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New Delhi, Feb 14 (EFE).- Indian police on Wednesday used tear gas shells on thousands of farmers marching to the capital, New Delhi, demanding pro-agrarian measures and safeguards. Security forces, who have barricaded all entrance points to New Delhi, fired tear gas shells on farmers at Shambhu border – crossing between the northern states of …
The BJP has not been caught off guard by the farmers’ protest at Delhi border, as the party leaders pointed out that they are now habituated with pre-poll agitations
Mahindra & Mahindra reports Q3 PAT increase to Rs 2,658 crore. Tractor sales decline 4.1%. Tractor industry volume declines due to weaker monsoon, weather vagaries, high base, and lower reservoir levels. Farmers' protest unlikely to impact tractor industry. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka markets face stress. Good monsoon and reservoir levels will boost rural sentiment.
Protesting Indian farmers clashed with police for a second consecutive day on Wednesday as tens of thousands tried to march to the capital to demand guaranteed prices for their produce. Police fired tear gas at the farmers near the Shambhu border, which divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from New Delhi. TV images also showed police using drones to drop tear gas canisters on the farmers, who tried to break through barricades made of cement blocks and barbed wires.
The protestors managed to remove several rows of concrete barriers and uprooted steel spikes cemented on roads to prevent them from entering the state