Friday, December 27th, 2019

Tension built up in Mandadam village near Amaravati late on Thursday night as farmers refused to end their agitation against the Andhra Pradesh government’s move to shift the state capital away from Amaravati, police said. A night-long stand-off The farmers and their families had been holding a daytime dharna for a week. When they decided to stay on through the night, police took down the tents they had pitched. The protesters still would not leave, citing the cabinet meeting due to be held at the Secretariat. Ignoring prohibitory orders andRead More