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Ambedkar toon row: MPs
conduct regressive and dangerous
New Delhi, May, 17 : Lofty words were uttered last Sunday
to mark 60 years of Parliament’s first sitting, and the most
perceptive of them came from Sushma Swaraj, when she prescribed
‘more democracy’ as the cure for our democracy’s...
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Anil Shastri for Dalit as President
New Delhi, May, 17 : As suspense continues over UPA's Presidential
nominee, a Congress leader today made a strong pitch for a Dalit
as the next... read
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Dalits demur, complain
against Gujarat police
Ahmedabad, May, 17 : In a first-of-its-kind hearing by National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday, 27 of the 30 complaints
that were addressed to the commission spoke of indifference of police
officials towards...
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Scam unearthed in installation of Mayawati's
jumbo statues at dalit memorials
Lucknow, May, 17 : After NRHM, Noida land, toilet and canal scams
during the previous Mayawati government, financial irregularities
have now been found in making and installation of elephant statues
at dalit memorials. These memorials were built in Lucknow and...
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Mirchpur dalits killings;
HC rejects bail pleas of 3 convicts
New Delhi, May, 17 : The Delhi high court on Tuesday denied
bail to three persons, convicted along with 12 others in the 2010
Mirchpur Dalits killings case. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat
and S P Garg dismissed the interim bail applications of convicts...
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NGOs bat for dalits, kamdars
in Ahmedabad at NHRC meet
Ahmedabad, May, 17: The plight of sewage workers and
safai kamdars in the city and across the state figured at the top
of the priority list of Non Government Organisations (NGOs) who
voiced their grievances and opinion at the open forum organised
by National Human Rights ...
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Post-FIR, CBI searches
Yeddyurappa's houses
Bangalore, May, 17 : A day after filing an FIR against B.S.
Yeddyurappa for his alleged role in illegalities in mining, the
CBI on Wednesday searched the houses of the former Chief Minister,
his immediate kin and close associates in Bangalore and his home
district...
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PM makes rare intervention
in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, May, 17 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is
usually present during the Question Hour in Lok Sabha but does not
intervene. Wednesday was...
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A Dalit success
story
In just about every way that can be measured, prejudice, both social
and economic, against Dalits has reduced since independence. Since
1991, after liberalization, some Dalits have been able to take advantage
of the new opportunities offered by the growing economy just as
others have.... read
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