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 hoursAPPTA urges Nara Lokesh to protect SC/ST teachers’ rights in district reorganisation

7 hoursWhy Bengal’s Muslim OBCs Are Uneasy About BJP’s Reservation Push

8 hoursViral Kumbh Mela Girl Monalisa Bhosle Moves Indore HC Over Age, Kidnapping Case Against…

13 hoursEviction drive at Malayidomthuruth in Kerala: Police register case against over 50 persons

17 hoursBJP government snatching reservation of PDA in U.P., alleges Akhilesh

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, 18 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“ Recruitment notifications issued without incorporating internal reservation will be withdrawn and reissued in line with the revised policy,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, 18 days

Communities object to Karnataka’s new SC internal quota

Latest events

Abhishek Banerjee gets court protection in case over remarks on Amit Shah

an hourAbhishek Banerjee

Cow sacrifice not part of Eid: Calcutta High Court upholds ban on cattle slaughter

2 hoursWest Bengal

Tamil Nadu resident found dead in Bengaluru lodge, police trying to trace man who booked the room

3 hoursPublishing

Left parties stage protest against fuel price rise in Puducherry

3 hoursCommunist Party of India