The Indian government will collect caste details in its next population census in a policy U-turn that could have sweeping socioeconomic and political ramifications. Information minister Ashwini ...

DK Shivakumar takes the helm as Karnataka's new Chief Minister, facing a daunting array of challenges beyond his renowned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

As India begins its first Census in 16 years, Censusnama traces how counting people shaped representation, welfare, caste ...

Karnataka Backward Classes Commission submitted caste census report, recommending 32% to 42% quota hike. Report: Muslims ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday received the Social and Educational Survey Report, popularly known as the caste ...

The Self-Enumeration exercise will run from May 7 to May 21 followed by the Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) from May 22 to June 20, officials said.

The Supreme Court was not wrong to dismiss a petition that sought to stall the caste census, which is part of the ongoing Census 2027. The Chief Justice of India remarked, in support of the caste ...

Anand Teltumbde, an academic and an activist, has written an unusual book that seeks to combine scholarship with popular political rhetoric that is not always negative. Rhetoric is a way of speaking ...

India has launched the world's largest census marking the country's first population count in more than 15 years. Find out ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. (CNN) — For ...