Farmers protesting at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghazipur have been asked to end their protest and vacate the roads. The Ghaziabad administration, which gave the order, plans to clear the road by tonight, sources said.
The farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi took a violent turn as some protesters broke the police barricades and entered city. Clashes erupted between protesters and police in some areas which left several people injured. As many as 22 FIRs have been registered against the rioters.
Nearly a day after internet services were suspended in parts of Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana due to the violent tractor parade amid Republic Day celebrations, mobile users continued to face internet restriction on Wednesday morning.
Republic TV has filed a defamation suit before Delhi court against Times Now anchor Navika Kumar for making allegedly defamatory statements against Republic TV in connection with the Whatsapp chats related to TRP scam.
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, a vocal critic of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party chief of siding with those responsible for the Republic Day violence in the city during a tractor parade by farmers protesting the centre's new agricultural laws.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Thursday visited two hospitals in the national capital to see policemen who are currently undergoing treatment after Republic Day violence in the national capital. Shah and Srivastava visited Shushrut Trauma Centre and Teer
The latest sero-survey has found that every second person in Delhi has developed antibodies against the novel coronavirus. Meaning, out of the over two-crore people residing in Delhi, nearly one crore persons have already contracted COVID-19 and recovered from it.
Delhi Police's probe into the unprecedented violence during a tractor rally by farmers on Republic day is now focused on finding those involved in planting a Sikh religious flag at the Mughal-era Red Fort. Tuesday's tractor rally went rogue as protesters forced their way inside the fort complex and placed a flag. Several teams of Delhi Police's special cell or anti-terror unit are scanning through footage of violence at the iconic fort complex to identify those who hoisted the flag there. Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, whom farmers have accused of being responsible for the unprecedented violence during the Republic Day tractor rally, has been named in a case filed by the Delhi Police, sources told NDTV. A handful of farmer leaders have also been named in the 25-plus cases filed by the police since Tuesday evening. The cases will be probed by a special investigation team. The police has issued look-out notices against farmer leaders and others named in FIRs. Their passports too will be seized to prevent them from travelling abroad.
The Delhi Police took action against the violence during the tractor rally held in Delhi on 26 January. Delhi police commissioner has given a press conference on this issue. Get more India News and Business News on Zee Business.
People are facing a lot of problems due to the encroachment in the name of protest on the borders of Delhi. People say the time has come that the government should act strictly. Watch video on Zee News
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is keeping a close watch on the situation arising out of violence erupted during farmers' protest in the national capital and action being taken in this regard.
