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November 27th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
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V.P. Singh, the most controversial prime minister India has had, is dead. Though he ruled the country only for a short spell, from December 1989 to November 1990, the 77-year-old leader had ...
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November 26th, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Amidst tight security and thousands of people and party workers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday tried to woo the upper caste voters and promised full statehood ...
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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 17th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 17 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Monday heard a suit against a proposed move by the Uttar Pradesh government to pull down 103 flats to make way for yet another ...
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November 12th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 12 (IANS) An old Dalit woman was beaten up by upper caste people for using a hand pump installed in their locality in an Uttar Pradesh village to draw water, ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) A class 12 student in Tundla, in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, has accused her teachers of forcing her to mop floors and to sit apart from other ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Nov 8 (IANS) An organisation of Dalit Muslims in Bihar has warned the state government to withdraw upper caste Mallick Muslims from the backward caste list, otherwise they will be "forced ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the district collector of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and the state's director general of police (DGP) ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov.5 (ANI):The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo-motu cognizance of a violation of human rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadus Tirunelveli District.
The Commission has issued notice ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Film: "Seval"; Cast: Bharat, Poonam Bajwa, Simran, Sampath Raj; Director: Hari; Music Director: G.V. Prakash; Cinematographer: Priyan; Rating: *"Seval" means rooster - the domestic bird that usually fights its pair. the game ...
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October 25th, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati appears to be banking entirely on the caste factor to race to the portals of power in ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was pointlessly trying to woo the upper caste vote bank with her pseudo sympathy. "She (Mayawati) ...
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October 19th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by ANI
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Lucknow, Oct 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today promised to provide reservation to the poor among the upper castes if the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) came to power at ...
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October 19th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) With the next Lok Sabha elections round the corner, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday promised to provide reservation to the poor among the upper castes if her ...
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October 19th, 2008 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) Eyeing votes of the upper castes in the next Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday promised to provide reservation to the poor among them if ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) Dalits in a village in Bihar's Nalanda district are living under constant fear after a member of their community was shot dead, allegedly by upper caste land owners, ...
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October 12th, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing criticism from the opposition after a Dalit man was killed for attempting to offer prayers and perform rituals before an idol ...
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October 2nd, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Uthapuram (Tamil Nadu), Oct 2 (IANS) Tension between upper-caste Hindus and Dalits and the use of country-made bombs resulted in arrest of 116 people in this village, the police said Thursday.Over 520 ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
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Allahabad, Sept 26 (ANI): Scores of people in Allahabad participated in a procession to sing praise of Ravana, the mythological demon-king representing evil on Thursday.
A number of tableaux depicting Ravana''s strength ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Salem (Tamil Nadu), Sep 8 (IANS) Tension gripped a village in this Tamil Nadu district Monday after a Hindu temple was thrown open to Dalits on the orders of the Madras High ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): Sisters across the country today tied Rakhi on the wrists of their brothers as a token of love wishing them prosperity and happiness, while the latter ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Aug 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati Friday charged the Congress-led central government with ignoring her state and said it would march forward without ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, July 26 (IANS) A poor landless Dalit man died after he was forced to drink acid for his refusal to work in the field of a powerful upper caste land owner ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by ANI
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By Shiv Shankar Sarthi
Chattarpur (Madhya Pradesh), July 17 (ANI): Raju Ahirwar, a boy in Rampura Village of Madhya Pradeshs Chattarpur district was recently penalized for entering the village temple, often visited ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, July 17 (IANS) Dalit Muslims in Bihar have demanded that Mallick Muslims should be withdrawn from the backward caste list of the state government. A delegation of Dalit Muslim leaders comprising ...
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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 7th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Patna, July 7 (IANS) Dalit muslims in Bihar, protesting the decision to declare powerful upper caste Mallick muslims as backward, threatened Monday a statewide agitation and a legal challenge to the government ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A city court Wednesday dismissed an application moved by Sher Singh Rana, the alleged killer of MP and bandit Phoolan Devi, seeking transfer of his trial to ...
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June 19th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) Continuing his criticism of the bill providing for reservation to women in parliament and legislative bodies, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said here Thursday that quota for ...
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June 18th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Jaipur, June 18 (ANI): A committee comprising the representatives of the Rajasthan government and Gujjar community on Wednesday agreed upon allocating five per cent reservation to the Gujjar, Banjara and Rabari ...
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