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India Gate - New Delhi - India - Asia
Added on the 10/08/2012 - Copyright : tv shinjuku
People walk in front of the India Gate as New Delhi restricts the use of private vehicles for a week in a bid to offer residents some respite from the toxic smog choking the megacity. IMAGES
Amritsar/Bangalore, Sep 28 (EFE).- Farmers protests continued in different parts of India on Monday against controversial new agriculture laws that allow big retailers to procure farm products directly from growers.A tractor was set on fire in front of the iconic India Gate monument in New Delhi early morning, while protests continued in other northern states like Punjab. The southern state of Karnataka also witnessed demonstrations in several parts.SHOT LIST: FARMERS PROTESTING IN AMRITSAR AND BANGALORE (INDIA).
Key Indian opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal addressed a crowd of supporters after being released on bail from a prison in New Delhi. Kejriwal, the capital's chief minister, was detained in March over a long-running corruption probe and is one among several leaders of a political alliance opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi under criminal investigation. 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
Scene outside of the Canadian High Commission to India after a senior Canadian diplomat was ordered to leave the country. The order comes hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat over the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver. IMAGES