"farmers"

Massive traffic jams were also reported from Singhu border, Tikri border and Delhi-Gurugram border because of the protest.

The prime minister who is concerned about 'one nation, one election', should also implement "one nation, one treatment", the Congress general secretary in-charge Uttar Pradesh said.

Earlier, the Delhi Police had sought permission from the AAP government to use the city's nine stadiums as temporary jails for the agitating farmers.

Situation was tense at the border points as Delhi Police made repeated announcements on loudspeakers asking the farmers to retreat.

Farmers' bodies said they will hold a dharna wherever they are stopped from moving towards the national capital.

The farmers broke barricades and threw them down the bridge ahead of the Punjab-Haryana border in Shambhu near Ambala

Haryana Police used water cannons and teargas to disperse hundreds of farmers from Punjab marching towards Delhi to protest the Centre's farm laws

The Haryana government on Thursday completely sealed its borders with Punjab.

The situation remained tense at the Shambu inter-state border on the national highway as protesting farmers threw police barricades into the Ghaggar river.

The farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws are assembling near Haryana borders with tractor-trolleys carrying ration and essentials for their proposed Delhi march.  

As per the police estimates, around 2,00,000 farmers from Punjab are set to leave for Delhi as part of their 'Delhi Chalo' agitation from November 26.

The "anti-farmer" bills passed by Parliament will hurt and weaken peasants in the country, Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary said.

He complained that the Centre through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) had imposed restrictions on superfine quality paddy procurement at prices higher than the MSP.

The Central government does not have any strategy to help marginal farmers hit by floods in many States

Erranagi Krishna, a resident of Narsimhulapeta said that he had purchased 20 guntas of land several years ago and made rounds to the registration office, but in vain and now he registered without paying bribe

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has demanded withdrawal of cases against the farmers and has threatened agitation if 'victimisation' of farmers was not stopped.

Punjab farmers' bodies also lashed out at the Centre for suspending goods trains in the state that has affected supply of coal, fertiliser and other essential items.

Praising socialist leader and Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) Chief Sharad Yadav, Gandhi called him a good political guru (teacher) while appealing to the people to make Yadav's daughter Subhashini Yadav victorious in the ongoing assembly elections from Bihariganj constituency.

According to data from the national transporter, till date more than 2225 freight rakes carrying vital commodities could not be operated due to the blockages caused by the protestors.

Moved by the plight of such farmers, Kethireddy Anji Reddy, a farmer himself, decided to set up ‘Rythu Marriage Bureau’ to help farmers looking for brides