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Sharad Pawar calls Raj Thackeray vanishing political entity
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar took a swipe at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday, calling him a vanishing political entity, who appears once in 3-4 months.
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Quashing of reservation in promotion to SC, ST employees in govt jobs may
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Quashing of reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) employees in government jobs may cause employee unrest and lead to multiple litigations, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court.
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LS passes Bill to omit 'Bhogta' community from list of Scheduled Castes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): 'The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022' has been passed in Lok Sabha on Friday.
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TRS MPs protest in Parliament demanding "categorization of scheduled caste
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Members of Parliament (MP), on Thursday, protested inside Parliament for "categorization of scheduled castes" (SC) after giving notice for adjournment in the Lok Sabha earlier during the day.
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TRS MP gives adjournment notice in LS for categorisation of scheduled cast
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP Nama Nageswara Rao on Thursday gave a notice for adjournment in Lok Sabha to discuss the "categorisation of scheduled castes", saying that the issue is hanging fire for the last many years.
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Kirori Singh Bainsla, face of Gurjar quota stir in Rajasthan, passes away
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 31 (ANI): Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, who led agitations in Rajasthan to demand reservation for the caste in government jobs, passed away on Thursday at the age of 81.
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UP government proposal on Scheduled Caste list returned for review
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The government said on Wednesday that it had received a proposal from the Uttar Pradesh government for the inclusion of "Koli/Hindu Julaha community" in the Scheduled Castes list of Uttar Pradesh as a synonym of 'Kori' and had been returned to the state gov
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RS passes Bill to omit 'Bhogta' community from list of Scheduled Castes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2022 to omit the 'Bhogta' community from the list of Scheduled Castes in relation to the state of Jharkhand.
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Telangana minister Harish Rao calls Dalit Bandhu scheme a movement for Dal
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 29 (ANI): Telangana Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday inaugurated the process of reserving 16 per cent of contract agencies in government hospitals for scheduled castes (SCs) at the office of the Commissioner of Family Welfare in Koti.
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Centuries-old untouchability towards people afflicted by leprosy hasn't be
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], March 28 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that untouchability based on caste and religion was abolished by Article 17 of the Constitution, but the centuries-old untouchability towards people afflicted by leprosy has not been completely eradicate
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Rajasthan Assembly passes SC, ST development fund bill by voice vote
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 24 (ANI): The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Rajasthan State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Fund (Planning, Allocation and Utilization of Financial Resources) Bill, 2022 by voice vote.
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Gurugram: Security tightened amid 'Ahir Regiment' protest
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], March 23 (ANI): In view of a proposed protest march by the Ahir community, the security measures were strengthened by the police from Kherki Dhaulla toll to Hero Honda chowk of National Highway 48 on Wednesday.
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