Lower-caste Dalit women in northern India are targeted for rape by upper caste men who usually escape justice as survivors bow to pressure to drop their cases, researchers found on Wednesday.

The BJP holds sway over upper castes, such as Bhumihars, Banias, and Brahmins, and the ally JD(U) over Kurmis, Extremely ...

Bihar’s political future for the next five years will be decided on November 14, with the state polls also seen as a ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Despite the official conclusion of the socio-economic and educational census, many Mysuru residents, including MP Yaduveer KC Wadiyar, report that enumerators failed to visit their homes. Even the ...

This missive is for all of you – those who have joined the elite and the non-elite ranks of government service, the ones who have gone to prestigious schools and universities, who are occupying ...

The caste system was founded on principles of social harmony, equality and fraternity during the Vedic period, but was gradually altered due to contact with foreign powers, the Madhya Pradesh ...

A French solar innovation has introduced a honeycomb-inspired floating system designed to enhance performance and efficiency in large-scale photovoltaic (FPV) projects. Sainghin-en-Mélantois-based ...

Thirumurugan Gandhi, coordinator of the May 17 Movement, along with 10 persons from Kodiyakarai, on Tuesday condemned the alleged discrimination and caste-based atrocities faced by the residents ...

A week after Y Puran Kumar, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Haryana, died by suicide at his residence in Chandigarh alleging harassment, a similar death of another cop, an assistant ...

The shoe-hurling episode at the Supreme Court is a shocking act of misconduct against the country’s highest judicial authority. Even more distressing was the propaganda and malicious reporting that ...

In a big twist amid the investigation into Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's suicide, another police officer died by suicide today after levelling serious allegations against him. Sandeep Kumar, ...