Caste discrimination News

Udhayanidhi Stalin cited the example of President Draupadi Murmu, who was not invited to the Parliament's inauguration, as a case of Sanatan practice. 

A notice by a housing society named Milan Park in Gujarat has sparked outrage among netizens The notice was shared by several netizens on Twitter It stated that there had been complaints about flats being rented to single men and women of different castes

In Dec 2022, a water tank in a TN village was contaminated with human excreta The water tank supplied water to a Dalit colony in Vengaivayal

In a Tamil Nadu village, human feces was found in a water tank The contamination seems to be a planned attack motivated by caste

A Sanskrit teacher in UP's Barabanki has accused his school principal of casteism Abhay Kumar Kori has alleged that teachers of the Kshatriya caste harass him Kori has alleged that the teachers cut his braid and hit him recently

A Dalit boy was beaten to death by a teacher in Rajasthan He was thrashed for touching a water pot A Rajasthan MLA has decided to quit as he was hurt by this incident

Harvard University has added caste as a protected category for all graduate and undergraduate student workers Harvard is now the first Ivy League school to have caste equity protection in its non-discrimination clause for unionised student workers This decision will impact more than 4,900 student workers at Harvard and the surrounding Harvard community

IIT Madras Assistant Professor Vipin P Veetil has allegedly resigned from his job over the issue of caste discrimination at the institute. Veetil revealed that he has faced discrimination from 'individuals in position of power irrespective of their claimed political affiliation and gender.'

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has accused Leftist scholars of attempting to replace 'India' with 'South Asia' in textbooks in California.

Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani created a hullabaloo over 'Mahishasur Martyrdom Day', which takes place in JNU.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.