Neglected Badi community in a lurch
Kailali: Despite living in a municipality, the life of people in the Badi settlement of Balchaur, Chuha Municipality is deplorable. The settlement has 900 people from 200 households. It was set up around eight years ago and comprises Badi people from 23 districts. Owing to poverty, most of the male members of the village have […]
Nine Dalits injured in attack in Sikar
Sikar: Nine Dalit people were on Tuesday injured after members of an OBC community attacked them over a land-related old dispute in Sikar district of Rajasthan. The assailants also set on fire a thatched house belonging to Dalit families in Gandakya ki Dhani in Dantaramgarh area here, police said. “Several members of a caste attacked Dalit people […]
28-year-old acid attack victim struggles for justice
Ongole:A 28-year-old Dalit woman who was subjected to acid attack by four men in the remote Mogallur village in Prakasam district four years ago is still knocking on the doors of courts at different levels including the Supreme Court. After surviving the ordeal, she was given a permanent job as Junior Assistant in the Revenue […]
Derecognition of APSC: American mathematician David Mumford expresses shock, writes to IIT-Madras director
Madras: American mathematician David Mumford, who is known for his distinguished work in algebraic, geometry has written a letter to IIT-Madras director expressing shock over the derecognition of Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC). In a letter to the IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Mumfort, who has given numerous lectures in the institute, wrote, “I have strong ideas about the importance of […]
Bye bye Nehru, hello Ambedkar: Here’s what Rahul Gandhi was doing in Mhow
New Delhi: In June 1915, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar became a post-graduate of the Columbia University, where he was studying on scholarship instituted by the Gaekwads of Baroda. Under normal circumstances, the Centenary of Ambedkar’s post-graduation would have passed off unnoticed. But, the Congress has turned it into a major event; it is celebrating the event […]
Govt to introduce bill on SC, ST in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Amid Congress attacking the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of allowing lapsing an ordinance to strengthen the SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, the Centre on Tuesday said it will introduce the bill in Lok Sabha. “The report of the Standing Committee has come. The Union cabinet on April 30 had decided […]
Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi over atrocities on Dalits, urges to bring bill in Parliament
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to bring in a bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament which can prevent atrocities on Dalit community. Drawing PM’s attention towards the issue, Gandhi wrote, “It’s important for the ends of justice to ensure that a fair and impartial […]
