Punjab

Do you have no shame? Amarinder lashes out at Kejriwal on his fast ‘theatrics’

Bhumika Arora - December 14, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has targeted his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal after he announced a day-long fast. Amarinder Singh has described Kejriwal’s decision...

‘Why not discuss Farm Acts clause-by-clause?’ Sitharaman rips apart Congress too

Bhumika Arora - December 12, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman can’t understand people who are joining protests are not outlining their reasons for it, or the points germane to the...

Over a lakh of Haryana farmers come out in support of Farm Acts 2020

Newsbred Staff - December 9, 2020

Even as agitating farmers are raising the temperature on their protests, over a lakh farmers belonging to the farmer producer organisations and the progressive...

A tale of two foot: One in India wants zero laws; The other in Canada would question no law

Veeresh Malik - December 9, 2020

Driving around in Punjab and being of Punjabi descent with an exposure to the various Punjab Extensions I, II & III all over the...

Why farmers’ stir historically don’t sustain in India: the prepaid media orgy notwithstanding

Ashish Shukla - December 8, 2020

Who would not be moved by the image as the one accompanying this piece. An old farmer, face wreathed in ravines of age, yet...

Is it ‘Kagaz-nahin-dikhayenge’ syndrome which is the real angst of farmers behind stir?

Veeresh Malik - December 7, 2020

There are two amendments to an old Bill going back a hundred years or so, which are impacting a large number of powerful people,...

You must’ve read of ‘Poor Farmers’ but never really met them: Here’s your chance

Veeresh Malik - December 5, 2020

All of the last few days I have been listening to different variants of "but think of the poor farmer" in context with the...

If Modi’s Centre agrees on MSP, it would be betrayal of India and its farmers

Ashish Shukla - December 2, 2020

Most of us know that the fate of farmers’ agitation depends if the Centre agrees to their guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP) demand on...

‘Farce of Farmers’: No Indian could be neutral at this hour; which side are you on?

Ashish Shukla - December 1, 2020

Let there be no doubt that it’s not about farmers. Think of all the reasons you could and I would demolish it clinically. MSP? “Farmers”...

Farmers promised $1 million by pro-Khalistan Sikh body

Newsbred Staff - November 30, 2020

Pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has extended support to the ongoing agitation by farmers. Its founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has announced a financial support...

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