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Exclusive courts to deal with SC/ST atrocity cases in Haryana
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana), [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to take up the matter on priority basis regarding the setting up of exclusive courts to deal with the cases registered under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tri
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Patnaik urges Centre to restore SC student scholarship pattern
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written a letter to Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Saturday seeking his personal attention to restore the original funding pattern for post matric scholarship progra
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Ahead of MP polls, locals oppose caste-based reservation
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 14 (ANI): Ahead of assembly elections in the state, residents in Bhopal have registered protest against caste-based reservation by putting up posters outside their houses asking political parties to not seek votes from people belonging the 'general category'.
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Mayawati welcomes apex court's decision on SC/ST reservation in promotion
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 26 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday welcomed the directives of the apex court on the case pertaining to the reservation in job promotion for the people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
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No arrest under SC/ST Act without probe in MP: Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that no one will be arrested without an investigation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, in the state.
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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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Bharat Bandh: Bihar MP Pappu Yadav allegedly attacked
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Sep 7 (ANI): Madhepura Member of Parliament and Jan Adhikar Party leader Pappu Yadav on Thursday claimed that he was attacked in Muzaffarpur in the wake of 'Bharat Bandh', which was announced by several minority rights organisations, against amendments in the Sch
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Bharat Bandh: Security heightened in MP
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Security was heightened in various parts of Madhya Pradesh in view of Bharat Bandh announced by several minority rights organisations against amendments in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Thursday.
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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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Will pass SC/ST act in Monsoon session: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): A day after the Union Cabinet approved the restoration of the original provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Bill, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the bill will be tabled during the ongoing monsoon sessi
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Union Cabinet approves bill to overturn SC order on SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Ahead of a nationwide bandh called by the Dalit groups, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday agreed to table the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) bill during the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament to restore the original provis
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Remove A.K. Goel as NGT chief: Athawale
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 28[ANI]: The Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said former Supreme Court judge Justice A.K. Goel had given a wrong judgment on the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and hence, his appoin
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