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 hoursCPI (M) State secretary visits SC habitation near Srivilliputtur, promises to change its…

16 hoursLinking women’s rights to religious quota betrayal of nation: Yogi Adityanath

a dayKarnataka Cabinet ratified decisions on internal reservation for SCs

a dayFormer SC promoter arrested for misappropriation of funds in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram

a dayDecrease in SC population in Secunderabad Cantonment sparks call for tighter Census 2027…

Scheduled Castes - Latest events

Lokesh elevated to TDP working president amid politburo reshuffle

16 daysAndhra Pradesh

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

a monthOdisha

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, 17 days

Delimitation reset to redraw India’s electoral contours

Latest events

Iran war and its discontents

an hourIran

Allahabad HC rejects plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi over 'fighting the Indian State' remark

2 hoursRahul Gandhi

Mumbai Pune Missing Link Project opens on May 1. Why is it significant?

2 hoursMumbai–Pune Expressway

Noida airport to begin operations from June 15

3 hoursNoida