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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicScheduled Caste

Topic: Scheduled Caste

How Congress is betting on Kharge and ‘divide & rule’ strategy to corner SC votes in Karnataka

In Hyderabad-Karnataka region, Congress has given more tickets to the Scheduled Caste 'touchables', and none to SC-Left. Party hopes this will help it make up for SC-Left votes.

‘Stigma doesn’t go away’, says Supreme Court as it hears pleas seeking reservation for SC/ST converts

Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul to look into whether empirical data from a panel report rejected by govt can be relied upon as it decides on this constitutional question.

Only 1 V-C from SC category across 45 central universities, ditto for ST, govt tells Parliament

When it comes to registrars — the second-highest post in central universities — 2 in the current lot belong to the SC category in central universities and 5 to ST.

Navneet Kaur Rana’s ‘other case’: HC quashed caste certificate, appeal pending in SC for 10 months

Independent MP from Amravati (reserved) seat had her Scheduled Caste certificate cancelled by Bombay HC last year. Supreme Court stayed order, but 8 hearings have been adjourned.

Modi govt’s Stand-Up India scheme worked for women but missed its target — SCs, STs

Stand-Up India scheme worked successfully for women. But what happened to the '1.25 lakh Dalit entrepreneurs' it was supposed to create?

In Mysuru village, Dalit man alleges assault over ‘pani puri’. Lingayats file counter-complaint.

6 held under SC/ST Act. Dalit man claims attackers hurled ‘casteist slurs’, Lingayats say Dalit family incited violence. Both cases being investigated, says Mysuru Rural SP R Chetan.

NEET UG results have a loud and clear message: Dominant castes can’t continue old tactics

NEET UG results have bust the caste-merit myth. But dominant castes still have an 'anxiety' about unreserved seats.

Why Sameer Wankhede cannot be both: Muslim and an SC. Read Constituent Assembly debate

The function of constitutional morality is to ensure the realisation of constitutional values, norms, and provisions, rather than facilitation of conversion.

On Camera

When MiG-21 sets, we have a choice: mourn the ghost or harvest the wisdom

MiG-21 was a demanding mentor that helped build factories from dust, transformed farm boys into fighter pilots, and dragged an entire nation into the brutal reality of modern warfare.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.