Scheduled Caste
- Featured News
Huge jump in Scheduled Castes, and not Muslim, population in Bihar
The most surprising aspect of the Bihar Caste Survey is that the population of the Scheduled Castes—undoubtedly the weakest of all the social groups–witnessed a huge jump when compared to the 2011…
- India
UP: Man held for converting people to Christianity by offering money
Ghaziabad: A man has been arrested here for allegedly converting members of Scheduled Caste and Schedules Tribes by offering money, police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Mahinder Kumar,…
- India
Shahbad Dairy murder: Delhi court takes congnisance of charge sheet against accused
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a police charge sheet filed against Sahil, who brutally killed his girlfriend by repeatedly stabbing her in the city’s Shahbad Dairy area…
- India
TN cops in the dock after relatives allege ‘custodial death’ of SC man
Chennai: Tamil Nadu police are in the dock after a Scheduled Caste youth, who was in custody of the Puliyangudi police in Tenkasi district, died. The 23-year-old youth, Thangasamy was taken into…
- India
TN: Not allowed to enter temple, angry Dalits block road causing huge traffic
The Vikravandi-Kumbakonam road was seized in protest by Dalits of Melpathi village near Koliyanur in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district after they were disallowed by upper-caste Hindus from entering a temple. According to…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: BJP opposes SC status for Dalit Christians, says ‘real’ Dalits will lose out
Andhra Pradesh BJP president Somu Veerraju chastised the YSRCP-led state administration for passing a motion in the state Legislature requesting the Centre to modify the Constitution to grant Schedule Caste status to…
- India
SC Panchayat president in TN complains of harassment due to caste
Chennai: A Scheduled Caste Panchayat president of Palaiyur in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu lodged a complaint to the State Chief Secretary and District Collector that she was harassed by upper caste…
- Telangana
Furnish reasons for vacancies in SC, ST commission: Telangana HC to state
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court issued notices to the state government asking it to file its response while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the vacancies in the state SC and…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP announces 18 candidates for MLC polls
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party YSR Congress on Monday announced candidates for 18 seats of the state Legislative Council, allotting a lion’s share to the backward classes. As many as 11 candidates…
- Andhra Pradesh
Protests turn violent on Vijayawada-Hyderabad highway over categorisation of SCs
Vijayawada: A policeman was injured in stone pelting as a protest by Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) over the demand for categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) turned violent on Monday. MRPS workers…
- India
Scheduled Caste employees in Haryana to get reservation in promotion
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that Scheduled Caste (SC) employees in the state would get reservations in promotion. Participating in the state-level function organised in Narwana town…
- India
Scheduled Caste panel withdraws arrest order of Punjab official
Chandigarh: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Thursday withdrew its orders regarding the arrest of Principal Secretary, School Education, Jaspreet Talwar and her presentation before the Commission. According to the…
- Opinions
What caste-based census may offer to the Pasmanda Muslims in Bihar?
The Pasmanda Muslims of Bihar may have something to talk about after Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ordered a caste-based census in the state. However, they are unsure, of what it would…