Highlights: 35-yr-old arrested for attacking Delhi Police SHO at Singhu border

As farmers' unions representatives await government's call for next round of talks as agitation enters Day 82.

Villagers shout slogans as they sit inside the lorry of a tractor to go to the Tikri Delhi-Haryana state border to support protesting farmers, at the Makrauli village in Haryana. ( AFP)

The protest against farm laws entered its 82nd day on Wednesday. The protests against the three laws which were passed during the monsoon session of the Parliament last year took a fresh turn after Bengaluru-based climate change activist Disha Ravi was arrested....Read More

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• 17 Feb 2021, 10:07:30 PM IST

  35-yr-old arrested for attacking Delhi Police SHO at Singhu border

  Officials said on Wednesday that a 35-yr-old man was arrested for allegedly attacking SHO of the Delhi Police at the Singhu border. The accused has been identified as Harmeet Singh, they said.

• 17 Feb 2021, 08:44:11 PM IST

  Protest will go on till Centre repeals farm laws, says UP Cong

  Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu said on Wednesday that the protest against the Centre's three new farm laws would continue till the laws are repealed by the Centre. He he alleged that the central government is using its majority in Parliament to crush the voice of opposition and impose the three laws on farmers.

• 17 Feb 2021, 06:48:31 PM IST

  Disha Ravi was arrested without informing K'taka govt, says Cong MP

  Congress Rajya Sabha MP said on Wednesday that climate activist Disha Ravi was arrested without informing the Karnataka government and the state's police force. "These kinds of arrests have also been done in CAA-NRC cases, in Punjab who have been agitating against farm laws," the Rajya Sabha MP added.

• 17 Feb 2021, 05:43:25 PM IST

  Farmers will not return home till they win, says BKU leader

  With the farmers protest against the Centre's three news farm laws continuing for the 82nd day, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni said on Wednesday that the Union was fighting for the rights of the farmers and they (farmers) would not return home till they have won.

  
  

  "We are fighting for the rights of farmers and they will not return home till they win, and time does not matter in this struggle," Chaduni was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

• 17 Feb 2021, 04:24:16 PM IST

  Railways deploys 20 additional RPSF companies ahead of rail roko agitation

  The Indian Railways has deployed 20 additional companies of the Railway Protection Special Force ahead of the farmers's rail roko agitation tomorrow. Special focus has been placed on states such as Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

• 17 Feb 2021, 03:44:06 PM IST

  Cops seized hard disk from Shanatanu Muluk's house, says father

  Green activist Shantanu Muluk's father Shivlal told local police on Tuesday that two people, claiming to Delhi Police personnel seized a computer hard disk and other items from Shantanu's house in Maharashtra's police on February 12 without producing a search warrant. Shanatanu has been named as a suspect in the "toolkit" case related to the farmers' protest.

• 17 Feb 2021, 02:41:18 PM IST

  Protesters install CCTVs, toilets at Delhi's Ghazipur border

  The farmers protesting against the Centre's three new farm laws were seen installing CCTV cameras and toilets at the Ghazipur border in the national capital. Speaking to news agency ANI, one of the protesters said that goons had misbehaved with the farmers in the past and that is why cameras were being installed at the protest site to identify such anti-social elements in future.

• 17 Feb 2021, 12:57:17 PM IST

  Congress MLA requests Karnataka CM Yediyurappa to 'bring back' Disha Ravi

  Lakshmi Hebbalkar, MLA from Belgavi, Karnataka, tweeted requesting CM BS Yediyurappa to "bring back" Disha Ravi, the 21-year-old arrested in the 'toolkit' case.

  She also said that two lingayat leaders, Rajat Ullagaddimath and Dhruv Jatti, had submitted a memorandum to her, on Wednesday.

• 17 Feb 2021, 12:33:42 PM IST

  Nikita Jacob granted three-week transit anticipatory bail by Bombay high court

  Bombay High Court allows transit anticipatory bail application of Nikita Jacob, grants her transit bail for 3 weeks in connection with FIR by Delhi police in Toolkit matter, reports ANI.

• 17 Feb 2021, 12:18:41 PM IST

  Watch | Maninder Singh, arrested in connection with Red Fort violence, brandishing weapons

  Maninder Singh, arrested in connection with the violence at Red Fort on January 26, seen brandishing weapons during the incident, reported by ANI.

• 17 Feb 2021, 11:29:51 AM IST

  MP Revanth Reddy concludes 10-day march, in support of farmers protest, with tractor rally

  Telangana Congress MP Revanth Reddy tweeted "This response Shatters any misconception that there is no discontent against the #FarmLaws in south India."

• 17 Feb 2021, 09:10:53 AM IST

  Delhi Police arrests another suspect in tractor rally violence case

  Delhi Police says it has arrested an individual named Maninder Singh on Tuesday. The police says Singh was among the most wanted in the Red Fort violence case. Two swords were also recovered from his house, news agency ANI reported.

• 17 Feb 2021, 08:54:50 AM IST

  Delhi Police says SHO received minor injuries in a scuffle at Singhu border

  Delhi Police says it has arrested an agitator at the Singhu border on Wednesday. Police told news agency ANI that the individual was in an inebriated state and attempted to snatch a cop's car while trying to attack an SHO with a sharp object near the Singhu border.

• 17 Feb 2021, 07:00:24 AM IST

  Farmer leader Chhotu Ram's birth anniversary celebrated

  Floral tributes were paid to farmer leader Chhotu Ram during his birth anniversary at Delhi's borders yesterday where farmers' unions representatives have been protesting for almost three months.

• 17 Feb 2021, 06:52:51 AM IST

  Union minister Giriraj Singh targets Rahul Gandhi over support to climate activist

  

  Union minister Giriraj Singh says Rahul Gandhi should not have extended support to elements who aim to destabilize the nation. In this file pic, he is seen with MP Ravi Kishan. (PTI File)

  Singh said if Rahul Gandhi supports Disha Ravi then he should also answer if he along with opposition parties should decide the course of law. "I want to ask Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition, will they decide the course of law? If they are in support of Disha because she is 21-year-old, they should tell whether we should punish Nirbhaya convict or not. Kasab was a terrorist from Pakistan. Shouldn't Kasab be hanged to death because of his age?", the Union minister was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.