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UP govt's move to include 17 castes in SC category 'unconstitutional': May
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for its decision to put 17 castes into Scheduled Caste category and called the move "unconstitutional" and politically motivated.
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UP Govt adds 17 OBC castes in Scheduled Caste category
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government added 17 castes including Kashyap, Mallah, Kumhar, Rajbhar, Prajapati and others in the list of Scheduled Castes.
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Karnataka: Priest, villagers held for parading man naked inside temple
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka) [India], June 12 (ANI): A man belonging to the Scheduled Caste was paraded naked at Shaneshwara Temple in Gundlupete by priest and villagers who alleged that he intended to destroy the idols.
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Alwar gang rape: NCSC charges police with carelessness
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), in its investigation of the Alwar gang-rape case, has found carelessness on the part of the police officials.
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Financial aid to churches, SC status to converted Christians among Naidu's
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): In an attempt to woo Christian voters, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desham Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday promised a number of sops for the community living in the state, including houses for pastors, financial
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SC defers hearing of pleas challenging amendments in SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court once again deferred the final hearing of a clutch of pleas challenging the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for an anticipatory bail for a person accused of committing a crime against Schedu
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Govt gives nod to revision in list of STs of Chhattisgarh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to the Cabinet note on the proposal for official amendments in The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016 so as to modif
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Hockey veteran booked on charges of using fake caste certificate to get j
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Hyderabad police on Wednesday booked triple Olympian and former India hockey team captain Mukesh Kumar for allegedly illegally obtaining a Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate.
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Supreme Court to hear pleas against amendments in SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for February 19 for final hearing of pleas challenging SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs and review
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Nitish Kumar urges for caste-based census
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) (India), Jan 25 (ANI): Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for a caste-based census in 2021, citing that the population of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes had gone up from the previous estima
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SC refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs.
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Telangana: 25 held for socially boycotting 80 Mala community people
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Nizamabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): 25 people were arrested by the police on Sunday for allegedly socially boycotting 80 people of Scheduled Caste Mala community.
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