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PM Modi instructs officials to expedite sub-categorisation process for res
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to sources in the government of India, the Prime Minister also instructed the officials to expedite the committee formation for reservation to Madiga community.
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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee scheduled caste wing workers burn Khusbu Sun
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A group of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) Scheduled Caste wing members burnt an effigy of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Khusbu Sundar who has been facing the heat for her 'Cheri language' remark.
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"Congress divides people on caste, religion...", says Union Minister Anura
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Thursday slammed Congress over their leader's remarks on Prime Minister Modi and said that the Congress divides people on the basis of caste, and religion like Britishers.
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Representation of SCs/STs: SC asks Centre to set up fresh delimitation com
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central government to set up a fresh delimitation commission to ensure a proportional representation of the communities specified as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), as mandated under the Constitution.
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Caste-based census report creates rift in Karnataka Congress
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The divergent opinions within the state's leadership -- especially between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar -- have brought to the forefront the rift within the Karnataka Congress.
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Gajendra Singh Shekawat slams Congress on Caste-Census, says "it's not in
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday slammed the Congress party for promising to conduct the Caste Census in their manifesto and argued that holding of caste survey comes under the purview of the Central government, adding that it reflects that grand old party is trying to divi
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Caste issue being weaponised in US for anti-India push: Report
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A new report has highlighted that an unlikely trio have joined together and are using "a bait and switch" to weaponize caste as an issue in the United States and that the narrative is "about an anti-India push" and not any real effort at addressing discrimination against Dalits in the United
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"Congress will protect rights of tribals; will conduct caste-census": Rahu
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Rajasthan Vallabhnagar ahead of assembly elections, said that the party, if voted to power will conduct the caste census soon after the elections and will protect the rights of unprivileged communities of the state.
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Ahead of Rajasthan Assembly polls, Congress releases manifesto, pledges ca
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The party said it is committed to enacting a specific law to implement the Minimum Support Price (MSP) called the Minimum Support Price Guarantee Act, following the Swaminathan Committee's recommendations.
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"All categories of Rajasthan have been taken care of in Congress manifesto
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Congress released its manifesto for the Rajasthan assembly elections on Tuesday with several promises, including a much-discussed caste-based survey in the state.
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Congress will provide Maratha reservation on basis of caste census: Nana P
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday said that the grand old party will provide Maratha reservations in the state on the basis of the caste census if the party is voted to power.
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Congress passed proposal in Raipur for conducting caste-based census: Asho
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"We had passed a proposal in Raipur that a caste-based census should be done and we have issued directions also," Gehlot said when asked by a reporter about Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's push for a nationwide caste-based census.
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