Muddying the waters While 10% quota for economically weaker sections is welcome, reservation shouldn’t be allowed to exceed the 50% cap November 8, 2022 04:30 IST
Jharkhand: As crisis looms, Soren govt raises reservations for SC, ST, others to 77 per cent The state cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday, hiked the OBC reservation to 27… September 15, 2022 11:51 IST
Why a ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in UP remains elusive: Akhilesh-Mayawati cold war and the tangled caste politics It has gradually emerged as a fact that challenging the BJP will turn out to be a daunting task for… August 19, 2021 13:13 IST
Explained: The caste census, BJP’s resistance within and the hurdles in offing The demands for a caste-based census have grown following the passage of the Constitution 127A Amendment Bill in the Parliament. August 17, 2021 17:03 IST
AAP approaches national commission for Scheduled Castes on assault case A day after its councillor Rakesh Kumar was allegedly manhandled by BJP councillors, the AAP today approached the National Commission… June 10, 2016 20:30 IST
IGNCA Chief stokes controversy over role of B.R.Ambedkar Recently appointed as chief of a premier government-funded art centre here, Ram Bahadur Rai today stoked a controversy by questioning… Updated: June 7, 2016 21:50 IST
Govt approves two bills to modify STs’ list in five states Two bills seeking to modify the existing list of scheduled tribes in five states and identify new communities in the… May 25, 2016 20:06 IST
‘India’s legacy of discrimination against SCs, women and Muslims apparent in housing sector’ Evictions and displacements are “quite common” in India and its legacy of discrimination against SCs, women and Muslims is even… Updated: April 22, 2016 23:42 IST
One in four Indians admit to practicing untouchability, reveals a survey A shocking fact revealed by a pan-India survey that Indians belonging to virtually every religion and caste group, admit to… May 4, 2015 16:42 IST
PM: Had B R Ambedkar not been there, where would have been Narendra Modi? Describing Dalit leader Dr B R Ambedkar as a victim of “political untouchability”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today credited the… April 20, 2015 21:03 IST
