Farmers protest

Despite the agitating farmers assurance that the proposed 'chakka jam' would not be implemented in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi, the Delhi Police as a precautionary measure have intensified security arrangements with special focus on bordering areas where the protesting farmers have been present since November 26 last year.

The Minister said there has been a compromise with the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and its proceedings are now running smoothly. "I am confident that a similar understanding will be developed for the Lok Sabha too." He said that the government is also ready to hold discussions with farmers to resolve their issues related to the three farm laws.

There will also not be any chakka jam programme in DelhiNCR since all the protest sites are already in a 'chakka jam' mode. All the roads for entering Delhi will remain open except where farmers' protest sites are already located. Tikait said Given the agriculturerelated work, the proposed roadblock in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday has been taken back and instead a memorandum will be submitted to the respective District Magistrates or subordinates.

Security has been beefed up at strategic locations and the Delhi Police would be keeping an eye on the protest build up in the bordering states and protest sites close to the border such as Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur. The Delhi Police are also in touch with the police in bordering states such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and collecting intelligence inputs in close coordination with the state police.

The farm laws have been dubbed 'black'. But when I asked in every meeting held with farmers what was 'black' about these statutes so that I can fix these, but nobody gave an answer, he said while participating in the Motion of Thanks on the President's address to Parliament. The world knows that water is used for farming only Congress can do farming with blood, he quipped.

Khalifa took to Twitter to share pictures of a protest against her and environmental activist Greta Thunberg, where protesters are holding placards stating Mia Khalifa regains consciousness, which seems to take a dig at her porn past. Confirming I have in fact regained consciousness and would like to thank you for your concern, albeit unnecessary. Still standing with the farmers, though, she wrote while sharing the images.

Earlier in the day, Congress member in the Rajya Sabha from Haryana Deepender Hooda lashed out at the Centre for the serious situation arising out of the farmers' movement. Tomar said that contract farming in Punjab has provisions that may land a farmer in jail with a fine of upto Rs 5 lakh, whereas the central government's new farm legislation gives complete liberty to a farmer.

Delhi Police, to further investigate the case, is going to take Google’s help to trace the IP address of the authors who uploaded the toolkit on the ongoing farmers’ protest in the national capital. The Delhi Police said that more than 300 social media accounts, which were seen spreading malicious content on farmers’ protest, have been identified.

Priyanka reached the residence of the deceased farmer in the Dibdiba village in Vilaspur tehsil in the afternoon and attended the 'Antim Ardas' (prayer meeting). She offered her condolences and paid floral tributes. She sat in the women's enclosure where she interacted with the female family members.Later, addressing the gathering, Priyanka said that the martyrdom of Navreet would not go in vain.

The various Khap Panchayats in western Uttar Pradesh that have been holding meetings in different districts have decided that at least one member from every farmer family will join the protest in Delhi.The farmers will begin moving to the Ghazipur border over the weekend.