caste discrimination
- Telangana
Telangana constitutes committee to draft Rohith Vemula legislation
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday, April 17, constituted a Cabinet Sub-Committee to draft recommendations for the proposed Rohith Vemula legislation aimed at preventing identity-based discrimination in higher educational institutions. The panel…
- India
Karnataka Cabinet clears Rohith Vemula Bill against campus caste bias
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday, April 16, approved the Karnataka Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Exclusion or Injustice) (Right to Education and Dignity) Bill, along with a series of major infrastructure and…
- Hate Crime
Kerala Dalit student death: Family raises suspicion on hospital treatment
Thiruvananthapuram: The family of a BDS student who died after falling from a building at a dental college in Kannur in a suspected suicide case on Wednesday, April 15, alleged that he…
- Kerala
Kerala Dalit student dies by suicide, family claims he was called ‘rotten dog’
Kerala: A 22-year-old Dalit student in Kerala’s Kannur Dental College died on Sunday, April 12, two days after allegedly falling off the college building. His family has alleged their son was subjected…
- Bangalore
Karnataka to enact Rohith Vemula Bill to curb caste discrimination
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the state will enact the Rohith Vemula Bill to prevent caste-based atrocities against students across all government, private, and deemed universities in the…
- India
Rajasthan law student claims professor failed her based on caste
Churu (Rajasthan): A 30-year-old law student at Government Law College in Rajasthan’s Churu accused her professors of alleged caste-based discrimination and failing her in an exam. Meena Meghwal filed a complaint at…
- India
Untouchability in Karnataka: Shops shut amid last rites of Dalit armyman
Bagalkot: Relatives of a retired Dalit army serviceman have alleged untouchability after shops and hotels in a Karnataka village closed their shutters when they arrived for his last rites on February 25. Hanumantappa…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tension at DGP office as Kavitha stopped from meeting top cop
Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at the Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) office on Friday, February 27, as police stopped Telangana Jagruti President Kalvakuntla Kavitha from meeting the top cop. The leader had…
- Telangana
Nagarkurnool baby death: KTR demands murder charges against perpetrators
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday, February 25, strongly condemned the killing of a two-month-old infant during Kummera Mallanna Jatara in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district and demanded…
- Telangana
Telangana Dy CM recalls facing caste discrimination, cites Rohith Vemula case
Hyderabad: Stating that caste remains a social reality in India, Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, on Monday, February 23, said he too had faced caste discrimination in his life but…
- Telangana
Nagarkurnool baby death: Telangana BC Commission orders probe
Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes, on Monday, February 23, ordered a probe following the death of a two-month-old baby girl in an alleged caste-based assault during the Kummera Mallanna Jathara…
- Telangana
Nagarkurnool: Infant dies after alleged caste discrimination turns violent
Hyderabad: A two-month-old infant died following an alleged caste-based assault and abuse during the Kummera Mallanna Jathara in Nagar Kurnool mandal on Saturday, February 21, where a family was reportedly attacked after…
- Telangana
TSHRC orders water, power restoration to 30 Dalit families in Hanamkonda
Hyderabad: Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC), on Thursday, February 19, issued an interim order directing immediate restoration of drinking water and electricity to 30 Dalit families of Hanamkonda district, which were disconnected…
- Kerala
Kerala: 23-year-old Dalit priest resigns citing caste discrimination
A 23-year-old Dalit priest in Kerala resigned from his post, alleging caste discrimination, threats and false complaints against him. PR Vishnu initially served as a part-time priest in a temple in Malikampeedika…
- India
Dalit professor accuses Punjab University of caste-based discrimination
Chandigarh: A Dalit assistant professor, Harpreet Singh, has accused the Punjab University of casteism and delaying his promotion based on his caste in a video that emerged on February 14. An Assistant…
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