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Karnataka Cabinet approves to hike SC/ST quota, to issue government order
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 8 (ANI): The Karnataka Cabinet on Saturday unanimously agreed to hike reservation for the Scheduled Castes from 15 per cent to 17 per cent and for Scheduled Tribes from 3 per cent to 7 per cent in the State and the State government will issue a gazet
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Finance Minister reviews performance of credit and other welfare schemes f
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday reviewed the performance of credit and other welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in public sector banks during a meeting on Tuesday.
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Nirmala Sitharaman to review performance of credit and welfare schemes for
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will review the performance of credit and other welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in public sector banks on Tuesday.
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Finance minister to review performance of credit and welfare schemes for S
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will review performance of credit and other welfare schemes for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in public sector banks on Tuesday.
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Sisters deaths in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri: Scheduled Castes panel assures str
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 19 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) member on Monday visited Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh where two teenage Dalit sisters were allegedly raped and murdered and their bodies were found hanging from a tree.
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Karnataka govt won't withdraw scheme providing 75 units free power to SCs,
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 18 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that the government was not withdrawing the scheme of providing 75 units of power free of cost to the poor Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the State.
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JP Nadda inaugurates 'Basti Sampark Abhiyan' to develop greater connect wi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Saturday, inaugurated the 'Basti Sampark Abhiyan' campaign, aiming to develop a greater connection with the people of Scheduled Castes (SC) and backward communities.
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BJP SC Morcha to launch 'Sampark Abhiyan' on PM Modi's birthday, cover 75,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) SC Morcha will run "Sampark Abhiyan" in 75,000 Scheduled Castes (SC) settlements across the country starting from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on September 17 to Constitution Day on November 26.
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50 Dalit families driven out in Jharkhand's Palamu, National Commission fo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], September 4 (ANI): A team of the National Commission for Schedule Castes on Saturday, taking suo moto cognisance, visited the Pandu area of Jharkhand's Palamu where nearly 50 Dalit families were allegedly driven out forcefully by the Muslim community.
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BJP writes to SC Commission for action against teacher accused of killing
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalore (Rajasthan) [India], August 14 (ANI): National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tarun Chugh on Sunday wrote a letter to National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Vijay Sapanla asking for strict action against a teacher accused of killing a Dalit student of a privat
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Tamil Nadu: Court sentences 27 to life imprisonment over killing of 3 Dali
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Sivagangai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 5 (ANI): The Special Court for Exclusive Trial under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Act) here on Friday sentenced 27 people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of three Dalits in the Kachanatham village in Tamil Na
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Don't avoid beef on biryani festivals: Tamil Nadu SC/ST Commission
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tirupathur (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI): Amid the row over the ban on beef biryani at Ambur Biryani Festival, the Tamil Nadu State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on Monday said there is should not be any restrictions and discrimination towards beef biryani d
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