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- India
Hate takes many forms: 62 incidents targeting minorities in August
Siasat.com‘s monthly hate crime tracker in July recorded 63 hate crimes. The number remains more or less the same in August, with 62 incidents targeting religious and caste minorities. From Telugu actor…
- India
Dalit man assaulted over ‘touching’ upper-caste man in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A mere touch of hands with an upper-caste man ended in assault and death threats for this Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district. The incident took place on September…
- Chennai
Out on bail, honour killing accused attacks Dalit man in TN
Tamil Nadu: A 61-year-old Dalit man in Tamil Nadu was allegedly assaulted with a wooden reaper by an individual already an accused in a 2014 honour killing case and out on bail.…
- Telangana
SC/ST atrocity cases declining in Telangana: Officials to CM
Hyderabad: The number of cases registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, has gradually declined in Telangana over the last five years, officials informed Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on…
- Mumbai
Sahil told us about facing casteism at IIT Bombay: Parents
Mumbai: IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode’s parents on Tuesday claimed that he had told them that he was facing casteist slurs and humiliation at the institute. Speaking to the media after visiting…
- Mumbai
IIT Bombay suicide: Dean Prof Suryanarayana Doolla removed
Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Monday, September 21, said Professor Suryanarayana Doolla has been removed from the Dean’s post with immediate effect, days after a student’s suicide. The…
- Videos
TN govt withholding funds, claims Dalit scholar in Malaysia
Chennai: A Dalit research scholar from Tamil Nadu pursuing his PhD in Malaysia has alleged that the state’s Social Justice Department is harassing him by not releasing funds for his second year…
- Telangana
Tension in Telangana over ‘defamatory’ book on Ambedkar; writer held
Hyderabad: Tension flared in parts of Telangana on Thursday, September 17, over the launch of a book on BR Ambedkar titled ‘Fabricated Leader’ (Kalpitha Nayakudu) by Nagularapu Vara Prasad alias Hamara Prasad.…
- Delhi
Court to decide Bhardwaj’s regular bail based on his conduct
New Delhi: A Delhi court, which on Tuesday, September 15, granted three weeks’ interim bail to Hindutva supporter Swatantra Bhardwaj, issued a slew of directions to the city police regarding its probe…
- Telangana
Telangana HC bars arrests in Erravelli purification ritual case
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, September 15, ordered that no arrest take place in the controversial Erravelli ‘pasupu neelu‘ (purification with turmeric water) ritual case. It directed the police to…
- India
Pregnant woman dies after alleged police kick in UP’s Firozabad
Firozabad: Police personnel who arrived to arrest a theft suspect in the Shikohabad area of Firozabad allegedly kicked his Dalit pregnant wife, following which six personnel, including two sub-inspectors, were suspended, a…
- Telangana
Seven BRS leaders arrested over ‘purification ritual’ in Siddipet
Hyderabad: Seven people associated with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) have been arrested under the ST/ST Act in connection with the alleged “purification ritual” at Varadarajpur Junction, Markook Police said on Tuesday,…
- Telangana
Reddys behind attack on Telangana Dalit’s house: Probe panel
Hyderabad: Two days after a Dalit man’s house in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district was allegedly demolished by his in-laws, a fact-finding team visited the victims and claimed that members of the dominant…
- Telangana
Wife’s angry relatives demolish Telangana Dalit man’s house
Hyderabad: A day after his love marriage, a Dalit man’s house in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district was allegedly demolished on Thursday, September 10, by his wife’s relatives who “opposed” to their inter-caste…
- Telangana
Congress making fake posts to stir up Dalit purification row: BRS
Hyderabad: After Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy alleged that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) workers performed “purification rituals” near former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s residence in Siddipet after Dalits protested there, BRS…
