'Best Example Of Caste Discrimination...': Udhayanidhi On Prez Murmu's Absence From New Parliament Inauguration
Udhayanidhi Stalin cited the example of President Draupadi Murmu, who was not invited to the Parliament's inauguration, as a case of Sanatan practice.
Sep 06, 2023, 17:03 PM IST
'It's 2023 and...': Netizens Fume Over Allegedly Casteist Housing Society Notice
Several netizens re-shared the notice by the housing society in Gujarat on Twitter and criticised it for being 'casteist'.
Feb 18, 2023, 20:17 PM IST
TN: Dalit Outfits in Tamil Nadu Call for CBI Probe Into Human Excreta Found in Water Tank
Tamil Nadu police questioned several people and interrogated many, however, Dalit outfits alleged that the police were acting in a partisan manner.
Feb 02, 2023, 20:57 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Human feces found in water tank for Dalits, villagers allege caste discrimination
Kumaran. R, a villager, told IANS that the water smelt different and they checked the tank only to find a large quantity of human excreta dumped in the water tank.
Dec 29, 2022, 08:10 AM IST
UP: Dalit school teacher alleges discrimination by staff; says subjected to casteist slurs
Kori has alleged that the teachers cut his braid and hit him recently. He has claimed he complained to police about the incident but no action was taken.
Sep 08, 2022, 00:17 AM IST
'Deeply HURT': After 9-year-old Dalit boy beaten to death, Rajasthan MLA resigns
Congress MLA Pana Chand Meghwal from Rajasthan said that he cannot express his pain in words and the way his community is being tortured as quoted by ANI.
Aug 15, 2022, 19:06 PM IST
Caste added as protected category for all graduate, undergraduate student workers in Harvard University
The historic addition marks Harvard as the first Ivy League school to have caste equity protection in its non-discrimination clause for unionised student workers.
Dec 03, 2021, 06:27 AM IST
IIT Madras Assistant Professor quits job over alleged caste discrimination, resignation letter goes viral
IIT Madras Assistant Professor Vipin P Veetil has allegedly resigned from his job over the issue of caste discrimination at the institute.
Jul 02, 2021, 12:36 PM IST
Caste-based discrimination still exists: Rajeev Khandelwal
"Yes, the younger generation is breaking out of such socially imbalanced norms but discrimination does exist and that is what the play highlights. The aspect of the play that touched me the most was definitely the climax. To process how the oppressed see the world was both heartbreaking and eye-opening," added the actor.
Jan 26, 2021, 17:19 PM IST
Leftist scholars trying to replace 'India' with 'South Asia' in textbooks in California, Hindus oppose
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has accused Leftist scholars of attempting to replace 'India' with 'South Asia' in textbooks in California.
Mar 29, 2016, 09:40 AM IST
BJP MP Udit Raj embarrasses Smriti Irani, says he attended Mahishasur festival at JNU in 2013
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani created a hullabaloo over 'Mahishasur Martyrdom Day', which takes place in JNU.
Feb 26, 2016, 09:13 AM IST
JNU Dalit scholar demands resumption of grants, threatens suicide
Amid a nationwide outrage over the alleged suicide of a research scholar in Hyderabad university, a Dalit student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has sent two letters to the Vice Chancellor threatening to end his life if his research grant is not extended next year.
Jan 27, 2016, 07:26 AM IST
Rajya Sabha witnesses three adjournments over Kumari Selja's caste bias row
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session after an uproar over former union minister and Congress member Kumari Selja's remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujarat.
Dec 03, 2015, 14:34 PM IST
Rajya Sabha adjourned over Kumari Selja's remark
The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for half an hour after the House witnessed an uproar over former Congress minister Kumari Selja`s remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujarat.
Dec 03, 2015, 11:49 AM IST
Rajya Sabha disrupted over Kumari Selja's claim of caste bias in Gujarat's temple
The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari Selja`s claim that she faced caste discrimination at a temple in Gujarat, citing what she wrote in the visitor`s book there.
Dec 02, 2015, 14:02 PM IST
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu for asking students to wear wrist band based on their caste
The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government over a media report on students of a district being asked to wear coloured ribbons and wrist bands based on their caste.
Nov 26, 2015, 17:37 PM IST
End caste discrimination: Mohan Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday called for ending caste discrimination and said only an equitable society can lead to a strong and proud community.
Sep 26, 2015, 21:02 PM IST
