Dalit rights outfits on Thursday protested outside the Kangra deputy commissioners office in Dharamshala, warning the government of a bigger agitation if justice is not done within 15 days in the ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his home town in Gujarat state to mark his birthday over the weekend, the national media focused on the detention ...

India's Supreme Court prides itself on defending the rights of Dalits - historically the country's most oppressed citizens. But a new study argues that the court's own language has frequently ...

A Church delegation has urged a federal government-appointed panel to extend India’s affirmative action benefits to socially poor Dalit Christians, whose ancestors were considered untouchable in the ...

Amnesty International on Thursday released Left Behind in the Storm, a report showing that Bangladesh is failing to ensure equal access to safe water and sanitation for Dalit women sanitation workers ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Dalit man in Gujarat has killed himself in a fresh protest over land, as a campaign for land rights for the low-caste community widened across the country.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], December 23 (ANI): BJP leader and former leader of the opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly, Amar Kumar Bauri, scathingly attacked and accused the JMM government of ...