(Str/Xinhua)NEW DELHI: At least eight people were killed on Sunday in violence during farmers' protest in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, local media reported. According to officials, the farmers were holding protests in the area since Sunday morning over the visit of junior federal home minister Ajay Mishra and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya. "Eight persons, including four farmers, were killed," a local television news channel NDTV quoted a senior police official Arun Kumar Singh as saying. The agency quoted the minister as saying that neither his son nor he was present at the site when the incident occurred. The farmers have held 11 rounds of talks with the federal government but no breakthrough has been made so far.

Source: Manila Times October 04, 2021 14:58 UTC