Scheduled Caste
- Andhra Pradesh
Protests turn violent on Vijayawada-Hyderabad highway over categorisation of SCs
Vijayawada: A policeman was injured in stone pelting as a protest by Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) over the demand for categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) turned violent on Monday. MRPS workers…
- India
Scheduled Caste employees in Haryana to get reservation in promotion
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that Scheduled Caste (SC) employees in the state would get reservations in promotion. Participating in the state-level function organised in Narwana town…
- India
Scheduled Caste panel withdraws arrest order of Punjab official
Chandigarh: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Thursday withdrew its orders regarding the arrest of Principal Secretary, School Education, Jaspreet Talwar and her presentation before the Commission. According to the…
- Opinions
What caste-based census may offer to the Pasmanda Muslims in Bihar?
The Pasmanda Muslims of Bihar may have something to talk about after Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ordered a caste-based census in the state. However, they are unsure, of what it would…
- India
TN: Faeces found in SC colony’s water tank, probe commenced
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police have commenced a probe into the presence of human excreta in an overhead water tank of a Scheduled Caste (SC) colony in Pudukottai district. When after drinking…
- India
Kerala HC concerned as innocent persons becoming victims of false cases under SC/ST Act
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has urged lower courts to carefully analyse cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act while considering pleas for anticipatory bail, in order…
- India
TN headmistress held for making SC students clean school toilets
Chennai: A primary school headmistress was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making six Scheduled Caste students clean the school toilets in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Geetha Rani, the headmistress of Palakkarai…
- India
TN: Case filed after headmistress makes SC students clean toilet
Tamil Nadu police are searching for the headmistress of a government school in Erode district for allegedly forcing six children from the scheduled castes community to clean a school toilet. A complaint…
- India
TN Dalit leader seeks quota for SC, ST and women in cooperative societies
Chennai: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalan has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to ensure reservations for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe communities, and women in…
- India
Mumbai: Protest held against NCB official for ‘insulting’ Babasaheb Ambedkar
Mumbai: A large group of people comprising mostly of members of the Scheduled Caste communities on Saturday protested in Andheri in Mumbai against Narcotics Control Bureau Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh accusing…
- India
Siddaramaiah says BJP govt’s decision on quota misleading
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the BJP government in Karnataka is misleading the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes with its decision to increase reservation for them. Siddaramaiah was…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Cabinet okays hike in SC/ST quota, to issue govt order
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Saturday accorded its formal approval to increase the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/STs) quota in the State. The State government would issue an order with which quota…
- Bangalore
Karnataka to hike SC/ST quota through Constitutional amendment
Bengaluru: In a major decision ahead of the Assembly polls a few months away, the BJP government in Karnataka on Friday decided to increase the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/STs) quota in…
- India
Panel to examine giving SC status to religious converts who were ‘historically’ SCs
New Delhi: The Centre has appointed a commission headed by former CJI K G Balakrishnan to examine the matter of giving Scheduled Caste status to new people who claim to historically have…
- Business
Sitharaman to review performance of credit schemes for SCs by public sector banks
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a review meeting of public sector banks on Tuesday, where the focus would be on status and performance of their credit and other…
