Kerala Cabinet full list: CM Satheesan to handle Finance, Ramesh Chennithala gets Home portfolioKerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar has approved the portfolio allocation for the new UDF government, led by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan. S...
20 May, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, wife Sudha Murty decline to take part in caste surveyInfosys founder Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murty have refused to participate in Karnataka's ongoing social and educational survey. ...
16 Oct, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
Karnataka caste census likely to be extended, school timings alteredThe ongoing caste census in Karnataka is likely to be extended beyond its original October 7 deadline. To facilitate survey completion, sch...
07 Oct, 2025, 11.17 AM IST
Siddaramaiah hits out at Union Minister Joshi & MP Surya for calls to boycott caste surveyKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday criticized BJP leaders for urging people to boycott the state’s socio-economic and educatio...
29 Sep, 2025, 07.39 PM IST
Caste census: Karnataka CM says technical issues nearly sorted, survey to proceed in full swingKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that technical glitches affecting the state's caste census have been largely resolved, ensu...
26 Sep, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
Karnataka's new caste census from Sept 22Karnataka will conduct a 15-day caste census from September 22 to October 7, covering 7 crore people. The new survey replaces the 2015 vers...
23 Jul, 2025, 04.19 PM IST
OBC status based solely on backwardness, not religion: West Bengal CM Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee clarified in the state Assembly that backwardness is the sole criterion for determining OBC stat...
10 Jun, 2025, 02.12 PM IST
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay opposes inclusion of backward Muslims in BC list in Telangana caste surveyUnion Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar criticized the inclusion of backward Muslims in the BC category in Telangana, claiming it leads to injust...
09 Feb, 2025, 09.36 AM IST
Backward classes form largest chunk of population in Telangana, says caste surveyThe caste survey in Telangana reveals that backward classes excluding Muslim minorities constitute 46.25 per cent of the population. This i...
02 Feb, 2025, 06.54 PM IST
West Bengal govt tells SC how some Muslims zipped into OBC listThe West Bengal government defended its decision to include 77 castes, primarily Muslim, in the OBC list before the Supreme Court. The gove...
22 Aug, 2024, 12.45 PM IST
Siddaramaiah accepts caste survey report ignoring protests from dominant communitiesCM Siddaramaiah accepted the caste census report, ignoring protests from Veerashaiva-Lingayats and Vokkaligas. The report was submitted by ...
29 Feb, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
Why Congress is advocating caste surveys across the countryThe recent Bihar caste survey has sparked discussions and calls for similar surveys in other states, with the Congress party announcing pla...
10 Oct, 2023, 06.23 PM IST
After Bihar, now Odisha plans to release OBC caste survey reportOdisha is set to release a survey report on backward classes, which sheds light on the status of 208 backward classes within the state. The...
04 Oct, 2023, 11.03 AM IST
Odisha starts OBC surveyThe survey will encompass various indicators of backwardness such as occupation, educational qualification along with type of educational i...
01 May, 2023, 02.21 PM IST
Quota demand: Maharashtra government starts survey of Marathas in villagesAccording to a government official, the sample survey has been undertaken to ascertain the economic backwardness within the community to ju...
11 Jan, 2018, 01.27 PM IST
Karnataka social survey: Coordinators struggle to frame tricky questionsThe exercise will be held between April 11 and 30…we have 1.24 lakh enumerators, who have a target of around 100-150 households per person.
12 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Haryana 'Shoshit Samaj' opposes inclusion of Jats in OBC listHaryana "Shoshit Samaj" staged a demonstration in protest against decision to include Jats in the OBC category, and claimed the Congress hi...
25 Dec, 2013, 06.10 PM IST