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Restricting Sabarimala 'melshanti' post to Malayali Brahmins contravenes C
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
At a time when a row over alleged discrimination and casteism in the appointment of Sabarimala 'melsanthi' (head priest) has erupted in Kerala for the last few months, the Kerala High Court on Saturday heard a batch of petitions challenging the Dewaswom Board notification inviting applicatio
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Chhattisgarh passes bills to hike OBC, SC quotas
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations.
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Kerala SC families reap bumper harvest from biofloc fish farming
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Giving a fillip to homestead aquaculture and nutritional security, a self-help group belonging to the scheduled caste community in Cheranalloor village near here has had a bumper harvest from biofloc fish farming, an innovative aquaculture practice.
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BSP voters likely to decide outcome in Mainpuri by-polls
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"This is the Lok Sabha constituency where Mayawati's BSP's vote bank will decide who will become the MP in the middle of the fight between BJP and SP! Actually, in Mainpuri more than 1.25 lakh votes belong to the Jatav community and more than seventy thousand votes belong to different castes
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FIFA WC: Serbia strike twice to take 2-1 lead over Cameroon at half-time
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
It was all Serbia in the first 25 minutes of play, with Aleksandar Mitrovic coming close to scoring twice.
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Seeds Fincap Pvt Ltd opens 51st branch at Samastipur, Bihar
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI/GPRC): Seeds Fincap Pvt Ltd, one of the fastest-growing NBFCs, has opened its 51st branch at Samastipur, Bihar on 26 Nov 2022.
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Telangana BJP MP meets governor, demands inclusion of 26 communities in ba
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
There are around 26 OBC castes in Telangana who have migrated from Andhra Pradesh (AP) and have been living here for 50-100 years. Since the new state was formed, these castes were removed from the BC list.
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Congress model means nepotism, casteism, vote-bank politics: PM Modi in Gu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahead of Gujarat assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Congress model means nepotism, casteism and vote bank politics.
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Those who divided UP for family, caste will do it again if given chance: C
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Yogi Adityanath said, "Before 2017, the situation was bad all over Western UP. Traders and women were unsafe. Professional criminals and mafia used to conduct organized crimes and spoil the life of common people. No entrepreneur wanted to invest in the state."
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Gujarat polls: BJP trying to win in Congress's Somnath bastion, focuses o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The caste factor has always dominated in the Gir Somnath district of Gujarat or in Saurashtra, which is one of the reasons why Congress is believed to have registered a win in all four constituencies here in the 2017 Assembly elections. The BJP has given tickets to candidates on a caste basi
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Nadda to address outreach program focussing on SC/ST in Karnataka's Ballar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
With an aim to increase its vote share among the Scheduled Castes and Tribes communities ahead of the 2023 state Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda will be addressing a huge rally in Ballari on Sunday
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'Cong leaked caste-census report for political gains': Karnataka health mi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Sudhakar claimed Rs 130 crores were spent on the Kantaraju Commission, which was formed during the Congress rule to draw up a caste-census report.
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