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Ludhiana: To join forces with farmers’ rally in Delhi on Republic Day, a large number of tractors from Ludhiana district and surrounding areas continued their journey towards the Capital. While in the city, civil society and farmers held a tractor rally in support of the agitation on Sunday. Rajinder Benipal, president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Punjab, who started his journey from Khanna to Delhi with a cavalcade, said 2,000 tractors from Khanna and about 900 from Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib left from GT Road near Khanna towards Delhi on Sunday morning to participate in the rally. “Till now, 1.5 lakh tractors from Punjab have left for Delhi. Such a peaceful agitation is unprecedented in the history of the country and we will bring down this government for its farming laws. We want the government to repeal the three laws,” he said. ....
Amritsar, January 2 A fortnight after two Pakistani intruders were gunned down by the Border Security Force close to Rajatal border outpost, the Amritsar rural police have arrested an alleged drug peddler and nominated four others in the case. According to the police they were to retrieve the drugs and weapons consignment being smuggled by the Pakistani intruders. A senior police official while preferring anonymity has confirmed the development. The arrested accused was identified as Jobanpreet Singh, alias Luckey of Ladeh village, falling under the Rajasansi police station here. “He was held following technical input and human intelligence that they were in the area for allegedly retrieving the drugs and weapons consignment,” he said. Among others who were booked in the case included Jaskaran Singh, alias Billa, and Gopi of Dauke, Sukhbir Singh, alias Sukha alias Jagroop, and Chamkaur Singh, both residents of Bhuse village located near Indo-Pak border. Raids w ....
At dharna site near BJP leader’s house, farmer from Barnala village dies of heart attack As the dharna progressed outside Yadwinder Singh Shanty’s house, Sukhdev Singh Guram was doing a meeting with few other protesters not far away from the spot. Updated: December 29, 2020 11:32:19 am Members of BKU (Dakaunda) take part in a dharna at Barnala railway station park (File photo) Sukhdev Singh Guram (63) died reportedly of heart attack during a dharna near the house of BJP’s Barnala district president Yadwinder Singh Shanty. Sukhdev, a resident of Guram village and a member of BKU (Ugrahan), owned four acres of land which he used to give on annual lease. He had also retired as a senior lab assistant from a government high school. ....
Villagers from Kaddon village, that has sizeable NRI population, with a truck load of articles collected for farmers agitation near Delhi. LUDHIANA: With farmers staying rock solid with their protest and demand seeking repeal of three farm laws, non-resident Indians (NRIs) and villagers have proved to be a great help in sustaining their agitation. While NRIs have come forward to support farmers through their relatives and known people in the villages, common villagers too have pitched in by providing ration for the protesters. “Moved by the agitation, my brother Paramjit Singh, who has been living in Scotland for the past 47 years, said being farmers, we should help farmers, putting up a fight for their future. As farmers, we can feel the pain of our brothers. So, we decided to help them with ration. We have sent two big bags of sugar, two tins of ghee, 25 kg dal and 5kg tea through villagers who had joined the protest,” said 57-year-old Prithpal Singh of Akhara ....