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Three booked for stopping SC family from worshipping at Durga Puja pandal in MP

Published on Sep 26, 2025 13:20 IST

Police teams are searching for them and a detailed investigation is underway (Representative photo)

Centre felicitates 1,490 SC, ST toppers of class 10 and class 12 exams

The awardees received a one-time cash grant of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>60,000 for first position, <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50,000 for second, and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40,000 for third. A special prize of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>60,000 was conferred upon the highest-scoring girl student where no girl featured among the top three. (Image source: PIB_India/status)

Published on Sep 3, 2025 10:13 IST

Kerala school headmistress booked for ‘casteist slurs’ against Class 4 students

Gracy, the headmistress, is the only permanent teacher in the institution and used to hurl casteist slurs at children belonging to Backward communities.

Published on Aug 6, 2025 17:35 IST

HC upholds reservations in PSU contracts, says necessary for economic upliftment

Mumbai, India - September 03, 2021: Bombay High Court at Fort, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, September 03, 2021. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

Published on Jul 16, 2025 03:22 IST

Court’s pivot on social justice

Importantly, Justice Gavai’s initiative to adopt a reservation-in-promotion policy for the apex court will have a bearing on other public institutions as well. (ANI)

Updated on Jul 2, 2025 14:46 IST

In first, SC introduces quotas for court staff

CJI BR Gavai (PTI)

Published on Jun 30, 2025 23:52 IST

UP BJP highlights social engineering at Ambedkar Smriti Sthal

Neeraj, Dharampal and Brijlal (HT Photo)

Published on Jun 22, 2025 02:30 IST

Govt committed to restoring dignity of Dalits, delivering justice to them: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann addressing an event in Amritsar on Sunday. (HT Photo)

chandigarh news

Published on Jun 9, 2025 02:28 IST

Govt with you: Bawankule assures Matangs seeking sub-quota benefits

Tuesday’s ‘Matang Samaj Jan Akrosh Morcha’ was organised by the Sakal Matang Samaj, a community organisation, in Azad Maidan (Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on May 21, 2025 02:46 IST

Panchkula: 3 held for thrashing, hurling casteist slurs at two students get bail

The bail was granted to Mohit Kumar, 19, and Sahil, 19, from Mauli village, and Aryan, 19, from Barwala village. (iStock)

chandigarh news

Published on May 19, 2025 03:48 IST

Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee gets nine co-opted members

Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini being felicitated by members of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and Sikh community in Chandigarh on Sunday. (ANI)

chandigarh news

Published on May 12, 2025 01:00 IST

Karnataka launches massive door-to-door caste survey to map SC communities

The initiative is led by a commission chaired by retired High Court judge HN Nagamohan Das.

Published on May 5, 2025 06:42 IST

UP SC-ST panel seeks FIR on insult of Baba Saheb

The chairman also asked police to submit a report through a knowledgeable officer before the commission on 5 May at 11.30 am (Sourced)

Published on May 1, 2025 14:53 IST

Terms of Trade: Mandal wins, por ahora

An enumerator staff collects information from residents for a caste-based census in Bihar in 2023. (Santosh Kumar/ HT File Photo)

Updated on May 1, 2025 06:16 IST

SC orders probe into IIT-Delhi student deaths, sets up panel on campus suicides

The Supreme Court. (PTI)

Published on Mar 24, 2025 06:35 IST

SC upholds Dalit scholars’ right to compensation for loss of research data

SC upholds Dalit scholars’ right to compensation for loss of research data

Published on Jan 31, 2025 01:24 IST

Notice to IITs on campus placements after caste bias alleged

Singh alleged that both IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi require SC students to disclose their caste category and category rank from their JEE during the placement process.

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 22:55 IST

Postponement of Congress’s dinner sparks power struggle concerns

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said that there is no value to what others say on the matter, other than what he or party high command or the chief minister says (PTI)

Updated on Jan 8, 2025 22:30 IST

Conversion for benefits is fraud on Constitution: SC

A view of the Supreme Court of India. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 24:06 IST

17-yr-old assaulted with sickles, bottles in TN; four arrested

The suspects are from Thirumalai Kozhundhu Puram village and a case has been registered against them under various sections of the Prevention of Atrocities (SC/ST) Act, police said. (Representational image)

Updated on Nov 6, 2024 01:54 IST

Haryana govt’s move to clear Dalit sub-quotas evoke mixed response

A notification ordering subclassification of SCs into DSCs and OSCs to provide each of the two categories 50% each of the 20% SC quota in government jobs will be issued by the chief secretary, said an official on Friday. (ANI)

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 20, 2024 24:08 IST

How sub-classification will change Dalit politics

Noida, India- April 14, 2024: People seen on the occasion of the 133th birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar at Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal, sector 95, in Noida, India, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Sep 12, 2024 16:15 IST

Woman killed by in-laws in hate crime, say cops

The incident took place on Sunday and victim’s father has named 13 people in his complaint (File photo)

Updated on Sep 4, 2024 02:46 IST

Shajan Skaria v the state of Kerala: A moment to rethink caste-based humiliation

Section 3(1)(r) deals with intentionally insulting or intimidating with the intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste in public. . (Representational image only)

Published on Sep 3, 2024 03:30 IST

Headmaster booked for misbehaving, threatening sisters in Pratapgarh

For representation only (Sourced)

Published on Aug 25, 2024 17:09 IST

Mere insult of SC/ST member not sufficient to constitute offence without caste-based intent

The bench said the offence under the 1989 Act is not established merely on the fact that the complainant is a member of a SC or ST, unless there is an intention to humiliate such a member because they belong to such community. (HT Archive)

Updated on Aug 24, 2024 03:06 IST

Rajasthan on alert amid Bharat bandh call; schools shut in 16 districts

The ‘Reservation Bachao Sangharsh Samiti’ are observing a day-long Bharat Bandh today

Updated on Aug 21, 2024 08:40 IST

Congress launches 100-day ‘Samvidhan Raksha’ campaign in Delhi

The campaign was launched by party treasurer and MP Ajay Maken, along with All India Congress Committee ST department president Rajesh Lilothia (Twitter Photo)

Published on Aug 16, 2024 08:14 IST

The debate continues over ‘creamy layer’ in India’s reservation system

The judgment permitting sub-classification within SCs, while aiming to address internal disparities, has certain advantages as well as disadvantages. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 9, 2024 02:30 IST

Two more held for ‘hate crime’ murder in Gurugram

Relatives and neighbours of the deceased hold a demonstration outside the Sohna police station. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 7, 2024 23:44 IST

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