Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Friday profusely thanked PM Narendra Modi for approving a nationwide caste census, a long-standing demand of his party, the JD(U)."I express my gratitude to PM Narendra ...

The move is widely seen as a bid to consolidate the upper-caste vote bank ahead of the crucial polls. The newly constituted commission will be chaired by senior BJP leader Mahachandra Singh ...

The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government has formed a commission for the development of upper castes. Senior BJP leader Mahachandra Singh has been made the chairman of this commission while JDU's ...

With the implementation of this online system, medical professionals in Punjab no longer need to travel to Islamabad, as all registration-related services are now accessible through the PMDC ...

The JD(U) president was sharing the stage with the PM at Karakat, about 140 km from the state capital, where the latter launched development projects worth more than Rs 48,000 crore.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday profusely thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for agreeing to hold a caste census, demand for which he had been raising passionately. The JD(U ...

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It is not meant to defend child murderers or perpetuate a caste system. It is impossible to avoid the purposes of a Muslim education. It is to enable the child to worship the Almighty, and also to ...

New Delhi: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said that the government has taken a bold decision to include caste-based enumeration in the upcoming decadal census and called it a ...

In Uttar Pradesh, the catch phrase, ‘Jiski jitni sankhya bhari, uski utni hissedari (proportionate share according to population),’ has been symbolic of the dominance of caste as a factor in ...

Many Jangams are priests to Sudras who are not Lingayats.” As per the 2015 caste survey, the population of Lingayat Jangamas was about 1.7 lakh. Beda Jangamas are listed under Madigas, an SC (left) ...

Following PM Modi's endorsement of a caste census, Congress has criticized his previous opposition to the idea, sharing videos of Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath denouncing it. Jairam Ramesh ...