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Abhishek Singhvi, 3 wildcard entries, Revanth aide among Congress Rajya Sabha picksThe Congress leadership has selected six candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. Senior leader Abhishek Singhvi secured a renomination fr...
In affidavit in SC, Centre defends exclusion of Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims from scheduled castes' listThe ministry also refused to agree with the report of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission that recommended inclusion of Dalit Christian...
Centre likely to set up a panel on Dalit convertsMove to be of specific value to those who adopted Christianity, Islam; focus on socio-economic status.
Centre mulls panel to explore Scheduled Caste benefits for Muslim, Christian dalitsWhile Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits enjoy SC status, those from Christian or Muslim communities do not, as per presidential order issued ...
- Christian body stands by Meghalaya’s Dalit Sikhs
Violence broke out after two groups of people in the city's Punjabi Lane area clashed after a bus driver was allegedly beaten up by a group...
All India Christian Council expresses solidarity with Dalit Sikhs of MeghalayaViolence broke out after two groups of people in the city's Punjabi Lane area clashed which were triggered after a bus driver was allegedly...
Include Dalit Christians, fishermen in SC/ST: M Karunanidhi to PM Narendra Modi"DMK has been demanding that the SC/STs after conversion to Christianity should be treated as SC/STs and allowed all concessions and privil...
Include Dalit Christians, fishermen in SC/ST: Karunanidhi to PM ModiKarunanidhi demands for including Dalit Christians in the SC/ST category, says they are deprived of all the privileges and concessions hith...
Stir at Jantar Mantar for SC status to dalit christians, muslims"We are seeking the scrapping of Para 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, which excludes Dalits among Christians and Musli...
Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about?The issue of categorising Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians among SCs is separate from that of earmarking 5% quota of OBCs for other relig...
Government firm on opposing dalit tag for convertsThe government says mere social "backwardness" cannot put converts at par with dalits whose backwardness arises from the traditional practi...
Kerala BJP seeks discontinuation of Ranganath report on Dalits"Ranganatha Mishra Commission report should discontinue. That view (of BJP) is well known. I hope on this occasion, Prime Minister may make...
Najma is right. We are Hindus onlyIt is as simple and plain a truism as someone saying that all politicians are opportunists. So what if she has found her Hinduness only aft...
Religious minority leaders urge PM Manmohan Singh for equal rights for DalitsDelegation of religious minority leaders met PM Manmohan Singh at Parliament House, demanding reservation for Christian and Muslim Dalits.
- ‘SC can’t decide on quota for minorities’
The SC on Tuesday said it will examine the constitutional validity of the Ranganath Misra Commission recommendation for inclusion of dalit ...
- BJP forum opposes quota for Dalit converts
As the fight over a piece of the reservation pie intensifies, the BJP-supported Anusuchit Jati Arakshan Adhikar Bachao Manch has demanded t...
- NCM seeks SC status for Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has favoured according Scheduled Caste status to dalits among Muslims and Christians whom it i...
- Maya's quota call finds takers in Cong
In a move that might push the Congress into another tricky corner on the question of reservations, sections of the party have backed a BSP ...
- Govt grant Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians
Demanding attention to the "grave situation" faced by Christians in Orissa, Catholics in the capital have asked the government to immediate...
- Quota for Dalit minorities sparks constitutional issues
The demand for extending reservation benefits to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims - which has remained dormant in the past few years - ha...