Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit was cut short on Wednesday after a "major security lapse" as he was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes due to a blockade by protesters, prompting the Union Home Ministry to seek an immediate report from the state government and strict action against those responsible.
Rupani claimed that the state government had taken 'prompt action' in the incident as all the main culprits were arrested the next day.
The Dalits are protesting against the brutal assault on fellow community members on July 11 for allegedly skinning a cow in Una in Gir-Somnath district.
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'Gau rakshak groups are beating Dalits and circulating videos on social media because they know that no one will touch them.'
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Heavy rains continued to lash various parts of Himachal Pradesh, disrupting normal life in lower and mid hills while most of the rivers are in spate due to sudden rise in water level due to rains in catchments areas.
'The viral video from Una aroused something that Hindu chauvinists and cow-botherers never take into account: Numbers.'
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The team members said that Dalits are "soft targets" for these vigilante groups.
Mevani, after his meeting with the Gandhi scion, said he would ask his community members to defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the Gujarat polls.
Even as Tauktae's intensity weakened, it left behind a trail of destruction with as many as 13 people losing their lives in different parts of Gujarat, including Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Patan, Amreli and Valsad, officials said.
'If PM has some concrete information against gau rakshaks then he must disclose it, otherwise we will take legal action against him.'
'If Modi sincerely thinks that Dalits are also Hindus then spread this message to the entire nation through programmes like Mann Ki Baat.' 'We would love to listen to the PM tell the nation to look upon us as fellow Indians and human beings.'
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday alleged that despite all efforts by the Centre, including an increase in funds for the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Himachal Pradesh has ignored the development of the state.
Gujarat will have a polling booth for a single voter, while Himachal Pradesh will see the world's highest polling booth being set up during the forthcoming assembly polls.
Anurag Thakur, son of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and president of the Bhartiya Yuva Janata Dal, is confident that the Bharatiya Janata Party will return to power in the state with more than two-thirds majority.
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Twenty-three people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as heavy showers wreaked havoc in the hill states even as humid conditions prevailed in most parts of north India on Friday.
The state and Indian Air Force choppers on Saturday rescued 100 persons, including 16 foreigners, from Kaza and various parts of rain ravaged tribal district of Kinnaur even as the recovery of 10 bodies took the death toll to 24.
Avalanche threat loomed large over high altitude tribal areas and people have been advised to stay indoors as biting cold wave conditions prevailed in Himachal Pradesh in spite of marginal rise in temperature.
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Jayesh Solanki, cousin Prakash Solanki and two other Dalit men were sitting near a house adjacent to a temple in Bhadrania village when a person made "derogatory remarks about their caste", police said quoting a complaint filed in connection with the incident.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had strongly rebuked cow vigilantes, saying most of them are 'anti-social' elements who are running 'shops' in the name of cow protection.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday unveiled a new counter-terrorism plan, proposing to divide the home ministry by hiving off a separate internal security ministry.As part of this plan, he also proposed the setting up of a National Counter Terrorism Centre within 24 months, to which all intelligence agencies will report, and to re-examine the role of Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing which deal with internal and external intelligence respectively.
The BSP chief alleged that Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party considered the Dalits as lowly.
Six persons were arrested under the Indian Penal Code and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, police added.
'The BJP will be wiped out in rural Gujarat.' 'In urban areas, its tally may come down from 55 of the 60 urban seats it won in 2012 to 35 to 40 seats this time.'
She said the BJP needs a fresh face in the state before the 2017 elections.
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