Jangvir Singh

Talks between the 32 farm groups of Punjab to decide on whether to enter electoral politics or not, remained inconclusive on Wednesday evening.

Punjab Police conducted early morning raids at the homes of farmer leaders, detaining several ahead of the planned SKM protest in Chandigarh on March 5. The action followed failed talks between the Punjab government and SKM, leading to accusations of heavy-handedness by the state.

Buses claimed two lives in northwest and central Delhi on Tuesday. The first death occurred in the Model Town area at 7.20am when a cluster bus knocked down two persons on a motorcycle, killing the 53-year-old pillion identified as Munka Devi.

Enthused by their success in getting three central agri-marketing laws repealed, the 32 major farmer organisations of Punjab met at Mullanpur Dakha on Saturday to discuss forming a political front to contest the upcoming state assembly election, but failed to arrive at any conclusion. Options like forming a pressure group instead of a political party were also tossed about in the meeting. The issue will be taken up again in the next meeting, some of the attendees said. The main point that majority of farm faction leaders did agree upon was that the final decision on the

After forming the political front as Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), the farmer leaders held its first political outing at Samrala on Thursday. Despite slamming from some of the farmer groups for starting a political party, the SSM leaders kickstarted the election campaign.

The driver of Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit's pilot car allegedly threatened a cameraman on Tuesday night at Outram Lines in Mukherjee Nagar.

In a further blow to farmers’ political front Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, seven more farmer unions broke ties with it here on Monday and claimed that since nine had left already, the SSM remained with just five out of the original 21 constituents.