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Govt decides to grant 10 percent reservation to economically-weaker sectio
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 7 (ANI): Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Government on Monday decided to grant 10 percent reservation in education and government jobs to economically-weaker sections of upper castes across religions.
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Union Cabinet approves 10 percent quota for economically weaker upper cast
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 7 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Monday approved 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker upper castes in government jobs and education.
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BJP leader to protest against Bihar govt
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 05 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and Member of Parliament (MP) CP Thakur will protest on October 7 against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led government over police action against the upper caste members protesting against the alleged misuse
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SC/ST Act: Mayawati condemns protests staged by upper caste groups
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 7 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday condemned a protest held by upper caste groups across various states in the country against the latest amendment approved by Parliament to retract a Supreme Court judgement over the Scheduled Caste/Schedu
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NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan Govt over attack on Dalits
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance in a matter where during a pre-wedding procession, a Dalit family was allegedly attacked in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district by few people belonging to upper caste after the groom rode a ma
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LJP demands reservation for upper caste poor
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 18 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has forwarded a suggestion in the Parliament to give 15 percent reservation in jobs to poor people belonging to upper castes.
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Bihar JDU, BJP leaders demand reservation for poor from upper castes
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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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Gujarat: Dalit youth beaten up for sporting a moustache in Gandhinagar
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): A dalit youth was beaten up by few upper caste people allegedly for sporting a moustache in Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
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MP: Dalits' well poured with kerosene in revenge
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Agar Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) [India] May 1 (ANI): In an unfortunate incident, the upper caste villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Mana poured kerosene into a well used by the Dalits.
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Upper caste students boycott meal cooked by Dalit lady
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh)[India], Jan. 29(ANI): In a shocking incident related to caste-based discrimination, the children of a government school in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly refused to consume mid-day meal cooked by a Dalit woman.
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Gujarat: NHRC issues notice over victimization of Dalit prisoners in Amrel
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Saurashtra [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Inspector General (Prisons), Gujarat over victimization of Dalit prisoners by upper castes inmates in Amreli district jail.
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