The notice follows a complaint from an IIT-Bombay alumnus alleging discriminatory practices against Scheduled Caste students during campus placements The National Commission for Scheduled Castes ...

"Due to the atmosphere of upheaval in the name of religion and caste in India, people are living in fear. The BJP, which has forgotten the aspiration of Swaraj and self-reliance, damaged the ...

In fact, Milkipur has a significant Pasi community. Keeping the caste equations in mind and with the intent to galvanise the party cadre, the BJP announced Chandrabhan Paswan’s candidature.

The answer, it turns out, is political. While a one-in-1,000 event is an “epidemic” and “urgent challenge” when it comes to Type-2 diabetes, however, it’s apparently nothing of the kind when it comes ...

Christian groups in Australia are expressing concerns that new legislation proposed in the nation's most populous state could have dire consequences for religious freedom, and see parents ... bans on ...

You cannot escape caste in India, by getting better jobs, by rejecting your surname or by enforcing policy decisions. The Indian word for caste is jaat and it is popularly defined as ‘that which ...

"But if our nation is divided based on caste, region, language, then religious places will be the first to suffer the consequences. Daughters and sisters have to face the consequences. So this ...

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that seeking reservation based on caste and gender for elections to a Sikh religious institution is against the irreproachable philosophy of ...

New Delhi: More than 70 percent of Indians believe that religious discrimination is either a ‘moderately’ or ‘very’ big problem in India, among the highest proportions out of 36 countries surveyed ...

Not everyone is religious or has a spiritual practice. But some people discover this side of themselves when they are close to death. Finding out they are dying can strengthen some people’s beliefs.

Bengal’s pre-eminent poet gets pipped by its fiery monk but manages to edge out the great patriot. But patriarchy rules, as does religion. Some 189 statues and busts of famous Indians were installed ...