Scheduled Tribe
- Telangana
Telangana: Erukalas demand Rs 500 cr for ‘Ekalavya Corporation’
Hyderabad: Members of the Erukala (ST) community demanded the Telangana Government implement its poll promise of allocating Rs 500 crore for ‘Ekalavya (Erukala) STs corporation,’ as promised by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi…
- Bangalore
We will not protect anyone in Tribal Welfare Board case: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that the government will not protect anyone in the Tribal Welfare Board case. “We will not protect anyone. We are taking legal action against…
- News
Jharkhand: Kurmi community holds rally in Ranchi for ST status
Ranchi: Organized under the banner of Totemic Kurmi Vikas Morcha’ (TKVM), hundreds of people from different districts of the state, including Ranchi, Ramgarh, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Giridih, Hazaribagh, and Jamtara, participated in the…
- News
Parl panel highlights bias against hiring of SC, ST candidates in edu institutions
New Delhi: Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates are deliberately declared “not suitable” for appointment as faculty members in educational institutions because of “biased” assessment by selection panels, a parliamentary panel has…
- Bangalore
Twice recommended Central govt to include Ambiga community in ST: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the state government has twice recommended to the Central government to include Ambiga community in Scheduled Tribe (ST) list. “The community is fully…
- 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…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP MP stirs up row by demanding removal of Lambadas from ST list
Hyderabad: A BJP MP from Telangana has stirred up hornets’ nest by demanding removal of Lambada community from the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs). Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao’s demand has evoked…
- 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…
- India
Raj: RSS affiliate holds rally to de-list ‘converted tribals’ from reservation
An RSS affiliate organisation named Janjati Suraksha Manch took out a massive rally in Rajasthan’s Udaipur seeking the de-listing of tribals, who converted to non-Hindu religions, from the reserved Scheduled Tribes (ST)…
- India
Manipur: Mother, injured son among 3 killed after ambulance set on fire
Kolkata: An injured eight-year-old boy was killed along with his mother and another relative when an ambulance with the three on board was waylaid by a mob and set ablaze in Manipur’s West…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tribal welfare minister demands 10% quota for STs
Hyderabad: Telangana tribal welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod has asked the Central government to implement 10 percent reservation for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country. Speaking as chief guest at the National Banjara…
- Telangana
ST panel draws Telangana govt’s attention towards tribal issues
Hyderabad: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) asked the Telangana government to address issues related to Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR), Individual Forest Rights (IFR) and Community Forest Rights(CFR ) prevailing…
- India
Karnataka polls: Despite quota hike, BJP loses in all ST reserved seats
New Delhi: The BJP, which witnessed defeat in the Karnataka Assembly polls, failed to win even a single seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. Besides, the party also lost in…
- Telangana
Telangana: 88 BT roads to be paved in 16 tribal-dominated constituencies
Hyderabad: The Telangana government sanctioned the construction of 88 BT roads in 16 assembly constituencies with the tribal majority using the Scheduled Tribes Special Development Fund (STSDF). Rs 156.60 crores will be…
- Telangana
Telangana: ST reservation in Edu dept courses goes up from 6 to 10%
Hyderabad: Telangana government on Thursday enhanced reservations for candidates from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities from six per cent to ten per cent for admissions into B.Ed, B.P.Ed and UG D.P.Ed courses…
