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Congress accuses NDA govt of not being pro Dalit
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Congress leader Kumari Selja on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government of not being pro Dalit.
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I was misinterpreted: Kumaraswamy over coalition govt remark
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday claimed that he was "misinterpreted" on his comments last week that said he was unhappy heading a coalition government in the state and was swallowing the pain of it.
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Ram Vilas Paswan refutes report of joining 'Mahagathbandhan'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 6 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday refuted the reports of joining the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led grand alliance.
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Bihar NDA rifts: Kushwaha to skip JDU Iftaar party
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 13 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) leader Upendra Kushwaha is slated not to attend an Iftar party, organised by the Janata Dal United (JDU) in Patna on Wednesday, following reports of a rift stemming in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the state.
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Paswan bats for special status for Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 3 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday discussed the issue of granting special status to Bihar with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah.
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Tej Pratap ties knot with Aishwarya Rai
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 12 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap, on Saturday, tied the knot with daughter of RJD leader Chandrika Rai, Aishwarya Rai.
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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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LJP demands reservation for upper caste poor
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 18 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has forwarded a suggestion in the Parliament to give 15 percent reservation in jobs to poor people belonging to upper castes.
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Selecting less eligible candidate harmful for nation: BJP MP on reservatio
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr. 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Madhya Pradesh Minister Gopal Bhargava, on Monday, said that the reservation system often does not work in the best of interests of the people or the nation.
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Ram Vilas Paswan pitches for quota in judiciary
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has pitched for increasing the reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and other backward class (OBCs) in the judiciary.
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Congress shouldn't politicize Bharat Bandh: Paswan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] April 2 (ANI): In response to the ongoing nationwide protest called by several Dalit organisations against the Supreme Court's ruling on amendments under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Mo
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Centre filing review petition, no point of 'Bharat Bandh': Paswan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday raised question over all-India bandh against the Supreme Court's ruling on the SC/ST Act, while saying that Centre is positively going to file the review petition.
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