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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury again appointed PAC chief, Meenakshi Lekhi to conti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury along with BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi will continue as the chiefs of Parliament's Public Accounts and Public Undertakings respectively for another year.
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TMC abusing scheduled castes only because they support BJP: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kalyani (West Bengal) [India], April 12 (ANI): Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Trinamool Congress (TMC) is abusing Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) only because they supp
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Delhi court directs police to lodge FIR against public servant under SC/ST
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): A Delhi Court has directed Delhi Police to lodge a First Information Report against a public servant under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes Act (SC/ST Act).
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Ranchi: BJP, JMM MLAs protest at assembly demanding inclusion of Kurmis in
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party MLAs held a protest at the State Assembly premises in Ranchi on Tuesday demanding the inclusion of Kurmis in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category.
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Efforts on to grant, safeguard rights of forest dwellers, communities as p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 18 (ANI): Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, and Rules in Jammu and Kashmir which hav
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Kerala govt to appoint ST priest in Travancore Devaswom Board for first ti
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 6 (ANI): In a historic first, the Kerala government is set to appoint a priest from Scheduled Tribes (ST) category in Travancore Devaswom Board.
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Andhra CM introduces new industrial policy to help SC, ST entrepreneurs
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 26 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has released the state's new industrial policy (2020-23) with an aim to provide an additional push to the aspiring entrepreneurs, especially among the underprivileged communities, particu
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Law and order situation deteriorating in Andhra Pradesh, says BJP leader
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 3 (ANI): Commenting on the increasing number of crimes against women, Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), BJP's Lanka Dinakar on Saturday said that the law and order situation in Andhra Pradesh is worsening day by day.
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Maha Governor promulgates notification amending Forest Rights Act 2006
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbour
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Congress to hold round table in view of increasing attacks on weaker secti
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 8 (ANI): The Congress party will be holding a round table meeting with the leaders of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), on September 11th in view of increasing attacks on the reserved sections of the
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SC/ST murder cases pending in courts for 15 years should be moved to fast
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, requesting him that all murder cases relating to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (SC/ST) pending in courts for the last 15 years should be moved to
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Collection, harvesting, processing of forest produce exempted from lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The collection, harvesting, and processing of forest produce and non-timber forest produce by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other forest dwellers have been exempted from the lockdown, said Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, her
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