Scheduled Tribe
- India
Muslim OBCs have lowest college access, lower than even SCs, STs
Hyderabad: If you are a Muslim from an Other Backward Class (OBC) background in India, your odds of reaching a college classroom are worse than almost anyone else’s, worse even than those of…
- Hyderabad
Why the Lambada protest at Gandhi Bhavan can’t be downplayed
Hyderabad: A group of Lambadas were detained in front of Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, June 25, urging that the Congress government give a ministerial berth to a member of their community, a…
- Telangana
Telangana HC orders CBI probe into ST student’s honour killing
Hyderabad: Nearly four years after the body of a young Scheduled Tribe (ST) law graduate was fished out of a canal in Telangana, the High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation…
- Telangana
Mother, daughters drown while washing clothes at a well in Telangana’s Narayankhed
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a mother and her two daughters drowned in an open well while washing clothes on the shore. The incident took place in Borgi village of Kangti mandal…
- News
Telangana HC continues stay on fee collection ban for SC, ST, BC, minority students
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday, May 4, extended its interim orders staying a government rule that prevents private colleges from collecting fees from students belonging to SC, ST, BC, minority…
- Telangana
Fee reimbursement: KTR accuses Telangana CM of betraying 14 lakh students
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday, April 3, attacked Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for what he called betraying nearly 14 lakh students from…
- Telangana
In Telangana, how much you earn depends on what caste you are born into
Hyderabad: Nearly half of all Scheduled Caste workers in Telangana are daily wage labourers. Among General Caste workers, it is barely one in 10. An OC Brahmin is thirty-eight times less likely to…
- Telangana
Telangana caste survey: Where you are born still determines how far you study
Hyderabad: A Brahmin child in Telangana is nearly seven times more likely to be studying in an English-medium school than a child from the Kolam tribe. A Goldsmith’s or Padmasali’s child is almost…
- Hate Crime
Kerala became paradise for love jihadists: VHP demands anti-conversion law
Kochi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday, April 18, alleged that instances of “love jihad” were on the rise in Kerala and called for a stringent anti-conversion law to address the…
- Telangana
Inter-caste marriages or consolidation: Ambiguity in Telangana caste census
Hyderabad: The Telangana Socio, Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey-2024 has shed new light on the state of inter-caste marriages across 56 castes, revealing a society in transition, but one where…
- 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
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…
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