News about Scheduled Castes

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 hoursHardoi: Dalit parent alleges abuse over ₹1,200 notebooks, school officials booked

8 hours‘Nida Khan taught how to offer namaz, wear hijab’: Fresh allegations emerge in TCS Nashik…

9 hoursBJP’s rapid rise in Assam is more pronounced in ST seats

10 hoursFailure to change caste names of localities: T.N. Commission for Scheduled Castes seeks…

12 hours2 booked under SC/ST Act after assaulted Loni transporter dies

Scheduled Castes - Latest events

Lokesh elevated to TDP working president amid politburo reshuffle

13 daysAndhra Pradesh

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

23 daysOdisha

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

a monthSupreme Court

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

2 monthsAndhra Pradesh

Statements

“ The existing allocation of seats... is based on the population figures published as per 1971 census and division of territorial constituencies is based on the population figures published as per 2001…

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Arjun Ram Meghwal, 14 days

Delimitation reset to redraw India’s electoral contours

Latest events

Tribal man brings dead sister’s skeleton to bank to withdraw money from her account

15 minutesOdisha

Kerala High Court initiates suo motu contempt action over hartal by Dalit, Adivasi groups

an hourKerala High Court

UAE Quits OPEC and OPEC+ in Major Blow to Global Oil Alliance

2 hoursOPEC

‘Encounter Specialist’ IPS Ajay Sharma Deployed In Bengal Ahead Of Phase 2 Polls

3 hoursSouth 24 Parganas