The vice-chancellor said, "As per Manusmriti women are Scheduled Caste. In such a situation a woman cannot say that she belongs to Brahmin or other community." "No God is a Brahmin. The highest is Kshatriya," she claimed.
The incident took place on Friday night when the 'Bindori' (pre-wedding procession) of Sanjeev Meghwal was being taken out on a mare through the lanes in Goyanda village.
Agriculture Minister and BJP leader Amrendra Pratap Singh said that there is no urgent need of caste-based census in Bihar.
The school headmistress said that it was unintentional and that the students were earlier also had caste put against their name in the attendance register
The father of the child has alleged that the teacher beats his child up and makes children sit in separate queues for upper castes and Dalits during midday meals.
In a bid to obliterate the signs of discrimination against the scheduled caste students, a senior district official rushed to the primary school Dodarpur in Bewar block and held a meeting with the village pradhan, her husband, villagers and parents.
Elections for the Uttar Pradesh assembly may be early next year, but attempts to redraw the political landscape have already begun. And in the state so influenced by caste arithmetic, it is the small players, the extras of politics, that can be the “make or break" factor for the mainstream parties.
A barbed wire was set up across a cremation ground, dividing it into two -- one portion for the upper castes and the other for lower castes.
Vehicles displaying caste identities in Gurugram will now invite traffic police action, according to an official order.
Displaying caste identities on wind screens and number plates of four and two-wheelers in Uttar Pradesh will now invite punitive action.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday said a commission to gather quantifiable caste wise data and submit a report to the government would be headed by former judge of the Madras High Court, A Kulasekaran.
Previously, the matrimonial website asked users to search for their partners on the basis of skin descriptions like 'fair,' 'wheatish,' and 'dark.' The petition against the biasness received an enormous response as around 1,500 signatures were made within 14 hours.
The incident took place in Shankarpur government primary school in Rae Bareli district and the students went to the office of Superintendent of Police Swapnil Mamgain and complained about a woman 'shiksha mitra' who had made the remarks.
The Election Commission on Thursday reviewed the preparation for the upcoming Haryana assembly polls and said it will take strong action if any candidate is found seeking votes in the name of caste or during religious functions.
The Dalits living in Peepalsana village have handed over a letter to SSP Moradabad saying that the Salmani community continues to treat them as untouchables.
The guards have, however, denied the charges of discrimination and said they only stopped her from entering a men's toilet.
The marriage certificate posted by the couple on the social media shows that the marriage was solemnized at the famous Ram Janki temple in Prayagraj on July 4.
The Congress leader also dubbed the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) an insult to farmers.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday claimed his government has ended discrimination in the name of caste and religion that was "common" during the previous dispensations.
In an attempt to set up a national teachers’ portal and detect “fake teachers” in the country, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has profiled at least 60 per cent of more than 15 lakh university and college teachers.
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