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Traffic Disrupted Across Delhi Despite Jat Quota Stir Being Called Off
Traffic jams are being reported across Delhi and the National Capital Region today, with many frustrated commuters taking to Twitter and Facebook to bring attention to traffic snarls on certain routes and warn others.
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Jat Leaders Threaten To Intensify Stir If Demands Are Not Met
The Jat quota agitation in Haryana continued for the ninth day, with protesters sitting on 'dharnas' at various places today, even as the community's leaders have threatened to intensify the stir if their demands are not met by the government.
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Just Like Bihar? RSS Leader's Take On Reservation Could Stress BJP
Opportunities, not reservation, is what's needed, said a top leader of the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS today, which is likely to cause the party some burn, given that key states including Uttar Pradesh vote in the next few weeks.
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Haryana Government Admits To Possibility Of Rapes During Jat Agitation
After initially denying any incidents of rapes during the violent Jat agitation in February this year, the Haryana government on Monday admitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court that there could be a possibility that rapes could have happened then.
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'People Have The Licence To Kill If...' Haryana Police Chief's Shocker
The common man has the right to kill criminals, Haryana's police chief has said in remarks that are certain to be misread as supportive of vigilantism.
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Mobile Internet Services Suspended In Several Haryana Districts
Prohibitory orders were clamped and mobile internet services suspended at many places in Haryana today as the state braced for possible renewal of the Jat quota agitation that had led to widespread violence claiming the lives of 30 people last month.
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Jat Agitation: No Lapse Of Centre And Haryana, Says Rajnath Singh
There was no lapse either on the part of the Centre or the state government over the handling of the protests in Haryana on the issue of reservation for Jats, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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Jat Agitation: Haryana Government Fixes Deadline For Submission Of Claims
The Haryana government today fixed March 5 as the last date for submission of claims by those whose properties were damaged in the incidents of violence and arson during the Jat agitation for quota.
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Rapes During Jat Protests: Kumari Selja Demands Probe Into Allegations
Congress lawmaker Kumari Selja today sought a judicial inquiry into the reports of rape of several women in Haryana during the Jat agitation, saying "jungle raj" was prevailing in the state.
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'Women Dragged Into Fields': Eyewitness On Alleged Rapes In Murthal During Jat Stir
Dozens of women were dragged into a field near Haryana's Murthal, a truck driver has said, among the first of witness accounts into allegations that women were gang-raped here a week ago, at the height of violence during Jat quota protests.
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Jat Quota Protests: Gurgaon Stares At Severe Water Crisis
After Delhi, the water crisis has now hit Gurgaon in neighbouring Haryana and the situation is so desperate that people are thronging the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) offices for tankers.
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Jat Quota Agitation: Situation Improves, Rail, Road Traffic Resumes
Curfew was lifted in Hisar district today 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 Jat quota agitation that claimed 19 lives.
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Jat Quota Stir: Protestors Vandalise Railway Station, Burn Train Engine In Rajasthan
A mob today vandalised a railway station and set ablaze a goods train engine in the district where normal life remained affected for the second consecutive day due to the Jat quota stir in Rajasthan.
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Army, Paramilitary Repair Haryana's Munak Canal, Bring Relief To Delhi
Army and paramilitary forces today took control of a key Haryana canal that supplies water to Delhi and was damaged by Jat protesters fighting for reservation in jobs and education.
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Haryana Government Should Consider Demand Of Jats Sympathetically, Says BSP
BSP chief Mayawati today extended full support to the demand of reservation by the Jat community and said the BJP government in Haryana should consider it sympathetically and implement it immediately.
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Traffic Disrupted Across Delhi Despite Jat Quota Stir Being Called Off
Traffic jams are being reported across Delhi and the National Capital Region today, with many frustrated commuters taking to Twitter and Facebook to bring attention to traffic snarls on certain routes and warn others.
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Jat Leaders Threaten To Intensify Stir If Demands Are Not Met
The Jat quota agitation in Haryana continued for the ninth day, with protesters sitting on 'dharnas' at various places today, even as the community's leaders have threatened to intensify the stir if their demands are not met by the government.
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Just Like Bihar? RSS Leader's Take On Reservation Could Stress BJP
Opportunities, not reservation, is what's needed, said a top leader of the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS today, which is likely to cause the party some burn, given that key states including Uttar Pradesh vote in the next few weeks.
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Haryana Government Admits To Possibility Of Rapes During Jat Agitation
After initially denying any incidents of rapes during the violent Jat agitation in February this year, the Haryana government on Monday admitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court that there could be a possibility that rapes could have happened then.
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'People Have The Licence To Kill If...' Haryana Police Chief's Shocker
The common man has the right to kill criminals, Haryana's police chief has said in remarks that are certain to be misread as supportive of vigilantism.
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Mobile Internet Services Suspended In Several Haryana Districts
Prohibitory orders were clamped and mobile internet services suspended at many places in Haryana today as the state braced for possible renewal of the Jat quota agitation that had led to widespread violence claiming the lives of 30 people last month.
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Jat Agitation: No Lapse Of Centre And Haryana, Says Rajnath Singh
There was no lapse either on the part of the Centre or the state government over the handling of the protests in Haryana on the issue of reservation for Jats, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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Jat Agitation: Haryana Government Fixes Deadline For Submission Of Claims
The Haryana government today fixed March 5 as the last date for submission of claims by those whose properties were damaged in the incidents of violence and arson during the Jat agitation for quota.
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Rapes During Jat Protests: Kumari Selja Demands Probe Into Allegations
Congress lawmaker Kumari Selja today sought a judicial inquiry into the reports of rape of several women in Haryana during the Jat agitation, saying "jungle raj" was prevailing in the state.
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'Women Dragged Into Fields': Eyewitness On Alleged Rapes In Murthal During Jat Stir
Dozens of women were dragged into a field near Haryana's Murthal, a truck driver has said, among the first of witness accounts into allegations that women were gang-raped here a week ago, at the height of violence during Jat quota protests.
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Jat Quota Protests: Gurgaon Stares At Severe Water Crisis
After Delhi, the water crisis has now hit Gurgaon in neighbouring Haryana and the situation is so desperate that people are thronging the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) offices for tankers.
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Jat Quota Agitation: Situation Improves, Rail, Road Traffic Resumes
Curfew was lifted in Hisar district today 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 Jat quota agitation that claimed 19 lives.
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Jat Quota Stir: Protestors Vandalise Railway Station, Burn Train Engine In Rajasthan
A mob today vandalised a railway station and set ablaze a goods train engine in the district where normal life remained affected for the second consecutive day due to the Jat quota stir in Rajasthan.
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Army, Paramilitary Repair Haryana's Munak Canal, Bring Relief To Delhi
Army and paramilitary forces today took control of a key Haryana canal that supplies water to Delhi and was damaged by Jat protesters fighting for reservation in jobs and education.
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Haryana Government Should Consider Demand Of Jats Sympathetically, Says BSP
BSP chief Mayawati today extended full support to the demand of reservation by the Jat community and said the BJP government in Haryana should consider it sympathetically and implement it immediately.
