‘Buffalo’ remark sparks caste row in Telangana Cabinet

[ad_1] Backward Classes (BC) Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. File | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR A political storm has erupted in Telangana after Backward Classes (BC) Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar — while speaking to his Cabinet…

Bombay High Court declines interim relief on Kunbi…

[ad_1] Bombay High Court refused to stay the Maharashtra government’s decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates to members of the Maratha community who can establish their Other Backward Classes (OBC) lineage. | Photo Credit: The…

Ongoing survey is not a caste census, says…

[ad_1] An enumerator during a visit to a house to collect data for the social and educational survey at Munavalli in Belagavi district. | Photo Credit: P.K. BADIGER “Some people are describing the ongoing social…

Seer asks Deeksha Panchamsalis to register caste as…

[ad_1] Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami addressing a Lingayat Panchamasali meeting in Hubballi on September 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Kiran Bakale Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami of Kudalasangama Peetha has appealed to persons belonging…