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Not considering a proportional increase in quota for OBCs, SCs, STs, says
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The Centre on Tuesday said that it was not considering a proportional increase in the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) consequent upon 10 per cent reservation made for the Economically Weaker Se
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Sonbhadra firing: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes defers proposed
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Amid the furore over the Sonbhadra firing incident in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Sunday postponed its proposed visit to Umbha village, where ten people were killed, on July 22.
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NCST sends 'sitting notice' to U'khand DGP, Chief Secy over discrimination
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes on Tuesday sent a 'sitting notice' to Uttarakhand Director General of Police and Chief Secretary over discrimination against Geetaram Nautiyal, Joint Director of Samaj Kalyan SC/ST Uttarakhand.
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Bandaru Dattatreya writes to CM KCR, demands regularisation of podu areas
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 3 (ANI): Former Union Minister and BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya on Wednesday wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao demanding regularisation of podu (traditional system of cultivation used by tribes) areas and awarding of occupanc
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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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Lok Sabha passes Central Educational Institutions (Reservations in Teacher
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Bill, 2019 which aims to ensure reservations in teaching positions for people from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), socially and educationally
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Lok Sabha takes up discussion on Bill to provide reservation for teachers
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI) The Lok Sabha on Monday took up discussion on a Bill that provides for university and college to be considered a unit for providing reservation instead of a "department /subject" with Human Resources Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal stating that the legislation was in keep
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Not a realistic request: Tharoor on making Sanskrit as official language
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday did not agree with National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) chairman Nand Kumar Sai over his request to make Sanskrit as an official language and stated that 'his advice is not realistic.'
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Sanskrit should be made official language: NCST chairman
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Nand Kumar Sai, the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Thursday said that Sanskrit should be made the official language of the country and he will speak to Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ministry regarding the same
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Akhilesh calls Payal Tadvi's suicide 'murder of constitutional protection
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 28 (ANI): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday termed the death of Dr Payal Salman Tadvi, a medical student in Mumbai, "a murder of the constitutional protection given to the Scheduled Tribes", the community she hailed from.
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Madhya Pradesh: Tribals turn out to vote in large numbers in Dhar
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) [India] May 19 (ANI): People of Bhil and Gond tribes here turned out in large numbers to exercise their constitutional right in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls on Sunday.
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Ethnic Dhimals await tribal recognition from successive governments
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): With only thousand-odd members, 'Dhimal' one of the oldest indigenous tribes of North Bengal 'Dhimal' who are facing a threat of extinction say they continue to await tribal status recognition.
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