Scheduled Castes
- India
Govt forms panel to examine steps to safeguard interests of SCs: Sources
New Delhi: A high-level panel has been formed to examine the administrative steps that can be taken to safeguard the interests of scheduled caste communities like the Madigas, sources said on Friday.…
- India
SC asks Centre set up fresh delimitation commission
New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Thursday to set up a fresh delimitation commission for ensuring a proportional representation of the communities specified as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled…
- News
Assam delimitation: Protests against abolition, non-reservation of assembly constituents
Guwahati: Protests were staged in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Saturday against the final delimitation report for assembly and parliamentary constituencies of the state with the agitators demanding restoration of old seats. Some protestors…
- India
Centre to seek passage of Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in LS today
New Delhi: The Central government will try to get the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2022, passed in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The controversial bill amends the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 to…
- India
Maharashtra: Dalit killed for celebrating Ambedkar Jayanti, 7 held
A 24-year-old Dalit man was beaten and stabbed to death by a group of people belonging to the upper caste Maratha community in the Bondhar village of Mahrasthra’s Nanded district. Seven accused…
- Delhi
NCDC demands SC status for Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians
New Delhi: The National Council of Dalit Christians on Tuesday held a protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding Scheduled Caste status for Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Caste origin. NCDC president V…
- India
No relief for MP Navneet Rana in `bogus’ caste certificate case
Mumbai: A court here on Wednesday rejected independent MP Navneet Rana’s review application against the denial of discharge in a case where she is accused of fraudulently obtaining her caste certificate. Rana…