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Women, her son held with heroin in Jammu

11:19 pm February 21, 2021

Jammu: A woman and her son were arrested after 50 grams of heroin was recovered from their possession here, police said on Sunday. Tarsem Rani and her son Vinod Singh, residents of Amritsar, were travelling in a private car when they were intercepted by a police party in Bahu Fort area and subjected to checking, a police official said. […]

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

11:02 pm February 6, 2021

New Delhi: Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan blocked highways with tractor-trolleys and squatted on key roads on Saturday, while scattered protests were held in other states during a three-hour ‘chakka jam‘ called by agitating farmer unions which are demanding scrapping of the Centre’s new agri laws. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait declared that their protest on Delhi’s outskirts will continue till October […]

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 […]

Two Army jawans killed in road accident in Mathura

11:31 pm January 31, 2021

Mathura: Two Army soldiers were killed on Sunday morning when the SUV they were travelling in crashed against the divider on Yamuna Expressway near Lakhutia Paar village here, police said. “The deceased have been identified as 42-year-old Lance Naik Gurubux, a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab and 36-year-old Lance Naik Pradeep from Gwalior,” the police said. Both men were identified from their Army ID cards, police said, […]