Mysuru: Strongly condemning the authorities for forcing the SC/ST community students to pay admission and exam fee, which was free earlier, students of Maharani’s Degree College for Women staged a demonstration under the banner of All India Democratic Organisation (AIDSO) in front of Crawford Hall here recently. “The SC/ST students were not required to pay…
Karnataka Assembly passes SC/ST quota hike Bill
December 28, 2022Belagavi: The Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed a bill to hike reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ STs). The Government, a couple of months ago, had hiked reservation for SC communities from the existing 15 to 17 percent and that for ST communities from 3 to 7 percent. However, there are some legal…
SC/ST Federation takes out massive rally seeking fulfilment of demands
July 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Braving incessant rains that has continued to lash the city since morning, hundreds of SC/ST community members, under the banner of Karnataka Swaabhimani SC/ST Sanghatanegala Okkoota Mattu Meesalaati Hechhala Horata Kriyasamiti (Reservation Hike Action Committee), took out a massive rally in the city this morning. The protesters, who converged on Town Hall, after garlanding…
MLA urges Government to distribute agricultural land to SC, ST youths
February 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that about 25 lakh acres (11.79 lakh hectares) of agricultural land in the State are left without cultivation, Kollegal MLA N. Mahesh urged the Government to distribute this unused land among educated SC/ST community youths for encouraging agricultural activities. He was speaking at the inauguration of the Karnataka Unit of Bharatiya Parivartana Sangha…
Can’t prosecute Upper Caste person just because complainant is from SC/ST: Apex Court
November 8, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court has opined that a person belonging to an upper caste can’t be deprived of exercising their legal rights just because their opponent happens to be a member of the SC/ST community. “Offence under the SC/ST Act is not established merely on the fact that the informant is a member of…
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