Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress of ‘always neglecting saints and great men born in Dalit, Adivasi and OBC sections of the society’. Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 27 (ANI): […]
The last caste-based census was held in 1931, and the reservations for OBCs was decided on the data Caste The Supreme Court has issued notice to the government on a petition seeking caste-based census in 2021. The plea filed by […]
New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in response to a question in Rajya Sabha said that Dalit converting to Islam or Christianity cannot claim reservation benefits and it will also deprive the person the eligibility to contest parliamentary or […]
Telangana Chief Minister Dalit Empowerment Scheme 2021 application form, application, list, portal, eligibility criteria, documents By Nayer Regaldo The Telangana state government has made a plan for the backward class people of the state in post lockdown situation. The name […]
However, Dalits adopting other faiths could contest elections from SC reserved seats On February 11, the Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha that Dalits who convert to Islam and Christianity will not be eligible […]
The MHA also informed Rajya Sabha that it circulated a Prison Manual to all States/UTs in 2016 for rehabilitation and education of inmates On February 10, Rajya Sabha Member Syed Nasir Hussain asked the Government whether the majority of prisoners […]
Seventeen Bihar ministers were sworn in Tuesday, taking the total strength to 31, of whom 13 are from the JD(U) and 16 from the BJP. By DIPAK MISHRA Patna: The much-awaited Bihar cabinet expansion took place Tuesday when 17 more […]
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said lateral entry into civil services was unjust to those preparing to take the UPSC exam and was a violation of constitutional rights. BY UNNATI SHARMA New Delhi: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said he […]
About 25 years ago, I was discussing caste politics in Bengal with an eminent social scientist based in Kolkata. He said, assertively, that there is no caste in Bengal. I did not confront him but started thinking about the various […]
On September 14, 2020, 19-year-old Manisha Valmiki was raped in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India. She had her tongue cut, and spine broken during the attack, which was allegedly conducted by four men. Fifteen days later, she died […]
