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Krishnasamy Demands Renaming of Adi Dravidar Welfare Department

K. Krishnasamy, founder of the Puthiya Tamilagam party, has urged the Tamil Nadu government to change the name of the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department. He argues that the current name is outdated and d…

Drug Menace Dominates Bjp’s Poll Campaign in Punjab As It Cuts Across Caste, Religion, Age

The saffron party, which has historically struggled to make inroads in Punjab, is aggressively pushing its campaign around the drug menace issue to get a foothold in the border State. Stakeholders ass…

NCST Probes Alleged Caste Discrimination at Kerala Research Institute

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has directed the Ministry of Heavy Industries to submit a report within 15 days on allegations that the Fluid Control Research Institute in Palakkad…

BJP’s SC/ST Lok Sabha MPs took part in fewer debates than House average and party peers

The 46 BJP Members elected from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe seats averaged 13.9 debates in the 18th Lok Sabha, against 21.5 for the House and 19.7 for BJP MPs from other seats, show PRS data

Lancaster County Attorney

In 2025, the county attorney's office handled 7,519 adult criminal cases, 1,632 juvenile law cases, 263 child neglect cases, 389 coroner cases and 18 grand jury cases.

Castel, Romy Ingrid and others v Investment Beverage Business Management Pte Ltd and others [2026] SGHC 197

40-year-old demand for road to Scheduled Caste village causes communal rift in Nilgiris

As many as 40 Sri Lankan-repatriate Scheduled Caste families in Ambal Colony, Kil Kotagiri, were set to benefit from a short road near their hamlet. However, the road laying project approved on Septem…

Tamil Nadu government exempts Public (Law and Order) Department from RTI Act

Govt. issued an order to exempt information on subjects such as communal and caste clashes; all matters relating to NSA detentions, reports into deaths in police custody, agitations by students, farme…

Byelections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram may test AIADMK’s sway over Scheduled Caste voters

Of the 44 reserved seats in the State, the party had won 32 in 2016 Assembly elections, while it could manage only eight seats 10 years later