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"Do you have problem with women being given representation?": Ravi Shankar
Updated : 11 months ago IST
"I want to raise some big questions for Mamata Banerjee. First, if women are being given a place in the Waqf Board, in the centre, and all the states, do you have a problem with that? Second, if backward Muslims are getting representation in the Waqf Board, do you have a problem with that?"
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Caste Census report will be discussed in state cabinet on April 17: Karnat
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes has submitted the caste census (socio, economic, and educational survey) report to the Siddaramaiah-led cabinet. If released, the caste census report will be the second by a Congress-ruled state after Telangana
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"They are stooges of RSS": Karnataka Minister Kharge slams BJP over caste
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), calling its members "stooges of RSS" in reference to their stance on minority rights and caste-based allocation, following a report on the state's caste census.
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"Votebank ka virus": PM Modi attacks Congress for opposing Waqf Act, says
Updated : 11 months ago IST
"Congress has become the destroyer of Constitutions. Dr BR Ambedkar wanted to bring in equality, but Congress spread the virus of vote bank politics. Babasaheb wanted that every poor, every backward can live with dignity and with their head held high, have dreams and complete them," PM Mo
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Most atrocities against Dalits in UP happened under Akhilesh's rule: Depu
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister KP Maurya on Thursday slammed Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, accusing him of snatching the rights of the backward castes other than his own when he was the chief minister of the State.
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Punjab Police seizes 2 kg heroin; one drug peddler nabbed from Amritsar
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, the Director General of Punjab police, Gaurav Yadav, wrote, "In a major blow to drug trafficking networks, Amritsar Rural Police apprehends Tamandeep Singh, a resident of village Kakkar, and recovers 2 Kg Heroin and 900 gm of ICE (Crystal Meth). An FIR under the NDPS Act is r
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Spirit of Indian Constitution is to treat all citizens equally: Om Birla a
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday highlighted the inclusive and welfarist nature of the Constitution of India, mentioning that "the spirit of the Indian Constitution is to treat all citizens equally, provide them with equal opportunities, and integrate the marginalized and backward sectio
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Around 50% of Mudra accounts belong to SC, ST and OBCs; boosting financial
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is boosting financial independence among marginalized groups as nearly 50 per cent of the 52 crore PMMY accounts belong to individuals from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), says a report by State Bank of In
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"Historic day...Waqf (Amendment) Bill will benefit poor": BJP leader Jagda
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal, attacked the Opposition for spreading "lie" over the Bill and said that it will benefit poor and Pasmanda (backward) Muslims.
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BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticises Opposition over 'selective quoting'
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He urged the opposition to quote the law in its entirety, emphasising that the Constitution itself supports the government's actions to protect Waqf properties and uplift marginalised communities, including backward Muslims.
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"Biggest Eidi": BJP leader Mohsin Raza praises PM Modi before tabling of W
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"On behalf of all the downtrodden and backward Muslim brothers and sisters of the country, I thank Prime Minister Modi for this Waqf Amendment Bill. This will be the biggest 'Eidi' from PM Modi for backward Muslims," Raza told ANI.
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"Harmony of country will suffer consequences of this": Congress' Harish Ra
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He further stated that if the minorities were pushed further backwards, they would become lonely which would increase extremism and other issues in the country.
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