Chennai: DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to withdraw the review petition filed by the Centre in the Supreme Court seeking to dispense with the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in promotions in higher grade level officers in public sector banks. “It will go against […]
Patna: Dec 26: After conversion of 200 Mahadalits to Christanity was reproted from Bodh Gaya, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi ordered a probe into the issue. As per a report of The Hindu, “About 200 Mahadalits from 40 families of Atiya village under Pararia panchayat of Bodh Gaya block converted to Christianity on Thursday […]
New Delhi:For the BJP and the AamAadmi Party, locked in a fierce war to win Delhi, the main battle is for 25 lakh Dalit votes. Out of Delhi’s 70 constituencies, 12 are reserved for scheduled caste candidates because of their dominant Dalit population. Jatav, Valmiki and other Dalit sub-castes account for 20% of Delhi’s 12 […]
Bihar:Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, known for his headline-grabbing controversial remarks, comes across as a seasoned and articulate politician in this interview with TOI`s Raj Kumar. Excerpts.. . BJP is coming to power in neighbouring Jharkhand. Do you think the `JanataParivar` can survive the BJP onslaught in Bihar when the state goes to the polls […]
Uttar Pradesh:The district administration on Tuesday refuted reports that around 300 Dalits had been converted to Christianity, saying they were “absolutely incorrect”. Acting District Magistrate Rama ShankerYadav said that “during inquiry of a complaint alleging that 300 Dalits were converted to Christianity in Tiwaripur village in Gopiganj area on the night of December 21, it was found […]
HYDERABAD:Chief Minister K ChandrashekarRao said the government would take all possible measures to encourage SC/ST entrepreneurs. He released a brochure of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI)Industrial Expo scheduled to be held in February 2015 in Hyderabad. Besides, he also held discussions with its national president MilindKamble, South Indian co-ordinator N Ravi […]
HYDERABAD: To improve the social and economic status of Dalit and Adivasi communities, the Andhra Pradesh model of Scheduled Castes and Tribals Sub-Plan should be implemented across the country, said PS Krishnan, former Secretary to Government of India. Krishnan said if the Special Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) had been formulated in the […]
Patna:In yet another important decision to woo Mahadalits, the Jitan Ram Manjhi government has decided to give free land to urban scheduled caste and scheduled tribe families to build homes. The state government has already been giving three decimal land to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe families across the state. The Bihar Cabinet on Wednesday […]
KATHMANDU: DEC 17 – The National Dalit Commission has been without members for a year, hampering its work on championing Dalit rights. The last time the Commission had a full team, with a chairperson and 16 members, was when Baburam Bhattarai was the Prime Minister from August 2011 to March 2013. The two-year tenure of […]
MUMBAI:In a first-of-its-kind move on the death anniversary of Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar by any Maharashtra government, the DevendraFadnavis government on Saturday accorded state honours to the architect of the Indian constitution. In an equally significant gesture, the Centre within a month of the only ever BJP government in the state has given its nod for the […]
