Dalit
- Telangana
Telangana NSUI chief alleges caste bias within Congress setup
Hyderabad: The president of the Telangana unit of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Yadavalli Venkataswamy, has accused members of the Congress of caste-based discrimination and of working against him, alleging…
- India
Dalit man assaulted over ‘touching’ upper-caste man in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A mere touch of hands with an upper-caste man ended in assault and death threats for this Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district. The incident took place on September…
- Chennai
Out on bail, honour killing accused attacks Dalit man in TN
Tamil Nadu: A 61-year-old Dalit man in Tamil Nadu was allegedly assaulted with a wooden reaper by an individual already an accused in a 2014 honour killing case and out on bail.…
- Telangana
Not an inch of Dalits’ land will be taken, assures Ponguleti
Hyderabad: Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy on Sunday, September 20, made it clear that the government will not take “even an inch” of the land of Dalits. He stated that snatching…
- Bangalore
SCSP-TSP funds diverted to other schemes, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has acknowledged that funds allocated under the SCSP-TSP framework for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have been utilised for programmes of other departments, opening a fresh political…
- Telangana
Reddys behind attack on Telangana Dalit’s house: Probe panel
Hyderabad: Two days after a Dalit man’s house in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district was allegedly demolished by his in-laws, a fact-finding team visited the victims and claimed that members of the dominant…
- Telangana
Wife’s angry relatives demolish Telangana Dalit man’s house
Hyderabad: A day after his love marriage, a Dalit man’s house in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district was allegedly demolished on Thursday, September 10, by his wife’s relatives who “opposed” to their inter-caste…
- News
Multiple teams question Swatantra Bhardwaj over viral videos
New Delhi: Self-proclaimed Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, arrested in connection with the alleged assault on a student activist’s father during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, was shown his viral videos and…
- India
UP: Clash between Dalits, upper castes leaves 26-year-old dead
Hapur: A Dalit man, who sustained injuries in a clash and subsequent firing between two groups in Badnauli village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, died on Sunday during treatment, leading to heavy police…
- Telangana
Karimnagar Dalit families’ Indiramma homes caught in 22A list
Hyderabad: Nearly 45 acres of land on which Indiramma houses were built for Dalit families decades ago in Karimnagar district has landed on the state’s prohibited property list under Section 22A of…
- Bangalore
Valmiki Scam: B Nagendra asked to step down as minister
Bengaluru: The controversy surrounding Minister B Nagendra and the alleged Valmiki Development Corporation scam has reached the Congress high command, with Chief Minister D K Shivakumar returning from Delhi with a clear…
- Hate Crime
TN: 25-year-old Dalit man hacked to death in honour killing
Chennai: A 23-year-old Dalit youth was hacked to death in a suspected honour killing in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district. The assailants, identified as Manikandan, Ezhumalai, Nantheesh, and Gautam, allegedly used machetes to…
- India
Dalit PhD scholar alleges caste discrimination at Kerala university
Keralam: A Dalit research scholar at Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University (TEMU) has accused an Assistant Professor of caste-based discrimination, harassment and obstructing her doctoral research. Anagha Sasi has been protesting at the…
- India
Five booked for forcing Dalit men to sit on ground at I-Day event
Jaipur: Five people have been booked after two Dalit men alleged that they were subjected to caste-based abuse, forced to vacate chairs and sit on the ground during an Independence Day programme…
- India
Congress protests venue ‘purification’ after Kharge’s event
Bengaluru: Congress workers took out a protest march in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi on Sunday, August 16, against the purification ritual performed in Haldwani, where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held a public meeting. The…
