[ZESTCaste] Benefits for creamy layer will lead to clash in society: SC

2007-11-01 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Benefits for creamy layer will lead to clash in society: SC http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=404717&sid=NAT&sname=INDIA-NATIONAL-NEWS New Delhi, Oct 31: The Supreme Court on Wednesday put some searching questions to the pro-quota petitioners for propogating reservations without exc

[ZESTCaste] Denied table, given Chair

2007-11-01 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Denied table, given Chair http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071101/asp/nation/story_8497983.asp TAPAS CHAKRABORTY Varanasi, Oct. 31: Eighty years ago, a Dalit student named Jagjivan Ram would not be served meals in his hostel at Banaras Hindu University because he was from the Scheduled Castes.

[ZESTCaste] Vambay beneficiaries take possession of houses

2007-11-01 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/01/stories/2007110160820400.htm Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad Vambay beneficiaries take possession of houses HYDERABAD: Beneficiaries of Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (Vambay) on Wednesday took possession of their house units at Kukatpally Allwyn Colony, amidst allegati

[ZESTCaste] Dalit massacre trial gets sensational

2007-11-01 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
Dalit massacre trial gets sensational http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur/Dalit_massacre_trial_gets_sensational/articleshow/2506903.cms 1 Nov 2007, 0255 hrs IST ,Gopu Pimplapure ,TNN BHANDARA: The much-awaited deposition of Dhusala village police patil Siddharth Gajbhiye made some startlin

[ZESTCaste] BSP equates Ambedkar memorial to Taj Mahal

2007-11-01 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14554103&vsv=SHGTslot2 BSP equates Ambedkar memorial to Taj Mahal Thursday, 01 November , 2007, 14:59 Lucknow: The extravagant expenditure on the multibillion rupee Ambedkar memorial to honour the Dalit icon may have Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in

[ZESTCaste] Indian job market caste-ridden

2007-11-01 Thread Siddhartha Kumar
http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/154702/1/ Indian job market caste-ridden Seema Chishti 31 October 2007 NEW DELHI: Job applications with Dalit or Muslim names are less likely to have a positive outcome than those with upper-caste Hindu names, research by University Grants Commission (UG