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Thousands of Indian farmers riding tractors resumed their push towards the capital New Delhi on Wednesday after failing to reach a deal with the government on their demands for higher crop prices. IMAGES
Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel block a highway to prevent farmers from marching towards New Delhi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, at the Haryana-Punjab state border in Shambhu near Ambala about 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital. IMAGES
India farmers enter the 100th day of ongoing protests over agricultural reform between farmers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. IMAGES
Indian farmers gather at Singhu border at the outskirts of New Delhi one day after they went on the rampage the capital, leaving one person dead and dozens injured. The violence marked a dramatic escalation in a standoff between the government and thousands of farmers camped out on the outskirts of the city since late November. The farmers, mostly from northern Indian states including Punjab, want new agricultural reforms scrapped that they fear will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. IMAGES
Indian police fire tear gas at farmer protesters in New Delhi after a tractor rally rivalling a military parade that marks the nation's Republic Day descended into chaos, with farmers breaking through police barricades to march towards central New Delhi. IMAGES
A ban on sale of cattle for slaughter is threatening to push million of Indian farmers into extreme poverty. Yiming Woo reports.
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