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SAD leader Cheema slams Congress over Sidhu's 'remarks' in video gone vira
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Targeting the Congress over Navjot Singh Sidhu's purported remarks in a video gone viral, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Daljit Singh Cheema on Friday accused the ruling party in the state of having "hatred for Dalits" and alleged that it had no real i
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Journalists hold protest in Kerala demanding release of Siddique Kappan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 5 (ANI): Journalists under the Kerala Union of Working Journalists ( KUWJ) conducted a protest in front of the General Post Office here on Tuesday, demanding the release of journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested a year ago, while on the way
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Teacher booked over discriminating children on the basis of caste in UP's
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 1 (ANI): A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against a school teacher for allegedly discriminating against children on the basis of their caste in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
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2013 Sonai murders: SC stays execution of convict's death sentence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of the death penalty of a convict who was convicted of murdering three Dalit youths in Ahmednagar's Sonai village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar in 2013 over an inter-caste love affair.
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Kanhaiya Kumar, Jignesh Mewani to join Congress on Sept 28: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM) MLA Jignesh Mewani from Gujarat are expected to join the Congress party on September 28, said Congress party sources.
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Congress in Punjab indulging in caste politics, says Union Minister Som Pr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Days after Charanjit Singh Channi took charge as Punjab Chief Minister, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Prakash on Thursday said that Congress is indulging in 'caste politics'.
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Dalit villager fined Rs, 25,000 for son's entry into temple, 5 held includ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Koppal (Karnataka) [India], September 22 (ANI): Five persons including a priest have been taken into police custody for allegedly asking a Dalit family to pay Rs 25,000 fine to "sanitise" a temple, in Miyapura village in Karnataka's Koppal district, after their four-year-old son entered it,
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Punjab SC Commission issues instructions to refrain from using word 'Dalit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 21 (ANI): Taking notice of the word 'Dalit' being used for newly appointed Chief Minister Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi in social media pages and media, Tejinder Kaur, Chairperson Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, on Tuesday issued instructions to not us
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SAD urges new Punjab CM to register criminal case against Sadhu Singh Dhar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday urged the first Dalit Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi to register a criminal case against former Social Welfare minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot to 'safeguard the future of Scheduled Castes students o
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Rahul Gandhi created history, says Navjot Singh Sidhu on first Dalit Sikh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 20 (ANI): Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi has created history by making Charanjit Singh Channi the first Dalit Sikh Chief Minister of the state.
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Sunil Jakhar 'baffled' by Harish Rawat's comment on Sidhu leading Congress
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 20 (ANI): Even as Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as Punjab Chief Minister on Monday following the Congress leadership's decision to elevate him as leader of Congress Legislative Party, the turmoil in the state unit of the party seems far from over.
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Mayawati terms Channi's appointment poll gimmick, says Cong doesn't trust
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 20 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday said Charanjit Singh Channi's appointment as Punjab Chief Minister is a "poll gimmick" and added that Congress does not fully trust the Dalits.
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