CHENNAI: Caste discrimination is still rampant ... locked and sealed in 2002 after vanniyars objected to scheduled castes visiting the temple for the kumbhabhishekam, officials said.

In connection with the Prakash Divas of Guru Ravi Das Ji Maharaj, an impressive Shobha Yatra of the great Guru was taken out ...

The CB-CID public prosecutor argued that the case did not fall under the SC/ST Atrocities Act since both the victims and accused belong to the Scheduled Caste community and added that there was no ...

Narasipur, located near Belavadi, has a mixed population of over 250 Kuruba community families and 13 Scheduled Caste families. The village has nine small temples, including the Tirumala, Beerappa ...

Union Minister Virendra Kumar chaired a central advisory committee meeting for the PM-AJAY scheme, aiming to uplift the Scheduled Caste communities in India. The scheme focuses on poverty reduction ...

Protests planned in city for Monday. Police has identified the man as a resident of Dharamkot from the SC community, adding that the motive is being investigated.

Members of Dalit bodies have given a call for Amritsar shutdown on Monday to protest the vandalising of the iconic statue of B.R. Ambedkar on Heritage Street near the Golden Temple complex ... belongs ...

Ravi Pasi, a Samajwadi Party (SP) worker from Mau, is focused on at least six daily nukkad (street-corner) meetings in ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

HP Scheduled Caste Commission (HPSCC) Chairman Kuldeep Kumar Dhiman presided over the first review meeting at the multi-purpose hall here on Tuesday. He said compensation of Rs 7 lakh each had ...

The issue began when a group led by the former village sarpanch, who belongs to the scheduled caste, accused the other group, led by the current Brahmin sarpanch, of ostracising them. They claimed ...

and approve the reports of the caste census, the dedicated commission on Backward Classes quota in local polls, and the one on sub-categorisation of Scheduled Caste community groups. The session ...