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BJP firefights, promises to bring Jat Oppn, NGOs conspiring

topple my govt: PM
quota bill in next assembly session MytoAnti-Graft
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New Delhi: Even as the Centre worked with the Haryana

government to stabilise the
situation on the streets and
ensure water supply to Delhi
was not hit, BJP reached out
to the agitating Jats, promising that a bill would be brought in the next assembly session to extend quota benefits
to the community.
BJP chief Amit Shah set up
a committee under parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu to examine possible
options to implement the quota without running afoul of the
courts which struck down attempts of the previous Congress government to give OBC
status to Jats.
Anil Jain, BJP general se-

QUOTA CAULDRON
Pages 2, 3, 9 & 16
cretary in charge of Haryana,
said, The state government
will bring a bill in the very
next session to give quota benefits to the Jat community.
This is in keeping with BJPs
efforts since the government
was formed in Haryana.
Wary of generating resentment among current OBC beneficiaries, BJP is planning to
create a category outside the
27% reservation for backward
communities. The quantum of
reservation to be provided to
the Jat community has not been finalised yet.
Tribal quota, P 9

Protesters clash with police personnel in Faridabad on Sunday

Violence intensifies, caste

clashes at several places in
Haryana. 7 more killed on
Sunday taking death toll since
Friday to 16. Violence continues
late into night
More forces flown to stirs
epicentre, Rohtak, which
remains largely calm but
violence spreads to Jhajjar,
Sonipat and Hisar

rioting men in many places,

making it tough for security
forces to take action
House of Union minister
Sanjeev Balyan surrounded
in Muzaffarnagar in UP.
Protesters target residences of
Bhiwani MP Dharambir Singh,
Sonipat MP Ramesh Kaushik
and Safidon MLA Jasbir Malik

from Munak canal by forming

human chain near Garhi Bindroli
village in Sonipat. One killed in
clash with security forces
Army takes control of Indian
Oil refinery in Panipat; petrol,
diesel supply to Delhi,
Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana,
Himachal, J&K, west UP cut off

Protesters foil attempt to

restore water supply to Delhi

Assocham estimates loss of

up to Rs 20,000 crore due to stir
in Haryana alone

For intl flyers,

a long trek first

Delhi-Chandigarh
air ticket for `1L

Stir called off in

Gurgaon, for now

Women, kids walk ahead of

ith roads blocked and

transport severely
crippled, many flyers had to
walk huge distances to catch
international flights. Sabir
Kaur and her family, including
an infant, walked nearly 20km
from Panipat to Alipur to
catch a flight to the US on
Monday. Around 1,050 trains
were affected by the protests
on Sunday, 800 of which were
cancelled and 200 diverted.
Officials said over 300 freight
trains were also hit. P 2

hile agitators have blocked roads and railway

lines in north India, spiralling
airfares stand in the way of
passengers looking to travel
to and from the national capital and places like Chandigarh,
Amritsar and Jaipur. Fares
have shot up to anywhere up
to a lakh, with travel portals
showing one-way tickets between Delhi and Chandigarh
costing up to Rs 99,000. The
normal one-way fare on the
route is Rs 3,000-4,000. P 3

fter three days of violent

protests, Gurgaon may
get some respite from
Monday, with the citys Jat
leaders meeting deputy
commissioner T L Satya
prakash and agreeing to call
off the protest for now.
We are confident of
normalcy. All Jat leaders
across party lines have
agreed to withdraw protests.
All industrial establishments
may open and operate,
Satyaprakash said. P 2

Taps go dry in
capital, govt
shuts schools

he capital reeled under a

severe water crisis with
taps running dry in most areas of north, central and west
Delhi, as Jat agitators in Haryana continued to force a
shutdown of the citys lifeline, the Munak canal. The city
government put in place
emergency plans to start tanker services and ordered all
schools closed on Monday.
Army was belatedly sent
to the Munak canal, but forced to retreat by angry protesters after a clash claimed one
life. To make matters worse,
protesters on Sunday made
another cut in the canal, ensuring it will take more time
for normalcy to return. Nearly 8,000 protesters are blocking access to the canal, whose
gates have been damaged.
The Supreme Court is
scheduled to hear Delhi governments petition against
closure of the canal, which
accounts for a bulk of the citys water supply, at 10.30am
on Monday.
Monday is likely to be
worse, we have decided to
start 14 additional tanker filling points, taking the total to
140, said DJB chairperson
Kapil Mishra.
Delhi governments directorate of education on Sunday issued a circular closing
all government and private
schools on Monday, in the wake of the water shortage. Examinations scheduled for
Monday will be held at a later
date, it stated. P 2 & 3

Fear and forces on deserted Jhajjar streets

Subodh.Ghildiyal
@timesgroup.com

Jhajjar: Aisi foras (force) ka

kya fayda... bahar aao nahin
to sara shahar jala denge.
Thus pleaded, rather remonstrated, a responsible policewoman, in bulletproof gear, with the heads of a CRPF
contingent that moved into
Jhajjar town around Sunday
afternoon but refused to dis-

US parking lot
shooter kills 6

gunman killed six people

and wounded two in the
Kalamazoo county of the US
state of Michigan in random
parking lot shootings on Saturday. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Jason Dalton, was later arrested and
was even tempered when
caught, said police. P 18

UP to contest
riot acquittals

fter the recent acquittals of 39 accused in the

Muzaffarnagar riots cases
sparked an uproar, the UP
government has said it will
challenge the verdict in the
Allahabad HC, reports Ishita Bhatia. Most of the 39
acquittals came after witnesses turned hostile. P 8

10% toll cut for

smart cards

ighway commuters using smart cards to pay

toll are likely to get concessions like those that benefit
Metro rail passengers. The
highways ministry, which
plans to roll out electronic
tolling in a big way in April,
is considering a 10% discount in the first year. P 13

RBS boss named in

harassment case

Royal Bank of Scotland

executive has accused
the country head of the UKbased banks offshore unit of
sexual harassment, saying
in an FIR filed with Mumbai
police that he sent her lewd
videos and messages at inappropriate hours. P 10

mount. It also captured the

state of the Haryana heartland convulsed by violent Jat
quota protests.
Fear and forces seized the
district after agitationists reportedly desecrated a statue of
Rao Tula Ram and attacked
houses, resulting in firing.
There was buzz about multiple
deaths but no confirmation.
The situation took a worrying turn when the town wo-

ke up to news of a local (nonJat) legends statue being broken. It resulted in unrest

among non-Jat communities
which then spiralled into reaction, laced with rumours
about killings.
As a TOI team reached
around afternoon, the otherwise bustling urban centre
wore the look of a ghost town.
The statue, bang in the middle of town, stood wrapped in

tarpaulin, while men on motorcycles zipped around, giving news to bystanders.

Smoke billowed from a
back lane and a man came
rushing towards the statue,
saying clashes were on. Gunshots could be heard. A local
claimed a Saini neighbourhood had been attacked by Jats.
Word spread through riders that around 5,000 Jats were marching towards the town

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REPUBLICANS
Billionaire Donald Trump wins a third of the
votes in South Carolina primary
Florida senator Marco Rubio came second
with 22.5% of the vote; Ted Cruz third with 22.3%

Trump also called for a boycott of Apple over

its refusal to unlock a terror suspects phone

There is nothing easy about

running for president, I can tell
you. Its tough, its nasty. Its mean. Its
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- DONALD TRUMP

THE EXIT Jeb Bush, son of

a US President and brother of
another, pulled out of the race
after yet another poor showing

DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton bags nearly 53% votes in
Nevada caucus against 47% for Bernie Sanders
Clinton, who won by a hair in Iowa but was
crushed by Sanders in New Hampshire, had
counted on voter turnout, especially among Las
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This is your campaign, and it is a

campaign to break down every
barrier that holds you back HILLARY CLINTON
FULL COVERAGE: P 18

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New Delhi: A single letter

can constitute an act of cruelty, the Delhi high court has said, granting divorce to a man
living separately from his estranged wife for the past 28 years. The missive in question: a
declaration by his angry wife
in 1990 when he was stationed
abroad that she wanted to divorce him and that she had found an old friend who wanted
to marry her and accept her
with their young daughter.
It was only in 1995, when
the case came up in trial court,
that she admitted the letter
didnt contain a grain of truth
and was only meant to jolt
her husband out of his comp-

STAMP OF CRUELTY, RULES COURT

Couple marries in 1980. Husband
leaves for US in 1987, leaving
behind wife & 4-yr-old daughter
Wife writes to him in 1990,
saying they should divorce.
Names an old friend who wants
to marry her and is ready to
accept their daughter

she merely wanted to jolt him

When case comes up in court

in 1995, she says she had lied.
Anxious to live with husband,

Court says letter an act of

cruelty, husband was subjected
to mental agony for 4-5 yrs

lacency. But Justice Najmi Waziri of the high court said the
husband had suffered mental
agony due to this sole act of
cruelty that continued for a period of 4-5 years.
Upholding the decision of

the trial court to dissolve the

marriage on ground of cruelty, Justice Waziri noted, For a
husband living away from his
wife since 1987, to have received a letter from her intimating him about her unequivo-

Bargarh: With just two days to go for the

Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack
on opposition groups as well as NGOs, saying
that there are forces conspiring to topple his
government because of his resolve to ensure
corruption-free governance in the country.
Attacking BJPs political adversaries at
a farmers rally in Odisha, Modi said, Subah-shaam mere khilaaf toofaan chalta hai
(theres a storm being kicked up against me
round-the-clock). Certain people cant digest
that a tea vendor has become the PM.
Without naming anyone, the PM said
these forces have come together against
him because of his measures against corruption. Yeh log shadyantra karte hain ki Modi
ko kaise khatam kiya jaye (they are conspiring to finish Modi politically), he said, adding that some NGOs, too, have joined these
forces after his government questioned their
funding. Kuchh NGO se hisab maanga, saare ikathha ho gaye (the government sought
funding details of a few NGOs and all of them

Shreya Roy Chowdhury &

Somreet Bhattacharya TNN

New Delhi: Umar Khalid,

Ashutosh, Anant Prakash
Narayan, Rama Naga and
Anirban Bhattacharya, the five students who had gone into
hiding from Jawaharlal Nehru University since February
12, returned to the campus
late on Sunday.
Khalid joined protesters
in the administration block
Army veterans out on
streets for unity, P 6

Locks on shops, P 9

Support strength, P 6

IITs to hold
entrance test
in 8 countries
n a bid to widen the merit
pool, IITs are planning to
hold entrance tests in Singapore, UAE, Ethiopia and
Saarc nations next year to
select foreign students for
undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Officials said the seats offered to foreign nationals would be in addition to the existing ones; those available to
Indian nationals at the 18
IITs would not be reduced.
While the test is to be
held in 2017, the outreach
programme will begin from
August. Exams will be held
in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Ethiopia, Singapore
and Dubai from 2017. P 8

cal decision to dissolve the

marriage and marry another
man would have been a pain as
grievous as any to endure.
Such an element of rejection,
coupled with brunt of emotional infidelity by the wife, can
break the spirit of the husband to continue marital ties.
Challenging the decision
in high court, the wife argued
that the letter was a one-off,
stray incident and could not
be a ground for divorce. She
said writing the letter was an
act of despair and sheer frustration since she had been
waiting for many years to live
with her husband again,
abroad or back home.
Shake up husband, P 6

PM Modi at a rally in Bargarh, Odisha, on Sunday

got together in protest), said Modi.

This was Modis second visit to Odisha in
February having inaugurated the Paradip oil
refinery two weeks ago. While saying that he
knows what bothers his detractors, he asserted that he would not bow down. Aap ne jo kaam diya hai, usse main rukne wala nahin, thakney wala nahin (I wont stop or tire of doing
the task you have assigned for me), he said.

All 5 wanted students

back on JNU campus,
likely to be arrested

and shouted anti-RSS slogans. The other four too addressed the gathering.
Police said a team had been sent to confirm their presence, after which teams would be sent to arrest them.
Three police vans were at the
campus till last reports.
The five have been debarred by the university but can
still stay in the hostels.

Wifes letter talking of divorce,

remarriage an act of cruelty: HC
Abhinav.Garg@timesgroup.com

Ashok.Pradhan@timesgroup.com

with aggressive intent. Just

then, a CRPF convoy moved in,
only to meet the local police
which came sniffing trouble.
The city cops, fewer in
number and armed with only
pistols, came out. Then, a policewoman and her colleague
rushed to the CRPF vehicle
and asked them to come out
and help control the situation.

Cruz had won the Iowa caucus but Trump has

fought back in a campaign turning increasingly
nasty. In the past week, he has taken on Pope
Francis who suggested the tycoon was not a
Christian for wanting to build a wall with Mexico

Have Rattled Them

Cops question
7 journalists

elhi Police questioned at

least seven journalists of
leading newspapers and TV
channels who have been
covering the JNU sedition
case on Sunday, before it
emerged that the missing
students were back on
campus. While the police
went to the homes of most of
the journalists, a couple of
them received phone calls
asking them to come to
Vasant Kunj police station.
A senior police officer,
who did not wish to be named,
confirmed to TOI that the
journalists had been
contacted in a bid to locate
Umar Khalid and the others.
The journalists had spoken
to the students' friends and
families, so we wanted to ask
if they had been told their
hiding places, he said,
adding that it was part of a
routine investigation.

Will make `31

profit on each
`251 phone,
says founder
Pankaj.Doval@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: Since he announced the launch of a mobile

phone for Rs 251, Mohit Goel has faced widespread
scepticism, along with visits
by police and
I-T officials at
his rented twostorey office in
Noida. However, the Amity University
graduate insists he will not
only deliver the phones at
the price quoted, but also
make a profit of Rs 31on each
handset sold.
Why am I being hounded? What wrong have I done? the director of Ringing
Bells said in an exclusive interview to TOI, insisting
that his venture was not a
fly-by-night operation. His
venture was gearing up to
start deliveries to customers from April 15, he said.
7 crore bookings, P 12