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Cong stalled Parliament to block OBC commission: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Lashing out at the Congress party on the last day of campaigning before Karnataka goes to polls on May 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the party of indulging in vote bank politics and stalling the bill in the Rajya Sabha that gives con
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Chandrababu Naidu launches programmers for education, backward class
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday launched various programme for the development of the state.
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Skill training in rubber for marginalised sections gets a boost
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 03 (NewsVoir): A large number of skill trainings in rubber have been organised in different parts of the country under an arrangement between Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) and National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC).
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India needs to progress on human development index: Amitabh Kant
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 25 (ANI): Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant has said India needs to progress on human development index while stressing that several Indian states remain backward on human development indicators due to legacy issues.
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States like UP, Bihar holding India back: Amitabh Kant
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 24 (ANI): NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said that the states in India's eastern region like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are keeping India backward especially on social indicators.
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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 11 months 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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Bijapur will no longer be known as backward district: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed that after all development projects launched in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district it will no longer be known as a backward one.
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Owaisi for de-reservation of Urdu teachers post reserved for backward clas
Updated : 7 years, 11 months 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 : 7 years, 11 months 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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'Padwomen' in MP alert women of menstrual diseases
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jhabua [Madhya Pradesh] Feb 07 (ANI): As the nation gears up for Akshay Kumar starrer 'Padman' movie, about 10 'padwomen' from socially backward Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh are breaking the glass ceiling by making and selling sanitary pads in their village.
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