Even as tension soared in Delhi amid the farmer protest that took a turn for the worst in the heart of the city, heartwarming scenes were witnessed at the Chilla border point between the national capital and Uttar Pradesh where the agitating crowd exchanged roses with state police personnel.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the...
Alliance leaders told The Wire that the decision was unsurprising and the predominant atmosphere in the PAGD was that of betrayal since the DDC election.
Internet services have been temporarily suspended in some parts of Delhi amid clashes between the police and thousands of agitating farmers, whose tractor rally veered off the permitted course entering several areas including the iconic Red Fort, news agency ANI has reported.
The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 unions, said those who broke the barricades and entered Delhi belonged to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and BKU Ugrahan.
What was supposed to be a strictly monitored and disciplined rally of tractors today turned into a virtual free-for-all as protesting farmers entered the heart of Delhi, veering several kilometres off the agreed route. Neither the police nor the farmer leaders looked in control of the situation as key locations of the national capital, from ITO to the Red Fort, turned into a sea of tractors and other vehicles.
Security personnel tried to convince the farmers that they have been given permission to hold their tractor parade in Delhi after the Republic Day parade at the Rajpath concludes.
Lalu's doctor Dr. Umesh Prasad at Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Saturday, said that the hospital has decided to shift him to AIIMS
Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, January 20
Delhi Police may allow protesting farmers to hold their planned tractor rally in the National Capital on January 26, but on the “pre-identified and san
The Delhi Police, in a supplementary charge sheet, has said that the use of deadly weapons during the Delhi riots in February 2020 falls under the definition of a 'terrorist activity'.
Thousands of protesting farmers who stormed into Delhi with their tractor rally, poured into the Red Fort complex by afternoon, as violence continued in parts of the city. Visuals from the spot showed them climbing a flagpole at the ramparts of the iconic Mughal fort, from where the Prime Minister addresses the nation on Independence Day. As tractors take over the Ram Leela Maidan outside the fort -- the original site where they had planned their protest -- farmers are heard saying that they will not leave. Violence broke out in the morning as farmers broke barricades and entered Delhi ahead of time and veered from the agreed upon route. Videos from various spots showed them clashing with the police, throwing stones and using sticks and rods.
Chanting 'jai jawan jai kisan' farmers pour into Delhi on tractors, horses on Business Standard. Locals stood on both sides of the roads at various locations showering flower petals on the farmers amid drum beats
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today closed the entry and exit gates at several metro stations as thousands of protesting farmers entered the national capital as they took out a tractor rally against the new farm laws.
A tractor with two farmers on it overturned during a stunt at the Delhi-Noida border on Tuesday morning, as scores of protesters gathered here for demonstration against the new farm laws.
Delhi has been brought under heavy security cover as India celebrates its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday. Thousands of security personnel have been deployed in central Delhi and several border points even as farmers are all set to carry out their massive tractor rally to protest against farm laws.
