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Dalit organisations in Kerala announced a statewide hartal seeking justice in the death of Nithin Raj, alleging caste-based harassment and police delay. The student died after falling from a building, with abetment and SC/ST Act cases registered
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The Karnataka Cabinet has approved the Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Exclusion or Injustice) Bill, aimed at curbing caste-based discrimination in higher education. The legislation proposes compensation for affected students and penal provisions against offenders.
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The Hindu American Foundation has approached a US appeals court alleging that California’s civil rights regulator wrongly linked caste discrimination to Hinduism while pursuing a case against Cisco, raising broader questions about how caste is addressed in American workplaces.
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Manual scavenging persists in India despite the 2013 ban, killing 620-plus workers and highlighting caste inequality, unsafe work, and government apathy
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The death of a two-month-old infant following an alleged temple altercation and caste abuse claims triggered unrest in Kummera village of Nagarkurnool district, with protests by BC groups even as police registered a suspicious death case and began an inquiry
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While the inclusion of OBCs is welcome, key questions remain over equality, representation, and safeguards in higher education institutions
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The family of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who died by suicide in Chandigarh, consented to his autopsy nine days later. His note accused senior officers of caste-based bias. Political leaders demand justice and action against those responsible
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The suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar once again highlights deep-rooted structural bias in India’s bureaucracy
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Rahul Gandhi met the family of Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar, who was found dead last week, alleging caste-based discrimination behind his death. He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to act and arrest the accused officers
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Dalit literature faces a new threat — biased algorithms, poor digitisation, and academic neglect are pushing this powerful movement rooted in resistance and equality to the margins again
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Senior Advocate V. Raghunath, appearing for the petitioner, contended that despite submitting a formal complaint to the police on the same day, no protection was granted.
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An IndiGo employee has accused senior colleagues of casteist abuse during a company meeting in Gurugram. An FIR has been filed, and the airline has denied the allegations, asserting its commitment to a zero-tolerance policy against workplace discrimination
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The top court directed the formation of a National Task Force, which will be headed by former top court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat, to address the mental health concerns of students and prevent suicides in higher educational institutions
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Former MP says a few people making all attempts to suppress Yadav community leaders
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Several posts on 'X' weigh in on the possibility of the student dying of suicide
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Praveen Kumar criticised the question, which referred to caste hierarchies, calling it a reflection of entrenched discrimination
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A study conducted by Oxfam suggests that 20 percent of respondents in scheduled castes reported suffering discrimination in hospitals or by health-care professionals.
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Recent deaths by suicide of two students on IIT campuses have once again exposed the fault lines in our higher education structure
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Brown University announced this month that it was explicitly adding caste to categories like religion, sexual orientation and colour in its institution-wide non-discrimination policy.
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By Arun Sinha Moving in upper caste circles, you cannot escape that nauseous grimace with a crackling ‘Tch! Tch!’ whenever the subject of SC-ST-OBC reservations comes up. If a highly placed bureaucrat happens to be around, he will most likely have a wallet of hilarious gems about the idiocy of a junior colleague from quota […]
