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Uttarakhand HC grants bail to Social Welfare Department official in schola
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Nainital (Uttrakhand) [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday granted bail to joint director of tribal welfare Anurag Shankhdhar, who was arrested two months ago over his alleged involvement in the Social Welfare Department scholarship scam case.
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Ravidas Temple: Delhi Minister urges DDA VC to begin land denotification p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday urged the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice-chairman to immediately review the matter of demolition of Guru Ravidas Temple and start a process of denotification of the land from the forest cat
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Centre's proposed fund-sharing for SC Post-Matric scholarship scheme inade
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): Terming the recently proposed 60:40 fund-sharing pattern of the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry for the SC Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme as "totally inadequate", Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday demanded the res
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NCST writes to U'khand DGP, Home Secy over threat to arrest Geetaram Nauti
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 3 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has written a letter to Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP), Home Secretary, Secretary of Social Welfare Department and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Haridwar after Geetaram Nau
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Delhi govt increases annual family income criteria for vocational training
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved the Social Welfare Department's proposal to enhance the annual family income criteria by Rs 2 lakh under the scheme of imparting vocational training to SC, ST, OBC, minorities and physically handicapped persons.
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Delhi govt approves rehabilitation programme for 'manual scavengers'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal of one-time cash assistance of Rs 40,000 to persons identified as "manual scavengers" under the rehabilitation programme of the Social Welfare Department.
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Committed to values of Ambedkar, will not pull down his statue: AAP minist
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Deoli (Delhi) [India], June 24 (ANI): Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Monday clarified that statue of Dr BR Ambedkar will not be pulled down, as alleged by the Vice Chancellor of Ambedkar University Anu Singh Lather.
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Punjab to organise special programmes on June 26 to take on drug abuse
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 24 (ANI): The government has decided to observe the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in every district of the state with the active involvement of schools, colleges, NGOs and social welfare organisations on June 26, said Health an
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J-K: Specially designed scooters distributed to physically challenged in D
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jun 17 (ANI): Specially designed scooters were provided to ten physically challenged people by the Social Welfare Department of Doda district on Sunday.
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Assam ministers condemns incident of girls forced to dance nude
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 12 (ANI): State Social Welfare Minister in Assam Government on Wednesday condemned the incident where a troupe of dancers were allegedly forced to strip and molested at a cultural event in Chaygaon.
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Kerala Social Welfare Minister meets Irani, discusses 'Smart Anganwadis'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Kerala Minister of Health and Social Welfare K K Shailaja on Friday met Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani here to discuss the establishment of 'smart anganwadis' in the state.
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Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Accused Ashwani files plea demanding probe
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Ashwani Kumar, an accused in Muzaffarpur shelter home case, has filed a petition in a local court here demanding probe against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Muzaffarpur District Magistrate Dharmendra Singh, and Principal Secretary, Social Welfa
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