Haryana: All Jat Khaps will be meeting for a mahapachayat on Friday in Jind and the main agenda would be to discuss reservation for their community. However, the meeting also comes under the backdrop of over 20 rapes cases in just 40 days in Haryana and widespread criticism over the Khap's bizarre statements.
On October 13, Haryana's Sarva Khap Jat Panchayat, which has been at the forefront of demanding reservations for Jats in government jobs, discussed that the marriage age for girls be lowered to curb rising incidents of rape in the state. Sube Singh had hit the national headlines last week with his suggestion that lowering the marriage age for women would prevent rape. He found backing from Indian National Lok Dal leader and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala who said, "I am with the khaps on this issue. This will protect women." Also on the agenda on Saturday, besides age and reservations for Jats, is the rising incident of heinous crimes in Haryana.
When asked why rapes are occuring at this scale in Haryana, Sube Singh said that movies and television are to be blamed for rapes. "I believe this is happening because our youth are being badly influenced by cinema and television. I think that girls should be married at the age of 16, so that they have their husbands for their sexual needs, and they don't need to go elsewhere. This way rapes will not occur," commented Singh.
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10:30 AM, Oct 19, 2012
A Mahapanchayat is meeting in Manesar to discuss the implications of the cancellation of the mutation of transfer of property between Robert Vadra and DLF. The locals here claim that the plot of land, right on the side of the Jaipur Highway at Manesar-Shikohpur, was sold off at nominal prices. An inquiry has, meanwhile, been ordered in four other districts of Haryana where land is owned by Robert Vadra. ...
12:58 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Manesar: Maruti has no plans to shift from Manesar but will, in no way, work out a compromise with the workers, sources said on Tuesday. In fact, it is likely that the auto giant may sack some of them, they said. It has been a week since a general manager of the company was charred to death and 40 others injured when workers at Maruti's Manesar plant clashed with the...
09:09 AM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: The mahapanchayat of 200 villages that met on Monday to discuss the violence at Maruti's Manesar plant demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Fearing job losses, the mahapanchayat came out strongly in support of the Maruti management and against the workers who are accused of wreaking havoc at the plant. The mahapanchayat also suggested recruitment of more locals to avoid similar incidents in future. Meanwhile, the auto...
02:10 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Manesar: Representatives of nearly 200 villages gathered at Manesar on Monday for a mahapanchayat in support of Maruti. The village elders condemned the Manesar factory workers for the violence that took place last week in which one general manager was burnt to death. The villagers also called for a peaceful resolution to the stand-off between the company and its workers. The villages depend heavily on Maruti for their livelihood as...
11:29 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Manesar: There's no indication yet on moving the Maruti plant from Manesar, but there's worry among heads of nearly 40 villages who fear that job losses could become a reality. Ten villages near the plant will be holding a Mahapanchayat on Monday. With big names like Honda, Hero Group and Maruti, the auto hub of Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal has been Haryana's pride. But repeated incidents of labour unrest have marred the reputation...
06:38 AM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Farmers from 50 villages in Noida have called a mahapanchayat on Saturday to decide their next course of action on the land acquisition battle. A fortnight in office and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh is ready with the much-awaited Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill. But will the bill be a slightly modified version of the archaic colonial Land Acquisition Act of 1894 or will it be a...
08:17 AM, Jul 30, 2011
New Delhi: Farmers from 54 villages re-assembled in Greater Noida on Monday for a mahapanchayat and are also expected to meet authorities. They have been demanding developed land equal to five per cent of the area of their acquired land and have threatened to halt ongoing construction work in various sectors if not given their due. Earlier on Sunday, the mahapanchayat of Noida farmers set July 31 as their deadline...
11:44 AM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Farmers from 54 villages in Uttar Pradesh descended on Greater Noida on Sunday for a mahapanchayat. The farmers organised a yagna to make sure that the court order that will come on July 26 comes in their favour. The farmers demanded developed land equal to five per cent of the area of their acquired abadi lands, as per the terms of land acquisition. They have threatened to halt...
11:01 AM, Jul 24, 2011
Lucknow: Terming the Congress "Kisan Mahapanchayat" addressed by Rahul Gandhi in Aligarh on Saturday as a "total flop", BSP claimed a majority of the people present at the venue consisted of nomination-seekers for coming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. A BSP spokesman here said almost 80 per cent of the crowd in the mahapanchayat was ticket-seekers while farmers' presence was only twenty per cent. "The crowd had been lured with...
08:11 PM, Jul 09, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reached Aligarh for addressing a mahapanchayat, a day after completing his padyatra in Uttar Pradesh. It was meant to be a grand finale of the padyatra and that's what it turuned out to be as around 30,000 people turned up to listen to Rahul's speech. Rahul Gandhi kept the attack on Mayawati going and said that her land acquisition policy has...
03:51 PM, Jul 09, 2011
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi reached Aigarh on Friday after he wound up his four-day foot march through the dusty heartlands of rural Uttar Pradesh and returned to Delhi. After an arduous four-day padyatra through rural Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi is going to address thousands at the kisan mahapanchayat. Rahul Gandhi has earlier attacked Chief Minister Mayawati on several fronts, including on the issue of forcible acquisition of...
07:41 AM, Jul 09, 2011
New Delhi: After Bhatta Parsaul, Rahul Gandhi will reach out to farmers in Aligarh in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh with the Congress organising a 'kisan mahapanchayat' there on July 9. The decision to shift the venue of the 'grand assembly' of farmers to Aligarh, which has also witnessed agitation over land acquisition issue, was taken after Mayawati Government declined permission to hold the meet at Bhatta Parsaul in Greater Noida, where...
08:10 PM, Jul 02, 2011
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10:17 AM, Aug 18, 2008
Johannesburg:: New ball bowler Vernon Philander was named South African cricketer of the year on Wednesday following a sensational entry into Test cricket during the 2011-12 season. Philander, 26, took 51 wickets in seven Tests at an average of 14.15. He took five or more wickets in an innings on six occasions and twice claimed 10 wickets in a match. The Cape Cobras bowler was mainly responsible for bowling out ...
12:43 AM, May 30, 2008
Col Bainsla has given ultimatum to Vasundhara Raje government. ...
11:03 AM, Sep 13, 2007
Hopes of lasting peace in Rajasthan continue to hang in limbo as Gurjars meet to decide future course of action. ...
01:21 PM, Jun 08, 2007
