castes
- India
West Bengal govt seeks SC stay on HC verdict striking down OBC status of several castes
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Tuesday sought an urgent hearing by the Supreme Court of its appeal against the Calcutta High Court verdict striking down the OBC status of several…
- India
Akhilesh Yadav asks party leaders to focus on PDA
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has decided to focus on its ‘PDA’ formula, even if it means ignoring upper caste voters. PDA is an acronym coined by the SP for ‘Pichhde (backward…
- India
Akhilesh faces flak from upper castes, PDA camps
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is caught in a bind. His strategy on OBCs, Dalits and minorities, has backfired badly with both upper castes and the PDA sections of society mounting…
- Featured News
Backward Castes are on the rise; what would be fate of Rohini Commission report in Bihar?
The biggest challenge with most of the Extremely Backward Castes—whose votes political parties are eying on at the national and state levels—is that the occupations to which they are traditionally linked to…
- India
BJP goes all out to woo sub-castes; SP gives PDA an entirely new spin
Lucknow: With the Lok Sabha elections approaching, the caste cauldron, as always, is on the boil in Uttar Pradesh — the only difference being that from caste it has gone on to…
- India
Bhagwat bats for unity among castes and sects
Ahmedabad: Giving the message of unity among different castes and sects, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday that “earlier we were one, but we created divisions in the…
- India
TMC misleading backward castes in Bengal with fake assurances: BJP
Kolkata: Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of misleading members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities with “fake assurances”, BJP leader Sudip Das on Monday asked them to be…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Brahmin group slams state govt’s inclusion of dominant castes in EWS quota
Bengaluru: The Akhila Karnataka Brahmin Mahasabha (AKBM) has said that the BJP-led state government’s decision to accommodate the dominant Lingayats and Vokkaligas communities in the economically weaker section (EWS) quota is “anti-Brahmin”.…
- India
National SC panel has limited powers, says Punjab and Haryana High Court
Chandigarh: In an important development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that constitutional body, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, “does not possess the power of adjudication and has no…
- 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…
- 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…
