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FPS allotment should benefit SC/ST also: Paswan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday suggested that fair price shops (FPS) should also be allotted to people belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST).
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Skill India trains, places first batch of candidates from Bru Tribes in Tr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) organized a placement ceremony on Thursday to handover the offer letters to the skilled candidates from Bru Tribes trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
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Telangana Assembly passes bill to hike reservation quota for backward Musl
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Telangana Assembly today unanimously passed a bill to hike the reservation quota for backward Muslims and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) to twelve and ten percent respectively.
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Eyeing MCD, Kejriwal promises SC-ST Commission in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Post the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) debacle in Rajouri Garden bye-poll, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday tried to woo people of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) to recover political capital in upcoming Municipal Corporat
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Telangana Govt. to bring new reservation act to raise ST quota, include Mu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): The Telangana Government on Wednesday decided to extend the reservations to Muslim population apart from raising the existing quota of the scheduled tribes (STs) to 12 percent.
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Mayawati continues attack on BJP over reservation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday fired a fresh salvo at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by accusing it of turning a blind eye to the woes of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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Telangana Assembly to pass two legislations to enhance reservation for STs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], Mar 12 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the state assembly will pass two legislations during the ongoing Budget Session to enhance reservation for the Scheduled Tribes and Muslims.
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Tribes opposed to FATA merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 6(ANI): A Pakistan government move to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is facing resistance from tribals.
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Manipur celebrates state-level Lui Ngai Ni Festival
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, (Manipur) [India], Feb. 15 (ANI): The Lui-Ngai-Ni Festival is one of the biggest for all the major tribes- Anal, Mao, Maram, Poumai, Tangkhul, Zemei, Liangmai, Rongmei, Puimei, Moyon, Monshang, Maring, Tarao, Lamkanq, Chothe, Kharam, Chiru, Koireng, and Thangal Naga of Manipur.
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Centre asked to fill vacancies in NCST within three months
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to fill up the vacancies in the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) within three months.
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Maha Cabinet to setup separate ministry for development of OBCs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday decided to create a new ministry for welfare of Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes (VJNT), OBCs and Special Backward Classes.
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Rahul's land grabbing allegation is 'ridiculous': BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 24(ANI):Swatting off charges of Rahul Gandhi that the government has grabbed the lands of the tribes, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said the allegation of the Congress vice-president is ridiculous.
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