Thrissur: Dalit activist T S Anilkumar, who is under treatment at a hospital at Kodungallur, alleged that the police was harassing him in the name of Maoist connection. The police suspect that he was one of the Maoists who was injured in the Nilambur encounter. However, Anilkumar denied any links with the ultras. Calling himself an Ambedkerist, he […]
Palanpur: As many as 37 members of six dalit familieshave been forced to migrate from their native village Maniyari in Chanasama taluka of Patan following social boycott by upper cast members. The families migrated to nearby village on November 19. Pushpa Solanki a social worker said, “Patels have boycotted the dalits. No one would talk to […]
Patna: Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday called upon the Dalit and marginalized community to unitedly fight the atrocities committed on them. Inaugurating ‘Dalit Dawedari Sammelan’, organized by SC/ST Workers’ Union here, the former CJI said the Dalit community was poorly represented in decision making bodies in the country. “The community should continue its fight […]
New Delhi: Jamiat-ulama-e-Hind on Sunday organised a Dalit-Muslim Mahasangram Rally at the Ramlila Maidan. Attended by Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis, the rally demanded budgetary allocation for Dalits, Adivasis and minorities in proportion to their population, representation of all three in constitutional and public institutions, end of caste-based discrimination and speedy unbiased justice to victims of […]
Mumbai: The government’s decision to commemorate November 26 as Samvidhan Divas, or Constitution Day, has by and large evoked positive response from the Dalit community, which believes the agenda of social and economic equality still remains an unaccomplished task even after six decades of Independence. Dalit leaders believe Constitution Day is also a clarion call […]
Agra: Ever since the demonetisation was announced on November 8, housewives, especially those of belonging to Dalit households are facing serious trouble managing their households. Most of these women who as labourers at construction sites, footwear or brush factories are suffering as many construction sites have stopped work and the factories have asked most of […]
Goraya: Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday that his party’s deputy chief minister for the state would be a Dalit. Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, who is on a tour to the state, made the announcement at a rally organised at Phillaur, a reserved constituency in Jalandhar — which has a sizeable […]
Mumbai: After the show of strength by Marathas in Mumbai earlier this month, Dalits have decided to hold a similar bike rally on November 26 in the city against the landed community’s demand to review the anti-atrocities Act. The rally will be in the run-up to a mammoth protest march organised by Dalit outfits on […]
Tirunelveli: In a case of caste animosity, 17-year-old dalit student P.Venkatesh was hacked to death by his classmates in Tirunelveli in southern Tamil Nadu on Friday night, police said. Venkatesh, a native of neighbourng Thoothukudi district, was about to have dinner in the hostel run by Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department when a youth […]
Agra: A minor dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by her 20-year-old neighbour Vinod in Hathras on Thursday night. In her complaint to the police, the girl has alleged that Vinod, along with his friend Gyan, had kidnapped her while she was going to the fields. She has stated that the duo forcibly took […]
