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Karnataka CM chairs high level meeting of Rajyotsava Award Selection Commi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday, held a high-level meet with Kannada Rajyotsava Award Selection Committee.All castes, religions and genders should get representation while selecting the awardees, he suggested.
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Govt implemented schemes to provide justice to underprivileged: Karnataka
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the government's five guarantee schemes and others are reaching people belonging to all castes and religions and that these schemes have been implemented to provide justice to the underprivileged.
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"Caste census will bring everyone together" Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Akhilesh Yadav said, "Caste-based census will bring everyone together. the castes that were left behind, those who are not given respect and rights yet, and those who think that their population is more but they are not getting anything according to it, I think caste-based census will integr
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Caste census will not divide society, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"We need to know which community has remained socially, economically and politically backwards even after 76 years of independence. Ours is a caste-based society. Statistics are necessary to bring the socially, economically and politically backward castes to the mainstream," Siddaramaiah sai
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Jharkhand HC quashes FIR against BJP leader Pratul Shahdev
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The case against Shahdeo was registered in Latehar district under sections 341, 342, 323, 325, and 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 3/4 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989).
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"Caste census has revealed economic situation of everyone": Nitish Kumar
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
After the Bihar Government released caste survey data, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar congratulated the entire team engaged in the work of caste-based enumeration stating that the survey not only revealed the castes but also gave information about the economic condition of everyone. Read More
OBC, minority women should also benefit from reservation: Dimple Yadav
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party member Dimple Yadav taking part in the discussion for a new women’s reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday said it was important that women belonging to other backward castes and minorities get benefit from it.
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Haryana govt grants 20 pc quota for SCs in Group A, B promotions
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced that Scheduled Castes will get 20 per cent reservation in promotion in Group A and B category government jobs.
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Eye on upcoming assembly polls, BJP releases first list of candidates for
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The announcement comes a day after discussions in the BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting regarding poll preparations for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
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Case filed against Kannada actor Upendra under the SC and ST (Prevention o
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
An FIR was lodged against famous actor and Uttama Prajaakeeya Party leader Upendra under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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ECI publishes final delimitation order for Assam; names of 1 Lok Sabha, 19
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As per the official notification, nine seats in the legislative assembly are allocated for Scheduled Castes which was earlier 8, while one seat is allocated for Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha.
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Rajya Sabha passes Bill to modify list of Scheduled Castes in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Bill amends the Constitution (Scheduled castes) order 1950 to modify the list of scheduled Castes in the state of Chhattisgarh.
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