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BJP moves EC accusing Mayawati of seeking votes in name of caste
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Neeraj Saxena has moved the Election Commission of India (ECI) againstBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, accusing her of seeking votes in name of caste and religion.
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Gujarat: NHRC issues notice over victimization of Dalit prisoners in Amrel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Saurashtra [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Inspector General (Prisons), Gujarat over victimization of Dalit prisoners by upper castes inmates in Amreli district jail.
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BJP is sure to sweep UP Polls: Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Thursday that it is sure of winning the elections in view of the Supreme Court decision that outlawed seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, race, community or language.
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BJP never indulged in polarisation politics: Rajnath
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. Jan. 3 (ANI): While agreeing with the Supreme Court's order of putting a ban on invoking of religion or caste by political parties to get votes in elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never indulged in
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Muslim cleric welcomes SC rider on poll campaigning
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (UP) [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): Welcoming the Supreme Court's ruling which termed as "illegal" any appeal for votes on the basis of caste, community, religion or language, Muslim cleric Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahli on Monday said the decision will give way to develo
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1995 Hindutva judgement: SC says no vote in name of caste, creed or religi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday in its verdict on 1995 Hindutva judgement said no politician can seek a vote in the name of caste, creed, or religion.
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Time to shift paradigm from politics of caste to development in UP: Congre
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 31 (ANI): The Congress party on Saturday said on again-off again family feud within the Samajwadi Party is not an important issue and added that the time has come to shift the paradigm from the politics of caste and religion in Uttar Pradesh to that of development.
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Not against Shivaji statue but BJP adopts double standards: BSP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)[India], Dec. 25(ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday alleged the Narendra Modi government of double standards, saying that at one end Shivaji staue is getting worth Rs. 3,600 whereas statues of schedule caste and OBC are being criticised for being waste of ex
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Rs. 50K not enough for embassies, says Dean of Diplomatic Corps on demonet
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): The Dean of Diplomatic Corps and Dominican envoy, Frank Hans Dannenberg Castellanos, urged the Narendra Modi-led government to review the currency restrictions imposed on embassies pertaining to demonetisation, pointing out that the limit of funds allowed to
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Pay maintenance expenses to ST students of post-metric hostels: Telangana
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov. 24 (ANI): Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday instructed the officials concerned to pay maintenance expenses to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) students of post-metric hostels as was done with the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other Backward Class (OBC
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Need to channelise energy of youth in positive and inclusive direction, sa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.14 (ANI): Calling for an end to communal and caste divisions across the country, the president of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, the women's wing of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), Shanta Akka, said there is a need to channelise the energy and aspirations of t
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Universal vision, humanism of Guru Nanak have been inspiration to nation:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 13 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the universal vision and humanism of Guru Nanak Devji have been an inspiration to people everywhere regardless of caste, colour or creed.
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