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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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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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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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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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MP BJP leader held for inciting violence during Dalit protest
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh] [India], Apr. 07 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Madhya Pradesh Gajraj Jatav was on Saturday arrested for inciting violence during the April 2 protests and strike, which left nine persons dead across the country.
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Bharat Bandh: Muzaffarnagar BSP president held for inciting violence
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 7 (ANI): Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) district president of Muzaffarnagar Kamal Gautam has been arrested for allegedly inciting violence during Bharat Bandh called by various Dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Castes (SC
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AP Govt to implead in SC/ST Act case: Chandrababu Naidu
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] April 6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced that the state government will implead in the Scheduled Castes-Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act case before the Supreme Court.
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Congress to observe fast for communal harmony
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): The Indian National Congress (INC) will observe a nation-wide fast on April 9 in order to protect and promote communal harmony across the nation.
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