The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation closed the entry and exit gates of six metro stations on Friday: Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Tikri Border, Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations on the Green Line as Farmer-led protests intensified. “The entry and exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, …
Read More »Punjab CM welcomes the Center’s decision to allow protesting farmers to enter Delhi
Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday welcomed the Center’s decision to allow farmers from his state and Haryana, who were protesting against the three agricultural laws enacted earlier this year, to enter Delhi and continue their demonstration peacefully. . Punjab’s chief minister also renewed his call on the Center …
Read More »Protesting farmers allowed in Delhi, spot identified for peaceful demonstration
Protesting farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh entered Delhi across the Tikri border on Friday after the national capital’s police commissioner SN Shrivastava said they would be allowed to enter. He called on farmers agitating against the three agricultural laws to maintain order and demonstrate peacefully, according to …
Read More »Farmers Protest: After Singhu Border, Delhi Police Close Tikri Border
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 …
Read More »Farmers protest LIVE updates: Delhi metro closes 6 stations on Green Line as protest intensifies
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 …
Read More »Dilli Chalo: Why Angry Farmers Want To Storm New Delhi
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 …
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