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The restless crowds of urged the farmers to not farmers, mostly from Punjab nion Agriculture Minister become victim of ploys by and Haryana, milled around UNarendra Singh Tomar political parties. and a sea of police personnel on Friday requested farmers to BKS leaders warned the used force to keep them at bay. end their protest against the NDA Government that if the Drones circled the air and new Central laws, offering issues are not addressed at the plumes of smoke from teargas talks next week, even as the earliest, the agitation could be shells could be seen from far. police continued to fire tear hijacked by Opposition par- Carrying flags and shout- gas and water cannons in a ties. The leaders said they are ing slogans, thousands of farm- second day of clashes over the against any use of force or vio- ers gathered at various entry march to New Delhi. lence by points to the national Capital. “The Government has police. Before the Delhi Police always been ready to discuss Mohini Mohan Mishra, gave the protesting farmers issues with farmers. We have national secretary of BKS, said permission to march towards invited farmers’ organisations nearly 25,000 farmers had sent Nirankari Ground in North for another round of talks on proposals to the Prime Delhi’s Burari area, clashes December 3. I appeal to them Minister. “The laws have been broke out between the Delhi to leave agitation in view of made for traders saying they’ll Police and farmers at Singhu Covid-19 and winter,” Tomar eventually benefit farmers. If border forcing the police to said. On the other hand, the the Government has brought resort to tear gas shells, water Rashtriya Swayamsevak laws to support farmers, we cannon and mild lathi charge. Sangh- affiliate Bharatiya welcome it. However, there are In the 40 minutes clash Kisan Sangh (BKS) has urged drawbacks,” said Mishra with protesting farmers, the the Centre to resolve issues adding that they are against protesters broke barb wires being raised by farmers regard- any kind of force or violence and barricades erected by the ing the three agriculture laws by police. police and stones were pelted from both sides. Police said no severe injury was reported on izens have constitutional right protests in Delhi on Saturday. either side. to protest peacefully for which Near Singhu border, three The farmers on Friday they cannot be put in jails. petrol pumps were closed as a evening refused Union P !# Groups of farmers from precautionary measure. Government’s proposal to Punjab, which had reached “They (police) have been protest at Nirankari Ground. hours, making multiple reach the place but we are ready Pehowa, Patran-Khanauri, were closed for traffic move- Police to convert the city’s sta- Delhi by crossing various bar- citing Covid-19 guidelines to They demanded that they be attempts to break barricades to face anything,” one of the Moonak-Tohana, Ratia- ment due to the demonstration diums into temporary jails as ricades installed at several loca- stop us from marching ahead allowed to hold their protest at and resorting to stone pelting. protesting farmers said. Fatehabad and Talwandi-Sirsa. and the commuters were asked farmers continued to push tions across Haryana, were but we will take all precautions. the Ramlila Ground but the “We will not go back till Punjab farmers, represent- Tension was escalating at all the to take an alternative route, the towards the national Capital on joined by farmers of Haryana We will continue with our Delhi Police denied the request. our demands are met. We will ing over 30 farm bodies, had border points. Delhi Traffic Police said. their “Delhi Chalo” march at Tikri and Singhu borders. It fight and go ahead with our Braving tear gas shells and stage a peaceful protest now at announced that they will go to Farmers’ protest led to traf- Earlier, during the day against the Centre’s farm laws. is expected that farmers from march despite all challenges water cannons they camped at the designated place. We had to Delhi through several routes — fic snarls in Delhi as Dhansa AAP-led Delhi Government Delhi Home Minister neighbouring States Rajasthan ahead,” another farmer the Delhi borders for several cross several barricades to Lalru, Shambhu, Patiala- and Jharoda Kalan borders denied permission to the Delhi Satyendar Jain said Indian cit- and Uttar Pradesh will join the said. %&'* *#+, R'+ ! "# $ - . Those who were present in the %&'( meeting included Ministers R 7.5 per cent in July-September tracted only 8.6 per cent in Q2 '() (*+ Partho Chatterjee, Firhad compared with a growth of 4.4 versus (-) 50 per cent in Q1. )%& Hakim and Arup Biswas per cent in the same quarter Public spending was down 12 twin-seater MiG-29K besides State party president last year, according to data per cent. Afighter jet of the Indian % Subroto Bakshi and her !"#$ released by the statistics min- Analysts and economists, Navy crashed into the Arabian nephew Abhishek Banerjee, istry on Friday. who have projected the econ- Sea off Goa on Thursday /0/ sources in the Government '() (*+ With the gradual opening omy shrinking for the full fis- evening during a routine sor- said. up from June, the economy cal, had expected a wider con- tie. One pilot was rescued and n a major blow to the Suvendu, who has been ndia’s economy recovered picked up momentum. traction in Q2. efforts were on to trace the sec- ITrinamool Congress (TMC), the party’s charge de affairs for Ifaster than expected in the Manufacturing clocked a China’s economy grew by ond pilot. These aircraft oper- its one of the most powerful several districts, including West September quarter as a pick-up surprise 0.6 per cent growth in 4.9 per cent in July-September ate from the INS Vikramaditya and searches by air and surface mass leaders Suvendu Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura, in manufacturing helped GDP July-September after it had this year, faster than the 3.2 per aircraft carrier. units in progress for the second Adhikary resigned from the Malda, Murshidabad, North, clock a lower contraction of 7.5 shrunk by a massive 39 per cent cent growth in April-June 2020. This is the third mishap pilot. An enquiry has been State Cabinet, apparently mak- our party,” adding “this is the and South Dinajpur, could per cent and held out hopes for in the preceding quarter. Chief Economic Adviser involving the MiG-29K in the ordered to investigate the inci- ing his first move before beginning of the end of the influence the outcome on further improvement on con- Continuing its good show- Krishnamurthy Subramanian last one and half years. At dent,” the Navy said on quitting the party and joining Trinamool Congress.” dozens of seats, party insiders sumer demand bouncing back. ing, the agriculture sector grew said the GDP numbers were least 45 jets manufactured by Friday. the BJP. However, BJP’s observer for the said, adding it is just a matter The gross domestic prod- by 3.4 per cent, while electric- “quite encouraging” given the Russia were inducted into the The MiG-29Ks had recent- “I do hereby resign from State Kailash Vijayvargiya said of time before he joins the BJP. uct (GDP) had contracted by a ity and gas expanded 4.4 per pandemic and compared with Navy some years back for fly- ly took part in the prestigious my office as Minister … steps the rebel leader had not yet Adhikary’s quitting of the record 23.9 per cent in the first cent. Financial and real estate the previous quarter’s perfor- ing from the aircraft carrier. Malabar series of maritime may please be taken for imme- contacted the saffron leader- Cabinet came in tandem with quarter of 2020-21 fiscal (April services shrank 8.1 per cent in mance. Giving details of the exercises with the navies of the diate action,” the brief letter — ship. another TMC MLA, this time 2020 to March 2021) as the the second quarter of FY21 Giving outlook for the near mishap, the Navy said a board US, Australia and Japan. The a copy of which was e-mailed Adhikary’s resignation was from Coochbehar North Mihir coronavirus lockdown pum- from a year ago, while trade, future, he said, “We should be of enquiry was ordered to Indian aircraft carrier along to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar promptly accepted by the Chief Goswami joining the BJP in melled economic activity. hotels, transport and commu- cautiously optimistic and the ascertain the cause of the inci- with the US Navy’s aircraft car- — written to the Chief Minister Minister who on Thursday Delhi on Thursday. “He has The second straight quar- nication declined 15.6 per cent. caution is warranted because dent. “A MiG-29K trainer air- rier Nimitz took part in the sec- said. evening called an emergency spoken to us and is about to ter of contraction pushed India The construction sector, the economic impact is pri- craft operating at sea met with ond phase of the four-nation Hours after his resignation meeting of her top Cabinet col- join us in Delhi,” Coochbehar to its first technical recession. which is the second-largest marily due to the an accident on November 26.