'Farmers & Modi govt should discuss issue as soon as possible because only we, the common people, are facing problems because of this,' says Vicky, who lives near Singhu border.
The SKM however criticised Haryana govt for its unprecedented arrangements to stop agitators. It said its unity had taken a drubbing after the 2021 protests, but it is not 'divided'.
Security tightened amid reports of chaotic scenes at Shambhu border 150 km away, where tear gas shells and smoke bombs have been used. Farmers have 12 demands, including a law on MSP.
Thousands of farmers across Punjab, Haryana reached Singhu to show support. Some were happy about the announced repeal of farm laws, others cautious until passage in Parliament.
PM Modi announced Friday that the three controversial farm laws will be repealed in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. Protesters say they will wait and watch.
Gurpreet Singh, 45, was a resident of Roorkee village in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib. He was supposed to return home Wednesday to attend his niece's wedding.
The worker claims he was transporting hens from a poultry farm in his rickshaw when a 'Nihang baba' demanded a hen from him for free and beat him up when he refused.
Lawyers for Human Rights International’s report details how Lakhbir Singh allegedly desecrated the Sarbloh Granth, before being killed by 'angry' members of the Nihang sect.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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