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Former union minister Vijay Sampla is new National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairman
He won the 2014 general election from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency from Punjab and was the Union Minister of State for Social Justice ...
Gujarat civic polls: Amit Shah casts his vote in Ahmedabad
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday cast his vote at a polling booth here for election to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and expre...
Gujarat municipal elections: Amit Shah casts his vote in Ahmedabad
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday cast his vote at a polling booth for election to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and expressed ...
Maharashtra: Union minister Ramdas Athawale calls for caste-based census
The Supreme Court last year stayed the implementation of 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education and jobs, but m...
Devendrakula Vellalar name change: Centre trying to protect caste system: D Raja
CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday alleged the Centre's decision to accept the demand for bringing all sub-sects of Devandrakula Vellal...
Rohini Commission proposes 27% OBC quota be split into 2, 6, 9 & 10%
The Justice Rohini Commission, set up to look into the politically sensitive question of equitable redistribution of the 27% quota for Othe...
Sangh Parivar fanning agitations of various communities demanding reservation: Siddaramaiah
In a series of tweets, the Congress stalwart advised people not to fall prey to the "mischievous misdeeds' of the Sangh Parivar" who are tr...
Inter-caste marriages will possibly reduce caste and community tensions, says Supreme Court
It said the way forward to the police authorities is to counsel the Investigating Officers (IO) and lay down some guidelines and training p...
Now CBFC certification will show title, credits & casting in the language of the film
The filmmakers have the freedom to display the same in any other language as well.
3.15 lakh or 65.90% prison inmates from SC, ST, OBC categories: Govt data
Of the total 4,78,600 prison inmates in the country, 3,15,409 or 65.90 per cent belong to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Ot...
Raw caste census data given to Social Justice Ministry for classification: Nityanand Rai
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the SECC was carried out by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Minis...
Civil service exam: SC asks Centre to consider if one-time relaxation can be given on age limit
The Centre had on February 5 told the apex court that it was agreeable to give an extra chance as a one-time relaxation to those civil serv...
Govt forms committee to draft questionnaires for Socio Economic Caste Census
According to the statement, the ministry of rural development (MoRD) had constituted an inter-ministerial expert committee on June 2, to ex...
28% increase in outlay for SC, OBC welfare plans
The overall budget for ministry of social justice and empowerment has gone up from ₹8,207.56 crore to ₹10,517.62 crore – a 28% increase. Th...
Crimes against SCs, STs increased in 2019: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
However, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, the central government is committed to ensure protection of SCs and STs and ...
Proposal for revision of OBC creamy layer income criteria under consideration: Govt
Responding to another question, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria said a committee was constituted to...
Soon, you may cast your vote from any polling station in the country
“We have already started a research project on remote voting, using cutting edge technology, with IIT-Madras and other institutions and it ...
Under the present govt, no clash in the name of caste, creed and ethnicity in the state: Assam CM
Speaking at the inaugural function of Tengakhat Police Station which has been built under MOITRI scheme at a function held at Tengakhat in ...
In BSY's Lingayat-heavy cabinet, caste-region balance goes for a toss
Bengaluru has nine ministers, Belagavi has five. Mumbai-Karnataka region with eight districts is represented in the cabinet by a dozen memb...
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