Ahmedabad: More than half of the scheduled caste population in the state does not have houses with proper concrete ceilings. Around 55% of them either have temporary roofs or asbestos sheets on their dwellings. Moreover, around 53% of the scheduled caste population in the state gets untreated drinking water. Census 2011 figures reveal that the […]
Ludhiana: The Dalit students of Lajpat Rai DAV College in Jagraon announced an agitation on Monday against a biometric attendance system installed by the college authorities for them. The students alleged that a separate biometric fingerprint reader was started “only for SC/ST students” and the principal announced that “irregular students getting less than 90% attendance […]
Ahmedabad: Dalit agitation leader Jignesh Mevani on Sunday announced a “rail roko andolan” across the country later this month against incidents of atrocity on members of the community. He said the date of the agitation would be announced on September 16 during a public gathering in Delhi. “We are mentally preparing people to expand this […]
Ahmedabad: ‘Dalit Samman Sangharsh Yatra’ a March against incidents of dalits atrocity in Una that began on August 29 from Junagadh reached at Ahmedabad on Friday. The rally led by local dalit leader and a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member Jayanti Makadia comprising hundreds of his community members was welcomed by OBC, SC, ST Ekta […]
Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh is the most vulnerable state in south India for Dalits, accounting for around 9.8 per cent of the total crimes reported in the country, according to the latest NCRB data. While Andhra is the fourth state overall after Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, a total of 4,415 cases were reported across the […]
