Scheduled Tribe
- 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
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…
- Telangana
Focus on completing Palamuru-Rangareddy project: Harish Rao to Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao has asked Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to focus on completing the construction of Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), instead of pursuing the Kodangal Lift Irrigation…
- India
Vandalism, arson mark Meghalaya’s Garo Hills violence, 2 dead
Shillong: Two Muslim men were reportedly killed, and multiple people were injured in clashes that erupted in Meghalaya, after residents received a notification restricting non-tribal individuals from contesting the elections in the…
- Telangana
Telangana HC upholds cancellation of ST certificates issued to Lambadi family from Maha
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has upheld the decision to cancel Scheduled Tribe (ST) caste certificates issued to a Lambadi family that migrated from Maharashtra to the then undivided Andhra Pradesh in…
- Telangana
Telangana HC flags ST seat quota in villages with no tribal population
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has expressed surprise over the reservation of Sarpanch and ward member posts for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in villages where there are no ST voters or only a…
- Telangana
Telangana welfare minister directs officials to prepare report for central funds
Hyderabad: Telangana welfare minister Adluri Laxman has instructed department officials to prepare a comprehensive report seeking pending funds from the Centre for welfare departments. He stated that within a week, a delegation…
- Telangana
National ST Commission inquires into Vijay Devarakonda’s remarks
Hyderabad: The National ST Commission has initiated an inquiry into comments made by actor Vijay Deverakonda during the pre-release event of the film “Retro,” following a complaint by Ashok Rathod, President of…
- Telangana
Implement Rs 3K cr employment schemes for SC, ST youth: Telangana Dy CM to officials
Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has directed officials to implement self-employment schemes worth Rs 3,000 crores for the benefit of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes youth before the end…
- 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…
