Shutdown by Dalit groups in Andhra
January 30th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) A day-long shutdown began in Andhra Pradesh Monday on a call given by Dalit groups to protest the recent desecration of statues of B.R. Ambedkar.Schools, ... Read more...
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Maharashtra Congress ties up with Dalit party
January 29th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Congress has joined hands with a Dalit party, Bharatiya Republican Party-Bahujan Mahasangh (BRPBM), ahead of the next month's civic and zila parishad polls in ... Read more...
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Ambedkar’s statue again desecrated in Andhra
January 26th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) In the second such incident in less than a week, unidentified people desecrated a statue of B.R. Ambedkar in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district Thursday, triggering ... Read more...
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I am not a Maoist, says Mumbai man on bail
January 11th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) After getting bail following a four-year stay in jai, Mumbai resident Arun Ferreira Wednesday claimed that he was "innocent" and the charges of his being a ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to evict encroachers from mill (Lead)
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) Facing the ire of the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government Thursday assured that it would attempt to amicably remove Dalit activists who have encroached a ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to remove encroachers from mill land
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) Facing the ire of the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government Thursday assured that it would attempt to amicably remove Dalit activists who have encroached a ... Read more...
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Chavan demands land for Ambedkar memorial
December 20th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Dec 20 (IANS) Grabbing the initiative from the opposition, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Tuesday demanded that the central government hand over a mill premises in Mumbai "free ... Read more...
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Name Bengal township after Ambedkar: NGO
December 9th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Claiming that thousands of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes were evicted to create New Town Rajarhat -- a fast-growing residential-cum-industrial hub, an NGO Friday demanded ... Read more...
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Land ‘captured’ for Ambedkar memorial in Mumbai
December 6th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 activists of the Republican Sena, a Dalit party, Tuesday broke police barricades and "captured" a mill compound in Dadar in central Mumbai, demanding ... Read more...
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Seven ex-students get three-year jail for junior’s death
November 29th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), Nov 29 (IANS) Seven former students of the B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) here were Tuesday awarded three years' imprisonment by a Punjab court for driving ... Read more...
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Mayawati crosses first hurdle, what next? (News Analysis)
November 22nd, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Nov 22 (IANS) With the Uttar Pradesh assembly passing a resolution amid bedlam, Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati has crossed the first hurdle on ... Read more...
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Mayawati decides to split Uttar Pradesh, opposition fumes (Roundup)
November 15th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, is to be broken into four states for better governance, Chief Minister Mayawati announced Tuesday, triggering an opposition outcry.The ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh cabinet decides to divide state into four
November 15th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) In a move that Chief Minister Mayawati said was inspired by B.R. Ambedkar, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet Tuesday decided to divide the state into four: ... Read more...
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Thousands of stone carvers helped create Mayawati’s dream project
October 15th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Noida, Oct 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's Rs.684-crore "dream project" - the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden - has been a subject of controversy ever ... Read more...
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People will reply to Mayawati in polls, says BJP
October 14th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of wasting public money over the park in Delhi's suburban Noida she inaugurated Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Congress slams Mayawati for ‘wasting public money’
October 14th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Congress Friday charged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati with "wasting public money on grandiose projects" instead of providing basic needs like health, education ... Read more...
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Mayawati inaugurates Rs.684 crore Dalit park
October 14th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Oct 14 (IANS) With rose petals, prayers and thousands of people looking on, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday inaugurated a Rs.684 crore park dedicated to the Dalit ... Read more...
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PM orders development of Ambedkar memorial
October 5th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday directed the ministry of social justice and empowerment to set up a committee for the development of a B.R. ... Read more...
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Lalu, Sharad Yadav, Paswan slam Anna aides
August 27th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Leaders from the Hindi heartland, including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav and Lok Janshakti Party chief ... Read more...
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Mayawati demands representation of SCs, OBCs in Lokpal
August 26th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday demanded suitable representation of Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes in the Lokpal Bill drafting committee and in the ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts: The locations and time
July 14th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Details of the three blasts that shook south Mumbai Wednesday evening:
- Zaveri Bazar blast at 6.59 p.m. It's a prime business-cum-residential area, around four km ... Read more...
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PM’s post should not become fiefdom of a family : Advani
June 26th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Terming it "sad" that the Congress has become the "fiefdom of a single family", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday said the ... Read more...
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BSP vows to support Telangana proposal in parliament
June 25th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would support a bill in parliament for the formation of a separate Telangana state if the United Progressive Alliance government ... Read more...
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NCP wants Dadar station renamed Chaityabhoomi
June 10th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party, a junior partner in Maharashtra's ruling coalition, Friday formally demanded that Mumbai's major railway junction at Dadar be renamed Chaityabhoomi in ... Read more...
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Pawar criticises RPI’s alliance with BJP, Shiv Sena
June 10th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar Friday criticised the Republican Party of India's (RPI) alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, ... Read more...
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WHO study on cancer from cell phones outdated: Experts
June 2nd, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) study linking mobile phone usage with brain tumour does not reveal something previously unknown and the warning had been spelt ... Read more...
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Raj speaks up for estranged uncle Bal Thackeray
June 1st, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Wednesday rushed to speak out in favour of his estranged uncle Bal Thackeray after the Shiv Sena chief ... Read more...
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After flak, BJP removes castes of leaders from website
April 14th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) After facing flak over mentioning the castes of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar and social reformer Bal Gangadhar Tilak on its website, the Chandigarh unit of ... Read more...
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April 14, 16 declared holidays in Delhi
April 11th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday announced that April 14 and 16 will be gazetted holidays to mark the birthday of B.R. Ambedkar and Mahavir Jayanti respectively, ... Read more...
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Muslims preach RSS values in Lucknow
February 9th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) Donning skull caps and armed with RSS literature, small groups of Muslims here are on a campaign to preach the values of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh among members ... Read more...
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Buddhist monks walking for world peace reach Agra
January 28th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 300 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Poland, England, Ireland and Germany, walking across India for world peace and welfare, have reached the Taj city. They were given a ... Read more...
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Fire in Noida’s Ambedkar park, no injuries (Lead)
January 11th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Jan 11 (IANS) A fire broke out Tuesday in the controversial Ambedkar Park being developed in this suburb of the national capital. The blaze was doused within two hours and ... Read more...
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Fire in Noida’s Ambedkar park, no injuries
January 11th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Jan 11 (IANS) A fire that broke out Tuesday in the Ambedkar park being developed in this suburb of the national capital was doused within an hour, an official said. ... Read more...
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Mayawati unveils two statues of B. R. Ambedkar on his 54th death anniversary
December 6th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by ANI
By Kamna MathurLucknow, Dec.6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati unveiled two statues of the Father of Indian Constitution and Bharat Ratna, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his 54th death anniversary here ... Read more...
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Obama speech impresses MPs, Left unimpressed (Roundup)
November 8th, 2010 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Barring those from the Left parties, most Indian MPs Monday hailed US President Barack Obama's speech to parliamentarians during which he backed India's bid for a ... Read more...
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