New Delhi: The BJP on Friday slammed the government on the issue of cartoon of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar in school text books and accused Congress of "insulting" Gujjar, Jat, Sikh and Jain communities in text books. "For the last two days, this government has been committing mistakes and apologising. It commits a mistake in the morning and apologises in the evening. On Thursday, the Leader of the House in...
08:27 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: There is an uneasy calm at the Gopalgarh village, a week after eight people were killed in violent clashes between the local Gujjar and Meo Muslim communities. Bullet marks on the walls of the masjid are a reminder of what happened last Wednesday. Shops are closed, with very few locals and a lot of policemen strictly imposing the curfew which is in place for almost 18 hours everyday....
07:59 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Jaipur: Barely two weeks since the State government was able resolve the Gujjar demand for reservations, a new controversy over quotas is brewing in the state. All because of a questionnaire prepared by the State Backward Class Commission. Questions meant to help district collectors identify economically weaker sections of higher castes have paradoxically enraged the groups they aim to help and how! Angry demonstrations took place outside the Rajasthan Backward...
07:50 AM, Jan 22, 2011
Jaipur: Gujjars, demanding five per cent quota in jobs in Rajasthan, on Wednesday night called off their 17-day agitation after the state government assured them that it will complete within six months the quantifiable data collection for the purpose. "I have called off the agitation. I am satisfied with what the state government has offered to us," Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, spearheading the agitation said after holding talks with...
08:08 AM, Jan 06, 2011
Jaipur: Gujjars, demanding five per cent quota in jobs in Rajasthan, on Wednesday night called off their 17-day agitation after the state government assured them that it will complete within six months the quantifiable data collection for the purpose. The one per cent reservation quota for Gujjar in State job to stay as it is and State government is going to appeal against the Rajasthan High Court stay order on...
09:40 PM, Jan 05, 2011
Jaipur: Colonel (retd) KS Bainsla, leader of Rajasthan's agitating Gujjar community, will on Tuesday hold talks with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, even as the community's stir for five percent reservation in government jobs entered its 16th day, disrupting some train services. Bainsla left Piloo Ka Pura near Bayana in Bharatpur district and is expected in Jaipur by late afternoon for the talks, after holding discussions with the 51-member Gujjar delegation...
04:14 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Jaipur: The talks on Monday between a motley delegation of the Gujjars and the Rajasthan government broke down, with the community leaders blaming the government for not accepting their three major demands, and continuing their job quota agitation for the 15th day. "They did not accept our demand to stop the government recruitment process till an amicable solution is found to our reservation issue. Secondly, the government failed to satisfy...
06:13 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Jaipur: Talks to end the 15-day-old impasse on the Gujjar quota issue failed to make much headway on Sunday with the agitators unrelenting on their demand for five per cent reservation in government jobs. The state government and the Gujjar agitators will have another round of talks on Monday, Energy Minister Jitendra Singh told reporters at the end of four hours of tough negotiations. "The deadlock persists," Gujjar leader Sriram...
07:56 AM, Jan 03, 2011
New Delhi: Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla refused to attend a fresh invitation for talks saying he first wants to know the outcome of talks between Congress leaders of his community and the government. After a fresh invitation for talks was made by the government this evening, Bainla refused to commit that a delegation of community leaders will be sent for negotiations on Sunday, saying he was waiting to know...
08:36 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Jaipur: The deadlock over quota to Gujjars in Rajasthan persisted for the 13th day on Saturday as the community remained non-committal on a fresh invitation for talks tomorrow to sort out the issue. The Gujjar leaders are insisting that a decision will be taken only after it learns about the outcome of the parleys between Congress leaders from the community and government representatives. After a fresh invitation for talks was...
12:12 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government on Saturday requested the Gujjar community, agitating for five per cent reservation in jobs, to send a delegation to hold further talks on their charter of demands while their protests continued to affect train services in parts of the state. "We have requested them to send the delegation and we are confident that the talks should start sometime on Saturday," said an official of state home...
11:00 AM, Jan 01, 2011
Jaipur: An amicable solution to the Gujjar agitation could be in sight with further talks between representatives of the community, demanding five per cent quota in government jobs, and the Rajasthan government expected on Friday afternoon. "We have decided to send a 21-member delegation to Jaipur to hold further talks with the state government officials," Roop Singh, spokesperson of Gujjar Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti, the body that is spearheading the agitation,...
12:15 PM, Dec 31, 2010
Jaipur: Agitating Gujjars in Rajasthan, demanding 5 per cent quota in state jobs, on Thursday held second round of talks with the government after which the two sides said that the negotiations were moving in the positive direction. "The meeting was held amicably and the community is ready for next round of talks. We have requested all of our public representatives including MP Sachin Pilot and state minister Jitendra Singh...
11:55 PM, Dec 30, 2010
Jaipur: A Gujjar delegation is likely to meet government officials in Bayana town of Bharatpur district on Thursday for talks aimed at ending the deadlock over the reservation issue. "A delegation comprising of around 15-25 Gujjars is expected to come here and meet us. I was informed by aides of Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla that a delegation will be coming here at Bayana for talks," GS Sandhu, Principal Secretary,...
11:48 AM, Dec 30, 2010
Jaipur: In Rajasthan the tourism industry seems to be paying the price for the Gujjar agitation. The blocking of rail and road traffic has left tourists refusing or unable to arrive in the dessert. The much-awaited Christmas-New Year trip to the Golden triangle of Delhi Agra and Jaipur became a nightmare for tourists. And those who did manage to visit these places have horror stories to tell. "We had to...
12:31 AM, Dec 30, 2010
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