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Mala Mahanadu urge CM to constitute Dalit committee

Hyderabad, Feb 26 (UNI) State Mala Mahanadu today urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy to constitute a Dalit committee for their overall development in the state.

The delegation, led by its State President J Prabhakara Rao, today met Chief Minister and submitted a memorandum to look into the problems of the Dalits in the state.

In the memorandum, they said the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, appointed by the earlier government to prevent atrocities on Dalits, should be reconstituted with intellectual Dalits as its members instead of political leaders.

They said the government should provide assiged lands, house site pattas and construct houses for Dalits for their betterment.

The delegation also demanded that a discussion should be held in the State Assembly for providing job reservations for Dalits in private sector in the state.

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Zuberi New VC of Calicut University

Kozhikode, Feb 26 (UNI) Professor Anwar Jahan Zuberi today assumed the post Vice Chancellor (VC) at Calicut University. A native of Uttar Pradesh, Prof Zuberi replaces Professor Sayed Iqbal Husnan, who relinquished the post on October 23 last year. Professor of English at Aligarh Muslim University, Zuberi would be on deputation during her tenure as VC. UNI.....

Three siblings awarded life imprisonment

Patna, Feb 22 (UNI) Fast track court judge of Patna Krishna Mohan Srivastava today awarded life imprisonment to three siblings in a case of dacoity with murder. The judge, Mr Srivastava, found Gorakh Rai, Ram Nath Rai and Binay Rai, all residents of Aklu chak village under Shahpur police station of Patna district, guilty of committing murder of their co- villager Mahangu Rai during dacoity . According to charges, the convicts had committed dacoity in the house of Mathura Rai.....

AP Govt to constitute SC, ST Commission soon

Hyderabad, Feb 26 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today announced that the government would constitute the SC/ST Commission within one or two months. The Chief Minister announced this in the state assembly when the House re-assembled after adjournment amid pandemonium when Speaker K R Suresh Reddy rejected the adjournment motion notice of the opposition parties on the problems of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It is untrue that the Commission was not re-constituted after its term.....
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