West Bengal: Massive traffic snarls, 95 trains cancelled on Sunday as Kurmi agitation enters 5th day
Kolkata: Rail and road links connecting West Bengal to states like Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu have been disrupted for the past five days due to blockades by two Kurmi community organisations demanding Scheduled Tribe status, media reports said.
Dalits converted to Christianity or Islam can't claim SC/ST status: Centre tells SC
New Delhi: Dalits converted to Islam or Christianity cannot claim Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) status, the Centre told the Supreme Court Thursday, media reports said.
Jitendra Singh thanks Amit Shah for giving Pahari community to ST status
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh has thanked Indian Home Minister Amit Shah for granting ST status to the Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir.
Nearly four crores SC, ST students to get scholarship: Centre
New Delhi/UNI: Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ratan Lal Kataria said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the government has decided to substantially increase the amount of scholarship for the students belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category and nearly four crore students now can avail this benefit.
Reservations in job, promotions not a fundamental right: Supreme Court
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: In a major judgement, the Supreme Court on Monday said reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in jobs and promotions is not a fundamental right, media reports said.
Supreme Court upholds SC/ST Amendment Act
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018.
Quota for SC/ST is not opposed to meritocracy, rules Supreme Court
New Delhi, May 11 (IBNS): Holding that the merit of a person should not be judged through examinations, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the quota for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe is not opposed to meritocracy, media reports said.
SC/ST activists oppose quota bill for upper castes
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): Even as major opposition parties supported the Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, which seeks to provide 10 per cent reservation for economically backward sections in the country in the general category, activists of the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities criticised the government over the same.
SC/ST mark on chest: Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP government over MP constable recruitment controversy
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the Centre over the labelling of the aspirants for the post of police constables with their respective castes on their chest during a medical examination in Madhya Pradesh
MP police aspirants marked as 'SC' on chest, Congress slams
Bhopal, Apr 29 (IBNS): A controversy erupted when several candidates, who appeared for the medical test for the constable’s job in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar area, were allegedly marked with ‘SC’, ‘ST’ and ‘OBC’ on their chests, media reports said on Sunday.
New Delhi, Sept 20 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that a collective, coordinated action is needed to strengthen the eco-system for promoting SC & ST Entrepreneurs in the country.