California becomes first US state to add caste as a protected category in its anti-discrimination lawsThe California State Senate has passed a bill by a vote of 34-1 to make caste a 'protected category' in the state's anti-discrimination law...
12 May, 2023, 11.03 PM IST
Ambedkar Jayanti 2023: See inspiring quotes from the Father of the Indian ConstitutionIndia will celebrate the 132nd birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on Ambedkar Jayanti 2023. The central government has declare...
13 Apr, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Days after PM's call, top Muslim body resolves to work for uplifting Pasmanda MuslimsFarooqui said the body will reach out to more associations working in the area of Pasmanda Muslim welfare, and raise issues of their discri...
24 Jul, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
View: America may have to reckon with India’s past, tooFor Indians, it’s a disappointment that the starry-eyed narrative of idealistic Indian engineers helping build Silicon Valley is being tarn...
21 May, 2021, 10.07 AM IST
SC decision on Sabarimala temple makes Hinduism even more inclusive: Maneka GandhiHailing the apex court judgement on Sabarimala, Gandhi said it is a "wonderful" judgement that paves way to make Hinduism even more inclusi...
28 Sep, 2018, 03.39 PM IST
Modi set to become India's third most successful PM: Ramachandra GuhaGuha said Modi's charisma and appeal transcend boundaries of caste and language, and that his qualities put him on the same padestal as Neh...
30 Mar, 2017, 04.16 PM IST
Indian Americans hold peaceful protest against CNN in Chicago"The grotesque practices of five individuals have nothing to do with Hinduism, they are not part of any Hindu scriptures or Hindu teachings...
27 Mar, 2017, 12.01 PM IST
Hindu American Foundation slams USCIRF over anti-India reportShukla alleged that Cheema's work provides cover to Pakistan's long-standing support of a proxy war to separate Jammu and Kashmir from Indi...
13 Feb, 2017, 02.06 PM IST
Don't vote on the basis of caste: RSS joint general secretary Krishna GopalLamenting that differences due to caste are deep in our country, the RSS pointsman for BJP said discrimination on basis of caste is a socia...
08 Jan, 2017, 05.45 PM IST
Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu in the US House asks board to describe Hinduism accuratelyCalifornia State Board of Education is in final stages of revising and updating the K-12 History-Social Science Framework for public school...
12 Jul, 2016, 01.46 PM IST
RSS feels there's no question of scrapping quota: Mohan BhagwatOn 'social assimilation', the RSS chief said the beginning should be from self and extended to the immediate family, extended family and th...
17 Dec, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Hinduism has room for all forms of beliefs: Supreme CourtThe bench also clarified that non-interference of the government in religious practices, in this case appointment of priests, did not mean ...
17 Dec, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
What the Constitution means to DalitsIn the popular Dalit imagination, the Constitution is the anti-thesis of Manusmriti, the ancient text whose laws governed the caste Hindu s...
27 Nov, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
Hindu reconvert gets SC benefitsIn a ruling that would stoke the debate over religious conversion and reconversion, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that a Christian ...
27 Feb, 2015, 05.53 AM IST
Now is the right time to raise conversion issue: Koenraad Elst"As for Ghar Wapsi, I feel it is a redundant term, since Islam has spread by prosletysation, as has Christianity. There were pre-Islamic an...
22 Dec, 2014, 05.53 AM IST
No exaggeration in referring to an Indian as a 'Hindu' abroad: Kalraj Mishra"Hinduism is a nationality ...it does not discriminate on caste and biradari (community) and if anyone levels any charges, they need to stu...
29 Aug, 2014, 04.21 PM IST
- Caste system is racial discrimination: UN rights panel
UN Human Rights Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has controverted India’s stand at its recent Geneva hearings ...
30 Mar, 2007, 12.15 AM IST