Mumbai has seen countless protests, but the late-August agitation led by Manoj Jarange-Patil was different. Promised as a peaceful sit-in, it swelled into a massive rally that paralysed the city’s ...

Bihar released the results of a historic caste-based survey in October 2023, mapping the state’s demographic and economic landscape. This comprehensive exercise counted all castes for the first time ...

From lynchings and social boycotts to a historic caste census decision, 2025 showed that caste continues to shape violence, ...

India’s Supreme Court has intervened in the controversy over the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s plans to expand caste-based reservations (mandatory affirmative action programs) at the ...

Reservation of jobs and seats in educational institutions, which were based hitherto on caste identity, will now include economic criteria as well. In 2019, the Indian parliament passed the 103rd ...

S Ramadoss, founder of PMK, demands a caste-wise census in Tamil Nadu to assure fair distribution of reservation benefits across all 324 communities. He critiques the current disproportionate ...

Anbumani Ramadoss criticizes DMK for not conducting a caste survey in Tamil Nadu to protect reservation benefits and improve ...

The Lok Sabha elections drew a sharp debate on reservation policies in general and caste census in particular. After the results, the formation of a coalition government with at least one key player, ...

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, speaking at a programme in Nagpur, made a striking remark about caste and reservation. Addressing the gathering, he said that as a member ...

Parbhani: The Matang community has initiated an agitation at the district collectorate demanding classification in the Scheduled Caste reservations for the past 50 days. On Thursday, a delegation of ...