Andhra Pradesh: “When budget is allocated on 15.4 percent basis, on an average each district is likely to get about Rs 600 crore and to this amount if the government of India funds are added there will be adequate funds for SC development. In the coming five years, the funds for each district may touch […]
Rampur: A minor Dalit girl was allegedly raped by a married man at gun-point in Rampur district, the eighth rape incident here this month. The 16-year-old victim had gone to relieve herself in a field in Shahbad Tehsil on Monday night, when the accused allegedly caught hold of her and raped her at gun-point, police […]
MADURAI: The State government must pay adequate compensation to each Dalit family affected by caste violence in the southern districts, said Thol.Thirumavalavan, president of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK). Addressing a protest meeting here on Wednesday to condemn the inaction of the State police against those involved in atrocities against Dalits, he said that while the […]
Gujarat: A spat with neighbours over disposal of dirty water resulted in a minor Dalit girl from Gujarat being set ablaze on Sunday. Chandrika Parmar (15) suffered 70 per cent burns when her neighbours, also Dalits, launched a sudden attack on her and her family. She is battling for her life at the Ahmedabad Civil […]
LUCKNOW: A Dalit youth was allegedly set ablaze by three brothers for reportedly refusing to work for them in Atbei village of Chirgaon in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Within 24 hours of the incident, the police claimed that the deceased was an alcoholic and had set himself on fire following a dispute […]
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that 105 families of Scheduled Castes have been facing social boycott by upper caste people in Baopur village of Moonak Sub-Division of District Sangrur, Punjab since May 15 of this year. They are reportedly facing this situation since […]
MADURAI: A group of eight Caste Hindus from Sathamangalam village in Melur Taluk near here has preferred a writ appeal in the Madras High Court Bench here challenging an order passed by a single judge on June 6 permitting the Dalits in the village to participate in the annual festival of Sri Harihara Puthira Ayyanar […]
HISAR: To resolve the two-year-old caste row of Bhagana village in Hisar district, members of the Mission Bhaichara Committee (MBC), a group of social activists, met dalit representatives of the village on Wednesday. They even met the district administration officials to help resolve the dispute between dalits and upper-caste residents of Bhagana that has been […]
Punjab: If the FIRs lodged by Haryana police are to be believed, cases of atrocities against dalits in the state have increased in the past four years. The conviction rate in these years remained very poor apart from decline in chargesheets submitted by police to courts after probe. According to National Commission for Scheduled Castes […]
Gondia: For the past three weeks, policemen have been taking turns to ensure round-the-clock vigil outside the Bahyababa temple, a spot that holds a “crucial link” to the killing of 50-year-old Dalit activist Sanjay Khobragade in Kawalewada village of Gondia. He was set on fire when he was sleeping in his courtyard in a Dalit […]
