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Boya activists have criticised the move and sought uniform ST status throughout the state. The community is currently classified as a Scheduled Tribe only in Agency areas in AP.

The family of Sudalaimadan, a 55-year-old sanitation worker, alleged that he had been facing casteist abuse from former and current panchayat officials of Udangudi in Thoothukudi, for seeking a promotion at work.

The Karnataka government on Friday announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education and scrapped the 4 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims. The announcement by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai comes just a month before assembly election is scheduled to be held in the BJP-ruled state.

In a direct address to the audience, the Union Home minister said, "The Congress made many tall promises on the welfare of the backward classes but never followed up their words with action. However, after you made Modi-ji the Prime Minister in 2014, he gave constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes."

From visits within days of each other, election yatras from opponents' strongholds, unveiling statues of Lingayat and Vokkaliga icons, to using deeply rooted southern cultural icons, historical figures and movies, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP’s election strategist and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have their target set and locked -- to strengthen the BJP’s Hindutva message in Karnataka.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai released Rs 900 crore to 1.14 lakh beneficiaries on behalf of various corporations on Saturday. As the state is heading to assembly elections, countdown has begun for the same.Speaking at a function organised by ...

Cambridge, Mar 3: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government during a lecture at Cambridge University, alleging that an attack has been unleashed on the basic structure of Indian democracy while also claiming that Israeli spyware Pegasus was being used to snoop into his phone.

Mangaluru, Mar 2: The IndiGo flight service in the Mangaluru-Hubballi sector, which was introduced in May last year, will be discontinued from March 12.

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A man has approached Telangana State Human Rights Commission, saying he is facing threat to his life from state agriculture minister S. Niranjan Reddy and a police official.Shiva Kumar Yadav from Wanaparthy district has alleged that Srinivas ...