[ZESTCaste] Muslim group gives thumbs up to RJD

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[ZESTCaste] Charges against Maya in Taj case politically motivated: Cong

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[ZESTCaste] Diffident Congress

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[ZESTCaste] Free computer class for SC/ST candidates

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[ZESTCaste] Seminar on role of Sikhs and Dalits

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[ZESTCaste] Eye on Hindi pie, CPM hits caste politics

URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=63142 Friday, January 21, 2005 Eye on Hindi pie, CPM hits caste politics DIPTOSH MAJUMDAR NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20 Ideologically speaking, the key shift in CPI(M)’s way of thinking — inserted in the draft resolution

[ZESTCaste] Congress' new moves stir up fresh equation

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[ZESTCaste] Police has special role in protecting the vulnerable: NHRC

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits' oppression continues in Madurai village

http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=dalitatrocitiesslug=Dalits'+oppression+continues+in+Maduraiid=67243callid=1category=National Dalits' oppression continues in Madurai village Sam Daniel Saturday, January 22, 2005 (Kavandanpatti): A few days back NDTV reported a case of

[ZESTCaste] CEC orders tough action against those intimidating SC/ST voters

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[ZESTCaste] In the grip of Maoism

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[ZESTCaste] CPI-M favours national debate on job reservation in pvt sector

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[ZESTCaste] The 'puppet candidates' in Rajasthan

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[ZESTCaste] 35 police personnel injured in clash with Dalits

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[ZESTCaste] Caste woman�s marriage to Dalit no ticket for poll quota

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[ZESTCaste] Bihar poll test for India's social rebel

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/34aa2022-719c-11d9-9f56-0e2511c8.html Bihar poll test for India's social rebel By Edward Luce Published: January 29 2005 02:00 | Last updated: January 29 2005 02:00 Lalu Yadav, India's most celebrated lower caste leader, faces one of the toughest tests of his

[ZESTCaste] BSP does not believe in caste politics: Mayawati

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[ZESTCaste] A Note from WSF 2005

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[ZESTCaste] Fill SC/ST backlog vacancies: PT

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http://us.rediff.com/election/2005/feb/03spec.htm Lalu, aloo and baloo Salil Kumar | February 03, 2005 | 01:00 IST Aruna Devi is the wife of gangster Akhilesh Singh, who has numerous cases of murder and abduction against him. She is a member of the Bihar legislative assembly and is seeking

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[ZESTCaste] Trade unions veto proposal for job reservation in private sector

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[ZESTCaste] Politicians looking beyond their caste base

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[ZESTCaste] 'Lalu's a rascal, but will vote for him'

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[ZESTCaste] DPI favours third front in TN

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[ZESTCaste] Court to examine quota demand for Dalit Christians

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnewsid=70934 Court to examine quota demand for Dalit Christians [India News]: New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Supreme Court Friday said it would examine the question of providing reservation for Dalits even after their conversion to

[ZESTCaste] Cop suspended for 'complaint against senior'

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnewsid=73474 Cop suspended for 'complaint against senior' [India News]: Bhopal, Feb 17 : A senior police officer who had lodged a complaint against the police chief of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, was Thursday suspended, state

[ZESTCaste] Backward castes may finally tilt scales in Bihar

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[ZESTCaste] BSP has spent Rs 50 lakh on Kanshi Ram: Mayawati

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[ZESTCaste] Attacks on Dalit women

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[ZESTCaste] The price of empowerment

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[ZESTCaste] ‘Lift ban on entry of rehriwalas in Mohali residential sectors’

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[ZESTCaste] HMG to form committee for supervising 38-pt action plan

http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/pageloader.php?file=2005/02/25/topstories/main6 HMG to form committee for supervising 38-pt action plan RSS , KATHMANDU, Feb. 24: His Majesty?s Government has decided to constitute a Dalit and Indigenous Nationalities District Coordination Committee for

[ZESTCaste] IOB SC/ST staff union to protest

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[ZESTCaste] NCSC concerned over atrocities against SCs in Punjab, Haryana

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[ZESTCaste] So whose Railway Budget was it?

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=yleftnm=lmnu5leftindx=5lselect=2chklogin=Nautono=181928 So whose Railway Budget was it? POLITICS Aditi Phadnis / New Delhi February 27, 2005 In his meeting with Railway Board officials during the time the railway

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[ZESTCaste] Premji asks FM to loosen purse strings for students

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[ZESTCaste] From Budget to box office

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1037480.cms From Budget to box office SMITA DESHMUKH TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MARCH 01, 2005 10:24:02 PM ] After the Budget analysis, finance expert Dr Narendra Jadhav prepares for a box office debut As a leading finance expert, a

[ZESTCaste] DPI chief meets Jaya

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[ZESTCaste] Maoist mayhem

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2theme=usrsess=1id=70133 Maoist mayhem Statesman News Service HYDERABAD, March. 1. — Maoists today shot dead eight villagers after tying them to trees at Vempenta in Kurnool district and cut off the hands and legs of two others. The

[ZESTCaste] INLD accepted by SCs, gets six seats

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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST students happy with the Budget

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http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005leaf=02filename=8322filetype=html EPW Reservation Controversy February 26, 2005 Reservations and Casteism The growth of caste consciousness has hurt the development of progressive social consciousness among the oppressed and exploited

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[ZESTCaste] Power surcharge for ST/SCs waived

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050307/asp/opinion/story_4449111.asp By Mahesh Rangarajan BLOWING IN THE WINDS OF CHANGE The fragmentation of polity evident in Uttar Pradesh seems to be spreading to Bihar, writes Mahesh Rangarajan Is Bihar going the Uttar Pradesh way? This is a question

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050308/asp/nation/story_4466755.asp CPM caught in caste tangle OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, March 7: The CPM does not approve of caste-based politics, but it has no problems allying with parties playing the caste card. In the run-up to its 18th party

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http://web.mid-day.com/columns/vir_sanghvi/2005/march/105006.htm The belted cow By: Vir Sanghvi March 6, 2005 Anyway you look at it, the result of the assembly election in Bihar is a mess. It is clear now; over the next few years, Bihar will follow UP into the politics of

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit girl raped in UP village

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[ZESTCaste] Priorities make clever politics

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[ZESTCaste] Minister lists steps for tribal welfare

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[ZESTCaste] Getting caste certificate now gets easier, faster

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[ZESTCaste] Brahmins demand reservations for economic emancipation

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati calls for mid term polls in Bihar

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[ZESTCaste] Ex-DMK MLA joins AIADMK

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