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Girl student found pregnant at government run hostel in Odisha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 1 (ANI): A girl student was found pregnant at a hostel run by Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) Development Department of the state government.
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AP Assembly passes resolution seeking reservation for converted Christians
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution appealing for providing reservation to the converted Christians as per their native Schedule Caste category.
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Nobody has power to scrap reservation: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asserted that no one in the country has the power to abolish reservation provision.
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Senior lawyers endorse SC decision on reservations in job promotion
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 26 (ANI): Senior lawyers on Wednesday applauded the Supreme Court's decision not to refer its previous order on quota in job promotion to a larger bench and upheld the previous M Nagraj verdict dealing in reservation in job promotion.
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Punjab Cabinet approves life imprisonment for sacrilege of religious text
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring an amendment to Indian Penal Code (IPC) to make sacrilege of all religious text punishable with life imprisonment.
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Amit Shah's barb at Rahul Gandhi over SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 9 (ANI): Accusing the Congress of double standard, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Thursday criticised Congress President Rahul Gandhi for participating in a protest over Scheduled Caste/Schedule Tribe Atrocities Bill whereas the party has been "patron
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SC/ST bill passed in Lok Sabha
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 06 (ANI): The Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018 has been passed in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Supreme Court examines verdict on SC/ST quota in govt jobs
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 03 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday examined its earlier verdict of providing reservations to Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (SCs/STs) in government job promotions.
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LJP warns agitation if SC/ST Act not restored
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 27 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Friday threatened the Centre that they would join the agitation led by the Dalit outfits if amendments are not made in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act by August 9.
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19-year-old sentenced to death for raping minor in Alwar
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], July 21 (ANI): A 19-year-old has been sentenced to death in Rajasthan's Alwar for raping a seven-month-old girl. The sentence was passed by the Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe court on Saturday.
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Aligarh MP demands reservation for SC/ST, backward classes
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 03 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Aligarh MP Satish Gautam on Friday demanded reservation for the students belonging to Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, and Other Backward Classes in Aligarh Muslim University.
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Khattar rejects Dalits' conversion claim
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 05 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday refuted claims of 120 Dalits in the state converting to Buddhism, saying no religious conversions have taken place in the state.
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