Page 11 - Farmers' Protest

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En route Delhi, farmers face off with police at Punjab-Haryana border

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Farmers' protest highlights: Heavy traffic snarl seen near Singhu border

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'Delhi Chalo': Modi will benefit in LS polls, Owaisi on agitation demands

Farmers' protest: Barbed wires, concrete, and nails have been put on Delhi borders to stop the agitation from entering Delhi. The move has invited widespread criticism from the Opposition

Farmers' protest: Security causing problems for villagers along NCR border

As agitating farmers head to the national capital, villagers residing along the border with Haryana are facing inconvenience, with tight security arrangements and traffic diversions making daily commuting difficult. Many are also worried about possible face-off between protesters and police on the heavily barricaded entry roads. The multi-layer security arrangements to prevent the entry of protesters in Delhi have restricted the movement of locals. "We have nothing to do with any protest, but to reach home after work we are asked to show our ID cards at more than three different places," said Raja Ram, who works as a labourer and is a resident of Tikri Kalan. The Delhi Police has been preparing to stop the farmers from entering the national capital aa a meeting between the agitating groups and Union government in Chandigarh yielded no results. According to officials, more than 5,000 police personnel, including paramilitary forces, have been deployed in border areas -- Tikri, Singh

Farmers' protest in Delhi: Gates of 9 metro stations shut; full list here

Farmers protest: Traffic crawled at a snail's pace in Delhi-NCR on Tuesday morning as police placed multiple layers of barricades on the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders

Farmers' protest in Delhi: Gates of 9 metro stations shut; full list here

Farmers protest: Traffic crawled at a snail's pace in Delhi-NCR on Tuesday morning as police placed multiple layers of barricades on the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders

Farmers' protest: Police fire tear gas, detain agitators heading to Delhi

Farmers' protest: About 200 farm union bodies, under the banner of Samyukut Kisan Morcha, are headed to Delhi on Tuesday, to put forth their demands to the Centre on a range of issues

Delhi traffic updates today: Advisory issued over farmers' protest. Details

Delhi traffic updates over farmers' protest: The police said that diversions may be needed at Singhu border, Gazipur border and Tikri border but added that the public will be informed in well-advanced

Farmers' protest: Over 200 unions to march to Delhi today; all details here

Farmers protest in Delhi: Security in Delhi has been intensified with multi-layer barricades, concrete blocks, iron nails and walls of containers at border points

Union ministers talk with farm leaders, farmers demand guarantee to MSP

A team of Union ministers on Monday evening held talks here with farmer leaders in a bid to dissuade them from their 'Delhi Chalo' march, and the Centre is learnt to have agreed to withdraw the cases against the farmers registered during the 2020-21 agitation. However, sources said farmer leaders were adamant on a legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops, which is one of their key demands. The ministers -- Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda -- held the second round of talks with the farmer leaders at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26. Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher, among others, were part of the meeting, which began at around 6:30 pm. The meeting continued till late night. During the meeting, the delegation of the Centre is learnt to have agreed to withdraw the cases agai

Farmers' protest: Section 144 imposed in Delhi, large gatherings banned

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been enforced in Delhi, banning large gatherings, ahead of the farmers' march

Haryana turns 2 stadiums into temporary jails ahead of farmers' march

Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has been enforced in 15 of Haryana's 22 districts

Traffic restrictions in place at Delhi borders ahead of farmers' march

Traffic restrictions have been put in place and security arrangements intensified at the Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders in the national capital ahead of the farmers' proposed 'Delhi Chalo' march on February 13. The borders have been fortified with concrete blocks and iron nails to prevent vehicles carrying protesters from entering the city. The measures affected traffic movement in the border areas of Delhi on Monday morning, causing inconvenience to commuters. Several farmer associations, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab, have called for the march on February 13 to demand a law guaranteeing MSP for their produce, one of the conditions they had set when they agreed to withdraw their agitation in 2021. Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora visited the city's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to check the security arrangements. According to an advisory issued here, traffic restrictions have been imposed for commercial vehicles at the Singhu border si

Ahead of farmers' march on Feb 13, Section 144 enforced on Delhi-UP borders

The city police also announced the imposition of Section 144 in Shahadara and Gandhi Nagar areas of the Capital, effectively banning large gatherings until March 11

Farmers' protest march: Delhi Police block borders, step up security

Ahead of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March', the Delhi Police has intensified security arrangements at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders and installed nails along with barricades to prevent vehicles carrying protesters from entering the city, officials said on Sunday. Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora visited different borders of Haryana-Delhi and Uttar Pradesh-Delhi with police officials to check security arrangements. Police have deployed more than 5,000 security personnel while cranes and earthmovers carrying large containers to block the road were also at work. Multiple security barricades have already been installed at the borders to stop the farmers from entering the national capital. Nails have been erected on roads so that if the protesting farmers try to enter the city on vehicles, their tyres can be punctured, the officials said. Several teams have been formed to keep strict vigil on bus stands, metro stations, railway stations and roads to ensure that farmers do not ente

Farmers' protest march: Prohibitory orders issued in northeast Delhi

Prohibitory orders under section 144, which bars large gatherings, were imposed in the northeast district of the national capital on Sunday in view of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March' on February 13, an official said. A large number of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab are expected to march towards the national capital on Tuesday under their Delhi Chalo March organised by around 200 farmer unions. "We have imposed Section 144 of the CrPC (prohibitory orders). Information has been received that some farmer organisations have given call to their supporters to gather/march to Delhi on February 13 for their demands of law on MSP. No one will be allowed to breach law and order situation," according to an order issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey. The order said the farmers are likely to sit Delhi borders till their demands are met. "Keeping in view the kind of behaviour and adamant approach farmers showed during protests in the past, there is a .

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