November 23rd, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 23 (IANS) The Kerala government Sunday unveiled a massive Rs.50-billion package, aimed at providing houses to all homeless people in the scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) category before ...
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November 23rd, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 23 (IANS) The Justice Rajendra Babu Commission has recommended Rs.450,000 a year as the income limit defining the creamy layer among other backward castes (OBC), Kerala Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan said ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 18 (IANS) Campaigning ended Tuesday evening for 51 assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh that are going to polls in the second and the final phase Thursday.Elections for 39 of the total ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) A report card to be released on the completion of three years of the Bihar government was being edited by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself, an official said ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Congress Thursday removed former union minister Yogendra Makwana from the chairmanship of the Scheduled Castes Department of the All India Congress Committee on the charge of ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi will not address a single public meeting in his assembly segment or in his wife's constituency, an aide said here Thursday.Jogi is ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) Accusing Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati of dividing Dalits, the National Dalit Front (NDF) here Tuesday announced it would undertake a state-wide campaign to unite them."Led by ...
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November 3rd, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch a state-wide campaign among Dalits to apprise them of the alleged misdeeds of Cbhief Minister Mayawati and her government, an official ...
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October 27th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission has ordered an inquiry in a case in which a Dalit teenager was tied to a tractor and dragged around a village ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) A parliamentary committee has called for urgent corrective measures to streamline the functioning of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) that deals with issues related to ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) A Dalit teenager was tied to a tractor and dragged around a village in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly teasing a minor girl, police said Thursday.The boy was seriously ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
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Amritsar, Oct.21 (ANI): The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan has been having a staple diet talking about the status of Sikhs in India. Now the radio has a new object ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 13 (IANS) Following representations from community leaders, the Tamil Nadu government Monday withdrew the 3.5 percent special reservation for Christian in educational institutions and restored the quota for them in ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the recent incidents of violence in the State were a manifestation of the "conflict of interest" between Scheduled Castes ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): In a politically significant decision ahead of next year''s general elections, the UPA Government on Wednesday decided to end the dereservation of posts meant for Scheduled Castes ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has decided to inquire into the recent attacks on Christians in various parts of the country.
A full-fledged team of ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) As atrocities against disadvantaged social groups continue to mount, every Indian district will soon get independent special courts to try such cases and impart speedy justice, ...
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October 7th, 2008 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati will Thursday launch a much-awaited, ambitious housing project for the urban poor, according to officials.The launch will mark the beginning of construction of ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sept 23 (ANI): Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Meira Kumar on Tuesday inaugurated Shilpotsav-2008 exhibition organized by the Ministry.
The Government has always given importance to the economic ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bangaru Laxman Monday opposed the Justice Ranganath Mishra committee's recommendation to grant reservations for converted Christians and Muslims.“If the government accepts ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhiwani (Haryana), Sep 14 (IANS) A 'khap mahapanchayat' (community conclave) of 36 castes from the Rajput community in Haryana Sunday decided to oppose the ruling Congress in the state.A resolution moved by ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Kochi, Aug 16 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Saturday called for a law that will ensure reservation for the scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST) and other ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) As many as 66 reserved seats are falling vacant in the six new Indian Institutes of Technology this year and all these will be accommodated during the ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Officials of the 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), including the six new, are meeting Wednesday to discuss how to fill up some of the reserved seats ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
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By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Quotas in the selection of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) faculty are unlikely to be implemented this academic year as these premier tech-schools want ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Farmers from the neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan Monday launched an indefinite sit-in at Jantar Mantar here to protest what they called were ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party suffered a setback on Saturday when one of its general secretaries and Rajya Sabha MP Shahid Siddiqui quit the party to join the ...
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July 12th, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Siliguri, July 13 (ANI): Members of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJMM), waging a struggle for separate state for Gorkha people, switch to religious mode and offer prayers for attaining ''Gorkhaland ''in Siliguri.
Gorkhas, ...
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July 10th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Kozhikode, July 10 (IANS) It was a rare gathering of traditional medicine healers to showcase their skills in curing a variety of ailments, to exchange notes on different kinds of treatment, and ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, July 7 (IANS) Opposition Congress legislators created an uproar in the Chhattisgarh state assembly Monday, seeking immediate release of Satnami community's spiritual leader Baldas arrested in April on charges of inciting ...
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