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Jaipur, Jan 26 (PTI) A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men in Nagaur district of Rajasthan and a bottle was inserted inside her private parts, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on January 19 when the woman had gone to a nearby farm.

In her police complaint, the woman has alleged that the accused inserted a bottle inside her private parts when she resisted rape attempts by them.

The accused threatened her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident, SHO Parbatsar Rupram said.

Patiala, Jan 26 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to accept the farmers' demands, saying the new farm laws were "completely wrong".

Singh said the elderly farmers were sitting at the borders of Delhi not for themselves, but for their children and the future generations.

New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) Protesting farmers clashed with police at several places in the national capital and entered the iconic Red Fort and ITO in the heart of national capital, with hundreds of them deviating from pre-decided routes, prompting security personnel to resort to lathicharge and tear gas.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed at ITO, where hundreds of protesters could be seen chasing police personnel with sticks and ramming their tractors into the buses parked by police.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of farmers drove a convoy of tractors into the Indian capital as the nation celebrated Republic Day on Tuesday in the backdrop of agricultural protests that have grown into a rebellion and rattled the government.

Kanpur: Republic Day morning comes with cloudy sky with a minimum temperature of 7° Celsius here. There remains quite colder on Tuesday. 

There is no noise and disturbance all around, though a group was overheard shouting some patriotic slogan on the road. It seems that the children are huddled inside the room because of the intense cold.

One 12-year-old said: I did not feel energetic to move out. Even the daily practice of increasing height is on hold today. However, he did not forget to play badminton.

NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian police allowed protesting farmers to stage a tractor rally in the capital city, New Delhi, on Republic Day.

“Today (yesterday), there was a short meeting with officers of Delhi Police. We got formal permission from them, for the tractor rally. As I said earlier, Kisan Gantantra Parade will be held on Jan 26 (tomorrow), in a peaceful manner,” Yogendra Yadav, head of Swaraj India party, told the media.

The farmers promised, the rally will be a peaceful affair.

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) The ninth round of military talks between India and China lasted for nearly 16 hours as the two sides held detailed deliberations on disengagement of troops from all friction points in eastern Ladakh, sources said on Monday.

The Corps Commander-level talks began at around 10:30 am on Sunday and ended at 2:30 am on Monday, they said.

Mumbai, Jan 24 (PTI) Thousands of farmers from across Maharashtra reached Mumbai on Sunday evening to participate in a rally at the state capital on Monday against the Centre's three new farm laws.

Police have stepped up security at Azad Maidan, the rally's venue in south Mumbai, and personnel of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) have also been deployed there.

Drones will also be used to keep an eye on the event, a police official said.

Indore, Jan 24 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Sunday hit out at the BJP dispensation in the state for using force on his party workers during a protest in Bhopal against the Centre's three new farm laws, and alleged that the government was trying to crush the voice of farmers.

He also claimed that the new laws will privatise the agriculture sector and farmers will become bonded labourers of big industrialists.

Nath led a farmers' tractor rally in Depalpur, about 50 kms from Indore, to protest against the new agri laws.

New Delhi, Jan 24(PTI) Left parties on Sunday reiterated their support for the farmer groups protesting against the Centre's new agri laws and demanded that the government immediately repeal the legislations.

In a joint statement, the CPI(M), CPI(ML), CPI, Revolutionary Socialist Party and the All India Forward Bloc also said that they hail the unity and determination displayed by farmers.