Daughter of Indian sanitation worker praises country for uplifting Dalit, OBCs at UNHRCSpeaking exclusively to ANI at the UN, Rohini Ghavari said: "I have got a golden chance to be at the UN. For the past two years, I am doing...
25 Mar, 2023, 10.57 AM IST
Cook asks govt school students to throw midday meal served by Dalit girls; heldAs per the police report, cook Lal Rain objected to serving of meals by the girls and asked the school students to throw it away because it...
03 Sep, 2022, 01.04 PM IST
Child labour, caste-based discrimination, poverty closely interlinked in India: UN Special RapporteurIn Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, between 4 and 6 per cent of children are said to be in child labour, and...
18 Aug, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
How India Inc can help change social norms holding back women from workplaceIn India, women's workforce participation has been on a free fall. As per govt data, it fell from 31% in 2012 to 21% in 2021. Other data so...
21 Apr, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
View: The Hathras horror calls out not only for justice for the victim but also for democratic vigourWhat music can articulate the horror that befell the 20-year old Dalit girl from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, who was raped by several men, had ...
30 Sep, 2020, 07.19 PM IST
It would have been too Bollywood to have a Dalit hero: 'Article 15' director Anubhav SinhaThe movie has opened to protests by fringe organisations representing upper castes.
07 Jul, 2019, 01.49 PM IST
Dalit votes on its mind, Congress hails Babasaheb Bhimrao AmbedkarChief Minister Siddaramaiah made his pro-Dalit and pro-oppressed stand the plank of the event and stated during an interaction on Sunday.
24 Jul, 2017, 10.27 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh's electoral battle royale kicks off in its western regionThe region also has the highest concentration of higher educational institutions, especially professional ones, drawn by the large urban an...
08 Feb, 2017, 11.45 AM IST
Amid stirs, Maharashtra stares at caste conflictsIn Nashik, there are concerns that Sunday’s violence may not be just a one-off incident and there are possibilities of more caste conflicts...
11 Oct, 2016, 08.35 AM IST
Shiv Sena asks PM Narendra Modi to crack down on builders creating 'vegetarian' colonies in MumbaiSaamna in a scathing editorial accused vegetarian developers of discrimination on the basis of dietary preferences.
14 Aug, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
Marathwada: A death widens caste rift, sparks water warMost Dalits there are landless labourers from the Matang community, who work in brick kilns or migrate to cut sugarcane in western Maharash...
13 Apr, 2016, 02.16 PM IST
Congress can't close eyes to discrimination: P ChidambaramHe scoffed at the suggestion that Rahul's recent visit to Kedarnath temple was an attempt at wooing Hindu votes to counter the perception a...
30 May, 2015, 01.56 AM IST
Mayawati slams Samajwadi Party government, again demands imposition of President ruleMayawati said that Centre should also take an initiative in this direction, otherwise the people of the state would not forgive BJP.
01 Jun, 2014, 02.20 PM IST
Despite election season, Kandhamal stays calmChristians who were driven out of their homes near Badabanga, and now live in a new separate colourful colony built for them, also refuse t...
09 Apr, 2014, 10.59 PM IST
Narendra Modi’s turf flops on education, healthDropout rates in schools are unacceptably high at 58 per cent compared to the national average of 49 per cent.
11 Mar, 2014, 11.16 AM IST
Dalits stay mired in history despite Tamil Nadu social reformsDalits, accounting for a fifth of the over 7 crore state population, still find assimilation into mainstream society a struggle.
10 Jul, 2013, 02.08 PM IST
- India fails to curb sexual violence against women: Human Rights Watch
India "has a thriving civil society, free media, and an independent judiciary", the city-based rights group said in its assessment of right...
02 Feb, 2013, 05.52 PM IST