Hisar Protests

Brijendra Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Haryana's Hisar, today resigned from the primary membership of the party, and joined the Congress just weeks ahead of the general elections.

A police officer was injured Friday in a pitched battle between protesting farmers - trying to march to join others on the Punjab-Haryana border - and cops in Khedi Chwpata in Hisar district.

One of the four protesters who breached parliament security today is a student from Haryana's Jind district, who has been living in Hisar for higher studies. Her family told reporters she is not linked to any political organisation.

Wrestlers from Baba Laldas Akhada in Hisar and the famous Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi also joined the protest along with senior citizens from nearby villages.

BJP Rajya Sabha member Ram Chander Jangra faced slogans and black flags by a group of farmers in Haryana's Hisar district today as he arrived in Narnaund city to inaugurate a dharmshala (inn).

Farmers, who, for the past more than six months, have been protesting against the Centre's new laws, today clashed with authorities while demonstrating against Haryana's BJP leaders and ministers in two districts: Hisar and Yamunanagar.

Thousands of farmers reached Hisar on Monday responding to their leaders' calls to protest against the registration of a criminal case against several of them during their clash with the police last week after the inauguration of a Covid hospital.

Security has been stepped up in Haryana's Hisar district as farmers have planned to picket the residence of a senior police officer tomorrow to protest criminal cases filed against more than 300 farmers.

Haryana's main opposition Congress Tuesday demanded Manohar Lal Khattar's apology over the alleged police lathicharge on farmers in Hisar on Sunday when they protested against the Chief Minister during the inauguration of a hospital.

The Haryana police reportedly baton charged a number of protesting farmers today at an event in Hisar that was attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Protests broke out at a hospital in Haryana's Hisar district today after five coronavirus patients died this morning and their families alleged that the shortage of medical oxygen had led to the deaths.

A khap panchayat in Haryana's Hisar on Sunday urged dairy farmers to sell milk at Rs 100 per litre to government cooperative societies in protest against the Centre's farm laws and high fuel prices.

Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws are teaming up with Dalits as part of their plan to take the protest across the country. The idea is to focus on eliminating the caste divide and give the protest a pan-Indian, broader base. A mahapanchayat with Dalits was held in Haryana's Hisar on Saturday, at the town of Barwala, which was atten...

With the pro-quota agitation by Jats entering its 14th day, as many as 20 persons belonging to the community were today detained by police for holding a protest without permission at Surewala Chowk.

Curfew was lifted in Hisar district today and relaxed in violence-hit Rohtak and Bhiwani districts while rail and road traffic resumed on routes which had remained blocked for over a week due to the Jat quota agitation that claimed 19 lives.

Brijendra Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Haryana's Hisar, today resigned from the primary membership of the party, and joined the Congress just weeks ahead of the general elections.

A police officer was injured Friday in a pitched battle between protesting farmers - trying to march to join others on the Punjab-Haryana border - and cops in Khedi Chwpata in Hisar district.

One of the four protesters who breached parliament security today is a student from Haryana's Jind district, who has been living in Hisar for higher studies. Her family told reporters she is not linked to any political organisation.

Wrestlers from Baba Laldas Akhada in Hisar and the famous Chhatrasal Stadium in New Delhi also joined the protest along with senior citizens from nearby villages.

BJP Rajya Sabha member Ram Chander Jangra faced slogans and black flags by a group of farmers in Haryana's Hisar district today as he arrived in Narnaund city to inaugurate a dharmshala (inn).

Farmers, who, for the past more than six months, have been protesting against the Centre's new laws, today clashed with authorities while demonstrating against Haryana's BJP leaders and ministers in two districts: Hisar and Yamunanagar.

Thousands of farmers reached Hisar on Monday responding to their leaders' calls to protest against the registration of a criminal case against several of them during their clash with the police last week after the inauguration of a Covid hospital.

Security has been stepped up in Haryana's Hisar district as farmers have planned to picket the residence of a senior police officer tomorrow to protest criminal cases filed against more than 300 farmers.

Haryana's main opposition Congress Tuesday demanded Manohar Lal Khattar's apology over the alleged police lathicharge on farmers in Hisar on Sunday when they protested against the Chief Minister during the inauguration of a hospital.

The Haryana police reportedly baton charged a number of protesting farmers today at an event in Hisar that was attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Protests broke out at a hospital in Haryana's Hisar district today after five coronavirus patients died this morning and their families alleged that the shortage of medical oxygen had led to the deaths.

A khap panchayat in Haryana's Hisar on Sunday urged dairy farmers to sell milk at Rs 100 per litre to government cooperative societies in protest against the Centre's farm laws and high fuel prices.

Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws are teaming up with Dalits as part of their plan to take the protest across the country. The idea is to focus on eliminating the caste divide and give the protest a pan-Indian, broader base. A mahapanchayat with Dalits was held in Haryana's Hisar on Saturday, at the town of Barwala, which was atten...

With the pro-quota agitation by Jats entering its 14th day, as many as 20 persons belonging to the community were today detained by police for holding a protest without permission at Surewala Chowk.

Curfew was lifted in Hisar district today and relaxed in violence-hit Rohtak and Bhiwani districts while rail and road traffic resumed on routes which had remained blocked for over a week due to the Jat quota agitation that claimed 19 lives.