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HC cancels 33,000 caste certificates
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The Bombay high court on Friday nullified 33,000 caste certificates issued in Maharashtra, even as it slammed the state for playing “a fraud on the Constitution by constituting special caste scrutiny
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Over 11.5 lakh applicants waiting for unique identification cards
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Launched on July 24 last year in the state, about 30 lakh people in Bihar have applied for the card being prepared under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) initiative.
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Population growth rate dips to 17%
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Population has started to swell in Delhi's suburbs. Gurgaon and Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) are among the top five places in India that recorded the highest decadal growth rate in population.
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UP government decides to scrap SC/ST quota in promotion
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The Uttar Pradesh government late on Friday night decided to implement the Supreme Court order upholding the Allahabad high court's verdict to quash provision of reservation for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) officers
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Movement for separate Bodoland to intensify
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The People’s Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement today decided to intensify its demand for a separate Bodoland and announced its resolution to launch a peaceful mass movement.
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Regressive bill on legal age for sex gets Cabinet nod
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The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a Bill that seeks to raise the age of legal sex from 16 to 18, provoking sharp criticism from child rights activists, who called it a regressive step.
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660 Bru families to be repatriated to Mizoram from April 26
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The Bru refugees living in the relief camps at Kanchanpur subdivision in North Tripura district will be repatriated in the fourth phase to Mizoram's Mamit district from April 26.
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Adivasi students to continue stir over ST status
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The 16th annual conference of the All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam decided to continue the agitational programme on the demand for inclusion of Adivasis in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list.
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NHRC directive to states on family
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken up the cause of reproductive rights of women asking all state governments to furnish reports if there are any incentive or disincentive schemes given for pursuing small family norms.
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Amid uncertainty, Reang refugees to return to Mizoram
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The much-awaited repatriation of Reang tribal refugees from Tripura to adjoining Mizoram is set to resume Thursday,
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Child marriages come down in Madhya Pradesh
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Child marriage have registered a decline of 87 per cent in Madhya Pradesh. This has been disclosed in the recent report of Sample Registration Survey (SRS) 2010.
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TN plans bio metric cards to weed out bogus ration cards
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In an effort to eliminate bogus ration cards, the Tamil Nadu Government today said it will implement bio-metric smart cards with a pilot project being proposed for poll-bound Pudukottai at a cost of Rs 21.69 crore.
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Government recognition a silver lining for Bengal's madrassas?
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The announcement of recognition to a large number of madrassas by the West Bengal government has brought a glimmer of hope to thousands of Muslim students,
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Tibetans seek support for their movement
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Migmar Tenzin is a young Tibetan refugee in India. Though born and brought up in India, he and his friends have not sought Indian citizenship for the sole reason that they are hopeful of returning to their country, presently witness to the worst human rights violations.
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Khasis of Karbi-Anglong district invite Meghalaya govt
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In a move to get closer to their roots, the indigenous Khasis living in Karbi-Anglong district of Assam has invited the Meghalaya government to the 50th anniversary celebration of the village.
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Madhya Pradesh gears up against child marriage
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Madhya Pradesh is gearing up against child marriage with setting up of an an independent child right monitoring body.
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More married couples in matrilineal Meghalaya
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With registration of marriages recently been made compulsory in Meghalaya, households in the state, according to the 2011 Census, have registered an increase in the number of couples.
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Study finds illiteracy drains $1 trillion every year
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Illiteracy is not just a social issue, but economic too, a recent report by the World Literacy Foundation proved.
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Guwahati set for massive religious gathering
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The city is expected to see a huge gathering of people from across the country and abroad for the one of the biggest religious congregations here from April 14 to 15.
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Corporation issues ID cards to 2,000 pavement dwellers
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Around 2,000 people living along major canals in the city have so far had their photographs taken and data recorded for their Resident Identity Cards (RIC) under the National Population Register
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Arunachal tribal community troubled by too many suicides
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The colourful Idu-Mishmis community, concentrated in the Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, is highly suicide-prone and has possibly the highest suicide rate in the country.
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‘60% bear 2nd child within 3 years’
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Almost 3 in 5 women (59%) are having their second child within three years of having their first. Andhra Pradesh leads the list of women not spacing their children adequately - 66%,
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Religion may be taken out of marriage registration
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The Union Cabinet is likely to consider a proposal that seeks to do away with the requirement to disclose one's religious affiliation for registration of marriages as well as the demand of Sikh bodies
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2nd phase Aadhar enrolment in April 3rd week
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The second phase of Aadhar enrolment by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will kick start in Jharkhand in the third week of April.
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Kerala CM to launch socio-economic, caste census
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Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy will inaugurate the the state-level socio-economic and caste census to identify the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families under the 12th five-year plan,
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