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Gujarat: Dalit groom attacked for riding horse in wedding procession
Ahmedabad: A group of upper-caste men allegedly attacked and abused a Dalit groom using casteist slurs over him riding a horse during his wedding procession in Madi village of Gujarat’s Mehsana district.…
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Telangana: Husband, woman kill Dalit youth, dump body in forest
Hyderabad: A 31-year-old Dalit man was allegedly murdered by a married couple and the wife’s cousin and later discarded in Telangana’s Karimnagar district. The decomposed body of the victim, Joola Vamshi, was…
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Tension in UP village after Dalit community objects to Maharana Pratap Jayanti procession
Bareilly: Tension prevailed here in a village on Saturday when members of the Dalit community, particularly women, allegedly objected to a procession being taken out on the occasion of Maharana Pratap Jayanti…
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Udaipur Dalit bride rides mare again after facing humiliation, villagers rally
Jaipur: What should have been a moment of celebration for a young bride in a village near Udaipur, Rajasthan, has turned into a political campaign for rights after she was forced to…
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VCK eyeing Dy CM post in new TN govt formation: Party source
Chennai: The Thol Thirumavalavan-led Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) is eyeing plum posts, including Deputy CM, if the party joins the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led new government, a source in the pro-Dalit organisation…
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MP Dalit family beaten for failing to meet temple donation demand
Chhatarpur: A Dalit family was violently assaulted for failing to provide an adequate amount of wheat as a donation for a local temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatrapur district. The incident occurred in…
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SC intervenes on Orissa HC orders linking bail to police station cleaning
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the Orissa High Court and a trial court’s orders directing Dalit and Adivasi activists to sweep police stations as a condition for bail.…
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Rajasthan: Dalit bride forced off horse, wedding attacked with stones
Udaipur: Yet another Dalit wedding procession was attacked, this time in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, where the bride was forced off the horse and the family was abused using casteist slurs. The incident is…
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Dalit student abused, beaten by teacher for failing to bring textbook
Gurugram: A 14-year-old Dalit student was allegedly assaulted and insulted with casteist slurs by a teacher at a private school in the Gurugram district of Haryana. The incident is from Joginder High…
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4 Rajasthan cops, including SHO, booked for custodial assault of Dalit minor
Jaipur: Four policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), have been booked in connection with the alleged assault of a minor Dalit boy in Bhiwadi town of Rajasthan, police said on Monday,…
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Dalits asked to bring their own plates, water for temple event in Gujarat
Junagadh: A group of Dalit individuals was allegedly abused and shown blatant caste discrimination after being told to bring their own plates, bowls, and drinking water from home during Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav…
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MP caste brutality: Handicapped Dalit groom dragged off horse, beaten up
Bhopal: A 23-year-old physically handicapped Dalit groom was dragged off a horse and assaulted during his baraat in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh on Tuesday, April 21, raising concerns about the shocking realities of…
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March hate crime tracker: Ramnavami, Holi, Eid month marked by 58 incidents
Hyderabad: As Ramzan drew to a close and Ramnavami processions filled the streets, hate crimes surged across India, targeting Dalits, Christians and Muslims in incidents that ranged from vigilante killings to police…
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UP: Dalit youth set himself ablaze over casteist abuse, accused held
Agra: A Dalit youth set himself on fire in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh after he was allegedly assaulted by a local farmer who used casteist slurs against him in public…
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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…
