bharatiya kisan union

Traffic on the main city artery Ashok Marg and Vidhan Sabha Marg remained paralysed for several hours as protesters from the bharatiya kisan union (BKU) blocked the road in front of Vidhan Bhawan on Friday, demanding clearance of their cane dues.

The Farukhabad district administration has banned lathis (canes) which bharatiya kisan union (BKU) volunteers planned to use "to protect" India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal.

The farmers of the bharatiya kisan union (BKS) and flower producers association on Wednesday spread tonnes of flowers on road near Harsiddhi flower market.

Ayesha Arvind | tnn In an important breakthrough, the bharatiya kisan union (BKU) has decided to call off its protests on the DND Flyway scheduled for Friday.

bharatiya kisan union on Friday wrote to the SSP and district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar demanding free access for commuters on DND flyway.

Stung by protests over land acquisition in Bhatta-Parsaul, chief minister Mayawati has called a meeting with farmer leaders here on Thursday.

On the fifth day of protests against sugarcane purchase policy of the Centre and UP government, farmers associated with the bharatiya kisan union blocked the busy rail and road route at Shamli in Muzaffarnagar late on Saturday night.

In what would further disrupt rail traffic from Punjab towards Delhi, hundreds of farmers from bharatiya kisan union (Ekta-Dakaunda) blocked the Amritsar-Ludhiana-Dhuri-Delhi rail link at Kakrala railway station near Nabha.

The bharatiya kisan union staged a protest amid heavy police presence at the DND toll plaza forcing the operator to make the flyway toll free for vehicles till 3pm on Sunday.

The bharatiya kisan union (BKU) staged one-day dharna at Babaganj against the non-payment of land compensation to farmers for their land acquisioned for Shashtra Seema Bal (SSB) and Simbhaoli Sugar Mill, Chilwaria.