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UP government proposal on Scheduled Caste list returned for review
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The government said on Wednesday that it had received a proposal from the Uttar Pradesh government for the inclusion of "Koli/Hindu Julaha community" in the Scheduled Castes list of Uttar Pradesh as a synonym of 'Kori' and had been returned to the state gov
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Office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities to be inaugurat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar will inaugurate the new office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) at Delhi on Monday.
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RLD chief discusses youth empowerment, social justice with Azad Samaj Part
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 23 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Wednesday met Azad Samaj Party president Chandra Shekhar Aazad to discuss issues related to youth empowerment and social justice.
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24 sanitation workers' fatalities in 2021, down from 118 in 2019: Govt in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of deaths occurring due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has substantially come down in the country, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Ramdas Athawale backs Devendra Fadnavis in transfer-probing case, alleges
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 13 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday extended his support to Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis in the transfer probing case and accused the state government of misusing
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Every second accused of blasphemy in Pakistan a Muslim, says report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): A report titled 'Human Rights Observer 2022' prepared by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has revealed that every second accused of blasphemy happened to be a Muslim.
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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Union Minister Virendra Kumar welcomes Indian natio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Union Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar welcomed Indians who were stranded in Romania amidst Russia's military operation in Ukraine, after they landed in the national capital on Wednesday.
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Violence inherited in Congress's DNA, says MoS Pratima Bhoumik
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 27 (ANI): A day after a series of clashes between the supporters of Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party rocked Tripura's capital city Agartala, Union Minister of State Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik on Sunday alleged that hoolig
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KCR is limited to Telangana, his meetings with Opposition will not affect
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 20 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday took a jibe at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on meeting his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray in an effort to unite Opposition against BJ
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Religion should not be taken to schools, says Ramdas Athawale on Karnataka
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 13 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment of India Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that religion should not be taken to schools.
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Annual income limit of OBC creamy layer was last revised in 2017, remained
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): The annual income limit for the creamy layer for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) was last revised in the year 2017 and has remained unchanged since then, the Central government informed on Wednesday.
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'Christians, women top blasphemy targets in Pakistan'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 7 (ANI): Violence against Christians is on the rise in Pakistan, particularly among Christian women, according to a new report by the Center for Social Justice (CSJ).
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