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- India
Cops injured in clash between Dalits, upper-caste in Mysuru
Dalits and upper-caste groups pelted stones at each other in Hallare village of Nanjangud taluk in Mysuru district on January 29 following a dispute over naming a road after BR Ambedkar. The…
- India
MP: Angry Dalits bulldoze Sardar Patel’s statue in Ujjain, demand Ambedkar’s instead
Clashes erupted between the upper caste Patidars, who are reportedly close to the ruling BJP party, and members of the Dalit community in Makdon village of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday, January…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM airs concern over poor conviction in cases of atrocities against Dalits
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the poor conviction rate in cases relating to atrocities committed against Dalits. He was speaking at the annual conference of senior police…
- India
TN: 60 Dalits walk on street wearing chappals after decades of oppression
As many as 60 Dalits from Madathukulam taluk, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, entered a street with chappals for the first time, thus breaking the age-old oppressive caste system and challenging social discrimination.…
- India
SP flags off ‘Samajik Nyay Yatra’ to strengthen base among Dalits, minorities
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday flagged off here the ‘Samajik Nyay Yatra’ to strengthen his party’s base among the PDA — Pichde (backward classes), Dalit and Alpasankhyak (minorities). The yatra…
- India
Once OBCs, Dalits, tribals learn about their actual population, country will change: Rahul
Bemetara/ Balodabazar: Reiterating his party’s demand for a caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the day the Other Backward Classes, Dalits and tribals learn about their actual population, the “country…
- Telangana
Why only in Telangana? Prakash Ambedkar slams Congress over scheme for Dalits
Hyderabad: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar on Sunday, November 12, raised questions about the Congress party’s selective poll promise to Dalits in Telangana and not in other states. “The Congress…
- Telangana
Telangana polls: PM Modi woos Dalits with MRPS chief by his side
Hyderabad: In a major outreach to the Madiga community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, November 11 promised to constitute a committee to examine the long-standing demand for the sub-categorisation of the…
- Telangana
‘Dalit Bandhu has become BRS Bandhu’: Protests intensify in Telangana
Hyderabad: Alleging irregularities in allotment of Dalit Bandhu scheme units, women from Dalit community staged a protest in front of the gram panchayat office in Dharmapuri mandal of Jagtial on Wednesday. The…
- India
Rajasthan govt not bothered about atrocities against Dalits: BSP leader
Jaipur: BSP leader Akash Anand on Saturday accused the Rajasthan government of not being bothered about atrocities against Dalits in the state. He said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest all…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Actor Upendra in soup for casteist remarks, home min issues warning
Bengaluru: Reacting to the casteist remarks made by Kannada superstar Upendra, state Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara on Wednesday warned that such demeaning and insulting statements will not be tolerated. Speaking to…
- India
Yogi slams opposition for being unaware of farmers’ problems
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday slammed the opposition saying that those who eat with silver spoons are unaware of the problems of the poor, farmers, and the Dalits.…
- India
Bhim Army chief meets KCR, lauds Telangana schemes for Dalits
Hyderabad: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad called on Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao here on Friday and lauded the state government for implementing various schemes for upliftment of Dalits. Azad said…
- Politics
Atrocities against Dalits, tribals adding to BJP’s woes in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: Already facing high anti-incumbency due to its nearly two-decade long rule in Madhya Pradesh, back-to-back incidents of atrocities against Dalit and tribal communities seem to be adding to the woes of…
- Politics
Opposition parties vow to fight ‘crimes against minorities, women, Dalits, tribals’
Bengaluru: A group of 26 opposition parties on Tuesday demanded the implementation of the caste census while asserting that they have come together to defeat the “hatred and violence being manufactured against…
