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Bharat Bandh Today As Opposition, Dalit Groups Protest Top Court's Quota Order
A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.
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BJP Treading Cautiously Ahead Of Dalit Groups' Proposed Bharat Bandh
The BJP is treading with caution as it prepares its response to a host of demands of Dalit activists ahead of their proposed Bharat Bandh on August 9.
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2 More Arrested For Violence In Madhya Pradesh's Morena During Bharat Bandh
Police have arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the violence in Morena during the April 2 Bharat Bandh, an officer said.
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3 BJP States, Tamil Nadu To Seek Review Of SC-ST Order
Three BJP-ruled states and Tamil Nadu will move the Supreme Court against its order on the SC-ST Act with the Centre maintaining that state governments are on board in seeking a recall of the verdict, days after violent protests by Dalit groups engulfed several parts of the country.
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Hundreds Charged In Rajasthan After Dalit Protests. Among Them Man Who Died In 2007
Phool Singh died in an accident in 2007. In records of Rajasthan Police, he came back to life this month. He was named in a case registered by the police in Bharatpur's Rupabas, accusing him of violence during the Dalit agitation on 2 April, the Bharat Bandh.
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Ghost Village, False Cases: The Aftermath Of Dalit Bandh Violence In UP
Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...
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Supreme Court Verdict Diluted SC/ST Law, Created Disharmony, Says Centre
The verdict of the Supreme Court on a law that seeks to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has created "disharmony" in the country, the government has told the court.
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Second Bharat Bandh In A Month, 12 Injured In Bihar Violence: 10 Points
Over a dozen people were injured in clashes in Bihar as some groups tried to enforce a Bharat Bandh to protest reservation in jobs and education. Supporters of the strike, mostly from upper castes, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced markets to shut down in nearly half-a-dozen districts. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh...
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Bharat Bandh: Rail, Road Services Hit In Parts Of Bihar, Mob Lathicharged By Police
As messages about Bharat Bandh began circulating on WhatsApp, the union home ministry asked states to be on alert. The call for shutdown, exactly a week after Dalit groups' country-wide strike and violence, appears to be a protest against caste-based reservation in jobs and education.
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States Brace For Bharat Bandh After Home Ministry Alert: 10 Points
The Union home ministry has advised all states to strengthen security and check any possible violence after certain groups called for a Bharat Bandh today against caste-based reservation in jobs and education. While calls for the bandh are being circulated on social media, no group has yet come forward to make it official. The Home Ministry's advis...
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Not A Single Arrest After Deaths Of 6 Dalits In Bharat Bandh Violence
On April 2, millions of Dalits took to the streets to protest what they believed was a dilution of laws meant to protect them from atrocities by upper castes.
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Dalits Being "Tortured" Post April 2 Agitation: BJP Lawmaker Udit Raj
BJP MP Udit Raj today alleged that members of his Dalit community were being "tortured" in various parts of the country in the wake of the violent protests during the 'Bharat Bandh' earlier this week.
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Opposition Parties Responsible For Violence During Dalit Stir: Keshav Prasad Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday held opposition parties responsible for the violence during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, and claimed that some criminals were involved in the stir in the state.
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Viral Video Shows Man Firing At Dalit Protesters In Gwalior, Triggers Police Hunt
The police are looking for a man caught on camera firing at a crowd in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior during clashes between Dalit protesters and groups of upper caste men on Monday. The man, say the police, is Raja Chauhan.
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Bharat Bandh: 32 Held, Complaint Against 5,000 People Over Ghaziabad Violence
As many as 5,000 people have been booked for creating ruckus and damaging public and government properties here during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the SSP said.
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Bharat Bandh Today As Opposition, Dalit Groups Protest Top Court's Quota Order
A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.
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BJP Treading Cautiously Ahead Of Dalit Groups' Proposed Bharat Bandh
The BJP is treading with caution as it prepares its response to a host of demands of Dalit activists ahead of their proposed Bharat Bandh on August 9.
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2 More Arrested For Violence In Madhya Pradesh's Morena During Bharat Bandh
Police have arrested two more persons for their alleged involvement in the violence in Morena during the April 2 Bharat Bandh, an officer said.
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3 BJP States, Tamil Nadu To Seek Review Of SC-ST Order
Three BJP-ruled states and Tamil Nadu will move the Supreme Court against its order on the SC-ST Act with the Centre maintaining that state governments are on board in seeking a recall of the verdict, days after violent protests by Dalit groups engulfed several parts of the country.
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Hundreds Charged In Rajasthan After Dalit Protests. Among Them Man Who Died In 2007
Phool Singh died in an accident in 2007. In records of Rajasthan Police, he came back to life this month. He was named in a case registered by the police in Bharatpur's Rupabas, accusing him of violence during the Dalit agitation on 2 April, the Bharat Bandh.
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Ghost Village, False Cases: The Aftermath Of Dalit Bandh Violence In UP
Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...
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Supreme Court Verdict Diluted SC/ST Law, Created Disharmony, Says Centre
The verdict of the Supreme Court on a law that seeks to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has created "disharmony" in the country, the government has told the court.
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Second Bharat Bandh In A Month, 12 Injured In Bihar Violence: 10 Points
Over a dozen people were injured in clashes in Bihar as some groups tried to enforce a Bharat Bandh to protest reservation in jobs and education. Supporters of the strike, mostly from upper castes, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced markets to shut down in nearly half-a-dozen districts. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh...
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Bharat Bandh: Rail, Road Services Hit In Parts Of Bihar, Mob Lathicharged By Police
As messages about Bharat Bandh began circulating on WhatsApp, the union home ministry asked states to be on alert. The call for shutdown, exactly a week after Dalit groups' country-wide strike and violence, appears to be a protest against caste-based reservation in jobs and education.
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States Brace For Bharat Bandh After Home Ministry Alert: 10 Points
The Union home ministry has advised all states to strengthen security and check any possible violence after certain groups called for a Bharat Bandh today against caste-based reservation in jobs and education. While calls for the bandh are being circulated on social media, no group has yet come forward to make it official. The Home Ministry's advis...
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Not A Single Arrest After Deaths Of 6 Dalits In Bharat Bandh Violence
On April 2, millions of Dalits took to the streets to protest what they believed was a dilution of laws meant to protect them from atrocities by upper castes.
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Dalits Being "Tortured" Post April 2 Agitation: BJP Lawmaker Udit Raj
BJP MP Udit Raj today alleged that members of his Dalit community were being "tortured" in various parts of the country in the wake of the violent protests during the 'Bharat Bandh' earlier this week.
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Opposition Parties Responsible For Violence During Dalit Stir: Keshav Prasad Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday held opposition parties responsible for the violence during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, and claimed that some criminals were involved in the stir in the state.
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Viral Video Shows Man Firing At Dalit Protesters In Gwalior, Triggers Police Hunt
The police are looking for a man caught on camera firing at a crowd in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior during clashes between Dalit protesters and groups of upper caste men on Monday. The man, say the police, is Raja Chauhan.
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Bharat Bandh: 32 Held, Complaint Against 5,000 People Over Ghaziabad Violence
As many as 5,000 people have been booked for creating ruckus and damaging public and government properties here during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the SSP said.
