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- Hate Crime
Delhi court orders FIR against NDMC staff over casteist abuse
New Delhi: A court here has directed the Delhi Police to register a first information report (FIR) against several NDMC staffers for allegedly subjecting a woman to “sustained casteist abuse, humiliation and…
- Hate Crime
87 hate crimes, 15 pc rise: June tracker paints grim picture
Hyderabad: India logged 87 incidents of hate crime against religious and caste minorities in June, a jump of nearly 15 per cent over the previous month, according to data compiled by Siasat.com. The attacks…
- Hate Crime
MP cop rapes minor Dalit while colleague keeps watch, both held
Bhopal: A policeman allegedly lured a 17-year-old Dalit girl on the pretext of inviting her to his daughter’s birthday party and raped her in Bhopal, while his colleague kept watch with his…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt orders SIT probe into Art of Living land row
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations that land belonging to Dalits was illegally occupied by the Art of Living Foundation. The Regional Commissioner of…
- India
Woman hacked to death, Dalit son-in-law, two other arrested
Banda (Uttar Pradesh): A Dalit man hacked his 45-year-old mother-in-law to death after she opposed her daughter’s relationship with him in Korrahi village of Bisanda district, Uttar Pradesh. According to local reports,…
- India
MP horror: 2 Dalit men given electric shocks on suspicion of theft
Madhya Pradesh: In an inhuman act from Madhya Pradesh, two young Dalits were tied to a pole and subjected to electric shocks on suspicion of stealing a water pump motor. The incident…
- India
Dalits block road with man’s body, accuse UP police of torture
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): Dalits of Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district refused to take the body of one of their community member who was allegedly subjected to third-degree torture inside a police station. Kamji…
- Hate Crime
Meerut SSP defends action after video shows him slapping detainee
Meerut: Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Avinash Pandey on Friday, July 10, defended the police action in connection with the death of a Scheduled Caste college student, saying every step taken…
- Hate Crime
Rajasthan Dalit youth dies in knife attack, SI suspended
Jaipur: A Dalit youth allegedly died after a knife attack on July 3 in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district, with his family alleging police inaction over an earlier complaint, which they claimed could…
- India
Meerut SSP caught slapping detainee during Dalit protest
Meerut: Several protesters from the Dalit community reportedly clashed with the police on Wednesday, July 8, in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, with a video allegedly showing an IPS officer assaulting one of the…
- India
Anti-caste educator Lakhshya Lakey floats Cactus Janta Party
Hyderabad: Anti-caste educator Lakhshya Lakey, popularly known as @lakhshya_speaks, has floated Cactus Janta Party, which, according to him, is a “political front for Dalits, Adivasis, Bahujans and every community excluded by caste…
- Andhra Pradesh
YouTuber Raavan booked under UAPA, fifth arrest in four days
Andhra Pradesh: Telugu YouTuber Raavan has been booked under various sections of the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Raavan, whose real name is B Joseph, has been a vocal critic of…
- India
55 dead in five months: India’s manual scavenging crisis persists
Hyderabad/New Delhi: In March 2014, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Safai Karamchari Andolan vs Union of India, a landmark ruling meant to protect the lives of India’s sewer and septic tank…
- Andhra Pradesh
Independent probe sought for custodial death of Dalit woman in AP
Andhra Pradesh: Human Rights Forum (HRF) and the Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) have demanded an independent enquiry over the alleged custodial death of a 40-year-old Dalit woman in Andhra Pradesh’s…
- India
74 hate crimes in India in May: Bengal, Bakrid and beyond
Hyderabad: In early May, West Bengal’s first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister made his intentions plain. “The Hindu people of Nandigram made me win again. There, the entire Muslim vote went to…
