Scheduled Caste
- India
Cong’s balancing act: Oppressed classes given lion’s share in Karnataka Cabinet
Bengaluru: After denying them a Dalit Deputy Chief Minister, the Congress has given the oppressed community a lion’s share in the Karnataka state Cabinet in the first list. Among the eight ministers…
- India
TN: Not allowed to enter temple, angry Dalits block road causing huge traffic
The Vikravandi-Kumbakonam road was seized in protest by Dalits of Melpathi village near Koliyanur in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district after they were disallowed by upper-caste Hindus from entering a temple. According to…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: BJP opposes SC status for Dalit Christians, says ‘real’ Dalits will lose out
Andhra Pradesh BJP president Somu Veerraju chastised the YSRCP-led state administration for passing a motion in the state Legislature requesting the Centre to modify the Constitution to grant Schedule Caste status to…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra urges Centre to extend SC status to those converting to Christianity
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Friday passed two resolutions, one urging the Centre to include the Boya/Valmiki community in the list of the Scheduled Tribes, and second to extend Scheduled Caste…
- India
SC Panchayat president in TN complains of harassment due to caste
Chennai: A Scheduled Caste Panchayat president of Palaiyur in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu lodged a complaint to the State Chief Secretary and District Collector that she was harassed by upper caste…
- Telangana
Furnish reasons for vacancies in SC, ST commission: Telangana HC to state
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court issued notices to the state government asking it to file its response while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the vacancies in the state SC and…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP announces 18 candidates for MLC polls
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party YSR Congress on Monday announced candidates for 18 seats of the state Legislative Council, allotting a lion’s share to the backward classes. As many as 11 candidates…
- Andhra Pradesh
Protests turn violent on Vijayawada-Hyderabad highway over categorisation of SCs
Vijayawada: A policeman was injured in stone pelting as a protest by Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) over the demand for categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) turned violent on Monday. MRPS workers…
- India
Scheduled Caste employees in Haryana to get reservation in promotion
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that Scheduled Caste (SC) employees in the state would get reservations in promotion. Participating in the state-level function organised in Narwana town…
- India
Scheduled Caste panel withdraws arrest order of Punjab official
Chandigarh: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Thursday withdrew its orders regarding the arrest of Principal Secretary, School Education, Jaspreet Talwar and her presentation before the Commission. According to the…
- 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…
- India
TN: Faeces found in SC colony’s water tank, probe commenced
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police have commenced a probe into the presence of human excreta in an overhead water tank of a Scheduled Caste (SC) colony in Pudukottai district. When after drinking…
- India
Kerala HC concerned as innocent persons becoming victims of false cases under SC/ST Act
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has urged lower courts to carefully analyse cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act while considering pleas for anticipatory bail, in order…
- India
TN headmistress held for making SC students clean school toilets
Chennai: A primary school headmistress was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making six Scheduled Caste students clean the school toilets in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Geetha Rani, the headmistress of Palakkarai…
- India
TN: Case filed after headmistress makes SC students clean toilet
Tamil Nadu police are searching for the headmistress of a government school in Erode district for allegedly forcing six children from the scheduled castes community to clean a school toilet. A complaint…
