Dalit
- Hate Crime
Kerala Dalit student death: Family raises suspicion on hospital treatment
Thiruvananthapuram: The family of a BDS student who died after falling from a building at a dental college in Kannur in a suspected suicide case on Wednesday, April 15, alleged that he…
- Hate Crime
17-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim dies by suicide in UP’s Chitrakoot
Banda: A 17-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim committed suicide by hanging herself in a village in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. The victim’s family claimed that she took the extreme…
- Hate Crime
Cow dung slurry poured over Dalit man for ‘preparing’ beef in Odisha
Kalahandi: Self-proclaimed cow vigilantes in Odisha’s Kalahandi district humiliated a Dalit man by parading him with a garland of shoes and pouring cow dung slurry on him for allegedly preparing beef. A…
- India
Delhi: Dalit man dies cleaning drain, family claims coerced to receive pay
New Delhi: A Dalit sanitation worker allegedly died while manually cleaning a deep drain in Delhi‘s Dilshad Garden without safety gear, supervised by a mechanism on March 30. Rahul Bed, aged 32, was…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP hails Supreme Court denying SC status to those who converted
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday, March 24, welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Scheduled Caste reservation and constitutional rights to those who have converted to…
- 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…
