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 ...

The campaign, which began in 1978, sought to rename Marathwada University in recognition of Dr BR Ambedkar’s contribution to ...

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 ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Dalit community has witnessed a meager number of candidates in the House of Representatives (HoR) member elections to be held on coming March 5. Nepali Congress (NC) has fielded its ...

BSP president Mayawati has declared that her party will contest future elections, including the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly, ...

Shimla: outfits on Thursday protested outside the Kangra deputy commissioner's office in Dharamshala, warning the government of a bigger agitation if "justice" is not done within 15 days in the death ...

As a young girl growing up in Ajmer, a small town in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan, journalist and author, Yashica Dutt, 38, says that she was painfully aware of the many sacrifices her mother ...

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.