Jats threaten agitation if denied reservation

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 12:56

An organisation based in Uttar Pradesh fighting for reservation for the Jat community in government jobs has threatened to cut off water supply to Delhi in February if its demands are not met.

Amarinder reiterates his stand on Jat reservation

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 00:47

Former Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh reiterated that denying reservation to Jat Sikhs in Punjab was not justified as members of the community had been provided the benefit in other states.

12 child labourers rescued in Delhi

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 21:06

Twelve children working as bonded labourers were rescued from west Delhi, police said.

Centre slammed for omitting Jat Sikhs from OBC list

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 21:22

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal slammed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in the centre for deliberately denying the other backward castes status to Punjab`s Jat Sikhs.

Jat leaders thank Rahul for backing reservation demand

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 13:48

Hundreds of members of the Jat community led by Harayana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda today met Rahul Gandhi to thank him after the Cabinet asked the backward classes commission to expeditiously take a call on providing reservation to the community in central government jobs.

Reservation issue: Jat leaders thank UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 21:37

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday met a delegation of Jat leaders who thanked her for the decision of recommending reservation for the community in central government jobs.

Reservation issue: Jat leaders to meet Sonia Gandhi today

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 09:39

Jat leaders will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday against the backdrop of government asking the backwards commission to take an expeditious call on granting the community reservation in central government jobs.

Reservation issue: Jat leaders to meet Sonia Gandhi on Sunday

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 21:38

Jat leaders will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday against the backdrop of government asking the backwards commission to take an expeditious call on granting the community reservation in central government jobs.

Reservation issue: Jat body to oppose Cong in Rajasthan Assembly polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:42

Accusing the Congress of adopting double standards on the Jat reservation issue, a section of the Jat community on Friday announced to oppose the party in the December 1 Assembly elections in Rajasthan.

HC issues notice to Azam Khan on petition by Jat policemen

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 20:36

Allahabad High Court issued notice to Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan on petition filed by Jat policemen who were transferred out of Muzaffarnagar after communal clashes upon his "orders".

No dearth of leaders in Samajwadi Party: Shivpal on Jat leader Sompal

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 17:59

Unfazed by SP Jat leader refusing to contest Lok Sabha polls from Baghpat under the Samajwadi Party`s banner, SP leader Shivpal Yadav on Sunday said there is no dearth of members in the party to fight elections.

Ajit Singh lambasts UP government for riots in Muzaffarnagar; calls upon politicos, society & religious leaders to shun violence

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 19:03

The Union Civil Aviation minister and senior Uttar Pradesh Jat leader has blamed the Samajwadi Party (SP) leadership led by Mulayam Singh for the spread of recent communal riots in Muzaffarnagar in the state.