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UP: Dalit student hit with metal rod for touching teacher’s bike
Ballia (UP): A Dalit student here was allegedly locked up in a classroom and beaten with a metal rod by his teacher for touching the latter’s motorcycle, police said on Saturday. The…
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit woman, son assaulted during panchayat
Gonda: A Dalit woman and her minor son were allegedly assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by the representative of the gram pradhan and his companion here, a police official said on…
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MP: Muslim man-Dalit woman allegedly elope, Bajrang Dal ‘protests’
Dewas: Members of the Bajrang Dal raised slogans on Saturday against a Muslim family whose 20-year-old son allegedly eloped with a 19-year-old Dalit woman in a village in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh.…
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UP: Minor Dalit girl thrashed, thrown out of school for not wearing uniform
Bhadohi: A Dalit girl allegedly faced casteist slurs, was beaten up and thrown out of her school by a former village head here for not wearing a uniform, police said on Tuesday.…
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Rajasthan: Dalit minor girl abducted, gang-raped in Karauli
A case of the gang rape of a Dalit minor girl came to light on Saturday in a village of Hindaun city of Karauli, Rajasthan. The victim’s mother filed an FIR on…
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Karnataka: Dalit man transporting calf beaten by Bajrang Dal worker
A middle-aged Dalit man was assaulted by a member of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal for transporting a calf in Sakleshpur in Karnataka. According to a police officer from Sakleshpur town, the…
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Caste atrocities ‘soul-crippling’, need zero tolerance for prejudice: Meira Kumar
New Delhi: Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit schoolboy in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the “illness” of caste system and adopting…
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UP: Village head arrested for assaulting Dalit man with shoes
Muzaffarnagar: Two people were booked for allegedly beating a Dalit man with shoes after the video of the incident went viral on the internet, police said on Saturday. #Casteism A Dalit youth publically…
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Yet to ascertain caste angle: RSCPCR member on Dalit boy’s death
Jaipur: The Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights is yet to ascertain whether the death of the 9-year-old Dalit boy in Jalore district was a result of caste-based discrimination, its…
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Rajasthan: Govt officials meet kin of boy who died after being beaten up by teacher
Jaipur: Jalore District Collector Nishant Jain and Superintendent of Police Harshvardhan Agarwala on Friday met the family members of the boy who died after being allegedly beaten up by his teacher for…
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Kerala govt moves HC against controversial order by lower court in sexual harassment case
Kochi: The Kerala government on Friday moved the High Court seeking to set aside a sessions court order granting bail to social activist and writer ‘Civic’ Chandran in a case of sexually…
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Tamil Nadu: Dalit woman threatened by right-wing groups
A Dalit activist and writer Shalin Maria Lawrence has been receiving threats from right-wing groups for over a year due to her work. The Tamil Nadu-based activist has been bombarded with obscene…
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Raj: Lathi-charged for slow funeral, claim deceased Dalit child’s uncle
Jaipur: “We wanted to wait until all relatives arrived, but the state administration forced us for a quick funeral. We were lathi-charged and got injured,” claim the nine-year-old Dalit student’s relatives. On…
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TN: Dalit panchayat presidents fear reprisal from upper caste for hoisting national flag
Chennai: A day after they had rejoiced in hoisting the national flag for the first time during Independence day celebrations, some Dalit panchayat presidents in Tamil Nadu are fearing reprisal from the upper…
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BJP demands action against teacher accused of killing Dalit student
Jalore: National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tarun Chugh on Sunday wrote a letter to National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Vijay Sapanla asking for strict action against a teacher accused…
