Dalit
- Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP MLC sentenced to jail in 28-yr-old case of tonsuring Dalits, gets bail
Visakhapatnam: A special court in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam on Tuesday sentenced YSR Congress Party MLC Thota Trimurthulu and nine others to imprisonment for 18 months for tonsuring two Dalit youths 28 years…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalit boy beaten up for touching bucket full of water
In an incident laying bare caste oppression in India, an eight-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten up by an upper-caste man for touching a bucket full of water in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Minister’s remarks raise pitch for ‘Dalit CM’ call
Bengaluru: Karnataka Social Welfare Minister HC Mahadevappa has raised the issue of Dalits not being chosen for the post of chief minister, stating that the community does not rally behind their leaders,…
- India
UP has become haven for lawlessness, anti-Dalit hate crime: Cong
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh has become a “haven for lawlessness and anti-Dalit hate crime”, The Congress alleged on Friday attacking the BJP government in the state over the death of a Dalit…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalit teacher suspended for refusing to garland Saraswati portrait
A government school teacher belonging to the Dalit community, posted in Rajasthan’s Baran district, was suspended for allegedly refusing to garland portrait of goddess Saraswati during the Republic Day celebrations. Primary school…
- News
NIT Calicut suspends Dalit student over ‘India is not Rama Rajya’ placard
A Dalit student from NIT Calicut’s Department of Electronics and Communication has been suspended for taking part in a protest against the celebration of the Ram temple consecration event in Uttar Pradesh.…
- India
UP: 3 held for desecrating flag bearing B R Ambedkar’s image
Ballia: Three men were arrested here on Saturday after a purported video of them desecrating a flag bearing a picture of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar went viral on social media, police said. The…
- India
Karnataka: Villagers chase away BJP MP, call him anti-Dalit
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha was shooed away by angry villagers of Gujjegowdanapura on Monday, January 22, after he tried to participate in a ceremony organised to mark…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Hotel owner refuses to serve food to Dalit youth
Bellari: In an abhorrent incident, a woman hotel owner in Guttiganur village of Kurugod Taluk refused to serve food to Dalits out of an antiquated social intuition of untouchability. A video of…
- Crime
UP: Six arrested for beating Dalit man to death in Muzaffarnagar
Muzzaffarnaggar: Six people, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday, January 11, for allegedly beating a 21-year-old Dalit man to death after keeping him confined in a house here, police said. Ankit was…
- India
UP: Upset over probe, Dalit man sets himself afire outside SP office
Unnao: A 28-year-old Dalit man set himself on fire outside the office of the Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The victim was ‘disappointed by the tardy progress of police’…
- Featured News
Kharge’s Dalit Card: How Wild It Will Be?
Without questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal’s intention on proposing the name of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, as the Prime Ministerial face of…