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Owaisi cites empirical data, says upper-caste Hindus hold double the wealt
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Jan 10 (ANI): AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that according to empirical data upper-caste Hindus hold 41 per cent of total wealth in the country which is almost double their population of 22.28 per cent.
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Maharashtra Assembly unanimously passes resolution for caste-based Census
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution for caste-based Census in the country.
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SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking Scheduled Caste status for Dali
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central government on a petition filed by the National Council of Dalit Christians seeking Scheduled Caste (SC) status for the Dalit Christians.
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VP Naidu pays homage to Pejavara Sri Vishveshateertha Swami Ji, urges peop
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today appealed to the people to follow the path shown by Pejavara Sri Vishveshateertha Swami Ji and work towards building a casteless society in India.
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MP: 2 OSDs transferred after their names come up in honey trap case
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India, Jan 5 (ANI): Arun Nigam, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Madhya Pradesh Mining Minister Pradeep Jaiswal has been sent to Scheduled Caste Welfare Department in the state.
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Odisha govt launches online platform for issuance of certificates
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 29(ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched the online platform for the issuance of income certificate, residence certificate, caste certificate and all miscellaneous certificates without any fees and on the basis of self-certification. Also,
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East Godavari: Matter resolved after statue of Ambedkar removed by group b
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): A statue of BR Ambedkar was allegedly installed by a group belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) community in Magatapalli village on December 27 night, which was removed on Saturday morning by another group of the same community.
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India's economy cannot be run without taking every religion, castes togeth
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that India's economy cannot be run without taking people of all religions and castes along.
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CAA, NRC will adversely affect SCs, STs as well: Prakash Ambedkar
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar said here on Thursday that the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will "adversely affect Scheduled Castes (SCs) and tribes as well.
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30,000 women get uterus removed to earn during menstruation, Raut tells Th
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Nitin Raut, who is chairman of the AICC's scheduled caste department on Wednesday, wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray urging him to take some significant steps to help the women working in the sugarcane fields of the stat
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Article 370 abrogated to support PM Modi's efforts to boost economic devel
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], Dec 21 (ANI): US Congressman Joe Wilson has said that India's decision to abrogate Article 370 was to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to boost economic development, fight corruption, and end gender, caste, and religious discrimination.
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Opposition using students as pawns to suit their agenda: Sambit Patra over
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): BJP on Monday accused the opposition parties of using students in Delhi, Lucknow and other places as "pawns" for their politics while asserting that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) does not affect any Indian of any religion, caste or ethnicity.
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