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Rail Roko Agitation News

Punjab farmers defer rail blockade after talks with state govt

Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee leader Sarwan Singh Pandher and others said that on the issue of a large number of flood-affected people being deprived of compensation, the government agreed to immediately release compensation.

Published 207 days ago

Punjab bandh disrupts train services; 221 trains affected; 163 cancelled

Up to 221 trains have been affected, 14 of which have been rescheduled and 157 of which have been cancelled.

Published 563 days ago

Farmers block train routes during ‘rail roko’ protest in Punjab

Farmers block railway tracks as part of their state-wide 'Rail Roko' protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands, including a legally binding minimum support price for crops, on the outskirts of Amritsar, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.

Published 575 days ago

Punjab farmers’ rail blockade enters third day, commuters at receiving end

A family returning from the Amritsar railway station as trains were cancelled after farmers blocked rail tracks in the district. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated 1020 days ago

Thane MP threatens rail roko, will forcibly inaugurate Digha railway station

HT Image

Updated 1058 days ago

Train services hit as Kurmis stage stir in Bengal demanding ST status

Agitators from the Kurmi community block railway tracks to press for their demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, in West Bengal on Wedneday, Sept. 21, 2022.

Published 1394 days ago

Celebration, caution at epicentre of ‘rail roko’ protests in Punjab

Farmers shout slogans while blocking a railway track during their protest against the farm laws, at Devi Dass Pura, in September last year. The farm laws were repealed by the Centre on Friday. (PTI)

Updated 1699 days ago

Police, SIT release photos of Lakhimpur violence suspects; seek cooperation

Photos of suspects in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case released by Uttar Pradesh police and the Special Investigation Team. (ANI Photo)

Published 1731 days ago

After rail roko, Tikait says will continue such protests till Teni resigns

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said that Union MoS Ajay Mishra Teni cannot “roam out in the open.” (ANI Photo)

Published 1732 days ago

No disturbances, train cancellations in Delhi, say police on 'rail roko'

Around 50 trains and 130 locations were impacted by the protesting farmers in Punjab and Haryana, during the rail roko protests.

Updated 1732 days ago

50 trains across 130 locations affected amid farmers’ ‘rail roko' agitation

Members of various farmers organizations block railway tracks during the 'rail roko' protest against the central government in Patiala.

Updated 1732 days ago

Lakhimpur Kheri: Union minister Ajay Mishra blames local police for violence

Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra Teni in Lucknow.

Published 1732 days ago

'Rail Roko': Farmers block railway tracks in Punjab; Haryana deploys RAF

Farmers blocked railway tracks at railway station Amritsar on Monday.

Updated 1732 days ago

UP Police warn of action against those who will participate in 'Rail Roko' stir

Farmers blocked railway tracks at railway station Amritsar, Punjab.

Updated 1732 days ago

Lakhimpur Kheri: SKM's 'rail roko' protest today; train movement could be hit

The group has also assured that the agitation will be staged "peacefully, without any destruction and damage of any kind to any railway property.

Updated 1732 days ago

Rail Roko today: Farmers to stop rail traffic for 6 hrs over Lakhimpur Kheri

A day before the rail roko, Samyukta Kisan Morcha farmers protested against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence at Gazipur Border on Saturday. (ANI photo)

Published 1733 days ago

KMSC's ‘rail roko’ agitation against farm laws from today

Protesters during a rail roko agitation against farm laws on February 18, 2021 (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Published 1750 days ago

Movement of trains hit as farmers block rail tracks

Passengers stand in a queue to board the train amid farmers' Country-Wide Rail Roko Protest at Bhubaneswar railway station, in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. (ANI Photo)

Published 1973 days ago

Protesters take over railway tracks at Patli station; impact minimal, say police

More than 100 protesters, including women, sat on the railway tracks and raised slogans against the government and the farm laws.

Updated 1973 days ago

No untoward incident amid ‘Rail Roko’, negligible impact on services: Railways

Farmers blocked rail tracks at Sonipat station in Haryana during their nationwide Rail Roko agitation on Thursday. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT PHOTO).

Published 1974 days ago

Farmers stage 'Rail roko' protests in Aurangabad, Maharashtra against farm laws

The agitation, which started at 12 pm, was led by AIKS' district president Bhagwan Bhojane, an official said. In picture - Rail roko agitation in Haryana’s Sonipat.

Published 1974 days ago

'Rail roko agitation passed off without any untoward incident': Indian Railways

Farmers blocked train tracks as part of a four-hour nationwide ‘rail roko’ protest

Updated 1974 days ago

News updates from HT: Banks to deduct TDS at higher rates for senior citizens

Banks have to deduct TDS at 10% if the interest income is more than <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40,000 or <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50,000 in case of senior citizens, in a financial year.

Published 1974 days ago

Farmers block tracks, stop trains: Nationwide 'rail roko' agitation in photos

Farmers blocked rail track at Ludhiana railway station during their national wide Rail Roko protest on Thursday.

Updated 1974 days ago

News updates from HT: Uttarakhand flash flood toll mounts to 59

Rescuers on Thursday recovered another body from the Tapovan dam tunnel in Uttarakhand’s flash flood-hit Chamoli district, taking the toll from the tragedy to 59,

Published 1974 days ago

Rail roko: Farmers lay siege to railway tracks in Punjab, trains halted

Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws in Vallah, near Amritsar, on Thursday.

Updated 1974 days ago

Rail roko will be peaceful, will not join politics: Rakesh Tikait

Farmers have been protesting at the different borders of the national capital since November last year, against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

Published 1974 days ago

Farmers call for 4-hour nationwide rail roko protest, railways step up security

At Lonavla, protestors took the agitation further and organised a rail roko protest on Thursday.

Updated 1974 days ago

All you need to know about farmers' 'Rail Roko' call

This is not the first railway blockade launched by farmers; last year in September, before farmers set off for Delhi, they held a state-wide rail blockades in Punjab

Published 1975 days ago

'No decision on train movement in backdrop of Rail Roko': Railways

While rail blockades by farmers across the state, which started in September-end, were lifted in November, members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continue to block passenger trains at Jandiala Guru in Amritsar district. (HT file photo)

Updated 1975 days ago

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