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Bypoll today: It’s Bishnoi vs 3 Jats in Adampur as caste politics to swing votes

November 03, 2022 9:59 am

Dalit voters may play a significant role in this bypoll considering there are around 30,000 (21,000 votes of Harijans, around 8200 votes of Khati and 6500 votes of Kumhar community).

BJP govt sets up backward class panel in Haryana, Oppn sees eye on non-Jat votes

July 16, 2022 2:11 pm

Seventy-eight groups fall in the Backward Castes (BC) category in Haryana, with the panel likely to certify at least 72 falling in 'Group A' or the most backward category among them.

First line of defence at border, Jats seek to be heard as J&K boundaries redrawn

April 05, 2022 8:51 pm

From Kathua to Nowshera in the Jammu division, nearly five lakh Jats reside along the International Border and the Line of Control with Pakistan.

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Why Jats want a quota

February 23, 2016 12:22 am

The Jats, Marathas and Patels are certainly dominant, but their mobilisation tells us something about structural problems in the Indian economy.

Jat quota stir: After let-up, Rohtak counts losses

February 22, 2016 1:23 pm

"We used to sell fruits and juices from here. Next to my shop was a departmental store, a hospital and an MRI centre. Everything has been destroyed,” he said. .

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Punjab and Haryana HC stays reservation in education, jobs for Jats

July 28, 2015 8:57 am

The petitioners had challenged the decision to grant 10 per cent reservation under special backward class category in state government jobs.

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Supreme Court rejects Centre's review against scrapping quota for Jats

July 22, 2015 1:27 am

Centre had moved the apex court on April 2 seeking a review of its verdict after Modi had met Jat community leaders and assured them of finding a solution within the legal framework.

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Where one community lives in fear and the other is too dominant for parties to offend

June 01, 2015 5:03 am

Political parties have avoided taking sides from the clash that has claimed five lives from a single Meghwal family, they've found support only support from human rights organisations and Dalits.

Jats put in OBC as per Constitutional mandate: Centre to SC

April 05, 2015 12:18 pm

The government said the test laid down by the apex court in the Mandal judgement for determination of "social, educational and economic backwardness" of Jats had been complied with.