casteist row
- Bangalore
Casteist slur in college fest: Karnataka Cong raises concern, urges for action
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Saturday raised concern over use of casteist slur in a skit performed at a college fest here. “There is a video containing abusive and objectionable content on Dr…
- Chennai
IIT Madras asst prof resigns on caste discrimination, letter goes viral
Chennai: Vipin Puthiyedathveetil, an Assistant Professor of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, has resigned from the premier institute citing caste discrimination. He…
- Television News
Tarak Mehta actor Munmun Dutta booked under SC/ST Act for using casteist slur
Mumbai: Days after Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chasma fame actor Munmun Dutta landed in a row for using a casteist slur in her video, a case is now booked against her under…
- India
Tarak Mehta fame Mumun Dutta uses casteist slur in video; apologizes later
Mumbai: Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma fame actress Munmun Dutta on Monday landed in a row after she used a casteist slur in a video she uploaded recently. In a video posted…
- India
Pregnant woman killed in a caste crime in UP
A 30-year-old pregnant woman named Shalu was brutally assaulted and killed by three brahmin men in Barnia village of Lakhimpur Khera district of Uttar Pradesh on 5 October 2020 over a dispute…
- India
Jadavpur University professor faces casteist abuse on social media
Kolkata: An Associate Professor from Kolkata’s Jadavpur University was abused by a student on social media recently. The student, from Bengali department of Bethune College, attacked the Professor on her Santhali Adivasi heritage.…
- Featured News
The MiDaS Touch
Shafeeq R. Mahajir Provision and safeguards for Backward Classes and especially for SCs & STs have been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the social, economic, political, educational, cultural and services…
- Hyderabad
Police register FIR against MANUU VC under SC/ST Act
Hyderabad: After Assistant Professor at Maulana Azad Urdu National University (MANUU) Bonthu Kotaiah filed a complaint against Vice Chancellor, Aslam Parvaiz, and three other personnel of the University under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe…
- News
Prof Kotaiah complains of ‘caste discrimination’ by MANUU VC
February 28, 2020 Siasat.com Hyderabad: Dr. Bontho Kotaiah, Assistant Professor with Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has filed a police complaint against the University’s Vice Chancellor Dr Aslam Parvaiz, saying that…
- Technology
37% of hate speech, misinformation on Facebook is Islamophobic
An analysis by a South Asian-American human rights and technology research organisation shows that the maximum amount of hate speech, about 37 percent, on Facebook in India is linked to Islamophobia, an…
