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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged all deleted voters to apply to the tribunals and assured them that they will get their rights reinstated; she said a supplementary list for the first phase of elections will be published on 21st April and the second phase on April 27, as per the Supreme Court order

The Bill lists out about 30 ways in which atrocities may be committed against an SC/ST student in a higher education institution

The government’s intention was to push through delimitation in the garb of the Women’s Reservation Bill, the Congress general secretary says in Lok Sabha; he adds that PM Narendra Modi did not mention the word “delimitation” even once in his speech during the debate on the Bill, when that was the main issue being raised by the Opposition

The death of a student of Kannur Dental College has raised disturbing questions about caste discrimination on Kerala’s college campuses. The college has dismissed a faculty member and suspended another, pending inquiry. The incident led to an outpouring of related complaints from other students. The bereaved family, the student’s college-mates, faculty, and activists express their views

Parag Madhukar Dhakate, Special Secretary in the Minority Welfare Department, has directed district magistrates of Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital to undertake extensive verification drives across all madrasas in their jurisdictions.

While endorsing their party line, women legislators also cite the positive role of male founders and leaders of their parties in enabling the participation of women in jobs, education, and politics

We were expecting the census to include Schedule Caste and Scheduled Tribes; the government should have waited for it

The Samajwadi Party chief says the women’s reservation law should be implemented after a caste census so that representation for women from backward communities can be ensured in a fair manner

As a Supreme Court Bench examines the broader implications of its 2018 Sabarimala ruling, the case prompts a look into the evolution of the essential religious practice doctrine, role of the State and the judiciary in religious reform, and the arguments over whether Ayyappa followers qualify as a religious denomination

TDP wanted necessary amendments to clear the ambiguity, but with Home Minister Shah’s assurance in Lok Sabha on the issue, the party unlikely to press the issue further