- Christian body stands by Meghalaya’s Dalit Sikhs
Violence broke out after two groups of people in the city's Punjabi Lane area clashed after a bus driver was allegedly beaten up by a group...
08 Jun, 2018, 08.59 AM IST
All India Christian Council expresses solidarity with Dalit Sikhs of MeghalayaViolence broke out after two groups of people in the city's Punjabi Lane area clashed which were triggered after a bus driver was allegedly...
07 Jun, 2018, 08.50 PM IST
Include Dalit Christians, fishermen in SC/ST: M Karunanidhi to PM Narendra Modi"DMK has been demanding that the SC/STs after conversion to Christianity should be treated as SC/STs and allowed all concessions and privil...
29 May, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
Stir at Jantar Mantar for SC status to dalit christians, muslims"We are seeking the scrapping of Para 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, which excludes Dalits among Christians and Musli...
10 Mar, 2016, 05.31 PM IST
Mayawati favours quota for poor upper castesMayawati today favoured separate quota for poor upper castes and reservation benefits to Muslim and Christian Dalits, tribals and OBCs.
30 Nov, 2015, 08.21 PM IST
Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about?The issue of categorising Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians among SCs is separate from that of earmarking 5% quota of OBCs for other relig...
04 Nov, 2015, 06.50 AM IST
Government firm on opposing dalit tag for convertsThe government says mere social "backwardness" cannot put converts at par with dalits whose backwardness arises from the traditional practi...
30 Mar, 2015, 10.08 AM IST
Kerala BJP seeks discontinuation of Ranganath report on Dalits"Ranganatha Mishra Commission report should discontinue. That view (of BJP) is well known. I hope on this occasion, Prime Minister may make...
07 Sep, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
Najma is right. We are Hindus onlyIt is as simple and plain a truism as someone saying that all politicians are opportunists. So what if she has found her Hinduness only aft...
29 Aug, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
Religious minority leaders urge PM Manmohan Singh for equal rights for DalitsDelegation of religious minority leaders met PM Manmohan Singh at Parliament House, demanding reservation for Christian and Muslim Dalits.
12 Dec, 2013, 09.55 PM IST
- Habibullah for giving SC status to Muslim and Christian dalits
Wajahat Habibullah has made a strong plea for granting Scheduled Caste status to Muslim and Christian Dalits to get them reservation benefi...
29 Jan, 2012, 01.50 PM IST
- ‘SC can’t decide on quota for minorities’
The SC on Tuesday said it will examine the constitutional validity of the Ranganath Misra Commission recommendation for inclusion of dalit ...
05 Jan, 2011, 05.43 AM IST
- BJP forum opposes quota for Dalit converts
As the fight over a piece of the reservation pie intensifies, the BJP-supported Anusuchit Jati Arakshan Adhikar Bachao Manch has demanded t...
23 Sep, 2008, 04.31 AM IST
- NCM seeks SC status for Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has favoured according Scheduled Caste status to dalits among Muslims and Christians whom it i...
06 May, 2008, 07.13 PM IST
- Maya's quota call finds takers in Cong
In a move that might push the Congress into another tricky corner on the question of reservations, sections of the party have backed a BSP ...
02 Feb, 2008, 02.27 AM IST
- Govt grant Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians
Demanding attention to the "grave situation" faced by Christians in Orissa, Catholics in the capital have asked the government to immediate...
01 Jan, 2008, 09.00 PM IST
- Quota for Dalit minorities sparks constitutional issues
The demand for extending reservation benefits to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims - which has remained dormant in the past few years - ha...
14 Nov, 2006, 02.26 AM IST