The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has sought a report from the Telangana government over IAS officer Alagu Varsini's alleged remark that Dalit students must clean toilets in Scheduled Caste ...

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday launched the Patient Appointment System (PAS) in response to a more convenient scheduling of medical checkups in public hospitals. The PAS is currently ...

Biologically or racially there is no such construct as caste. However, the caste system is entrenched in Indian society. Scriptures like the Vedas sanctified caste. People still don’t dare find ...

Agra: Over three decades after caste violence broke out in Panwari and nearby villages in Agra following controversy over a Dalit wedding procession, a local court on Friday sentenced 32 men to ...

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 ...

A placard on his desk reads ‘Vice-President,’ his official role at the Bangiya Mahishya Samiti, a 124-year-old organisation in Kolkata established for the upliftment of the Mahishya caste. Now retired ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Science on Monday launched the Bharat Forecast System (BFS), saying it is the world’s most precise indigenously developed weather forecasting model. The system has become operational ...

According to Dr. Bishwakarma what is needed is to challenge and defeat the whole caste system and not just focussing on fighting caste discrimination. But why organise a conference in Canada?

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 ...