In a post-midnight review of situation, Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani visited the protest site even as hundreds of security personnel in anti-riot gears were deployed since Thursday.
As the confrontation between police and protesting farmers at the Ghazipur border builds up, a video has surfaced showing Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait slapping a person has surfaced.
The Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday informed that the Ghazipur border has been closed and the traffic is diverted from NH 24, NH 9, Road no 56, 57 A, Kondli, Paper market, Telco T point, EDM Mall, Akshardham and Nizammudin Khatta.
Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait broke down while talking to journalists at Ghazipur border but insisted that he won't surrender.
According to sources, the district administration may move ahead to remove blockade at UP Gate on Delhi-Meerut Expressway by Thursday night.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader from Uttar Pradesh Sachin Chaudhary, who has been protesting against the three farm laws at Ghazipur border, said, "Sacrifice of Galtan Singh will not go in vain."
Protesting farmers blocked Ghazipur (Delhi-Ghaziabad) border completely on Dec 22.
Protesters at Ghazipur border set solar panels to charge phones and tractors' batteries.
Twin brothers from Punjab distributed warm clothes to protesters at Ghazipur on December 13. One of the brothers, Karanveer said, "Who likes to be on streets? It's time for struggle.
A trader allegedly committed suicide and left behind a note saying that he was taking the extreme step because the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not given him a ticket to contest the 2022 Assembly elections.
People arrived at the wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Delhi's Ghazipur market to make purchase amid COVID-19 outbreak.
People arrived at wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Ghazipur to make purchases amid the lockdown.
Uttar Pradesh government has arranged special buses to board migrant workers and others to their native districts in Uttar Pradesh amid the nationwide lockdown.
An office-bearer of the Uttar Pradesh unit of BJP has sought to change the name of Ghazipur district (in eastern UP) to Gaadhipuri. UP BJP media co-convenor Navin Srivastava recently submitted a letter in this regard to the state's Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
According to police, a scuffle broke out between 29-year-old Dipti and her husband Satyajit (32) on Sunday, following which he started beating her with a stick.
Chennai is out of the water and Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has shared his concern over climate change and various environmental issues.
His remarks come in the wake of the death of a police constable in a stone-pelting incident in Ghazipur.
Director General of Police (DGP) O P Singh, in a tweet, clarified that the deceased policeman, Suresh Pratap Singh Vats, was a head constable.
11 arrested in connection with killing of head constable in Ghazipur violence
The constable Suresh Vats (48) was killed on Saturday when protesters hurled stones at vehicles returning from the venue of a public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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