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Overjoyed Indian farmers at the Singhu protest site celebrate victory after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country will scrap three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of huge protests. IMAGES
Indian farmers at the Singhu protest site cheer after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country will scrap three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of huge protests. IMAGES
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
Indian riot police fired tear gas Wednesday at columns of farmers on tractors seeking to breach heavily guarded roadblocks and march on the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices. IMAGES
Kolkata (India), Oct 4 (EFE/EPA).-(Camera: Piyal Adhikary) Farmers and opposition activists on Monday held demonstrations across India a day after 8 people were killed in clashes between members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and protesters demanding the repeal of three controversial farm laws. The deceased include four farmers who were allegedly run over on Sunday by a convoy that was carrying the son of India's deputy home minister during a protest in the northern province of Uttar Pradesh. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN KOLKATA.