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Car rams barricade at Singhu border, 1 dead
The jersey barricade in question was one in a series of cement roadblocks installed by police at Singhu border during the farmers’ protest in November 2020. Locals have often complained to police about removing the barricades.
Published on Feb 28, 2025 05:22 AM IST
Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea for complete end of Singhu border blockade
The border and closed on February 13 after farmers from Punjab began a march to Delhi demanding a legal guarantee to minimum support price for their crops
Updated on Sep 30, 2024 02:59 PM IST
Farmers protest: Delhi Police says commuters must prepare for traffic jams today
Farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march: Delhi Police said security has been mounted at ISBT Kashmere Gate, Anand Vihar, and Sarai Kale Khan.
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 12:36 PM IST
Delhi Police issue new traffic advisory, use these routes instead of DND Flyway
The police issued the advisory due to heavy traffic on both the carriageways of the DND flyway as a result of deployment of picket or checking.
Published on Feb 29, 2024 01:10 PM IST
Adarsh Kumar Gupta
Delhi police partially lift blockade at Tikri and Singhu borders
Police officers said the blockades will be restored if the protesting farmers at the Punjab-Haryana borders start moving towards Delhi
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 12:51 AM IST
Farmers’ protest: Singhu, Tikri borders to be partially reopened
Authorities here initiated the process of partially reopening Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana on Saturday, almost two weeks after they were sealed in view of farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, officials said.
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 05:56 AM IST
PTI, New Delhi
Multilingualism in focus on Day 1 of Journalists’ Literature Festival
Speaking regarding the ongoing protests, veteran journalist and anchor Chander Suta Dogra said the farmers have the right to protest and it is the government’s responsibility to ensure the smooth functioning of society.
Updated on Feb 24, 2024 11:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Roads dug up, supplies hit: How life at Delhi’s borders is hit by farm protest
The pits at the three villages — Narela and Bawana in Delhi, and at Kundli in Haryana — are around six feet deep, officers aware of the matter said
Updated on Feb 15, 2024 05:52 AM IST
Farmers protest: Singhu border sealed, Delhi-NCR commuters take these routes
Delhi traffic advisory: Heightened security measures in Delhi against farmers' protest disrupt traffic movement
Published on Feb 14, 2024 09:55 PM IST
Farmers' protest: Delhi traffic police issues advisory | Routes to avoid
Delhi traffic is likely to remain gridlocked for a second day as farmers' protest march towards the Capital resumes on Wednesday
Updated on Feb 15, 2024 11:03 AM IST
People cross Delhi-Haryana border on foot as police stop vehicles in view of farmers’ march
Hem Singh, who lives in Haryana’s Karnal, said he was going to northeast Delhi to attend a wedding when his bus decided to halt nearly a kilometre from the border. “My nephew is getting married in northeast Delhi’s Gokulpuri on Wednesday and we are stuck here due to traffic. The bus driver stopped the vehicle a kilometre before the border. We are walking towards Delhi and are not sure whether we will get any vehicle.”
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 05:06 AM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi
Delhi Traffic Police issues advisory ahead of farmers' protest | Details here
Delhi traffic chaos likely today with massive security arrangements in place at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders.
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 10:10 AM IST
Adarsh Kumar Gupta
‘Delhi police abused, kicked us’: Farmers stopped at Singhu Border
A scuffle had broken out between Delhi Police and protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday. The wrestlers alleged they were manhandled by the police.
Published on May 04, 2023 07:09 PM IST
Stopped from entering Delhi, claim Punjab AAP leaders
While Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann had reached Delhi a day earlier, a number of AAP leaders, including cabinet ministers and legislators, started for the national capital in the morning to express solidarity with the party chief
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 11:08 PM IST
HT Correspondents, Chandigarh/amritsar/jalandhar
Delhi Police allows traffic movement at Singhu border
The roads have already been cleared for commuters at the Tikri border and traffic is plying on the stretch, police said.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 07:19 AM IST
PTI |
Farmer protest over but Singhu & Ghazipur borders will open from Jan. Here's why
Speaking to news agency PTI, a senior police officer said the concrete barriers and other obstacles have been cleared from the Singhu border. However, the road is not open for traffic yet.
Published on Dec 15, 2021 01:16 PM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, New Delhi
Farmers to mark ‘Vijay Diwas’ today at protest sites before leaving for home
The Singhu and Ghazipur border points of the national capital—two of the sites where the farmers had been protesting for the past 14 months—have picked up activity, as farmers get busy completing their preparations to leave for their homes in trucks and tractor trolleys.
Updated on Dec 11, 2021 08:17 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
With end of farmers’ protest in sight after a year, gloom gives way to relief
The three border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur were chock-a-block with tractors as people celebrated the one-year anniversary of the protest against the three farm laws
Updated on Nov 27, 2021 12:31 AM IST
Jasjeev Gandhiok & Peeyush Khandelwal, New Delhi
Farm protests: Farmers at Singhu prepare for first anniversary
Thousands of farmers rallied to the borders of Delhi last November to protest against three laws brought by the centre that sought to deregulate farm trade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19 announced that the government will repeal the three farm laws
Updated on Nov 26, 2021 01:26 AM IST
Jasjeev Gandhiok
With his iktara to motivate farmers, elderly protester returns to Singhu border
A day after the Centre's announcement of the three contentious laws, Singh reached the site on Saturday to sing songs of victory and to motivate the protesters to continue their struggle.
Published on Nov 21, 2021 08:33 PM IST
PTI |
Lakhbir Singh murder: Victim's kin submits memorandum to Union home ministry
The family has sought a compensation of ₹50 lakh, a job assurance and also a probe into Singh’s murder by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Published on Oct 28, 2021 05:23 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
15 hurt near Singhu in police action against UP farm group
The protesters alleged that they were headed towards the border peacefully when the police personnel resorted to the lathi-charge.
Published on Oct 28, 2021 05:49 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
SKM reiterates demand for fair probe into Lakhbir Singh murder
"We reiterate our demand for a comprehensive investigation into the conspiracy related to the brutal murder at the Singhu border on October 15. While the attempt to tarnish the image of the farmers' movement has not succeeded, the true story behind the whole episode has to come out to reveal to the world what the BJP is up to," the SKM said in a statement.
Published on Oct 20, 2021 11:04 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘Indian politicians must refrain from doing religious politics’: Punjab minister
Punjab agriculture minister ‘Kaka’ Randeep Singh Nabha said that religious politics create a “feeling of mistrust and insecurity” among the people of the country.
‘Govt shouldn’t link it to farmers’ protest’: Rakesh Tikait on Singhu lynching
“They (Nihangs) have said it is a religious matter and the government should not link it to farmers' protest. We are talking to them that they are not needed here as of now. Government can deteriorate the situation. The conspiracy was executed by governments,” Rakesh Tikait said.
Published on Oct 17, 2021 08:36 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
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Published on Oct 17, 2021 04:50 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
All three accused in Singhu border killing sent to six-day police custody
Four Nihangs – Narayan Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Govind Preet Singh and Sarvajeet Singh – have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Tarn Taran man at a farmers' protest site in Singhu border.
Published on Oct 17, 2021 04:14 PM IST
Singhu lynching: Victim’s kin says he could never think of desecrating holy book
The family was barely managing two square meals a day when Lakhbir was alive and would work in the village fields or in the grain market of Tarn Taran district for his livelihood.
Updated on Oct 17, 2021 01:15 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Tarn Taran
Singhu border lynching: Autopsy says 35-year-old died due to excessive bleeding
On Friday, the body of Lakhbir Singh (35), a Dalit farm labourer from Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, was discovered tied to a police barricade near the Singhu farm protest site on the outskirts of the Capital with the left hand and right foot cut off.
Updated on Oct 17, 2021 01:13 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
2 more Nihangs held for murder of man at farmers’ protest site at Singhu border
The deceased man, identified as Lakhbir Singh, 35, was found hanging on a police barricade with his left arm chopped off, on Friday morning. Police said that Lakhbir used to work as a labourer and was found with at least 10 wounds.
Published on Oct 16, 2021 11:10 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi