Four arrested for murder of Scheduled Caste youth in inter-caste love story, invoking SC/ST Act, with two suspects still at ...

An attempt has been made in this article' to examine Census of India data on (i) distribution of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in the different States; (ii) their occupational pattern ; and, (iii) their ...

This study examined family strengths of disadvantaged adolescents that may serve as buffers against the adversities of everyday life in rural India. Two-hundred adolescents and their families ...

The Supreme Court passed the order while interpreting the provisions of the SC-ST Act in the light of Section 18 of the ...

Back-channel parleys underway to resolve protest over internal reservation quota changes for nomadic and semi-nomadic castes.

An analysis of the custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past four years shows that the majority of victims belonged to ...

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved the establishment of a dedicated Maharashtra State Commission for Scheduled Tribes. The Cabinet also sanctioned ₹4.2 crore and approved the creation of 26 new ...

(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. (2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, ...

Vibhor Saxena does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes cannot directly order the registration of an FIR in criminal matters. The court ...

A Dalit man was beaten by three individuals after refusing to tie a saffron flag to an electric pole already hosting a blue ...