Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950. Essentially, a caste system is a rigid assignment of social status based on inheritance.

He slammed those opposing the caste census, saying they wanted to keep the truth hidden. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha feels the merit system is unfair and completely flawed. "There is a ...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah omitted the Socio-Economic Survey from the 2025-26 budget, sparking speculation that the caste census could be shelved. The report, facing opposition from dominant caste ...

Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...

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As many as 10 people, including six Schedule Caste women, were killed by men belonging to a gang led by dacoit Anar Singh Yadav. After 44 years of the gruesome killings, the court of special judge ...

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Two of the three men appeared at the special court in Mainpuri district on Tuesday A court in India has sentenced three men to death for the 1981 murder of 24 people from the Dalit (formerly ...

Touching on everything from anti-caste traditions to the Buddhist legend of Matanga and Persian and Arabic perspectives on ...

The Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Chairman K B Mohandas on Thursday stated that caste preferences demanded by the ...

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Another Bill, which is meant to clear sub-caste reservation for BCs, is also tabled in the House. This comes months after the state government’s caste survey found that the BCs — including Muslim ...