The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday directed the Haryana government to remove the barricades from Shambhu border after a PIL was filed challenging the unlawful barricading by the Haryana government.
Protesters broke through the barricades and police had to use water cannon to disperse the crowd. Later, the protesters were allowed to conduct a peaceful march.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav were forced to cut short the public meeting in Prayagraj's Phulpur constituency as the crowd broke the barricades and reached the dais, creating a stampede-like situation.
Demonstrators calling for universities to boycott and divest their holdings in Israel have set up tent camps and barricades at numerous American campuses.
Dozens of pro-monarchy protestors were injured when they broke into a restricted zone, tearing down the barricades, prompting police to use batons, tear gas and water cannons.
After farmers announced their Delhi Chalo protest march in the first week of February in Delhi, barricades were placed on both sides of the road below the flyover on the Ghazipur border, in a bid to stop farmers from rolling in tractors into the national capital during their protest.
The protesting farmers, whose demands include a legal guarantee for minimum support price, had earlier rejected the government's offer after the fourth round of talks
The Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border witnessed chaotic scenes on Tuesday as the protesting farmers marching towards Delhi attempted to break police barricades.
The JK police have put up barricades at strategic locations to conduct security checks on the Jammu Srinagar national highway for safe and smooth conduct of the celebrations.