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"Upper Caste Or Earning Rs 80 Lakh": Daughter Of IPS Officer Sets Groom Criteria, Sparks Debate
The woman added that she might be open to marrying outside these castes, but only if the prospective groom earned Rs 80 lakh per annum or more.
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"No One Can End Reservation": Uma Bharti's Strong Pitch In Madhya Pradesh
Uma Bharti delivered an unapologetically hardline defence of reservation, declaring that the system cannot and should not end until India's deepest social inequalities are dismantled
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UP Family Claims Dalit Boy Dies After Being Attacked By Upper Caste Men
A 14-year-old Dalit boy died after he was allegedly beaten by upper caste men for stealing mangoes and rice, his family claimed on Friday.
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In Video, Dalit Man In Bihar Made To Do Sit-Ups, Lick Spit
Balwant Singh has been accused of blaming the Dalit community for his loss and beating up two people from the community, Anil Kumar and Manjeet Kumar, as they allegedly did not vote for him.
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Centre's 10% Quota Move Rushed, Will "Backfire": Tejashwi Yadav
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said today that the government's move to grant 10 per cent quota to the economically weaker sections in general category will "backfire" since the 'bahujan' were feeling cheated.
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Specialised And Minority Institutions Exempted From 10% EWS Reservation
The ministry on Thursday directed Central Educational Institutions to implement the quota for EWSs from the academic year 2019-20 onwards.
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Hardik Patel Questions Centre's Upper Caste Quota Move
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and the Gujarat Congress Monday questioned the Union Cabinet's approval of 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category.
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On Quota Move, Mamata Banerjee Warns Centre Against "Cheating" Youth
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has responded with kid gloves to the Centre's decision on 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker upper caste youth.
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10% Quota For Economically Weak In General Category Cleared: 10 Points
The government on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in the general category and said it would move a constitutional amendment bill to bring it into effect. The mega move, just months before the national election, was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minist...
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Patients' Families Allegedly Assault Emergency In-Charge, Ask For "Upper Caste" Doctor
A doctor from the Scheduled Tribe community in Madhya Pradesh was beaten up by the relatives of patients who wanted them to be treated by an "upper caste" person, police said on Sunday.
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Dalits In Rajasthan's Barmer Accused Upper Caste On Social Boycott
Seventy Dalit families in the district have alleged that they were ostracised and harassed by 'upper caste' members in Kaludi village in Rajasthan's Barmer district, following a row over social media post.
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Dalit Man Held Up In Ahmedabad On Wedding Day For "Riding A Horse"
A Dalit man's wedding procession was held up for a few hours allegedly by some upper caste men who were objecting to the groom riding a horse,Mansa Police said.
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Caste Politics And Dalit Unrest May Have A Bearing On Rajasthan Polls
A Dalit groom was forced off his horse during his wedding procession last week in a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district. The Dalits retaliated and got 12 people from the upper castes arrested under the SC/ST Act for forcing the bridegroom to dismount.
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Unequal Land Ownership At Root Of Caste Violence, Says Dalit Writer Sujatha Gidla
Mumbai: Education alone will not lift millions of lower-caste Indians out of poverty and oppression as long as land in the country is in the hands of a powerful few, according to a Dalit writer whose memoir chronicles her family’s struggles against caste. Caste-based discrimination was banned in India in 1955, but centuries-old biases persist, ...
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1 Dead In Fresh Violence In Saharanpur In Uttar Pradesh
There was fresh violence in western Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Tuesday afternoon, before and after a visit by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati to a village that saw a clash between Dalits and upper caste members a fortnight ago that left one dead and over 20 injured.
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"Upper Caste Or Earning Rs 80 Lakh": Daughter Of IPS Officer Sets Groom Criteria, Sparks Debate
The woman added that she might be open to marrying outside these castes, but only if the prospective groom earned Rs 80 lakh per annum or more.
-
"No One Can End Reservation": Uma Bharti's Strong Pitch In Madhya Pradesh
Uma Bharti delivered an unapologetically hardline defence of reservation, declaring that the system cannot and should not end until India's deepest social inequalities are dismantled
-
UP Family Claims Dalit Boy Dies After Being Attacked By Upper Caste Men
A 14-year-old Dalit boy died after he was allegedly beaten by upper caste men for stealing mangoes and rice, his family claimed on Friday.
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In Video, Dalit Man In Bihar Made To Do Sit-Ups, Lick Spit
Balwant Singh has been accused of blaming the Dalit community for his loss and beating up two people from the community, Anil Kumar and Manjeet Kumar, as they allegedly did not vote for him.
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Centre's 10% Quota Move Rushed, Will "Backfire": Tejashwi Yadav
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said today that the government's move to grant 10 per cent quota to the economically weaker sections in general category will "backfire" since the 'bahujan' were feeling cheated.
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Specialised And Minority Institutions Exempted From 10% EWS Reservation
The ministry on Thursday directed Central Educational Institutions to implement the quota for EWSs from the academic year 2019-20 onwards.
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Hardik Patel Questions Centre's Upper Caste Quota Move
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and the Gujarat Congress Monday questioned the Union Cabinet's approval of 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category.
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On Quota Move, Mamata Banerjee Warns Centre Against "Cheating" Youth
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has responded with kid gloves to the Centre's decision on 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker upper caste youth.
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10% Quota For Economically Weak In General Category Cleared: 10 Points
The government on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in the general category and said it would move a constitutional amendment bill to bring it into effect. The mega move, just months before the national election, was approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minist...
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Patients' Families Allegedly Assault Emergency In-Charge, Ask For "Upper Caste" Doctor
A doctor from the Scheduled Tribe community in Madhya Pradesh was beaten up by the relatives of patients who wanted them to be treated by an "upper caste" person, police said on Sunday.
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Dalits In Rajasthan's Barmer Accused Upper Caste On Social Boycott
Seventy Dalit families in the district have alleged that they were ostracised and harassed by 'upper caste' members in Kaludi village in Rajasthan's Barmer district, following a row over social media post.
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Dalit Man Held Up In Ahmedabad On Wedding Day For "Riding A Horse"
A Dalit man's wedding procession was held up for a few hours allegedly by some upper caste men who were objecting to the groom riding a horse,Mansa Police said.
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Caste Politics And Dalit Unrest May Have A Bearing On Rajasthan Polls
A Dalit groom was forced off his horse during his wedding procession last week in a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district. The Dalits retaliated and got 12 people from the upper castes arrested under the SC/ST Act for forcing the bridegroom to dismount.
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Unequal Land Ownership At Root Of Caste Violence, Says Dalit Writer Sujatha Gidla
Mumbai: Education alone will not lift millions of lower-caste Indians out of poverty and oppression as long as land in the country is in the hands of a powerful few, according to a Dalit writer whose memoir chronicles her family’s struggles against caste. Caste-based discrimination was banned in India in 1955, but centuries-old biases persist, ...
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1 Dead In Fresh Violence In Saharanpur In Uttar Pradesh
There was fresh violence in western Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Tuesday afternoon, before and after a visit by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati to a village that saw a clash between Dalits and upper caste members a fortnight ago that left one dead and over 20 injured.
