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MP urination row: ‘Real character of BJP against tribals out’, says Rahul
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the BJP for atrocities against tribals, saying that the inhuman crime of a BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh has brought the real…
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A united front of backward, dalits and minorities can defeat NDA in 2024
United Opposition is assuming increasing demand from among democratic forces and political parties across the socio-political spectrum of India to defeat BJP led NDA. Secular, Socialist and Democratic India has suffered greatly…
- India
Nitish aims to woo Mahadalits with Ratnesh Sada as Cabinet minister
Patna: Inclusion of Ratnesh Sada, who hails from Musahar community, as a cabinet minister by JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is being seen as a move to woo Mahadalit…
- India
TN officials seal temple after Dalits refused entry in Villupuram
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu revenue officials sealed the Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple in Melpathi village of Villupuram district on Wednesday. The revenue officials took action as caste Hindus had barred entry to…
- Bangalore
Cong allots plum posts to Dalits, oppressed classes in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka, which came to power following a shift of votes of Dalits and oppressed classes from the BJP, has not only given more number of Cabinet berths to…
- India
Gujarat: Dalits claim caste bias at temple feast; officials say trying to resolve issue
Mehsana: Scheduled Caste residents of a village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district have alleged caste discrimination during the feast at a religious function organised by the Patidar community where the separate sitting arrangement…
- Bangalore
‘Are Dalits, backward classes beggars’, Bommai tears into Congress
Kalaburagi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday asked state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar does he think “Dalits and backward classes are beggars?” Reacting to Shivakumar’s statement that Lingayats and Vokkaligas are…
- India
Opposition parties care for OBCs, Dalits only when out of power: Dinesh
Lucknow: Senior BJP leader Dinesh Sharma hit out at the opposition parties in UP on Thursday for demanding a caste-based census, asserting that they care for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and…
- India
Human waste in water tank case: DNA test of 11 people today
Chennai: DNA samples of 11 people will be collected on Tuesday in connection with the Vengavayil case in which human feces were found dumped in a water tank that supplies drinking water…
- India
Rahul Gandhi dares PM to make 2011 caste census data public
Kolar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the 2011 caste-based census data in the public domain and also demanded the 50 percent cap on reservation…
- Telangana
BRS failed to provide land to Dalits in Telangana: Kharge
Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Friday targeted the BRS government in Telangana, accusing it of not fulfilling its promises, including providing three acres of land to Dalits. He also said that it…
- India
Guj: ‘Hundreds of Dalits, Tribals’ embrace Buddhism on Ambedkar Jayanti
Ahmedabad: Organisers of an event in Gujarat claimed “hundreds of people” belonging to Dalit and tribal communities embraced Buddhism on the occasion of the 132nd birth anniversary of social reformer BR Ambedkar…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rs 562 cr as cheques given to 8K Dalit entrepreneurs
Hyderabad: Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao distributed cheques worth Rs 562 crore to 8000 Dalit entrepreneurs towards industrial incentives under the T-Pride scheme on Thursday. Telangana State Programme for Rapid Incubation…
- India
TN: Not allowed to enter temple, angry Dalits block road causing huge traffic
The Vikravandi-Kumbakonam road was seized in protest by Dalits of Melpathi village near Koliyanur in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district after they were disallowed by upper-caste Hindus from entering a temple. According to…
- India
Trust in Police least among Muslims, Adivasis, Dalits & poor: Report
New Delhi: A survey has shown a “high-level” of public support for certain forms of government surveillance like through CCTV cameras even as the poor and groups such as Dalits and Muslims…
