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NIT Calicut suspends Dalit student over ‘India is not Rama Rajya’ placard
A Dalit student from NIT Calicut’s Department of Electronics and Communication has been suspended for taking part in a protest against the celebration of the Ram temple consecration event in Uttar Pradesh.…
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UP: 3 held for desecrating flag bearing B R Ambedkar’s image
Ballia: Three men were arrested here on Saturday after a purported video of them desecrating a flag bearing a picture of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar went viral on social media, police said. The…
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UP: Dalit student hit for chanting ‘Jai Bhim-Jai Bharat’ in R-Day event
Sambhal: Two students allegedly hit a Dalit student, who chanted ‘Jai Bhim-Jai Bharat’ after finishing his speech at the Republic Day function in a school in Narauli town of this district, police…
- India
Karnataka: Villagers chase away BJP MP, call him anti-Dalit
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha was shooed away by angry villagers of Gujjegowdanapura on Monday, January 22, after he tried to participate in a ceremony organised to mark…
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Karnataka: Hotel owner refuses to serve food to Dalit youth
Bellari: In an abhorrent incident, a woman hotel owner in Guttiganur village of Kurugod Taluk refused to serve food to Dalits out of an antiquated social intuition of untouchability. A video of…
- Crime
UP: Six arrested for beating Dalit man to death in Muzaffarnagar
Muzzaffarnaggar: Six people, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday, January 11, for allegedly beating a 21-year-old Dalit man to death after keeping him confined in a house here, police said. Ankit was…
- India
UP: Upset over probe, Dalit man sets himself afire outside SP office
Unnao: A 28-year-old Dalit man set himself on fire outside the office of the Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The victim was ‘disappointed by the tardy progress of police’…
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Kharge’s Dalit Card: How Wild It Will Be?
Without questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal’s intention on proposing the name of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, as the Prime Ministerial face of…
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Karnataka: Dalits forced into consuming sacrificial buffalo meat
Yadgir: The State Dalit Sangharsha Samithi (Krantikari unit) here has filed a complaint with district and police authorities, urging them to stop the tradition of forcing Dalits to eat the meat of…
- India
UP: Dalit man die by suicide after alleged harassment over outstanding loan
Gorakhpur: A 50-year-old Dalit man dies by suicide here by hanging himself after an alleged harassment over an outstanding loan, said police on Tuesday. The deceased named Koeel Bharti, a resident of…
- India
BJP plays social engineering card by bringing Brahmin CM, Rajput & Dalit Dy CMs
Jaipur: Bhajan Lal Sharma, the Chief Minister-designate of Rajasthan after being elected as the leader of the Legislative Party said that he will work with all BJP leaders for all-round development of…
- Bangalore
Ex-BJP MLA reiterates he faced insult for being Dalit in Nagpur
Bengaluru: Former BJP MLA Goolihatti Shekar has reiterated that he faced an insult for being a Dalit when he visited Hedgewar’s memorial in Nagpur. An audio of Sheakar challenging BJP leaders and…
- India
Kharge slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of beating Dalit engineer
Jaipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said it was shameful that the BJP fielded MLA Girraj Singh Malinga, who was refused a ticket by Congress after he was accused of brutally thrashing…
- Telangana
KCR’s false promises lead to Dalit youth’s death in Adilabad: Mallu Bhatti
Hyderabad: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has demanded that the chief minister order an inquiry into the suicide of a Dalit youth, Ramakanth, in Adilabad and justice be delivered to the hapless…
- India
Did Dalit prez K.R.Narayanan’s 103rd birthday go ‘unnoticed’ in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: It turns out that the 103rd birth anniversary of K.R. Narayanan, country’s first Dalit president and the first individual from Kerala to hold the top office in the country, for some…