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SC issues notices to GoI, 11 states over caste discrimination in jails

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, issued notices to the Government of India and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West...

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Crime

Four of Dalit family physically assaulted by Hindu men for bathing at tubewell in UP

Bulandshahr: Four members of a Dalit family, including two minors and a former village head, were physically assaulted by upper caste Hindu...

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Commentary

Education, and pedagogy: Why we need de-schooling

Our society has fabricated a self-pitiable ‘education’ system in which qualifying exams has become a delusional testimony of how good or bad...

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Minorities

‘Are we children of a lesser god?’: Non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits allege discrimination in jobs

The protesting Pandits say that the government has been providing jobs and opportunities to migrant Pandits, but they have been left to...

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Gender

‘You are not a boy, speak in a low tone’: Gender equality, a distant dream

On International Day of the Girl Child, the 2020 theme “My Voice, Our Equal Future”, to recognise the power, potential and rights...

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India

Days after condemning ‘Hindi imposition,’ Tamil MP writes to Union Minister to ‘hold upcoming events in English’

Srinagar: Days after the secretary of Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) Minister Shripad Yesso Naik said that participants,...

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India

Tamil MP asked ‘if she is Indian’ for not speaking Hindi, Chidambaram says ‘experienced similar taunts’

Alleging discrimination, a Member of Parliament and chief of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party’s Art wing, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Sunday said...

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Harassment

Vishwa Hindu Sena shaves Nepalese national’s head in Varanasi, forces him to abuse Nepal PM

Members of the Hindu Extremist group are seen forcing the man to shout ‘Jai Shri Ram’ A case was registered in Bhelpur...

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Education

Dehradun College suspends Kashmiri student over ‘anti-national’ social media post

Srinagar: College authorities at the JB Institute of Technology (JBIT) of Dehradun has suspended a Kashmiri girl student over her social media posts....