Caste

Thirty years on, justice remains elusive for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana

A chapter in a major 30-year review of the PoA Act argues that institutional failures, rather than legislative gaps, remain the biggest obstacle to justice

Assam: Six tribal groups protest non-inclusion in Centre’s revised ST list

Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutias, Koch Rajbonshis and Tea Tribes have been advocating for inclusion for years

IIT-Bombay to introduce caste awareness courses

As per the minorities cell, the decision came after aggrieved students recommended it

Shivaji in ‘secular’ Maharashtra

First published on: 19 Dec 2015The Shiv Sena threatens...

The interplay of caste and faith

While faith often overshadows special marriages, experts talk about how caste and religion both influence this social institution

Hyderabad: Interfaith couple attacked, man stabbed to death!

The couple had gotten married, against the woman's family's wishes, on January 22 this year

UP’s Dy CM’s “Brahmin a superior way of living life” a sign of poll panic?

Dinesh Sharma says proud to be Brahmin, at the same time ‘slams’ opposition for being ‘casteist’ 

Segregated burial grounds, a violation of the Constitution: Madras High Court

The court observed that allowing a separate burial ground based on caste promotes segregation, that is the opposite of the idea of Equality envisaged by the Constitution

Conversion will not change caste of a person: Madras HC

Judgment addresses matter of issuance of certificates in case of inter-caste marriage, and makes observations about impact on caste-based reservations

Gujarat: Dalit family attacked for entering Kutch temple

Six members of the family were attacked, their farmlands ravaged; 20 accused, five detained so far

Punjab: Newly-weds, hacked to death, allegedly by woman’s family

Both families are from the OBC community, but were from different economic backgrounds; 16 including woman’s kin booked

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Caged in Police Vans, Beaten in Custody, Journalists Attacked: Delhi’s crackdown on anti-CEC protests draws UN condemnation

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