Scheduled Caste

Punjab govt introduces reservation for SC in posts of law officers

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said 58 new posts of law officers being created in the Advocate General's office will be reserved for Scheduled Caste

Quashing of reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees may lead to unrest, multiple litigations, Centre tells SC

This comes after the top court had earlier directed the Centre to file an affidavit on the contemporaneous data that is available to the government on providing reservation in promotion to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government jobs

Kerala temple lifts centuries old ban that denied entry to Dalits

The scheduled caste people in the locality are not ready to openly challenge the discriminatory practices as some fear that it will 'provoke' the deity, others fear the local residents

Bengal Assembly elections: Not just Muslims, Scheduled Castes too hold key to TMC's prospects

The SCs are the same vote bank that had migrated decisively from the CPM to the TMC in 2011 and to a large extent remained with it in 2016. The TMC’s ability to hold on to a sizeable chunk of this vote bank will decide the outcome of 2021 polls

Assam Assembly election 2021, Boko profile: INC's Nandita Das easily bested AGP's Jyoti Prasad Das in 2016

Boko constituency is located in Assam's Kamrup district. It is a seat reserved for a Scheduled Caste. It falls under the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency

Lockdown Caste Atrocities: Online campaign addresses violence against Dalits in the pandemic through art and dialogue

The campaign aims to share 'stories of pain, plight and struggle of Dalits' that need visibility and solidarity both at the national and international levels, since Dalit rights need to be addressed as human rights

Bihar Elections: State’s landless endure modern-day 'slavery', await promised lands

A series of laws, acts and yojanas have done nothing to lift Bihar’s landless out of pitiful indenture

Case of caste bias at Cisco Systems: Even 'progressive' Silicon Valley elites not immune to new strain of discrimination

This will hopefully provoke the creation of caste as new grounds for discrimination in the United States. This will help create a legal discourse on the synonymity of the manifestations between race and caste.

Ram Vilas Paswan says Centre should bring ordinance to ‘rectify’ SC order on reservation in jobs for ST, SC communities

Centre should bring an ordinance to 'rectify' SC's decision on reservation in jobs for SC, ST communities and all such issues should be included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to insulate them from judicial review, Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday.

Ambedkar Nagar Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates | Delhi Assembly Elections; Constituency, Party, Candidate Name Wise Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing

The Aam Aadmi Party has renominated incumbent MLA Ajay Dutt in Ambedkar Nagar Assembly constituency reserved under Scheduled Caste