Rep. Brandon Gill, a Republican congressman from Texas's 26th District and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, is facing backlash over an inflammatory tweet criticizing an Indian American ...

Despite increased UPI adoption, cash in circulation has risen to two-and-a-half times 2016 levels. Inflation remained ...

CCS Haryana Agricultural University is fast earning the moniker of ‘JNU of Haryana’ for its student-led protests ...

Long before the British began counting castes, a Rajput kingdom in Rajasthan quietly did it first — not to classify people, ...

Yet, there exists very little study of them as a distinct group. Enter Ravikant Kisana, whose new book, Meet the Savarnas, ...

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar39s threeday festival made headlines as much for his grand show as for the row with the National Green Tribunal and Delhi High Court who said the event was held on t ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 years will be conducted digitally and include controversial ...

The internet showed us that interoperability can fuel democratization, as well as innovation and exponential scaling. A model that’s similar to the caste system in India can only hold up for so ...

Indian laws allow the respondent to appeal the judgment to a higher bench of the same court. The court order stems from a 1950 government order that reserved social benefits intended for lower caste ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste discrimination in 1950.

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling.