Scheduled Caste
- Telangana
Telangana govt brings new procedure to avail post-metric scholarships
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has rolled out a new procedure to apply for post-metric scholarships for the academic year 2024-25. The new procedure issued as per the norms of the Centre, will…
- India
NIA can investigate other accused connected with scheduled offences: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the National Investigation Agency could investigate other accused who might have also committed certain crimes connected with the scheduled offences. A bench of Justice…
- Telangana
Telangana to form commission on SC sub-categorisation
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday, October 9 announced it will appoint a one man judicial commission to study the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC). The cabinet sub-committee, headed by irrigation and…
- Telangana
Telangana HC intervenes to protect ostracized Dalit family
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court recently intervened on behalf of a Scheduled Caste (Madiga) family facing social ostracism from villagers in the Medak district. The family was pressured to continue their traditional…
- Featured News
Huge jump in Scheduled Castes, and not Muslim, population in Bihar
The most surprising aspect of the Bihar Caste Survey is that the population of the Scheduled Castes—undoubtedly the weakest of all the social groups–witnessed a huge jump when compared to the 2011…
- India
UP: Man held for converting people to Christianity by offering money
Ghaziabad: A man has been arrested here for allegedly converting members of Scheduled Caste and Schedules Tribes by offering money, police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Mahinder Kumar,…
- India
Shahbad Dairy murder: Delhi court takes congnisance of charge sheet against accused
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a police charge sheet filed against Sahil, who brutally killed his girlfriend by repeatedly stabbing her in the city’s Shahbad Dairy area…
- India
TN cops in the dock after relatives allege ‘custodial death’ of SC man
Chennai: Tamil Nadu police are in the dock after a Scheduled Caste youth, who was in custody of the Puliyangudi police in Tenkasi district, died. The 23-year-old youth, Thangasamy was taken into…
- India
Cong’s balancing act: Oppressed classes given lion’s share in Karnataka Cabinet
Bengaluru: After denying them a Dalit Deputy Chief Minister, the Congress has given the oppressed community a lion’s share in the Karnataka state Cabinet in the first list. Among the eight ministers…
- India
TN: Not allowed to enter temple, angry Dalits block road causing huge traffic
The Vikravandi-Kumbakonam road was seized in protest by Dalits of Melpathi village near Koliyanur in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district after they were disallowed by upper-caste Hindus from entering a temple. According to…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: BJP opposes SC status for Dalit Christians, says ‘real’ Dalits will lose out
Andhra Pradesh BJP president Somu Veerraju chastised the YSRCP-led state administration for passing a motion in the state Legislature requesting the Centre to modify the Constitution to grant Schedule Caste status to…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra urges Centre to extend SC status to those converting to Christianity
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Friday passed two resolutions, one urging the Centre to include the Boya/Valmiki community in the list of the Scheduled Tribes, and second to extend Scheduled Caste…
- India
SC Panchayat president in TN complains of harassment due to caste
Chennai: A Scheduled Caste Panchayat president of Palaiyur in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu lodged a complaint to the State Chief Secretary and District Collector that she was harassed by upper caste…
- Telangana
Furnish reasons for vacancies in SC, ST commission: Telangana HC to state
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court issued notices to the state government asking it to file its response while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the vacancies in the state SC and…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP announces 18 candidates for MLC polls
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party YSR Congress on Monday announced candidates for 18 seats of the state Legislative Council, allotting a lion’s share to the backward classes. As many as 11 candidates…
