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PM Modi says affordable, quality education important focus area for govern
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the decision of union cabinet on post-matric scholarship will ensure greater educational access to youngsters belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
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CCEA approves changes in post-matric scholarship scheme for SCs, to benefi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved changes in the centrally sponsored 'Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (PMS-SC)' to benefit more than four crore SC students in the next five years so that
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France suspends arrivals from UK for 48 hours over coronavirus mutation
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): France has joined the rank of countries which have suspended the traffic with the United Kingdom in the wake of the discovery of a new, more infectious coronavirus strain there, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Sunday.
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French Prime Minister tests negative for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Jean Castex, who decided to self-isolate as a possible contact case of French President Emmanuel Macron who had tested positive for Covid-19, had a negative test, the BFMTV broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing a source.
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NCBN playing caste politics to provoke people of Andhra: Gadikota Srikanth
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Government Chief Whip and YSRCP leader Gadikota Srikanth Reddy on Tuesday slammed Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu, saying that he is playing caste politics to provoke the people of the state.
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AICC appoints Working Presidents of UP Congress SC Dept
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday approved the proposal of the appointment of working presidents of Uttar Pradesh Congress' Scheduled Caste (SC) department.
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Congress to make new members in Scheduled Caste wing to ensure social just
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 4 (ANI): Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said the party will make new members in its Scheduled Caste wing to ensure social justice, prevent crimes against Dalits and protect scholarships of Dalit
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Maharashtra Cabinet clears proposal to rename all residential colonies hav
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday has cleared a proposal to rename all residential colonies having caste-based names.
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U'khand govt transfers social welfare officer over inter-caste, inter-fait
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 2 (ANI): The government on Tuesday transferred a state government officer Deepankar Ghildiyal, a week after Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat ordered a probe into a matter relating to a scheme for promoting inter-caste and interfaith marriages.
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Uttarakhand CM orders probe into case relating to inter-caste and interfai
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 23 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday ordered a probe into a matter relating to a scheme for promoting inter-caste and interfaith marriages mentioned in a press release by the Tehri Garhwal district social welfare office
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Mysuru barber family 'socially boycotted', fined Rs 50,000 for offering ha
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], November 20 (ANI): A family that runs a hair-cutting salon here in Hallare village of Nanjanagudu taluk is reportedly being socially-boycotted and asked to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 by the leaders of the village, allegedly for offering haircut to members of Schedule
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YSRCP workers protest against local MLA in Andhra's Krishna district
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 17 (ANI): YSRCP workers from the Kakulapadu village in Andhra Pradesh's Gannavaram constituency held a protest against local MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi, alleging that he was acting vindictively against people of Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes in
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