Tag: Dalit
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Can PM Modi respect women when he left his own wife for political gains: Mayawati on Alwar gangrape row
The vitriolic attack comes a day after PM Modi on Sunday said that Mayawati was 'shedding crocodile tears' over the gangrape case.
May 13, 2019 -
Mayawati demands death for Alwar gangrape accused, asks SC to act against Cong govt, police
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also attacked the Congress over the incident saying 'the cops sat on Dalit gangrape for seven days and waited for the polls to end in the Congress-ruled Rajasthan'.
May 11, 2019 -
Tragic destiny~I
It is time for the discerning electorate to ponder over the core issues and decide which party is to be voted to power to form a government to recast the destiny of the nation, learning from the lessons of independent India's failures to carve out a better, successful and mighty India.
May 9, 2019 -
Uttarakhand: Dalit youth thrashed for eating alongside ‘upper caste’ men, dies; 5 arrested
Jeetendra was critically injured and died at a hospital in Dehradun after nine days of treatment.
May 7, 2019 -
Top Tamil Nadu bureaucrat alleges victimisation for being Dalit, urges Centre to prosecute CVC
Additional Chief Secretary Dr Jagmohan Singh Raju has urged the DoPT to initiate the process of removing the CVC as per Section 6(1) of the CVC Act, 2003, including a Presidential Reference to SC for holding an inquiry under the SC/ST Act 1989
April 10, 2019 -
Statues, courts and restitution
The Mayawati statues case challenges the Supreme Court to come up with a new rational doctrine to explain restitution in the context of public authorities
February 21, 2019 -
Honour killing: 5 deaths reported since January in Bihar
In the latest incident, two young lovers were killed, their bodies were chopped into pieces and burnt on the same funeral pyre in Gaya
February 13, 2019 -
Amit Shah slams Congress-JD(S) govt over report of enslavement of Dalit, tribals in Hassan
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Saturday expressed shock over a news report which said that 52 people from the Dalit and tribal communities had been kept enslaved in Karnataka’s Hassan.
December 22, 2018 -
2019 Lok Sabha polls in sight, Bheem Army chief Chandrashekhar sets a political tone at Bijnor rally
Addressing the rally in Bijnor, Chandrashekhar targetted the BJP calling it a “party of liars” and announced that Army leaders and workers would take out a ‘padyatra' to expose the saffron party.
November 20, 2018 -
Bheem Army chief’s Muslim outreach triggers speculation
Shortly after his release from jail after 15 months on 14 September morning, Chandrashekhar got a warm welcome not only from his supporters, primarily Dalits, but also many political and social personalities who came to meet him at his home in Chutmalpur town of Saharanpur district. They included some Muslim leaders as well.
September 22, 2018 -
UP: FIR against six for denying drinking water to Dalit officer
A deputy chief veterinary officer was allegedly denied drinking water because of her Dalit identity in Ambawa Poorab village in Manjhanpur block.
August 2, 2018 -
Bill to restore arrest provision in SC/ST act gets cabinet nod
The preamble of the amendment says that the decision to arrest or not to arrest cannot be taken away from the investigating officer
August 1, 2018 -
Dalits desert Baghpat village after death of boy, NHRC issues notices
NHRC has directed the DGP to send a detailed report of the matter within a month, and expressed concern over the migration of Dalits from the village.
May 9, 2018 -
The dilemma of the Dalit
The Sangh Parivar is trying to incorporate the Dalit identity in Hindutva ideology. The “Hindukaran’ of Dalits is proceeding at a rapid pace in rural areas. In the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 Dalits participated in the attacks on Muslims. Dalits are thus torn between the desire to declare their unique identity or to be accepted …
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May 7, 2018 -
High alert in Gwalior region ahead of Ambedkar Jayanti
In view of Ambedkar Jayanti on 14 April, Madhya Pradesh intelligence agencies have sounded a high alert in Gwalior-Chambal region where 8 persons were killed and hundreds injured in violent clashes during the Bharat bandh called by Dalit organisations on 2 April against the alleged dilution in the SC/ST (Prevention and Atrocities) Act, 1989, by …
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April 13, 2018 -
After Bheem Army chief, Dalits in 22 UP villages on hunger strike
With Bheem Army chief Chandrashekher sitting on hungerstrike in Saharanpur jail demanding the withdrawal of cases against Dalits during April 2 Bharat Bandh against the Supreme Court’s decision on SC/ST Act, his supporters in 22 villages followed in his footsteps over a similar demand. Kamal Singh Walia, the district president of Bheem Army in …
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April 12, 2018 -
Bandh affects some districts
The anti-reservation bandh across the country did have an impact in a few districts of Odisha like Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Dhenkanal districts on Tuesday. No major untoward incident was reported in the state baring stone pelting by rival groups at a place in Nuapada district. Elsewhere in the state, the supporters of the bandh …
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April 11, 2018