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SC reserves order on pleas challenging amendments to SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018, which rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities
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Mayawati lauds SC for recalling verdict on dilution of SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Wednesday lauded the apex court's recent judgement recalling its earlier order diluting the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Preve
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SC recalls its verdict that diluted SC/ST Act
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday recalled its earlier order that diluted the stringent provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, while restoring automatic arrest in such cases.
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UP SC/ST commission asks police to probe allegations of reservation misuse
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Commission has directed police to probe allegations of misuse of SC reservations by an assistant professor and his brother at Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
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Assembly, LS seats will be reserved for SCs, STs in J-K: Nadda
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kurukshetra (Haryana) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): BJP working president JP Nadda on Monday said that in the near future seats will be reserved in Jammu and Kashmir for the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe communities.
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Andhra govt orders 50 per cent reservation for SC, ST in temple bodies
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): The state government on Friday issued an order under which the trust board of any temple that comes under the purview of endowments department shall be filled with 50 per cent reservation to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and
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Picture abhi baaki hai, says PM on govt work in the coming days
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): Launching a slew of development projects and schemes on Thursday in election-bound Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said government will take more substantial steps in the coming days saying "picture abhi baaki hai" (more is to
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Ladakh should be included in 6th Schedule of Constitution, says Scheduled
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda recommending that Union Territory of Ladakh should be included in the 6th Schedule of the Constitution.
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NCST discusses inclusion of UT Ladakh in 6th Schedule of Constitution
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): The 119th meeting of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Dr Nand Kumar Sai to deliberate the issue of including Union Territory of Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India.
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Chhattisgarh: FIR registered against Former CM Ajit Jogi in fake caste cer
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): An FIR was lodged on last night against former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi for allegedly obtaining a fake caste certificate to avail benefits meant for the scheduled tribes, police said.
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Telangana: Govt will provide employment to maximum tribal population, says
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Asserting that the government will try to provide employment to maximum tribal population, Dr Nanda Kumar Sai, Chairperson National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Thursday said it is also trying to create an alternative for the same.
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BJP MP seeks quota in private sector for SCs, STs, OBCs
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): BJP MP Heena Gavit on Monday demanded reservation for the people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in private sector.
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