Caste
- India
SC notice to Centre, 11 states over caste discrimination in jails
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states…
- Telangana
BRS, Cong, BJP, AIMIM, are all playing caste, community cards to woo voters in Telangana
Hyderabad: Caste, which is the hallmark of Indian politics, is back to the fore in the Telangana assembly polls. All major parties—Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party…
- India
NCBC to hold hearing on demand of WB govt to include 87 castes in OBC list
New Delhi: The National Commission for Backward Classes will be holding a hearing on the proposal of the West Bengal government to include 87 castes in the OBC list. In a notice…
- Bangalore
Karnataka man kills daughter over relationship with boy from different caste
Bengaluru: In a horrific incident, a man in Karnataka killed his daughter for being in a relationship with a boy from a different caste, police said on Thursday. The victim has been…
- India
Congress meets to discuss upcoming Assembly polls, OBC issue, caste-based census
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Monday to discuss the upcoming Assembly elections, OBC issue, caste-based census and the preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Congress President Mallikarjun…
- World
California Guv vetoes anti-caste discrimination bill, terms it ‘unnecessary’
Washington: California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a landmark anti-caste discrimination bill recently passed by the state assembly, terming it “unnecessary” and underlining that laws to ban caste-based discrimination already exist in…
- India
‘Jitni abadi, utna haq’ will eventually culminate into majoritarianism: Singhvi
New Delhi: A day after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi reiterated the demand to give people rights based on their population, senior party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi differed with him and said…
- India
Caste system a ‘stain’ in minds of certain people, says Kerala Devaswom Minister
Thrissur: Kerala Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan on Tuesday said caste system was a “stain” in the minds of certain people and it was not easy to remove it instantly, remarks that came…
- India
Caste-based survey exercise completed, now the data is being compiled: Nitish Kumar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the caste-based survey in the state has been completed and the state government would soon make the data public. He asserted that the…
- India
Bihar caste-based survey almost complete, will soon be in public domain
Patna: The caste-based survey in Bihar is almost complete and will soon be out in the public domain, an official said on Thursday. According to the general administration department official, the survey’s…
- India
Bihar caste survey: SC defers hearing for August 18 on plea challenging Patna HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred for August 18 hearing on a plea challenging the Patna High Court’s August 1 order giving the go-ahead for a caste survey in Bihar.…
- India
Field survey exercise of ongoing caste-based headcount in Bihar complete: Officials
Patna: The field survey exercise pertaining to the ongoing caste-based headcount survey in Bihar is complete now, officials said. District authorities across the state have intensified the process of digitally recording the…
- India
All eyes on when caste survey will begin in UP, Mayawati says
Lucknow: After Patna High Court upheld the caste survey in Bihar as “perfectly valid” and “initiated with due competence”, BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday said all eyes are now on when Uttar…
- India
Patna HC rejects all petitions challenging caste survey in Bihar
Patna: The Patna High Court on Tuesday rejected all petitions challenging the caste survey ordered by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, senior advocate Dinu Kumar, a counsel for one of the…
- Photos
Gujjars protests against inclusion of upper-caste Paharis in ST list
Srinagar: Hundreds of Gujjar and Bakarwals from different parts of the country assembled in Srinagar’s press enclave in Lal chowk on the evening of Tuesday, July 25, to protest against the inclusion…
