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"Reflects Government's unwillingness to conduct it": Mallikarjun Kharge ra
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress President and Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) Mallikarjun Kharge has raised a concern regarding the delay in conducting the decadal census. Kharge was speaking in the upper house of the parliament on Tuesday and raised the issue.
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For first time in country, people from different castes, creeds, and relig
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday highlighted his government's achievements, including the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, effective January 27, 2025.
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Waqf Amendment bill to be tabled in this Parliament session, no injustice
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that Waqf Amendment Bill, on which JPC has given its report, will be tabled in the Budget session of Parliament. The Budget session is slated to conclude on April 4.
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WB: BJP MP Jyotirmoy Mahato urges Governor Bose to probe alleged TMC-backe
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In her letter to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, MP Mahato claimed that the TMC has institutionalized a strategy, known as the "Didir Begum Model," to facilitate the targeted engagement and marriage of Hindu girls, especially from Scheduled Castes and backward communities, to Muslim men
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SC extends interim protection to two UP journalists in plea for quashing o
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Multiple FIRs had been lodged against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay for his alleged report on caste dynamics of the general administration in UP. As regards, another journalist Mamta Tripathi, various FIRs had been lodged against her for her allegedly defamatory tweets made on X.
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NHRC takes 'suo motu' cognisance of the reported assault on SC student in
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India has taken a 'suo motu' congnisance of a media report where a class IX student belonging from a Schedule Caste was assaulted by some upper caste boys from his locality in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, said an official press release by NHR
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"Aarakshan Chor": Rabri Devi leads RJD protest for 65% OBC reservations in
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rabri Devi and RJD leaders staged a protest outside Bihar Vidhan Sabha, demanding 65% reservations for OBCs. They raised slogans against CM Nitish Kumar, calling him "Aarakshan Chor," and sought to include OBCs in the Scheduled Castes list.
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Congress Leader Udit Raj advocates for reservation in judiciary to curb co
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Udit Raj has called for reservation in the judiciary, claiming it will reduce corruption, inefficiency, and bias, especially by diversifying the caste representation among judges. He also argued that it would improve checks and balances.
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Akhilesh Yadav reaffirms support for Caste Census, says 'reservation not b
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday reaffirmed his support for a caste census, arguing that backward and Dalit communities should receive reservation benefits.
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"No perpetrator will be spared, no political immunity": Chirag Paswan on d
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Speaking to the media here, Chirag Paswan said, "It is a matter of concern and even one such incident raises questions against the government. We have also written to the CM Nitish Kumar about the increase in such incidents. Target killings have increased recently against the people of the s
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'Fight was not just against British but against social discrimination': Ra
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Highlighting the broader impact of Bhagat Singh's revolutionary spirit, Gandhi noted that Bhagat Singh's fight was not only against the British colonial rule but also against casteism and social discrimination.
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"By what qualification has he become LoP?" BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad slams
Updated : 12 months ago IST
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of India's merit system. Prasad questioned Gandhi's qualification to be appointed as LoP, accusing him of "disregarding" the rules of the merit system.
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