He highlighted that in 2016, a trader was murdered in Lucknow and a jeweller was shot in Sultanpur — incidents that occurred ...

Lucknow: In the latest of several successive attacks on the opposition over caste politics, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on ...

Organise annual felicitation ceremonies for top 10 GST-paying traders in state capital and the top 10 in each district, CM ...

Lucknow, In a veiled attack on the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that those who divide the society in the name of caste are the same people, who bowed ...

What is caste? India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they ...

What is caste in India?. The history of the caste system is still hotly debated, but scholars generally agree that it dates back at least 3,000 years and was used to divide Hindus into ...

Detractors of caste anti-discrimination laws — including many Indian American big-money donors and political power players — say the bills could fuel rather than curtail discrimination against ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...

Caste in South Asia. While the caste system originated in Hindu scriptures, it crystallized during British colonial rule and has stratified society in every South Asian religious community. In ...

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. The Seattle City Council became the first U.S. city to ban caste-based discrimination on February 21. The caste system is a social ...

Seattle is explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of caste, making it the first city in the US to take such a step. The Seattle City Council approved an ordinance on Tuesday that amends ...