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HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<div id="grid"></div>

JavaScript

var grid = $("#grid").kendoGrid({  
    columns: [      
        { field: "text" },
        { field: "value" }
    ], 
    dataSource: [{ text: "Item 1", value: 1}, { text: "Item 2", value: 2}]
}).data("kendoGrid");

grid.element.delegate("tbody>tr:not(.k-grouping-row,.k-detail-row):visible", "touchend", function() {   
    $(this).toggleClass("k-state-selected", !$(this).hasClass("k-state-selected"));
    
    grid.trigger("change"); //-> trigger change event
});