New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Delhi Police on Saturday recovered arms and ammunition from the possession of three persons during the checking at A 5 Chowk in the Narela area.
Mamurpur (New Delhi) [India], April 9 (ANI): The Butterfly Garden that was recently inaugurated by the Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer Ishwar Singh in Mamurpur nursery near the Singhu border on Tuesday, has become a popular destination for visitors in Delhi.
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI A year since violence broke out in the national capital on the Republic Day following a tractor parade by farmers protesting against central farm laws the Delhi Police has arrested around 160 people and registered 54 cases officials said on TuesdayAs India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day on January 26 2021 thousands of protesters entered Delhi on their tractors and wreaked havoc on roads clashed with police and even hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort a privilege reserved for the Indian tricolourAccording to Delhi Police officials around 160 people have been arrested in connection with the violence that unfolded last year of which 20 were held for the violence at the Red Fort In addition 54 cases were registered of which 16 are with the Crime BranchIn May last year the Delhi Police had filed a 3224-page first chargesheet against actor-activist Deep Sindhu and 15 othersThe Crime Branch which was tasked with the probe of the Republic Day violence case had also filed a supplementary charge sheet against Sidhu and others on June 17 they saidSidhu who was accused of being the key conspirator of the violence was arrested on February 9 and later released on bail officials saidAhead of the Republic Day last year the SKM which comprised various farmers organisations and was protesting at Delhi borders had proposed a Kisan Tractor Rally on January 26 and held several meetings with the Delhi Police which later approved their proposal with specific conditionsSeveral tractors and two-wheelers took part in the 16-km-long rally which started from the protest site at Singhu border and those protesting at the Tikri and Ghazipur borders too joined the paradeThe parade that was to highlight the demands of the protesting farmer unions to repeal three new agri laws dissolved into anarchy on the streets of the city as tens of thousands of protesters broke through barriers deviated from routes attacked police and overturned vehiclesFrom Rajpath to Red Fort protesters atop tractors on motorcycles and some even on horses broke police barricades and entered the city at least two hours before they were supposed to start the tractor march as approved by the authoritiesAt the Red Fort the protesters broke the gates and entered its wells A section of the crowd also managed to climb atop the rampart of the historic monument where they hosted a religious flagVideos of policemen being forced to jump off the wall to escape had surfaced while a particular clip of a protester allegedly swinging swords also went viral He was later arrested by policeTension prevailed in other parts of the city as well ITO resembled a war zone with a car being vandalised by angry protesters and shells bricks and stones littering the wide streetsA protester even died after his tractor overturned near ITO one of the major flashpoints that further worsened the situation causing violenceAccording to police over 390 police personnel were injured while 30 police vehicles and 428 barricades were damaged in the violence The Delhi Police also named 37 farmers leaders including Yogendra Yadav Medha Patkar and Rakesh Tikait in connection with an FIR in the matterSpeaking to PTI Shiv Kumar Kakka a core committee member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha which spearheaded the protests said what happened last year on Republic Day has got nothing to do with the farmers movementIt was a conspiracy against the movement But still we owned responsibility and apologised to the nation We had apologised for a fault that we never committed We are sad over that incident Kakka saidThe farmers union had last year distanced themselves from the violence that broke out in Delhi but in its aftermath the number of protesters at the three sites had gone down However the agitation carried onIt was only after the three laws were repealed in parliament on November 29 that the farmers suspended their agitation and began vacating Delhi borders where they had camped for more than a year PTI AMP AKM RHL
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): After the suspension of the year-long farmers' protest, traffic movement for both light and heavy vehicles started at the Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana) on Thursday as farmers vacated the protest site.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 13 (ANI): Locals showered flower petals on farmers as they reached Punjab's Ludhiana from Delhi on Sunday after suspending their year-long protest against the three farm laws and other related issues.
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): A restaurant owner, who offered langar to farmers at the Singhu border for a year, is now set to reopen the restaurant which was shut due to farmers' protest.
New Delhi [India], December 11(ANI): The majority of farmers left the Delhi borders and returned home on the first day of their withdrawal of year-long agitation against the Centre's three farm laws.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 11 (ANI): Farmers protest has not ended but it is on hold, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Friday.
New Delhi Nov 26 PTI Ratandeep cannot walk talk eat or even defecate without help but he reached Singhu border on Friday in a wheelchair to participate in the celebrations to mark one year of the farmers protest against the central farm lawsThat he is happy could be gauged by his smile and the gestures he made to his mother Harpreet Kaur 45He was a healthy child till he was four Meningitis gave him permanent disabilities and changed the course of his life she saidWe could have left him with his grandparents but it would not have been the right thing to do He cannot convey his feelings in words but I know he is happy being part of the movement Kaur from Ludhiana saidAre you happy puttar his father Gurmeet Singh asked immediately Ratandeep 25 looked at his mother smiled and made a gesture that suggested he was excitedThe reason the family brought Ratandeep to the Singhu border was to inspire people to fight for their collective rights despite all oddsHis limbs do not work he cannot talk but he is still here He has contributed to the cause This will give him confidence and inspire others Kaur saidThis was the second time Ratandeep and his family were here after December 26 last yearWe could not come often because of the problem he faces outdoors It is tough when he has to urinate and defecate There are no toilet for specially-abled people here Kaur saidPunjabi and Haryanvi celebratory music filled in the air at the Singhu border protest site on Friday as farmers danced atop their tractors bedecked with lights and posters and took out symbolic marches to mark one year of the movement against the three farm laws the government is set to withdraw formallyFarmers flaunting colourful turbans sunshades long beards and twirling moustaches danced on the roofs of tractors distributed laddoos and hugged each other to mark the occasion that seemed like a festivalThousands of them flocked to the site over the last few days buoyed by the governments announcement to repeal the farms laws to mark the completion of one year of a dogged protest that saw a long dusty patch of the Delhi-Karnal road between the national capital and Sonepat turning into a makeshift town with bamboo huts and all basic amenities one could think ofChildren and elderly men and women carried flags of their farmer unions and raised slogans of victory Inquilab Zindabad and Majdoor Kisan Ekta Zindabad amid passionate non-stop beating of drumsThe assembly area near the centrestage saw a large gathering like the early days of the protestThe attendees included businessmen professionals lawyers teachers among others belonging to families of farmers PTI GVS SRY
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
