Court wants ministry to restrain media from using “dalit”
2018-06-09
Instead use “Scheduled Caste” to refer to people from these communitiesContinue Reading
UP registers most crimes against Scheduled Castes and Tribes
2017-12-01
New Delhi: Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau showed that there had been an increase of 5.5% and 4.6% in crimes and atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) respectively during 2016. The data, released on Thursday, showed that there had been a total of 40,801 incidentsContinue Reading
IAS officer converts religion, says feeling ‘victimised’
2016-01-01
Jaipur– Alleging that he is being “victimised” because of his Scheduled Caste origins, a senior IAS officer here has changed his religion and applied today for Voluntary Retirement from Service (VRS) in protest against the extension of tenure awarded to Chief Secretary CS Rajan. “I am Chairman of RSRTC andContinue Reading
Love in the time of intolerance
2015-11-15
Bokaro: If it had been a village, a khap panchayat may have convicted them to death for falling in love. If it had been a metro, there might have been frowns but the families would have arranged a reception. But, because it is Bokaro, which falls somewhere in the middle, theContinue Reading
Govt releases first Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 8 decades
2015-07-03
New Delhi: Just 4.6 percent of all rural households in the country pay income tax while such households with salaried income are close to 10 percent, the first Socio Economic and Caste Census released in eight decades said today. The percentage of Scheduled Caste (SC) households paying income tax wasContinue Reading