Jat Agitation
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Jat stir: Delhi woman alleges rape in Murthal; case filed
India | Feb 28, 2016, 09:37 PM ISTSonipat (Haryana): Days after allegations of rape and molestation by Jat quota agitators near Haryana's Murthal, a Delhi-based woman today came forward and registered a case of gangrape against seven people, including her brother-in-law. According
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Truck drivers deny seeing alleged molestation at Murthal
India | Feb 28, 2016, 07:26 PM ISTChandigarh: Three truck drivers today denied having witnessed any incident of alleged molestation or rape of women during the pro-quota Jat agitation at Murthal in Sonipat district, Haryana police said today. “Three truck drivers have
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'NCW found no substantial evidence in alleged gangrape in Haryana'
National | Feb 28, 2016, 10:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Saturday said the team of National Commission for Women has found no substantial evidence into the alleged gang-rape during the Jat agitation. The Punjab and Haryana
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Mass rapes during Jat stir? Haryana government forms probe panel
National | Feb 28, 2016, 08:58 AM ISTChandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday asked people to share information, if they have any, with the state police regarding the alleged incident of sexual assault of women near Murthal in Sonepat
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Eyewitnesses claim women were attacked, police says no evidence yet
India | Feb 27, 2016, 11:57 PM ISTSonipat: The mystery over the alleged gang rapes at Murthal during the Jat agitation does not appear to be giving in anytime soon. In a major turn of events contradicting the Haryana police's initial stand
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Haryana sets up panel to probe Murthal mass gang rapes
India | Feb 26, 2016, 10:53 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana Police today announced the formation of an all-women inquiry committee to look into allegations that women commuters were pulled out of their cars during the recent Jat agitation and mass gang rapes took
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Punjab and Haryana HC seeks report on alleged Murthal rapes
India | Feb 26, 2016, 12:20 PM ISTChandigarh: Taking a took suo motto cognizance of alleged incidents of rape near Murthal in Sonipat during the Jat agitation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Haryana DGP and Chief Secretary to file
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Haryana govt suspends senior IPS officer, two DSPs
India | Feb 25, 2016, 09:28 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana government today suspended senior IPS officer and former IGP Rohtak, Shrikant Jadhav and two DSPs following allegations of omission and commission in containing the Jat reservation agitation and related violence in Rohtak."Former Rohtak
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Jat agitation: Haryana govt denies charges of women being gangraped
India | Feb 25, 2016, 07:58 AM ISTChandigarh: The agitation demanding quota in government jobs and academic institutions over the past week has seen several cities engulfed in a bitter spell of violence and anarchy. As the state tries to limp back
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Jat stir: Hooda aide booked on sedition charges for inciting violence
National | Feb 24, 2016, 06:55 PM ISTHissar: Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's close aide Virender has been booked on charges of sedition after an audio clip of his conversation in which he allegedly incited violence during the Jat quota agitation
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Jat stir: Situation improving, rail, road traffic resumes in Haryana
India | Feb 24, 2016, 02:20 PM ISTChandigarh: Curfew was today lifted in Hisar district and relaxed in violence-hit Rohtak and Bhiwani districts while rail and road traffic resumed on routes which had remained blocked for over a week due to the
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Jat stir: Haryana govt asks insurance cos to settle claims within 15 days
India | Feb 24, 2016, 09:56 AM ISTChandigarh: Haryana government has asked the insurance companies to settle the claims of the persons whose insured establishments were damaged in arson, loot and vandalism during the recent Jat agitation within 15 days.Additional Chief Secretary,
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Jat stir: Fuel supply back to normal in most Haryana cities
India | Feb 23, 2016, 10:01 PM ISTChandigarh: With day-to-day life limping back to normalcy after the Jat protests in Haryana, supply of fuel and cooking gas almost turned normal in most cities, except Sonipat, Hissarand Bhiwani - epicenter of the stir.In
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Jats lift blockade on Delhi-Hissar rail route
India | Feb 23, 2016, 02:04 PM ISTHissar: Jat protestors today lifted their blockade from the railway track at Mayyar in the district, clearing the Delhi-Hissar rail route.The railway track was closed on February 11 after Jat protesters sat on a dharna.Traffic
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Jat stir: Tension in Jat dominated areas, CM to visit Rohtak
India | Feb 23, 2016, 11:06 AM ISTChandigarh: The situation today remained tense in some parts of Jat dominated areas like Rohtak and Sonipat while curfew was lifted in Jind district even as security personnel stepped up efforts to clear the blockades
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Jat Stir: Hooda's role under scanner as his aide's tape inciting violence sparks row
National | Feb 23, 2016, 01:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the ongoing Jat agitation, a 90-second audio clip of a purported conversation between a close aide of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and a Khap leader, allegedly to incite violence, has
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Jat stir: Death toll rises up to 19 as protests spread to Rajasthan
India | Feb 23, 2016, 12:06 AM ISTChandigarh: Haryana continued to grill today as the ongoing agitation by Jats over quota demand entered its ninth day with the death toll now rising to 19. Violence continued and some areas remained tense despite
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Jat stir: 'You rest in AC chambers and want court order,' SC raps AAP govt
India | Feb 22, 2016, 11:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: "You rest in AC chambers and you want order from the court," the Supreme Court observed today, as it rapped the Arvind Kejriwal government for approaching it for resumption of water supply to
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Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij upset over agitation by Jats?
National | Feb 22, 2016, 09:44 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij today got upset over some issue when he, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and some of their cabinet colleagues were having an informal discussion on the situation in the
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Jat agitation: Curfew lifted from Hissar, Hansi
India | Feb 22, 2016, 12:40 PM ISTHissar: Curfew was today lifted from Hissar and Hansi towns of the district in Jat stir-hit Haryana even as road and rail traffic from here to various destinations remained suspended.An official spokesman said that curfew