Friday, March 29, 2024

Scheduled Caste

Removal of converts from Scheduled Caste list: Chhattisgarh CM slams BJP over rally

By PTI RAIPUR: A rally was held in Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Sunday by the 'Janjati Suraksha Manch' seeking the removal of the Scheduled...

Inquiry ordered into feeding mid-day meals in school on caste basis in Uttarakhand’s Almora

Express News Service DEHRADUN: The education department has come under question for putting up queues of children on the basis of caste for mid-day meal in a government...

Plea in Supreme Court challenges Centre’s new panel to examine SC status for Dalit converts

Express News Service NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the centre’s decision to appoint a three-member commission, headed by former Chief...

Caste panel gives clean chit to ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede, says he is from SC community not Muslim

By PTI MUMBAI: Former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede, who was being probed for allegedly submitting a fake...

Representation of SC/ST in promotion posts inadequate in Jharkhand: Committee report

By PTI RANCHI: There is inadequate representation of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) employees in promotion posts at every level in the...

Channi effect: Ahead of 2022 polls, Punjab parties eyeing votes on caste lines

Express News Service CHANDIGARH:  Ahead of Punjab elections, caste politics has revived in the state, especially with Charanjit Singh Channi, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste,...

Not going to reopen decision on grant of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs: Supreme Court

By PTI NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not reopen its decision on granting reservation in promotions to Scheduled Castes...

Punjab government waives loans worth Rs 41.48 crore of over 10,000 SC youths

By PTI CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has waived loans worth Rs 41.48 crore of 10,151 Scheduled Caste youths after they found it difficult to...

Gujarat High Court calls GPSC decision on Scheduled Caste woman’s appointment ‘illegal, perverse’

By PTI AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Monday called "illegal and perverse" the decision of the state public service commission to deny a...

Academics write to president Ram Nath Kovind over violence on SC members in Bengal

By Express News Service KOLKATA:  A group of 115 academicians on Thursday appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to intervene "urgently to save the...

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Now weapons will not be raised… 3 Naxalites including rewarded Naxalite surrendered, 685 Maoists have returned home

Dantewada. Influenced by the Lon Varatu (Come Back Home) campaign, 3 Maoists including 1 rewarder have laid down...