Farmers’ protests | Tractor rally turns violent as farmers enter Capital
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January 26, 2021 23:10 IST
Clashes erupt as police use tear gas, lathi charge to control protesters; violence leaves one protester dead and 83 police personnel injured; Union Home Ministry suspends mobile Internet services, deploys paramilitary forces.
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Protesters hoist flags on the flagpole at the ramparts of the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor rally in New Delhi on January 26, 2021.
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Clashes erupt as police use tear gas, lathi charge to control protesters; violence leaves one protester dead and 83 police personnel injured; Union Home Ministry suspends mobile Internet services, deploys paramilitary forces.
Soldiers, workers, cultivators: Voices from the frontlines of India’s extraordinary farm protests
A newsletter called the Trolley Times has been capturing the diversity of voices at the protests outside Delhi. Jan 26, 2021 · 09:00 am Farmers sit on a tractor during a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, December 5. | Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Since November 25, hundreds and thousands of farmers have been sitting at the door of India’s capital to mark their protest against the Modi government’s newly passed farm laws. On Republic Day, they have been allowed to enter Delhi on their tractors for a protest rally.