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A police officer said it did not appear to be a pre-planned attack. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Gujarat: Dalit man assaulted, killed by upper caste men for attending...

Police said trouble started when a person made derogatory remarks about their caste as they were not supposed to watch...

2 Oct 2017 8:51 AM IST

BSP Supremo Mayawati. (Photo:PTI)

Don't make 'hollow statements': Mayawati on Nitish Kumar's remark on...

Mayawati also demanded quota in promotions by amending the Constitution.

7 Nov 2017 7:38 PM IST

Picture for representational purposes only. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

A casteist reality check

The constitution says that untouchability is abolished and this is a blatant disregard of that fact: Alok Prasanna Kumar

10 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST

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Caste divide deepens in varsity

Upper caste students claim dalits raise objection to their morning puja'.

6 Oct 2018 12:14 AM IST

China President Xi Jinping

Age of anxiety: Alienation modern scourge

The task of forging an overarching identity transcending the amalgam that develops through such superimposition...

25 Nov 2018 1:05 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

BJP, Congress head for a tough Karnataka contest

At present the Congress holds 129 seats, BJP 44, and Janata Dal (Secular) 39 seats in the 229-member Assembly.

22 Jan 2018 1:17 AM IST

Vipin was assaulted for allegedly leading a Dalit group planning to convert to Buddhism and removing portraits of Hindu deities from their homes. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

UP: Man thrashed, forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'; Dalits threaten...

Vipin Kumar (22) was allegedly beaten up brutally by four activists of the Vahini in Kalanpur village in Muzaffarnagar...

17 Jan 2018 1:44 PM IST

Team GenRobotics with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after signing the MOU with Kerala Water Authority.

The solution: Robo scavenging

A group of youngsters troubled by the deaths of manual scavengers have found a unique solution to the problem.

16 Jan 2018 12:20 AM IST

File photo of the Bhima Koregaon violence.

Pune police nab 28 more after January 1 violence

During the violence, Rahul Fantangale (28) was killed near Sanaswadi.

10 Jan 2018 12:51 AM IST

A few thousand followers of 20 social organisations across Maharashtra will gather at Shaniwar Wada, Pune, on January 31, 2018, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of defeat of the Peshwas army by the then British Indian Armys Mahar regiment in the battle of Bhima Koregaon. (Photo: YouTube)

Caste factor resurfaces, but has limitations too

The Peshwas were not a major power at the beginning of the 19th century. Their glory ended with the Third Battle of...

9 Jan 2018 12:36 AM IST

Ambedkar urges the backward class communities to recognise their electoral strength and vote only for backward class, Dalit and tribal candidates, so that they could control the reins of power. (Photo:PTI)

Communal politics may create 'many Hafiz Saeeds' among Hindus: Dalit...

Prakash Ambedkar says that the new order, in the name of religion, that is coming into existence is like Hitler-shahi...

6 Jan 2018 10:53 AM IST

Dalit vote consolidation may worry BJP

The Dalits had voted for the BJP in large numbers, breaking away from the traditional Congress-NCP fold.

6 Jan 2018 4:35 AM IST