Chandigarh: Acting on the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) for a six-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest, all railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana were blocked on Monday by farmers, thus affecting the rail services. The farmers are protesting in support of their demand to remove Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay […]
Security has been tightened in both Haryana and Punjab with personnel of the government railway police and the state police forces being deployed, officials said.
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses are plying as scheduled during the Bharat Bandh, a senior official of the state-run undertaking said.
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that the Indian Railways is going to commence services from and through Punjab as the farmer unions have announced suspension of blockades for over two weeks. “After the postponement of the farmer movement on railway tracks and stations in Punjab from November 23, Indian Railways […]