The Supreme Court will examine allegations of caste-based discrimination and untouchability faced by Dalit Christians in ...

Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, L. Murugan, has accused the ruling DMK in ...

As the scourge of untouchability, a practice which, according to Ambedkar, originated in the fifth century AD, imposed upon oppressed millions was to be reformed by Mahatma Gandhi’s ...

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Pearl Washing Company in Pune’s Rasta Peth was opened in 1914. More than a century later, it continues to draw loyal ...

astha ka samman hona chahiye, par asprishyata ka sanrakshan nahi hona chahiye (the hasty orders of some overzealous officials may spread the disease of untouchability...Faith must be respected ...

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has announced the decision to form a special police "desk" to address issues of caste-based discrimination and untouchability.The minister made this announcement after ...