SC gives Centre 3 weeks for stand on quota benefits for Dalit converts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three weeks to the Centre to clarify its stand on the pleas, including those raising the issue of Scheduled Castes reservation benefits to Dalits who have......

SC bench hearing quota pleas for Dalit converts stumped by rejected Misra report

What is the effect of the report of a commission of inquiry that has been rejected or not accepted by the government, and whether the empirical data which formed the basis of the report can be......

1984 anti-Sikh riot: SIT probe leads to conviction in 1st case

From calling witnesses from Italy to testify in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case to publishing public notices, the Special Investigation Team, formed in 2015, took extensive measures to probe the 60......

Muslim groups back SC status for Muslim, Christian Dalits

Two top Muslim organisations -- All India Milli Council and Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind (Mahmood Madni) -- on Tuesday backed National Commission for Minoritieschairman Wajahat Habibullah's call for......