Patel Reservation Protest

Hardik Patel and his two colleagues have been charged with sedition in a case related to a protest they had organised three years ago demanding reservation for Patel community allegedly turning violent.

The police lathicharge on the agitators demanding reservation for the Patidar community in Gujarat's Ahmedabad in August, 2015 was akin to the brutal British era "Jallianwala Bagh" episode, quota agitation leader Hardik Patel told a court in Ahmedabad today.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel began an indefinite fast today to press for reservation for his community, after the BJP government in Gujarat refused him permission to stage the protest at a public place.

Members of the Hardik Patel-led PAAS or Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti attacked Congress offices in Surat, alleging that the two leaders of the movement had been included in the Congress candidates' list without their consent.

Patidar campaigner Hardik Patel today delivered a public reminder to the Congress that the grace period to come clean on how the party would give Patidars reservation had a short expiry date, warning that his group would protest Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit to south Gujarat's Surat on Friday if the issue wasn't sorted out quickly.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was stopped on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur today. The Congress leader has said he will sit on dharna at Dhodhar - nearly 675 km from Mandsaur -- till peace is restored. Earlier today, Hardik Patel, the man leading the Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and education, got arrested w...

The Trinamool Congress and Left parties held separate protests outside the Reserve Bank of India office in Kolkata today as RBI Governor Urjit Patel held meetings inside.

The Delhi Police has declared Section 144, banning large gatherings in border districts this evening as the Jats carried on protests for quota in jobs and education in neighbouring Haryana.

To avoid a repeat of the violence that seared Haryana in February, the state government has configured security arrangements that include special protection for a canal that supplies most of Delhi's water as the Jats threaten a new round of demonstrations on Sunday.

About 90 officials, including IAS and IPS officers, have been identified in a report on Jat agitation for failing to perform their duty when widespread violence and arson hit eight districts of Haryana during the reservation protests in February.

Not impressed by the Gujarat government announcing 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, including Patels, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spearheading the quota agitation is launching from Sunday a week-long Swarnim Lollipop Mahotsav protest across the state.

With fresh violence over the demand for reservation for the Patidars, the Anandiben Patel government in Gujarat is making desperate efforts to find a solution. But, despite talks with some Patel groups, the government has made little headway because the main demand of the protestors is the release of their 23-year-old leader Hardik Patel, who has b...

"There can be no repeat of last time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar as the Jat community warned a new round of aggressive demonstrations demanding a quota of government jobs and places in state-run colleges.

Innerwear scattered on the highway at Haryana's Murthal, a popular pit-stop for travelers just 50 km from Delhi, gave a chilling face to allegations that women were pulled out of cars and gang-raped here a week ago, at the height of violence during Jat quota protests.

Jat protesters lifted blockade from parts of Haryana this evening after the state government said it would give them reservation in the coming budget session of the Assembly. The decision was taken after a meeting of Jat leaders with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Twelve people died and 150 have been injured over the eight days of protests and ...

Hardik Patel and his two colleagues have been charged with sedition in a case related to a protest they had organised three years ago demanding reservation for Patel community allegedly turning violent.

The police lathicharge on the agitators demanding reservation for the Patidar community in Gujarat's Ahmedabad in August, 2015 was akin to the brutal British era "Jallianwala Bagh" episode, quota agitation leader Hardik Patel told a court in Ahmedabad today.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel began an indefinite fast today to press for reservation for his community, after the BJP government in Gujarat refused him permission to stage the protest at a public place.

Members of the Hardik Patel-led PAAS or Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti attacked Congress offices in Surat, alleging that the two leaders of the movement had been included in the Congress candidates' list without their consent.

Patidar campaigner Hardik Patel today delivered a public reminder to the Congress that the grace period to come clean on how the party would give Patidars reservation had a short expiry date, warning that his group would protest Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit to south Gujarat's Surat on Friday if the issue wasn't sorted out quickly.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was stopped on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur today. The Congress leader has said he will sit on dharna at Dhodhar - nearly 675 km from Mandsaur -- till peace is restored. Earlier today, Hardik Patel, the man leading the Patidar agitation for reservation in government jobs and education, got arrested w...

The Trinamool Congress and Left parties held separate protests outside the Reserve Bank of India office in Kolkata today as RBI Governor Urjit Patel held meetings inside.

The Delhi Police has declared Section 144, banning large gatherings in border districts this evening as the Jats carried on protests for quota in jobs and education in neighbouring Haryana.

To avoid a repeat of the violence that seared Haryana in February, the state government has configured security arrangements that include special protection for a canal that supplies most of Delhi's water as the Jats threaten a new round of demonstrations on Sunday.

About 90 officials, including IAS and IPS officers, have been identified in a report on Jat agitation for failing to perform their duty when widespread violence and arson hit eight districts of Haryana during the reservation protests in February.

Not impressed by the Gujarat government announcing 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, including Patels, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) spearheading the quota agitation is launching from Sunday a week-long Swarnim Lollipop Mahotsav protest across the state.

With fresh violence over the demand for reservation for the Patidars, the Anandiben Patel government in Gujarat is making desperate efforts to find a solution. But, despite talks with some Patel groups, the government has made little headway because the main demand of the protestors is the release of their 23-year-old leader Hardik Patel, who has b...

"There can be no repeat of last time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar as the Jat community warned a new round of aggressive demonstrations demanding a quota of government jobs and places in state-run colleges.

Innerwear scattered on the highway at Haryana's Murthal, a popular pit-stop for travelers just 50 km from Delhi, gave a chilling face to allegations that women were pulled out of cars and gang-raped here a week ago, at the height of violence during Jat quota protests.

Jat protesters lifted blockade from parts of Haryana this evening after the state government said it would give them reservation in the coming budget session of the Assembly. The decision was taken after a meeting of Jat leaders with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Twelve people died and 150 have been injured over the eight days of protests and ...