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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…
- India
RSS chief says SCs, tribals preserved India’s identity despite invasions
Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that despite foreign invasions and hardships, tribal communities and Scheduled Castes preserved the country’s identity and soul, stressing the need to integrate them into the…
- 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…
- 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
Hyderabad: MRPS chief questions denial of SC status to Dalit Christians
Hyderabad: The founder-president of the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS), Manda Krishna Madiga, has strongly questioned why restrictions on reservation benefits apply only to Dalits who convert to Christianity, while other communities…
- India
Untouchability in Karnataka: Shops shut amid last rites of Dalit armyman
Bagalkot: Relatives of a retired Dalit army serviceman have alleged untouchability after shops and hotels in a Karnataka village closed their shutters when they arrived for his last rites on February 25. Hanumantappa…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Cabinet decides to provide internal reservation among SCs
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to provide internal reservation among Scheduled Castes by categorising 101 castes among them into three categories, official sources said. In a special meeting on Tuesday, the…
- 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…
- India
‘No Church, No Gate’: Demand to rename Churchgate station
Mumbai: A Dhangar community leader on Saturday demanded that the Churchgate railway station in south Mumbai be renamed after Ahilyabai Holkar, the revered queen of the Maratha-ruled Malwa kingdom. Talking to reporters…
- Telangana
Telangana govt faces HC notice on SC reservation Act validity
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has issued a notice to the state government, seeking its response to a writ petition that challenges the legal validity of the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation 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
SC categorization in Telangana will improve job opportunities: Health min
Hyderabad: Telangana Health minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha on Monday, February 17 remarked that the categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) in the state will provide better job opportunities for the Madiga community.…
- Telangana
Telangana: Congress leader assures of SC quota subcategorization implementation
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will implement the Scheduled Caste (SC) subcategorization as soon as the report from the single-member commission is released, AICC secretary and ex-MLA SA Sampath Kumar said urging MRPS…
