It is disheartening to see how the Pasmanda society often gets overlooked and lacks proper representation because of lack of acknowledgement of caste-based divide within the Muslim community.
Nitish Kumar cabinet approved 10% quota for judicial services a day after releasing caste survey findings. State leaders say it's because 'upper' castes punch above their weight in polls.
Kishor’s yatra, which started from West Champaran district on 2 October 2022, completed one year Monday. Theme of his speeches has been development all through.
Singhvi says he supports demand for nationwide caste census. BJP alleges Congress forced Singhvi, who is a member of Congress Working Committee (CWC), to delete his post.
Political observers say report — which pegs 63% population to be OBC & EBC, with upper castes comprising just 15.5% — validates commonly-held ideas about Bihar's caste demographics.
Within Congress, the release of the Bihar caste data will mean that high command in Delhi is likely to push the party-run Karnataka government to release data from its 2015 caste census.
Modi govt has argued in Supreme Court that only Centre can carry out caste survey, but Bihar govt has countered that Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 empowers states too.
Bihar govt counsel says Centre's affidavit 'contemptuous' as it is in abrogation of an earlier apex court order in which Centre was directed to carry out caste-based survey in Kerala
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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