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UP polls: Amit Shah targets SP over casteism, dynastic politics; promises
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday targetted the Samajwadi Party (SP) over casteism and dynastic politics and said that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) uprooted these practices.
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Reservations in promotions: SC directs Centre to file data on representati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to submit the cadre wise contemptuous data to determine the alleged inadequacy in the representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs in connection to the pl
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UP Polls phase 4: BJP candidate from Raebareli Sadar seat Aditi Singh cast
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing voting for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Raebareli Sadar seat, Aditi Singh cast her vote at a polling booth in Lalpur Chauhan, Raebareli on Wednesday.
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UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav wears specs of religion, caste, says Amit Shah
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav saying that he wears spectacles through which he sees religion and caste.
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Committed to caste Census in Bihar, will hold all party meeting, says CM N
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], February 21 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the state government will conduct the caste Census. He said that the government will seek a political consensus before taking up the Census.
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Newly-wed bride casts vote in UP's Firozabad
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): After her marriage last night, a newly-married Julie casted her vote in her wedding attire at the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
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Punjab polls: Manish Tewari urges people to rise above caste, religion whi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari on Sunday cast his vote in Ludhiana in the ongoing Assembly elections in Punjab and urged the voters to rise above caste and religion while exercising their franchise rights.
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BJP will strive for UP to be among safest, most educated and prosperous st
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): Attacking the Samajwadi Party (SP) in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said "when the government runs on family, caste and appeasement politics, every section of society suffers".
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Uttar Pradesh election: Snake charmers seek caste recognition to avail gov
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Uttar Pradesh election, the snake charmers of Uttar Pradesh's Sirsela village, who are finding it difficult to earn a livelihood, sought the government's support for civic amenities and asked for caste recognition to avai
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NHA seeks Aadhaar, ration card database from States/UTs to expand pool of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): The National Health Authority (NHA), which implements Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), on Monday said that it has undertaken an exercise to integrate beneficiary database under different schemes to upgrade its own database fo
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Others looted votes on tunes of 'communal geet par secular sangeet', says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 14 (ANI): In a veiled attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP), Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that till now, a few people looted votes on the tunes of "communal geet par secular sangeet (secular music with commun
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Oppn failed in dividing people on caste lines; BJP leading in first phase
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kasganj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the Opposition parties alleging that they failed to divide the people on caste lines as the BJP is leading in the recently-concluded first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
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