CHENNAI: Members of the Dalit Liberation Movement of Tamil Nadu held a demonstration in Chennai on Thursday, demanding the ouster of the principal of the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary (TTS) in Madurai. The principal has been accused of sexual harassment and favoritism and the issue has been running for two years. The demonstrators also protested […]
Ahmedabad:The Gujarat High Court today upheld life imprisonment of five out of six teachers for repeatedly raping a 19-year-old Dalit girl student of their college in Patan. The high court reduced punishment of the sixth teacher from life term to ten years’ imprisonment. A two-judge Bench of Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Z K Saiyed […]
In a macabre incident, four members of a Dalit family were found murdered in Phagwara (Punjab) on Friday Phagwara : A report from the district said that two others were injured in their house on the outskirts of the city. Inspector General of Police (Jalandhar Zone) Balbir K Bawa and Kapurthala SSP Inderbir Singh, who […]
Dindigul: Simmering tension between dalits of Nadupatti and non-dalits of adjoining Kariyapmatti village near Nilakottai in Dindigul district took an ugly turn on Sunday evening, as houses of about 10 dalits were allegedly ransacked and six of them were set on fire by non-dalits. Dalits attempted to prevent the non-dalits from continuing the spree resulting […]
NEW DELHI: These are gloomy days for Indian literature. After the demise of renowned Hindi litterateur Rajendra Yadav and the distinguished Rajasthani writer Vijaydan Detha in recent weeks, it suffered another grievous blow as celebrated Dalit writer Omprakash Valmiki, whose memoir Joothan is regarded as a milestone in Hindi literature, succumbed to liver cancer in […]
Visakhapatnam: A ‘rath yatra’ with 100 Dalit woman leaders to generate awareness on Scheduled Caste Sub Plan/Tribal Sub-Plan Act (SCSP/TSP) was flagged off at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statue near LIC Circle here on Monday. The rally, headed by Dalit Sthree Sakthi State convenor Jhansi Geddam from Hyderabad, is on a mission to highlight the Act, […]
Mysore: The Karnataka Dalit Vedike has alleged that the Union and State governments are neglecting the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. They were more interested in publicising programmes for Dalits with an eye on the vote bank, office-bearers of the vedike alleged here on Wednesday. “We demand that the governments implement the welfare measures […]
New Delhi: Congress is employing a multipronged approach to woo Dalit voters ahead of 2014 general elections. The party has decided to focus mainly on 11 states including Uttar Pradesh that have the most reserved seats, besides identifying the reasons for the party’s successive defeats in these segments and picking Scheduled Caste candidates well in […]
Bangalore: Karnataka’s Congress government headed by Siddaramaiah completed six months in office this week with controversies stalling its move to ban superstitious practices and threatening to derail plans to organise free educational tours for students from the minorities, backward classes and Dalits. Both moves have been hit by the majority-minority divide. The Bharatiya Janata Party […]
Dagavadia: Following a minor dispute between two youths of a village in Mehsana district, which led to a clash between Dalits and locally dominant and influential Chaudharys in late October, tension has ceased the leave the village. The Dalits, who are a minority here, are allegedly being ostracised by the Chaudharys. They claim that the […]
