Backward class
- Hyderabad
Gurukul students honoured with Pratibha Puraskar Awards
Hyderabad: The Pratibha Puraskar (Excellence Awards) Ceremony was held on Thursday, May 14, to honour the top-scoring students from Gurukuls and Welfare Hostels. The event took place at the Komaram Bheem Bhavan…
- 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: 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…
- Telangana
Registrations under BC overseas scholarship program open from Feb 23
Hyderabad: Registrations for Backward Class (BC) overseas scholarship or the Mahatma Jyothiba Phule BC Overseas Vidya Nidhi scheme will open from February 23 to March 24, the Telangana government announced on Sunday.…
- Telangana
Telangana BC Commission to probe quota violations in power corporations
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Backward Classes Commission on Saturday, February 21, will conduct an inquiry into the alleged violations of reservations in recruitments in state run power corporations. In a meeting held…
- Telangana
Backward classes won over 61 pc seats in Telangana municipal elections
Hyderabad: Backward Classes have won more than 61 per cent seats in the recently held municipal elections in Telangana. Though 28.22 per cent of wards in municipalities and 35.25 per cent divisions…
- Telangana
Telangana HC seeks govt reply on 42 pc BC quota in local bodies
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday, January 29, directed the state government to file counter-affidavits within eight weeks on petitions challenging the increase of Backwards Classes (BC) reservations to 42 percent…
- Telangana
Hindered by reservation, man gets SC partner to file for sarpanch in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: Chandrashekhar, a man from the Backward class, was initially disappointed when the post of Tadlapalle’s sarpanch was reserved for the Scheduled caste, hindering him from filing a nomination. However, he found…
- Telangana
Telangana Assembly passes Bills for 42 pc quota to BCs in local body elections
Hyderabad: The Telangana Assembly on Sunday, August 31, passed two Bills to facilitate 42 percent reservation to Backward Classes in local body elections by amending the legislation, which was passed in 2018.…
- Telangana
Telangana CM, INDIA bloc leaders protest for 42 pc BC quota in Delhi
New Delhi: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, August 6, claimed that there was pressure from the Union government on President Droupadi Murmu not to give an appointment to the Congress leaders…
- Hyderabad
BC quota protest: Telangana Congress leaders leave for Delhi
Hyderabad: Telangana Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and other Congress leaders on Tuesday left for Delhi to participate in the dharna, to be led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on…
- Telangana
CM Revanth to lead Telangana Congress workers’ Delhi protest over BC quota delay
Hyderabad: A special train carrying several Congress workers and leaders from Telangana departed for New Delhi on Monday. They are set to participate in a protest led by Chief Minister A Revanth…
- Featured News
Slugfest on cards over TS government decision to allocate 42 pc reservation for BCs
Hyderabad: A political slugfest is on the cards in Telangana State over the Revanth Reddy government decision to implement 42 per cent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in the ensuing Local Bodies…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Applications open for skill training for unemployed MBC youth
Hyderabad: The Telangana Most Backward Classes Development Corporation (TGMBCDC) is providing a four-day Skill Development Training Programme to MBC unemployed youth in Hyderabad. Youngsters will be given training in various skills, including…
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