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Uttarakhand: Dalit man assaulted with burning stick for entering temple in Uttarkashi
Dehradun: A Dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a group of people and singed with burning sticks when he entered a temple to offer prayers at Salra village in Mori area of…
- India
Jharkhand: Following protests, upper caste man held for murdering Dalit girl
Piyush Tiwari, a 23-year-old belonging to the upper caste was arrested on December 9 in Bihar on charges of murdering a 17-year-old Dalit girl. The murder took place on December 5 in…
- India
Karnataka: FIR over ‘purification’ of water tank touched by Dalit woman
The Chamarajanagar district police lodged an FIR (First Information Report) against a lingayat leader under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act-2015, two days after upper-class villagers purified a mini water tank…
- India
Karnataka: Dalits drink from public taps to protest ‘gaumutra cleansing’
Days after upper-class villagers in Heggotara village of Chamarajanagar taluk, Karnataka, cleaned a mini water tank with gaumutra in order to ‘purify’ it after a Dalit woman drank water; young men from…
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UP: Dalit woman claims threats by accused’s family to withdraw rape case
Bhadohi (UP): A Dalit gang-rape survivor has alleged that she was subjected to casteist slurs and threatened by family members of one of the accused to withdraw the case, police said on Monday.…
- India
Karnataka: Villagers clean mini tank with gaumutra after Dalit drinks from tap
A Dalit woman got castigated by upper-class Hindu villagers after she drank water from a mini-tank in Heggotara village of Chamarajanagar taluk, Karnataka. They later cleaned the tank with gaumutra (cow’s urine)…
- India
With BSP, Congress opting out, all eyes on Dalit votes in Mainpuri bypoll
Mainpuri: Dalit voters will play a decisive role in the bypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which fell vacant after the death of Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, as…
- Bangalore
Portrayal of Dalits in superhit ‘Kantara’ condemned
Bengaluru: Dalit organisations have condemned the portrayal of Dalits in the super hit pan-India Kannada movie “Kantara”. Samatha Sainik Dal State Secretary Lolaksha has stated that the film has insulted Dalits. “The Dalit…
- India
SC status cannot be extended to Dalits converted to Christianity, Islam: Centre
New Delhi: The Central government has told the Supreme Court that plea seeking Scheduled Caste status to Dalits, who converted to Christianity and Islam, should not be allowed, since they did not…
- India
Bihar: Dalit woman burnt alive on suspicion of being a witch
A middle-aged Dalit woman was allegedly thrashed and burnt alive in her house on Saturday at Panchmah village, Gaya district, Bihar. The deceased – Hemanti Devi – was murdered on suspicion of…