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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Rakesh Tikait slams Ashish Mishra's 'red-carpet arrest'
•Demanding the dismissal of MoS Home Ajay Mishra, Tikait said there cannot be a fair investigation in the case if the accused person's father continues to hold the chair
Farmers' rail roko protest: Turnout shows agitation not limited to Haryana, Punjab, say protesters
Fp Staff •However, a Railways spokesperson maintained that there was negligible impact on train services and added that majority of the zonal offices reported no incidents
Farmers' rail roko protest updates: Demonstrations held in over six UP districts; 100 protesters detained in Chitrakoot
Fp Staff •Farmers’ ‘rail roko’ protest LIVE updates: The agitation commenced at around 9 am and farmers from 12 villages participated in the Aurangabad protest, the farmer union said
Farmers commence nationwide rail roko agitation; railways, police deploy additional forces near tracks
Fp Staff •The agitation, scheduled to end at 4 pm, comes weeks after farmers's unions held a chakka jam on 6 February and a tractor parade to Delhi on 26 January
Farmers’ groups to observe ‘rail roko’ agitation today; railways deploys 20 additional RPSF companies
•During the blockade, which will be held till 4 pm, the Railway Protection Force will focus on maintaining law and order in Punjab, Haryana, UP and West Bengal
Farmers' protest: Samyukta Kisan Morch announces four-hour nationwide 'rail roko' on 18 Feb
•In a statement, the SKM, which is spearheading the protest, also announced that toll collection will not be allowed in Rajasthan from 12 February
Farmers' organisations announce all-India road blockade on 5 Nov against new agriculture laws
•The incident occurred late on Monday night at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chowk. Witnesses said there was a pile-up of processions after a makeshift bamboo carrier broke down.
WATCH: Women stage rail roko at Diva station after they were denied entry into ladies compartment of Mumbai local train
Fp Staff •Women commuters in Thane staged a rail roko on the tracks of Diva station on Thursday morning after they were denied entry into the crowded local train compartments. The women complained that people standing at the door of the compartments refused entry to them when the (Up) fast train arrived at Diva station.
Assam Police lathi-charge protesters to quell rail roko agitation in Choutara village; 12 injured, 15 arrested
•The AKRSU in Assam were demanding the inclusion of the Koch Rajbongshi community in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category and disrupted trains across the state.
Mumbai rail roko: If Modi govt still thinks unemployment is a made-up story, students' protest will serve as eye-opener
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •Modi govt should first acknowledge unemployment problem, else a crisis is in the making