Rajkot: A 17-year-old Dalit girl committed suicide by consuming poison at her school in Visavadar of Junagadh district onMonday. Police said the girl, identified as Kajal Parmar, had come to N C Parmar High School, where she used to study, carrying a bottle of poison which she consumed during the recess time. “Kajal’s father Khoda […]
Ahmedabad: Two members of the Dalit community, residents of Madhavpura, suffered injuries in a fight with members of the Thakor community, in the Idgah area of the city on Sunday, during a procession headed for the immersion of a Ganesha idol. According to the FIR registered at Madhavpura police station by Jigar Rathod, Dalit community […]
Ahmedabad: Gopal Mahida was discharged from VS Hospital on Sunday The students accused of ragging and torturing a first year Dalit student of a college used to harass other students as well, it has emerged. Police arrested two more persons, including aminor, in the case. Meanwhile on Sunday morning, the victim, Gopal Mahida, received a […]
Muzaffarnagar: A 22-year-old Dalit woman had to leave college after being allegedly harassed by a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Monday. Following a complaint from the woman’s family Sunday, a case was registered against the man, Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Kumar said. The man, who is at large, was booked […]
Madurai: National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), a non-governmental organisation working against caste discrimination in Indian churches, has alleged humiliation of a Vicar Forane (VF) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dindigul, who is a Dalit, by members of a dominant caste who prevented his entry into Muthalagupatti church. According to the fact-finding report of the […]
Kanpur: A Dalit girl was stabbed to death allegedly by a man after she turned down his marriage proposal in the Kakadev area here, police said Sunday. The girl, 19, was a third year BA student, they said. The accused, Ajay, 22, had been following the girl for the past few days and wanted to […]
Ahmedabad: The body of a 27-year-old Dalit youth was recovered from the third floor of a factory in Devraj Estate, Narol, on September 12. A case of abetment to suicide was lodged against two people with Narol police on Thursday. The accused are on the run. Himanshu Khodidas, of Daskroi, was allegedly thra-shed by the […]
Madhepura: A Mahadalit man in Bihar’s Madhepura district was forced to bury his wife inside his house after his neighbours did not allow him to cremate her on their land in the village where there is no community crematorium. Harinarayan Rishidev, a landless daily wage earner in Kewatgama village under Kumarkhand block, said his wife […]
Draconian laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the National Security Act (NSA) and charges of sedition are increasingly being used against anyone who criticises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. While Adivasis fighting for their rights have always been maligned as naxalites, Dalits too are now being branded naxalites and anti-nationals. […]
Chandigarh: A Dalit man in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh was allegedly beaten up and casteist slurs were hurled at him for merely touching the palanquin of a deity belonging to the upper caste. The local police have registered a case under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, but no arrests have been made as yet. The […]
