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Board exams conducted smoothly amid Bharat Bandh violence
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): Amid the ongoing nationwide shutdown called by several Dalit organisations to protest against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act by the Supreme Court, the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday affirmed that Clas
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Select schools in Hapur, Ghaziabad to remain closed tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): In the wake of protests that erupted in the country over a proposal to dilute the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, schools in Hapur and Ghaziabad will remain shut on Tuesday.
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Bharat Bandh Protest: Agra schools to remain shut tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): School to remain shut in Uttar Pradesh's Agra city tomorrow (April 3) in lieu of protest against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act by the Supreme Court.
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Petition filed against Supreme Court's amends to SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 02 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday confirmed that the Supreme Court's ratification to make amends to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) {Prevention of Atrocities} Act (1989) will not go unchallenged and a petition has already be
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Govt to file SC/ST review petition tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Union government will file a review petition regarding the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Protection Act on Monday.
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Facebook breach: Indians weigh in on data protection
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): The Cambridge Analytica scandal has prompted calls for India to adopt more robust data protection laws for its citizens.
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Centre to file review petition in SC against SC/ST Act ruling
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 30 (ANI): The Centre will file a review petition in the Supreme Court over its recent ruling on Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) Act, said Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot on Friday.
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SC/ST act: Ravi Shankar Prasad confirms filing review petition
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Law Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday confirmed that his ministry will file a review petition on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (SC/ST Act) in the Supreme Court.
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Congress dubs links with Cambridge Analytica 'all false'
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Mar 28 (ANI): Reacting to Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's demand for an apology from Rahul Gandhi over former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie's claims of Congress-CA links, the party dubbed it to be "all false".
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CA's Congress claim: BJP demands apology from Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 27 (ANI): Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi after an ex- Cambridge Analytica employee said the firm had worked with the grand old party.
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Ravi Shankar Prasad hits out at Congress over Cambridge Analytica row
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 22 (ANI): Union minister for electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday upped the ante against the Congress over its alleged links with the British data analytics company Cambridge Analytica, which is under fire over data breach storm.
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Govt. trying to divert attention: Rahul on data theft claim
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 22 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government was trying to invent a story by linking Congress with data theft to divert people's attention from the Indians killed by Islamic State in Iraq.
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