversial farm laws
Hundreds of tractors bedecked with lights and posters rolled through the Singhu border protest site as loud Punjabi and Haryanvi songs filled the air on Friday to mark one year of the protest against the three farm laws that the government is set to formally withdraw. Farmers flaunting colourful turbans, sunshades, long beards and twirling moustaches danced on tractors,
Centenarians emerge as face of vaccination drive in Punjab s Patiala ANI | Updated: Apr 18, 2021 16:10 IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): Three centenarians of Punjab s Patiala have emerged as an inspiration for others to join the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the district.
Citing an example, Jattan Kaur, 105 of Village Biradwal area, 104-year-old Sita Devi from Kalyan and Najar Singh from Rakhra area have emerged as the face of vaccination drive in Patiala by getting inoculated themselves against the coronavirus.
Jattan Kaur administered the vaccine at Biradwal village along with her son and grandson. When we were getting ready for visiting vaccination camp organised by the administration with the help of village Panchayat, her mother expressed her strong will to get the COVID jab first, her son Baldev Singh said, according to an official statement on Sunday.