Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: From the shadows to the centre stageIndia is set to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a law reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. This move a...
12 Apr, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi calls Nitish Kumar government's caste census 'fake'Rahul Gandhi criticized the caste census by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, calling it fake. He reiterated Congress' commitment to co...
18 Jan, 2025, 10.57 PM IST
Caste census will bring everyone together, says Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh YadavSamajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed support for a caste-based census, stating that it will bring everyone together and integ...
12 Oct, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
"Fooled people of Bihar...": BJP leader Rajyavardhan Rathore on caste censusBJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore criticized the Bihar government for allegedly fooling the people with the recently released caste cen...
07 Oct, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
"Caste census is important for development of socially oppressed sections": Congress MP Manickam TagoreCongress MP Manickam Tagore has expressed support for Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's statement on conducting a caste ce...
07 Oct, 2023, 01.21 PM IST
'Rajasthan will also conduct caste census like Bihar', says CM Ashok GehlotRajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced that the state will conduct a caste-based census similar to Bihar. Gehlot stated that t...
07 Oct, 2023, 10.45 AM IST
Caste census: The long and the short of new caste data and its politicsThe release of the caste-based socio-economic survey by the Bihar government has become a major political issue in India. The survey reveal...
05 Oct, 2023, 01.53 PM IST
Bihar caste census: SP, BSP, Congress, Apna Dal press for similar exercise in UPSP chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) and the Congress have also pressed for a similar head count to figure out the numbers ...
03 Oct, 2023, 04.38 PM IST
Nitish govt to begin Bihar caste census from January 7In the first phase, enumerators will provide a house number for each house in the state and will identify the number of families. School te...
26 Dec, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Nitish Kumar sidesteps queries about BJP's reservations on caste censusThe state BJP chief, who claimed to have flagged his concerns at the meeting, said that it must be ensured that the survey "exclude foreign...
04 Jun, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
Bihar to hold caste-based census soon; BJP on boardNitish Kumar said the exercise will be called 'caste-based census' in which details of all castes in all communities, along with their econ...
02 Jun, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
Opposition prods Nitish Kumar, as CM castes census net before RS, Presidential electionsHis response came after Kumar told media persons in Patna about him proposing May 27 for the all-party meeting: "Many parties have agreed t...
24 May, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
All-party meet on caste census likely this week: Nitish KumarThe JD(U) leader, whose ally BJP has of late grown ambivalent over the issue, expressed confidence that all parties in the state will back ...
23 May, 2022, 07.50 PM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reiterates demand for caste census, says this is in national interestThe Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that caste census of backward classes is "administratively difficult and cumbersome" and excl...
26 Sep, 2021, 09.35 PM IST
PM Modi has to take call on caste census: Bihar CM Nitish KumarThe delegation comprised 11 leaders from 10 different parties. Apart from JD(U) and RJD, BJP leader Janak Ram, Congress leader Ajit Sharma,...
23 Aug, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
Leaders from JD(U), RJD, BJP, others to meet PM Modi today over caste censusWhile speaking to reporters at the airport said, "We (a delegation comprising representatives of 10 different parties) will meet PM Narendr...
23 Aug, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
After Nitish, Tejashwi writes letter to PM Modi demanding caste censusIn his letter Yadav said that in 2019, then union home minister Rajnath Singh had assured of a caste census in 2021. “This was one of the r...
14 Aug, 2021, 12.04 PM IST