On Sunday, farmers protest at Uttar Pradesh s Lakhimpur Kheri turned violent as parliamentarian Ajay Mishra s son allegedly ran over the farmers while driving his vehicle. While two farmers are feared dead in the incident, many have been injured.
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39 Cases Registered Against Protesting Farmers Between Sept-Dec by Delhi Police, Says MHA
A protester stands at the Delhi-UP border during demonstrations against the Centre s farm laws. (AP)
G Kishan Reddy, Minister of State Home Affairs, said Delhi Police has registered 39 cases against the farmers protesting the recently passed ‘Farm Laws’ between September to December, 2020 at Delhi border.
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The Centre on Monday informed Lok Sabha that 39 cases were registered against the farmers who were protesting demanding the repeal of three Agricultural Laws between September to December 2020.
The three laws are: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. The Delhi police informed the Ministry of Home Affairs that farmers used force and aggressively indulged in rioting.
New COVID-19 strain: Hyderabad starts Wear a Mask campaign ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 23:13 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 24 (ANI): Telangana organised Wear a Mask campaign in Hyderabad to distribute free masks to the public days after the new strain of coronavirus found in the UK, said G Kishan Reddy Minister of State Home Affairs on Thursday. Today in my parliamentary constituency, a Wear a Mask campaign has been started to distribute free masks to the public as a message of making mask compulsory, Reddy said while speaking to ANI.
Talking about the new strain of coronavirus, the Minister said the government has blocked flights from the United Kingdom (UK) and directed the states to take necessary precautions.