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Journalist Manisha Mondal faces vicious trolling over caste and appearance
In a disturbing turn of events, journalist Manisha Mondal has become the target of vicious trolling and abuse from upper-caste and right-wing individuals on social media platforms. The trolling comes after Mondal…
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Dalit man assaulted with iron rods for entering temple in J&K’s Doda
A 28-year-old man, driver by profession, was allegedly assaulted by a group upper-caste men in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district for entering a temple. The incident occurred when the victim, identified as…
- India
Brahmin outfit offers Rs 51K aid to MP urination case accused
The All India Brahmin Samaj has come forward to support Pravesh Shukla, who was recently arrested for urinating on a tribal man in Madhya Pradesh. After the incident, the authorities demolished a…
- India
Dalit family beaten by upper caste men for bathing at tubewell in UP
Bulandshahr: Four members of a Dalit family, including two minors and a former village head, were allegedly thrashed by upper caste men for bathing in a tubewell reservoir in Khurja city of…
- India
Gujarat: Four arrested for chopping off Dalit man’s thumb
Four persons belonging to the upper caste community were arrested for allegedly chopping off the thumb of a 30-year-old Dalit man at Kakoshi village in Gujarat’s Patan district. According to the police,…
- 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…
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Gujarat: Dalit beaten for wearing good clothes, sunglasses; 7 booked
A 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten up by a group of upper caste men for wearing stylish attire and sunglasses, police said. The incident occurred at Mota village in Gujarat’s Bardoli…
- 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
Karnataka: Dalit woman thrashed as cow strays on upper caste land
A Dalit woman, whose cow had strayed inside an upper caste person’s land was assaulted, beaten with chappals, and hurled casteist abuses by the latter in Koppal district of Karnataka. The incident…
- India
Gujarat: After social boycott fails, family ‘kidnaps’ woman
Ahmedabad: After cops intervened and ended the social boycott of 17 families of the ‘Nai’ (barber) community, which were facing discrimination post one of its members married an upper caste woman in…
- India
Jharkhand: Following protests, upper caste man held for murdering Dalit girl
Piyush Tiwari, a 23-year-old belonging to the upper caste was arrested on December 9 in Bihar on charges of murdering a 17-year-old Dalit girl. The murder took place on December 5 in…
- India
Explainer: Why is SC’s order on the EWS 10% quota relevant
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 percent reservation to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) who sought admission to higher educational institutions and government jobs.…
- India
Suspected of theft, Dalit boy tied to a pole, thrashed in Karnataka
Chikkaballapur: Ten persons have been booked in connection with alleged inhuman act of tying a 14-year-old Dalit boy to the pole and thrashing him in this district of the state, police said…
- India
TN: Video of upper caste shopkeeper denying candies to Dalit children surfaces
A video of a shopkeeper in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu denying candies to Dalit children stating that they have been ostracised by the village has surfaced online. The incident happened…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalit man beaten up for drinking water from pot for upper castes
Jaisalmer: A Dalit man was allegedly beaten up with iron rods and sticks by a group of men for drinking water from a pot meant for people from upper castes in Rajasthan’s…
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