caste discrimination
- Hyderabad
Casteist assault, Rs 5K fine: ASA calls out UoH’s ‘tokenism’ with hunger strike
Hyderabad: Accusing the University of Hyderabad (UoH) administration of apathy over a caste discrimination incident against a Dalit postgraduate student on campus, the Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) has announced a relay hunger strike…
- India
SC intervenes on Orissa HC orders linking bail to police station cleaning
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the Orissa High Court and a trial court’s orders directing Dalit and Adivasi activists to sweep police stations as a condition for bail.…
- India
Dalit protesters ordered to sweep police stations as bail condition in Odisha
For nearly two months after he walked out of jail, 26-year-old Kumeswar Naik had to travel 20 kilometres every morning to sweep and mop the Kashipur Police Station – the very station…
- Top Stories
Dalits asked to bring their own plates, water for temple event in Gujarat
Junagadh: A group of Dalit individuals was allegedly abused and shown blatant caste discrimination after being told to bring their own plates, bowls, and drinking water from home during Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav…
- Hate Crime
MP caste brutality: Handicapped Dalit groom dragged off horse, beaten up
Bhopal: A 23-year-old physically handicapped Dalit groom was dragged off a horse and assaulted during his baraat in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh on Tuesday, April 21, raising concerns about the shocking realities of…
- Hate Crime
UP: Dalit youth set himself ablaze over casteist abuse, accused held
Agra: A Dalit youth set himself on fire in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh after he was allegedly assaulted by a local farmer who used casteist slurs against him in public…
- Telangana
Telangana constitutes committee to draft Rohith Vemula legislation
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday, April 17, constituted a Cabinet Sub-Committee to draft recommendations for the proposed Rohith Vemula legislation aimed at preventing identity-based discrimination in higher educational institutions. The panel…
- India
Karnataka Cabinet clears Rohith Vemula Bill against campus caste bias
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday, April 16, approved the Karnataka Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Exclusion or Injustice) (Right to Education and Dignity) Bill, along with a series of major infrastructure and…
- Hate Crime
Kerala Dalit student death: Family raises suspicion on hospital treatment
Thiruvananthapuram: The family of a BDS student who died after falling from a building at a dental college in Kannur in a suspected suicide case on Wednesday, April 15, alleged that he…
- Kerala
Kerala Dalit student dies by suicide, family claims he was called ‘rotten dog’
Kerala: A 22-year-old Dalit student in Kerala’s Kannur Dental College died on Sunday, April 12, two days after allegedly falling off the college building. His family has alleged their son was subjected…
- Bangalore
Karnataka to enact Rohith Vemula Bill to curb caste discrimination
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the state will enact the Rohith Vemula Bill to prevent caste-based atrocities against students across all government, private, and deemed universities in the…
- India
Rajasthan law student claims professor failed her based on caste
Churu (Rajasthan): A 30-year-old law student at Government Law College in Rajasthan’s Churu accused her professors of alleged caste-based discrimination and failing her in an exam. Meena Meghwal filed a complaint at…
- India
Untouchability in Karnataka: Shops shut amid last rites of Dalit armyman
Bagalkot: Relatives of a retired Dalit army serviceman have alleged untouchability after shops and hotels in a Karnataka village closed their shutters when they arrived for his last rites on February 25. Hanumantappa…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tension at DGP office as Kavitha stopped from meeting top cop
Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at the Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) office on Friday, February 27, as police stopped Telangana Jagruti President Kalvakuntla Kavitha from meeting the top cop. The leader had…
- Telangana
Nagarkurnool baby death: KTR demands murder charges against perpetrators
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday, February 25, strongly condemned the killing of a two-month-old infant during Kummera Mallanna Jatara in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district and demanded…
