Around two dozen houses belonging to members of the Dalit community were set ablaze in the Nawada region of Bihar on Thursday. The incident has sparked widespread condemnation with Opposition ...

Nawada fire: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered a probe into the alleged arson in Nawada that targeted people from ...

A 15-year-old boy died after he was allegedly thrashed by his girlfriend’s family in Bihar’s Nawada district when he went to meet her at her house. His friend was also beaten up and left seriously ...

In parts of India, owning a horse confers wealth and power A young farmer from the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy - the Dalit community - has been beaten to death, apparently for owning ...

"We are victims of violence because we are poor, lower caste and women, so looked down upon by all," a Dalit woman told researcher Jayshree Mangubhai some years ago. "There is no one to help or ...

Patna: Police recovered the body of a young man lying on the roadside of Hardiya in the jurisdiction of Rajouli police station, a maoist-affected area of Nawada district on Tuesday morning.

The Patna High Court on Friday took suo moto cognizance of the Nawada violence in which a Mahadalit locality was torched on the night of September 18 allegedly over a land dispute. An armed mob had ...

A Church delegation has urged a federal government-appointed panel to extend India’s affirmative action benefits to socially poor Dalit Christians, whose ancestors were considered untouchable in the ...