Akhanda Godavari project bhumi puja scheduled for June 19 postponed, says Minister

Akhanda Godavari project bhumi puja scheduled for June 19 postponed, says Minister

Minister for Culture and Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh and East Godavari Collector P. Prasanthi inspecting Havelock Bridge, which is proposed to be developed under Akhanda Godavari project, in Rajamahendravaram on June 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The bhumi puja for the Akhanda Godavari project scheduled to be performed on June 19 has been … Read more

Supreme Court dismisses review petitions against judgment allowing sub-classification of Scheduled Castes

Supreme Court dismisses review petitions against judgment allowing sub-classification of Scheduled Castes

The Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its judgment, which held that States are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes for granting reservation. A seven-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices B.R. Gavai, … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge to hold discussions with Congress-ruled States on judgment on Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

Mallikarjun Kharge to hold discussions with Congress-ruled States on judgment on Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the House on July 25, 2024. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and chairperson of the parliamentary party Sonia Gandhi were among the party’s leaders who met … Read more

States cannot tinker with Scheduled Castes List, Supreme Court holds

States cannot tinker with Scheduled Castes List, Supreme Court holds

A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Supreme Court has held that States cannot tinker with the Scheduled Castes List notified under Article 341 of the Constitution. “Any inclusion or exclusion of any caste, race or tribe or part of or group within the … Read more

Three Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes families in Uttara Kannada get back their land

Three Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes families in Uttara Kannada get back their land

Members of one of the beneficiary families receiving possession certificate for their land from Deputy Commissioner Gangubai Mankar. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Three families belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which lost land granted to them because of the actions of their forefathers, have now been restored possession of their land, thanks to … Read more

“Leaderless” Scheduled Castes in Haryana remain politically scattered

“Leaderless” Scheduled Castes in Haryana remain politically scattered

The entry of new players like Bhim Army’s Chandra Shekhar Azad is now hoping to fill the vacuum in Dalit leadership in Haryana. File | Photo Credit:  Shiv Kumar Pushpakar They may form the second largest vote bank in Haryana, but the Scheduled Caste communities in the State remain divided about their political choices. Over … Read more

Karnataka awaits outcome of CWMA meeting scheduled today

Karnataka awaits outcome of CWMA meeting scheduled today

A file photo of Cauvery river water flowing near Nimishamba temple in Mandya district. While the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has recommended release of 5,000 cusecs of water daily for 15 days from Karnataka, the State has opposed the recommendation. | Photo Credit: File photo  As Karnataka awaits the outcome of proceedings of the … Read more

Parliament functioned for less than half of scheduled time, but legislative activity remained high: Data

Parliament functioned for less than half of scheduled time, but legislative activity remained high: Data

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar during the monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV Lok Sabha functioned for only 43% of its scheduled time and Rajya Sabha 55% in the just-concluded Monsoon session but legislative activity remained high with 23 bills being passed, … Read more

Union govt. considering equal property rights to Scheduled Tribe women: Minister informs MP

Union govt. considering equal property rights to Scheduled Tribe women: Minister informs MP

Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Union government was examining whether to issue notification under the Hindu Succession Act to apply beneficial provisions to Scheduled Tribe (ST) women, who profess Hinduism, to enable them to inherit equal share over properties of father/ Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), … Read more

RSS affiliate seeks complete adherence to Lokur Committee criteria for inclusion of tribes to Scheduled Tribes list

RSS affiliate seeks complete adherence to Lokur Committee criteria for inclusion of tribes to Scheduled Tribes list

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: S. Thanthoni All India Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (AIVKA), an RSS affiliate that works for tribal population, in its central executive meeting held earlier this week, passed a proposal that the criteria and procedure prescribed by the law and the Lokur Committee (1965) should be strictly followed while … Read more