Jat Reservation
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Court awards 5 yr jail to 4 for indulging in violence during Jat agitation
India | Sep 28, 2018, 06:21 PM ISTAccording to prosecution, the police were informed that about 200-300 rioters armed with sticks and dangerous weapons were going from village Sisai to village Sainipura. They cut trees and put them on roads to block traffic.
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Jat reservation: High Court upholds quota provision; orders stay till March 2018
India | Sep 01, 2017, 05:40 PM ISTThe Punjab and Haryana High Court today upheld the constitutional validity of the 2016 Act that provides for 10 per cent quota to six communities, including Jats
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Agitating Jat leaders reject Haryana govt's offer for talks
India | Feb 18, 2017, 08:19 AM ISTThe Jat agitation in Haryana seeking reservation in education and government jobs among other demands entered its 20th day on Friday.
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CRPF deployed in Haryana as Jats threaten to relaunch quota agitation
India | May 30, 2016, 10:02 AM ISTWith Jat leaders threatening to renew their agitation for reservation in Haryana from June 5, the state government and the police have started mobilising security forces at various places.
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Will present our case in HC: CM Khattar on Jat reservation
National | May 27, 2016, 01:05 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said his government would not wait till July 21 to initiate legal action against the "ex parte decision" of Punjab and Haryana High Court staying reservation against
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HC stays Haryana government's decision to grant 10% reservation to Jats, 5 other castes
India | May 26, 2016, 01:51 PM ISTIn a major development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the decision of the BJP government in Haryana granting 10 per cent reservation to Jats and five other communities in the state, under a newly carved Backward Classes (C) category.
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Jat policemen deserted posts, ignored govt orders during quota stir: Report
India | Apr 18, 2016, 09:09 PM ISTA fact-finding probe into Jat stir has revealed that hundreds of Jat policemen had deserted their posts and rebelled against the system allowing protesters from their community to damage public property in Haryana.
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Haryana police add gangrape charge in Murthal sexual assaults case during Jat stir
India | Apr 12, 2016, 10:00 AM ISTThe Haryana Police has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that they have added a gangrape charge to the FIR filed in the case of possibility of rapes at Murthal during Jat stir in February.
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Day after its passage in Haryana Assembly, Jat Quota Bill challenged in High Court
National | Mar 31, 2016, 08:51 AM ISTThe reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and education was yesterday challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court here, days after Haryana Assembly cleared the quota Bill.
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Jat reservation bill a win-win move for all: CM Manohar Lal Khattar
National | Mar 29, 2016, 11:30 PM ISTHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the Jat reservation bill passed by the assembly today was a "win-win" for all and "no section stands to lose".
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Haryana Assembly unanimously passes Jat quota bill
National | Mar 29, 2016, 02:13 PM ISTThe Jat Quota Bill was unanimously passed in the Haryana Assembly on Tuesday. The state Cabinet had tabled the bill which provides six percent reservation for Jats and four other castes in Class 1 and 2 government jobs.
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Jat stir: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar heckled in Rohtak
National | Feb 23, 2016, 02:32 PM ISTRohtak/Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was heckled by angry crowd today when he visited Rohtak, the epicentre of Jat agitation, even as he assured that strict action would be taken against who caused
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Jat agitation spreads to eastern Rajasthan
India | Feb 22, 2016, 03:11 PM ISTBharatpur/Hissar: The Jat agitation in Haryana today had its echo in eastern Rajasthan where protesters damaged two buses and blocked railway tracks and highway, prompting the district administration to impose prohibitory orders.The protesters in the
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Jat stir: SC slams Kejriwal govt over water crisis, seeks report from Haryana
India | Feb 22, 2016, 12:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a status report from Haryana government on the plea of Delhi government seeking resumption of water supply to the national capital, disrupted due to the ongoing Jat quota
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Army takes control of Munak canal,water supply in Delhi to resume soon
National | Feb 22, 2016, 11:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: Normal supply of water to Delhi from Haryana, which had been disrupted due to the Jat stir, is likely to be restored today as security forces have taken control of the Munak Canal
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Important News 21st February 2016
India | Feb 21, 2016, 06:53 PM ISTNational NewsHaryana remains tense as Jat leaders refuse to end stir; Delhi runs out of waterChandigarh/New Delhi: Thousands of people continued to suffer as the violent agitation by Jat community protesters in Haryana entered the
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Jat stir: Centre rushes additional 1,700 paramilitary troops to Haryana
India | Feb 21, 2016, 02:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the wake of continued violence by agitating Jats, additional 1,700 paramilitary troops have been sent to Haryana, taking the total number of central armed police personnel deployed in the troubled state to
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Important News 20th February 2016
India | Feb 20, 2016, 07:37 PM ISTNational NewsJat Quota stir: 150 trains cancelled, Army conducts flag marchReservation protests turned violent as nine Delhi-bound trains have been cancelled as a result of the Jat reservation agitation. Read MoreLook-out notice issued for 3
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Curfew imposed, Army called in as Jat protesters go on rampage
India | Feb 19, 2016, 10:50 PM ISTChandigarh: Authorities in Haryana today imposed a curfew in Bhiwani and Rohtak districts and called in the army as protests by the Jat community demanding reservations in government jobs and institutions turned violent in Haryana. A
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After Patels of Gujarat, Haryana Jats to launch agitation for reservation
India | Aug 27, 2015, 03:53 PM ISTChandigarh: Backing the Patel community's demand for reservation in Gujarat, Jats in Haryana today threatened to launch an agitation in the state to press for their demand of OBC quota.“Jats in Haryana will launch an