A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.
A seer allegedly set himself afire amid a protest over illegal stone mining in Bharatpur's Deeg on Wednesday, a day after another seer climbed atop a mobile tower demanding a ban on it. The seer was referred to Jaipur from Bharatpur in a critical condition, officials said. The seer who had climbed atop a mobile tower came down after the incident and peace talks were going on,