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Teacher booked over discriminating children on the basis of caste in UP's
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 1 (ANI): A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against a school teacher for allegedly discriminating against children on the basis of their caste in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
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Rahul Gandhi highlights caste-based discrimination in Hathras, urges peopl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Sharing a clip which highlights the caste-divide in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, where a Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the people to bring a change.
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Army 'strongly condemns' tweeting of 'curated' video
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): After a Delhi Minister tweeted a video of jawan complaining about caste discrimination in the force, the Indian Army said it strongly condemns posting of such videos "curated and circulated again by enemy agents."
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DCW issues notice to AIIMS, Delhi Police
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Taking suo-moto cognisance of the reports of suicide attempted by a female resident doctor of AIIMS due to repeated sexual harassment and caste discrimination by the faculty, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday issued notice to the Delhi Police a
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NCW asks AIIMS RDA Director to probe in a case of caste discrimination, ge
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday urged the Director of Resident Doctors Association of All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to investigate into the matter of a doctor attempting suicide allegedly due to caste discrimination and
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Mothers of Rohit Vemula, Payal Tadvi move SC seeking measures to end caste
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Mothers of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula who had committed suicide over alleged caste discrimination, have moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking directions for strict measures to end caste discrimination in university campuses.
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Haryana: This Khap panchayat asks people to drop surnames to end caste div
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jind (Haryana) [India], July 22 (ANI): The Khera Khap panchayat of Jind district has come up with a new idea to end the decade-long caste discrimination prevailing in the society.
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UP: Barbers refuse to cut hair of people from SC community
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): In an incident of caste discrimination, barbers of Pipalsana Bhojpur have closed their shops allegedly refusing to cut the hair of the people belonging to the scheduled caste (SC) community.
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Amul celebrates Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Article 15' by giving it utterly but
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 9 (ANI): Ayushmann Khurrana's latest outing 'Article 15' has won a million hearts owing to its powerful storyline, direction and brilliant performances by the actors of the film. The movie struck the right chords with the audience by pointing out the caste discriminat
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SC asks Justice Karnan to file reply within four weeks on contempt charges
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked Calcutta High Court Justice C.S. Karnan, who has levelled allegations of corruption and caste discrimination against senior judges of the Madras High Court and the apex court, to file his reply within four weeks.
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Dalit girl denied right to quench her thirst in UP village
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 10 (ANI): In another case of caste discrimination, a 13-year-old Dalit girl in Gunnaur village of Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal District was allegedly denied drinking water at a temple.
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Priestess in Kanpur defends temple cleaning post Dalit women charges(Updat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanpur, July 15 (ANI): Refuting charges of caste discrimination, the priestess at Chaturbhuj Temple in Mangalpur village of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city have said that cleaning of the premises is a regular affair.
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