Mansa City-2 SHO Beant Kaur has been suspended with immediate effect following anti-drug activist Parminder Singh Jhota’s murder. Farmers’ and workers’ organisations have called a statewide bandh, demanding accountability and a CBI probe.
Chandigarh: Central government was negotiating with protesting farmer leaders by sending its ministers to Chandigarh just before last year’s Lok Sabha elections, the farmer leaders showed little interest in continuing the talks. Since the announcement of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ movement, farmer unions have been blocking highways at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders adjacent to Punjab.
Chandigarh: Farmers have decided to observe a Punjab Bandh on December 30 in support of their ongoing farmers’ protest, which includes 13 demands, among them a legal guarantee of minimum support prices for crops. During this protest, employees of the Punjab Roadways and Transport Corporation (PRTC) will also participate. As a result, government buses will.
