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"Rohit Vemula Act necessity to criminalise caste discrimination": Rahul Ga
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
"Rohit Vemula Act is not just a slogan--it's a necessity. So that caste discrimination in educational institutions becomes a crime, strict action is taken against the guilty, and no student is ever broken, silenced, or pushed out in the name of their caste," Gandhi posted on 'X'.
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UP CM Yogi warns against divisions based on caste, creed, and community, c
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Attending the 726th birth celebration of Jagatguru Ramanandacharya in Prayagraj, he emphasised that such divisions can lead to destruction, just like what's happening in Bangladesh, where Hindus are facing violence.
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MR Radha starrer Tamil film Ratha Kanneer added to National Film Archive o
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Tamil film Ratha Kanneer (1954) was added to the collection of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) on Friday. The film was directed by the Krishnan-Panju duo and written by Thiruvarur Thangarasu.
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Dharamshala: Dalit college student death: Professor, three students booked
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A day after police registered a case against a college professor and three students in connection with the death of a 19-year-old second-year college student in Dharamshala, the college authorities denied receiving any complaint of ragging or sexual harassment, even as the victim's father
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Sheena Chohan to star in Tamil folk drama 'Arjunanin Allirani'
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Actor Sheena Chohan, who earlier this year made her Hindi-language feature film debut in the biopic "Sant Tukaram" earlier this year, has been roped in for "Arjunanin Allirani," a Tamil-language drama centered on folk artists and caste discrimination.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses centre of undermining MGNREGA
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chief Minister alleged that the new structure proposed by the Centre weakens the employment guarantee and makes access to work dependent on "the whims of political leaders". He claimed this would aggravate caste discrimination and social inequality, while also triggering distress migr
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"There's discrimination based on caste, religion": Congress's Udit Raj ove
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Congress leader said that there is no discrimination in America on the basis of caste and religion.
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Research exposes how women in India are being abused, shamed, and silenced
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17: Online spaces in India are becoming increasingly dangerous due to the escalation of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). In a new report, survivors describe being threatened, publicly shamed, and silenced, yet few find justice in a system that
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Punjab SC Commission seeks report on Tarn Taran "caste discrimination" inc
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has taken suo motu notice of a reported caste-based discrimination incident during the Tarn Taran Vikas Mela, where Assistant Labour Commissioner Jasvir Singh (Bhagta Jatana) was allegedly made to sit separately.
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Those discriminating by caste are "not Sanatanis but Tanatanis!", says Bab
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Yoga Guru and Patanjali Ayurved co-founder Baba Ramdev on Sunday criticised the practice of caste discrimination in the name of Sanatan Dharma, stating that this is not "Sanatani sanskriti" but rather "Tanatani sanskriti."
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'Govt to provide needed assistance': Union Minister Manohar Lal meets late
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Minister Manohar Lal on Thursday met with the family of IPS Y Puran Kumar, who committed suicide, alleging caste discrimination, and assured them of assistance from the government.
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Haryana IPS officer death case: Rahul Gandhi meets family of Y Puran Kumar
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh on October 7. In the 'final note' he left behind, the senior officer accused eight high-ranking police officials, including Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur, of "blatant caste-based discrimination, target
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