November 25th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 25 (ANI): Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte''s romantic novel, is about to get a Bollywood makeover.
The acclaimed writer Deepak Verma has put the finishing touches to a musical version of ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet will meet here today to discuss the recent spate of attacks on Christians in Orissa and Karnataka.
The Cabinet is expected to mull ...
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October 7th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Dharmapuri (TN)/Bangalore, Oct 7 (ANI): Attacks on Christians have now spread to Tamil Nadu. Miscreants have broken statues inside a Christian school in the state''s Dharmapuri District.
The incident took place inside ...
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October 1st, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
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Kandhmal, Oct 1 (ANI): A day curfew was re-imposed in nine police limits of Kandhmal district to curb violence.
The curfew was re-imposed a day after mob violence occurred in five villages ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
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Kandhmal (Orissa), Sept 30 (ANI): At least three people were killed and several were injured when the police opened fire to disperse the violent mob in Orissas Kandhmal District today.
Police opened ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
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Raikia/Bhubaneshwar, Sept 29 (ANI): A dead body was found floating in a river near Raikia region of Orissa on Monday, just two days after communal clashes in riot hit Kandhamal District ...
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September 21st, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
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There is a morning-after air in Kerala as the state recovers from the hectic annual Onam festivities.Onam, the most important day in the Keralite's calendar, fell on Sep 12 this year. Keralites ...
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August 30th, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug. 30 (ANI): The Vatican has said that "Christianophobia" must be fought with the same determination as anti-Semitism or Islamophobia.
The Mirror quoted Vatican Foreign Minister Archbishop Dominique Mamberti as saying ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
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Kozhikode, July 18 (IANS) Continuing its opposition to a controversial Class 7 textbook for social science in Kerala, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Friday demanded withdrawal of five textbooks proposed for ...
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July 15th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Vancouver, July 15 (IANS) In a strange case of reverse caste discrimination, two upper-caste Jat Sikhs have been denied membership of a gurdwara run by the Dalit Indo-Canadians in the city of ...
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July 5th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
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By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 5 (IANS) Seeking affirmative action for marginalised Dalits and minorities in India, an international meet in the US has made a strong demand for reservation in the private ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
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By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 2 (IANS) A rare recording of a historic speech by Mahatma Gandhi, one of the only two of him speaking in English, made just a few months before ...
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June 16th, 2008 - 8:44 am ICT by ANI
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Jaipur, June 16 (ANI) : The expected talks between the Rajasthan government and Gujjar leader Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla will resume here today.
Bainsla was expected to come to Jaipur on ...
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June 14th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Jaipur, June 14 (ANI): Rajasthan Government on Saturday invited Gujjar leader Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla to Jaipur for further discussions on the Gujjar communitys demands for specials status.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ajay Kumar
Sahibabad Kulhadd (Vaishali) Bihar, June 4 (ANI): Many villagers in the Vaishali region of north Bihar are compelled to drink contaminated water due to the prevailing caste system here. ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sahil Makkar
Bayana (Rajasthan), June 4 (IANS) As a soldier he fought wars. Years later, when he along with his wife began campaigning for job quotas for his community, he was dubbed ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by admin
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By Amulya Ganguli
When then prime minister V.P. Singh lit the fires of caste conflict by implementing the Mandal formula of job reservations for the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in 1990, the politicians, ...
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May 17th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by admin
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By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Their grandfather worked as a fruit vendor and grandmother did motley jobs, including providing water in a government office. Now a brother-sister duo from ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by admin
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New York, April 22 (IANS) Nepal's new constitution must recognise and protect the fundamental human rights of Dalits, victims of extreme discrimination for centuries, says a new report by a US rights ...
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February 21st, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi , Feb. 21 (ANI): The nation is celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas today.
Ravidas was a great saint, who symbolized social unity and equality.
President Pratibha Patil and ...
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February 20th, 2008 - 10:01 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday greeted the nation on the eve the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, a 14th century saint. In her ...
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February 20th, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 20 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation ahead of Guru Ravidas Jayanti. The event will be celebrated tomorrow.
In her message, ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, Feb 19 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat who authored a controversial book called "Jaatiraj" (the rule of castes) may face action under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, Feb 19 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat who authored a controversial book called "Jaatiraj" (the rule of castes) may face action under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) ...
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February 19th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): A researcher from Georgia Institute of Technology has studied the social dynamics of yellow jackets (a type of predatory wasps), which includes multiple sex partners, extreme cooperation and ...
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January 24th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, January 24 (ANI): The first international conference on Rethinking Religion in India emerged as a good platform offering various interesting insights about traditions, caste-system and religious perplexities of India for ...
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January 22nd, 2008 - 8:50 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Jan.22 (ANI): The ongoing conference on Rethinking Religion in India is drawing an increasing number of participants, as was visible on Tuesday when several scholars and intellectuals from different parts ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 2:28 am ICT by admin
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