India News: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah clarified that the Congress high command, not his government, decided to conduct a fresh caste survey, amidst concerns about ...

In the 1990s, members of the CHamoru activist group Nasion Chamoru, most notably the late Sen. Angel L.G. Santos first found artifacts made from hima in the jungle and began to wear them as necklaces.

The exercise will, however, begin in October 2026 in snow-bound states and union territories, such as Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, government officials said.

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Congress decided Tuesday to undertake a fresh caste survey in Karnataka, citing rumblings within the state's dominant communities about the reliability of the 2015 enumeration ...

The caste system, which we are trying to eliminate even in India. You want to start it here. If you work in HR why would you check if the candidate got his education by quota or not.

Last week, I attended the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, public engagement events at Pacific Islands Club where representatives from the federal organization outlined how ...

While almost all political parties are for a caste census, you said, it was a regressive step. Why? After Independence, in the last 75 years, all the political parties -- both national and ...

The Bihar government has formed an Upper Caste Development Commission ahead of the 2025 Assembly elections, signaling a strategic move to strengthen its caste-based voter outreach.

A caste-based census has been one of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's major demands for quite some time. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which was against such an exercise, suddenly changed its mind and ...

BARGARH: In a grim reminder of the prevailing deep-rooted caste prejudice, a 40-year-old man of Bargarh district, allegedly killed by his younger brother on Sunday, was denied last rites by his ...

Certain castes such as the Mahars (Ambedkar’s caste) or the Jatavs (Mayawati’s caste) may be flagged as privileged and their quotas in jobs and educational seats reduced.

The new exercise could lead to the firming up of or redrawing of strategy by parties which expect a keen poll battle in Uttar Pradesh where the next assembly elections are due in 2027. Previous ...