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. The Indian government ...

MK Stalin urges PM Modi for state consultations on caste enumeration in the Census to ensure accurate and equitable data.

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 ...

Ladakh is gearing up for the 2027 Census with Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta inaugurating the Directorate of Census ...

TAMIL NADU Chief Minister M K Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Central government to take a ...

Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to exercise ...

Anand Teltumbde mines data and history to analyse the narrow framing, as well as futility, of a caste census in his new book ...

Preparations for India’s 16th Census are underway, with housing census starting April 2026 and digital platforms to enhance ...

Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw didn’t say when the census would begin when he announced it would include caste information Wednesday. He said the decision demonstrated New Delhi’s commitment to ...

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 ...