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Congress, communist parties did nothing for Dalit communities, says Amit Shah
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attacked the Congress and the Communist parties by saying they never worked for the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes and treated the Dalit communities…
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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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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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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…