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Chief Minister in northern India asks rioters to end violence

NEW DELHI: The chief minister of a north Indian state on Saturday called on demonstrators demanding jobs and education to call off rioting which has spread to several towns in recent days and which has killed at least one person.

Protesters in Haryana belonging to the Jats, a rural caste, attacked the homes of regional ministers, burned railway stations and blocked tracks.

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