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Cold wave intensifies in Haryana, Punjab; Hisar records minus 1.2 deg C

The ongoing cold wave conditions in Haryana and Punjab intensified at many places on Thursday, with Hisar reeling at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius

Punjab lifts night curfew from Jan 1 due to decline in Covid cases

The night curfew was reimposed in Punjab from December 1

Punjab withdraws night curfew from January 1 amid decline in cases

With decline in coronavirus cases, the Punjab government decided to lift the night curfew from January 1 but advised the public to follow Covid-19 protocols

Three union ministers to hold discussions with 40 farmer leaders

This is the latest government attempt to find a solution to the demands of the farmers

Reliance Jio writes to Punjab CM, DGP over 'vandalism' at network sites

Reliance Jio said there were 'incidents of sabotage and vandalism at Jio network sites' in the state

Food inflation in states with strong 'mandis' & those without: Status check

The following chart shows the average retail food and beverages inflation of Punjab and Haryana as compared with Bihar, where APMCs where made redundant few years back

Farmers write to Centre, take hard line on agenda for Dec 30 talks

Protesting farmer unions wrote to the Centre saying the discussion will only be on the modalities of repealing the three legislations

Farmers, sympathisers continue to target telecom towers in Punjab

Dozens of telecom towers in Punjab continued to be damaged by protesting farmers and sympathisers on Tuesday

Don't vandalise telecom towers, farmers' leaders appeal from Delhi

More than 1,500 mobile phone towers having been vandalised in Punjab amid protests over the three farm laws

Punjab looking into whether protesting farmers sabotaged telecom towers

A senior Punjab state police official said the power supply was disrupted to several telecom towers in the state, mainly ones owned by Jio, the telecommunications arm of Reliance Industries

I appeal with folded hands to Centre to repeal farm laws: Delhi CM Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed to the Centre to repeal the new farm laws and said farmers are protesting for their survival

Farmers camping at Delhi borders to seek answers, not for holiday: Mollah

Farmers camping at various Delhi borders are here not for a "holiday" but to seek answers from the Centre to their grievances, farmer leader Hannan Mollah said on Sunday

Dec 29 talks will only work if done from farmers' perspective: Agri MoS

Minister of State (MoS) Agriculture Kailash Choudhary has said that talks scheduled on December 29 will resolve issues if they are conducted from farmers' perspective

Lawyer from Punjab commits suicide near farmers' protest site

A lawyer from Punjab allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Sunday a few kilometres from the site of a farmers' protest at Tikri border

Truckload of pineapples free of cost in solidarity for agitating farmers

A farmers association in Kerala has sent 16 tonnes of pineapples by truck to the national capital for free distribution

Cold weather persist in Haryana, Punjab; Ludhiana reels at 1.6 deg C

Piercing cold weather conditions prevailed in most parts of Haryana and Punjab on Friday, with minimum temperatures hovering well below normal limits.

Security forces deployed at Delhi's Ghazipur border amid farmer protests

Security forces have been deployed at Delhi's Ghazipur border on Friday in view of farmers' protest against the new agricultural laws

Govt plans dry run for Covid vaccine administration in 4 states next week

The central government said it has planned a dry run for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat and Punjab next week

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine on Dec 28, 29 in two Punjab districts

The Centre has chosen Punjab to conduct a dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on December 28 and 29, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said here on Thursday.

Punjab CM asks people to exercise caution amid reports of new Covid strain

Punjab reported 14 more COVID-19 deaths and 488 new cases on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 5,243 and the infection count to 1,64,145