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No admission fee for ST, SC students in government medical, engineering colleges: Odisha CM

September 02, 2026 8:57 am

Majhi issued the direction on Monday after learning that many meritorious Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students face financial difficulties during admissions even after cracking tough entrance exams, an official release said.

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Caste census is dead. Don't expect a formal announcement or funeral

August 12, 2026 1:37 pm

The real problem is not the technical alternative, but political will, or rather political ill-will

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Should tribals who convert get quota benefits? Why Maharashtra has set up a panel

July 19, 2026 9:21 am

The GR, however, does not specify any deadline for the committee to submit its recommendations.

Should ST status remain after religious conversion? The Adivasi delisting debate raging in Jharkhand

June 01, 2026 9:28 am

A renewed row over 'delisting' has raised Constitutional questions around religion and affirmative action for Adivasis.

If tribal identity survives displacement, mining and systemic violence, why should it vanish at the gates of a church?

Ram Madhav writes: Should converted tribals retain reservation benefits? The debate is on

May 29, 2026 2:57 pm

Current demand rests on the Kartik Oraon’s Joint Parliamentary Committee and Lokur Committee reports, besides SC observations, insisting on identifying STs as those with a traditional faith, culture, customs, rituals, and practices. Those converting to other religions abandon most of these and hence should be de-listed, the argument goes

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'Past sins cast long shadows': Why Supreme Court cleared 70-year-old engineer in 33-year-old fake caste certificate case

May 18, 2026 7:46 am

The Supreme Court said past sins cast long shadows while hearing the plea of a retired engineer who was accused of a misdemeanour committed in 1993, when he attempted to claim the status of a scheduled tribe.

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Can tribal man seek divorce under Hindu law? Chhattisgarh High Court overturns order blocking couple's mutual plea

March 06, 2026 11:10 am

The counsel for the parties submitted before the Chhattisgarh High Court that since they follow Hindu customs and the marriage was solemnised accordingly, the family court could not have rejected their divorce plea.

Minister of State for Education Dr Sukanta Majumdar said that data on enrolment of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in these institutions is collected through the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).

SC/ST enrolment increases across central universities, IITs, IIMs since 2014: Centre tells Lok Sabha

February 04, 2026 7:02 pm

In a written reply to an unstarred question, Minister of State for Education Dr Sukanta Majumdar said that data on enrolment of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in these institutions is collected through the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).

His advocacy shaped the framework of protective discrimination for Scheduled Tribes and infused constitutional debates with an ethic of cultural plurality.

Jaipal Singh Munda's journey – from Oxford, to the hockey field and Constituent Assembly – challenges narrow views of democracy

January 08, 2026 1:26 pm

Munda’s legacy refuses closure. It survives not only in statues or stadium names, but in everyday idioms of resistance and pride. It lives on the hockey fields of Jharkhand, where Adivasi youth continue to transform marginal grounds into national pipelines of talent. It surfaces in contemporary assertions around Sarna religion, land rights, and cultural recognition

DC Kashyap said, "Forty cases registered under the Act since 2018 are currently pending in courts, which have also declined to accept the cancellation and untrace reports in some of the cases. It is a matter of concern."

Scrutinise court judgments under SC/ST Act to build stronger cases: Shimla DC

December 31, 2025 8:52 pm

Shimla SP Sanjeev Gandhi said, "Instructions of Deputy Commissioner were noted. The particular case registered on the complaint of a policeman's wife will be probed again."