Caste  

In a viral video, a group of men repeatedly flog a tribal woman with sticks. Four men are seen in the video flogging the 19-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh for  allegedly eloping with a man from a different tribe
 

People of Scheduled Caste were allegedly not allowed entry into a temple at Kadaga village of Hassan district, Karnataka, by members of upper castes, as per media reports

The new statue of Ambedkar was erected within 12 hours at the centre of Vedaranyam town in Tamil Nadu, where the dominant caste community in retaliation vandalised the previous statue due to the torching of a vehicle by a group of Dalit men on Sunday evening (August 25)

In a case of honour killing in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, a man from Dalit community who married a girl who belonged to other backward classes was allegedly killed by his wife’s father and brother after they shot him and slit his throat. The couple married each other in court five months ago.

A clash between two groups belonging to different castes broke out in Vedaranyam town in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The clash took place after a pedestrian of one caste was hit by a vehicle driven by a person belonging to another caste. 

A funeral procession of a Dalit man in Tamil Nadu was halted after the upper caste in the region refused to allow the procession to pass through their agricultural lands

Tamil Nadu's ‘Narikuravas’, also called Gypsies, on Monday (August 19), sought community certificate as ‘Kaattu Nayakkan’ caste in the list of Scheduled Tribes

Parts of Tamil Nadu are obsessed with caste discriminatory bands that have created a stir amidst politicos. MyNation breaks down what they mean and what the controversy is all about. 

Tamil Nadu education minister, AIADMK’s Sengottaiyan has refused to implement the ban on students wearing wristbands signifying their castes
 

Reports suggesting that people were asked to sit in different rows based on their castes, at a rehabilitation in a village near Mysuru, Karnataka, have shocked many

Hindu organisations, including Brahmin outfits, protested as Hotel Milagu in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, named its dish - Kumbakonam Iyer Chicken - in relation to their caste ‘Iyer’, who, according to principles are pure vegetarians
 

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa (fondly known as BSY) is doing a tightrope walk. No, it is not just about the majority he needs to prove that we are talking about. BSY has to face and solve several other issues. We have compiled three of them. 

Sunilkumar raped a girl belonging to one of the backward castes in Kerala, when he had come home for a vacation from the Gulf. During his vacation, the accused came to be acquainted with the victim’s family through her uncle. 
 

The diktat was passed "unanimously" in a meeting on July 14 by elders of the community from 12 villages states parents of those from the community going in for inter-caste marriages of their children will be fined Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 2 lakh

The launch of Chandrayaan-2, the biggest moon mission yet, has been postponed due to a technical snag, just an hour before the scheduled liftoff. BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra's daughter Sakshi and her husband Ajitesh Kumar, who alleged that they fear for their lives for marrying outside their castes, were attacked inside the High Court complex on Monday minutes after they were given protection. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines of the day from across the country.