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Rajasthan Gujjars Block Tracks In Reservation Protest, Train Schedule Hit
Members of the Gujjar community have occupied railway tracks in Rajasthan's Bharatpur in their protest seeking reservation in jobs and education, officials said. Some train movement has been affected, including the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express. Officials said half a dozen other trains whose schedule has been hit by the protest include Awadh Expres...
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Gujjar Leader Kirori Singh Bainsla Falls Sick Amid Protests In Rajasthan
Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, who is on a sit-in in Sawai Madhopur district along with his supporters since Friday demanding five per cent reservation for Gujjar community in jobs and education, fell sick on Wednesday.
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Ashok Gehlot Government Gives 5% Quota To Gujjars, Says Over To Centre
The Congress government in Rajasthan passed a bill earmarking 5 per cent reservation for Gujjars in jobs and education today amid a huge protest by the community, which has paralysed road and rail traffic since last week in parts of the state.
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Gujjar Protest Continues, Quota Proposal In Rajasthan Assembly Today
As the protesting members of the Gujjar community refused to quit their agitation till their demand for five per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutes is fulfilled, Congress leaders in Rajasthan said that the state government will announce a plan on Wednesday to break the deadlock.
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Gujjar Agitation Enters Third Day; Train Services Remain Affected
Several trains were cancelled, diverted and terminated as the agitation by Gujjars in Rajasthan over Kota demand continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday.
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Rajasthan Police Use Tear Gas On Gujjar Quota Protesters
The Rajasthan police on Sunday fired tear gas shells to prevent members of the Gujjar community--who have been protesting for their demand of five per cent quota in jobs and education-- from blocking a highway connecting Dholpur to Gwalior.
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23 Trains Cancelled, 20 Diverted As Gujjars On Quota Stir Block Tracks
Members of the Gujjar community continued to block railway tracks on the second day of their agitation today to demand implementation of the 5 per cent reservation that was promised to them by the Rajasthan government. Agitating Gujjars sat on railway tracks at Malarna Doongar near Sawai Madhopur, leading to the cancellation of 23trains and the re-...
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Rajasthan Government Assures Gujjars Of Support After Quota Stir Threat
The Rajasthan government has assured the Gujjar community that it will look for an appropriate solution under the framework of law to protect their interests after high court struck down Special Backward Classes status given to six communities.
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Gujjars Call Off Agitation After Rajasthan Government Agrees to 5% Quota in Jobs
The eight-day Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan, which had wreaked havoc on the rail traffic in the state, was called off late on Thursday evening after the state government agreed to give 5% reservation to them.
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Gujjars Agree to Hold Talks with Government in Jaipur
Accepting Vasundhara Raje government's offer to come to Jaipur to hold talks on reservation issue, Gujjar leaders today decided to hold meeting with the committee of ministers in the state capital.
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Gujjars Threaten to Intensify Agitation After Talks With Government Fail; 200 Trains Affected
The first round of talks between leaders of the Gujjar community and Rajasthan government to discuss the issue of five per cent reservation in government jobs has failed. More than 100 trains have been cancelled and an equal number have been diverted because of the protest by Gujjars which has entered its fourth day today.
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BJP behind Gujjar protests, says Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has alleged that the conspiracy to revive the quota stir in the state was hatched during the marriage of BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's son in Nagpur recently.Hitting out at the BJP for the ongoing Gujjar agitation, Gehlot said, "My associates told me that people who had attended a wedding party thrown by Nitin Gadk...
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Gujjars to hold mahapanchayat today, threaten protests in Delhi
As the stand-off between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government enters the tenth day today, Gujjar leaders have threatened to bring their protests to Delhi. Gujjar, demanding among other things five per cent quota in government jobs and educational institutions, have planned a 'mahapanchayat' in Delhi today where further course of action will be deci...
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Gujjar protest: Airlines hike fares
With Gujjar agitation intensifying in Rajasthan, airlines have hiked fares on Jaipur-Delhi and Jaipur-Mumbai routes while the bookings are almost full for the next two days.Travellers have no option but to pay twice or thrice the actual fare as the demand has raised after cancellation of numerous trains due to the ongoing Gujjar agitation."Airfares...
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Gujjar agitation spreads, rail, road routes hit
Stepping up their protests on Saturday, members of the Gujjar community in Rajasthan blocked rail and road routes in various parts of the state blocking links between Delhi and Jaipur, Jaipur and Agra and Mumbai and Delhi as well.Seventy trains were affected, diverted or cancelled in the busy holiday season. And caught in the cross fire are harasse...
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Rajasthan Gujjars Block Tracks In Reservation Protest, Train Schedule Hit
Members of the Gujjar community have occupied railway tracks in Rajasthan's Bharatpur in their protest seeking reservation in jobs and education, officials said. Some train movement has been affected, including the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express. Officials said half a dozen other trains whose schedule has been hit by the protest include Awadh Expres...
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Gujjar Leader Kirori Singh Bainsla Falls Sick Amid Protests In Rajasthan
Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, who is on a sit-in in Sawai Madhopur district along with his supporters since Friday demanding five per cent reservation for Gujjar community in jobs and education, fell sick on Wednesday.
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Ashok Gehlot Government Gives 5% Quota To Gujjars, Says Over To Centre
The Congress government in Rajasthan passed a bill earmarking 5 per cent reservation for Gujjars in jobs and education today amid a huge protest by the community, which has paralysed road and rail traffic since last week in parts of the state.
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Gujjar Protest Continues, Quota Proposal In Rajasthan Assembly Today
As the protesting members of the Gujjar community refused to quit their agitation till their demand for five per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutes is fulfilled, Congress leaders in Rajasthan said that the state government will announce a plan on Wednesday to break the deadlock.
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Gujjar Agitation Enters Third Day; Train Services Remain Affected
Several trains were cancelled, diverted and terminated as the agitation by Gujjars in Rajasthan over Kota demand continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday.
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Rajasthan Police Use Tear Gas On Gujjar Quota Protesters
The Rajasthan police on Sunday fired tear gas shells to prevent members of the Gujjar community--who have been protesting for their demand of five per cent quota in jobs and education-- from blocking a highway connecting Dholpur to Gwalior.
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23 Trains Cancelled, 20 Diverted As Gujjars On Quota Stir Block Tracks
Members of the Gujjar community continued to block railway tracks on the second day of their agitation today to demand implementation of the 5 per cent reservation that was promised to them by the Rajasthan government. Agitating Gujjars sat on railway tracks at Malarna Doongar near Sawai Madhopur, leading to the cancellation of 23trains and the re-...
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Rajasthan Government Assures Gujjars Of Support After Quota Stir Threat
The Rajasthan government has assured the Gujjar community that it will look for an appropriate solution under the framework of law to protect their interests after high court struck down Special Backward Classes status given to six communities.
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Gujjars Call Off Agitation After Rajasthan Government Agrees to 5% Quota in Jobs
The eight-day Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan, which had wreaked havoc on the rail traffic in the state, was called off late on Thursday evening after the state government agreed to give 5% reservation to them.
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Gujjars Agree to Hold Talks with Government in Jaipur
Accepting Vasundhara Raje government's offer to come to Jaipur to hold talks on reservation issue, Gujjar leaders today decided to hold meeting with the committee of ministers in the state capital.
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Gujjars Threaten to Intensify Agitation After Talks With Government Fail; 200 Trains Affected
The first round of talks between leaders of the Gujjar community and Rajasthan government to discuss the issue of five per cent reservation in government jobs has failed. More than 100 trains have been cancelled and an equal number have been diverted because of the protest by Gujjars which has entered its fourth day today.
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BJP behind Gujjar protests, says Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has alleged that the conspiracy to revive the quota stir in the state was hatched during the marriage of BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's son in Nagpur recently.Hitting out at the BJP for the ongoing Gujjar agitation, Gehlot said, "My associates told me that people who had attended a wedding party thrown by Nitin Gadk...
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Gujjars to hold mahapanchayat today, threaten protests in Delhi
As the stand-off between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government enters the tenth day today, Gujjar leaders have threatened to bring their protests to Delhi. Gujjar, demanding among other things five per cent quota in government jobs and educational institutions, have planned a 'mahapanchayat' in Delhi today where further course of action will be deci...
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Gujjar protest: Airlines hike fares
With Gujjar agitation intensifying in Rajasthan, airlines have hiked fares on Jaipur-Delhi and Jaipur-Mumbai routes while the bookings are almost full for the next two days.Travellers have no option but to pay twice or thrice the actual fare as the demand has raised after cancellation of numerous trains due to the ongoing Gujjar agitation."Airfares...
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Gujjar agitation spreads, rail, road routes hit
Stepping up their protests on Saturday, members of the Gujjar community in Rajasthan blocked rail and road routes in various parts of the state blocking links between Delhi and Jaipur, Jaipur and Agra and Mumbai and Delhi as well.Seventy trains were affected, diverted or cancelled in the busy holiday season. And caught in the cross fire are harasse...
