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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).
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
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."
Remembering Birsa Munda’s spirit: From Ulgulan to tribal assertion
November 12, 2025 8:05 pm
In honouring 150 years of Birsa Munda, we are not merely looking back — we are looking forward to a nation where empowerment replaces exclusion, and where pride in our roots fuel our shared destiny
State can’t insist SC/ST students for Aadhaar card to avail post-matric scholarship scheme: Meghalaya HC
November 04, 2025 6:37 pm
Meghalaya HC Aadhaar Ruling, SC/ST Students scholarship scheme: Students from SC/ST category of Meghalaya claimed they were denied the benefits of post matriculation scholarship scheme for want of Aadhaar card.
Why TMC govt is on alert as Kurmis reignite ST status demand, threaten rail and road blockade in 3 states
September 20, 2025 7:31 pm
Categorised as Adivasi in the 1931 Census, Kurmis say they were dropped from the ST list in 1950 and that protests in previous years yielded nothing
‘Is this a joke?’: Gauhati High Court on cement company being allotted 3,000 bighas in Assam’s tribal district
August 19, 2025 4:03 am
‘3,000 bighas!... What is going on? 3,000 bighas allotted to a private company?... What kind of decision is this?,’ the Bench said last week
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
A legal cap, a political promise, and the tribal future of Andhra Pradesh
May 16, 2025 9:49 am
Recent protests for 100 per cent reservation for tribal communities in schools located in scheduled areas underscore a deeper crisis of representation, legal parity, and political accountability in India’s tribal education policy
Explained: Implementation of Forest Rights Act in Himachal Pradesh; row over letter from state's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests' office
April 19, 2025 2:46 pm
Environmentalists accused the Forest Department of undermining the intent of the Act; the Forest Department withdrew the letter following intervention of Revenue and Tribal Affairs Minister Jagat Singh Negi
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