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Asaram Case Verdict: My life under threat, says key witness
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Panipat (Haryana) [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Asaram Bapu former aide and a key witness in the case, Mahendra Chawla on Wednesday requested the Centre for additional security as he believed his life, like other witnesses, is constantly under threat.
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Asaram rape case: All you need to know ahead of verdict
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], April 25 (ANI): Nearly five years after rape charges were levelled against self-styled godman, Asaram Bapu, the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court is set to pronounce its verdict today.
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Asaram verdict: Security beefed up in 3 states, media entry banned
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr. 24 (ANI): The Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court will pronounce its verdict tomorrow in a rape case against Asaram Bapu, a self-styled godman.
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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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Chandrababu Naidu eyes promoting inter-caste marriages
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] April 19 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is eyeing to promote inter-caste marriages in the state.
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LJP demands reservation for upper caste poor
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 18 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has forwarded a suggestion in the Parliament to give 15 percent reservation in jobs to poor people belonging to upper castes.
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Bihar JDU, BJP leaders demand reservation for poor from upper castes
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India] April 18 (ANI): Now, the demand to give reservation to poor from upper castes has come up from Bihar.
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Punjab Youth Congress workers demand release of SC/ST scholarship funds
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Punjab Youth Congress workers on Tuesday protested against the Centre, demanding the release of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) scholarship funds.
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Verdict against Asaram to be pronounced in jail to avoid violence in Rajas
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Jodhpur High Court on Tuesday decided to pronounce the verdict against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in regard to a rape case in a jail court to avoid any law and order situation in Rajasthan.
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Ram Vilas Paswan pitches for quota in judiciary
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has pitched for increasing the reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and other backward class (OBCs) in the judiciary.
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Bharat Bandh: 127 protestors arrested in Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): A total of 127 people has been arrested by the police in Bihar for protesting against caste-based reservations in jobs and education.
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Bharat Bandh: Section 144 imposed in various parts of country
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): Prohibitory orders have been imposed in various parts of the country in view of another Bharat Bandh, which has been called by some groups to protest against caste-based reservation.
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