Scheduled Castes

The Centre on Tuesday said it has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in Census since the Independence.

Concerns over a new coronavirus strain has cast a shadow on India's A tour of South Africa but BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal informed NDTV that the tour will go ahead as scheduled.

The new coronavirus variant has cast a shadow over the Indian cricket team's upcoming tour of South Africa, scheduled to begin from December 17.

Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said the Centre would provide scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and also organise events at 'Panchteerth' of B R Ambedkar.

Children belonging to scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), other backward classes (OBC) and those whose parents have an annual income of up to Rs 8 lakh can avail the scheme.

Fighting allegations that he forged documents, Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal head Sameer Wankhede on Monday presented his original caste papers to prove he is a Dalit to National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson Vijay Sampla.

Sameer Wankhede, the Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal head, will meet National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson Vijay Sampla here on Monday to present his original caste documents to prove that he is a Dalit, sources said.

National Commission for Scheduled Castes vice-chairman Arun Halder said he thinks Sameer Wankhede belongs to the Scheduled Caste after meeting the Narcotics Control Bureau's zonal director on Saturday.

The Centre Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to lay down a definite and decisive ground for the Union of India and the states to implement reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs.

Bollywood actor Yuvika Chaudhary today joined the investigation for allegedly using offensive remarks against Scheduled Castes in a social media post.

Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh was briefly arrested and then released on bail in Haryana on Saturday as part of an investigation into a complaint that he had used a casteist slur in an Instagram live video against cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal.

A day after the gruesome killing of a man at Delhi's Singhu border, National Commission for Scheduled Caste Chairperson Vijay Sampla on Saturday said the farmer leaders cannot "wash their hands off" the incident.

Around 15 Dalit outfits submitted a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Caste demanding stringent action against those who killed a man and tied his body to an overturned police barricade at the farmers' protest site in Singhu.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes on Friday asked the Haryana Police to take strict action against those behind lynching a man at a farmers' protest venue at Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana border.

The teacher, caught on camera assaulting a student, was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and charged under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The Centre on Tuesday said it has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in Census since the Independence.

Concerns over a new coronavirus strain has cast a shadow on India's A tour of South Africa but BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal informed NDTV that the tour will go ahead as scheduled.

The new coronavirus variant has cast a shadow over the Indian cricket team's upcoming tour of South Africa, scheduled to begin from December 17.

Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said the Centre would provide scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and also organise events at 'Panchteerth' of B R Ambedkar.

Children belonging to scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), other backward classes (OBC) and those whose parents have an annual income of up to Rs 8 lakh can avail the scheme.

Fighting allegations that he forged documents, Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal head Sameer Wankhede on Monday presented his original caste papers to prove he is a Dalit to National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson Vijay Sampla.

Sameer Wankhede, the Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal head, will meet National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson Vijay Sampla here on Monday to present his original caste documents to prove that he is a Dalit, sources said.

National Commission for Scheduled Castes vice-chairman Arun Halder said he thinks Sameer Wankhede belongs to the Scheduled Caste after meeting the Narcotics Control Bureau's zonal director on Saturday.

The Centre Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to lay down a definite and decisive ground for the Union of India and the states to implement reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government jobs.

Bollywood actor Yuvika Chaudhary today joined the investigation for allegedly using offensive remarks against Scheduled Castes in a social media post.

Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh was briefly arrested and then released on bail in Haryana on Saturday as part of an investigation into a complaint that he had used a casteist slur in an Instagram live video against cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal.

A day after the gruesome killing of a man at Delhi's Singhu border, National Commission for Scheduled Caste Chairperson Vijay Sampla on Saturday said the farmer leaders cannot "wash their hands off" the incident.

Around 15 Dalit outfits submitted a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Caste demanding stringent action against those who killed a man and tied his body to an overturned police barricade at the farmers' protest site in Singhu.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes on Friday asked the Haryana Police to take strict action against those behind lynching a man at a farmers' protest venue at Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana border.

The teacher, caught on camera assaulting a student, was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and charged under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.