Tag: Dalit
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Hathras shocker: Group of upper caste men demands ‘justice for accused’, says they were ‘falsely implicated’
A few days back, the postmortem report from the Forensic Sciences Laboratory has said that the woman, who belongs to the Scheduled Castes, was not raped.
October 4, 2020 -
Dalits will not get justice in UP under BJP rule: Azad
Chandrashekhar was kept under the watch of police and PAC personnel.
October 3, 2020 -
Amid outrage over Hathras incident, another Dalit woman gang raped in UP’s Balrampur; dies
'The men had injected her with some substance due to which she lost consciousness. Then they raped her... They broke her legs, they broke her back. A rickshaw-wallah brought her home,' victim's mother told.
October 1, 2020 -
Dalit woman from UP, who was raped two weeks ago, succumbed to injuries in Delhi hospital
The girl was raped on September 14 and was initially admitted to a district hospital with her tongue cut off and spinal cord severely injured, among other serious injuries.
September 29, 2020 -
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