How caste manifested before the BritishThe notion that the British introduced India's rigid caste system is false. Eighteenth-century Indian rulers, Brahmins, and merchants activ...
27 Sep, 2025, 12.42 AM IST
750 leprosy colonies in India still remain segregated from mainstream society: OfficialThere are still 750 leprosy colonies in India that need to be integrated into mainstream society, according to S Govindaraj, Commissioner a...
26 Jan, 2025, 09.41 PM IST
NCRB data collection in prisons can go on, SC clarifies in caste bias matterThe Supreme Court clarified that its order to remove caste details from jail records won't affect data collection by the National Crime Rec...
07 Nov, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
SC sets aside jail manual rules of states for promoting caste-based discrimination in prisonsThe Supreme Court has nullified discriminatory provisions in state prison manuals, condemning caste-based segregation and labor distributio...
03 Oct, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Ad isn’t created by us or any affiliate: Swiggy on viral post taking dig on Zomato pure veg fleetIn an advertisement posted by X user Nilesh Trivedi, the logo and name of Swiggy are seen on top, with the text commenting on rival Zomato'...
21 Mar, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Zomato shelves green uniform for pure vegetarian delivery fleetZomato announced on Tuesday that a dedicated fleet of delivery partners donning the green uniform will specifically cater to customers who ...
20 Mar, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
States, UTs told not to segregate prisoners on caste, class or religionThe Union Home Ministry has urged states and Union Territories to stop segregating prisoners based on caste and religion and stop assigning...
01 Mar, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Slowdown & Covid hit labour market but pay gap narrowing: Azim Premji University reportAccording to the ‘State of Working India 2023’ report, gender-based earnings disparities have narrowed in India since 2017 with salaried wo...
21 Sep, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Indian matrimonial site Shaadi.com under fire in UK over caste-based matchesThe website, which is UK's largest marriage site catering to the Indian community, has been accused of allowing discrimination against the ...
02 Feb, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
BJP now trying to divide deities on caste lines: MayawatiReferring to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath's recent claim that lord Hanuman was a "Dalit", she said the top leadership of the...
06 Dec, 2018, 04.26 PM IST
I am comfortable with my identity today: RS Praveen Kumar, IPSHe recalls the prejudice he faced and says that investing heavily in the education of the underprivileged is the silver bullet to end discr...
14 Aug, 2016, 04.56 AM IST
Administrative apathy and cynical politics fan caste violence in Tamil NaduCaste-clashes are on the rise in many districts of Tamil Nadu. In March, a Dalit youth Sankar was chopped to death in broad daylight near t...
14 May, 2016, 11.58 AM IST
Changed economic reality fails to bridge caste divide in SunpedHe added that Dalit families are still not invited to social occasions or marriages at upper caste households except for cleaning purposes.
27 Oct, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
Not all Muslims feel BJP a 'Hindutva party': VK SinghThe minister of state for external affairs also said that terrorism has no religion, caste or language and should not become any basis on w...
23 Jan, 2015, 08.49 PM IST
Jat reservation: Irrational extension of patronage politicsThis defines what India’s politics continues to mostly be: a process, or rather a playing off, of competitive identity management.
10 Mar, 2014, 04.02 AM IST
- Jat agitation: Obsolete patronage
Reservation politics ignores the real site of social power in the era of globalisation.
22 Mar, 2011, 08.34 AM IST
- Reservation be reviewed in Rajasthan: Karni Sena
Srirajput Karni Sena on Sunday demanded that reservation be reviewed in Rajasthan.
06 Jul, 2008, 09.19 PM IST