Jat Agitation
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Jats agree to withdraw Feb 15 Jind rally after talks with Haryana CM Khattar
India | Feb 12, 2018, 09:37 AM ISTAfter the talks, Malik said the Haryana government has decided to withdraw all cases registered in connection with the violence which broke out during a Jat quota agitation in the state in February 2016.
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Jat agitation called off after talks with CM Khattar, Delhi still on alert
India | Mar 20, 2017, 08:01 AM ISTAfter holding talks with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today, the leaders of Jat community have called off their protest, said reports. Before meeting Mr. Khattar in New Delhi, All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh
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Jat agitation: Delhi Metro stations to remain operational
India | Mar 19, 2017, 07:46 PM ISTIn a major blow for the commuters in the NCR, the metro services outside Delhi will be suspended from Sunday night till further notice, said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday. Twelve metro stations
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Jat leaders to gherao Delhi on March 20 for quota demands
India | Mar 08, 2017, 10:43 AM ISTIn a move that could potentially hit transport and supply of essential items to the national capital, Jat leaders have announced that they will gherao the national capital on March 20 to press for demand of reservation in jobs and educational institu
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Haryana Assembly to discuss Jat agitation on Wednesday
National | Feb 28, 2017, 05:46 PM ISTThe agitation by the Jat community under the aegis of All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti completed 31 days on Tuesday
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'Jat Balidan Divas': A year after violence, Haryana again on edge as agitation intensifies
India | Feb 19, 2017, 11:57 AM ISTA year after the violence in Haryana during quota stir, the state is again on the edge as the Jat agitation seeking reservation in education and government gains momentum today.
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Jat stir: Haryana govt announces compensation for ‘innocent’ persons
India | Feb 18, 2017, 04:01 PM ISTThe Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana today announced compensation for the "innocent persons", who were injured during the 2016 Jat reservation stir. The compensation announcement comes ahead of the proposed Balidan Divas to
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Jat stir in Haryana continues on 18th day
India | Feb 15, 2017, 06:43 PM ISTThe ongoing agitation by the Jat community in Haryana seeking reservation in education institutes and government jobs continued on the 18th day today.
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‘Evidence shows rapes did happen’: HC on Murthal rape probe
India | Jan 20, 2017, 12:20 PM ISTthe Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday observed that the statements of some witnesses and the recovery of women’s undergarments indicate that rapes did took place.
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Jat agitation: Some rape incidents could have taken place, admits Haryana
India | Aug 19, 2016, 11:26 PM ISTThe Haryana government today jumped out of its denial mode as it admitted to a "possibility" of some rape incidents near Murthal town in Sonipat district during the Jat agitation in February this year. In
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Murthal gangrapes did take place during Jat agitation: Haryana govt tells HC
India | Jul 06, 2016, 12:57 PM ISTthe Haryana government today accepted that the gangrapes did take place and that it was investigating the matter.
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Quota stir: Jats peaceful on Day 1 as security forces kept close vigil across Haryana
India | Jun 05, 2016, 07:27 PM ISTChandigarh: Road and railway traffic remained normal and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere on Sunday as a section of the Jat community renewed their agitation for reservation in various parts of Haryana. Home
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Quota stir: Haryana braces for another agitation, Jats to defy prohibitory orders
India | Jun 05, 2016, 09:10 AM ISTChandigarh: Taking adequate lessons from the violence during last agitation by Jat community members demanding reservation, Haryana administration has imposed propitiatory orders in several districts. Akhil Bhartiya Jat Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti (ABJA
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Jat quota stir: 48 companies of paramilitary forces deployed in Haryana
India | Jun 04, 2016, 04:34 PM ISTChandigarh: With Jat leaders threatening to renew their agitation for reservation in Haryana from June 5, security arrangements in the state have been tightened with the deployment of 4,800 paramilitary personnel. Learning from the complete
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Jat quota stir: Gurgaon braces for another agitation, administration imposes Section 144
India | Jun 03, 2016, 08:14 PM ISTGurgaon: In a precautionary measure ahead of the planned Jat quota agitation from June 5, the Gurgaon administration today imposed section 144 of CrPC with immediate effect in the city. The orders were issued by
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Haryana submits committee’s report on violence during Jat stir to High Court
India | May 30, 2016, 10:23 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana government today submitted Prakash Singh Committee’s report on the widespread violence during the Jat protests and a status report on investigations into the alleged Murthal gangrapes to the Punjab and Haryana High Court
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No violence in Haryana during June 5 protests, Jat leaders assure
National | May 30, 2016, 10:15 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said Jat leaders have assured him of staging dharnas peacefully in the state on June 5. “We have had talks with them (the Jats) and they have
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Was asked to give clean chit to wrongdoers: Jat stir panel head
India | May 23, 2016, 11:46 PM ISTChandigarh: Prakash Singh, who headed the committee that submitted a report on the violence during the Jat quota agitation, has claimed that attempts were made by some people to influence him during its preparation. Singh,
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Jat agitation violence: 13 Haryana officers suspended
India | May 20, 2016, 08:50 PM ISTThe Haryana government on Friday suspended three bureaucrats and 10 police officers for their role in February's violence during the Jat agitation for reservation.
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Jat stir: Committee submits reports on violence, 90 officials found negligent
India | May 13, 2016, 10:56 PM ISTChandigarh: The Parkash Singh Committee, set up to probe lapses into the official response to the violence during the Jat agitation in Haryana in February, has held certain police and administrative officers guilty of laxity.