MADURAI: Tension prevailed at Uthapuram, a village near Usilampatti, where some caste Hindus allegedly pelted a police outpost with stones, protesting revenue and police officials conducting a meeting to allocate time for Dalits to offer prayers in a village temple on Monday. A large posse of police has been deployed in the village, where the […]
THOOTHUKUDI: A clash between Dalits and caste Hindus in Perunkulam village near Eral in Thoothukudi left members of both communities injured and several properties damaged. After the clash, security was tightened in the village to prevent further clashes. A Dalit youth, who teased a caste Hindu girl in Perunkulam village on March 30, was arrested […]
KASARGOD: Nine Dalit activists, including three women, were admitted to Kanhangad District Hospital after they were allegedly attacked by CPM workers at Nandankuzhi in Madikai on Sunday. The injured have been identified as Binu Palankal, 30; Rameshan Arinkal, 27; Manikuttan Kallanchira, 27; Binu Karivedakam, 27; Usha Kallanchira, 26; Priya Kodumkuzhi, 30; Reshma Karivedakam, 18; Rajeev, […]
Over 20 per cent Dalits out of 2.1 million voters in Northwest Delhi may play a key role in this constituency where incumbent Congress MP Krishna Tirath is battling people’s anger due to crumbling infrastructure and illegal construction. The Union minister and two-time MP is facing a tough contest from BJP’s Udit Raj, a Dalit […]