caste census
- 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
Bihar: CM Nitish calls all-party meet on caste census on May 27
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all party meeting to discuss caste-based census on May 27. “We have sent the proposal to all the parties for the meeting on…
- Hyderabad
Caste Census essential for secularism, says Majeedullah Farhat
Hyderabad: Majeedullah Khan Farhat, the head of Majlis Bachao Tahreek, stated that a caste census is essential for India because, without it, anyone from a minority may not become a chief minister…