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Punjab SC body issues instructions to refrain from using 'Dalit' word

September 22, 2021 12:13 pm

Commission chairperson Tejinder Kaur said the nomenclature 'Dalit' does not find mention in the Constitution or any statute.

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Scheduled Caste Commission report: ‘SCs don’t get SC funds’

April 22, 2016 11:31 am

Of the Rs 80,310 crore the 26 states allotted to SCSP schemes in 2012-13, when the UPA government was in power at the Centre, Rs 61,480 crore was spent.

Dalits face ‘boycott’ in Punjab village over land dispute, panel member to visit today

September 08, 2014 1:17 am

The bone of contention is a 6.5 acre land in the village, which is reserved for Dalits.

Sold for Rs 70,000,married at 13,girl raped,beaten mercilessly

March 20, 2013 9:53 pm

Girl was student of fifth standard,when her relatives forcibly married her to handicapped man.

Haryana labelled 'balatkar Pradesh' for crimes on Dalits by Scheduled Caste commission

November 02, 2012 8:23 pm

NCSC's P L Punia slammed anti-Dalit crime wave in Haryana and rise of casteist Odisha politics.

SC Commission settles 2,090 of 3,350 cases

July 01, 2011 3:07 am

The Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission is determined to check atrocities and injustice against the members of the Scheduled Caste (SC) category and so far it has settled 2,090 out of a total of 3,350 complaints received from the underprivileged section of society.

Algerian-French artist’s work vandalised at Kochi art gallery over ‘obscenity’ allegations

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Algerian-French artist Hanan Benammar's linocut prints were vandalised by two artists at an international exhibition in Kochi. The exhibition, curated by Anushka Rajendran and Damian Christinger, was organised by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and opened on October 18.

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