Farmer Protest Sites

Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday reached the farmers' protest site at Shambhu border, extending her support to farmers and saying she, as a "daughter," stands with them and prays to God so that farmers get their rights and justice.

Another protesting farmer has died at the Khanauri border, bringing the toll to 4 during the ongoing protest under the call for Delhi Chalo, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Friday.

As the farmers' protest entered a third day, many were seen flying kites around protest sites to counter drones employed by the government to monitor their movements.

With several politicians and farmer organisations in their corner, India's top wrestlers on Tuesday intensified their protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and asserted that they won't leave the protest site until the WFI president, who is facing sexual harassment charges, is arrested.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that the farmers' movement has been suspended and not withdrawn.

Villagers in Hoshiarpur accorded a rousing reception to farmers who returned to their homes from protest sites on Delhi's borders following the suspension of their agitation against the Centre's three agriculture laws.

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said farmers will fully vacate their protest site on the Delhi border here by December 15 as their first group left for Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

Convoys of tractor trolleys bedecked with flowers and playing 'victory songs' on Saturday rolled out of the Singhu protest site, as farmers head home after over a year of agitation at the Delhi-Haryana border, which for many had become home.

Farmers camping at Delhi borders- Singhu, Tikri and Ghaziabad- have started dismantling their makeshift accommodations at the sites as the 15-month agitation draws to an end today.

Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu and Tikri borders will take out a victory march today as they return to their villages in Punjab and Haryana after a 15-month agitation that forced the centre to withdraw three contentious farm laws.

As the farmers prepare to leave their protest sites on Delhi's borders on Saturday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday said they will defeat injustice with courage.

The Delhi Police will remove the multiple layers of barricades at the three farmers' protest sites in a phased manner depending on the movement of protesters who will start returning home from tomorrow, officials said on Friday.

A day before their scheduled departure from the protest sites at Delhi borders, senior farmer leaders and members of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday visited the Bangla Sahib gurdwara to offer prayers.

Farmers Protest: The Centre had yesterday sent a written draft proposal to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's five-member committee following a November 21 letter from the SKM to PM Modi listing six demands.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said farmers will not leave the protest site unless a discussion on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and other issues are held.

Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday reached the farmers' protest site at Shambhu border, extending her support to farmers and saying she, as a "daughter," stands with them and prays to God so that farmers get their rights and justice.

Another protesting farmer has died at the Khanauri border, bringing the toll to 4 during the ongoing protest under the call for Delhi Chalo, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Friday.

As the farmers' protest entered a third day, many were seen flying kites around protest sites to counter drones employed by the government to monitor their movements.

With several politicians and farmer organisations in their corner, India's top wrestlers on Tuesday intensified their protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and asserted that they won't leave the protest site until the WFI president, who is facing sexual harassment charges, is arrested.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that the farmers' movement has been suspended and not withdrawn.

Villagers in Hoshiarpur accorded a rousing reception to farmers who returned to their homes from protest sites on Delhi's borders following the suspension of their agitation against the Centre's three agriculture laws.

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said farmers will fully vacate their protest site on the Delhi border here by December 15 as their first group left for Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

Convoys of tractor trolleys bedecked with flowers and playing 'victory songs' on Saturday rolled out of the Singhu protest site, as farmers head home after over a year of agitation at the Delhi-Haryana border, which for many had become home.

Farmers camping at Delhi borders- Singhu, Tikri and Ghaziabad- have started dismantling their makeshift accommodations at the sites as the 15-month agitation draws to an end today.

Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu and Tikri borders will take out a victory march today as they return to their villages in Punjab and Haryana after a 15-month agitation that forced the centre to withdraw three contentious farm laws.

As the farmers prepare to leave their protest sites on Delhi's borders on Saturday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday said they will defeat injustice with courage.

The Delhi Police will remove the multiple layers of barricades at the three farmers' protest sites in a phased manner depending on the movement of protesters who will start returning home from tomorrow, officials said on Friday.

A day before their scheduled departure from the protest sites at Delhi borders, senior farmer leaders and members of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday visited the Bangla Sahib gurdwara to offer prayers.

Farmers Protest: The Centre had yesterday sent a written draft proposal to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's five-member committee following a November 21 letter from the SKM to PM Modi listing six demands.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said farmers will not leave the protest site unless a discussion on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and other issues are held.