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- India
‘Scratched my chest…’ Jodhpur Dalit nurse dies by suicide after assault, police inaction
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old Dalit nurse died by suicide on May 2, after allegedly being molested, assaulted, and humiliated by her upper-caste neighbours in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district. The young woman was the eldest…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Dalit teen attacked with sticks, rods for questioning upper caste man
A 17-year-old Dalit boy was brutally beaten and tied to a tree overnight by upper caste men near Thenkaraikottai village in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district. Tharun had worked at his attacker, Ramakrishnan’s,…
- India
‘Let him study’: SC revokes suspension Dalit PhD scholar
In a relief to Dalit PhD scholar Ramadas KS, the Supreme Court, on Friday, May 2, ordered his reinstatement at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), ending his two-year battle against…
- India
UP: 16-yr-old Dalit repeatedly slapped for resisting molestation on moving bus
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was attacked and dragged by her hair for allegedly resisting molestation while travelling in a bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday, May 2. A video of…
- India
MP: Dalit groom attacked for riding horse during wedding procession
A Dalit groom was allegedly attacked with stones while riding a horse during his wedding procession in Mokhra village of Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, police said. The groom, Jitendra Ahirwar, was participating…
- India
Dalit woman raped in front of 4-year-old child in UP
A 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by two upper caste men in front of her four-year-old son in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district. The Dalit family was suffering from financial hardship. According…
- India
Elderly Dalit woman run over several times by upper caste men; FIR lodged
A 62-year-old Dalit woman was killed and five others were seriously injured after they were allegedly run over multiple times by a group of upper-caste Hindu men in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. The…
- Opinions
Agra, the Taj of Dalit politics of Uttar Pradesh, is under siege
During a fairly long period under the Mughal rule, especially between Akbar and Shah Jahan, Agra prospered as the capital of Hindustan. Today it is considered as the Dalit capital of North…
- India
12-year-old Dalit girl raped by neighbhour in Agra, FIR lodged
A 12-year-old Dalit girl was brutally raped by her 30-year-old neighbhour on April 18 in Kheragarh area of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh. The child was sleeping when her rapist entered her…
- India
Dalit man stripped naked, assaulted in Rajasthan; FIR lodged after 8 days
A Dalit man was allegedly beaten, sexually assaulted, and urinated upon by two upper caste men in Rajasthan’s Sikar district, police said on Sunday, April 20. The incident took place on April…
- India
Dalit man found dead near BJP leader’s office in UP’s Amethi
Amethi: The body of a 40-year-old Dalit man was found near the office of a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Gauriganj here on Sunday, April 20, police said. They said the deceased,…
- India
SP can never be true well-wisher of Dalits-Bahujans, says Mayawati
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, saying it has no will to end the poverty and exploitation of Dalits. Like Congress,…
- India
Dalit groom allegedly assaulted by ‘upper caste’ men in Agra: Police
Agra: A Dalit groom was allegedly assaulted by a group of “upper caste” men during a wedding procession in Agra’s Nagla Talfi area, police said on Thursday. The incident also left several…
- India
Mayawati slams SP’s PDA politics, says exploiting Dalits for political gains
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing it of exploiting Dalits for political gains. In a series of posts on X…
- India
Sambhal: Ambedkar Jayanti procession pauses for Azaan, showered with rose petals
Organisers in the Sadar Kotwali in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district, which was holding a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar on April 14, decided to pause the celebrations…