Scheduled Caste
- Delhi
Delhi SIR: 20-45 pc voters cut in minority, SC-reserved seats
New Delhi: Minority-dominated and Scheduled Caste-reserved constituencies in the national capital registered between 20 and 45 per cent voter exclusions against the overall figure of 33 per cent deletions that Delhi recorded…
- India
FIR against Rahul Gandhi over Haldwani ‘purification’ remarks
An FIR has been registered against Rahul Gandhi, following a complaint by a member of the Valmiki community in Haldwani alleging that the Congress leader gave a casteist spin to a religious…
- Telangana
Most Telangana SC farmers landless, few have insurance: Study
Hyderabad: More than 61 per cent of Scheduled Caste (SC) households in Telangana do not own any land, while less than one per cent, 0.68 per cent, of those have crop insurance,…
- India
Census 2027 will record caste for the first time ever in India
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday, August 14, notified 40 questions to be asked during the population enumeration phase of Census 2027, including one on caste, marking the first time caste will be…
- Hyderabad
Pass BC Bill before Budget Session or face Chalo Delhi: Kavitha
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief K Kavitha on Thursday, August 6, warned that her party would organise a “Chalo Delhi” rally with a thousand cars if the central government failed to pass…
- Hate Crime
Delhi court orders FIR against NDMC staff over casteist abuse
New Delhi: A court here has directed the Delhi Police to register a first information report (FIR) against several NDMC staffers for allegedly subjecting a woman to “sustained casteist abuse, humiliation and…
- Telangana
Telangana SC student attempts suicide over ‘low’ NEET score
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old student allegedly attempted suicide on Monday, July 27, in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district over a “low” score in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exam. The student, P. Krishnaveni,…
- Hate Crime
Meerut SSP defends action after video shows him slapping detainee
Meerut: Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Avinash Pandey on Friday, July 10, defended the police action in connection with the death of a Scheduled Caste college student, saying every step taken…
- India
VD Satheesan govt: Mix of experienced and new faces
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader VD Satheesan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on Monday, May 18, after leading the party-led UDF to a strong win in the Assembly elections. Along…
- Hate Crime
Rajasthan: Dalit bride forced off horse, wedding attacked with stones
Udaipur: Yet another Dalit wedding procession was attacked, this time in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, where the bride was forced off the horse and the family was abused using casteist slurs. The incident is…
- Hyderabad
89,000 child labourers in Telangana, majority from SC, ST communities
Hyderabad: As many as 89,000 children under the age of 18 have been found to be engaged in daily wage work across the state, the caste survey conducted by the Congress government…
- Telangana
Telangana caste survey: Iyers, Christians have higher share of inter-caste marriages
Hyderabad: An expert group that analysed the caste survey conducted by the Congress government in Telangana in 2024-25 observed that Iyengers or Iyers report the highest share of households with inter-caste marriages,…
- Telangana
Telangana caste census: SCs, STs three times more backward than general castes
Hyderabad: Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Telangana are three times more backward than general caste communities, Backward Classes (BC) are 2.7 times more backward, and 30 per cent of the…
- India
Delhi: Dalit man dies cleaning drain, family claims coerced to receive pay
New Delhi: A Dalit sanitation worker allegedly died while manually cleaning a deep drain in Delhi‘s Dilshad Garden without safety gear, supervised by a mechanism on March 30. Rahul Bed, aged 32, was…
- India
Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging…
