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[ZESTCaste] Move to sack 22 ministers before assembly polls laughable: Rajnath

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Move to sack 22 ministers before assembly polls laughable: Rajnath
TNN | Mar 1, 2012, 06.06AM IST

LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the feeble attempts by chief minister Mayawati
to project a clean image, former Bharatiya Janata Party president
Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that the "transparent exercise to dupe
masses" would not continue any longer. The public is too clever and
seasoned to be misled by the image- building exercise he said.
"Mayawati headed the gang that looted and plundered Uttar Pradesh for
last five years and now her desperation to appear honest is nothing
short of pathetic," said Rajnath.

Every one knows that no one in Mayawati's cabinet had the courage to
do anything without taking due permission from the CM first, therefore
the move to sack 22 ministers before the assembly election is
laughable. Each of the ministers shown the door by Mayawati was only a
small cog in the wheel and has only carried out what she had ordered,
Rajnath said. He also questioned Mayawati's bid to give a clean chit
to her closest and most trusted associate Naseemuddin Siddiqui who
continues to preside over more than half the departments in the state
despite recommendation of a CBI probe by the Lokayukta. The BJP he
promised will set up a special investigation commission to probe all
scams committed during the BSP regime.

Rajnath also claimed that the number of atrocities against dalits had
registered an all time high during Mayaraj. "Maya government had also
failed on the front of law and order as its own MP, MLAs and ministers
turned out to be the biggest law breakers," the BJP leader said. He
also put the Congress in the dock for its minority appeasement and
said that it only shows the dangerous streak of divide and rule. The
quota within quota poses a grave threat to the unity of the nation and
therefore BJP is committed to oppose it with all its might.

Meanwhile, national vice president of the BJP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
charged the Congress with "plotting to come to power not by democratic
means, but by sneaking in through the back door". The party's latest
strategy and slogan "Yuvraj nahi to governor raj" shows it's
desperation to force their way to force themselves on the people of
UP. "The move would not pay off and the party will eventually be
ousted from Delhi throne as well," said Rajnath.

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[ZESTCaste] Tension prevails as Dalits demand equal rights

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Tension prevails as Dalits demand equal rights
TNN | Mar 1, 2012, 05.52AM IST

COIMBATORE: Tension prevailed at Ammapalayam near Uthukuli in Tirupur
district on Wednesday as caste Hindus remained adamant against local
dalits burying their dead in the same village. With conciliatory talks
initiated by district collector and district SP proving to be
unsuccessful, the body of 70-year-old C Maral, who died on Tuesday, is
yet to be buried. Over 1000 dalits from the Tirupur region remained
awake on the road side with the body.

Early on Wednesday morning, thanks to the efforts of Tirupur sub
collector, the dalits agreed to cremate the body at the electric
crematorium in Tirupur. However, the Gounder who owned the ambulance
was reluctant to provide his vehicle to transport the body to Tirupur.
This created further tension. Eventually, the dalits managed to avail
an ambulance from Tirupur to transport the body.

According to Adi Thamizhar Peravai leader NSA Parameswaran, the
district administration had promised to allocate a burial ground for
the dalits within seven weeks. A burial ground proposed two km away
from the village was rejected by them as they did not have the
resources to carry their dead for such a long distance. Parameswaran
accused officials of dancing to the tunes of the upper caste Gounder
community. He questioned the rationale behind permitting the burial of
a Gounder last week on government owned land.

For decades, dalits have been burying their dead on the roadside.
However, last week, they got some relief when the Madras High Court
ordered the allocation of a permanent burial ground in their village.
The village has been in the news for several months because of the
oppression and untouchability that dalits are subject to. They have to
walk more than ten kilometers just to get a hair cut. Local barbers
are prevented from servicing dalits by caste Hindus.

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[ZESTCaste] Web portal launched for payment to SC/ST girl students

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Web portal launched for payment to SC/ST girl students

New Delhi, Feb 28 : A web portal for online processing of payment to
girl students who have passed 10th class under a government scheme was
launched here today by Minister of State for Human Resource
Development D Purandeswari.

About 1.05 lakh girl students, who have become eligible to receive
such payments, would benefit immediately from the portal set up by
state-owned Canara Bank, which is the implementing agency for the the
National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education
(NSIGSE).

Under the scheme launched in May 2008 to check the dropout rate among
girl students in secondary schools, particularly of scheduled castes
(SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs), the government makes a fixed deposit
of Rs 3,000 in the bank in the name of eligible girl who can withdraw
it along with interest on reaching 18 years of age and after passing
out the 10th class examination.

All SC/ST girl students who have passed 8th class and all girl
students who have passed 7th class from Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Vidyalayas and enroll in 9th class in government, government-aided and
local body schools are eligible for the 100 per cent Centrally-funded
scheme.

HRD Ministry today said of the 8,43,026 girl students from 26 states
and union territories covered so far under the scheme at a cost of Rs
252.90 crore since its inception, about 1,05,000 have become eligible
to receive the maturity amount along with interest and are being paid.

Operationalising of the web portal, the Ministry said, will ensure
error-free entry of data and timely release of funds by eliminating
possibility of feeding incorrect data and bank account numbers which
was the major cause for delay in the processing of the proposals.

The online system will also ensure transparency and quicker
disbursement of payments to the beneficiary girls and on time
submission of proposals by state governments. (UNI)

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[ZESTCaste] Two more special courts to deal with SC/ST Act cases proposed: ADGP

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TIRUCHI, March 1, 2012
Two more special courts to deal with SC/ST Act cases proposed: ADGP
Staff Reporter

A proposal to establish two more Special Courts to deal exclusively
with cases booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 and Protection of Civil Rights
Act has been forwarded to the State government, the Additional
Director General of Police, Social Justice & Human Rights T.
Radhakrishnan said on Wednesday.

The proposal for establishing Special Courts at Villupuram and
Sivaganga is under the active consideration of the government, ADGP
Radhakrishnan told reporters here. At present, there are four such
Special Courts functioning at Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli and
Madurai.

One of the reasons for forwarding the proposal was the significant
number of cases being registered under the SC/ ST (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act in Villupuram, Sivaganga and Tirunelveli districts,
Mr. Radhakrishnan said. He said 3,000 cases across the State were
pending trial at various stages adding that special public prosecutors
had been appointed to deal exclusively with SC / ST Act cases in a bid
to expedite the trial process.

As many as 600 cases were under investigation and the cases were
pending because community certificates were awaited from the
complainants to prove that they belonged to any SC or ST community.
Some were pending because legal opinion was awaited. A few more were
pending with the Monitoring and Vigilance Committees in various
districts.

In a bid to create awareness among people, the Social Justice and
Human Rights wing had organised social justice tea parties in around
24,000 villages over the last three years alongside mass awareness
programmes at district headquarters.

The law enforcers were getting more complaints and information
regarding disparities and inequalities due to the sustained awareness
campaign. However, 30 to 40 per cent of the complaints were motivated
or had no evidence to substantiate the allegations, the ADGP said.

The conviction rate in SC/ST and Protection of Civil Rights cases was
14 per cent, a figure that was on a par with the national average, he
said.

Later, Mr. Radhakrishan held a meeting with the Superintendents of
Police of Tiruchi Range, comprising Tiruchi, Pudukottai, Karur,
Perambalur and Ariyalur districts, and reviewed the cases under trial
or under investigation.

The Inspector General of Police, Central Zone, Alexander Mohan,
Superintendent of Police, Tiruchi R. Lalitha Lakshmi; SP, Perambalur
Rupesh Kumar Meena; SP, Ariyalur Jaya Gowri, SP, Pudukottai
Tamilchandran; SP, Karur Santhosh Kumar and senior police officers
attended the two-hour long meeting.

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[ZESTCaste] SC/ST Commission notice to police in Kartarpur rape case

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SC/ST Commission notice to police in Kartarpur rape case
PTI | 11:02 PM,Feb 29,2012

Jalandhar, Feb 29 (PTI) The Punjab State SC/ST Commission has issued a
notice to police and sought a report in the alleged gangrape case of a
minor student in Kartarpur area here. "Taking cognisance of the
minor's gangrape, a notice has been issued to the SSP Dehat district
seeking a report on the incident within 15 days," Punjab SC/ST
Commission Chairman Rajesh Bagga told PTI. On February 26, the girl of
Sekhwan Khoo locality in Kartarpur was allegedly raped by three
youths. PTI COR HMI

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

[ZESTCaste] Move to sack 22 ministers before assembly polls laughable: Rajnath

[ZESTCaste] Tension prevails as Dalits demand equal rights

[ZESTCaste] Web portal launched for payment to SC/ST girl students

[ZESTCaste] Two more special courts to deal with SC/ST Act cases proposed: ADGP

[ZESTCaste] SC/ST Commission notice to police in Kartarpur rape case

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