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Competition Commission of India probes alleged fixing of airfares, looks at algorithms used by airlines
CCI is investigating allegations of similar pricing as well as a simultaneous increase in ticket prices by the airlines.
Jat leaders accuse Haryana govt of "misguiding" high court with regard to 2016 stir, threaten to re-start agitation
Yashpal Malik charged the Haryana government with misguiding the court to save its ministers, legislators and MPs who were "instrumental" in arson and violence during the Jat agitation in 2016.
Rebel BJP MP says political parties use OBCs, poor as 'vote bank', India needs to be rid of 'politics of hypocrisy'
Rebel BJP leader Raj Kumar Saini said different political parties promised to work for their welfare before elections, but yielded no results once voted to power.
Reservation stir to intensify if Haryana govt refuses to meet demands: Jat body president Yashpal Malik
ABJASS national president Yashpal Malik said that the Jat movement for reservation is likely to intensify if the government fails to meet their demands.
Jat agitation: Haryana on alert tomorrow ahead of rallies by BJP MP, All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti
Haryana has been put on alert and the state government has sought 25 companies of paramilitary forces in view of the proposed rallies of a Jat body and a BJP MP on Sunday
Delhi's L-G more powerful than Governor of state, does not have to act on advice of ministers all the time: Supreme Court
The SC said that Delhi's L-G has more power than the Governor of a state as he does not have to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers all the time.
'Nine victims in Murthal gangrape, hand probe over to CBI': Jat agitation amicus curiae tells Punjab and Haryana HC
More than a year after reports on alleged sexual assault on women in the fields of Murthal grabbed national headlines, Anupam Gupta — the senior advocate and amicus curiae in the cases related to Jat agitation — told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that nine rapes did take place during the stir, and sought CBI probe.
3 cops protect one VIP but just 1 for every 663 aam aadmi: Abysmal ratio aided violent riots over past 5 years
While three police personnel guard one VIP on average, only one policeman is available for 663 common citizens
Punjab and Haryana HC extends stay on state govt's reservation notice for Jats and others till 31 Dec
The Punjab and Haryana High Court extended till 31 December the freeze on the Haryana government's notification on 10 percent reservation for Jats and five other communities.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has a history of being incompetent; RSS-BJP experimentation with pracharaks must stop
RSS pracharak Manohar Lak Khattar's schooling into a chief minister has come at the cost of dozens of lives lost in the experimentation
Haryana violence: BJP praises Manohar Lal Khattar govt, claims CM controlled situation with 'minimum possible damage'
The BJP Saturday ruled out the removal of Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who is under attack for the violence by followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh following his conviction in a rape case
Jat leader Yashpal Malik claims 'attempt on his life' after being slapped in Haryana
Malik, along with other Jat leaders, had gone to address a community rally at Samain village near Tohana in Fatehabad district
Jat quota agitation: SP, DSP among nine policemen injured in clashes with protesters
A Superintendent of Police and a DSP were among nine policemen injured on Sunday when Jat protesters clashed with them on being prevented from marching toward Delhi.
Jat quota stir: Haryana, Delhi NCR on alert ahead of protests on Monday outside Parliament
Some districts in Haryana, adjoining national capital Delhi, were put on alert on Saturday ahead of the protests planned on 20 March by the Jat community outside Parliament.
Security tightened across Haryana as Jats demanding reservation observe 'black day'
As Jats are observing 'Black Day' in Haryana on Sunday, tight security is in place and traffic has been diverted at some areas in sensitive districts.
Jat agitation: Timely action must to avoid repeat of 2016 riots mayhem
Shades of 2016 and the mayhem that followed threaten to repeat themselves and one can only hope that timely action is taken to contain the violent fallout of a demand that now aims to up the ante and defrost the 10 percent grant given earlier in the wake of bloody rioting last year.
Haryana: Fresh Jat quota agitation threatens to raise the spectre of last year's violence
Haryana is on the edge as the ongoing Jat agitation seeking reservation in education and government jobs has once again raised the spectre of last year's violence that killed 30 people.
UP Election 2017: Have Amit Shah’s last-ditch efforts helped BJP win back its Jat vote-bank?
Amit Shah's efforts clearly show that BJP, rattled by the news of an uprising in the Jat community, have tried really hard to bring them back into its fold.
Maharashtra stir: How a 'leaderless' Maratha movement is polarising the community
By being leaderless , the Maratha movement is not just polarising Marathas, it is also polarising other communities, thereby vitiating the atmosphere.
Haryana govt said no to second report on Jat riot probe as first was a bitter pill: Prakash Singh tells Firstpost
Embarrassed by first report on the Jat agitation riots, the Haryana govt asked Prakash Singh not to go ahead with the second part of the report on police reforms.