farmers protests
Thousands of farmers, who gathered at the Ramlila Maidan demanding government fulfils the promises it made, say they may continue a long sit-in
[…]A group of Delhi University students held a protest march in the varsity’s north campus area against violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. The Left-affiliated All India Students’ Association (AISA) along with other organisations held the protest march from Vijay Nagar to Arts faculty on Monday. “Students gathered in Vijay Nagar, and despite heavy resistance from Delhi […]
[…]Activists of several student, youth and women organisations assembled at Mandi House here on Wednesday for a march in support of the farmers staging protests at the national capital borders demanding repeal of the Centre’s new farm laws The activists of AISA, SFI, AISF, DSF, NSUI, CYSS, AIPWA and AICCTU, carrying posters, banners and placards, […]
[…]Commuters faced heavy traffic jams as Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh remained closed at several points on Monday due to the farmers’ agitation The farmers have continued to camp at the Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders amid heavy security deployment for over two months now. The Delhi Traffic Police alerted commuters about the […]
[…]Violence broke out at the Singhu border protest site after large groups of people claiming to be locals reached there to vacate the area, leading to a clash between them and agitating farmers and prompting police to resort to baton charge and use tear gas shells Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal was injured in […]
[…]The Delhi Police has issued notices to around 20 farmer leaders, including Yogendra Yadav and Balbir Singh Rajewal, over the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally, asking why legal action should not be taken against them, officials said on Thursday. Police asked them to submit their responses within three days, an official said, adding that […]
[…]Hoisting of the flag on Republic Day took on a whole new meaning when the Nishan Sahib, a religious symbol, started fluttering from the Red Fort around mid-day Republic Day saw violent, chaotic scenes erupt in central parts of Delhi which were to remain out of bounds for the farmers’ tractor rally. Farmers demanding the […]
[…]Traffic went haywire on national capital roads on Tuesday as the tractor parade taken out by farmers spilled into many parts of the city and reached Central Delhi’s ITO and Red Fort areas despite police raising barricades and checkpoints at multiple places. Wielding sticks and clubs and holding the tricolour and union flags, tens of […]
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