LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - For a leader dubbed the "Untouchables Queen" who runs one of India's poorest states, it was indeed a birthday bash fit for royalty. Dressed in a diamond necklace and ...

Community leaders, including a Christian pastor, have cautiously welcomed a northern Indian state’s move to ban caste-based ...

DURBAN, South Africa, Sept. 5 -- Growing up as an "untouchable" in southern India, Sanga Priya Pilliyar was forbidden to eat from the same plates or cups as her schoolmates from higher Hindu castes.

The Constitution of India has been designed with its own specificity where the founding members choose to write down the ...

India on Friday took another step closer to completing a civilian nuclear-energy agreement with the United States, as the International Atomic Energy Agency approved the controversial deal. The ...

PATNA, India (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern India are distributing free radio sets to lower-caste villagers so that they can listen to music and news after a hard day's work and improve their ...

Two journeys in Jammu, Punjab, and Rajasthan along the Indian side of the border with Pakistan in the early years of the 21st century brought this columnist face to face with Christians among ...