Memories of atrocities against Dalits in the Marathwada region still besiege Balasaheb Jawale’s recollection of his childhood spent in Beed district. The 35-year-old, who now has a PhD and ...

The murder of the teenager – who belonged to the Dalit community, the least privileged in India’s complex caste hierarchy, a position that has enabled its persecution for centuries – has put ...

A total of 117 people were charged with assaulting, abusing and torching the houses belonging to members of the Madiga community on August 28, 2014, in the SC colony of the village over a movie ...

KOPPAL: A court at Gangavati taluk in Koppal district is all set to award punishment to 101 people who are accused in the Marukumbi village incident in which huts of several Dalits were set ablaze ...

“Neither Jat nor non-Jat (non-Jat upper caste and Other Backward Classes, or OBCs), the batkhara (weights) of jeet-haar (win ...

This is the case, for example, with regards to Dalit women's ability to claim their rights as provided by specific policies and laws such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ...

Rahul Gandhi shares a meal with Dalit family, highlighting the significance of Dalit cuisine and addressing caste-based discrimination. He learns traditional dishes and emphasizes the need for ...

In the recently concluded Haryana Assembly polls, the BJP won eight reserved seats, while the Congress managed to win nine of them. A post-poll analysis showed the Congress party's failure to ...

KOPPAL: The Principal District and Sessions Court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to 98 accused in the Marukumbi Dalit atrocity case in Gangavati, Koppal district. Three accused, who belong ...

The move, a first in the country after the Supreme Court order, is intended to consolidate the BJP's Dalit outreach in Haryana. IMAGE: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini during the cabinet ...

The Centre has extended the tenure of a commission formed to recommend whether Scheduled Caste status should be granted to Dalits who had converted to religions other than Buddhism and Sikhism, at a ...

The social and political fates of India’s Dalits offer a contrasting picture. Dalits, not necessarily a homogenous entity, form one of the most deprived communities in the country with poor metrics in ...