Reimburse funds to private, unaided schools for SC/ST students: HC

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 19:07

Bombay HC directed Maharashtra govt to reimburse unaided schools for education of students belonging to SCs and STs under Right to Education Act.

Upper castes poor should not get any quota: JD(U)

Last Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 14:43

Shivanand Tiwary flayed JD(U)-BJP government in Bihar for constituting an Upper Caste Commission.

NCSC pulls up Odisha minister, gets defamation threat

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 23:31

National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) directed Odisha government not to defend in court a state minister who made casteist remarks, while he threatened to file defamation against NCSC chief.

Proposal sent to Centre for 17 new castes in SC ranks: UP CM

Last Updated: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 16:12

Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said in keeping with the promise made in the Samajwadi Party election manifesto, his government had sent a proposal to the Centre to include 17 backward castes in the Schedule Caste category.

Condition of Muslims in India worse than SC, STs: UK scholar

Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2013, 20:37

Muslims in India are even less privileged than members of SCs and STs, a noted British scholar claimed on Monday.

Rajasthan Police probes Ashis Nandy’s controversial remarks

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 15:14

Ashis Nandy had said that the people belonging to OBC (Other Backward Class), Scheduled Caste (SC) and ST (Scheduled Tribe) are more corrupt during a discussion at the JLF on January 26.

90 per cent of people vote on caste lines: Katju

Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 21:07

90 per cent of people vote on caste lines instead of assessing a candidate`s merit, Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju on Monday said.

Society yet to reform itself over caste: Chidambaram

Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 08:58

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the society was yet to reform itself over caste, which had divided people since hundreds of years.

SC to examine `caste/region-based` recruitment in Indian Army

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 20:50

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea for its direction to abolish India Army`s recruitment criteria for its duty soldiers, allegedly based on caste, region and religion.

BSP to take ‘tough’ stand if SC/ST promotion bill not passed: Mayawati

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 18:53

BSP threatened to take a "tough stand" in case the government does not help bring order in the Rajya Sabha and get passed a bill providing for reservation to SCs/STs in promotion in government jobs.

Forged caste certificate: NDMC engineer gets 5 yrs jail

Last Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012, 18:47

An NDMC junior engineer has been sent to five years in jail by a Delhi court for securing his job on basis of a forged scheduled tribe (ST) certificate in 1994.