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Cabinet approves amendments in Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): The central government approved for amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Castes of the State of Odisha, and Scheduled Castes Order, 1964 so as to change name of the Union Territory from Pondicherry to
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Cabinet approves amendments in Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.1 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for amendments in (i) the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Castes of the State of Odisha, and (ii) the Constitution (Pondicherry) Schedu
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Committed to provide SC certificates to 17 OBC groups: Samajwadi Party
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): Unperturbed by the recent Allahabad High Court's order which stayed the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to include 17 sub-castes in the Scheduled Castes (SC) category, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday said it will present its case
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HC issues stay order on UP Govt.'s notification to include OBCs in SC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan. 24 (ANI): In a major setback to the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party ahead of the high-voltage Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday passed a stay order on the government's notification to include 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in th
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Gujarat: NHRC issues notice over victimization of Dalit prisoners in Amrel
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Pay maintenance expenses to ST students of post-metric hostels: Telangana
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Raman Singh rebuffs Ajit Jogi's claim of having 'full support�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept. 9 (ANI): Rejecting Chhattisgarh Janata Congress founder Ajit Jogi's claim that he has got "full support" of the Scheduled Castes in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said by electing nine of the 10 MLAs and two Members of P
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Congress criticises PM, Amit Shah for not acting against BJP MLA Raja Sing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 5 (ANI): After the Hyderabad Police registered an FIR against BJP Hyderabad MLA T. Raja Singh for allegedly supporting the assault on Dalit men in Gujarat's Una town, Congress leader and Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes P.L. Punia on Friday cri
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Cabinet approves amendments in central list of OBC applicable to Andhra, T
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 3 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for making suitable amendments in the Central List of OBCs by way of inclusion/correction/deletion of castes/communities applicable to the state of Andhra Pradesh and the newly f
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Chhattisgarh Govt. rubbishes reports of rise in crime against Dalits
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur, July 25 (ANI): Rubbishing recent reports suggesting that crime against Dalits in the state was on the rise, the Chhattisgarh Government while quoting figures issued by the National Crime Records Bureau stated that offences against the Schedule Castes was 'under control'.
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Gujarat Dalit thrashing: Govt. takes 'prompt action' against acc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), July 18 (ANI): The Gujarat Government has said that it has taken 'prompt action' against people accused of atrocities against the Schedule Castes (SC) at Una in Gir Somnath district.
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