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Bengaluru woman booked for verbally abusing BBMP officials during data collection for caste survey at her apartment
June 30, 2025 12:54 pm
The incident at HSR Layout in Bengaluru allegedly disrupted the caste survey process, and the BBMP officials had to carry it out the next day.
HC acquits rape convict of charges under SC/ST Act; cites amendments in Act, Supreme Court judgment
May 15, 2025 9:05 pm
The bench observed that the victim, who was a minor at the time of the incident, did not state in her testimony that the accused raped her because she was from SC/ST community
In landmark move, Haryana announces reservation for Deprived Scheduled Castes, Other SCs in Group D recruitment
May 14, 2025 3:25 pm
Terming the decision “historic”, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said it will bridge disparities and ensure equitable distribution of reservation benefits.
The caste that doesn’t want to be counted
May 06, 2025 12:08 pm
Names like ‘Paliya’ are not just labels. They are wounds — and also acts of survival, dignity, and resistance. A just census must see without shaming, count without erasing, and recognise without punishing
Internal reservation in mind, Karnataka launches survey of SC sub-castes
May 05, 2025 3:32 pm
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the survey will be carried out in three phases from May 5 to 23, during which door-to-door surveys will be done and online declarations accepted.
Knowledge Nugget: What to look for in Telangana’s implementation of Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation for your UPSC exam
April 19, 2025 12:09 pm
With Telangana becoming the first state to implement Scheduled Caste sub-categorisation, it is important to revisit the Supreme Court judgment in Davinder Singh v. State of Punjab. In 'Beyond the Nugget,' learn more about the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
From Cong’s dominance to AAP’s, how Delhi’s SC-reserved Assembly seats have evaded BJP
December 26, 2024 8:08 pm
With row over Ambedkar likely to play out in the polls, what will worry BJP is that its best performance in the 12 SC seats in the Capital was back in 1993, when it last won power in Delhi
Representation of SCs, STs in govt work force as per prescribed limit: Centre
December 19, 2024 5:09 pm
According to the information provided by the ministries/departments, as on January 1, 2024, the number of employees belonging to SCs, STs and Other Backward Classes, OBCs, is 5.47 lakh, 2.82 lakh and 8.55 lakh, respectively.
Complaint by Wankhede: Mumbai Police say charges under Atrocities Act added in FIR against Malik
December 12, 2024 8:48 pm
Bombay High Court tell Mumbai Police to conclude probe in 4 weeks.
Haryana introduces new SC reservation categories for govt jobs
November 14, 2024 9:05 am
Saini made this announcement on the first day of Vidhan Sabha winter session
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