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Caste consequences
The release of the Karnataka caste census has shifted the state’s political terrain, triggering reactions that stretch far ...
The Opposition BJP on Thursday wondered if there was a “conspiracy to blackmail Ministers” behind the decision in the special meeting of the State Cabinet to ask Ministers to furnish their ...
comprise more than 18% of Karnataka’s population and Muslims nearly 13%, even as the dominant Vokkaligas and Lingayats make up less than 25%, a caste survey in the state has found, people aware ...
Only 5.23 per cent of people are out of its ambit," the minister was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. The discussion on the caste survey in Karnataka, which was conducted nearly a decade ago ...
With the report enumerating the population of castes and suggesting tweaks in quota categories, caste groups and their ...
The much-awaited Cabinet meeting held on Thursday to discuss the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey (caste census) conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes made no ...
A special cabinet meeting that was convened to discuss the contentious Social and Educational Survey report, popularly known as 'caste census' in Karnataka, on Thursday was inconclusive ...
Bengaluru: Amid what appears to be a caste conundrum, the Karnataka cabinet will hold a special meeting on Thursday to discuss the contentious Socio-Economic and Education Survey report ...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to implement the Rohith Vemula Act in the state to tackle caste-based ... of bright young people like Rohith ...