For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...

BHOPAL: A confrontation involving dominant OBCs and a major Scheduled Caste (SC) community over the alleged blocking of Dalit devotees from offering prayers at Shiva temples took place in at least ...

Reacting to the incident, Manoj Parmar, president of the All India Balai Mahasangh, said, "Due to the frustrated mentality of some people, our community still has to face caste discrimination in ...

California lawmakers have cleared a bill that would explicitly ban caste discrimination in the state, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature. State senators passed a bill on Tuesday ...

Lauding that ‘Alai Balai’, the annual Dasara cultural event held in Hyderabad, promotes love, brotherhood and affection among individuals by bridging ideological, political, caste and ...

New questions about caste are controversial. The next census will be the first to consider the caste status of most Indians. Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical ...

A bill that would have made California the first state to explicitly ban caste-based discrimination was vetoed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. After a year of advocacy and a monthlong hunger strike ...

India will include caste details in its next census, a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country.