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

5 hoursWith no official order on RTE quota for Class 9 and 10 SC/ST students in Karnataka,…

5 hoursWith no official order on free education for Class 9 and 10 SC/ST students in Karnataka,…

9 hoursPower lust, caste pride, and electoral sabotage at the centre of Imayam’s Nammalu

13 hoursCase registered against six for abducting Dalit woman five days before her wedding in UP’s…

a dayMinister launches PM Surya Ghar Utsav in Banganapalle

Scheduled Castes - Latest events

Lokesh elevated to TDP working president amid politburo reshuffle

5 daysAndhra Pradesh

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

15 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, 6 days

Delimitation reset to redraw India’s electoral contours

Latest events

Development works worth ₹76 crore inaugurated on Naidu’s 76th birthday in Anantapur district

an hourChief Minister

Flight returns to Hubballi after being diverted due to inclement weather

2 hoursHubli

Supreme Court declines to review January 5 verdict denying bail to Umar Khalid

2 hoursSupreme Court

'Can't let politician judge judicial competence': Delhi HC's Justice Swarana Kanta rejects…

3 hoursDelhi