Tensions escalated at the Sambhu border as Delhi Police used tear gas to disperse farmers attempting to resume their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march towards the capital. Farmers claim the police possess an inaccurate list of permitted protestors and allege brutality, while the government remains unresponsive to their demands for MSP and loan relief.
British farmers are staging a major protest in London against a new inheritance tax that threatens to wipe out generations of family-run farms. The government defends the tax, but farmers argue it’s the final blow after years of struggling with Brexit, volatile weather, and falling profits.
British farmers are staging a major protest in London against a new inheritance tax that threatens to wipe out generations of family-run farms. The government defends the tax, but farmers argue it’s the final blow after years of struggling with Brexit, volatile weather, and falling profits.
British farmers are staging a major protest in London against a new inheritance tax that threatens to wipe out generations of family-run farms. The government defends the tax, but farmers argue it’s the final blow after years of struggling with Brexit, volatile weather, and falling profits.
Farmer organizations held a march in support of CISF constable Kulwinder Kaur, who allegedly slapped BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport. They demanded an impartial investigation, asserting that there should be no injustice with the constable. Farmer leaders also criticized Ranaut for her alleged provocative statements against Punjabis. The CISF has ordered a court of inquiry into the incident, while the Mohali Police have booked Kaur under bailable IPC sections. Ranaut, in a video message, claimed she was hit and abused by the constable during a security check.
On Monday evening, members of Keel Bhavani Pasana Pathukappu Iyakkam gathered at the District Treasury building on the Collectorate’s premises to protest against the poor water management by the Water Resources Department (WRD). They claimed that farmers who had cultivated crops in 1,03,500 acres of land in Erode, Tiruppur, and Karur districts were suffering as water was not released in the canal until May 1, 2024, as per the government order. Despite the efforts of WRD officials to calm them down, the protestors continued their demonstration throughout the night. On Tuesday, senior officials of the department and Additional Superintendent of Police (ADSP) K. Balamurugan held talks with the farmers, but they continued to demand water release and action against WRD officials. The police eventually removed them in police vehicles and lodged them at a marriage hall.
