Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort
DEVJYOT GHOSHAL and ADNAN ABIDI THOUSANDS of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on yesterday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who fired tear gas to scatter them. Growers, angered by laws they say help large, private buyers at the expense of producers, have camped outside New Delhi for almost two months, posing one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014. The body of one protester draped in an Indian tricolour lay in a central Delhi street after…