[ZESTCaste] Stop illegal sale of oxytocin immediately: CM to officials

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[ZESTCaste] In Search of the Sacred

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati orders action against adulteration of food, drugs

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[ZESTCaste] Gram Pradhan charged with harassing Dalit for bonded labour

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[ZESTCaste] Govt writes to India Inc: may ask you to fix 5% job quota for SC/ST in some areas

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[ZESTCaste] Maya accuses Cong of diverting funds earmarked for dalits

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[ZESTCaste] Paswan slams govt on alleged SC/ST fund diversion

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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST federation demands withdrawal of Uma Shankar's suspension

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[ZESTCaste] Indian 'honour killings' up as young shun customs

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[ZESTCaste] Minister Acharya Distributes Keys of Tourist Taxis to SC/ST Youth

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[ZESTCaste] Yeddyurappa loses cool at Dalit protesters in BJP rally

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[ZESTCaste] Sheila govt diverted SC/ST fund for Commonwealth Games

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[ZESTCaste] BSP walks out over Dalit funds for Games

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[ZESTCaste] BSP slams SP on dalit death case

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[ZESTCaste] ‘Cong against violence, not Dalits’

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/85446/cong-against-violence-not-dalits.html ‘Cong against violence, not Dalits’ Chennai, August 1, DHNS: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday refuted allegations that the Congress was denying Dalits and tribals their due rights or economic opportunities

[ZESTCaste] Fwd: Ambedkar on conversion

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[ZESTCaste] Do not politicise Dalit atrocities: Speaker

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[ZESTCaste] The Wrong Approach (Opinion)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/The-Wrong-Approach/articleshow/6252790.cms COMMENT The Wrong Approach Aug 4, 2010, 12.00am IST There have been rumblings about job reservations in the private sector for disadvantaged sections of society such as scheduled castes and

[ZESTCaste] BSP disrupts House over alleged diversion of SC/ST funds for CWG

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits’support important for Congress: Chidambaram

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[ZESTCaste] Were funds for SC/ST schemes used for Commonwealth Games?

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[ZESTCaste] Honour killings bring disgrace, disrepute to country: Chidambaram

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[ZESTCaste] Video newsreport: Caste discrimination rampant in UP villages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCcoC5hh1DE Video newsreport: Caste discrimination rampant in UP villages

[ZESTCaste] From the fringes

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article540711.ece Mumbai, July 30, 2010 5-year-old raped: bandh in Mumbai Dalit colony Staff Reporter Residents of Ramabai Nagar, a Dalit colony in suburban Ghatkopar, observed a bandh on Thursday in protest against the rape of a minor girl. Ritesh Kumar,

[ZESTCaste] 'Invoke SC/ST Act for anti-dalit crimes'

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[ZESTCaste] No set rule for SC, ST OBC quota in minority colleges

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[ZESTCaste] Opposition slams govt for breakdown of law and order

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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST Cong leaders seek KPCC chief post

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[ZESTCaste] 16 BSP MLAs face threat to their lives

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[ZESTCaste] Standing tall

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[ZESTCaste] Khairlanji verdict blind to dalit cause

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[ZESTCaste] Now, caste wars over mid-day meal in UP

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[ZESTCaste] MRPS leader consumes poison, ends life

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[ZESTCaste] 'Bankrupt caste politics led to ban on Shivaji book'

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[ZESTCaste] Congress cannot emerge as main party without Dalits' support: PC

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[ZESTCaste] Voice for Dalits BSP doesn’t remember

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http://hindu.com/2010/07/30/stories/2010073063081500.htm National 5-year-old raped: bandh in Mumbai Dalit colony Staff Reporter Mumbai: Residents of Ramabai Nagar, a Dalit colony in suburban Ghatkopar, observed a bandh on Thursday in protest against the rape of a minor girl. Ritesh Kumar,

[ZESTCaste] Gaps in the story

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[ZESTCaste] 2 held for driving Dalits out of village

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[ZESTCaste] Bhotmange to move SC in Khairlanji murders case

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[ZESTCaste] Honour killing in Mumbai

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[ZESTCaste] Ramabai Nagar tense after rape of minor Dalit girl

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[ZESTCaste] Suspended IAS officer moves SC/ST panel for protection

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[ZESTCaste] Nine women who paraded dalit girl naked get bail

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[ZESTCaste] Nitish reaches out to Maha Dalits

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[ZESTCaste] The Buddha is not smiling

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[ZESTCaste] Three of Dalit family killed in Uttar Pradesh

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[ZESTCaste] Maya slams Sibal for remark on Dalit icons’ statue s in state

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[ZESTCaste] Two get life term for gangrape

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit students tortured in Mayawati's state

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[ZESTCaste] Man hacked, as dalit factions clash

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[ZESTCaste] Katta panchayat forces Dalits out

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[ZESTCaste] 'KCR bluffing Dalits and Muslims'

http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=22524cat=15scat=16 'KCR bluffing Dalits and Muslims' Monday, July 26, 2010 Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao is making a promise that he would make Dalit as chief minister and a minority leader as deputy chief minister,

[ZESTCaste] The dark scars of oppression

http://expressbuzz.com/books/the-dark-scars-of-oppression/191960.html The dark scars of oppression Sarojini Sahoo Express News ServiceFirst Published : 25 Jul 2010 08:47:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 24 Jul 2010 11:30:27 PM IST Although Dalit writers have been at work in India for many centuries,

[ZESTCaste] NTPC dumps Mayawati; to power MP

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[ZESTCaste] The Buddha is not smiling

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit attacked for walking on caste Hindu's farm

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[ZESTCaste] Special Courts to try crimes against dalits

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[ZESTCaste] Man stoned to death over relationship with Dalit woman

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