Tag: Dalits

Hooch Tragedy: Bheem Army demands Rs 25 lakh, govt job for one family member of every deceased

Many victims are fighting for their lives at different hospitals in Saharanpur and Meerut.

February 11, 2019

R-Day caution

“Don’t travel on Republic Day. It is an environment of fear. There is checking at several places and a feeling of uneasiness”. Students have also been advised to avoid argument.

January 24, 2019

If Mayawati wants to work for Dalits, she should form alliance with BJP: Ramdas Athawale

Athawale said on Monday that Mayawati should reconsider her new-formed alliance with SP reminding the BSP chief of the support that BJP had given her when she became CM.

January 21, 2019

Bheem Army declares support to SP-BSP alliance in Lok Sabha elections

Bheem Army had played a significant role in ensuring BJP's defeat in the recent Kairana byelections.

January 14, 2019

Rights activists slam Centre’s policies

Meera Sanghamitra, an activist from Telangana, highlighted the ‘anti-people’ stand of the government.

November 19, 2018

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