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Lok Sabha takes up discussion on Bill to provide reservation for teachers
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI) The Lok Sabha on Monday took up discussion on a Bill that provides for university and college to be considered a unit for providing reservation instead of a "department /subject" with Human Resources Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal stating that the legislation was in keep
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UP govt's move to include 17 castes in SC category 'unconstitutional': May
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for its decision to put 17 castes into Scheduled Caste category and called the move "unconstitutional" and politically motivated.
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UP Govt adds 17 OBC castes in Scheduled Caste category
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government added 17 castes including Kashyap, Mallah, Kumhar, Rajbhar, Prajapati and others in the list of Scheduled Castes.
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Alwar gang rape: NCSC charges police with carelessness
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), in its investigation of the Alwar gang-rape case, has found carelessness on the part of the police officials.
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Akhilesh, Mayawati only worked for their castes, families: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 28 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said that Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati have worked only for their families and the people belonging to their respective castes when their governments were in power in the state.
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Congress politicising Pulwama attack, sponsored castes analysis of deceas
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Army has no caste, it belongs to the nation but the Congress sponsored a report on the castes analysis of our soldiers, said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Friday.
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Govt gives nod to revision in list of STs of Chhattisgarh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to the Cabinet note on the proposal for official amendments in The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016 so as to modif
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Delegation from Nepal visits NHRC in New Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A delegation from Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is visiting the Indian NHRC from February 4 to February 8 to have an overview of the functioning of the Commission.
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Nitish Kumar urges for caste-based census
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) (India), Jan 25 (ANI): Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for a caste-based census in 2021, citing that the population of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes had gone up from the previous estima
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Tejashwi denounces Bill on reservation for upper caste poor, accuses BJP o
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday hit out at the central government for implementing 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward among the upper castes.
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Andhra Pradesh cabinet decides to give quota for Kapus community, EBCs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh cabinet has decided to cater five per cent reservation each for Kapu community and the economically backward classes (EBCs) among the forward castes.
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Mayawati tears into Congress over farmer loan waiver policy
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Congress for not working in the interests of farmers and the backward castes despite being in power for the longest time post independence.
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