SC gives Centre 3 weeks for stand on quota benefits for Dalit converts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three weeks to the Centre to clarify its stand on the pleas, including those raising the issue of Scheduled Castes reservation benefits to Dalits who have......

First death sentence, lifer awarded in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to convict Yashpal Singh and ordered life imprisonment to another, Naresh Sherawat, for killing of two men during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that......

1984 anti-Sikh riot: SIT probe leads to conviction in 1st case

From calling witnesses from Italy to testify in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case to publishing public notices, the Special Investigation Team, formed in 2015, took extensive measures to probe the 60......

Muslim groups back SC status for Muslim, Christian Dalits

Two top Muslim organisations -- All India Milli Council and Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind (Mahmood Madni) -- on Tuesday backed National Commission for Minoritieschairman Wajahat Habibullah's call for......