The petition argues that by confining the scope of caste-based discrimination strictly to SC, ST, and OBC groups, the ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Caste is an ancient system of social ...
Left-backed groups such as the All India Students’ Association and the Students’ Federation of India held marches across ...
A Supreme Court plea challenges a new UGC rule. The rule defines caste discrimination narrowly, excluding students and ...
Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...
The petitioners submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC regulations “institutionalise a narrow and exclusionary ...
(RNS) — Last week, a federal district judge ruled against two California State University professors who claimed the university’s policy barring discrimination on the basis of caste violates the U.S.
(RNS) — This January, California State University, the largest public university system in the United States, added caste to the anti-discrimination policy in its faculty collective bargaining ...
FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...