LIVE News Updates: We will not vacate the site, reiterates BKU leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur border

You know the situation in the country today, it is clear for everybody to see what is going on. India is being run by the PM in the interest of 2-3 big businessmen. Every single industry today has a monopoly controlled by 3-4 people: Rahul Gandhi, in Kalpetta (Wayanad), Kerala.

Some yrs ago I noticed there was attempt to attack India's farmers. It started in Bhatta Parsaul when their land was just being taken away. I realised it was a problem & I started a conversation inside Congress party. Result of that was a new Land Acquisition Bill: Rahul Gandhi.

We threw out the old British Bill & brought out a brand new Bill that guaranteed compensation & protection to our farmers...The first thing Narendra Modi ji did when he became PM was trying to kill this Bill. We fought him in Parliament & stopped him from killing it: Rahul Gandhi

He told his Chief Ministers that he cannot defeat the Bill in Parliament, they should kill it in states: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Kalpetta (Wayanad), Kerala

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday tweeted: “Yesterday at midnight, he tried to end the peasant movement with sticks. Today, farmers are being threatened on Ghazipur, Singhu border. This is contrary to every rule of democracy. The Congress will stand in this struggle with the farmers.”

“Farmers are the interest of the country. Those who want to break them- they are traitors. Strict action should be taken against violent elements, but with the farmers who have been struggling peacefully for months, the entire power of the people of the country stands with them,” she added.

Rakesh Tikait declared nobody will court arrest and Police have no power to vacate farmers protesting peacefully.

Around 50 RSS activists staged demonstrations against farmers' struggle at the same time.

AIKS leader and CPM MP KK Ragesh declared farmers will not step back under the pressure of RSS and UP Police.

Police officers and DM were forced to leave the protest site.

The dharna at the Ghazipur (border) will end today: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Naresh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till February 28: aviation regulator DGCA

Uttar Pradesh government has ordered all DMs and SSPs to ensure the end of all the farmers' agitations in the state: Government officials

Haryana govt extends suspension of mobile internet services in Sonipat, Jhajjar & Palwal districts till 5 pm on Friday: official order.

BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly undergoes another angioplasty, two more stents implanted: Hospital sources

Delhi Police Crime Branch will investigate cases related to violence at Red Fort, ITO and seven other places: Official

Centre wanted farmers to get provoked, turn violent so that protest against farm laws gets maligned: Shiv Sena

Farmers at Gazipur border asked by Ghaziabad police to end the protest, vacate road, reports NDTV

India fastest country to reach 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in six days: Health Ministry

Someone goes there & hoists a flag, why was no firing done? Where was Police? How did he go there? Police allowed him to leave & didn't arrest him. Nothing has been done even now. Who was the person who maligned an entire community & org?: BKU spox Rakesh Tikait on Deep Sidhu

I'll read the notice, they've given me 3-day time for reply...Farmers came here as responsibility of farmer unions & they take their responsibility. We had photographed the route given to us in writing. Police barricaded it & kept the route to Delhi free: BKU spox, Rakesh Tikait

CBSE to announce exam schedule for Class 10 and Class 12 on February 2: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

16 opposition parties demand probe into Centre's role in violence on Republic Day in Delhi: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad

BJP MLAs walk out of Bengal assembly chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' after Mamata govt moves resolution demanding repeal of three farm laws

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) on Thursday announced it was ending its protest against the new central farm laws.

BKU (Lok Shakti) chief Sheoraj Singh made the announcement during a press conference here, a day after two other farmers' union ended their stir.

"The protest has been called off," BKU (Lok Shakti) spokesperson Shailesh Kumar Giri told PTI.

We're issuing a statement from 16 political parties that we're boycotting President's address that will be delivered at Parliament tomorrow. The major reason behind this decision is that the Bills (Farm Laws) were passed forcibly in House, without Opposition: GN Azad, Congress

China opposes discriminatory actions by India against Chinese firms: Reuters

Delhi Police has put up notice outside Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait's tent at Ghazipur border.

Two men were killed while three were injured after their car crashed into an electric pole smashing the vehicle under its weight in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Thursday.

"Around 7.30 a.m., the hatchback they were travelling in, hit a cement electric pole, which broke into two near the base and crashed straight onto the car," a police official told IANS.

The car's bonnet and roof were damaged while Satish, who was driving the car got stuck in his seat.

Passports of the farmer leaders against whom Delhi Police issued Lookout Notice, to be seized as a part of the process: Delhi Police

Entry/exit gates of Lal Quila & Jama Masjid metro stations are open. All stations are open. Normal services on all lines: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest elections in 6 states -Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat- in the next 2 years: AAP convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at National Council meeting of AAP

Delhi Police issued notices to at least 20 farmer leaders including Yogendra Yadav, Baldev Singh Sirsa, Balbir S Rajewal for breaching the agreement with police regarding the tractor rally. They have been asked to reply within 3 days: Delhi Police

Sensex drops 523.14 points to 46,886.79 in opening session; Nifty sheds 167.80 points to 13,799.70

Earthquake of Magnitude 2.8 on the Richter scale occurred in West Delhi at 09:17 IST today: National Center for Seismology

Mr Modi’s governance is a lesson in how to ruin one of the world’s fastest growing economies, tweeted Rahul Gandhi