Caste

Diversity on the bench: Police, judiciary lack caste, gender multiplicity

The report tracks states' progress on justice delivery mechanisms - the judiciary, police, prisons, and legal aid.

Odisha cabinet approves inclusion of 22 castes in State's list of SEBC

The meeting was headed by state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, when the cabinet decided to approve the inclusion of 22 castes and communities in the state list of SEBC

SC declines to entertain petitions against caste-based census in Bihar

The petitions sought a direction from the apex court to quash the Bihar government's notification to conduct caste-based census

Never refer to anyone's caste and religion in House: warns LS speaker

Om Birla warned members against referring to anyone's caste and religion in the House after a Congress MP alleged that FM Nirmala Sitharaman made certain remarks about his proficiency in Hindi

Deletion of names from electoral roll not on basis of caste, faith: CEO

In the wake of allegations of voter data theft, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka Manoj Kumar Meena on Monday said the question of deletion of voters based on caste and community from the electoral roll does not arise. The CEO stated this after Congress alleged that names of minorities and some downtrodden communities were deleted based on the data provided by the co-founder of the Chilume Educational Cultural and Rural Development Institute (Chilume Trust). A section of the media reported that names of people belonging to particular communities have been deleted. In view of the reports, the clarification is imperative, said the CEO. Electoral rolls do not contain any information related to caste/religion of voters, hence the question of deletion of names based on caste/community from the electoral rolls does not arise, Meena said in a statement. According to him, names of people who are dead or those who moved to other places are deleted by following due process of ..

'Anthropologically, gods don't belong to upper caste,' says JNU VC

Amid a slew of caste-related violence in the country, JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Monday said anthropologically gods do not belong to the upper caste and that even Lord Shiva could be from scheduled caste or tribe. Delivering the Dr B R Ambedkar Lecture Series titled 'Dr B R Ambedkar's Thoughts on Gender Justice: Decoding the Uniform Civil Code', she also said the "status of shudras given to women in Manusmriti" makes it extraordinarily regressive. "Let me tell all women that all women according to Manusmriti are shudras so no woman can claim she is a brahmin or anything else and it is only by marriage that you get the husband or father's caste on you. I think this is something which is extraordinarily regressive," she said. Taking about the recent caste violence involving a nine-year-old Dalit boy, she said that no god belonged to the upper caste. "Most of you should know the origins of our gods anthropologically. No god is a brahmin, the highest is a ...

Hate speeches by elected representatives warrant stringent action: Delhi HC

The judge said elected leaders in a democracy owe their responsibility not only to their electorate but also towards the society and nation as a whole and ultimately to the Constitution.

Bihar govt approves caste survey at cost of Rs 500 cr; sets Feb 23 deadline

The state government has embarked on the exercise in the wake of the Centre expressing its inability to undertake headcount of castes other than the SCs and STs as part of the Dalits.

Nitish agrees to socio-economic survey of all castes, communities in Bihar

The Bihar CM asserted that all parties unanimously supported the proposed move and replied in the negative when asked if he faced any opposition

Bihar govt to hold all-party meeting on June 1 over caste-based census

The Bihar government has decided to hold an all-party meeting on the issue of caste-based census on June 1 in Patna

PM hails contributions of Sree Narayana Guru in fight against casteism

Modi hailed the contributions of Sree Narayana Guru, a saint-cum-social reformer from Kerala, in the fight against caste discrimination which prevailed in Indian society

'Rise above caste, religion': VP Venkaiah Naidu tells students

Interacting with Telugu students from various colleges under Delhi University at his official residence here, Naidu said one cannot become a leader if he or she is intolerant

Without SC/ST Act, no caste-based discrimination a distant dream: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the vision of a society having no caste-based discrimination will only remain a distant dream unless the provisions of theSC/ST Actare enforced

Caste based census will benefit all sections of society: Bihar CM Nitish

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asserted that caste based census will benefit all sections of the society and he will convene an all-party meeting soon to discuss the holding of such an exercise

Cal State's trustees vote to include caste as a protected category

Cal State is the largest four-year public university system in the US

Faculty members oppose caste in Cal State's non-discriminatory policy

Adding caste as a specific and separate protected category would apply only to the faculty of Indian and South Asian descent, they said

Top university system in US adds caste to its non-discriminatory policy

California State University System, that has over 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, announced the addition to its list this month

Sameer Wankhede asked to appear before Mumbai caste verification panel

A caste verification committee has asked NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede to appear before it on December 14, according to Bhim Army leader Ashok Kamble

Nitish reiterates demand for caste census, says this in national interest

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday reiterated his demand for a caste census, saying it is in national interest and will facilitate development of the communities lagging in development. Asked about the Centre's affidavit in the Supreme Court that virtually ruled out census on the caste lines, he told reporters that it was "absolutely not correct" but added that the matter was not directly related to the issue of caste census. In the national capital to attend Home Minister Amit Shah's meeting with the chief ministers of naxal-affected states, the JD(U) leader also rejected arguments against caste census and asserted that the demand for it has been coming from not only Bihar but many states. Kumar said he will speak to members of different parties in Bihar over the issue to chart out their next course of action. He had led an all-party delegation from the state to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in support of such a headcount across the country. However, the Centre told

Caste Census of backward classes administratively difficult: Govt to SC

Centre's stand assumes significance as recently, a 10-party delegation from Bihar, which was led by Nitish Kumar, had met PM Modi demanding caste Census