The Supreme Court has voiced concern over a 'new type of fraud' involving individuals from dominant upper-caste backgrounds ...

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday expressed serious doubts over the conversion of two upper-caste candidates to Buddhism, ...

Supreme Court questions Haryana's process for minority certificates after Nikhil Kumar Punia's Buddhist conversion claim ...

In the summer of 2003, I was reading Gail Omvedt’s Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste, which had just been ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to a plea by an upper-caste Hindu candidate seeking admission as a minority after claiming conversion to Buddhism, terming the attempt a “new type ...

The Hole rocker debuts a revelatory 98-minute documentary about her rollercoaster life, her late love Kurt Cobain and new ...

Monks were defrocked after a raid on a Chon Buri monastic centre uncovered drug use, explicit content, and possible immigration violations.

With the Union Budget approaching, tourism stakeholders in Nalanda and Rajgir are calling for stronger infrastructure ...

The Supreme Court is investigating a new trend in Haryana where individuals from dominant upper castes are reportedly ...

From the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-AD 220) dynasties through the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties (AD 220-598 ...

In October, 19 Buddhist monks departed on a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Texas to Washington, D.C., and last weekend they passed through Raleigh.

Testimony cited in The Hague shows how influential monks abandoned compassion to serve power and impunity, offering religious cover for the military’s violence.