Punjab

Farmers’ stir: Analysing the situation from two sides of the barricades; Who’s wrong?

Ashish Shukla - November 28, 2020

Farmers on foot, tractors, trucks have marched from Punjab towards Haryana and Delhi. Along the way, they have faced barricades, police resistance which morphed...

After Punjab, now Rajasthan negates Centre’s farm laws, passes own bills

Newsbred Staff - October 31, 2020

After Punjab, it’s Rajasthan government which has negated the farm laws recently passed by the Centre but introducing its own three bills in the...

So our soldiers could die defending J&K but not buy land; And you call it fair, Omar

Sant Kumar Sharma - October 28, 2020

Those making constitutional changes in Jammu and Kashmir seem to have a deep sense of history. So it seems when one looks at major...

Woman gang-raped in Amritsar; thrown out of moving car along with child

Newsbred Staff - October 9, 2020

A woman was gang-raped and then thrown out of the running car along with her 10-year-old child in a shocking incident in Amritsar, Punjab. On...

Atal Tunnel: When prepaid media didn’t exist and tourists were not invented

Veeresh Malik - October 5, 2020

Somewhere in the noise in the prepaid mainstream media has been drowned out the actual revival of an ancient trade and pilgrimage route. Now...

Sonia Gandhi asks Congress-ruled states to nullify Farmers’ Acts

Bhumika Arora - October 5, 2020

Sonia Gandhi has advised the Congress-ruled states to introduce another bill to nullify the recent enacted Agricultural bills. While citing Article 254(2), Mrs. Gandhi...

Ever thought why it wasn’t cool to marry a farmer in India when it was so everywhere else?

Veeresh Malik - September 24, 2020

In Part 1, I finished with a brief hint on agri-produce logistics as it emerged in India in the post-947 era. Very briefly, it...

Golden Temple can now receive foreign funds: Amit Shah welcomes move

Newsbred Staff - September 11, 2020

Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib Darbar Sahib Punjab has been granted registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 which would enable the holy piece...

Amarinder warns Kejriwal and his AAP for ‘criminal conspiracy’ in Punjab

Newsbred Staff - September 3, 2020

Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh has warned his Delhi counterpart to stay out of his state and focus on managing his own turf. Kejriwal...

IPL beckons: Its time cricket runs out law 41.16’”and the spirit be damned

Ravi Kant Singh - August 26, 2020

With several weeks still to go before the first ball is bowled in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the cricket...

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