Puri: It was a shameful tradition. In the name of 'Bartan', 5 lakh barber families of Odisha were forced to wash the feet of the upper caste members during marriages. But Baghambar Patnaik, a retired school teacher, spoke out against this evil practice. Homecoming is the only thing that the barber families from a village in Puri, Odisha, wanted. However, the courts had to intervene to ensure their safe return...
10:56 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls later this year, the Congress-led UPA has played an upper cast card. ...
09:36 AM, Jul 23, 2010
Appointing Dalit cooks for mid-day meal is an ambitious project of Mayawati to tackle caste discrimination. ...
10:39 AM, Jul 15, 2010
New Delhi: On the second day of his libel action against suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi, former New Zealand player Chris Cairns faced allegations of corruption made by his former Indian Cricket League (ICL) team-mates of Chandigarh Lions. On a day when the court hearing lasted close to eight hours, Roger Thwaites QC, representing Modi, accused Cairns of conspiring with former India player Dinesh Mongia to put...
05:00 AM, May 01, 2008
New Delhi: Buoyed by his India call-up, speedster Ashok Dinda continued his superb form in the domestic circuit as his five-wicket haul helped Bengal beat Madhya Pradesh (MP) by 15 runs, in the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy played at the Palam ground. Opting to bat on a slow track, Bengal made 230 for eight in 45 overs after the match started an hour late. In reply, MP were...
04:46 AM, May 01, 2008
Melbourne: Sri Lankan cricketers, who have punched much above their weight by reaching the finals of the ongoing ODI tri-series by ousting India, will not get a single penny for these matches even after the release of their outstanding payments dating back to last year's World Cup. Sri Lanka's cricketers are set to get more than USD five million in outstanding payments but that won't cover the money they ought...
10:32 AM, Apr 30, 2008
Dubai: Azhar Ali has been rewarded for his brilliant batting in Pakistan's Test series sweep against England with a place in the middle order of Pakistan's one-day squad. Ali has played just one limited-overs international — against Ireland last year — but earned the selectors attention after scoring a career-best 157 in Pakistan's 71-run third-Test win on Monday. Shahid Afridi's return to the one-day team could compound England's problem dealing...
03:35 AM, Apr 21, 2008
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals is set to file an appeal in the Bombay High Court on Monday against the BCCI's decision to expel them from the Indian Premier League (IPL). Royals, which won the 2008 IPL tournament, had its contract terminated after BCCI charged that it had changed its shareholding pattern without taking the consent of the board or the IPL governing council. The promoters of Rajasthan Royals have now...
10:40 AM, Oct 27, 2007
![Maya calls for upper caste quota]( "Maya calls for upper caste quota")
Mayawati has advocated reservation for the economically weaker sections among the upper castes and minorities. ...
11:31 PM, May 13, 2007
The UPA Government is trying out yet another caste experiment after sops for OBCs, SCs and STs. ...
11:20 PM, Jan 31, 2007
Mayawati said the Constitution should be amended to provide reservation to the weaker sections among upper castes. ...
05:50 PM, Dec 28, 2006
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