ISLAMABAD - A Hindu woman from the so-called ‘untouchables’ caste in India has been elected to Pakistan’s Senate. Her successful candidacy marks the first time a Hindu woman from the Dalit caste has been voted in as a senator. Representing the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Krishna Kumari ...

NEW DELHI: India´s ruling party on Monday named a lawyer from the lowest Dalit caste as its candidate for president, a move seen as an attempt to reach out to the marginalised community.Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is likely to take up the largely ceremonial post when the term of Pranab Mukherjee ends ...

NEW DELHI (APP) - An axe-wielding shopkeeper hacked a couple to death in northern India Thursday after they failed to pay a debt of 22 US cents, police said.The middle-aged couple from the lowest Dalit caste in Uttar Pradesh state were on their way to work early Thursday when the grocery store ...

AHMEDABAD, India: A police officer was killed on Tuesday when violence broke out at a demonstration in western India to protest an attack on low-caste villagers by cow protection vigilantes.Police fired teargas shells and used sticks to try to control stone-throwing crowds angered by attempts to ...