Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

Celebrating the legacy of historian Prof Surendra Gopal, Patna Museum hosted the third memorial lecture to honor what would ...

Delivering the keynote address on the topic “The Caste System in Indian History”, Prof Sharma, a former sectional president ...

NEW DELHI — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

In the 1990s, the Anthropological Survey of India presented a book that summarized seven years of field research on the country’s most backward castes – the volume was titled “Scheduled Castes.” The ...

PATNA, India, April 9 (Reuters) - There's an old joke in India's eastern state of Bihar: "People don't cast their votes, they vote for their caste." Sign up here. Caste allegiances have dominated the ...

Scheduled Caste children south of the Vindhyas had better health outcomes than those living in the north, shows research.

PATNA, India, Oct 20 (Reuters) - One of India's most politically important states holds an election from Thursday that could return to power a leader who has won support on a platform of ...

(CNN) — 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. CNN — (CNN) — ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...