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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Latest news and events in the press about Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

official designations given to various groups of indigenous people in India

3 hoursAt Sangh Parivar’s janjati mahakumbh, Amit Shah assures UCC will never apply to tribals

6 hoursSDMC Coordination Committee welcomes extension of RTE Act up to class 10 for SC/ST…

6 hoursLakhs of tribals gather at Red Fort to demand removal of converted Muslims, Christians…

7 hours₹2,561.20 crore draft annual development plan for Dakshina Kannada for 2026-27 approved

a daySPPU announces recruitment for 133 contractual assistant professor posts

Scheduled Castes - Latest events

Lokesh elevated to TDP working president amid politburo reshuffle

a monthAndhra Pradesh

Odisha raises quota for STs, SCs; introduces reservation for OBCs in medical and technical education

2 monthsOdisha

Supreme Court concludes only Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists can claim Scheduled Caste status

2 monthsSupreme Court

20 dead, most of them women, in Andhra Pradesh's worst firecracker unit explosion

3 monthsAndhra Pradesh

Statements

“ If the high court rules in favour, the additional 6% will be treated as backlog,

Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah, 21 days

Communities object to Karnataka’s new SC internal quota

“ Recruitment notifications issued without incorporating internal reservation will be withdrawn and reissued in line with the revised policy,

G. Parameshwara

G. Parameshwara, 21 days

Communities object to Karnataka’s new SC internal quota

Latest events

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6 hoursIPL

Counting of votes in Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll begins

9 hoursTrinamool Congress

Aishwarya looks every bit the Cannes empress in feathered couture

10 hoursCannes

24 Killed, Over 50 Injured in Train Bomb Blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan

11 hoursPakistan