PPP fields a Dalit for Senate seat
Pakistan: People’s Party (PPP) has pitched a Hindu, hailing from the district of Tharparkar and belonging to a low caste from a general seat for the Senate elections to be held in March. Engineer Gayan Chand, a former MPA of 1993 who belongs to Meghwaar community of Hindus from Tharparkar has been awarded the Senate […]
Unique tool to track atrocities against Dalits
New Delhi:To monitor atrocities perpetrated against Dalits and Adivasis and to ensure speedy justice, a unique web-based tool — Atrocity Tracking and Monitoring (ATM) System — has been launched. The initiative falls under the aegis of the National Coalition for Strengthening SC/ST PoA Act (NCSPOA) by the National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ). A two-day […]
Probe into Dalit murders far from satisfactory: study
Madurai: Heinous crimes against Dalits, particularly women, are on the rise in Tirunelveli, Madurai, Ramanathapuram districts among others in the State. A survey conducted on Dalit murders in 28 districts in the State has revealed that the investigations of such crimes were far from satisfactory. What is shocking is that in a majority of complaints, […]
VHP to promote interdining with Dalits
Hosur: Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia on Saturday said his organisation would launch a movement for Hindus of all communities to remove untouchability and promote interdining with Dalits. “Up to the point where Togadia is allowed inside a temple, a Dalit will also be allowed entry,” he told The Hindu, when he was asked if […]
Dalits demand ‘or’ provision on citizenship
Kathmandu: Dalit rights activists presented a letter to Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairperson Subas Nemwang on Wednesday, demanding that the provisions on citizenship be loosened to allow stateless Dalits receive the nationality documents. In the letter, the Federation of Dalit Non-government Organisations has demanded that the provision, which allows a person to be Nepali only if […]
Cut out of Temple Festival: Dalits
Madurai:Dalit folk artistes at Thirupuvanam are cut up that a section of caste Hindus have not allowed them to play instruments at the Thai Poosam festival on Tuesday. The caste Hindus have called artistes from other districts, but local Dalits were not called to perform at their own place. Karupaiah, a Dalit nadaswaram and thavil […]
A memorial for Dr Ambedkar: Why look to London when his Dadar house lies neglected?
Mumbai :Here is something quite odd: suddenly, the Maharashtra government has decided to buy a bungalow in London where Dr B R Ambedkar was a tenant between 1920 and ’22 when a student at London School of Economics. However, the house he had built himself in Mumbai’s Dadar in 1934, on the ground flood of the […]
