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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/governance/tn-elections-voters-face-difficulty-amid-transport-crisis-tvk-writes-to-election-commission-seeking-action-against-top-officials</loc>
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<image:caption>Disturbing visuals from the media show women with young children, youth particularly young women-and other members of the public left stranded for prolonged periods and this has been visible in various locations all over Tamil Nadu, such as Coimbatore and Trichy.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-23T16:17:25.635+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>TN Elections: Voters Face Difficulty Amid Transport Crisis, TVK Writes to Election Commission Seeking Action Against Top Officials</news:title>
<news:keywords>TN Elections, Transport Crisis, Voters Stranded, Thalapathy Vijay, emergency public transport </news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/education/rajasthan-to-replace-kitchen-equipment-in-53k-schools-under-pm-poshan-scheme-teachers-union-flags-budget-bias</loc>
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<image:caption>A government school in Banswara.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-23T10:11:00.000+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Rajasthan to Replace Kitchen Equipment in 53K Schools Under PM Poshan Scheme; Teachers’ Union Flags Budget Bias</news:title>
<news:keywords>PM Poshan Scheme, Budget Bias</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/indias-stark-inequality-how-maharashtras-economic-policies-exclude-marginalized-obcs</loc>
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<image:caption>In March, Maharashtra's Chief Minister and Finance Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, presented the state budget for the year 2026-27. While presenting the budget totaling ₹7,69,467 crore, allocations of ₹23,150 crore for Scheduled Castes (SC) and ₹21,723 crore for Scheduled Tribes (ST) were provisioned.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-23T09:03:12.053+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>India's Stark Inequality: How Maharashtra's Economic Policies Exclude Marginalized OBCs</news:title>
<news:keywords>OBC communities, fiscal policy, Maratha community, Maharashtra's politics</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/telangana-lawyer-seeks-urgent-action-statutory-compensation-for-madiga-victims-of-caste-atrocity-in-etla-erravelly</loc>
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<image:caption>The LawPilot foundation has demanded that Etla Erravelly be formally identified as an “atrocity prone area” under Rule 3, given the clear apprehension of recurring offences against the community.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-22T15:51:25.644+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Telangana Lawyer Seeks Urgent Action, Statutory Compensation for Madiga Victims of Caste Atrocity in Etla Erravelly</news:title>
<news:keywords>Scheduled Caste (Madiga), Caste Atrocity , Etla Erravelly, Telangana News, SC/ST Act , housing rights</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/we-are-not-for-sale-sc-professor-detained-humiliated-for-refusing-to-attend-ambedkar-jayanti-what-really-happened-at-curaj</loc>
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<image:caption>Professor Dr. Rakesh Kumar, who hails from the Scheduled Caste community, has been accused of conspiring to disrupt the Deputy Chief Minister's event scheduled for April 15.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The professor asks – Is India a democracy or a dictatorship? Has raising questions, expressing concern, and staying away from political events become a crime?</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-22T11:59:45.171+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>‘We Are Not For Sale’: SC Professor Detained, Humiliated for Refusing to attend Ambedkar Jayanti event – What Really Happened at CURaj?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Central University of Rajasthan, Dalit Professor Detained, Ambedkar Jayanti, discriminatory treatment</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/tribal-news/telangana-chenchu-adivasis-resist-relocation-assert-community-habitat-rights-over-nallamalla-forests</loc>
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<image:caption>Chenchu community members from affected villages of Sarlapally, Vatwarlapally, Kollampenta, Rayuletupenta, Uppununtala, Kudichintalabayalu came to Hyderabad on 17th April to submit petitions to the Chief Minister, through the Prajavani Grievance Cell, against the involuntary relocation and excesses of the Forest Department.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The introduction of ‘Project Tiger’, has resulted in persistent efforts to forcibly relocate them from their natural habitats.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The youth expressed their anguish that they are being criminalized with false cases for speaking out for their rights.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-21T17:10:29.883+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Telangana: Chenchu Adivasis Resist Relocation, Assert Community &amp; Habitat Rights over Nallamalla Forests</news:title>
<news:keywords>Chenchu Adivasis , Nallamalla Forests, PVTG adivasi communities, Project Tiger</news:keywords>
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