New York: The state of religious freedom in India “significantly worsened” last year, a United States panel has said, calling for targeted sanctions against the country over alleged abuses. In its annual report, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urged the State Department for
Rajasthan: A nine-year-old student belonging to India's marginalised Dalit community was beaten to death allegedly by his upper-caste Hindu teacher for touching his water pot, Indian media reported. The child, identified as Indra Meghwal, used to study in the third grade at Saraswati Vidya Mandir in
New Delhi: Six Dalit-Christian women were booked in the Maharajganj area of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh on July 30 on charges of forced conversion following complaints by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The lawyers and family members of the women claim that a birthday party celebration
Uttar Pradesh: Dinesh Khatik, an influential Dalit leader from western Uttar Pradesh, was inducted as minister of state (MoS) for jal shakti in September last year. However, he resigned from the Yogi Adityanath government levelling severe charges of discrimination and corruption in the Cabinet. In a