Dalit
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life sentence for raping Dalit Boy in 2016
Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Saturday convicted a man of sodomising an eight-year-old Dalit boy about seven years ago and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs…
- India
Anti-national powers against quality education for Dalits sent Sisodia to jail: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said some “anti-national” people in the country sent Manish Sisodia to jail because they do not want quality education for Dalit and underprivileged…
- India
Family of Dalit man beaten to death in Barmer refuses to take his body
Jaipur: The deadlock between the family members of a Dalit man, who was beaten to death, and police and administration in Rajasthan’s Barmer district continued for the third consecutive day on Friday…
- India
Sikh sentenced in UK for targeting Dalits in offensive post
London: A 68-year-old Indian-origin Sikh in the UK has been prosecuted and sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for posting hate speech on social media targeting Dalit communities. Amrik Bajwa, 68, of…
- India
IIT-B student nabbed for suicide of Darshan Solanki
Mumbai: In a major development, the Mumbai Police SIT has arrested a student of IIT-B in connection with the alleged suicide of a Dalit student Darshan Solanki, here on Sunday, officials said.…
- India
Karnataka: Dalit family attacked; VHP, Bajrang Dal give bandh call over police inaction
Mandya: Hindu organisations on Friday gave a shutdown call in Srirangapatna town in Karnataka’s Mandya district in connection with the alleged police inaction over attack on a Dalit family by a group…
- India
UP: 2 doctors booked for Dalit woman’s death, making casteist remarks
Lucknow: Two doctors have been booked in Lucknow for the death of a 45-year-old Dalit woman patient and for using abusive and casteist remarks against the deceased person’s husband when he asked…
- India
Memoir of Dalit publisher-writer Yogesh Maitreya to release on April 22
New Delhi: The memoir of Yogesh Maitreya, a leading independent Indian Dalit publisher, writer and poet, will hit the stands on April 22, announced Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Sunday. Encompassing…
- Telangana
KCR removed Telangana from his party, why should he not be removed from state?: Bandi
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday hit out at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and said that KCR has removed Telangana from his party,…
- Telangana
Telangana: 3 Dalit Bandhu beneficiaries turn entrepreneurs by setting up rice mill
Hyderabad: Sudamalla Rajeshwari, Vijay Kumar, and Dappula Lingaiah, residents of Padira village in Rajanna Siricilla district have turned entrepreneurs, thanks to the state government’s Dalit Bandhu welfare scheme. Belonging to the Dalit…
- India
UP: 9-year-old Dalit boy thrashed by teacher for drinking water
A nine-year-old Dalit boy was thrashed by his teacher for drinking water from a pond in Jalun district, Uttar Pradesh. According to the FIR lodged by the boy’s parents, their child was…
- Telangana
Telangana: 13-year-old Dalit girl student dies by suicide in govt residential school
Hyderabad: A student studying seventh class at the Government Social Welfare School in Telangana’s Nagakurnool district died by suicide on Monday Protests have been held against the school by the parents of…
- India
Karnataka: Narrow escape for two Dalit families as villagers torch their homes
Two Dalit families had a narrow escape from being burnt alive after their houses were set on fire by villagers of Nandihalli in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district late Sunday night. According to…
- India
Hathras gang rape case: UP court acquits 3 accused, finds 1 guilty
In the Hathras rape and murder case of a 19-year-old Dalit girl, a special court in Uttar Pradesh Court on Thursday found one person guilty and acquitted three others. Ramu, Lavkush, and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: UoH gets its first Dalit queer student union president
Hyderabad: For the first time in the history of Hyderabad University elections, a Dalit queer and a Dait transgender have been elected as the president of the students’ union and a member…
