The rise of ‘New India’ as the ‘Hindu India’ combines caste and religious intolerance with anti-elitism...

9 states, including Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar, and one Union territory have started sub-categorisation in OBC reservation...

The alleged attackers belonged to the upper castes and the Other Backward Classes...

This kind of singling out may be perceived as privilege rather than the righting of historical injustice...

‘Unconstitutional’ tag on removal of 17 castes...

Mayawati alleges that a slew of upcoming by-elections were behind the state government’s decision...

Nearly 2,500 castes are included in the central list of OBCs who are entitled to 27% reservation in central government jobs, admission to centrally-funded higher education institutions...

Move to benefit socially disadvantaged groups and government lawyers...

The distribution of funds for backward classes is skewed in favour of the richer states...

Ordinance binding on all central institutions but B-schools unlikely to follow it...