SC sets aside HC verdict cancelling caste certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Kaur RanaThe Supreme Court overturned the Bombay High Court’s decision to cancel Amravati MP Navneet Kaur Rana's caste certificate. Justices Maheshw...
Eurovision star Sara Tavares dies aged 45 after battling brain tumourSara Tavares, a Portuguese Eurovision star who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, died at 45.
Singer Sara Tavares passes away at 45 after battling brain tumourBorn in 1978, Tavares' parents immigrated from Cape Verde to Almada, Portugal, in the 1970s. In 1994, the musician achieved victory in Chuv...
Utensil seller Chhedu Chamar out to challenge Dy CM Keshav Maurya in UP Assembly electionsChamar, a father of three, travels around the area on foot to campaign for his election. He carries a banner in his hand where he asks for ...
21 people died due to consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar: Minister"Total 21 people including 10 people in Bettiah and 11 people in Gopalganj have died due to consumption of spurious liquor," Kumar told ANI...
Making sense of Congress' choice of Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab CMPunjab's dalits saw an assertive, new leadership in the form of Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan. This fuelled the 'leaderless' third ...
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Divided they stand: Why marginal Dalit castes still lack political cloutAmong middle-class educated and employed Dalits who act as opinion makers, or young people in recent years, one can discern opposition to B...
When ‘Dalit’ is a brand, ‘Chamar’ a fashion labelIn the “castefree zones” of metros — in relative terms, of course — young Dalits say they find it empowering to flaunt their identity.
Only 5-6% quota for Yadavs, 3 other dominant castes in UP: Om Prakash RajbharA committee set up by Rajnath Singh as CM had proposed this long ago. The fact is that in UP, in the 27% OBC and 22.5% SC/ST reservation qu...
Cow politics can bring Dalits & Muslims closer in UPBadri Narayan, professor at JNU’s Centre for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, says the emergence of cow vigilante groups may work...
BSP antagonized many Dalits in UP whom the BJP wooed: BookDisaffection among a large section of Dalits for the BSP may have paved the way for fragmentation of this caste group in UP.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: BSP faces sub-castes challengeBSP chief Mayawati may be rushing in to campaign for candidates in reserved constituencies in UP, but past experience shows her party has p...
Congress banks on clean image and humble persona of sitting MP Nirmal Khatri in AyodhyaCongress has seized upon this opportunity to attack its main rival and is posing questions to the BJP over its changing stance over the Ram...
Bihar will get reduced share if special status is granted: Sushil ModiBihar will get a reduced share in the grant for states under NCA if it is given the special status as is being demanded by CM, Modi said.
- Pak army kills 85 militants: Report
Pakistani military on Saturday said 85 militants have been killed in three days of fighting near the Afghan border as its troops carried ou...
- Calling an SC ‘chamar’ offensive, punishable, says apex court
The Supreme Court has said that addressing Scheduled Castes people as ‘chamar’ may amount to an offence punishable under the provision of t...