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Hyderabad: Inter-caste couple attacked by woman's father
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): Days after a Nalgonda native was stabbed to death in an alleged case of so-called honour killing, the Hyderabad Police has registered another complaint about an incident where a man tried to kill his daughter and son-in-law.
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Saharanpur caste violence: Bhim Army chief released from jail
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravan, who was sent to jail last year in connection with 2017 Saharanpur caste violence case was released from the prison on Friday.
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Bhim Army chief to be released from jail on Nov 1
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the early release of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravan, who has been in jail since June last year under National Security Act (NSA) charges in connection with 2017 Saharanpur caste violence
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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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SC/ST Act: Mayawati condemns protests staged by upper caste groups
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 7 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday condemned a protest held by upper caste groups across various states in the country against the latest amendment approved by Parliament to retract a Supreme Court judgement over the Scheduled Caste/Schedu
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Bharat Bandh: Bihar MP Pappu Yadav allegedly attacked
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Sep 7 (ANI): Madhepura Member of Parliament and Jan Adhikar Party leader Pappu Yadav on Thursday claimed that he was attacked in Muzaffarpur in the wake of 'Bharat Bandh', which was announced by several minority rights organisations, against amendments in the Sch
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Bharat Bandh: Security heightened in MP
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Security was heightened in various parts of Madhya Pradesh in view of Bharat Bandh announced by several minority rights organisations against amendments in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Thursday.
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Athawale to move SC against ban on 'Dalit' word usage
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 06 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said the Republican Party of India (RPI) would move the Supreme Court to challenge the Ministry of Information and Broadcast directive advising the media to refrain fro
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PIL seeks ban on caste, tribe based social groups
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 02 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking ban on registered or unregistered social organisations constituted in the name of caste and tribe. The petition, filed on August 31, will be listed for hearing soon.
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'Sugam Election Accessibility Observers' to help disabled caste vote
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sep 01 (ANI): In a bid to help disabled people cast vote, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced appointment of 'Sugam Election Accessibility Observers' who will help the differently-abled inside the polling booths.
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70 Dalit families debarred from village by dominant caste
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): At least 70 Dalit families from Kanudi village in Rajasthan's Barmer district were allegedly debarred from accessing basic facilities by dominant Rajpurohit families.
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Punjab Cabinet approves life imprisonment for sacrilege of religious text
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring an amendment to Indian Penal Code (IPC) to make sacrilege of all religious text punishable with life imprisonment.
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