Rajasthan: Farmers protest over wheat procurement demands, block railway track in Hanumangarh

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A farmers' protest turned violent in Pilibanga, Hanumangarh district, on Saturday. Thousands of farmers sat on the Bikaner-Hanumangarh track for about an hour. After reaching an agreement with the administration in the afternoon, the farmers suspended their protest. They had been protesting for two days, demanding an extension of the wheat procurement date and an increase in the target. They had staged a sit-in protest outside the Sub-Divisional…