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Rajasthan: Dalit girl gang-raped, killed on way to coaching centre
Jaipur: A 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped and murdered while she was on her way to her coaching classes in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, officials said on Wednesday. Two policemen have been…
- India
Dalit man suffers caste violence for objecting tree felling
Etah: The private parts of a 32-year-old Dalit man were allegedly slashed by upper caste men for “objecting” to tree felling on his land in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district. The victim, Satendra…
- Bangalore
Harassed at work, Dalit employee ends life in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A Dalit employee in a Bengaluru-based corporatefirm ended his life, alleging harassment at his workplace, after uploading a 7-minute video narrating his woes and urging the authorities to initiate action and…
- India
NCSC issues notice to Zomato for ‘casteist’ advertisement
New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued a notice to online food delivery aggregator Zomato for a ‘casteist’ advertisement. Following direction from NCSC Chairman Vijay Sampla, a notice…
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Dalit student accuses Noida cops of assault, false case
Noida: A 22-year-old law student in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that he was assaulted by police in Greater Noida and falsely implicated in an extortion case in which he was jailed last…
- India
Stones pelted on Dalit groom’s procession in MP; 3 cops hurt
Bhopal: Three policemen sustained injuries after a group of people pelted stones on the marriage procession of a Dalit groom in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district. The incident occurred in the Bada Malahara…
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Maha: Dalit man killed `for celebrating Ambedkar birth anniversary’
Mumbai: Seven people have been arrested in Maharashtra’s Nanded district for allegedly killing a 24-year-old Dalit man for celebrating Dr B R Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, police said on Saturday. The incident took…
- India
Gujarat: Seven booked for beating up Dalit man
Palanpur: A Dalit man was allegedly beaten up by a group of persons from an upper caste community at a village in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, as the accused were upset with…
- India
Haryana: Dalit thrashed over his vote in last year’s panchayat election
Gurugram: A Dalit youth was allegedly brutally thrashed after being kidnapped by five men for not voting in favour of one of them in last year’s panchayat elections in Rathiwas village here,…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Cong MLA hits back at rivals trolling her over her clothes
Bengaluru: Nayana Motamma, the newly-elected Dalit MLA of the Congress in Karnataka, has hit out at those trying to target her by circulating visuals from her private life on social media. The…
- Bangalore
‘If a Dalit is not made Karnataka Dy CM…’: Senior leader cautions Congress high command
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara on Thursday cautioned the party’s central leadership that if a Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) post is not given to a Dalit, there would be adverse reaction…
- Bangalore
Not only Lingayat, BJP lost Dalit & OBC votes too in Karnataka
Bengaluru: When former chief minister and Lingayat strongman B.S. Yediyurappa stated in BJP’s national executive meeting that Karnataka elections can’t be won with the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party…
- Hyderabad
BJP MP Laxman attacks KCR on silence over release of convict who killed Dalit bureaucrat
Hyderabad: BJP leader K Laxman on Friday found fault with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for allegedly not responding to the release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh, who was…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life sentence for raping Dalit Boy in 2016
Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Saturday convicted a man of sodomising an eight-year-old Dalit boy about seven years ago and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs…
- India
Anti-national powers against quality education for Dalits sent Sisodia to jail: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said some “anti-national” people in the country sent Manish Sisodia to jail because they do not want quality education for Dalit and underprivileged…