Tag: Dalit
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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 -
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