At least five people have been killed in a second day of violence related to caste rights in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police say. Protesters in the towns of Rohtak and Jind set fire to police vehicles, public buildings and buses. The demonstrators are mostly from the Jat community who are unhappy about India’s caste quota system. They say it puts them at a disadvantage in government jobs […]

The Haryana government on Saturday transferred Fatehabad superintendent of police Sangeeta Kalia, a day after she was involved in a spat with the state health minister, Anil Vij. A government press release stated that Kalia had been posted as the commandant of the 4th IRB, Manesar, while IPS officer OM Prakash will succeed her as the SP in Fatehabad. Vij had triggered outrage on Friday after a video showed him […]