Caste
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: ‘Conduct caste census right away’, says Hanumantha Rao to Centre
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Hanumantha Rao has requested the Center take immediate action to carry out the nation’s caste census. Hanumantha Rao said on Wednesday during a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan…
- Mumbai
Caste consciousness is greater today than in 1950s: Tharoor
Mumbai: There is greater consciousness of caste in Indian society today compared to the decade after independence, Congress MP and author Shashi Tharoor said here on Saturday. Speaking during a discussion on…
- India
Economic inequality in India linked to caste, gender discrimination: Bhalchandra Mungekar
Jalna: Economist and former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Bhalchandra Mungekar on Monday said economic inequality in India is linked to caste and gender discrimination. Dr Mungekar was speaking at the concluding function…
- India
In UP, children feel the heat of state’s caste-driven politics
Lucknow: In Uttar Pradesh, C is for children and C is also for caste. It is school children who bear the brunt of the prevailing caste politics in the state. There are…
- India
I was misquoted, was only paraphrasing Ambedkar’s views: JNU VC on ‘caste of gods’ remark
New Delhi: After her no god is upper caste remark stoked controversy, JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday defended her comments as an academic exercise and said she was misquoted…
- India
Caste atrocities ‘soul-crippling’, need zero tolerance for prejudice: Meira Kumar
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit schoolboy in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the “illness” of caste system and adopting…
- India
India’s strength is its unity, dividing people on caste, religion will weaken country: UP CM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said India’s strength is its unity and the country will be weakened if citizens are divided on the basis of caste and religion.…
- Featured News
Caste differences among Muslims in Telangana and their status
Written in Telugu by SK. Yousuf Baba and Translated into English by Zeenathfar Azmi Syed In India, there are around 20 crore Muslims, with Telangana constituting approximately 12.8 percent of the total…
- India
UP: Zomato food delivery boy faces casteist slur; FIR filed
Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a customer in state capital Lucknow made casteist slur on a Zomato food delivery man, allegedly thrashed and abused, and then spat on his face, police said.…