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Byline: Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi An Indian author who declared eight years ago that he was 'dead' as a writer after protests against his work has returned not only [...]

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 24 -- The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday once again demanded a caste-based census to determine the actual population of the other backward classes (OBCs) in [...]

NEW DELHI -- Hundreds of thousands of India's Dalits -- once known as Untouchables -- skipped work and poured into the streets this week, waving the dark blue flags of [...]

MUMBAI, India -- Mumbai, India's bustling commercial hub, came to a standstill on Wednesday as protesters called for a general strike and thousands took to the streets. The catalyst for [...]

Byline: Vidhi Doshi A leading Bollywood actress has pulled out of a glitzy event in the Indian city of Hyderabad to be attended by Ivanka Trump and Indian Prime Minister [...]

Byline: DNA Corrspondent Protesting over the recent incidents of crime against Dalits in Gujarat, activists from the community on Wednesday held a protest outside the state secretariat in Gandhinagar, during [...]

Byline: DNA Correspondent Chennai: Dalits of Peelamedu in Coimbatore attempted to hoist the national flag at a graveyard to protest against the existence of two separate burial grounds for Dalits [...]

Byline: Pushpita Dey New Delhi: Demanding the release of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and protesting against caste violence in Uttar Pradesh, a large number of Dalit youths gathered once [...]

Byline: Srawan Shukla Around 50 members of Dalit Panther held a demonstration at Shikshak Park in Kanpur. About 50 members of Dalit Panther tonsured their heads in Kanpur on Wednesday, [...]

Byline: Team dna Lucknow: About 50 members of Bharatiya Dalit Panther tonsured their heads in Kanpur on Wednesday to protest against spurt in crime against Dalits in Uttar Pradesh. Led [...]

The police blamed anti-social elements over the incident. The lower castes also referred to as Dalits were instigated by the opponents of the ruling party ( the BJP) to start [...]

New Delhi, April 2 -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi today saluted the thousands of Dalits who were on the streets for the 'protection' of their rights.In a post on social [...]

Byline: Huizhong Wu, CNN (CNN) -- Eight people died in three Indian states on Monday as tens of thousands of lower-caste Indians demonstrated violently against a recent Supreme Court ruling [...]

Byline: dna correspondent Ahmedabad: Four of the 14 Dalit families who been on an indefinite fast in Gandhinagar to demand justice in various cases returned to their protest in the [...]

Byline: dna correspondent 11 of 200 Dalits in Dholka strip to raise demand for land Ahmedabad: A Dalit protester shocked the police and his fellow protesters on Tuesday when he [...]

Byline: dna correspondent Ahmedabad: Dalit activist Nitin Gurjar on Friday asked community members to renounce Hinduism. He was speaking at an event near the Gandhi Ashram in the Sabarmati area [...]

Byline: Preeti Das 30 Gandhians from across the country to observe fast at Sabarmati Ashram Ahmedabad: Around 30 Gandhians from across the nation will observe a 24-hour fast as a [...]

Byline: dna correspondent ST bus services resume after being suspended for a day Injured during stone pelting, head constable dies in Amreli Ahmedabad: Protests continued in some parts of Gujarat [...]

Byline: dna correspondent Surat: Three rallies were taken out in Surat by Dalits on Wednesday to protest against atrocities on Dalits in Una. Main rally was taken out from Surat [...]

India, Feb. 18 -- Ahmedabad Dalits staged angry protests in different parts of Gujarat including Gandhinagar, Unjha, Chanasma and Patan in north Gujarat and Morbi in Saurashtra over the death [...]

Byline: Huizhong Wu, CNN (CNN) -- Security forces were out in full force in India's financial capital Mumbai this week, as members of the country's low-caste Dalit community demonstrated against [...]

Byline: FE Online Caste-based reservations demand is back on the agenda in the present political scenario in Rajasthan. Members of Gurjar community in Rajasthan have slammed Vasundhara Raje government after [...]

Byline: Our Correspondent New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on August 26 organized street demonstrations across the country, in all assembly constituencies and districts of 14 states [...]

Byline: GEETA ANAND and NIDA NAJAR NEW DELHI -- A state government in India promised to introduce a bill to grant coveted 'backward' status to a relatively prosperous caste group, [...]

Byline: Annie Gowen NEW DELHI - The Indian army on Monday wrestled control of a canal outside India's capital from protesters whose blockades and rioting had cut off water in [...]

Summary: Indian police have attacked hundreds of students protesting the death of a young scholar from the Dalit community, formerly known as untouchables, who allegedly committed suicide after he was [...]

AHMEDABAD, India -- Clashes erupted in parts of western India on Saturday as the police detained the popular leader of a well-to-do caste group that is fighting India's entrenched quota [...]

Byline: Mike Hager Sept. 16, 1932 While jailed in Yerwada prison for his latest civil disobedience campaign, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi vowed to 'fast unto death' or until the British stopped [...]

Violence erupted in the Indian state of Gujarat yesterday after a rally by the influential Patel community, who are demanding their caste status be altered to 'backward' in order to [...]

Summary: Hundreds of people belonging to a high powerful caste clan have staged mass protests in the Indian state of Gujarat. Nearly half a million of Indian protesters, who were [...]

Byline: Azaan Javaid New Delhi: Dalits from Haryana's Bhagana village, who are currently camping here at Jantar Mantar, were allegedly assaulted by some miscreants late on Sunday night, a day [...]

Puri, April 27 -- More than a hundred dalits, including women, under the aegis of Rashtriya Ambedkar Smurti Parishad stormed into Astarang police station premises on Wednesday and pelted stones [...]

Byline: dna correspondent Congmen, dalits burn yoga guru's effigy, demand his arrest Protests continued against yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Jaipur on Monday for his alleged comment on dalit community. [...]

Byline: dna correspondent Hubli, Bellary, Raichur see Dalits taking to streets in anger Hubli: Yoga proponent Baba Ramdev's remark that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi goes to Dalits' house for picnics [...]

Indian authorities have said severe water shortages in New Delhi will take up to two weeks to fix, after a crucial waterway was sabotaged by protesters to press demands for [...]

More than 10 million people were without water in New Delhi on Monday, after Jat community protesters seized the Munak canal, the capital's main water source. The upper-caste Jats are [...]

India deployed thousands of troops in a northern state on Sunday to quell deadly protests that have severely curtailed water supplies to the capital, New Delhi, this weekend. Around 4,000 [...]

Event On February 22nd the water supply to the capital, New Delhi, continued to suffer from disruptions. Members of the Jat community seized Munak canal, a key water source for [...]

Byline: Harmeet Shah Singh and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- Off and on throughout India's history, the country's caste system has provoked violence over rights and opportunities. One such conflict [...]

Byline: Harmeet Shah Singh and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- Deadly protests over caste quotas have choked the main water supply to India's capital New Delhi and seen thousands of [...]

Byline: Harmeet Shah Singh and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- Off and on throughout India's history, the country's caste system has provoked violence over rights and opportunities. But this time, [...]

Byline: Harmeet Shah Singh and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- Off and on throughout India's history, the country's caste-system has provoked violence over rights and opportunities. But this time, the [...]

Indian protesters demanding better conditions for their caste say they have accepted a state government offer, as troops established control over a canal that supplies much of the capital's water. [...]

Widespread caste protests in the northern Indian state of Haryana severely hit water supplies to the national capital, New Delhi, Sunday and forced industries to close. On Saturday, the Indian army sent more than 3,000 [...]