caste census
- India
Allahabad HC seeks UP govt response on caste census
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition seeking caste census in the state. The order was issued by the division bench of…
- India
Barring STs, SCs, no caste Census since independence, says govt
New Delhi: The central government has not enumerated caste-wise population other than Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Census since independence, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union…
- India
Caste-based census will happen at any cost: Lalu
Patna: A day after the Patna High Court put an interim stay on the caste-based survey, RJD national president Lalu Prasad said the survey is the demand of a majority of people…
- Mumbai
Caste Census demon haunts Maha BJP ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Mumbai: The clamour for a caste-based Census has once again come to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre, which is treating the sensitive issue with kid-gloves, with the…
- Telangana
Eyeing national role, KCR pushes for caste census but not Bihar model
Hyderabad: While Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has been supporting the demand for caste-based census, its government in Telangana may come under pressure from the backward classes (BCs) to conduct a survey in…
- 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…
