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Protesting farmers breach Red Fort: Violence at R-Day Tractor Rally

  The R-Day   tractor rally   led by thousands of farmers protesting the 3 new farm bills led to several violent clashes between the protesters and the police. Even though the tractor rally was intended to be a peaceful protest, several farmers were seen breaking police barricades and vandalising vehicles. Hundreds of rogue protesters breached the Red Fort around 02:30 pm and hoisted their flag. Police were reportedly removing the flags while trying to push the crowd out of the monuments’ premises. Reports surfaced that the farmers attacked the police personnel assigned to duty at the Red Fort and one was severely injured. Thousands of farmers and tractors were seen on the roads around ITO as they deviated from the route assigned to them for the tractor march by the police. Protesters were spotted chasing policemen with sticks and ramming their tractors into police vehicles. This resulted in several injuries on both ends. Meanwhile, the New Delhi Traders Association annou...

Extraordinary innings by Vihari and Ashwin that would make Rahul Dravid proud

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  e 3rd test of the Border-Gavaskar series was something that will be cherished for ages. The show Ravichandran Ashwin and a hamstrung Hanuma Vihari put out during their 2nd innings batting would have given Rahul Dravid the tears of joy. Along with Ashwin, Vihari, who was already hobbled with a torn hamstring displayed the extinct art of batsmanship in test cricket to draw the test match which was almost out of reach for the Indian side. However, let’s not forget about the extraordinary innings of Rishav Pant who got 97 off 118 balls and made look the herculean target of 407 achievable. The ever-steady Cheteshwar Pujara did his part with a knock of 77 runs out off 205 balls. India finished their second innings at the end of day 5, with 334 for 5 in 131 overs before players shook hands. After the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara in the hands of Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon taking out a promising Pant, the Indian side was almost considered to be losing the game as Ravindra Jadeja and...