It does, according to an analysis of the castes of MLAs chosen in previous elections and the candidates running in the ...

Party completes appointment of 62 district presidents; selections reflect a careful caste calculus designed to maintain its ...

Modern or medieval or ancient. In India we label these 4 classes as Brahmins, kshtriya, Vaishya and Sudra respectively. Whereas, Caste is something else altogether. In Spain-Portugal, Casta (“pure”) ...

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has now taken up a complaint of caste discrimination at the hands of the campus placement offices in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ...

The constituency witnesses significant presence of Scheduled Caste voters (21 per cent), Punjabis ... Muslims (10 per cent), Sikhs (8 per cent), Vaishyas (5 per cent) and Pandits (4 per cent).

Adding an ironic layer to the hostility, MAGA supporters have hit back at Indians calling out racism by pointing to casteism and the rigid enforcement of caste endogamy within Indian communities.

Urbanisation is often cited as an antidote to the influence of caste in society. So, does politics rise above caste in urban pockets ... Of these, Brahmins make up the largest chunk, accounting for ...

Haryana has requested the Centre to remove the caste names 'Chura', 'Bhangi', and 'Mochi' from the Scheduled Castes list, citing them as outdated and offensive. The state aims to mitigate caste ...

The inclusion of students' caste categories/groups, such as OBC (Other Backward Classes), ST (Scheduled Tribe), and SC (Scheduled Caste), on the hall tickets has ignited a debate, with opposition ...

BJP’s final list of 68 candidates reflects a broader effort to balance caste and community representation ... as do Rajputs (8%), Vaishyas (7%), and Punjabi Khatris (5%). Other upper castes ...

Rutgers University in the US has decided not to create a separate category for caste-based discrimination, stating it's already covered under existing policies. The decision was welcomed by Hindu ...