Dalit leaders demand inclusion, opportunities
Kathmandu: Dalit leaders have demanded for a constitutional body to look into the issues concerning their community. Speakers at a programme organized by Samata Foundation in the Capital on Friday urged stakeholders to ensure proportional representation of Dalit community in political parties and state mechanism as a mandatory provision through the constitution being drafted. “Identity-based federalism […]
NHRC notice to UP over torture of Dalit
Lucknow: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the district magistrate and senior superintendent of police in Jhansi over ill-treatment and force-feeding of human excreta to a Dalit youth in Uttar Pradesh. The NHRC has asked the district authorities to send a report about Sujan Singh, who was thrashed, tortured and forced […]
Minor Dalit girl gang raped in Badaun dies
Badaun: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped by three youths in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh and later succumbed to her injuries in Civil Lines area, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. The victim, a class XI student, was allegedly raped by her neighbour, Prashant Arora and his two friends last evening when she went […]
History book wars: BJP, RSS rewriting Dalit history to target Muslims, say experts
The RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh’s (RSS) attempts at re-writing Dalit history has drawn sharp criticism from scholars and activists. As part of its efforts to aggressively push the Hindu nationalist agenda and consolidate the Hindu vote, the RSS has sought to introduce communal overtones to the origins of caste in a never-before-heard-of take on Dalit history. In three […]
HJC-HJCP to have 20 seats each for brahmins, dalits, BCs
CHANDIGARH: Alliance partners Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) and Haryana Jan Chetna Party (HJCP) have decided to give 20 seats each to candidates belonging to Brahmin and Dalit communities and backward classes. “Rest of the 30 seats would be given to other sections of society,” said alliance leaders KuldeepBishnoi and Venod Sharma on Monday. “We (BSP, […]
Attack on Dalit students in Osmania Unv condemned
Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC)has condemned the attack on Dalit students and burning of SarathNaliganti room who is a student leader, research scholar of Osmania University and MLA contested candidate of MIM from Amberpet constituency by Hindutva student wing ABVP at Osmania University campus. The Hindutva organizations such as RSS and ABVP are spreading […]
Need to ensure social harmony: Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the contribution of reformers from Kerala like dalit icon Ayyankali and Sree Narayana Guru and said merely achieving social justice was not enough but there should be social harmony between various sections. “Mere equality will not do. We have to move a step forward. The final […]
Dalits face ‘boycott’ in Punjab village over land dispute, panel member to visit today
Sangrur: Punjab Scheduled Caste Commission member Dilip Singh Pandhi will visit Namol village in Sangrur district — where trouble is brewing between Dalits and other villagers — on Monday. Two days ago, land owners in the village had allegedly announced that anyone who hires Dalits to work in their fields would be fined Rs 10,000. Following […]
Govt Spends Rs 36.55 Crore to Purchase Lands for Dalits
HYDERABAD: It seems that the ambitious Land Purchase Scheme of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to purchase and assign 3 acres of agriculture land to landless Dalit women is steadily taking shape with the government sanctioning 1268.44 acres of land to 512 beneficiaries in nine districts of the state. A total amount of Rs 3655.09 […]
Burning crops, boycott, fines: MP Dalit group’s plan to fight
Bhopal: Destroying crops, social boycott and imposition of fine were among the measures discussed on Sunday by the Dalit community members, who met in Khaniyadhana in Shivpuri district, to prevent future conversions to Islam. The meeting was attended by over 500 Dalits from 101 villages of Khaniyadhana block in the wake of conversions to Islam, […]
