The accused persons were identified as Sambhu Das, Debasish Sarkar, Shambhu Mahato, Shymal Baidya and Rajib Basak, all residents of Shivmandir and Bhaktinagar area of Siliguri.
Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday asked Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray if he would back Rahul Gandhi disrespecting Veer Savarkar when he (Rahul Gandhi) comes to Mumbai to address a rally during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
On March 6, farmers from all over India will march peacefully towards Jantar Mantar in Delhi," Farmer leader Tejveer Singh told reporters at Shambhu Border on Tuesday
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a petitioner to withdraw his plea seeking direction to the government of India to consider the reasonable demands of the farmers who are staging continuous peaceful protest and demonstration.
The general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, said on Monday that the decision to March towards Delhi has not changed amid incidents of death during the protests.
Haryana Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders held a meeting in Narwana town of Jind district on Thursday to mull over the strategy to support ongoing farmers' protests at Data Singhwala-Khanauri and Shambhu borders of Punjab -Haryana.
"A program to take out a 'Tractor Chain' has been decided. Tractors will be parked on the highway that leads to Delhi, especially the divider highway. It was decided to register a different kind of protest so that the government would listen to us and not forget the farmers," said farmer lea
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday said that the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and SKM (non-political) will hold a candle march on both Shambhu and Khanauri borders on Saturday evening, in memory of martyrs.
After rounds of inconclusive talks between Centre and Farmers over their demands, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said that there should be a solution through dialogue and continuous talsk with Centre are going on.