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BJP releases second list for upcoming MP assembly elections
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released the second list of 17 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. The list includes two women, four Scheduled Tribe (ST) and one Scheduled Caste candidate.
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Asaram Bapu's parole plea rejected
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Jodhpur District Parole Committee on Thursday rejected the plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu for a 20-day parole.
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Nobody has power to scrap reservation: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asserted that no one in the country has the power to abolish reservation provision.
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Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti Award for Deve Gowda
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will be conferred with the Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti Award for his contribution to the welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes communities.
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Ahead of MP polls, locals oppose caste-based reservation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 14 (ANI): Ahead of assembly elections in the state, residents in Bhopal have registered protest against caste-based reservation by putting up posters outside their houses asking political parties to not seek votes from people belonging the 'general category'.
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Kalburagi: Teacher arrested for sexually abusing students
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kalburagi (Karnataka) [India], Oct 06 (ANI): The Karnataka Police on Friday arrested 51-year-old Basavaraj, a physical education teacher in the Government Girls High School in Kalburagi, for sexually abusing and molesting female students.
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Girl tied to tree, beaten for eloping with man of different caste
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Nawada (Bihar) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): A girl was tied to a tree and thrashed for hours on Friday for allegedly eloping with a man from a different caste in Nawada in Bihar on September 30.
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BJP leader to protest against Bihar govt
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 05 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and Member of Parliament (MP) CP Thakur will protest on October 7 against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led government over police action against the upper caste members protesting against the alleged misuse
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Senior lawyers endorse SC decision on reservations in job promotion
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 26 (ANI): Senior lawyers on Wednesday applauded the Supreme Court's decision not to refer its previous order on quota in job promotion to a larger bench and upheld the previous M Nagraj verdict dealing in reservation in job promotion.
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Mayawati welcomes apex court's decision on SC/ST reservation in promotion
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 26 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday welcomed the directives of the apex court on the case pertaining to the reservation in job promotion for the people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
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No arrest under SC/ST Act without probe in MP: Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that no one will be arrested without an investigation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, in the state.
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Not against inter-caste marriages: RSS chief
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday asserted that the outfit was not against inter-caste marriages, adding that such kind of marriages were most common among volunteers of the Sangh.
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