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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar statue defaced, village tense

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Ambedkar statue defaced, village tense
Express News Service Posted online: Wed Aug 03 2011, 02:30 hrs
Surat : Tension gripped Tarsadi village and neighbouring areas after a
statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was found to be desecrated on Monday
morning.

Police have been deployed in the area.

Sources said that Thakore Parmar, a resident of Tarsadi village, went
to garland Babasaheb's statue near Shraddha Plaza on Monday morning as
per his daily routine when he found that some miscreant had pasted mud
on the statue's face and removed Babasaheb's trademark spectacles.
Parmar immediately informed the locals and a large crowd gathered in
no time.

The police, including senior officials, also rushed to the spot and
tried to pacify the angry crowd. The statue was later bathed with milk
and water and garlanded. The mob dispersed only after the Kosamba
police promised swift action to hunt down the miscreant.

Vijay Ilavia, president of Dalit Sena in Mangrol taluka, said, "The
police have assured us that they would investigate and catch the
suspect. We will also keep a watch during night."

Police sub inspector Dhanji Vaghela said a complaint had been
registered and patrolling intensified in the area.

Film festival to host NID students' works

AHMEDABAD: Three of the 14 films to be screened at the upcoming
Jeevika 2011 Film festival in New Delhi between August 26 and 28 are
the works of former and current students of the National Institute of
Design. The film festival focuses on the livelihood issues in Asia.
The movies are — A Dream called America by Anoop Sathyan, Budhan
Diaries by K. Harish Singh and Sumangali by NID alumni Pravin Mishra.

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[ZESTCaste] National SC/ST Commission sends summons to Leela Samson

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National SC/ST Commission sends summons to Leela Samson
Staff Reporter

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has
issued summons to Leela Samson, chairpersons of the Central Board of
Film Certification, to appear before it on August 8 in connection with
the upcoming Bollywood movie Aarakshan (Reservations).

Commission has called Ms. Samson to examine whether the movie violated
any provision of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, Sameer
Bhujbal, MP and son of prominent Maharashtra OBC (other backward
caste) leader Chhagan Bhujbal, said in a press statement on Tuesday.

Dalit and OBC leaders have already demanded a preview of the film
which is slated to release on August 12. They have warned of action if
the stand in the movie is found to be anti-reservations.

All India Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad has called for a peaceful
protest depending on the film content.

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[ZESTCaste] Censor board told to review quota film on August 8

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Censor-board-told-to-review-quota-film-on-August-8/articleshow/9461329.cms

Censor board told to review quota film on August 8
Swati Deshpande , TNN | Aug 3, 2011, 01.07AM IST

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked director Prakash Jha
and his production house to inform by Wednesday if they were willing
to show their upcoming film Aarakshan to politicians and legislators
who belong to Scheduled Castes or Schedule Tribes.

Two Raigad advocates had moved the high court seeking revocation of
the censor board certificate to the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer saying
the film had a "strong anti-reservation message".

Advocates Amit Naik and Venkatesh Dhond, representing the producers,
denied this. The censor board said that SC/ST members had seen the
film before it was cleared.

The producers said they were willing to show the film only to Justice
D D Sinha and Justice A R Joshi of the Bombay high court and no other
person before its release on August 12.

Following objections raised by MP Samir Bhujbal, the National
Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has summoned censor board
members on August 8 in Delhi to review Aarakshan and check if it
violates the SC/ST Act.

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[ZESTCaste] Govt provides relaxation in TET qualification for OBC/ST/SC/PH

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Govt provides relaxation in TET qualification for OBC/ST/SC/PH
Published on August 2, 2011 in Top Stories | 0 Comments and 3 Reactions

IMPHAL, August 2:The government has decided to relax the
qualifications for the Teachers Eligibility Test by providing five
percent marks relaxation for the OBC, ST, SC and physically challenged
categories.

According to a press note from the department of education (s), as per
the provisions of the Right to education Act, 2009, every teacher who
is to be recruited as primary and upper primary teachers has to pass
teacher eligibility test and should be trained, however as there is
shortage of trained candidates in the state, the government of India
has granted one time relaxation to the training qualification.

It has further stated that, candidates from the categories of OBC, ST,
SC and physically challenged with 45 percent marks can also apply.

It has also stated that the pass marks for the general category is 60
percent while for OBC is 55 percent and for SC/ST/PH will be 50
percent. The Board of Secondary Education will issue the pass
certificate which will be valid for a period of seven years and that
candidates who wish to appear for the primary and upper primary
teacher recruitment under the state government including SSA should
pass the TET, the statement added.

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[ZESTCaste] 4,311 cases pending in SC/ST police stations in Bihar

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4,311 cases pending in SC/ST police stations in Bihar
Agencies Posted online: Fri Jul 29 2011, 12:20 hrs
Patna : Even as the Nitish Kumar government has laid thrust on justice
for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, cases relating to
atrocities on SC/ST are increasing and a good number of them are
pending in police stations.

"The cases are piling up because of the slow pace of their disposal,"
officials claimed.

According to an official, records available at the state police
headquarters, 4311 cases lodged under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities
Act, 1989 are still pending with different SC/ST police stations up to
May this year. The then National SC/ST Commission chairman Buta Singh,
during his visit to Bihar on April 6, 2010, had expressed serious
concern over the growing number of cases of atrocities, noting that
hardly two per cent of them reached logical conclusion.

While the number of cases of atrocities and repression were reported
to be 3,723 in 2008, it rose to 5,129 in 2009 but then declined to
3,551 in 2010.

State Additional Director-General of Police (Crime Investigation
Department) A S Nimbran said there are seven to eight such districts
where 50 per cent of cases of atrocities are pending and these are
normally the districts where very less number of cases are registered
every year.

Nimbran confided that 200 cases of atrocities and repression being
registered in Bihar every month.

There are 239, 196, 186, 180, 167, 141 and 121 cases pending in the
districts of Muzaffarpur, Saran, Begusarai, Motihari, Gaya, Patna and
Gopalganj districts, respectively, he said.

According to the State SC/ST welfare minister Jitan Ram Manjhi,
against the national average of 37 per cent, the conviction rate in
SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act cases in Bihar has been very low at
only 16 per cent.

"The state government is seriously considering a proposal to set up
fast track courts for speedy trial of cases involving scheduled castes
and scheduled tribes," Manjhi said.

Director-General of Police Neelmani, however, claimed that there had
been a significant decline in cases involving SC/ST from 5,000 two
years ago to 2,500 at present.

The total population of SC in Bihar is estimated to be 1.20 crore,
while ST population is hardly two lakh.

The state government has recently decided to open 30 more SC/ST police
stations, in addition to the existing 10 to ensure speedy disposal.
The total number of police stations in Bihar is 887 at present.

For the uplift of the dalit community, Bihar government had on
September 20, 2007 set up a Mahadalit Commission, whose
recommendations led to inclusion of 22 castes in the category of
Mahadalits and a special scheme was launched for them.

Community radio service has been launched in Bihar to spread awareness
among Mahadalits, Manjhi said, adding the Mahadalits are unaware of
welfare schemes in operation in Bihar, like MNREGA and Indira Awas
Yojana.

The awareness campaign was the thrust of chief minister's Jeevan
Dristi Yojana, he said.

Bihar government will spend Rs 98 crore for development and honing of
skills of Mahadalits in 2011-12 in addition to Rs 400 coupons to be
given to each person of this section to purchase radios to listen to
programmes, he said.

The earlier scheme of providing cash instead of coupons was withdrawn
when it was found that beneficiaries were using the amount on other
heads and some were using the public money to fund their drug habits,
he said.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Ambedkar statue defaced, village tense

[ZESTCaste] National SC/ST Commission sends summons to Leela Samson

[ZESTCaste] Censor board told to review quota film on August 8

[ZESTCaste] Govt provides relaxation in TET qualification for OBC/ST/SC/PH

[ZESTCaste] 4,311 cases pending in SC/ST police stations in Bihar

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