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JDU MP gives notice in RS over demand for caste specific census
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) MP Ram Nath Thakur has given a Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over "demand for caste specific census in 2021".
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Nitish seeks special debate on CAA, bats for caste-based Census
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that there should be a discussion on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which has triggered nationwide protests and batted for a caste-based Census.
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Maharashtra Assembly unanimously passes resolution for caste-based Census
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution for caste-based Census in the country.
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TN: Madurai student makes casteist slurs at classmate, attacks with blade
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): A student at the Government Higher Secondary School near Palamedu in Madurai district allegedly made caste-based slurs at one of his classmates and later attacked him on his back using a pencil sharpener blade.
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SC seeks response from centre on plea moved by mothers of Rohith Vemula, P
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central government and University Grants Commission (UGC) on a petition filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi
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Priest stops Dalit man from entering temple in Kutch, held
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kutch (Gujarat) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): In yet another case of caste-based discrimination, a priest allegedly stopped a Dalit man to enter a temple in Nakhtrada area in Kutch district of Gujarat, an official confirmed on Sunday.
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People have rejected caste-based politics in UP: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said people have rejected caste-based politics in Uttar Pradesh and development is the only way to win elections in the state.
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BJP, Cong spreading rumours to create confusion amongst SP-BSP workers: Ak
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress were spreading rumours to create confusion amongst SP and BSP workers in Uttar Pradesh. He also claimed that the BJP was indulgin
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SP-BSP failed to understand UP, here govts are formed, toppled at tea stal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party have "misunderstood" the people of Uttar Pradesh who had sent out a clear message in 2014 and in 2017 that they don't want caste-based politics but that of d
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Nitish Kumar urges for caste-based census
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) (India), Jan 25 (ANI): Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for a caste-based census in 2021, citing that the population of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes had gone up from the previous estima
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Ahead of MP polls, locals oppose caste-based reservation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 14 (ANI): Ahead of assembly elections in the state, residents in Bhopal have registered protest against caste-based reservation by putting up posters outside their houses asking political parties to not seek votes from people belonging the 'general category'.
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Reservation is here to stay, let there be no doubt about it: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday rebutted reports claiming that the caste-based reservations would end and clarified that reservation was here to stay.
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