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Rajasthan: Dalit teacher suspended for refusing to garland Saraswati portrait
A government school teacher belonging to the Dalit community, posted in Rajasthan’s Baran district, was suspended for allegedly refusing to garland portrait of goddess Saraswati during the Republic Day celebrations. Primary school…
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NIT Calicut suspends Dalit student over ‘India is not Rama Rajya’ placard
A Dalit student from NIT Calicut’s Department of Electronics and Communication has been suspended for taking part in a protest against the celebration of the Ram temple consecration event in Uttar Pradesh.…
- India
UP: 3 held for desecrating flag bearing B R Ambedkar’s image
Ballia: Three men were arrested here on Saturday after a purported video of them desecrating a flag bearing a picture of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar went viral on social media, police said. The…
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UP: Dalit student hit for chanting ‘Jai Bhim-Jai Bharat’ in R-Day event
Sambhal: Two students allegedly hit a Dalit student, who chanted ‘Jai Bhim-Jai Bharat’ after finishing his speech at the Republic Day function in a school in Narauli town of this district, police…
- India
Karnataka: Villagers chase away BJP MP, call him anti-Dalit
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha was shooed away by angry villagers of Gujjegowdanapura on Monday, January 22, after he tried to participate in a ceremony organised to mark…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Hotel owner refuses to serve food to Dalit youth
Bellari: In an abhorrent incident, a woman hotel owner in Guttiganur village of Kurugod Taluk refused to serve food to Dalits out of an antiquated social intuition of untouchability. A video of…
- Crime
UP: Six arrested for beating Dalit man to death in Muzaffarnagar
Muzzaffarnaggar: Six people, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday, January 11, for allegedly beating a 21-year-old Dalit man to death after keeping him confined in a house here, police said. Ankit was…
- India
UP: Upset over probe, Dalit man sets himself afire outside SP office
Unnao: A 28-year-old Dalit man set himself on fire outside the office of the Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The victim was ‘disappointed by the tardy progress of police’…
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Kharge’s Dalit Card: How Wild It Will Be?
Without questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal’s intention on proposing the name of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, as the Prime Ministerial face of…
- India
Karnataka: Dalits forced into consuming sacrificial buffalo meat
Yadgir: The State Dalit Sangharsha Samithi (Krantikari unit) here has filed a complaint with district and police authorities, urging them to stop the tradition of forcing Dalits to eat the meat of…
- India
UP: Dalit man die by suicide after alleged harassment over outstanding loan
Gorakhpur: A 50-year-old Dalit man dies by suicide here by hanging himself after an alleged harassment over an outstanding loan, said police on Tuesday. The deceased named Koeel Bharti, a resident of…
- India
BJP plays social engineering card by bringing Brahmin CM, Rajput & Dalit Dy CMs
Jaipur: Bhajan Lal Sharma, the Chief Minister-designate of Rajasthan after being elected as the leader of the Legislative Party said that he will work with all BJP leaders for all-round development of…
- Bangalore
Ex-BJP MLA reiterates he faced insult for being Dalit in Nagpur
Bengaluru: Former BJP MLA Goolihatti Shekar has reiterated that he faced an insult for being a Dalit when he visited Hedgewar’s memorial in Nagpur. An audio of Sheakar challenging BJP leaders and…
- India
Kharge slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of beating Dalit engineer
Jaipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said it was shameful that the BJP fielded MLA Girraj Singh Malinga, who was refused a ticket by Congress after he was accused of brutally thrashing…
- Telangana
KCR’s false promises lead to Dalit youth’s death in Adilabad: Mallu Bhatti
Hyderabad: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has demanded that the chief minister order an inquiry into the suicide of a Dalit youth, Ramakanth, in Adilabad and justice be delivered to the hapless…
