Dalit
- Hate Crime
Punjab police drag Dalit woman by hair, assault her in broad daylight
Chandigarh: In an alleged case of police brutality, a Dalit woman was assaulted and dragged by her hair in Punjab’s Jalandhar by a police officer on Friday, March 20. The incident came…
- Hate Crime
MP: Dalit family seeks CM’s permission for mass suicide after assault
Kolkata: A Dalit family in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district has staged a silent protest, seeking permission for mass suicide inside a hospital where they were receiving treatment after an alleged caste-based attack.…
- Hate Crime
Dalit families flee Haryana village after youth killed in Holi clash
Rohtak: Several Dalit families have locked their homes and fled Baniyani village in Haryana’s Rohtak district, after a violent Holi clash between a Scheduled Caste community and the Rajput community led to…
- Hate Crime
TN: Dalit youth dies in judicial custody, family claims police brutality
Madurai: High tension prevailed at the Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, March 8, after a 26-year-old Dalit youth, arrested in connection with an assault case, died in judicial…
- Hate Crime
Disabled Dalit, migrant worker hacked to death in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli: A disabled Dalit man and a migrant worker from Odisha were allegedly hacked to death by a nine-member gang in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district in a targeted caste attack on Monday, March…
- 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…
- India
Karnataka opens govt barber shop after Dalits denied haircut in Gadag
Karnataka’s Social Welfare Department inaugurated the state’s first government-run barber shop in Gadag district on February 26, weeks after a barber refused to cut the hair of a Dalit customer and others…
- Telangana
Telangana: NHRC seeks report from Nagarkurnool Collector, SP on baby’s death
Hyderabad: The Telangana National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a formal notice to Nagarkurnool District Collector and the Superintendent of Police (SP), seeking an action taken report (ATR) on the death…
- Telangana
Re-postmortem conducted on Dalit youth in Kodad lockup death case
Hyderabad: A fresh postmortem examination was conducted on Friday, February 27, on the body of Dalit youth Karla Rajesh, who died in alleged police custody in Kodad of Suryapet district, Telangana, following…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalit minor assaulted by uppercaste men for entering temple
Chittorgarh: A 15-year-old Dalit boy, Chetan Prakash Regar, was allegedly insulted and assaulted because of his caste at the Laxmi Narayan Temple in Ghosunda village of Rajasthan‘s Chittorgarh district. Son of Mangilal…
- India
Water, electricity cut off in Dalit settlement of Odisha village
Bolangir: Water and electricity services were cut off in a Dalit settlement, with residents alleging caste-based discrimination in Odisha’s Balangir district. However, a village official attributed the disruption to a local feud.…
- Hate Crime
UP: 15-year-old Dalit gang-raped by two youths, minor at hotel
Banda: A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a hotel in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district by two youths and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police…
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: CM Revanth urges Dalits, Adivasis to focus on education, career
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday, February 15, urged the Dalit and Adivasi communities to focus on education and career instead of land. He made the statement while addressing…
