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Athawale urges people to opt for inter-caste marriage to end casteism
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday urged the people to opt for inter-caste marriages to "end casteism".
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'P Se Pyaar F Se Farraar' releases in more than 1000 screens
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Oct 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'P se Pyaar F se Farraar' hit the screens today. The film releases in more than 1000 screens and also getting a good response among the audiences and critics. Everyone is gushing about the film which makes it the talk of the town.
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TN: Madurai student makes casteist slurs at classmate, attacks with blade
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): A student at the Government Higher Secondary School near Palamedu in Madurai district allegedly made caste-based slurs at one of his classmates and later attacked him on his back using a pencil sharpener blade.
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SC refuses to entertain plea seeking age relaxation to poor upper caste ap
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the central government to provide age relaxation to poor upper caste applicants eligible for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota in all government service recruitme
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Special screening of National Award-winning film 'Son Rise' in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 10 (ANI): Ahead of National Girl Child Day, a powerful gender-rights based film titled 'Son Rise' was showcased here on Thursday at a special screening that was attended by ambassadors and High Commissioners.
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'Indian education system completely against principle of sustainable devel
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): A 21-year-old Madurai-based law aspirant, who recently addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council Social Forum (UNHRC) in Geneva, believes that the Indian education system is totally against the principle of sustainable development goals.
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Phenomenal change in Indian politics, Modi will rule for years to come: Ra
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 5 (ANI): Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah for leading the BJP to a grand victory in the recently held Lok Sabha polls, Ram Madhav on Saturday said the two leaders had brought a phenomenal and qualitative change in Indian politics
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SC reserves order on pleas challenging amendments to SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018, which rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities
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Mayawati lauds SC for recalling verdict on dilution of SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Wednesday lauded the apex court's recent judgement recalling its earlier order diluting the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Preve
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SC recalls its verdict that diluted SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday recalled its earlier order that diluted the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, while restoring automatic arrest in such cases.
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UP SC/ST commission asks police to probe allegations of reservation misuse
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission has directed police to probe allegations of misuse of SC reservations by an assistant professor and his brother at Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
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Telangana: CM KCR neglecting backward castes despite needing their votes,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of neglecting the backward castes despite needing their votes.
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