Tag: Dalits
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Persecute the Renegade
It is clear that the arrests made in a concerted countrywide swoop reek of vendetta. It turned out to be a synchronised arrest of lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj, activist-lawyer Vernon Gonsalves, poet Varavara Rao, human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, and human rights activist-lawyer Arun Ferreira. All have a record of fighting for justice and human rights, …
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September 25, 2018 -
Muslims, STs, Dalits made most progress in combating poverty, says UN
Bihar remains the poorest state but had the fastest reduction in multi-dimensional poverty.
September 21, 2018 -
3-yr jail term for mob lynching in Gujarat
Though Gujarat has witnessed fewer mob lynching cases leading to deaths than in other BJP-ruled states, Dalits and Muslims here remain in perpetual fear while transporting cattle for legitimate purposes.
September 18, 2018 -
BSP has no truck with Bhim Sena: Mayawati
Party supremo denies any relation with such outfit or its leader.
September 17, 2018 -
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar says Dalits will ensure BJP’s rout in 2019
The Dalit leader claimed that he met several inconsolable youngsters inside the jail who were falsely implicated by the police due to their caste.
September 14, 2018 -
Refrain from using ‘Dalit’, Information Ministry urges private TV channels
The letter referred to a June directive by the Bombay HC asking the ministry to consider issuing a direction to the media to stop using the word 'Dalit'.
September 4, 2018 -
Uldepur violence: Rajputs accuse police of one-sided action
In the clash between Dalits and Rajputs at Uldepur village, a youth Rahul was killed while more than a dozen people from both sides sustained injuries
August 14, 2018 -
SAD accuses Khaira of humiliating Dalits
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday accused Aam Aadmi Party’s rebel faction, led by former leader of opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira, of humiliating and subjugating Dalit community in the state. In a statement, president of SAD’s Dalit wing Gulzar Singh Ranike said Khaira was playing with the sentiments of the Schedule Castes and backward …
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August 5, 2018 -
No separate law for caste discrimination among Indians, rules UK govt
Following a long-drawn campaign by UK-based Dalit groups, the House of Lords had voted in March 2013 in favour of outlawing caste discrimination by including it as a category in anti-racism laws.
July 24, 2018 -
TMC burnt down over 1,000 houses of Dalits, alleges BJP
The BJP on Friday alleged that over 1,000 dalit families’- houses were burned down by TMC activists for not voting their candidates in recent panchayat poll. Addressing a Press conference at state BJP headquarters BJP national spokesperson Bizay Sonkar Shastri asserted that the law and order situation has deteriorated in West Bengal, and he on …
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July 14, 2018 -
Dalits, Adivasis being let down by Narendra Modi govt: CPI leader D Raja
There has been a systematic letting down of Dalits and Adivasis ever since Narendra Modi became the country’s Prime Minister, CPI Leader D. Raja alleged today. “There is an unprecedented increase in atrocities against Dalits in BJP-ruled states. There is a systematic, gradual letting down of Dalits and Adivasis happening ever since Modi became Prime …
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July 5, 2018 -
Dalits attacked in Gujarat for adding ‘sinh’ as suffix
Upper caste people in BJP-ruled Gujarat have added yet another item in the long list of reasons for which Dalits can be beaten up in the state. This time it is addition of the salutation ‘sinh’ as suffix to the names of children in the invitation card of a Dalit youth in Banaskantha district of …
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May 15, 2018 -
INLD-BSP demand compensation for wheat crop destroyed in fires
The new alliance partners in Haryana, Indian National Lok Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party (INLD-BSP) on Wednesday demanded Rs 4,500 per acre compensation for farmers whose standing wheat crop has been gutted by fire. In first joint Working Committee meeting of the combine in Kurukeshtra on Wednesday, both parties expressed anguish at the destruction of …
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May 2, 2018 -
I’m not Lord Ram, can’t purify Dalits, says BJP MP Uma Bharti
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had last month asked its lawmakers at the Centre and in states to spend at least one night with Dalit families in villages and restore the faith of the community in BJP. At a time when the party leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is trying to change how …
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May 2, 2018 -
Flogged by cow vigilantes, Dalits embrace Buddhism
The family infamously flogged by cow vigilantes for skinning a dead bovine in 2016 today led nearly 300 Dalits who embraced Buddhism under heavy police security. Two boys of the Saravaiya family, who had earlier announced their intention to convert to Buddhism to escape caste discrimination as Hindus, were waylaid by the accused last week …
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April 29, 2018 -
SAD seeks withdrawal of cases against Dalits
Days after clashes between the Hindu and Dalit groups over a poster of BR Ambedkar in Punjab’s industrial town of Phagwara, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday demanded withdraw all cross cases registered against Dalits. The SAD said the Congress government should withdraw all cross cases registered against Dalits who were attacked and fired …
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April 17, 2018 -
From ‘Make in India’ to ‘Rape in India’: Tejashwi
The main Opposition RJD on Friday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping mum on the incidents of rapes taking place in BJP-ruled states. The party also wondered over the mysterious silence of the BJP leaders over the issue. “Make in India to Rape in India,” Bihar Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav …
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April 14, 2018