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Thousands of farmers resumed their 'Delhi Chalo' march on Friday against the recently-passed farm bills by the Central government. According to sources, over 50,000 farmers will be standing at the Delhi border by today evening. The numbers are expected to swell through the night as thousands of tractors and trolleys are carrying farmers, women, and children from interior areas of Punjab. Heavy deployment of Delhi Police and CRPF personnel were seen at the Singhu border along with sand-laden trucks, water cannons and barbed wire to prevent protesters from entering the national capital.

With bags full of food and beverages, around 20 teenagers from Haryana's Sonipat district on Wednesday reached Singhu border, where thousands of farmers have been agitating against the Centre's new farm laws. The group mostly had school students.

The interim bail of prisoners released in accordance with criteria laid down by the HPC was last extended by the high court on November 5 by 30 days based on the October 24 recommendation of the committee.

Chilla border on Noida link road is closed for traffic due to farmers' protests. Two more border points connecting the national capital with Gurgaon and Jhajjar-Bahadurgarh were also closed as precautionary measures. With this, five border points, including Singhu and Tikri, have so far been closed due to the protest.

Vegetable prices in Delhi have fallen back to normal levels after a surge caused by the blockage of highways by protesting farmers.

The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 was notified on November 23, said a senior Delhi government official. "The remaining two laws are under examination by the development department of the Delhi government," he said.

The Executive Committee of the SCBA had passed a resolution on May 8, suspending Arora from the post of secretary. The suspension had come a day after Arora had called an emergent general meeting (EGM) of the lawyers' body on May 11 to deliberate on the agenda for removing senior advocate Dushyant Dave from the post of SCBA President.

The farmers remained at the Chilla border where police have been deployed on both the Delhi as well as Noida side in huge numbers, prohibiting the protestors from proceeding towards the national capital.

The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the AAP government as to what guidelines or protocols were in place for disposal of used COVID-19 testing kits and whether they were being followed by the hospitals, clinics and doctors under its jurisdiction.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on December 01 informed that Union Territory has recorded 3726 active COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate of the national capital is gradually declining.“The rate of RT-PCR test has also been decreased from Rs 2400 to Rs 800 while home sampling will cost Rs 1200,” said Jain.

On December 01, farmers continued their protest against Centre’s new agriculture laws at Delhi-UP border. They used a tractor to remove barricading done at Ghazipur-Ghaziabad border. Heavy police force is deployed at the border. Farmers are agitating ever since passing of new farm laws by central government.

Taking to twitter, the Delhi Traffic Police on Monday alerted commuters to take an alternate route since Singhu and Tikri borders continued to remain closed.

The national capital has already been witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases post Diwali celebrations and amid rising pollution levels. Samiran Panda, who heads the Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases (ECD) division of the ICMR, sought strict compliance to protective and preventive behaviour to curb the spread of the infection.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad appeals to the protesting farmers; assures that the new laws don't abolish APMC mandis. 'Laws provide options to sell produce, APMC mandis to operate as usual', claims Ravi Shankar Prasad.

The mean minimum temperature for November was 9.6 degrees Celsius in 1938; nine degrees Celsius in 1931 and 8.9 degrees Celsius in 1930, according to IMD data. Normally, the mean minimum temperature for the month of November is 12.9 degrees Celsius.

Low wind speed and falling temperatures have been cited by the Met Department as reasons for such AQI readings. Calm winds and low temperatures trap pollutants close to the ground, while favourable wind speed helps in their dispersion.

‘Delhi Chalo’ protest continues by farmers of neighbouring states against the recently enacted farm laws. Group of farmers at Ghazipur border sang songs and played music as they prepared for night halt.

Former Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder S Hooda on November 29 extended his support to Punjab farmers who are protesting against Centre’s farm laws. He also said that Centre should let go of their stubbornness by inviting farmers for negotiations. “The centre should let go of their stubbornness by inviting farmers for negotiations. The way Haryana government tried to stop farmers, it has hurt their sentiments. Farmers' demands are justified and I support them. I urge the Centre to find solution,” he said.

At a press conference, she alleged that to "cover up" the surge in COVID 19 cases, more Rapid Antigen Tests were conducted instead of the gold standard RT-PCR tests.

Amit Shah said, 'I appeal to the protesting farmers that govt of India is ready to hold talks. The agriculture minister has invited them on December 3 for discussion. The government is ready to deliberate on every problem and demand of the farmers'

Former JNU student leader Umar Kahlid alleged before a Delhi court on Saturday that there has been a "vicious" media campaign against him in various newspapers and on TV channels about his alleged role in the north east Delhi riots.

Centre blames Delhi govt for spike in COVID-19 cases in National Capital, in its affidavit in Supreme Court; says Arvind Kejriwal failed to enforce measures to contain the spread

With agitating farmers from Punjab knocking on the door of the national capital to protest against the farm laws, farmers from western Uttar Pradesh are also likely to join their peers for the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest.(ANI)

With several potential COVID vaccines expected to see the light of day in coming months, Delhi Health Minister Satydenar Jain on November 28 said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will vaccinate the entire population of the national capital within 3-4 weeks after the availability of a shot.

Hundreds of farmers under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union headed to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut to protest against the new farm laws, demanding a rollback. Bhartiya Kisan Union farmers broke barriers on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border and entered Delhi on Saturday afternoon.