Rajasthan Caste Violence

A BJP MLA in Rajasthan has said it was doubtful that the nine-year-old Dalit boy, who died after allegedly being beaten by a school teacher, was thrashed because he touched a water pot used by upper-caste people.

Over a dozen people were injured in clashes in Bihar as some groups tried to enforce a Bharat Bandh to protest reservation in jobs and education. Supporters of the strike, mostly from upper castes, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced markets to shut down in nearly half-a-dozen districts. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh...

Bharat Bandh on SC/ST Act: Amid angry protests, violence erupted in parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Several cities including Chandigarh, Ranchi, Barmer, Alwar and Meerut saw clashes.

A decades-old land dispute in the Dangawas Village of Rajasthan's Nagaur District descended into caste violence on Thursday, leaving four people dead and 13 injured. One person has been arrested so far in connection with the violence.

A BJP MLA in Rajasthan has said it was doubtful that the nine-year-old Dalit boy, who died after allegedly being beaten by a school teacher, was thrashed because he touched a water pot used by upper-caste people.

Over a dozen people were injured in clashes in Bihar as some groups tried to enforce a Bharat Bandh to protest reservation in jobs and education. Supporters of the strike, mostly from upper castes, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced markets to shut down in nearly half-a-dozen districts. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh...

Bharat Bandh on SC/ST Act: Amid angry protests, violence erupted in parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Several cities including Chandigarh, Ranchi, Barmer, Alwar and Meerut saw clashes.

A decades-old land dispute in the Dangawas Village of Rajasthan's Nagaur District descended into caste violence on Thursday, leaving four people dead and 13 injured. One person has been arrested so far in connection with the violence.