WATCH: Rally against agriculture reforms in India turned violent on Tuesday, after protesting farmers broke through police barricades to storm Delhi's historic Red Fort complex.
On foot and in tractors, the protesters were part of a huge rally planned for India's Republic Day.
Many protesters diverted from agreed routes and clashes broke out with police. Some protesters even hoisted flags at the top of the dome on the Red Fort. One protester died and more than 80 police officers were injured.
At about 9.28 a.m. the 44.4 metre tall, weighing 320 ton rocket blasted off from the second launch pad at the country's rocket port here. The launch was normal despite a clouded sky.
Two blasts rocked Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag and Srinagar districts on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring seven, police said.
Out on parole, gangster Abdul Rashid was shot dead in Malerkotla in the Sangrur district of Punjab on Monday night by a rival gang.
"Indira Gandhi's assassination left the country in a shock. Since she was killed by Sikh policemen, the whole Sikh community was portrayed as murderers by a particular community due to which riots broke across the country.
"This police constable should be the ultimate role model for the police. Look at the deep sense of sensitivity and empathy with which he listens to and wipes the tears of this elderly citizen"
A court here awarded life imprisonment to 16 men after finding them guilty of murdering a woman and her son in Haryana’s Hisar district over five years ago.