Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday made history when he became the first chief minister of Bihar to hoist the national flag on Republic Day. As per the convention and established rule, the governor hoists the flag on Republic Day, while the chief minister does the same on Independence Day. The Bihar governor’s post is, […]
Mysuru: Dalits of Biligere village in Hunsur taluk have found a Gandhigiri-type approach to overcome untouchability. They are inviting people of upper castes to partake in Sahabhojana (having meals together) at a dalit’s house. Though they are not allowed to enter a state-run temple or perform puja during the annual jatra mahotsav and are denied […]
Ujjain: A Dalit labourer, feted by Barack Obama when he came to India in 2010, now wants to return the souvenir he had received from the US President to draw his attention to the plight of poor parents who cannot even afford primary education for their children. “Take back the souvenirs, we don’t want them. […]
Mumbai: Bringing cheer on the faces of millions of Dalits, the Maharashtra government on Saturday announced that it would acquire the 2,050-square foot London house of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde, who is in London to attend the World Education Conference, announced the decision after consulting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, […]
Lucknow:The BJP has finally found a credible and popular Dalit face in former DGP BrijLal in Uttar Pradesh to counter the BahujanSamaj Party. After MsKiranBedi in Delhi, UP’s super cop, BrijLal, joined the BJP in Lucknow on Wednesday. A 1977 batch IPS officer, MrBrijLal is a former DGP of the state and he retired in […]
Hyderabad:A few weeks ago, Gummadi Vittal Rao or ‘Gadar’, the mercurial bal ladeer and Maoist sympathiser who articulates the angst of the marginalised through his flowing renditions, reached out to the Hyderabad chapter of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) and engaged in an unusual conversation. The Dalit folk singer who has […]
Lucknow: In an all-out effort to reclaim the party’s lost support base in the national capital, BSP chief Mayawati has deployed all senior party functionaries from Uttar Pradesh as coordinators for the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled to be held on February 7. Mayawati herself has left for Delhi after celebrating her birthday in Lucknow on […]
Kendrapara: A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by two youths in Kendrapara district, police said on Friday. The duo had allegedly abducted the girl from her native village in Marsaghai area on January 12 and taken her to Talcher in Angul district and sexually assaulted her there the same day, police officials said. While one Dinabandhu […]
Patna:Family members of the Dalits who were killed in 1999 in Bihar’s Arwal district, allegedly by the outlawed, upper -caste militia RanvirSena men, are disheartened and devastated over the release of all the accused. Etwaria Devi, in her late 50s, lost her husband Ganga Paswan and another relative Nanhu Paswan in the massacre of 22 […]
Patna:Amidst speculation that he could be replaced as Bihar Chief Minister after the merger of Janata Parivar parties, Jitan Ram Manjhi seems to have taken an aggressive stance of enhancing his profile as the leader of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Manjhi on Sunday called a meeting of over 300 SC/ST officials up to the […]
