Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and former Union Minister Shanta Kumar said that the system of caste-based reservation ...

Kolhapur:Former MLAs Sujit Minchekar and Rajiv Awale led a massive protest march, organised by the Scheduled Caste ...

Reservation of jobs and seats in educational institutions, which were based hitherto on caste identity, will now include economic criteria as well. In 2019, the Indian parliament passed the 103rd ...

Days after the Centre approved the caste census, Bihar's Leader of Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and welcomed the decision, but has highlighted that this ...

Karnataka's government is set to discuss internal reservation plans in a crucial cabinet meeting, aiming to equitably ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

MYSURU: Dalit Mahasabha president S Rajesh has urged the government to reject the internal reservation report submitted by ...

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...

On April 30, the Indian government announced a decision that will reverberate through the nation's social fabric for generations: the upcoming national census will include comprehensive caste data for ...

ON GANDHI JAYANTI, a national holiday, Nitish Kumar caused a stir. The chief minister of Bihar, a big and poor north Indian state, chose a day that honours Mohandas Gandhi (who fought against caste ...