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- India
Dalit outfits hold protest demanding arrest of Karnataka seer accused of sexual abuse
Chitradurga (Karnataka): Dalit organisations staged a protest here on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act…
- India
Reservation benefit issue: SC grants three-week to Centre to place on record current stand
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three weeks to the Centre to clarify its stand on the pleas including those raising issue of Scheduled Castes (SC) reservation benefits to Dalits…
- India
I was misquoted, was only paraphrasing Ambedkar’s views: JNU VC on ‘caste of gods’ remark
New Delhi: After her no god is upper caste remark stoked controversy, JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday defended her comments as an academic exercise and said she was misquoted…
- India
MP: Probe ordered into ambulance denial to carry body of a child in Morena
Bhopal: A day after a video surfaced on social media showing an eight-year-old Dalit child cradling his younger dead brother’s body and sitting near a drain, after the hospital administration refused an ambulance…
- India
Sonia Gandhi’s personal secretary booked for raping Dalit woman
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s personal secretary P P Madhavan has been booked for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in the national capital, a senior police officer said on Monday. Deputy…
- India
Karnataka: Locals stop sending kids to Anganwadi centre after Dalit helper’s appointment
Bidar: In a shocking incident, locals living in a village in Karnataka’s Bidar district have boycotted an Anganwadi centre run by the state government after it appointed a Dalit woman as a…
- India
Karnataka: Dalits enter Anjaneya temple amid heavy police force
The district administration of Yadgiri district, Karnataka, ensured that the Dalit community got to offer prayers at Anjaneya temple in Amalihall village of Surapur taluk. Amid heavy police deployment, Dalits entered the…
- Bangalore
Siddaramaiah accuses BJP govt in Karnataka of betraying Dalits, STs
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday accused the BJP government in the state of betraying Dalits and scheduled tribes, by diverting the funds of…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalits protest ‘attack’ during rally, threaten to migrate from villages
Jaipur: Members of the Dalit community in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur took out a protest march on Tuesday, alleging that a rally held to mark the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar was…
- Telangana
769 vehicles delivered under Dalit Bandhu scheme in Karimnagar
Hyderabad: The state minister of BC welfare and civil supplies, Gangula Kamalakar distributed vehicles to the Dalits during a ceremony held at Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday. The beneficiaries received 769 automobiles worth…
- World
Raise persecution of Indian Muslims with Modi: US groups to Biden
Ahead of his virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 12, US President Joe Biden has been exhorted by American civil rights organizations, the Indian Muslim American Council (IAMC) and…
- Opinions
Opinion: Congress bid to win back Dalits
Dalits have been described as the reed ki haddi, or the backbone of the Congress. Mahatma Gandhi started the historic battle against Untouchability, as part of his Constructive Programme, alongside his political…
- India
Why do Dalit grooms keep getting attacked in marriage processions?
By Siddhant Thakur Marriages and its processions (baraat) are supposed to be a time of happiness that perhaps lead to good memories. But, for a groom from the Dalit community, the marriage…
- India
Tough task to stick to Ambedkar’s mission in this ‘age of flattery’: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said it is a tough task to stick to the mission of Babasaheb Ambedkar in this “age of flattery” and asserted that her party, through its…
- India
Mayawati double-crossed Muslims, hoodwinked Dalits to ensure BJP victory
Despite heavy odds, SP Alliance returned 36 Muslim MLAs out of the 64 that it had fielded. The wisdom shown by minority voters helped in diluting the effect of Mayawati’s strategic planning…
