After halting the trains in their protest, Farmers have now blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh National Highway too. Farmers have staged a protest on the highway going from Chandigarh to Ambala in Mohali.
All schools and colleges will remain closed on Saturday in Mandya and Bengaluru in view of 'Karnataka Bandh' being called by various farmer organizations over the Cauvery water row issue.
As pro-Kannada and farmers' organisations have called for a 'Karnataka Bandh' on Friday to protest the release of Cauvery water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda on Thursday said that the Freedom Park is the sanctioned location for protests and rallies in
Several trains on the Ambala-Shri Ganganagar route were cancelled on Thursday due to the 'Rail roko' protest by farmers of Punjab, demanding financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, and a Minimum Support Price (MSP) guarantee.
As the three-day-long rail blockade protest began on Thursday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Krantikari chairman Surjeet Singh said that the protesting farmers also want the Centre to double the number of work days, guaranteed by the government under MGNREGA scheme.
As many as 18 trains of the Firozpur division, have been affected as members of various farmers' bodies squatted on train tracks here on Thursday as part of the three-day 'Rail-Roko' agitation.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue court has recently issued notice to and sought an explanation from the officer concerned over the non-execution of summons to three police officers including the Station House Officer (SHO) of police Station Fatehpur Beri in a farmhouse firing case.
Former Chief Scientist and former Deputy Director General at WHO and daughter of MS Swaminathan, Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Thursday said that till the end, he was committed to the farmers' welfare and to the upliftment of the poorest in society.
Raising the demand for financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, farmers, under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in Punjab's Amritsar have organised a three-day 'rail blockade' all over Punjab on Thursday.
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The BJP State President said, "There is no political pressure from BJP, the investigation is going on as per the rule of the law. The crime branch investigated this case earlier and they tried to protect the culprits. The poor farmers, street vendors, and common man have lost the money in Ka