Scheduled Caste

The High Court set aside the election on a petition filed by Congress leader D Kumar, who was the runner-up in the 2021 Assembly polls, alleging that Raja was not qualified to contest the Devikulam seat reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.

According to a report by Swati Goyal Sharma in Swarajya, the case against the woman was filed 20 days after the Delhi Police officials declared that they could not find any evidence against her in the case for casteist abuse.

Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Union Government, asking for their response in a plea that said those Dalit Hindus who had converted to Christianity or Islam should be given the same reservation benefits as extended to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category.

The committee found that Sameer Wankhede and his father Dyaneshwar Wankhede had not converted to Islam from Hinduism.

Nawab Malik shared some photographs, saying they are of Jaydeep Rana posing with the former Maha CM and his wife. Malik also stated that another person close to Fadnavis named Neeraj Gunde used to visit the NCB office often.

While Dalit organizations are demanding extensive probe, Sikh religious bodies have claimed it is not a Dalit vs upper caste Sikh issue.

BJP MLA Goolihatti Shekhar who was in news recently for raising the issue of rampant conversions in the assembly said that 40 per cent of the churches operating in the state are not officially recognised. 

Jamia VC summoned over allegations that a Dalit guest teacher was insulted by headmaster of Jamia Middle School under the university

Observing that the action taken by authorities was based on assumptions, the judges quashed the order passed by the district collector.

Meera Mithun has been arrested by the Chennai Police after a video of her asking SC film-makers to be "chucked out" had gone viral