Third Eye: Undergoing change, Cong debates K’taka caste survey credit and Setting a 600 m scaleOdisha witnessed IAS cadre reshuffling, with Nikunja Bihari Dhal's third transfer in a year. Santosh Sarangi assumes the role of new and re...
21 Apr, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
Telangana: 70 pc of caste census in state done, says Rahul GandhiCongress leader Rahul Gandhi announced that the Telangana government has finished over 70% of the caste census and will soon release the da...
20 Nov, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
Congress workers offer milk to Rahul Gandhi's poster as caste census begins in TelanganaTelangana began its caste census. This was an election promise by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The survey aims to understand the socio-eco...
06 Nov, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
Jharkhand announces plans for caste survey, similar to the one in BiharThe Jharkhand government, led by Chief Minister Champai Soren, has approved plans for a caste-based survey in the state, following the mode...
18 Feb, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
RSS opposes caste census, says step will divide HindusSenior RSS Pracharak and Vidarbha Pranth chief Shridhar Ghadge told BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) MLAs that the Sangh is not in favour...
20 Dec, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Ajit Pawar hints at caste survey in MaharashtraAjit Pawar said the matter would be taken up in the winter session of the state assembly in December. "Maharashtra has given 52% reservatio...
25 Nov, 2023, 11.30 PM IST
Assembly polls: Caste is back to stir India's political pot as election cauldron bubblesThe caste survey demands have lately blown up in the wake of the Bihar findings. The BJP has held its ground so far despite growing calls f...
18 Nov, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
Bihar House raises quota for 'deprived caste' to 65%The Bihar assembly passed bills to increase reservation for 'deprived castes' in state government jobs and educational institutions from 50...
09 Nov, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
Ajit Pawar backs Bihar-type caste survey in MaharashtraMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has expressed support for a caste census in the state, a move that puts the Bharatiya Janata P...
23 Oct, 2023, 11.39 PM IST
After Bihar, caste survey clamour moves to other statesSeveral states in India, including Rajasthan, Odisha, Maharashtra, Assam, and Karnataka, are planning or conducting caste surveys. The Raja...
09 Oct, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
Political parties likely to realign caste arithmetic after Bihar surveyAs per the findings, the Muslim-Yadav segment remains a dominant factor with 32% share. EBCs have been the swing factor in Bihar in several...
03 Oct, 2023, 12.58 AM IST
No plan to collect caste data during census: Nityanand RaiPolitical parties, including BJP allies, have been demanding collection of caste data for empirical evidence on the total population of Oth...
15 Dec, 2021, 11.08 PM IST
Supreme Court rejects Maha's plea to direct Centre to disclose SECC 2011 raw caste data of OBCsThe government had said that it "fully supports" reservation for OBC but the exercise will have to be in line with the verdict of the Const...
15 Dec, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
States redraw OBC list after getting back power to do soThe state backward commission of Uttar Pradesh is looking at a proposal of including 39 castes in the state OBC list. Currently, it has 79 ...
19 Aug, 2021, 07.17 AM IST
After Marathas, Brahmins in Maharashtra seek reservationAnand Dave, Chief of Akhil Bhartiya Brahman Mahasangh, has sought a similar privilege for his community, arguing that a huge section of the...
03 Dec, 2018, 11.55 AM 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
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12 Apr, 2014, 02.42 PM IST