The interim order staying the UGC’s 2026 anti-discrimination guidelines has revived long-standing historical debates on merit ...

The BJP, despite its umbrella Hindutva assertion, has been more successful than other parties in cobbling coalitions with ...

The petitioners submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC regulations “institutionalise a narrow and exclusionary ...

The UGC’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations 2026, notified on January 13, sought to address ...

How is caste discrimination observed and documented on campus? How much can the new UGC rules, now at the centre of a row, ...

Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much p ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

The top court further noted that the new regulations had the potential to divide society and have "dangerous impacts" if ...

The UGC introduced new rules earlier this year to stop caste discrimination on campuses. It also set up a national monitoring ...

What is the UGC rule on caste discrimination? The University Grants Commission has notified new equity regulations to address discrimination in higher education institutions, following Supreme Court ...

The UGC guidelines to tackle caste-based discrimination at universities have resulted in widespread backlash from general ...

The refusal to acknowledge casteism is a structural response to Dalit assertion, an indignation sparked by outspoken Dalit, Adivasi and OBC students. Students who file caste discrimination complaints ...