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Joginder Singh Ugrahan president of BKU Ugrahan addressing the gathering.

Farmers, farm workers hold mega protest in Punjab’s Sangrur, demand land rights, release of arrested leaders

July 25, 2025 6:02 pm

Sixteen farmer union leaders detained in May were still behind bars, the protesting farmers and farm labourers said on Friday.

This Sangrur farmer rests his fields for 4 months yet earns Rs 70L profit annually

June 01, 2025 10:11 am

His farm is not just a source of personal income, but also a significant contributor to rural employment.

A view of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur library, Sangrur

How a colonial-era library has inculcated reading habits in Sangrur

July 22, 2024 7:47 pm

Built on 3.7 acres with parking facility and a green area within the complex, the library was first established in 1912 and was named after Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in August 2016.

Walls say it all about Sangrur, a constituency that hasn’t remained loyal to any party

May 31, 2024 8:31 am

Punjab's Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency hasn't given more than two chances to any party or candidate.

Epicentre of ‘badlaav’ narrative, Sangrur voters disenchanted: ‘They come, touch our feet and vanish’

May 18, 2024 8:58 am

Sangrur is a part of the Malwa region, the land of agrarian crisis, often referred to as the “fertile red corridor” in the state.

In Sangrur, dissent brews as Dalvir Singh Goldy calls out Congress ‘betrayal’; Sukhpal Singh Khaira reaches out

April 17, 2024 7:30 am

The Sangrur seat is considered as the AAP's citadel. The AAP has fielded Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from this seat.

IAF's Chinook helicopter makes emergency landing in Punjab's Sangrur village, crew safe

February 19, 2024 7:19 am

A first in country following its induction into IAF in 2019

Five-day children’s festival to kick off in Sangrur today, kids from 20 states to take part in event

November 27, 2023 9:00 am

Each student will be attending around three workshops as per his/her interest.

Mill ‘closure’ in Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s constituency leaves Dhuri farmers in a fix

October 18, 2023 2:54 pm

With the local mill announcing it will not operate from next year, sugarcane farmers in Sangrur district’s Dhuri are running from pillar to post to find a buyer for their crop

Sangrur dharna: Rs 10 lakh compensation given to deceased farmer’s family

August 25, 2023 7:42 am

Farmer Preetam Singh was killed during a clash between farmers and policemen in Sangrur district on Monday amid protests over the detention of several farm leaders ahead of a proposed rally in Chandigarh.