The Punjab government has instructed all department heads to forbid the use of words ‘Harijan’ and ‘Girijan’ in official parlance and not put it anywhere in Scheduled Caste certificates. “It was after ...

Guwahati: The residents of the Harijan colonies of Guwahati parliamentary constituency will cast their votes in the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on May 7, hoping for improvement in ...

BHUBANESWAR: In a significant move, the state government on Tuesday asked all its departments and offices to not use the term ‘harijan’ and replace it with the Constitutional term ‘Scheduled Caste’ in ...

A group of miscreants swooped on the residents of Mironzilla Sweeper Colony in Bangshal, resulting in injuries to 30 people, including children. The incident occurred at around 12pm on Wednesday when ...

The audience erupted in protests after minister Gulab Devi used the word ‘Harijan’ for Dalits The minister hails from one of the scheduled castes. When asked about the incident, the minister told TOI, ...

Ahmedabad: The facsimile version of 'Harijan', a weekly publication started by Mahatma Gandhi, to highlight the social and economic problems of India and the world, will be released today. "'Harijan' ...

“The Odisha Government has asked all its Departments, public and educational institutes and others to stop using the term ‘Harijan’ in communications,” officials said on Wednesday (August 13, 2025.) ...

Puni groped her way across the hut in the dark and found the clay mathia of water. There was a hole in its side and the lump of quicklime with which she had closed it had fallen away. There was no ...

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba gave away human rights award to Advocate Shailendra Harijan and Daube Shakti Samuha in recognition of their efforts to protect human rights. The Ministry of Law, ...

Santosh Harijan is not someone who was born with the silver spoon. Coming from a small town called Mapusa in north Goa, life was not always a vacation for Santosh. With lack of proper training ...