Tag: Gujarat Dalit rights activist

Dalit activist Mevani detained for seeking land rights

Gujarat Dalit rights activist, Jignesh Mevani and 200 supporters, who were demonstrating outside the Ahmedabad District Collectorate, were detained on Monday. Two women members of the rights group, who are fighting for land allocation to Dalits, reportedly fainted and their health deteriorated during the detention.  The Dalit activists were taken to Shahibaug Police Headquarters around …

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September 19, 2016

Chhagan Bhujbal admitted to hospital

Former Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, was admitted on Saturday to a hospital here. Dr TP Lahane, dean of the government-run JJ Hospital where Bhujbal is admitted, said that the NCP leader had fever, his blood platelet count was down, and complained …

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September 17, 2016