caste census
- India
SC agrees to hear on April 28 plea against caste survey in Bihar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on April 28 a fresh plea against the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the state. A bench of…
- India
Is Caste census oppn’s ‘Brahmastra’ against BJP’s Hindutva in 2024?
New Delhi: The opposition parties are yet to firm up an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but their unanimous demands for a caste census and the removal of the reservation…
- India
Oppn leaders make strong pitch for caste census at DMK conference
New Delhi: Top Opposition leaders, including chief ministers of three states, on Monday, strongly pitched for a caste census at a DMK-convened conference on social justice which also saw fervent calls for forging…
- India
Raipur Declaration: Cong open for alliance, seeks caste census
Raipur: Congress’ 85th plenary session ended on Sunday with ‘Raipur Declaration’ asserting never to compromise with the politics of BJP-RSS, and mentioning its openness for alliances, caste census in the country and…
- India
What’s PM’s, UP CM’s response on caste survey, asks Akhilesh Yadav
Noida: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday sought to know what is the stand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on caste survey in the…
- Telangana
TSBC chairperson writes to PM Modi expressing grief over BC welfare
Hyderabad: The chairman of Telangana Backward Classes Commission (TSBC) Dr Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his disappointment and concerns regarding the BC community over…
- India
BJP shies away from caste census to safeguard its Hindutva project
Lucknow: With regional parties in Uttar Pradesh raising the issue of caste census, the ‘Mandal’ brand of politics is all set to return to the Hindi heartland after almost three decades. The…
- India
BJP against ‘caste census’, does not want to give rights to backward classes: SP
Lucknow: The BJP is against a “caste census” because it does not want to give backward classes and Dalits their rights, the Samajwadi Party claimed on Wednesday, asserting that correct data is…
- India
SC refuses to entertain pleas on Bihar’s decision to hold caste-based census
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain various pleas challenging the Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based census across the state. A bench of justices BR Gavai and…
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: ‘Conduct caste census right away’, says Hanumantha Rao to Centre
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Hanumantha Rao has requested the Center take immediate action to carry out the nation’s caste census. Hanumantha Rao said on Wednesday during a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan…
- Featured News
Caste census: Need of the hour or political agenda?
Will a caste census trigger a disastrous response or fulfil the demand of political parties? While it plays such a dominant role in our social, economic, and political life, it is strange…
- Telangana
Congress demands caste-based census in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Monday demanded the state government conduct a caste-based census in order to end the discrimination faced by the Backward Class communities (OBCs). Speaking to reporters…
- Politics
Sushil Modi slams Tejashwi for taking credit for caste-based Census
Patna: A day after an all-party meeting held in Patna for conducting caste-based Census, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, on Thursday slammed Tejashwi Yadav and his party RJD for…
- India
Extend caste census to Muslims, exclude infiltrators: Giriraj
Katihar (Bihar): Union Minister Giriraj Singh Wednesday said the proposed caste census in Bihar must exclude infiltrators like Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, who are not acknowledged to be so because of politics of appeasement.…
