Inter-Caste Marriage Scheme: In India inter-caste marriages are still difficult to achieve due to several reasons, mostly social pressure, family pressure and financial challenges. To change the ...

Inter-Caste Marriage Scheme: Even today, inter-caste marriages in many parts of India face social pressure, family resistance, and financial uncertainty. To break caste barriers and support couples ...

Religious conversion or inter-caste marriage does not alter a person’s caste by birth, the Allahabad High Court has ruled, a decision Christian leaders say could strengthen the case of Dalit ...

The State government is working to clear pending applications for the Inter-Caste Marriage Incentive Award through the Social Welfare Department on a fast-track basis and reduce the backlog. While ₹24 ...

I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...

PRAYAGRAJ: Observing that caste of a person assigned at the time of one's birth remained same even if one changed religion or entered into an inter-caste marriage, Allahabad high court, in its ...

When a close relative came of marriageable age, his parents enrolled him on a matrimonial phone application to arrange a suitable match (read: same caste), using technology to follow an ancient Indian ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

The top court in southern Indian Tamil Nadu state has ruled that persons marrying under the Christian personal law should be considered to have converted to Christianity and abandoned their ...

The Allahabad high court has observed that caste determined by birth remains unchanged despite religious conversion or inter-caste marriage. The Allahabad high court made the observation on February ...