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Rabri plays caste card, roots for rape convict's wife
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Nawada (Bihar) [India], April 5 (ANI): Former chief minister of Bihar, Rabri Devi, allegedly played the caste card to woo the Yadav community while campaigning for the wife of rape convict Rajballabh Yadav. Rabri accused the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government of "maligning the image of Yadavs
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Financial aid to churches, SC status to converted Christians among Naidu's
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): In an attempt to woo Christian voters, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desham Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday promised a number of sops for the community living in the state, including houses for pastors, financial
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VP Naidu urges youth to fight 'social evils, bigotry and prejudices'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu called upon the youth to strive to build a new India which is "free of fear, corruption, hunger, discrimination, illiteracy, poverty, caste barriers and urban-rural divide."
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BJP is spreading hatred, alleges Ghulam Nabi Azad
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of creating an environment of 'hatred" in the state of Haryana in the name of religion and caste.
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BJP 'most casteist party' should not give us lessons on Lohia: Akhilesh Ya
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on Ram Manohar Lohia as an "election gimmick", Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged BJP, the "most casteist party" in the country, should not give out lessons on the principle
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Satisfied with Indian govt’s briefing on IAF strikes: Dean of Diplomatic C
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Dean of Diplomatic Corps, Hans Castellanos on Tuesday expressed satisfaction on being brief by the Indian government about the IAF air strikes carried out to destroy terror camps in Pakistan.
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Congress politicising Pulwama attack, sponsored castes analysis of deceas
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Army has no caste, it belongs to the nation but the Congress sponsored a report on the castes analysis of our soldiers, said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Friday.
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SC defers hearing of pleas challenging amendments in SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court once again deferred the final hearing of a clutch of pleas challenging the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for an anticipatory bail for a person accused of committing a crime against Schedu
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Pulwama terror attack: Israel stands with India, says Netanyahu
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [lndia], Feb 15 (ANI): Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday extended his support to India following the Pulwama terror attack that claimed lives of 40 CRPF personnel on Thursday.
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Pulwama attack: Dean of Diplomatic Corps extends support to fight terroris
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): The Dean of Diplomatic Corps Hans Dannenberg Castellanos, on Friday condoled the death of CRPF personnel in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kasmir’s Pulwama, and extended support to the Indian government in their “fight agains
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IAAF rejects claims that it wants to classify Caster Semenya as biological
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Monte Carlo [Monaco], Feb 14 (ANI): The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has vehemently rejected the claim made by a media report that the association intends South African women's 800m Olympics champion Caster Semenya to be classified as a biological male during
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Govt gives nod to revision in list of STs of Chhattisgarh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to the Cabinet note on the proposal for official amendments in The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016 so as to modif
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