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Digvijay Singh writes to PM Modi for immediate payment of MNREGA labourers
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him for immediate payment of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MNREGA) labourers from Scheduled Tribe (ST) community in Madhya
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Chandrababu Naidu eyes promoting inter-caste marriages
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] April 19 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is eyeing to promote inter-caste marriages in the state.
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Bihar JDU, BJP leaders demand reservation for poor from upper castes
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India] April 18 (ANI): Now, the demand to give reservation to poor from upper castes has come up from Bihar.
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Punjab Youth Congress workers demand release of SC/ST scholarship funds
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Punjab Youth Congress workers on Tuesday protested against the Centre, demanding the release of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) scholarship funds.
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Verdict against Asaram to be pronounced in jail to avoid violence in Rajas
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Jodhpur High Court on Tuesday decided to pronounce the verdict against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in regard to a rape case in a jail court to avoid any law and order situation in Rajasthan.
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Several Afghan soldiers killed in border clashes with Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): Several Afghan soldiers including a policeman and a local tribesman were killed in the ongoing clashes with Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps near the disputed border Durand Line on Saturday.
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Ram Vilas Paswan pitches for quota in judiciary
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has pitched for increasing the reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and other backward class (OBCs) in the judiciary.
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Bharat Bandh: Section 144 imposed in various parts of country
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): Prohibitory orders have been imposed in various parts of the country in view of another Bharat Bandh, which has been called by some groups to protest against caste-based reservation.
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SC/ST Act: Dalit factions in Kerala stage protest
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing furore over the alleged dilution of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Dalit organisations here staged a protest on Monday morning.
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Owaisi for de-reservation of Urdu teachers post reserved for backward clas
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao requesting him to de-reserve the posts reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Cla
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Bharat Bandh's success has left BJP scared of Dalits: Mayawati
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday claimed that the success of the recent Bharat Bandh, called by Dalit organisations against the alleged dilution in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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Asaram rape case: Jodhpur Court to pronounce verdict on April 25
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court on Saturday completed its hearing in the rape case against self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu and will pronounce its verdict on April 25.
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