Although the Singhu border near Delhi’s outer Narela has been closed to traffic since Thursday night due to thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi, on Friday morning the police also closed the Tikri border that goes from Delhi to Bahadurgarh. Traffic police alerted travelers that both roads on the Tikri …
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Punjab farmers, protesting against the three controversial agricultural laws passed by the Center in September, resumed their march to Delhi on Friday as part of their “Dilli Chalo” protest. On Thursday, protesting farmers were able to cross into neighboring Haryana despite violent clashes with the Haryana police. The police action …
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Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh clashed with police on Thursday, traveling to the national capital, where they plan to protest against three recently enacted farm laws. Growers on tractors and trucks threw police barricades into a river near the Ambala district, while police detained them …
Read More »At Cold Wave, water cannons used by farmers heading to Delhi
Farmers’ Protest: Dramatic footage from the scene showed water cannons fired into the large crowd. Farmers protesting in BJP-ruled Haryana found it difficult to march to Delhi today as state police set up barricades and deployed water cannons across the state. After crossing the barricades in Ambala, hundreds of farmers …
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