The Bill defines “prejudicial interest” to include bias on the grounds of religion, race, caste or community; sex, gender, ...

The Supreme Court has allowed an SC certificate for a minor based on her mother's caste, even though her father is non-SC.

House panel urges UGC to recognize OBC bias as caste discrimination and reassess EWS reservations for academic appointments.

Counting and classifying citizens for the caste census must not be treated as a benign exercise, but as a political act that ...

With Dalit Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai retiring, India's top court will be down to one Dalit and one woman— with most of the judges being upper caste Hindu men. Over the last six months, ...

RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat has introduced an inclusive, broad definition of 'Hindu,' stating it represents a civilisational identity rooted in thousands of years of cultural continuity RSS ...

Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is about who gets a share of government benefits and who doesn't. The country's next national census, scheduled for 2027, will - ...

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When the Narendra Modi government surprised everyone by announcing the caste census, there was a mood of triumph in the social justice camp. Whatever the government’s political calculations, the ...