Love in Hosur: Couple who wanted to build a life across caste lines are strangled, thrown into river

As another inter-caste couple in Tamil Nadu is murdered, activists demand new law to prosecute such crimes.

S Senthalir

· Nov 21, 2018 · 09:00 am

Nalgonda caste killing: Arya Vysya Samaj claims couple provoked accused with photos, says report

Several people from the community were allowed to meet the accused T Maruthi Rao in the district jail for a short while on Monday.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 25, 2018 · 11:34 am

Hyderabad: Inter-caste couple attacked, allegedly by woman’s father

The father, absconding after the attack, has been booked for attempt to murder.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 19, 2018 · 06:38 pm

Haridwar: Dalit man killed allegedly over the use of a water canal, two arrested

The two main accused have been arrested, and the police are searching for four more.

Scroll Staff

· May 13, 2018 · 09:25 am

Uttarakhand: BJP MLA booked for assaulting two Dalit women, using casteist abuses

Rajkumar Thukral claimed he had only tried to resolve a dispute between two families and the allegations against him were baseless.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 12, 2018 · 11:11 am

National Commission for Scheduled Castes says Rohith Vemula was Dalit, recommends support for family

The panel submitted its report where it suggested benefits including a house, employment and monetary help for the Hyderabad University scholar's family.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 05, 2016 · 08:45 am

As high-profile crimes rattle South India, a clamour for 'two-minute noodle justice'

Citizens are frustrated with the inefficiencies of the legal system, say commentators.

TS Sudhir

· Jul 08, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Crimes against lower castes, tribal population in India are rising

In 2016 alone, there have been a series of such crimes.

Himadri Ghosh, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 06, 2016 · 09:30 pm

As Dalits in Tamil Nadu are killed for 'love jihad', intercaste couples find refuge in urban anonymity

A Dalit engineering student was brutally murdered in July for talking to a girl from a higher caste.

Sandhya Ravishankar

· Oct 29, 2015 · 10:30 am

Love, caste and fury in Tamil Nadu: How a small-time crook came to symbolise Gounder pride

The Gounders are the dominant caste in the western region of Tamil Nadu. As they lose economic control over Dalits, they are responding with increasing violence on the issue of inter-caste marriages.

Sandhya Ravishankar

· Oct 28, 2015 · 09:15 am

UP Dalit women find it harder to report rape under Samajwadi Party government, records show

Even crime statistics reflect regime change in Uttar Pradesh. How will the 2014 elections impact caste and gender crimes?

Supriya Sharma

· Jun 02, 2014 · 08:45 am

In wake of Badaun rape and murders, politicians and petitioners swarm UP village

Katara village gets its first helipad as Mayawati descends from the sky. But the police have not made any progress in the case.

Nishita Jha

· Jun 02, 2014 · 07:59 am