Tag: Dalit
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Dalits assaulted in Bihar for refusing to harvest standing crops due to lockdown
In a fresh incident, a labourer was badly beaten up by an influential villager for refusing to harvest his Rabi crops.
April 6, 2020 -
Video of 2 Dalit youth being beaten sparks political stir; BJP, RLP take on ruling Congress
In the video which was reportedly shot on February 16, the duo was seen being beaten and a screwdriver being inserted into the rectum of one of the victims.
February 20, 2020 -
24-year-old Dalit man lynched in Tamil Nadu for defecating by roadside, police arrests seven people
Victim's sister calls it caste crime as he belonged to the SC Adi Dravida community, whereas the mob, Vanniyars belong to the Most Backward Caste (MBC), which falls under the OBC category in Tamil Nadu.
February 16, 2020 -
Dalit leader Kameshwar Chaupal, who finds place in Ram Temple Trust, never won ‘trust’ of Bihar voters
Chaupal, who claims to be from the Dalit community, had laid the first brick of the Ram temple at Ayodhya in November 1989—three years before the Babri mosque was razed to the ground by a frenzied mob of Hindu hardliners.
February 6, 2020 -
Dalit inmates in Tihar jail on hunger strike for being denied permission to observe Valmiki Jayanti
The Dalit group threatened to gherao the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday on the issue.
October 14, 2019 -
A System that Worked
It is unlikely that so many across the country would have cared to listen to him had Gandhi not attained the stature of a Mahatma. In our society, a speaker is more important than his speech; a leader matters more than his leadership. Gandhi with all his wisdom but without his Mahatmahood might have been a voice in the wilderness.
October 2, 2019 -
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit official resigns after casteist slur from DM
Ballia's District Magistrate Bhawani Singh Khangraut, however, has denied the allegation, saying he had not misbehaved with the officer.
October 1, 2019 -
UP police does U-turn on honour killing of Dalit man, calls it suicide
23-year-old Abhishank Pal was allegedly in a relationship with Shivani Gupta whose father reportedly burnt him alive to save his honour.
September 18, 2019 -
Husband of BJP MLA daughter assaulted outside Allahabad HC, court orders police protection
Meanwhile, a young couple who had come to the Allahabad High Court to seek protection after marriage was kidnapped at gunpoint by armed men from outside the court hours before the Sakshi Misra case.
July 15, 2019 -
In new twist, priest denies solemnising BJP MLA daughter’s marriage to Dalit youth
The marriage certificate posted by the couple on the social media shows that the marriage was solemnized at the famous Ram Janki temple in Prayagraj on July 4.
July 12, 2019 -
Protests in Bihar after custodial death of JD-U Dalit leader
The officer-in-charge of Nagarnausa police station and a sub-inspector has been suspended by Nalanda Superintendent of Police Neelesh Kumar.
July 12, 2019 -
After threat claim in video, daughter files petition against BJP MLA in court
The BJP MLA also issued a statement saying that the allegations made by his daughter were 'false'.
July 11, 2019 -
‘Papa, let us live, we are tired of hiding’: BJP MLA’s daughter alleges threat in video
In the video, Sakshi was seen saying that because she married Ajitesh against the wishes of her family in a temple, she faces threat to her life from her father.
July 11, 2019 -
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