DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 20 February 2020 NEWS Coming out as Dalit: how one Indian author finally embraced her identity The Guardian Dutt recounts the story in her book, Coming Out as Dalit. It tells of her mother's ambition to overcome poverty and give her children an education, ... The Search For Caste Solidarity: Dalit Women In India And Nepal Feminism in India (blog) Living in India and being a Dalit woman myself, I have always been exposed to Dalit literature, activism and everyday life discrimination. To find ... Dalit girl alleges sexual harassment by 3 youths in UP Deccan Herald A 16-year-old Dalit girl has alleged she was sexually harassed by three youths when she was on her way to a brick kiln at a village in Shamli district, ... 2 Dalit Brothers, Accused Of Theft, Stripped And Tortured In Rajasthan NDTV Two Dalit brothers, accused of theft, were beaten up and tortured allegedly by staff at a petrol station in Rajasthan on Sunday, police said. A disturbing ... 'No area will be left like this': Long-suffering dalit colony awaits centenary 'gift' The New Indian Express VILLUPURAM: In the centenary year of the Villupuram municipality, a colony housing around 3,000 Dalit families hopes to finally wake up to ... Nine held guilty of stripping, parading Dalit woman Times of India ... sessions court has sentenced nine people, including two women, for beating up, verbally abusing, stripping and parading a Dalit woman in 2016. Dalit minor sexually harassed by 3 youths The Siasat Daily Shamli: A 16-year old Dalit girl was sexually harassed by three youths while she was on her way to a brick kiln in Bhabisa village in Shamli district, ... Five Detained for Assault on Two Dalit Men Caught Stealing Money The Quint Two Dalits who were allegedly caught stealing money from a two-wheeler agency were beaten up by the showroom staffers in Nagaur district of ... 2 Dalits Allegedly Caught Stealing Money Beaten up by Showroom Staffers in Rajasthan, 5 Detained News18 Jaipur: Two Dalits who were allegedly caught stealing money from a two-wheeler agency were beaten up by the showroom staffers in Nagaur district ... “How Many Muslim, Dalit?” Asaduddin Owaisi slams Aadhaar notices to 127 – TV9 (Video) SocialNews.XYZ Watch LIVE: https://goo.gl/w3aQde. Today's Top News: https://goo.gl/5YuScD. ▻TV9 LIVE : https://bit.ly/2FJGPps ▻Subscribe to Tv9 Telugu Live: ... CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates Kerala Dalit Federation protest meet against CAA ANI News Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday Inaugurated the Kerala Dalit Federation protest ... Shaheen Bagh Effect: Base of Anti-CAA Protests Is Slowly Expanding The Quint Particularly significant is the rising involvement of Sikh, Dalit, Adivasi and farmers' groups in the protests. However, there are state-wise variations, with ... 'UIDAI not empowered to verify citizenship', Owaisi questions Aadhaar notices to 127 people The Statesman The AIMIM president also requested the Telangana Police and the UIDAI to reveal how many of those 127 listed people are Muslim and Dalit. Ayodhya Ram temple trust got a cheque for Rs 2 crore, but had to return it ThePrint This was revealed to ThePrint by Kamlesh Chaupal, member of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the lone Dalit member of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi ... Why It's High Time We Realise Women Are The Backbone Of India's Prosperity Youth Ki Awaaz They add, “Dalit women constituted about 16.60 percent of India's female population in 2011. Dalit women's problems encompass not only gender and ... As Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Battle it Out for Maharashtra's Remote Control, is Alliance Heading for ... News18 Every year, on January 1, lakhs of Dalits pay their respects at the Bhima-Koregaon memorial where the largely Dalit detachment of the British Army ... Veyilmarangal trailer is intense with Indrans Onmanorama The trailer opens with a tribute to cinematographer MJ Radhakrishnan and shows us a glimpse of a Dalit family. After an incident, the family moves ... Pune police's role in Elgar case must be probed, repeats Sharad Pawar Times of India Some were arrested for reading a poem by Dalit poet Namdeo Dhasal. Innocent persons are in jail for more than two years. As false information was ... The malice in making protests and protesters invisible Hindustan Times ... an alliance of several Muslim, Dalit, OBC and other organisations, to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the imminent National ... CM slams oppn patronage to anti-CAA protesters Daily Pioneer Referring to Dr BR Ambedkar and Jogendra Nath Mandal (Dalit leader of Bengal who migrated to Pakistan and became law minister there), Yogi said, ... Chithralekha's KL 13 L 8527 and her auto that Kannur CPM can't shake off The New Indian Express The book titled 'KL13 L 8527', written by Dalit activist Roopesh Kumar, deals with the life of Chithralekha in general and the socio-political situation of ... 'It's 2020 uncle...': Twitter takes umbrage to Justice Katju's middle-age mentality about women in Army Free Press Journal Justice Markandey Katju recently created quite a stir after he took to Twitter to wonder why women would wish to be in command in the army. "Women ... IIT panel probing malicious tweets against students Mumbai Mirror Another handle 'Dalit Positive Movement' targeted a professor alleging torture of Dalit students . A spokesperson from the institute said that an ... Man involved in loot arrested after police encounter Times of India Angered over the incident, people of Dalit dominates areas of the village attacked the place of one Ramesh Singh alleging that he had planned such ... Don't Want Food Fascism: TN Govt Slammed for Akshaya Patra Move The Quint Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have condemned the state government's decision to allow the Akshaya Patra Foundation to serve breakfast in ... The mother of all memories The New Indian Express “Given a chance, I would've included a chapter on Amma's Dalit friend Thangammal since I touched upon caste towards the last two chapters. WEB Famous dalits lumontenegroatacado.com.br Apr 11, 2018 · Dalits make up nearly 20 percent of the Indian population—and many A famous Dalit politician and member of parliament known simply ... and Dalit in the... - Economic and Political Weekly The categories "Mavali" and Dalit in the Marathi translation of "The Communist Manifesto" published in 1931 are key to understand how the social... Is Bhujel Dalit Scafati Solidale Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. 300 Dalit 24 20021Abhishek Adhikari Male 2/27/2057 ... Improving Access to justice of Dalit Community through Human Rights Education KIOS Foundation Improving Access to justice of Dalit Community through Human Rights Education. undefined. Details. Years: 2012–2015; Total funding: 49,100 € ... |
DALIT,
Daily update ⋅ 19 February 2020
After 100 years, developmental projects finally reach this Dalit colony in Tamil Nadu
The New Indian Express
VILLUPURAM: On the centenary year of Villupuram municipality, a colony housing around 3,000 Dalit families will finally wake up to development ...
'Expression of Our Oppression': Second Dalit Literature Festival Puts Women, LGBTQIA+ on Focus
The Wire
Speaking on the first day of the fest, Thorat made mention of the fact that Dalit women have to face oppression on several counts. “There are three ...
Podcast: Amit Ahuja on the Roots of Dalit Politics
Hindustan Times
India is home to over 200 million Dalits, formerly known as “untouchables,” who have historically occupied the bottom rung of the Hindu caste ...
Watch | 'Why Don't Corporate Funded Lit Fests Give Space to Dalit Literature?'
The Wire
Delhi University's Kirori Mal College in association with Ambedkar Authors Association organised the second Dalit Literature Festival. The Wire's ...
'No Injustice To Dalit Brothers': Uddhav Thackeray Refuses To Hand Over Koregaon-Bhima Probe ...
Outlook India
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said he will not hand over the probe in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case to the Centre ...
Centre wants to label Dalits as Naxals: Congress
The Hindu
The manner in which the Central government transferred the Elgaar Parishad case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raises concerns and is ...
Wedding procession of Dalit armyman pelted with stones in India
The News International
GUJARAT: Despite police protection, the wedding procession of a Dalit army jawan in Gujarat's Banaskantha district was on Sunday pelted with ...
How Tamil Nadu's Hindutva forces are using the Dravidian movement to get Dalits on their side
ThePrint
Or, take for instance one of the most anti-Dalit Hindutva measures of our time: ... are a bid to keep the Dalits forcefully and legally within the Hindu fold.
Stigma strips 'colony' Dalits of employment in Villupuram
The New Indian Express
Over 90 per cent of people living in GRP Street of Villupuram, which houses around 3,000 Dalit families, are labourers with municipality or private firms ...
BJP is anti-Dalit, anti-tribal, anti-minority party, says Cong' Syed Naseer Hussain
ANI News
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Tuesday alleged that BJP is an anti-Dalit, anti-minority and ...
Violence Against Dalits: Uttar Pradesh Tops List, Followed by Gujarat
NewsClick
New Delhi: On February 17, a wedding procession of a dalit bridegroom, who happens to be an Army Jawan, was disrupted in Gujarat's Banaskantha ...
BJP, TRS are anti-Dalit: Cong
Times of India
Hyderabad: Congress on Monday launched a scathing attack against BJP and TRS terming them anti-Dalit and sought to caution SCs, STs and BCs ...
CM distributes financial assistance to dalit law students for educational tour
United News of India
Puducherry, Feb 18 (UNI) Chief Minister V Narayanasmay on Tuesday distributed financial assistance to final year dalit law students here for their ...
'Add Elephant Symbol Too; Get Dalit Votes': Congress' Krishnam Slams 'confused' Cadre
Republic World
Another controversy has erupted between the UP Congress leaders Acharya Pramod Krishnam and Ajay Kumar Lallu after Krishnam's tweet ...
Eight held for attack on Dalit groom riding horse
Times of India
Palanpur: Eight persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a 27-year-old groom after pulling him down from a horse and then ...
BJP, TRS Govts are anti-Dalits, anti-Tribals: Uttam
The Rahnuma Daily (press release)
Hyderabad, Feb.17 (NSS): Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has alleged that both BJP and TRS ...
Elgar Parishad, Bhima-Koregaon separate: MVA allies
Daijiworld.com
Terming as "unfortunate" the atrocities committed on the Dalit community members during the Bhima-Koregaon caste riots, the CM pointed out that the ...
DMK MP Slammed for Derogatory Remarks Against Dalit Judges, Media
The Quint
The lawyer, as seen in the video, then went on to claim that the appointment of Dalits as High Court judges was because of the “alms” given by the ...
Man Allegedly Shot Dead By Forest Official In Madhya Pradesh
NDTV
Fourteen people including a forest ranger have been charged for allegedly shooting a man in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district after he tried to ...
Caste based reservations should continue till caste based discrimination is there: RSS chief Mohan ...
OpIndia
Top Sangh brass brainstormed upon ways to combat the growing unrest among Dalits and decided to reach out to the Dalits and stop the caste fault ...
CM lays down guidelines for 'Pattana Pragathi'
The Hindu
'Pattana Pragathi' programme should be conducted across the State on the well-laid foundation of ' Palle Pragathi' with focus on Dalit bastis where a ...
Thakur Mob Allegedly Attacks Dalits in UP Village, Injures 25
The Quint
In an alleged attack by the Thakur community on Dalits, twenty-five people were injured in Mangta village in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh on ...
Historic trench in Wanaparthy transforms into integrated market
Telangana Today
Swetha Mohanty had assured the Dalit women that those who had lost that encroached space would be given loans from SC Corporation to the tune ...
4 BJP corporators resign from Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
The Siasat Daily
My ward in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is a Muslim and Dalit dominated constituency, and people in my ward requested me to not ...
Uttam Kumar Reddy Speaks About Dalits, BC & Minorities Reservation (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
Uttam Kumar Reddy Speaks About Dalits, BC & Minorities Reservation. For All Political and Latest News Updates Subscribe to #MangoNews ...
Won't block NPR in Maharashtra: CM
The Hindu BusinessLine
“Elgar and Koregaon-Bhima are two separate topics. The issue facing my Dalit brothers is about Koregaon-Bhima and I will not give it to the Centre.
Congress to fight battle for SC/ST reservation: Wasnik
The Hitavada
He added that atrocities against dalits have increased in Modi government rule. The BJP ruled Uttar Pradesh has the maximum cases of dalit atrocities ...
246 Elephants Have Died In Odisha Since 2016: Minister
Republic World
Odisha government on Tuesday informed the state Assembly that at least 246 elephants have died in the state due to several factors including
Thorat raises concern over transfer of Elgar Parishad case to NIA
United News of India
... indicates that it is the attempt by the central government to label people associated with progressive, Dalit and pro-Ambedkar movements as Naxals.
HC withdraws order curbing movement of Melavalavu convicts
Times of India
The case involves the massacre of six dalits at Melavalavu village in Madurai district on June 30, 1997 by members of another caste following the ...
'Can Ram temple be built on Muslim graves?' 9 Ayodhya residents ask trustees to spare 'graveyard'
Scroll.in
On February 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the formation of the trust and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said it will will have one Dalit ...
DALIT,
Daily update ⋅ 18 February 2020
14 forest officials booked for 'shooting dead' Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh
The Hindu
The Shivpuri Police have registered a case against 14 forest officials for allegedly shooting dead a Dalit man, while his family filled water from a hand ...
MP forest staff open fire during minor dispute, kill Dalit man - Outlook India
Thakor Kolis Pelt Stones at Dalit Army Jawan's Wedding Procession in Gujarat
The Wire
New Delhi: A Dalit army jawan's wedding procession was reportedly disrupted in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Sunday by stone pelting from the ...
Tamil Nadu: Dalit youth lynched in Villupuram for defecating by roadside, seven arrested
Scroll.in
Seven people, including three women, have been arrested in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district on charges of lynching a 24-year-old Dalit youth after he ...
Dalit youth beaten to death for defecating on upper caste private farmland - കേരള കൌമുദി
UP: In Village Near Kanpur, Thakur Mob Attacks and Injures Dalits
The Wire
A day after the two groups clashed during a Bhim Shobha Yatra, the Thakurs conducted a planned attack on two Dalit localities, victims say.
Dalit youth attacked with trident for not washing hands
Outlook India
Dalit youth attacked with trident for not washing hands. Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 17 (IANS) A Dalit youth was attacked with a trident by four youths for ...
Second Dalit Literature Festival Welcomes Authors from Country and Abroad
India Education Diary
New Delhi: The first day of the Second Dalit Festival was successfully concluded. This year's theme of the festival was “Literature will create a new ...
Rajkot: Dalit groom on horse dragged down, beaten
Times of India (press release) (blog)
PALANPUR: A 27-year-old man from Dalit community was forcibly alighted from a horse in his wedding procession, subjected to casteist slurs and ...
Denied of housing pattas, toilets, TN Dalit families decide to boycott local body polls
The New Indian Express
COIMBATORE: Claiming that the authorities have not addressed their demands, around 15 Dalit families in Asthanthira Naicker Street in Singanallur ...
Former BJP ally attacks Yogi govt over attacks on Dalits
Outlook India
Former BJP ally attacks Yogi govt over attacks on Dalits. Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a former BJP ally, has ...
DMK MP RS Bharathi slammed for derogatory remarks against Dalit judges, media
The News Minute
The Rajya Sabha MP later expressed regret over his comment that the appointment of Dalit judges was alms given by the Dravidian movement.
Footage Of Cops Beating Jamia Students Surfaces, Dalit Youth Lynched + More Top News
India Times
In yet another shocking incident on casteism, a 24-year-old Dalit youth was lynched by villagers near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu, when he squatted by ...
Dalit residents in Singanallur demand action against MLA
The Hindu
Dalit residents from Asthanthira Naicker Street in Singanallur petitioned District Collector K. Rajamani on Monday demanding action against ...
Youth arrested for raping three-yesar-old Dalit girl in Kheri
Times of India
Bareilly: A 19-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly raping a three-year-old Dalit girl in Sampoornanagar area of Lakhimpur Kheri district on ...
Congress protests in Chandigarh against BJP's anti-Dalit policies
India Today
The Chandigarh unit of the Congress on Sunday organised a sit-in protest outside the Valmiki temple in Sector 24 against the "anti-Dalit" and ...
How many of you eat with Dalits? Ashok Gehlot attacks Modi govt over SC/ST reservation
India Today
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and other senior Congress leaders staged a protest near the collectorate in Jaipur and targeted the Modi government ...
Dalit woman alleges gang rape by cops in Gorakhpur hotel, police denies charges
Hindustan Times
A 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly abducted and gang raped and assaulted by two policemen in a hotel room in UP's Gorakhpur on Thursday ...
Gujarat: Dalit armyman rides mare on wedding day; pelted with stones in police presence
Times Now
In a fresh case, a Dalit groom, who is serving in the Indian Army, was not allowed to ride a mare on his wedding day in Gujarat. The groom and the ...
Over 430 Dalits convert to Islam in Indian state citing injustice
The News International
COIMBATORE, Tamil Nadu: Post the tragic incident in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, where a wall collapsed and led to the death of 17 Dalits, close to ...
Dalit couple reached temple after marriage, villagers lock it
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
In Badaun, the bride and groom of a household reached the village temple, however as a result of being a Scheduled Caste, the folks of the village ...
UP: BJP to dispel doubts on CAA among Dalits, poor
Times of India
Top BJP sources said the party has directed leaders and cadre to visit Dalit-dominated pockets and tell them that the citizenship law is in favour of SCs ...
Ruckus in UP House over assault on Dalit man, 'threat' to Akhilesh Yadav
Yahoo India News
The issue of Dalits being allegedly beaten up in a Kanpur village and the alleged threat to the life of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav rocked the ...
UP Assembly stalled over threat to Akhilesh''s security - Outlook India
Tamil Nadu: Dalit man brutally beaten to death for defecating in field
IndiaGlitz.com
A 24-year-old Dalit man was viciously beaten to death by a group of locals in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram after he stopped to defecate in an open field ...
Tamil Nadu: Dalit Man Beaten To Death For Allegedly Defecating In A Field - Youth Ki Awaaz
Dalit girl's rape & murder: NCSC asks Doon DM, SSP to be present during case hearing
Times of India
Dehradun: National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sent a letter to Doon district magistrate (DM) and senior superintendent of police ...
Thakur Mob Attacks Dalits in Kanpur Dehat, Torches a House
NewsClick
Kanpur Dehat: In what can be said as the redux of Saharanpur clashes, over 30 people belonging to the dalit community sustained serious injuries ...
BJP, TRS governments against quota for dalits and tribals, says TPCC
The Hindu
Terming the protest taken up by the Congress as non-political, the TPCC president said it was organised to infuse confidence among dalit, tribal, ...
CAA meet sees calls to co-opt Dalits, other minorities
Times of India
NAGPUR: Calls were made to persuade Dalits and other minorities to join the anti CAA-NRC agitation, at a protest on Sunday. The main speakers ...
'Dalits do not get justice without stepping out on the streets': Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
Scroll.in
'Many people will be put in detention camps because of laws...that the ruling party has brought.' Scroll Staff. 12 hours ago .
Israel prepares for return of passengers quarantined on Japanese ship
i24NEWS
Dalit Gliksman talks to i24NEWS about parents who are quarantined on the Diamond Princess. As the quarantine period of the Japanese cruise ship ...
QCrime: 7 Held for Lynching Dalit Man in TN; Punjab Cop Kills Wife
The Quint
Police arrested seven people including three women on Friday, 14 February, on charges of lynching a 24-year-old Dalit in Villupuram district.
Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru
The New Indian Express
A century after Mysuru made history, quota debate is back; the Supreme Court verdict raises storm as Dalits are apprehensive about their future.
DALIT,
Daily update ⋅ 17 February 2020
Man on the run after raping Dalit teenager in UP's Bhadohi
Deccan Herald
Man on the run after raping Dalit teenager in UP's Bhadohi ... A man escaped from a village after allegedly raping a Dalit teenager in Uttar Pradesh's ...
'Spotted Goddesses – Dalit Women's Agency-Narratives on Caste and Gender Violence' review ...
The Hindu
Through ethnographic notes, a writer chronicles the fragile, vulnerable and personal experiences of women who, on occasion, know how to celebrate ...
Tamil Nadu: 7 including 3 women arrested for lynching Dalit youth
Times of India
VILUPURAM: Police arrested seven people including three women on Friday on charges of lynching a 24-year-old Dalit in Villupuram district.
If growth falters, Dalit social mobility will be hurt, says Amit Ahuja
Business Standard
What broad trends do you see in Dalit politics? Today, there are three broad, influential trends in Dalit politics: First, there are fewer opportunities for ...
NL Chhota Interview: Chandrashekhar Azad on being jailed, Dalit activism, and Mayawati
Newslaundry
An activist and politician known for his vocal stand against anti-Dalit sentiments in India, Chandrashekhar has been jailed multiple times over the ...
Dalit bodies take out rally against CAA,NRC
The Tribune
Under the banner of the Bharat Bachao Dalit Manch, a protest march, scheduled from the Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall to the RSS office here, was held.
Tired Of Being Sexually Abused By Principal, Dalit School Girl From Gujarat Attempts Suicide
India Times
A 16-year-old Dalit student in Surendranagar, Gujarat who had accused the headmaster of her school of sexually abusing her several times has ...
BJP, Sangh Parivar want to end reservation because they are anti-Dalit: Kharge
The New Indian Express
BJP's opposition to the Dalits, tribals and people from the backward classes runs in their DNA and starting the process to end reservations is a result of ...
Ram Vilas Paswan: Dalit MPs want Indian Judicial Service with quotas, I support demand
The Indian Express
Irked by the Supreme Court observations on reservation not being a fundamental right, Dalit MPs across party lines met at Union Food Minister Ram ...
Tamil Nadu: 24-year-old Dalit youth relieves himself in open, beaten to death by mob
Times Now
Chennai: Despite state governments claiming to make their cities open defecation free (ODF), the reality comes out in open every now and then.
BJP, Sangh are 'anti-Dalits'; Centre mulling to abolish SC/ST quota: Congress leader Anshul Avijit
The New Indian Express
NAGPUR: Congress national spokesperson Anshul Avijit on Saturday said the BJP and the Sangh Parivar were "anti-Dalit" and were working to ...
'Caste' to a corner
The New Indian Express
A Dalit IAS officer who is currently in service and wished to remain anonymous said the general explanation for the low representation of Scheduled ...
Modi government took the initiative to rejuvenate the backward villages of the country
News Track English
New Delhi: The government is going to intensify the campaign to develop backward and Dalit-dominated villages in the race for development.
Apartheid in UP temple
Telegraph India
A local police officer, who asked not to be named, said Dalits from villages adjoining Bhagwatipur, in Bareilly district, had started gathering near the ...
Supreme Court on reservation: Opening Pandora's box
National Herald
In April 2, 2018, a Bharat bandh called by less known Dalit organisations against the dilution of the stringent provisions of the SC, ST Prevention of ...
Woman loses deportation appeal, despite fearing her family will kill her
Stuff.co.nz
The woman is a member of the higher Jat caste and had married her husband, a member of the Dalit or Scheduled Caste, also known as the ...
'If Basavanna was alive, he would have said kagaz nahi dhikhayenge'
The Hindu
The Dalit leader met residents of slums in Kariyamanna Agrahara and Thubarahalli, who have been living with the threat of eviction, and also ...
Bhim Army chief warns of more Shaheen Baghs
Times of India
Jaisalmer: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has said the Centre was violating the rights of Dalits, minorities and tribals and warned that 5,000 ...
VCK demands action against police personnel
The Hindu
The VCK leader also said that his party would hold a protest against the lynching of a Dalit youth in Chenji, Villupuram district, a few days ago.
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani visits Bengaluru migrant settlements where hutments were razed
The News Minute
Jignesh Mewani, an independent MLA from Gujarat and a Dalit leader, visited migrant settlements in Bengaluru on Saturday morning, weeks after ...
The Casteless Collective: Musicalising Anti-Caste Conscience
NewsClick
In the name of Bollywood songs and indie-pop, the dalit-bahujan listeners have ... call 'reservation', and which are an entitlement of the dalit-bahujans.
Multi level irony: Leftists who don't believe in Hinduism and claim to fight casteism use Gangajal to ...
OpIndia
Now the communist and Dalit leaders consider the general category Hindus as untouchables, and feel the need to purify something with gangajal ...
Attempt to evict squatters foiled
Himalayan Times
The settlement comprises some 38 Dalit households belonging to the Paswan and Mushahar communities. They have demanded action against Sah ...
BJP names a Brahmin as MP unit chief
The Asian Age
... had witnessed massive anti-BJP protests in 2018 over the party's aggressive campaign to woo the Dalit and OBC votebank after the BJP-led NDA ...
Itanagar: APCC Dhrna against BJP's stand on reservations for ST & other communities
Arunachal24
Over 43,000 cases of atrocities were reported against our brothers and sisters belonging to the Dalit Community in just 2017 as per the NCRB data.
Congress protests against SC judgement on reservation
Star of Mysore
Asking the Centre to immediately file a petition seeking a review of its (SC) verdict, he blamed the BJP-led Government at the Centre for depriving Dalit ...
Building Inclusive Communities Is The Task Of Civil Society
Youth Ki Awaaz
During the Rajasthan floods of 2006, it was reported that people from the Dalit community were asked to leave relief camps for fear of 'polluting others' ...
Congress workers stage protest
Deccan Herald
Condemning the rise in the price of LPG cylinders and anti-Dalit policy of the Central government, District Congress Committee staged a protest in ...
Telangana needs a new women's commission
The Asian Age
A team of various women, dalit and bahujan organisations, including Dalit Women's Collective, Women & Transgender Joint Action Committee, made ...
Pakistan refugees overjoyed, to vote first time in local elections
The Tribune
Of them, nearly 90 per cent are Dalits. They are spread in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts. The families have been living in rural areas since 1947 ...
Pride and prejudice in a percussion tradition
The Asian Age
The internal debate over at what point of time the Hindu caste system became too oppressive for these dalits and they “converted” to Christianity to ...
How Muslims are creating a new vocabulary of secularism for Indian democracy
DALIT,
Daily update ⋅ 16 February 2020
Watch | Interview: 'I Hid My Dalit Identity Because I Was Afraid to Be Called A 'Quota Student''
The Wire
The Wire's Srishti Srivastava speaks to Yashica Dutt, author of Coming Out As Dalit about her book, identity and issues surrounding caste.
SC panel team visits Tolewal to look into Dalit water issue
Times of India
Sangrur: Two days after a local contractor disconnected the water supply to Dalits of Tolewal village over some pending dues, a team of Punjab State ...
Caste murder of Dalit man in TN: Govt told to pay Rs 25 lakh for inaction
The News Minute
The Tamil Nadu state government has been directed to pay a compensation of Rs 25,00,000 to the family of a Dalit man who was hacked to death by a ...
Govt doesn't care about us, feel Dalits
The Tribune
Social activists, writers and members of the Dalit community are upset at the 'raw deal' meted out them by the state government, which completed two ...
After Boy Tears Poster of Ambedkar, Clashes Erupt Between Dalit and Upper Caste Groups in UP
News18
Lucknow: A clash erupted between members of Dalit and upper caste communities, after a minor tore a poster of BR Ambedkar in Mangta Village, ...
Dalit minor girl made to clean school toilet by headmistress, allege parents
The New Indian Express
COIMBATORE: Parents of a 10-year-old Dalit girl and members of Student Federation of India (SFI) have filed a complaint against the headmistress of ...
Dalit MPs want Indian Judicial Service with quotas, I support demand: Ram Vilas Paswan
Yahoo India News
Dalit MPs from across parties met at Ram Vilas Paswan's house recently. (File). Irked by the Supreme Court observations on reservation not being a ...
Over 400 Dalits Converted to Islam Since Collapse of 'Caste Wall' Claimed 17 Lives, Says Tamil ...
News18
Around 400 Dalits from Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu have converted to Islam, claimed a Dalit outfit named Tamil Puligal Katchi. The outfit said ...
Casteism is everywhere, whether in rural or urban India, says Yashica Dutt
CNBCTV18
In 2016, New York-based writer-journalist Yashica Dutt 'came out' on Facebook as a Dalit in response to Hyderabad PhD scholar Rohith Vemula's ...
Six injured, house set on fire as upper caste members clash with Dalits in UP
OrissaPOST
Kanpur: Six persons were injured and a house was set ablaze in a clash between members of the Dalit and upper caste communities in Uttar ...
Priyanka Gandhi attacks UP govt over alleged attack on Dalits in Kanpur
ANI News
Priyanka Gandhi attacks UP govt over alleged attack on Dalits in Kanpur ... "The Dalits who were doing Bhimkatha in Manta village of Kanpur Dehat ...
More arrests as family allege casteist motive behind Gingee mob lynching
The New Indian Express
A day after a 26-year-old Dalit man was killed by a mob allegedly over suspicion that he misbehaved with a woman, relatives of the victim alleged ...
Tamil Nadu: Over 400 Dalits Convert to Islam After Linking Fatal Wall Collapse Incident in ...
LatestLY
Chennai, February 14: An incident of mass religious conversions was reported from Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district, where over 400 Dalits embraced ...
Ironical? Hindutva is all 'fire and spite', as Muslim women become apostles of peace
COUNTERVIEW
Dalit rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan said, 'The CAA is an integral part of Modi government's strategy of creating a stateless Muslim ...
Sharad Pawar upset over Uddhav Thackeray handing over Elgar Parishad case to NIA
Hindustan Times
The centre had directed the federal agency to take over the probe against the activists and the intellectuals linked to the Left and Dalit movements, ...
BJP conspiring against SCs, STs: Haryana Cong.
The Hindu
“The BJP and the RSS have an anti-Dalit, anti-adivasis and anti-Backward Classes mindset, which has resulted in rise in atrocities against them in the ...
'Construction Of Ram Mandir Will Start On Ram Navami In April': Janmabhoomi Trust Member ...
Swarajya
Kameshwar Chaupal the Dalit member of Shri Ram Janma Bhoomi Tirtha Kshetra - the trust responsible for the construction and upkeep of the Ram ...
Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad calls for a Bharat Bandh on February 23 to protest recent ...
Telegraph India
In 2018, another Supreme Court ruling had triggered a bandh called by various Dalit groups. The call led to widespread protests across the country, ...
Supreme Court quota ruling sends jitters across UP's political circles
The New Indian Express
The political parties, with considerable clout among backwards and Dalits, have voiced their concern over the SC ruling and rising suspicion at the ...
Govt committed to promote 'Make in India', khadi, Tribes India products: Piyush Goyal
Indus Dictum
... Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce ...
“It Was Kalakshetra's Loss”
NewsClick
... but its makers, Sebastian and others, are hardly remembered or celebrated in history, because of their social position, most of them Dalit Christians.
Cong state body to be constituted soon: Patil
The Tribune
Charging the BJP with indulging in Dalit vote bank politics, she asked the BJP to make its stand clear on the issue. Addressing a press conference ...
Mizoram Congress rallies for SC, ST rights
Telegraph India
The letter also said over 43,000 cases of atrocities against Dalit communities were reported in the country in 2017 of which 25 per cent occurred in ...
BJD Govt anti-OBC: Samajik Nyaya
Daily Pioneer
The Naveen Patnaik Government has always acted against Backward Class people, Dalits and Adivasis during the last 20 years, alleged Samajik ...
Delay in releasing housing grant hits People's Residence Programme
Himalayan Times
... 287 houses are being constructed for Kumal, Darai, Bote, Chepang, Gandharba and Dalit communities with the government support in the district.
Bhaskar wants courts to be more efficient, Jagran calls Hafiz Saeed conviction an eyewash
ThePrint
In states with a significant Dalit population like Punjab (32 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (21 per cent) and West Bengal (23.53 per cent), governments will ...
NHRC notice to DGP over activist's murder
OrissaPOST
Tripathy brought it to the notice of the rights body that the Dalit youth had taken to RTI activism about eight years ago. He filed a series of applications ...
Former MP calls for review of Supreme Court ruling on reservation in promotions
Star of Mysore
Bemoaning that Dalit MPs have shown little concern over the SC ruling, he urged them to exert pressure on the Union Government to pass a Bill in the ...
16 Joint Secretaries transferred
Khabarhub
Likewise, Joint Secretary Bhupal Baral at MOFAG has been transferred to the Office of Auditor General as Sushil Dhakal at National Dalit Commission ...
Lalu is claimed to be an higher caste & # 039; antagonist & # 039 ;, now he's giving such a press ...
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
Backward, extraordinarily backward, Dalit, Adivasi, minority society in addition to progressive society have additionally been given a stake within the ...
& # 039; The Donkey King & # 039; Most seen Pakistani movie, made many information
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
It has a horny character in it and the story of a Dalit man. The sixth most seen movie: Let me inform you, the movie 'The Donkey King' has develop into ...
DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 15 February 2020
Ten injured in 'thakur-dalit' clash in Uttar Pradesh
Deccan Herald
Ten persons have been injured as members of 'Thakur' and SC communities clashed over taking out a procession in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat ...
Over 400 Dalits in Coimbatore converted to Islam, claims outfit
The Hindu
Over 400 persons from Coimbatore have converted to Islam in recent weeks, Tamil Puligal, a Dalit outfit, has claimed. According to M. Ilavenil, general ...
Dalits and BJP take out pro-CAA rally in Hubballi
Deccan Herald
Under the banner of Pragatipara Dalit Okkutugala Mahasabha, members of Dalit organisations and BJP workers took out a rally in Hubballi on ...
Coimbatore: Head mistress forced 10-year-old Dalit girl to clean toilet?
The New Indian Express
COIMBATORE: Parents of a 10-year-old Dalit girl and members of Student Federation of India have filed a complaint against the headmistress of ...
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar calls for Delhi Chalo on March 4 against CAA
The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar called for a march in the capital on March 4 to protest against the CAA. The 'Delhi Chalo' march would ...
Headmistress of Coimbatore school accused of forcing Dalit girl to clean toilet
The Hindu
A Dalit man from Idikarai in Coimbatore lodged a complaint with the Periyanaickenpalayam police on Thursday, alleging that the headmistress of his ...
Gujarat: Principal Rapes, Molests Dalit Minor for Year, Victim Attempts Suicide
NewsClick
A 16-year-old dalit girl slashed her wrist in an attempt to commit suicide on February 12 at Chotila, Surendranagar district after allegedly being raped ...
6 injured in UP caste clash
Daijiworld.com
Kanpur, Feb 14 (IANS): Six persons were injured and a house was set ablaze in a clash between members of the Dalit and upper caste communities ...
Water supply restored to Dalits' homes in Sangrur's Tolewal village
The Tribune
“On Wednesday, we received information that the water supply to the houses of Dalits at Tolewal had been stopped by some upper caste men by ...
BJP wows to expose Congress on Dalit reservation issue
The Hans India
Hyderabad: Launching a scathing attack on Congress party, Telangana BJP State president Dr K Laxman alleged that the party is hatching another ...
Chotila rape: Accused sent to police remand
Ahmedabad Mirror
According to case details, the 16-year-old Dalit student used a blade to slash her wrist multiple times in an attempt to kill herself on Tuesday after ...
Social Boycott, a powerful oppressive tool to perpetuate caste hierarchies in Gujarat
Kashmir Times
A new Dalit leadership also emerged from the Una flogging incident. As the Dalit groups were uniting, a young dynamic speaker Jignesh Mewani ...
Nitish Kumar''s aide seeks his intervention for safeguarding
Outlook India
"Dalits across the country are once again hataash (disheartened) and niraash (disappointed) because of non- implementation of reservation in ...
Unkept Secrets: 'People often look the other way'
Jewish News
Director Dalit Kimor has confronted the issue head on in Unkept Secrets, a brave, shocking and emotive documentary on child sex abuse within the ...
'Biased' annulment of YWSLCS halted: Andhra Pradesh MLA Vidadala Rajini
The New Indian Express
The government allocated 416.50 acres of land for 250 Dalit families at Yadevalli village of Chilakaluripet rural mandal.
Delhi polls: AAP— Catch-all party that brought communities, castes under one net
The Indian Express
Nearly three-fourths (72%) of Jatavs, two-thirds of Balmikis and two-thirds of the other Dalit castes reposed their faith in the party yet again. While these ...
Hyderabad: All India Scheduled Castes Rights Protection Society has alleged that Both Centre ...
The Hans India
... All India Scheduled Castes Rights Protection Society has alleged that both the state and the central governments are ignoring the welfare of Dalits.
Phagwara clash: HC dismisses bail plea of 2 right-wing Hindu leaders
Hindustan Times
The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed bail pleas of two accused in the April 2018 clash between Dalits and members of the right-wing ...
BJP conspiring to end reservation: Surjewala
United News of India
"BJP's DNA is atrocities on Dalits, attack on the 'Jal, Jangal & Jameen' of the Scheduled Tribes and trampling upon the rights of backward classes," ...
Uddhav Thackeray overrules NCP on Elgar Parishad case
Times of India
The Elgar Parishad was a gathering held by Dalit groups and others at Shaniwar Wada in Pune on December 31, 2017, a day before violence broke ...
BJP, RSS planning to scrap reservations: RC Khuntia
Telangana Today
“While the BJP made Dalit scholar Ram Nath Kovind President of India, the Congress always treated Muslims as vote bank. Why did the Congress ...
Why Must the Uttarakhand Govt Undermine Urdu to Promote Sanskrit?
The Wire
... opposed the introduction of philosophy at Anna University, arguing that this would be a proxy for Sanskrit, which according to many Dalit scholars, ...
Shun RJD image of MY party: Tejashwi
Times of India
In a first, RJD introduced 27% quota for extremely backward caste candidates (EBCs) and 18% for the Dalits in the selection of district presidents and ...
Anti CAA Protests: Students, activists begin hunger strike in Ghazipur jail, after being arrested for ...
Telegraph India
We are getting divided into Hindu-Muslim, Dalit-Savarna, Forward-Backward, India-Pakistan,” read their call under the name of Nagrik Satyagrah.
"No Review So Long As Social Inequality Exists": Chirag Paswan On Quota
ndtv.com
Chirag Paswan claimed that reservations will need to remain "as long as Dalits are prevented from entering temples to worship" by their upper-caste ...
Letter From Issue Editor
Outlook India
An individual can be a north Indian, one who hails from Punjab, as also a Dalit or Brahmin. Similarly, a person can be a man, woman, third gender, ...
'Unlike BJP, Congress is not run by two people, our president will be decided in a plenary session ...
Free Press Journal
Speaking with the media, Surjewala called the RSS and the BJP as “anti-Dalit”. “They can't see the upliftment of underprivileged communities.
Priyanka lambasts UP govt over law, order
Daily Pioneer
Alleging that the Modi government was conspiring to end reservation, Surjewala charged that the BJP and Sangh Parivar have been anti-Dalit, ...
Stunning gender gap: Women voters powered AAP's landslide in Delhi
Yahoo India News
Similarly, while among Dalit men, AAP led the BJP by 21 percentage points, among Dalit women its lead over BJP was a mammoth 65 percentage ...
Navi Mum BJP leaders likely to defect to Shiv Sena, NCP
Hindustan Times
There is a large Muslim and Dalit population here that is not comfortable with the party,”he added. Meanwhile, three BJP women corporators and four ...
Elgar Parishad case: HC rejects anticipatory bail pleas of Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde
Hindustan Times
The case relates to the violence on New Year's Day in 2018 on the banks of the Bhima river, where thousands of people, mostly Dalits, had gathered ...
DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 14 February 2020
Maharashtra: 16-year-old Dalit girl raped by ten persons; five arrested
Deccan Herald
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by 10 persons for over six months in Maharashtra's Solapur district, police said on Wednesday. Five of the ...
Raped by teacher twice, Dalit minor slashes her wrist
Ahmedabad Mirror
Massive protests erupted in Chotila with Dalit community members blocking a part of Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway for hours on Tuesday , demanding ...
Indian Christians cheer court restoring Dalit protection law
UCAN
India's top court has restored provisions of a law designed to protect socially poor indigenous and Dalit people from atrocities, eliciting applause from ...
SC on reservations: Does politics hamper objective review of India's quota for Dalits, OBCs?
ThePrint
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government saying that it is “in the DNA” of the BJP and RSS to end the reservation policy ...
Dalit outfits seek DNA-based NRC, withdrawal of Citizenship Amendment Act
Ahmedabad Mirror
Gorakhpur: Dalit outfits here ran a postcard campaign against the Citizenship Amendment Act and sought a DNA- based National Register of Citizens.
BJP against Dalit-Backward; CAA being used to divide the society, says Priyanka Gandhi in ...
National Herald
Terming the saffron party as “Dalit-Backward Virodhi”, Priyanka in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh said that CAA is being used to divide the society.
Congress to fight Centre's anti-Dalit, backward classes stand
Deccan Chronicle
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to take up massive protests against anti-Dalit and backward classes ...
Bring DNA-based NRC to know original residents; withdraw CAA: Dalit outfits in Uttar Pradesh
Times Now
Dalit outfits in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur urged the central government to bring a DNA-based National Register of Citizens (NRC) in order to ...
Now Dalits getting a fair deal, says MLA
The Hindu
Vemuru MLA Merugu Nagarjuna has said that Dalits have been solidly behind YSRCP chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for the last ten years and the ...
BJP regime anti-Dalit and anti-Backward: Rajbhar
Daily Pioneer
Hitting out at the Yogi Adityanath government, former minister and Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said that the Bharatiya ...
India Today peddles fake news about 3000 Dalits converting to Islam after wall collapse, here is ...
OpIndia
In a report, India Today group claimed that close to 3,000 people from the Dalit community converted to Islam in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, after ...
BJP is anti-Dalit & anti-backward: Om Prakash Rajbhar
United News of India
Ghazipur, Feb 12 (UNI) Hitting out at the Yogi Adityanath Government, president of Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party Om Prakash Rajbhar on ...
Bhim Army chief calls for Feb 23 shut down against SC verdict
Daijiworld.com
He also warned that if the MPs and MLAs of the backward and Dalit classes did not support the call, there would be a demonstration in front of their ...
Sangrur: Dalits accuse village landlords of forcibly stopping water supply, SC commission steps in
The Indian Express
Tolewala has about 40 houses belonging to the Dalit community. They have alleged that tubewell room of water works department was locked due to ...
Panel to educate Dalits on impact of CAA, NRC & NPR
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: The Alliance against the CAA and the NRC, Hyderabad Chapter, has decided to hold 'Basti Sabhas' to educate people belonging to the ...
'Discriminated, treated like animals': Over 400 Dalits convert to Islam in Tamil Nadu; 3000 in queue
Times Now
Coimbatore: Hundreds of Dalits in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu converted to Islam claiming that they faced casteist 'discrimination' by ...
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS-WESTERN REGION AT 1700 HRS
Outlook India
Solapur: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by 10 persons for over six months in Maharashtra''s Solapur district, police said on Wednesday.
Transfer of CEO will not affect inquiry: Collector
The Hindu
Dalit Intellectual Collective, a Dalit rights organisation, demanded that the headmaster must be booked under provisions of the Protection of Children ...
Experts dwell on literature at Punjabi University
The Tribune
The Centre for Advanced Studies, Punjabi Department, Punjabi University, is organising a two-day national seminar on “Punjabi kavita: Women, Dalit ...
Caste Out Of Campus: Apartheid Methods Of Public Classification Lead To Prejudice
Outlook India
Locals point out that when IIT-Madras was being set up, it took at least 76 acres of land belonging to the Dalit community following agreements ...
In a minority, but a major presence in our prisons - Times of India
Times of India
People from marginalised sections — Muslims, dalits and tribals — are over-represented in Indian jails, shows a recent National Crime Records ...
Dalits support decentralisation: Meruga Nagarjuna
The Hans India
Amaravati: YSRCP criticised that during the TDP rule Dalits lands were encroached and also attacked them in many instances. Addressing at a press ...
Youth gets life term for raping minor girl in Hisar
Hindustan Times
A local court on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old to life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor Dalit girl of a village in Hansi ...
Delhi Congress recast imminent, says Lilothia
Outlook India
"The Dalit vote shifted to AAP... the party should now come up with a strategy to get this chunk of voters back," said Lilothia. He also called for better ...
Gujarat: School trustee held for raping 15-year-old student
Deccan Herald
... of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Acts, as the victim belongs to the Dalit community, ...
500 postcards against CAA, NRC posted to PM Modi
Times of India
... Amendment Act, National Register of Citizenship (NRC) and NPR were posted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Dalit outfit Poorvanchal Sena, ...
An art entrepreneur
The Hindu
Along the way, I have been helped by many people, including women and the dalit community.” She is happy that more women are performing.
RJD hopes for Lalu's release before Bihar assembly polls
Economic Times
He targeted RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comments on job reservations and galvanised OBC and Dalit votes in favour of the grand alliance.
Mah Kranthi Sena stages sit-in to protest against recent fatal assaults on women
United News of India
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Feb 12 (UNI) Maharashtra Kranthi Sena(MKS) on Wednesday staged a sit-in agitation in front of the District Collector ...
'What Government is Scared of Non-Violent Citizens?' ask Anti-CAA Activists Arrested in UP
NewsClick
The recent crackdown was seen when scores of cultural, political, Dalit and student activists were arrested for protesting against the Citizenship ...
Won't object to CBI probe in Walayar rape case if victims' parents demand same in HC: Pinarayi ...
Yahoo India News
The case pertains to two minor Dalit girls, who were found hanging inside their one-room home in the border district of Walayar in Palakkad 52 days ...
BJP leader calls for strict punishment in crimes against women
News Today
Besides,a 50 year old Dalit woman was set ablaze last week by a man after she resisted his move to enter her house in Aurangabad district.
DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 13 February 2020
Dalit organisations to take out pro-CAA rally
The Hindu
Pragatipara Dalita Okkutagala Mahasabha, a federation of Dalit organisations will take out a mega rally in Hubballi on Thursday to create awareness ...
Over 430 Dalits convert to Islam in Coimbatore citing injustice, more conversions underway
India Today
Post the tragic incident in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, where a wall collapsed and led to the death of 17 Dalits, close to 3,000 people from the Dalit ...
Maharashtra: 16-year-old Dalit girl raped by 10 persons; five arrested
Pune Mirror
Solapur: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by 10 persons for over six months in Maharashtra 's Solapur district , police said on Wednesday.
Irate dalits protest over removal of Sant Ravidas' statue
The Hindu
Hundreds of people from various dalit communities staged a demonstration at their village Rasulpur in the district to protest the desecration and ...
Madhya Pradesh: CM Kamal Nath to deal with Dalit stir cases withdrawal
Yahoo India News
The cases are against the people of upper caste and those of Dalit. Nevertheless, neither the officials of the police department nor those of the law ...
Delhi election results: AAP wins all 12 seats reserved for SC candidates
India Today
Dalit voters were an important vote bank for which there was intense rivalry between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiaya Janata ...
Dalit man converted to Christianity alleges girlfriend's family made him convert to Islam and ...
OpIndia
A 25-year-old Dalit man who had embraced Christianity, Bobbili Bhaskar, has alleged that his girlfriend's family made him convert to Islam, undergo ...
Irate dalits protest over removal of Sant Ravidas'' statue
Outlook India
Muzaffarnagar, Feb 11 (PTI) Hundreds of people from various dalit communities staged a demonstration at their village Rasulpur in the district to ..
Warring groups beat up cops on peace mission
The New Indian Express
Three policemen, including a woman constable were injured when they went to pacify two rioting groups of Dalits and caste Hindus in Karaikal on
Chandrashekhar Azad warn Kamal Nath of agitation if govt fails to withdraw cases against Dalits
Yahoo India News
BHOPAL: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad warned chief minister Kamal Nath of aggressive agitation if cases registered against Dalits were not ...
Dalit Mitra to fete Dr Nitin Raut on February 15
The Hitavada
Yogesh Wagde, Secretary and Bhushan Dadwe, Treasurer, Bandopant Tembhurne, Ruprao Raut and members have requested all Dalit Mitra and ...
MH-KOREGAON BHIMA PANEL EXTENSION
Outlook India
Dalits commemorate the victory as a symbol of defeat of the old Brahmanical order. Pune Police had claimed that inflammatory statements made a day ...
BSP wiped out too as AAP tsunami sweeps Delhi
Daijiworld.com
"The core Dalit vote did not think that we are a formidable force" in Delhi, he said. Laxman Singh said that it was a "tsunami". The BSP had put its best ...
Indian Christians demand court review of quota ruling
UCAN
“The order is a big blow to the empowerment of the country's Dalit and tribal ... Father Nayak, who has a Dalit background, told UCA News on Feb.
Samiti condemns courtorder on reservation
The Hindu
... are not bound to provide it, members of the Karnataka State Dalit Sangharsh Samiti demanded that the case be referred to a Constitutional Bench.
Ravan: Public power was on exhibition in Delhi polls
Daily Pioneer
Your jobs, assets, education and everything would be snatched away, Azad warned Muslims and Dalits claiming 44 per cent Dalits have no land ...
Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards
TwoCircles.net
A woman reporter coming from a Dalit background, Meena, has created history by being the first journalist to win awards simultaneously in two ...
'They Said Shaheen Bagh Should Feel the Shock, But...': Bhim Army Chief on Delhi Election Results
News18
Bhopal: Dalit leader and Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said people's power is on display in the national capital that gave a thumping
BJP Leader Calls For Strict Punishment In Crimes Against Women
Republic World
Besides, a 50-year-old Dalit woman was set ablaze last week by a man after she resisted his move to enter her house in Aurangabad district.
Mukul Wasnik to inaugurate Raj Bhavan march, Dharna on Feb 17 for SC/ST quota in jobs
United News of India
The agitation, which will be jointly organised by the District Committee of Congress party and Bharatheeya Dalit Congress, will be attended by ...
Students should be educated in mother tongue: MP Governor Lalji Tandon
Yahoo India News
Also Read: Madhya Pradesh: CM Kamal Nath to deal with Dalit stir cases withdrawal. Tandon advocated on the efforts to educate society in their ...
Why are Punjab women getting stuck in Arab countries they go to for work
Yahoo India News
Most such women are either illiterate or semi-literate, and majority belong to Dalit families living in harsh conditions here. With AAP MP Bhagwant
Workshop to foster entrepreneurship among tribals under Van Dhan scheme opened
Indus Dictum
... Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) and PHD Chamber are also providing support and participation in the Van Dhan program.
Be reasonable and fair!
The Northlines
Instead, it has caused the self-styled champions of SCs, STs to criticise it and blame the incumbent central government for its alleged anti-Dalit bias.
Delhi mandate shows Indians socially kind and politically wise: Akhilesh Yadav
The New Indian Express
With over 20 lakh Dalits and 12 reserved seats, Delhi BSP was banking heavily on the Dalit votes. The BSP had contested its first assembly polls of ...
Hotels lose business as protesters turn up heat
Times of India
... conducted by pro-Tamil and dalit outfits on Dr Balasundaram Road. Last month, during an anti-CAA protest, many bakeries and hotels were forcibly ...
Bawana Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates | Delhi Assembly Elections; Constituency, Party ...
Firstpost
Delhi Assembly Election 2020, Bawana profile: The Bawana Assemby constituency, which is along the Haryana border, saw a straight fight between ...
Mosque, Temple Loudspeakers In UP To Be Used To Popularize Govt Schemes
League Of India
LUCKNOW (Uttar Pradesh): The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation has now decided to use loudspeakers installed in mosques to make ...
Order passed by SC surprising, contrary to spirit of Constitution: CM
Daily Pioneer
The working and thinking of BJP is against the interests of Dalit and tribals as it is constantly taking decisions against the interests of scheduled castes ...
Madhya Pradesh: 9 of Mandsaur family killed in Rajasthan accident
Yahoo India News
Also Read: Madhya Pradesh: CM Kamal Nath to deal with Dalit stir cases withdrawal. The bodies will be handed over to family of the deceased after ...
TRS leader who's also contractor for govt SC girls hostel held for sexually harassing inmates
The New Indian Express
He used to visit the hostel on pretext of supervising catering work and would sexually harass girls, which included touching them inappropriately and ...
Rahul Gandhi-Priyanka Gandhi rallies prove non-starter;Congress puts up worst ever performance
Catch News
Rahul had addressed a rally in Kondli and campaigned for two Dalit candidates but they too lost their deposits. The story remained same in case of ...
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 12 February 2020
Dalit, Tribal MPs criticise SC decision on reservation; seek corrective action from Modi govt
Outlook India
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Several Dalit and tribal MPs, including Union ministers, criticised on Monday the Supreme Court''s decision on reservation,
Deaf-mute UP Dalit woman testifies against her rapist
The New Indian Express
The Dalit woman testified in court with the help of two interpreters. The matter surfaced when the woman was found to be pregnant. A DNA test ...
SC/ST Amendment Act: Dalit, tribal rights activists welcome Supreme Court verdict
The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: Dalit organisations welcomed the SC order upholding the constitutional validity of SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018. “This is a very good ...
Dalits mull stir over promotion verdict
The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: Following the Supreme Court order that reservations for promotions in government jobs is not a fundamental right, Dalit groups have said ...
BJP's anti-Dalit face has been exposed umpteen times: Cheema
United News of India
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (UNI) Senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Leader of Opposition, Harpal Singh Cheema has accused the BJP of ...
Dalit man shot, one other hurt in clash
Times of India
Allahabad: A 20-year-old Dalit man was shot dead while another was injured when two groups clashed over a petty dispute at Shringverpur under ...
BJP depriving Dalits of jobs, says Cheema
The Tribune
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh Cheema has accused the BJP of being anti-Dalit by disagreeing to the Supreme Court's ...
Ending the Scourge of Scavenging
Qrius
Bezwada Wilson is a crusader against manual scavenging and the systemic discrimination that it perpetrates against the Dalit community. Born into a ...
Why Mayawati is scared of Priyanka Gandhi's visit to Uttar Pradesh
MyNation
Mayawati alleged that the Congress and BJP are using the name of the great Dalit saint for their political gains and agenda despite doing nothing for ...
Congress tries to deflect blame to BJP
Telegraph India
It claimed that RSS had always been anti-Dalit, anti-tribal, anti-OBCs, and its government intended to demolish constitutional rights guaranteed to ...
Ram temple trust meeting on Feb 19; date for start of construction, trustee appointments on agenda
Financial Express
The Modi government has announced that at least one person on the 15-member trust will be a Dalit. Member of 'Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha ...
Things to do in Ahmedabad today
Ahmedabad Mirror
Kadubai Kharat is a Dalit folk artist who lives in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. She sings songs of Babasaheb in various Dalit localities in Aurangabad ...
Dallit unions to support Pramatha Ganamela
citytoday
Dalit organisations are extending support for the event,” said the president of the union, Dr M Venkataswamy at a press meet at Mysuru press club on ...
Queer Azadi Carnival: Breaking free from the Binaries
The New Indian Express
When transgender activists, Dalit feminists and members of the queer community came together in the city on Sunday, they made it clear that their ...
K'taka: RSS opposes Jesus statue at Kapala Betta
Goa Chronicle
They had to face a 'Go Back RSS' protest by Dalits as the location from where the march commenced has the strong presence of the Dalit community.
Bajrang Dal workers & Dalits clash in Mau, 8 held: Police
Yahoo India News
A Clash broke out between a group of Bajrang Dal workers and local residents, including Dalits, who were taking out a procession to mark the birth ...
Parliament: Uproar within the Lok Sabha over SC's choice on reservation, Rajnath mentioned ...
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
During the Zero Hour within the Lok Sabha, Congress and DMK members focused the federal government and referred to as it anti-Dalit and ...
Madipur Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates | Delhi Assembly Elections; Constituency, Party ...
Firstpost
... its ticket to Kailash Sankla; Dalit voters reportedly form at least one-fourth of the electorate. Madipur is an area with a large working-class population.
'Protect women depositors of micro-finance firms'
The Hindu
It was organised by the Karnataka Runamukta Horata Samiti, Zilla Runamukta Horata Samiti, Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti, Bhima Garjane ...
Man pelts stone at procession, booked
Times of India
Members of the Dalit community were taking out the procession in the village on Sunday, when one Sonu of the Rajput community threw a stone at ...
Reservation in jobs to FIR in SC/ST Act: Caste-based rights get realigned in Supreme Court
India Today
The Modi government, under pressure in the face of being branded as anti-Dalit, introduced an amendment to the SC/ST Act restoring the original ..
16-year-long struggle to make government offices accountable pays off in Odisha
The Hindu
Meet Baghambar Patnaik, a septuagenarian Dalit rights activist, who single-handedly ensured the implementation of the Right To Acknowledgement ...
Govt says not party to SC order on SC/STs
United News of India
... Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
FIR lodged against 21 anti-CAA protesters at Lucknow
The Hindu
... the FIR are advocate Mohammad Shoaib, who heads the civil rights group Rihai Manch, Congress worker Sadaf Jafar and Dalit leader P. C. Kureel.
Centre transfers Bhima-Koregaon case to NIA
കേരള കൌമുദി
Dalits visit the memorial in large numbers as it commemorates the victory of British forces which included Dalit Mahar soldiers over the army of the .
BJP govts sytematically eroding quota system for backwards: Priyanka Gandhi
Yahoo India News
BJP first tried to tamper with the law made against the atrocities on Dalit Adivasis. Now it is weakening the right of equality given by the Constitution ...
The calumny against Gandhi
The Hindu
For example, B.R. Ambedkar criticised Gandhi for letting down Dalits by going on a fast unto death against the separate electorate granted to them in ...
Opinion | Shield for the weak
Livemint
But the oppression of Dalits and Tribals remains so flagrant in India, that the recourse to justice assured by it outweighs the risk of its misuse. It's best to ...
BJP MP tells poet Munawwar Rana's daughter Sumaiya to go to Pakistan
Times of India
AGRA: BJP MP from Aligarh, Satish Gautam, has asked social activist Sumaiya Rana, daughter of leading Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, to go to .
NRC fears don't cross the divide: among poor Hindus, a confidence, assured sense of place
The Indian Express
“We, Dalits, don't own any land” says Raju Ram, “but generations have lived here. Bahut sa kaagaz patra nahin hai, toh bhi. (We have very few papers ...
“Not Everyone Is 'Sid' In 'Dil Chahta Hai' Or Priyanka Chopra In Real Life”
Youth Ki Awaaz
“A young married couple was allegedly killed in Lakkalakatti village of Gajendragad Taluk here by the woman's brothers for marrying a Dalit man, ...
16 SPs among 52 IPS Officers Transferred in MP, Dhar DIG Shunted out over Lynching Case
News18
Sagar DIG Dipak Verma has been transferred in the same capacity in Bhopal SAF. The state government had to face flak after a Dalit man, Dhan ...
DALIT, Daily update ⋅ 11 February 2020
'Dalit Outfits Used Our SC Commission Grant To Fund Their Politics': Husband Of Asifabad ...
Swarajya
Three days before the horrific brutality meted out to a 26-year-old veterinary doctor, Priyanka Reddy, came to light, a Dalit woman was found similarly ...
Rise of Chandrashekhar Azad — from Saharanpur's saviour to darling of anti-CAA protests
ThePrint
The Dalit leader has captured the imagination of the nation as the anti-CAA protesters, particularly in the national capital, have whole-heartedly ...
BJP, RSS Can't Stand Idea That Dalits, Tribals And OBCs Have Reservation, Says Rahul Gandhi
LatestLY
"BJP and RSS can't stand the idea that Dalits, Tribals and OBCs have reservations. It is in their DNA. They wake up every morning and this irritates ...
SC upholds 2018 amendments to SC/ST Act, dismisses pleas
THE WEEK
... the SC/ST Ac. The Centre soon filed a review petition over the ruling as protests broke out across the country with dalit groups angry at the verdict.
“Despite State Repression, People Are Finally Rising Against Divisive Politics”
Youth Ki Awaaz
India is witnessing mass civil disobedience against the traitors, liars, religious bigots, casteists, anti-women and science, anti-Dalits and minorities.
WEB
Priyanka Gandhi's Dalit outreach in Ravidas temple visit
Yes Punjab
Guru Ravidas, a Dalit seer, poet-saint, social reformer and a spiritual figure who was a part of the Bhakti movement in the 15th and 16th century, ...
10-yr-old disabled Dalit girl dies in Kerala
Anu, a resident of Thottumukkam in Kozhikode, was hospitalised on February 2 after she was found unconscious at the hostel. She was in intensive ...
As expected, Muslim-Dalit vote split ensures Sanjay Dhotre win
Times of India(mob)
Though the final results would be out after midnight, BJP' Akola candidate Sanjay Dhotre secured on unassailable lead of over 2.75 lakh votes after ...
Dalit capitalism meaning
josirail.com
n this study i i adopt ppavoo's praxis-oria - Through such moves, they are making a public constituency for anti-Dalit sentiments. Dalits make up about ...
vemula rohit native place talking
vitekivpddns.com
Rohith Vemula suicide case not a dalit versus non-dalit ... ; Rohith Vemula ... Party (BJP) on Thursday accused the Congress of using Dalits as tools.
DALIT,
Daily update ⋅ 10 February 2020
Priyanka's Dalit outreach in Ravidas temple visit
Daijiworld.com
Guru Ravidas, a Dalit seer, poet-saint, social reformer and a spiritual figure who was a part of the Bhakti movement in the 15th and 16th century, ...
Priyanka's UP visit on Ravidas Jayanti not just a courtesy call - it's an attempt to woo Dalit community
Times Now
After losing Dalit vote base to BSP and SP in Mandal politics, Congress has long tried to make overtures to woo back the voters from the community in ...
RSS activists take out march, while Dalits stage protest against them
The Hindu
They had to face a 'Go Back RSS' protest by Dalits as the location from where the march commenced has the presence of the Dalit community.
10-yr-old disabled Dalit girl dies in Kerala: Family says school denied timely treatment
The News Minute
Anu's neighnours remember her as a smart, active girl who expressed with her actions. The 10-year-old Dalit girl was speech and hearing impaired, ...
After 7 yrs, Dalits take out yatra on Ravidas Jayanti
Times of India
Bijnor: Following threats of conversion by hundreds of Dalit residents of Shyamiwala village in UP's Bijnor district, local administration conceded to ...
Why eyebrows are being raised over inclusion of a Dalit BJP leader in Ram Temple trust
India TV
While some perceive it as BJP playing the Dalit card, appointing one of its own from Bihar also sends a political message ahead of the crucial Bihar
Uttar Pradesh: Loudspeakers in mosques and temples to be utilised to popularise state ...
OpIndia
In one such incident in June last year, a Muslim mob reportedly entered a temple in Ghasauli village, Meerut, and beat up a group of Dalit men who
Reservation in promotions | Congress, LJP disagree with Supreme Court's order
The Hindu
... had pushed for reservation in promotions. Taking on the saffron party, the Dalit leader said, “The BJP is basically against Dalits and reservation.” ...
Caste or CAA, resist anything that divides: Perumal Murugan
Deccan Herald
“The Soviet Union had fallen, and it was the time when post-modernism, feminism, magical realism and Dalit voices came up in Tamil,” he says.
Uttar Pradesh: Political tussle over 14th-century poet Sant Ravidas
Free Press Journal
Shri Guru Ravidas was the 14th century saint-poet whose birthplace is the biggest pilgrimage for followers of Ramdasia Sikhs, Adi-Dharmi and Dalit ...
On Shaheen Bagh Protests, BJP's Sushil Modi Offers A Different Take
NDTV Profit
"There are some elements in the country who are attempting to forge a Dalit-Muslim alliance in recent times. These people tell the Dalits that they are ...
Hutar villagers seek freedom from extremism
Daily Pioneer
A dalit woman told the SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta, “They come in groups and demand money.” She said she has faith in Gupta and thus she ...
Congress MP KTS Tulsi exposes secret AAP-Congress alliance for Delhi polls, says Congress ...
OpIndia
Political experts are of the view that the Muslim-Dalit vote bank could have split between AAP and the Congress in 2020, had the latter put out a strong ...
Chandrakant Patil slams MVA over crimes against women
The Asian Age
On February 5, a 50-year-old Dalit woman was set ablaze by a man when she tried to resist his move to enter her house in Aurangabad district.
SC-ST-OBC reservation necessary: CPM
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
The occasion has termed this interpretation of the Constitution as anti-Dalit, anti-tribal and anti-OBC. Explain that the Supreme Court mentioned in ...
NCSC asks Kendrapada SP for appearance
Daily Pioneer
The National Commission for Scheduled Cast (NCSC) has asked the SP of Kendrapada for personal appearance in the matter of a Dalit RTI activist's ...
Sant Ravidas Jayanthi celebrated in Chilkur
The Hans India
Chilkur: Magha Pournami is the day of divine appearance of Sant Shiromani Ravidas. His Jayanthi celebration was done grandly at Chilkur by ...
Respectfully disagreeing SC decision over SC/ST reservation: Cong
United News of India
... but the fundamental right conferred by the Constitution", said AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik along with Dalit leader and party spokesperson ...
RM chair takes flight after feticide charge in Panchthar
Himalayan Times
The victim, who is from the Dalit community said she had conceived following love marriage with a staffer at local branch of Mega Bank, who is from ...
Hyderabad: People urged to go to Degree College in Bagh Lingampally
The Hans India
Bagh Lingampally: SFI city president Ashok Reddy, secretary Javed and KVPS leader Pagadala Lakshmaiah urged everyone to watch the recently
RJD changes tack tick, woos extremely backward castes in Bihar
The New Indian Express
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday has gone for a sea change in its make-up, appointing persons from extremely backward castes as ...
Ramdas Athawale Calls Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik 'good Friend', Urges Him To Join NDA
Republic World
Athawale also expressed grave concerns with regard to the state of Dalits in Odisha. After attending a review meeting on the condition of Dalits in the ...
643rd birthday of Guru Ravi Dass Ji celebrated
Daily Excelsior
... who got the Shobha Yatra of Guru Ji stayed through court this year. He assured the Sangat that he will remain in service of Dalit Samaj all the times.
Nrithya Pillai: Decoding the dance divide
The New Indian Express
“We still have people who are talking about one Dalit dancer — Kali Veerapathiran — and that is still news for us. If you ask them why the reform took ...
Uddhav takes dig at cousin Raj, says have not changed party's flag colour
Daily Pioneer
The apparent intention behind Raj changing his party's earlier flag, colour of which represented Dalit community, Hindutva ad Musilm community, was ...
Mallikarjuna Kharge emerges frontrunner for KPCC chief's post now
The New Indian Express
But the senior Dalit leader is also in the reckoning for the more important All-India Congress Committee president's post after he successfully stitched ...
RM chair figures on police wanted list
Himalayan Times
Panchthar, February 9. Police have included Panchthar's Kummyak Rural Municipality Chair Jay Bahadur Chemjong in their list of fugitives.
People have seen through PM's trickery: Nath
Yahoo India News
Leader of Opposition Gopal Bhargava said Nath did not care about Dalits. Citing the recent killing of a Dalit who was in a dispute with his neighbours, ...
Congress chief counts deficiencies of BJP on CAA
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
In Dhar district, Dalit minorities are opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act on the traces of Shahin Bagh, Congress MLA Hiralal Alava surrounded ...
10-yr-old disabled Dalit girl dies in Kerala
10-yr-old disabled Dalit girl dies in Kerala: Family says school denied timely treatment. The family came to know after her funeral that a school staff ...
Dalit and Social Justice
AbeBooks
AbeBooks.com: Dalit and Social Justice (9789350848142) by Jai Shankar Pr. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books ...
