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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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Dharmendra Pradhan announces free LPG for backward classes in Bihar
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India] Apr 20 (ANI): In a bid to promote Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday announced free gas connections for Dalits and every other backward class in Bihar.
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Ram Vilas Paswan pitches for quota in judiciary
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has pitched for increasing the reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and other backward class (OBCs) in the judiciary.
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Owaisi for de-reservation of Urdu teachers post reserved for backward clas
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao requesting him to de-reserve the posts reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Cla
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Mayawati corners BJP, RSS over Ambedkar's name change
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Launching a fresh attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over Bhim Rao Ambedkar's name change, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said that they were more interested in vote bank politics t
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UP: State backward classes minister warns BJP
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 29 (ANI): Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is also a Uttar Pradesh state cabinet minister, on Sunday issued a "warning" to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that if they did not grant rights to backward classes, then he w
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BJP has shown nothing is impossible for Indians: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has showed that once people of India decide to bring a positive change, nothing can stop them.
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Rajasthan Govt. approves 1% reservation for Gujjars
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] December 21 (ANI): The Rajasthan Government on Thursday approved one percent reservation for 'Gujjars' and four other backward castes.
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Parliament winter sessions to discuss Muslim Women's (Protection of Rights
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): As Parliament winter session begins today, the Muslim Women's (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 related to triple talaq and legislation on granting Constitutional status to the Backward Class Commission are among the important bills that will be t
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AP Govt passes resolution to include Boyas, Valmikis in ST list
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 02 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government passed a resolution to include Boyas, Valmikis and related sub sects of Andhra Pradesh in Scheduled Tribes (STs).
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UP civic polls: BJP tampered with EVMs, alleges Mayawati
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tampered with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Uttar Pradesh civil body polls.
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Centre to reintroduce Bill to grant Constitutional Status to NCBC in LS
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Centre will reintroduce the Bill to grant Constitutional Status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) in the Lok Sabha in the coming winter session of the Parliament.
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