Day: February 6, 2021

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Farmers’ ‘chakka’ jam’ protest draws response in Punjab, Haryana, Raj; Scattered demonstrations in other states

8:28 pm February 6, 2021

Chandigarh: Protesters on Saturday blocked several key roads in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, while scattered demonstrations were held in several other states during a three-hour ‘chakka jam’ called by the farmer unions agitating against the Centre’s new farm laws. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait declared that their protest on Delhi’s outskirts will continue till October 2 and an effort will be made […]

‘Chakka jam’ on KMP Expressway: Protest songs, tricolor and polite request to commuters

8:21 pm February 6, 2021

New Delhi: Loud rustic protest songs blared from speakers, the Tricolour fluttered atop trucks and tractors, and commuters mostly waited patiently as farmers blocked the KMP Expressway Saturday as part of their three-hour ‘chakka jam’ to press their demand of repealing the three new agricultural laws. The call for the nationwide ‘chakka jam’ between 12-3 pm was given by […]

Woman’s headless body found in village field: Police

8:13 pm February 6, 2021

Fatehpur : A headless body of an around 22-year-old woman was found in an agricultural field of a village under Asothar police station near here on Saturday, police said. On being informed about the body, the police reached the village and sent the body for post-mortem, Fatehpur’s Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar said. The body was […]

Will make sheep rearing profitable: Himachal CM

8:10 pm February 6, 2021

Dharamshala : The state government is committed for the welfare of the Gaddi community and will initiate schemes for making sheep rearing a profitable vocation, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said in Palampur’s Banuri near here on Saturday. He said this while addressing a sheep breeders’ conference organised by the HP Wool Federation after inaugurating a tribal community and training centre […]

Diversification of agriculture plays major role in increasing farmers’ income, production: UP CM

7:55 pm February 6, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said diversification of agriculture plays a major role in increasing the farmers’ income and production by decreasing the input cost. The chief minister said a student from Jhansi has boosted strawberry cultivation in Bundelkhand, and had also organised a ‘Strawberry Mahotsav’ there. ”Holding Strawberry Mahotsav in Bundelkhand has sent a new message in […]