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In Gorakhpur, Yogi Adityanath urges people to not vote on basis of caste
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that BJP's Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan, who is contesting from Gorakhpur, a seat that the CM had represented in Parliament for five times, will give a new direction to Bhojpuri cult
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Petition in Delhi court seeking ECI direction to review political parties'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to review political parties registered with religious, caste, ethnic or linguistic connotations and de-register them if they fail to r
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Harish Rawat observes 'silence' to protest against death of Dalit man
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 13 (ANI): Congress general secretary Harish Rawat along with other party officials on Monday observed an hour of 'maun vrat' (silence) here at the Gandhi Park to protest against the killing of a Dalit youth by upper caste men in Tehri.
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Adityanath slams SP-BSP for questioning PM Modi's caste, says both parties
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh), [India], May 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday slammed SP-BSP alliance for questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's caste and said both the parties were 'stooping to a new low'.
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Shivraj slams Digvijaya Singh for not voting
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a dig at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for failing to caste vote during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls that were held on Sunday.
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I may come from low caste, but trying to uplift every poor person, says PM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he might come from a low caste but he is "trying day and night to uplift each and every person from the lower caste and every poor person in the country."
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BJP, Cong spreading rumours to create confusion amongst SP-BSP workers: Ak
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress were spreading rumours to create confusion amongst SP and BSP workers in Uttar Pradesh. He also claimed that the BJP was indulgin
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Alwar gang rape: NCSC charges police with carelessness
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), in its investigation of the Alwar gang-rape case, has found carelessness on the part of the police officials.
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Have complained to DCW, will approach EC and Delhi Police: Atishi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 10 (ANI): A day after AAP East Delhi candidate Atishi accused BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir of circulating pamphlets with derogatory and casteist remarks against her, the AAP leader filed a complaint with Delhi Commission of Women.
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"Would RSS ever allow Modi to be PM if he was backward by birth?": Mayawat
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday questioned if RSS would have allowed Narendra Modi to become the Prime Minister if he belonged to the backward community and lashed out at him for "laughable and immature" allegations of casteism against the SP-
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Gambhir-Atishi spat intensifies: AAP to file defamation case against ex-cr
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will file a defamation case against former cricketer and BJP candidate from East Delhi constituency Gautam Gambhir for allegedly circulating pamphlets with derogatory and casteist re
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Pune Police register FIR after girl seeks protection from kin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): An FIR has been registered after a 19-year-old girl from Pune sought National Commission for Women's help to deal with her family, who have been 'threatening to kill her' for falling in love with a lower caste boy, police said.
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