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- India
Lucknow University professor booked for remarks on Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against a professor at the Hindi Department of Lucknow University on May 10 over his alleged derogatory remarks on Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Hindu saints during…
- India
Dalit student thrashed for drinking water from teachers’ bottle, probe order
Mahoba: A probe has been ordered into the incident in which a teacher allegedly thrashed a Dalit student for drinking water from a pitcher kept for teaching staff, in the primary school…
- India
Odisha: Three Dalit men assaulted for alleged cow slaughter
Three Dalit men were assaulted by a group of 30 Bajrang Dal goons on May 1 when the trio were skinning a dead cow in the Bargadh district in Odhisha. According to…
- India
Karnataka: Hindu procession refuses to enter Dalit colony
An incident of caste discrimination took place in Tumkur district of Karnataka when a religious procession allegedly refused to enter a Dalit colony stating that their God would become “impure”. The incident…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man beaten to death by ‘upper-caste’ men
Firozabad: A group of people belonging to the upper caste community allegedly attacked a man from the Dalit community and his family members in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district while the latter were feeding…
- India
Newlywed Dalit couple disallowed from Rajasthan temple, priest arrested
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan police Sunday arrested a priest for allegedly not allowing a newlywed Dalit couple to offer prayers at a temple in Jalore, officials said. A video of the incident on…
- India
Karnataka: Two Dalit men tortured to death, 12 arrested
In a terrifying incident, two Dalit men were allegedly tortured to death in Karnataka’s Peddanahalli village in the Tumakuru district on Thursday night. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Kumar Shahapurwad was quoted by…
- India
UP: Minor Dalit student assaulted, forced to lick feet; 7 held
Rae Bareli: Seven persons have been arrested after a video, that showed a Class 10 Dalit student being assaulted and made to lick feet of rivals, went viral on social media. Soon…
- Andhra Pradesh
Curtains come down on YSRC ‘rebellion’ drama
Amaravati: Curtains came down on the “rebellion” drama in the ruling YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh even as disgruntled former Home Minister M Sucharita gave a new twist to her purported resignation,…
- Featured News
Whose theatre is it anyway? Dalit artist uses food to reclaim the stage
Historically speaking, food has always worked as fodder for other forms of art. However, it has also been denied the status of art for unexplained reasons. Dalit artist Sri Vamsi Matta, while…
- India
TN: Dalit student kills self over alleged caste abuse by college authorities
A Dalit student in Tamil Nadu died by suicide on Wednesday due to alleged harassment by college authorities over the nonpayment of fees. Subhashini, a 19-year-old student of Sir Issac Newton College…
- India
IIT-Madras: Main accused in the rape of Dalit scholar gets bail
The main accused in the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Kingshuk Debsharma has been granted bail the very next day of his arrest. He is the main accused in the rape and…
- Telangana
SC/ST entrepreneurs to get more opportunities: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: With the new financial year beginning on April 1, Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday announced new improvements in the Department of Medical Health (DMH). He also stated that…
- India
Why do Dalit grooms keep getting attacked in marriage processions?
By Siddhant Thakur Marriages and its processions (baraat) are supposed to be a time of happiness that perhaps lead to good memories. But, for a groom from the Dalit community, the marriage…
- Hyderabad
No state can beat Telangana’s education system: TSCHE chairman
Hyderabad: Chairman of the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) Professor R Limbadri praised the Gurukul schools set up by the Telangana government and said that no other state provides the…