dalits

YS Sharmila slams Telangana CM KCR

Hyderabad: Politician YS Sharmila today slammed the Chief Minister of the State KCR and alleged that the CM had cheated the Dalits of the state by retracting from his promise of making a…

Sharmila slams KCR over ‘lack of development’ in Medak

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister Y.S. Sharmila on Wednesday trained her guns on Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) over “drought-prone” mandals in his home district Medak.…

Jignesh Mevani evicted from Gujarat assembly for demanding cop’s arrest

Gandhinagar: Independent MLA from Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani, was evicted from the Gujarat Assembly on Friday following heated verbal exchanges that took place regarding the arrest of a cop in connection with the…

AP: 60% Mayor, chairperson posts go to women; Dalits, BCs constitute 78%

Amaravati: In the just concluded elections for municipal corporations mayors and municipalities chairpersons posts in Andhra Pradesh, women constituted as many as 60 per cent of the elected lot by the ruling Yuvajana…

This election Mamata Banerjee is focusing on Dalits and Bengali nationalism

The upcoming elections of West Bengal are not just going to see a strong fight between the BJP and anti-incumbency facing  TMC  but it is also going to witness new factors  at work in West Bengal politics. The…

BJP eyes Dalits, weaker sections to weaken TRS vote bank in Telangana

Hyderabad: BJP is focusing on Dalits and weaker sections to set its foothold in Telangana state by inducting TRS’s leaders belonging to Dalits and weaker sections into the party.  In the light…

Haryana: Dalits reportedly attacked in Karnal

Karnal: In Karnal city of Haryana State, miscreants attacked dalits and vandalized their properties. According to a report in Kashmir Media Service, houses and bikes were set on fire in Valmiki Basti.…

KCR announces Rs 1000 cr for Dalit empowerment

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao announced an allocation of Rs.1000 cr for the upliftment of Dalits in the state. “The CM Empowerment Scheme shall be implemented from the next fiscal…

Dalit’s death after being thrashed for touching food: two held

Chhatarpur: Two persons were arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district on Thursday for allegedly beating up a Dalit man for touching their food which led to his death, an official said. Bhura Soni…

Telangana is worse than UP in atrocities against Dalits: Uttam

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC)  President & MP  N. Uttam Kumar Reddy strongly condemned the rise in atrocities against Dalits across the State and expressed his resolve to fight to get…

In Dalit land grabbing case, official caught taking one crore bribe

Hyderabad: Sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided the residence of Erva Balaraju Nagaraju, Tehsildar of Keesara in Medchal-Malkajgiri district and recovered over ₹ 1 crore in cash. ACB officials laid a trap in Hyderabad on…

KCR Govt has unleashed terror against Dalits: Uttam

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & Nalgonda MP Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has alleged that the TRS Government, headed by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, has unleashed terror against…

Dalits are unsafe under TRS Rule: Uttam

TPCC Chief condemns police for foiling ‘Chalo Mallaram’ programmeUttam condemns inaction by police in the murder case of Dalit youthCongress will continue its fight for Dalit rights: Uttam Hyderabad: Describing Chief Minister…

No end to humiliation of Dalits even after death

New Delhi: Does anybody still remember the Dalits of Chakwara, a village around 50km from Jaipur in Rajasthan, who had launched a struggle to gain access to the pond in their village?…

Rahul Gandhi flays assault on Dalits in MP’s Guna

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the attack on Dalits by policemen in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, saying “our fight is against this injustice”. A purported video of the…

MP politics heats up over Guna’s Dalit beating

Bhopal: The case of police atrocity on members of a Dalit family in Guna district has heated the politics of Madhya Pradesh. The Congress has gone belligerent on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan…

Dalits struggle during lockdown

By Kush Ambedkarwadi Kush Ambedkarwadi New Delhi: At the time of national disaster, our identity as a country is tested, whenever there is an external attack or natural disaster, we have to…

12 held for thrashing Dalits in UP village

Azamgarh: Twelve people were arrested for allegedly thrashing Dalits in Sikandarpur Aima village under Maharajganj Police Station here, police said on Saturday. Action is being initiated against them under the stringent National…

The shutdown is a device to shut out the Dalits

New Delhi: In every crisis, what resurfaces in India is caste. Seven decades into what can only be described as paradoxical modernity, India keeps its baggage of caste and feudalism intact. Every challenge…

Two Dalits stripped, brutally tortured over theft in Jaipur

JAIPUR: In an incident which will send chills down your spine, two Dalits in Rajasthan were mercilessly thrashed and stripped for alleged theft.  The matter came to light when a disturbing video…

Former BJP ally attacks Yogi govt over attacks on Dalits

Lucknow: The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a former BJP ally, has mounted a vicious attack on the Yogi Adityanath government for the increasing attacks on Dalits and OBCs in Uttar Pradesh.…

Former BJP ally attacks Yogi govt over attacks on Dalits

Lucknow: The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a former BJP ally, has mounted a vicious attack on the Yogi Adityanath government for the increasing attacks on Dalits and OBCs in Uttar Pradesh.…

Over 430 Dalits convert to Islam in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: Alleging discrimination from the authorities in Tamil Nadu, about 3,000 Dalits in a small village near Coimbatore, had on January 5 announced their intention to convert to Islam in phases.  Illavenil,…

NRC dreadful for Dalits, Adivasis: Bhim Army chief

Meerut: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is dreadful for Dalits, Adivasis, and backward classes. “If NRC is dreadful for someone in this country, then…

NRC will exclude not only Muslims but Dalits too

Atrocities on Dalits: former pracharak exposes RSS

RSS is likely to get another biggest shock. It is going to be from the insider of the organization. Former RSS Pracharak, Mr. Siddesh Mani revealed that atrocities have been meted out…

3,000 Dalits set to accept Islam after ‘Nadur wall’ collapse

Coimbatore: Citing ill-treatment, the Dalit residents in Nadur and members of Tamil Puligal Katchi have announced their decision of converting to Islam. Nearly 3000 Dalits, in Coimbatore district’s Mettupalayam, have decided to…

Dalits move SC against social boycott in Haryana village

New Delhi: The issue of social boycott of a dalit community in Haryana has reached the Supreme Court. The community members have informed the court about the series of atrocities it faced…

MUSLIMS MUST HAVE COMMITTED THE FOLLOWING CRIMINAL ACTS

Whenever I write in defence of democratic-secular India, against persecution of minorities, Dalits, women and working-class, the Hindutva zealots instead of responding to issues raised by me, single me out for all…

KCR deceived Dalits: G.Vivek

Hyderabad: Former Congress M.P. Mr. G.Vivek who left Congress and joined BJP alleged that Mr. KCR deceived Dalits. In his election campaign, he had made a promise that he would appoint a…