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Karnataka: Dalit family fined Rs 60k after boy touches Hindu god’s idol
Kolar: A Dalit family in Karnataka’s Koppal district has been fined Rs 60,000 after its boy entered the temple and touched the Hindu god’s idol. According to local sources, the Dalit boy…
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UP: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped, set on fire succumbs to burns
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was gang raped and then set on fire by two persons in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on September 7 when the victim was…
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TN: Video of upper caste shopkeeper denying candies to Dalit children surfaces
A video of a shopkeeper in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu denying candies to Dalit children stating that they have been ostracised by the village has surfaced online. The incident happened…
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Dalit teens cremated after kin promised aid from state
The two Dalit girls, ages 15 and 17, who were allegedly raped and hung from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri area, were cremated on Thursday. Family members of the two…
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Lakhimpur Kheri death case: Post-mortem confirms rape, strangulation
Lakhimpur Kheri: The post-mortem report of the two minor Dalit sisters who were found hanging from a tree, has confirmed rape and then strangulation which caused the death. The report said that…
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Rajasthan: Dalit man beaten up for drinking water from pot for upper castes
Jaisalmer: A Dalit man was allegedly beaten up with iron rods and sticks by a group of men for drinking water from a pot meant for people from upper castes in Rajasthan’s…
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit men beaten with belts in road rage case
Lucknow: Two Dalit men were beaten with belts in full public view in an incident caused by road rage. The men were beaten up, abused with casteist slurs when their bike hit…
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Congress, communist parties did nothing for Dalit communities, says Amit Shah
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attacked the Congress and the Communist parties by saying they never worked for the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes and treated the Dalit communities…
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UP: Dalit student hit with metal rod for touching teacher’s bike
Ballia (UP): A Dalit student here was allegedly locked up in a classroom and beaten with a metal rod by his teacher for touching the latter’s motorcycle, police said on Saturday. The…
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit woman, son assaulted during panchayat
Gonda: A Dalit woman and her minor son were allegedly assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by the representative of the gram pradhan and his companion here, a police official said on…
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MP: Muslim man-Dalit woman allegedly elope, Bajrang Dal ‘protests’
Dewas: Members of the Bajrang Dal raised slogans on Saturday against a Muslim family whose 20-year-old son allegedly eloped with a 19-year-old Dalit woman in a village in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh.…
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UP: Minor Dalit girl thrashed, thrown out of school for not wearing uniform
Bhadohi: A Dalit girl allegedly faced casteist slurs, was beaten up and thrown out of her school by a former village head here for not wearing a uniform, police said on Tuesday.…
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Rajasthan: Dalit minor girl abducted, gang-raped in Karauli
A case of the gang rape of a Dalit minor girl came to light on Saturday in a village of Hindaun city of Karauli, Rajasthan. The victim’s mother filed an FIR on…
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Karnataka: Dalit man transporting calf beaten by Bajrang Dal worker
A middle-aged Dalit man was assaulted by a member of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal for transporting a calf in Sakleshpur in Karnataka. According to a police officer from Sakleshpur town, the…
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Caste atrocities ‘soul-crippling’, need zero tolerance for prejudice: Meira Kumar
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit schoolboy in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the “illness” of caste system and adopting…