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Sardhana tense after rally by Dalits, Muslims

The sloganeering reportedly took place after a condolence meet for a Dalit youth Kuldip, who was killed in Sonipat on February 21 during the Jats’ protests in demand of caste-based reservation. Written by AMIT SHARMA Meerut Published:Feb 26, 2016, 1:03 Sardhana town in Meerut is in the grip of tension after members of the Balmiki…

Rohith mom does a Smriti fact-check Finger at myriad ‘lies’ in House

Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 26: Rohith Vemula’s mother and friends today accused human resource development minister Smriti Irani of spreading falsehoods about the circumstances around the PhD scholar’s suicide and his troubles with his university. Rohith’s mother Radhika Vemula, brother Raja and friends Dontha Prasanth, Seshaiah and Vijay Kumar said they had counted multiple…

Rohith mom does a Smriti fact-checkFinger at myriad “lies” in House

Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 26: Rohith Vemula’s mother and friends today accused human resource development minister Smriti Irani of spreading falsehoods about the circumstances around the PhD scholar’s suicide and his troubles with his university. Rohith’s mother Radhika Vemula, brother Raja and friends Dontha Prasanth, Seshaiah and Vijay Kumar said they had counted multiple…

Rohit Vemula death: Officials deny Minister’s charge

YUNUS Y LASANIA HYDERABAD, February 26, 2016 The University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday refuted HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s statement in Parliament that medical personnel were denied access to research scholar Rohith Vemula in the immediate aftermath of his suicide on January 17. University officials said that a doctor had reached his hostel within minutes…

Sardhana tense after rally by Dalits, Muslims

The sloganeering reportedly took place after a condolence meet for a Dalit youth Kuldip, who was killed in Sonipat on February 21 during the Jats’ protests in demand of caste-based reservation. Written by AMIT SHARMA Meerut Published:Feb 26, 2016, 1:03 Sardhana town in Meerut is in the grip of tension after members of the Balmiki…

Rohit Vemula death: Officials deny Minister’s charge

YUNUS Y LASANIA HYDERABAD, February 26, 2016 The University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday refuted HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s statement in Parliament that medical personnel were denied access to research scholar Rohith Vemula in the immediate aftermath of his suicide on January 17. University officials said that a doctor had reached his hostel within minutes…

28 dead, 200 injured during Jat agitation: Haryana DGP

The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on the basis of self-assessment, as interim relief. By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published:February 25, 2016 10:27 am The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on…

At Kalayat, Jats identified, targeted non-Jat properties as police looked on

Protests left one dead, 17 injured; 25 FIRs registered, three arrested in Kaithal Written by Sanjeev Verma | Kalayat (kaithal) | Updated: February 25, 2016 10:17 am THE KILLING of a man and the widespread looting of shops and businesses have left this town bitterly opposed to the Jat community, and angry that the police…

Dalit women paraded nude in Orissa

Feb 25, 2016 | Age Correspondent| Bhubaneswar Arujnagoda village under Pipili block in Orissa’s Puri district, which was in news in 2012 for the alleged gangrape and murder of a dalit girl, has once again hit the headlines for wrong reasons. Two women belonging to the Scheduled Caste community were recently paraded naked and made…

28 dead, 200 injured during Jat agitation: Haryana DGP

The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on the basis of self-assessment, as interim relief. By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published:February 25, 2016 10:27 am The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on…

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