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Section 144 in Delhi, imposed on February 12th, 2024, prohibits gatherings of more than five individuals, processions, rallies, and public meetings, with heavy security deployment and multi-layer barricades at Delhi borders

Farmer leaders were heard asking the protestors to use wet clothes to minimise the impact of the tear gas shells.

Authorities in Haryana have fortified the state's borders with Punjab at many places in Ambala, Jind, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra and Sirsa using concrete blocks, iron nails and barbed wire to scuttle the proposed march.

Two years after forcing the repeal of three agricultural bills through a year of protests at Delhi’s borders in 2021, farm unions from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are marching towards Delhi.

The order issued by Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora on Monday prohibited any type of rally or procession and blocking of roads and passages.

Mild tension prevailed when farmers from Karnataka were protesting against the Congress party for allegedly deceiving them with fake promises at Indira Park here on Wednesday afternoon.

Farmers' protest, taking place at Delhi's Ghazipur border in support of the protesting wrestlers, ended on Sunday evening

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi said the state government will welcome farmers on Saturday on their return from the Delhi borders where they held year-long protests against the three agricultural laws. While congratulating the farmers, farm labourers and their leaders, the Chief Minister on Friday said it was the victory of the people and […]

Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut has filed a complaint at a police station in Himachal Pradesh against the people who allegedly gave her death threats over her post on farm law protestors. On Tuesday, she took to her Instagram account to inform her followers about the same. Sharing a picture of the FIR copy, Kangana wrote […]

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday announced that all cases lodged against farmers in connection with stubble burning and agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws will be quashed. “We want no farmer to burn stubble, we’ll be strict. But cases lodged so far in connection with stubble burning, are being quashed. […]

Chandigarh: Acting on the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) for a six-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest, all railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana were blocked on Monday by farmers, thus affecting the rail services. The farmers are protesting in support of their demand to remove Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay […]

On January 26, protesting farmers had clashed with police during the tractor rally against the Centre's three farm laws and stormed into the Red Fort.

The protest outside the residences of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs and MLAs is to mark the one year of the promulgation of these laws as ordinances by the Centre, the official said.

Farmer bodies have given a call to observe May 26 as a “black day” to mark six months of the agitation against the laws.

The state government have imposed extensive COVID-19 curbs in addition to measures like a weekend lockdown and night curfew till May 15.

The members of the Left parties also participated in the Bandh at Maddilapalem junction against the Centre over agriculture laws and privatisation of the Vizag steel plant.

The Delhi Police has said adequate security arrangements have been put in place in view of the bandh.

Earlier on Sunday, Tikait had suggested that farmers in Karnataka should organise a protest in the state similar to that of Delhi.

The BKU leader said farmers need to protest against the Central government's decision of privatising PSUs.

The state NCP chief also alleged that more than 300 farmers have died in the ongoing protest against the three new central farm laws.