"Indian Farmers Defy Police and Demand Dignity in Delhi Protest"
Indian police fired tear gas at protesting farmers marching towards Delhi after failed talks with the government over demands for assured crop prices. The farmers, prepared with months of supplies, faced fortified borders and used heavy machinery to push through. The government invited them for a fifth round of talks, but the farmers are yet to respond. The protests come ahead of general elections, and the farmers' influential voting bloc makes the government keen not to anger or alienate them. The farmers rejected a proposal to buy some crops at assured prices, insisting on a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price on all 23 crops.