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FIR against Aaj Tak anchor Anjana Om Kashyap for derogatory remarks against Dalits
Aaj Tak primetime anchor Anjana Om Kashyap and founder-publisher of India Today Group, Aroon Purie have been booked by the Punjab police for making disrespectful remarks against the Valmiki community, Dalits. The…
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Telugu Dalit IPS officer suicide: Telangana Dy CM visits family
Hyderabad: Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday met the family of senior Haryana IPS Dalit officer Y Puran Kumar, who allegedly died by suicide, to offer his condolences. Vikramarka…
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UP Dalit lynching case: Family meets meet CM Adityanath
Raebareli: The family members of Dalit, Hariom Valmiki, who was lynched to death by a mob in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh after being mistaken for a thief, met chief…
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Telugu Dalit IPS officer’s ‘suicide’: Rohtak SP transferred
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Saturday transferred Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya, days after IPS officer Y Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself dead at his Chandigarh residence, officials said. According to…
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Telugu Dalit IPS officer found dead in Haryana; suicide suspected
A 52-year-old Dalit IPS officer of Haryana cadre, known for his stance on corruption, caste representation, and fairness within the police service, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence…
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‘Yeh Baba ka raj hai’: Dalit man lynched to death in Rae Bareli
A 38-year-old Dalit man was lynched to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district on October 2 on suspicion of being a thief. Five individuals have been arrested in this regard. Police…
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Akhilesh targets BJP govt over crimes against Dalits, says UP tops list
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday targeted the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the rising number of crimes against Dalits, citing the latest NCRB data. Sharing a graphic on…
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Upper caste men attack two Dalit elders for not greeting ‘Ram-Ram’
In a disturbing incident reported from Uttar Pradesh, two elderly Dalit men were brutally assaulted for allegedly not standing up and greeting ‘Ram Ram’ to a group of upper caste people. The…
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Jodhpur university Dalit student assaulted, ABVP leader accused
A Dalit student in Jodhpur’s Jai Narayan Vyas University was assaulted, allegedly by an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leader, Ravindra Singh Banta, for not attending a welcome gathering of BJP leader…
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Video: Elderly woman attempts to bar Dalit children from using path in Tamil Nadu
A group of school children from the Dalit community in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu were restricted from walking through a mud lane by an upper caste elderly women, who hurled casties…
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UP: ABVP attack students for objecting to pooja on Ambedkar University campus
Tensions erupted at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) in Lucknow on September 17, after a confrontation between students and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) over a religious program conducted without administrative approval.…
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Dalit man hacked to death by lover’s family in Tamil Nadu; four arrested
In yet another disturbing caste killing case in Tamil Nadu, a 28-year-old Dalit man was hacked to death by the family of the woman he loved. K Vairamuthu from Adiyamangalam village of Mayiladuthurai…
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UP Dalit man opposes alcohol consumption in front house; hand severed in attack
A young Dalit man’s hand was severed in a sword attack after he objected to alcohol consumption outside his house by a group of upper caste men in Uttar Pradesh. Shivam Jatav…
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UP Dalit woman forced to clean roads after threats from local councillors
A Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district was allegedly harassed and threatened by local councillors after animals grazed by her husband dirtied their houses on September 4. Uma Devi, resident of…
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Teen Dalit stripped, assaulted in Chennai; Two arrested
A 17-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly stripped, assaulted, and abused for visiting a girl at her home in Chennai on Friday, September 12. Two men have been arrested. According to the police,…
