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DELHI: After the 5th round of meeting between farmer leaders and senior police officials from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, the Delhi Police have given their nod to the tractor march planned by the protesting farmers.

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 23: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced a hike from Rs 31,000 to Rs 51,000 in the Shagun amount for the marriage of daughters of construction workers in Punjab from April 1, 2021, while also approving Rs 1500 in financial aid to such workers or their …

JAMMU: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday detected another underground tunnel, constructed by Pakistan at the International Border (IB) to facilitate infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, in Kathua district during the past 10 days, a spokesperson of the border guarding force said.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took out motorbike rallies in several parts of the state on Saturday to mobilise people for a proposed tractor parade of farmers in Delhi on January 26.

HAMILTON: A Punjab-origin city councillor says voice mails from a resident who threatened violence against Black people after far-right rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol is a reminder that Hamilton isn’t immune to racism.

LONDON: Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.

SONEPAT: Farmers at Singhu border nabbed a miscreat in police uniform late Friday evening, whom they alleged was sent by someone to create disturbance in their peaceful agitation.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Joe Biden agreed to meet next month, the prime minister’s office said on Friday, following a call between the two leaders in which they vowed to join forces to combat coronavirus in North America.

CHANDIGARH: A three-member High-Level Committee constituted by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to address the objections raised by the farmers regarding the acquisition of land for the Delhi-Katra Expressway Project, on Friday, met under the chairmanship of Public Works Minister  Vijay Inder Singla and interacted with the farmers of …

CHANDIGARH: Even as he slammed the Akalis and AAP for spreading lies over the Farm Laws and dubbed the Centre’s refusal to repeal them as ‘inhuman’, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced jobs for one member of each of the families of the state’s farmers who had …