Karnataka's potential increase in caste-based reservations faces legal challenges, mirroring the fate of similar laws in ...

Bengaluru: The All-India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha's Karnataka state president, Shankar Bidari, on Sunday said the controversial caste census report, presented by the Backward Classes ...

According to the survey report, out of a total 5.98 crore citizens covered under the survey that was carried out in 2015, about 70 per cent or 4.16 crore come under various OBC categories.

The panel’s proposal is based on the findings of a recent caste survey, which estimated the population of backward classes in the state at nearly 70 per cent.

“Congress national president Mallikarjun Khargeji and pioneer of social justice Rahul Gandhiji are constantly demanding caste census [in the country]. They believe that if the people standing in ...

Bengaluru, Apr 12 (PTI) The caste census report, which was submitted before the Karnataka cabinet, has recommended increasing reservations for Backward Communities from the existing 32 per cent to 51 ...

The contentious ‘Caste Census’ report was tabled before the Karnataka cabinet on Friday amid opposition from within the ruling Congress. The report tabled by the state Backward Classes Commission will ...

Caste census: Congress trying to divide society, says BJP Ashoka cited claims made by prominent members of Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities, who have alleged that the report was prepared at the ...

Phule, a biopic of revolutionary icons Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule, directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan was asked to be modified by the censor board following protests. The ...

The release of Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa's upcoming film Phule has been postponed after objections. Directed by Ananth Mahadevan, the film trailer left a section of the Brahmin community unhappy.

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan believes that a caste census would offer data to the government for tailoring various welfare ...