Farmers Protest Highlights: 44 arrested for violence at Singhu border, says Delhi Police Jan 29, 2021 / 11:11 PM IST
Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The Delhi Chalo farmers agitation has entered the 65th day. Delhi s border points at Tikri and Singhu remain under heavy police deployment in the aftermath of the violence that broke out during a tractor parade by farmers in the national capital on Republic Day.
Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The Delhi Chalo farmers protest at border points of New Delhi has entered the 65th day today. Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab and Haryana, are staging a sit-in protest along Delhi borders. The protest started on November 26. The farmers are demanding a complete rollback of the new farm reform laws and a guarantee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system being retained. Multiple rounds of talks between the Centre and the farmers’ union leaders have ended in a stalemate. Protesting farmers fear that the new laws will dis
Farmers protest: Singhu turns into fortress; No one allowed to enter protest site
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Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 03:08 PM IST
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The heightened security measures and restrictions have been brought into place after violence on Republic Day that left 394 policemen injured and one protestor dead.
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New Delhi: Multi-layered security arrangements, barricades put everywhere and all entry points sealed, Singhu border, the nerve-centre of the ongoing farmers protest with thousands of security personnel seen marching at the site, turned into a fortress on Friday. The heightened security measures and restrictions have been brought into place after violence on Republic Day that left 394 policemen injured and one protestor dead.
Singhu border turns into a fortress as locals clash with protesting farmers, police officer stabbed Agencies
New Delhi: Clashes broke out between agitating farmers and a large group of people claiming to be locals at the Singhu border here Friday. In the ensuing clashes, police resorted to lathicharge and used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. During the skirmish, a Delhi police personnel was stabbed. He has been admitted to a hospital and is said to stable. The locals demanded that farmers vacate the Singhu border protest site. This is because they had ‘insulted’ the national flag during their tractor parade on Republic Day.
Clashes break out at Singhu border Police use tear gas and lathi-charge to disperse mob
Violence broke out at the Singhu border protest site after large groups of people claiming to be locals reached there to vacate the area, leading to a clash between them and agitating farmers and prompting police to resort to baton charge and use tear gas shells.
Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal was injured in the violence after a man attacked him with a sword, an official said, adding that some people were also wounded.
The official said that police detained the man who attacked the station house officer.