Amit Shah unveils National Cooperation Policy 2025 to connect 50 crore people with cooperative sector, focusing on ...

Mayawati criticizes Congress and BJP for neglecting Dalits and tribals, accusing them of crocodile tears and deceitful ...

Dalit Catholics of the Kottapalayam village in the Kumbakonam Diocese of the India state of Tamil Nadu organised a hunger ...

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The High Court of southern Tamil Nadu has ordered the state government to ensure that socially poor Dalit people can enter ...

But Dalits -- who constitute over 16 percent of India's 1.1-billion population -- are still often beaten or killed if they use a well or worship at a temple reserved for upper castes.

But to D.B. Sagar, a Dalit activist originally from Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism can coexist — even in the same household, incorporating both Hindu pujas and Buddhist mantras.

But to D.B. Sagar, a Dalit activist originally from Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism can coexist — even in the same household, incorporating both Hindu pujas and Buddhist mantras.