Noida Police detained protesting farmers at Dalit Prerna Sthal and cleared the site after relocating them the previous day to resolve the traffic chaos caused by their

Aligarh: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait was detained by the Aligarh Police Wednesday while on his way to Greater Noida to participate in a meeting of farmer leaders, a police official said. The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s influential spokesperson and his associates were taken to the Tappal police station in a bus after they were stopped from

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait was detained in Aligarh en route to Delhi amidst escalating farmer protests. Tikait threatened a tractor rally to Lucknow

The BKU had on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting at the Kisan Bhawan in Sisauli village of Muzaffarnagar under the leadership of its chief Naresh Tikait and resolved to extend support to the farmers in Noida and Greater Noida who are agitating over the issue of land compensation and other demands.

Today's show of strength comes a day after over 160 protesting farmers were arrested. The farmers were holding a sit-in at the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida after their planned march to Delhi on land compensation and other demands was stopped on Monday.

BKU-Tikait leader Rakesh Tikait, who was detained at Tappal police station here early on Wednesday before being released in the evening, said the farmers protesting across Uttar Pradesh would fully co