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Our CorrespondentTarn Taran August 16Cabinet Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria hoisted the national flag during the district-level 75th Independence Day function at the local Police Lines ground. The minister inspected the march-past and took salute from the contingents of the Punjab Police women police Home Guards jawans and others. He highlighted the welfare schemes of the Punjab Government and expressed worries with farmers agitating at the Delhi borders for the last eight months. “It is a matter of grave concern that hundreds of farmers have lost their lives in the agitation. I express my sympathy with the families of the farmers who have lost their lives and salute them who have sacrificed their lives” he said..