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Rajasthan: Rail services face disruption due to Gujjar quota stir
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): As many as 13 trains were diverted, short terminated or cancelled on Sunday in the wake of the agitation by Gujjars who have blocked tracks on a section of the North-Western Railway in Rajasthan demanding a higher quota.
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Rajasthan: Gujjar reservation stir causes massive disruption of road, rail
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Members of the Gujjar community, to further their demand for 5 per cent reservation in government jobs and education, caused massive disruption of rail services, even as the state government appealed for peace.
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Gujjar agitation: Demands can be met only after amendments in Constitution
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Amid Gujjar community's protest for reservation, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appealed people to not sit on rail tracks and asked protesters to submit a memo to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Naidu to hold agitation in Delhi, hires 2 trains for protestors
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will hold "Dharma Porata Deeksha" in Delhi against the central government for alleged noncooperation in fulfilling Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act and other promises like special status
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MANPAC launches on road mass indefinite agitation against Citizenship Amen
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Manipur People against CAB (MANPAC) on Wednesday launched an ‘on road mass indefinite agitation’ on roadways including the national highways against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 (CAB).
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Day 2 Farmers' protests continue at DND flyway
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Scores of farmers blocked the Delhi-Noida (DND) flyway on Saturday, as they continued their agitation demanding fourfold compensation in lieu of their land acquisition.
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Kin of those who lost lives in Assam agitation to return awards conferred
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The families of deceased men and women who lost their lives during the Assam Agitation have decided to return the honour conferred on their sons, husbands or daughters by the government.
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Anna Hazare to fast for Lokpal, Lokayukta again from January 30
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Anti-Corruption crusader Anna Hazare informed that he will launch an agitation from his village in Maharashtra on Wednesday against the Central government for failing to implement the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
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Gujjar community demands 5 pc reservation in 11 days
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): A ‘mahapanchayat’ called Gujjar community here on Sunday said that if they were not given 5 per cent reservation in government jobs and academic institutions in next 11 days, they would be constrained to adopt the course of agi
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Kerala nun rape case: Save Our Sisters writes letter to CM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Save Our Sisters (SOS), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has written a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking government intervention to protect the nuns who led the agitation against Bishop Franco Mulakkal.
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BJP to start next level of agitation on Sabarimala issue: PS Sreedharan Pi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Hours after calling off its hunger strike, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it will continue its protest over the Sabarimala temple issue.
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Subhash Chandra Bose fought Britishers, we have to fight thieves: Hardik P
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel likened the current NDA government to thieves and said while freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose fought with the Britishers, the opposition parties along with the people of the country have to fight
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