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

2 hoursWest Bengal assembly election: Modi alleges women suffered most during TMC rule

4 hoursAt Social Justice Ministry huddle, counting DNTs in focus

5 hoursAmbedkar Porata Samithi calls for health survey in rural areas of Bobbili

5 hoursThere is no disruption in issuing STs certificates to Talawar community, says MLC

a dayJD(S) leader alleges denial of ST certificates to Talawar community

Scheduled Castes - Latest events

Lokesh elevated to TDP working president amid politburo reshuffle

11 daysAndhra Pradesh

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

22 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, 12 days

Delimitation reset to redraw India’s electoral contours

Latest events

15-year-old boy electrocuted

5 hoursIPL

PM Modi Hails Nuclear Milestone, Pushes for Census 2027 in Mann Ki Baat

7 hoursMann Ki Baat

Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists

10 hoursColombia

Vilambaram ritual opens up Thrissur Pooram under the shadow of fireworks tragedy

13 hoursThrissur Pooram