Rajasthan Dalit student accuses principal of harassment in suicide note
Jaipur: “I told ma’am she is harassing me and I would die … She said my death won’t make any difference to her. Now, I just want to die,” Ravindra had written in his suicide note. A 22-year-old Dalit student, who committed suicide last week in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district, accused the principal of his college […]
Minor girl resists rape, later stabbed to death with scissors in Bihar
Bhojpur: The Bihar Police have pressed charges against the accused under sections of the Indian Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment up to 10 years. In a shocking incident, a minor girl was stabbed to death after she resisted rape at Charpokhari block in Bhojpur district of Bihar, around 80 kilometres from state capital Patna. […]
Hours after they got married, Dalit couple kills self
Shahjahanpur: An 18-year-old girl and a 22-year-old man allegedly opted to end their life by consuming poison, rather than face parental opposition, here on Friday. A little more than 4 hours earlier, they had got married in a temple near their village. The incident happened at Gora Bakania village of Jaitipur under Jaitipur police station. […]
Dalit groom allegedly thrashed for taking decorated car to wedding venue in MP
Chhatarpur: A dalit bridegroom was allegedly beaten up for “daring” to ride a decorated car at Deri village in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday. Arvind Singh, Akhand Singh, Prithvi Singh and Pintu Vishwakarma attacked Prakash Bansal, who was heading for the wedding venue in a decorated car last night, Inspector Rameshwar […]
Mahadalit women stopped from entering temple, thrashed in Bihar, says FIR
Muzaffarpur: Tension prevails at a village in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, 71 km north of state capital Patna, for the second consecutive day after a Mahadalit woman registered an FIR alleging that she and other women of her family were prevented by some village strongmen from entering a temple. Complainant Usha Devi, 30, of Bishunpur Baghnagari […]
Thakurs vs Dalits in Saharanpur: One killed, 25 houses set ablaze
Lucknow: A 35-YEAR-OLD man was killed, 16 persons seriously injured and at least 25 houses torched after clashes broke out Friday between members of the Thakur and Dalit communities in Shabbirpur village of Saharanpur in UP following a dispute over a procession in memory of Rajput ruler Maharana Pratap. Officials said the clash was the […]
Dalit activists seek action against Gaikwad
Aurangabad: Hundreds of followers of Dr B R Ambedkar on Tuesday resorted to dharna andolan here in front of the Aurangabad divisional commissionarate demanding the government to take appropriate action against the chief information commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad for allegedly demolishing the historic and iconic Dr Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai. Leaders of various Ambederkarite parties, social activists and followers raised […]
‘Dalits should unite, rise against rightist forces’
Belagavi: The Constitution of India is in danger from rightist forces. It is everyone’s responsibility to save it [the Constitution], Prakash Ambedkar, founder of Dalit Swabhimani Sangarsh Samiti, said in Belagavi on Tuesday. He was speaking at a regional level rally of the samiti. He said that the RSS-backed BJP leaders were trying to destroy […]
NDA forcing Hinduism on Dalits, Muslims: CPI(ML)
Khammam: The national secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI (ML) Red Flag M S Jay Kumar alleged that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government was using its political power and forcing Hinduism on Dalits and Muslim minorities in the country. Addressing media persons during a press meet held at Press Club in Khammam on Tuesday, […]
Dalit Professor Beaten, Suspended for WhatsApp Forward Says College Always Wanted to Sack Him
Pune: On March 15, a Dalit professor in Khopoli in Maharashtra was badly beaten by a mob for forwarding a WhatsApp message and subsequently suspended from his job. The professor claims that the WhatsApp forward may be just an excuse to remove him from his job and a fact-finding report seems to endorse his claim. […]
