In Jammu and Kashmir, SCs are entitled to 8 per cent reservation, STs 20 per cent, and OBCs 8 per cent. Previously, incidents of caste and tribal “bias” have not only been reported from the higher ...

The top court further noted that the new regulations had the potential to divide society and have "dangerous impacts" if misused.

California has moved one step closer to banning caste discrimination in the state. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would update California’s civil rights law to explicitly include ...

(RNS) — The politics around California’s recently proposed legislation banning caste-based discrimination have become contentious. They shouldn’t be. Caste discrimination remains one of the least ...

Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday raised concerns in the Upper House over incidents of caste-based discrimination, ...

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill in the state Senate that would explicitly ban caste discrimination – the first such effort by a US state legislature. The bill, announced Wednesday, would ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such ...

One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she "otherwise loved very much" — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City ...

Senior Congress leader and leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday flagged concerns over caste ...

Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of fellow immigrants. So when coworkers at a South Asian restaurant in Davis refused to room with ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

Mallikarjun Kharge highlighted caste discrimination at workplaces. He cited an Odisha anganwadi where a Dalit worker faced ...