The School Education Department has warned headmasters and teachers of disciplinary action if they allowed students to display caste symbols on the campus. The department referred to an instance ...

Karnataka's Congress government faces internal dissent over a caste survey report, with ministers from Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities questioning its accuracy. Concerns include inflated data ...

Chikkamagaluru: Former chairman of the Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission, K Jayaprakash Hegde, claimed that it was not a caste census but a socio-economic and educational ...

The release of the population data of castes/sub-castes in Karnataka, as part of the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey (popularly called caste census), has generated much political heat.

The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes submitted the report of the socio-economic and educational survey, or the caste census, to the Karnataka Cabinet on Friday, April 11.

Sumitra was appointed as a primary school teacher in 1993 under the OBC quota as she claimed her caste belonged to Group 'B'. However, in 1996, she received a notice stating that her community was ...

The court quashed the order rejecting the petitioner’s plea for considering her belonging to Group B category and declared that she is entitled to reservation for employment under Group-B and as ...

This article examines how caste is embedded in students’ “habitus” and the role of caste symbols and identifiers in southern Tamil Nadu. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited scholarship ...

Pope Francis’ papacy was born in a spirit of humility. In death he made sure to project the same quality. The signs of this down-to-earth approach to the papacy were immediate, starting with ...

The Central Bank of UAE on Thursday launched new symbols for the national currency, the dirham, in its physical and digital forms, which reflect its national identity and aspiration to become a ...

Veteran Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister M Veerappa Moily has raised serious concerns about the credibility of the state’s long-delayed caste survey, arguing that only a new ...