Dalit
- India
Dalit wedding proecession held under heavy security in Rajasthan
A Dalit groom’s community baarat (wedding procession) was conducted under heavy security in Rajasthan’s Govinddaspur village of Jhunjhunu district following a series of threats from local upper-caste communities. The authorities arranged security…
- India
Dalit student’s hands hacked for riding bullet bike in Tamil Nadu
The 21-year-old Dalit student named R Iyyasamy from Tamil Nadu’s Melapidavur village was brutally attacked by a group of upper caste Hindus allegedly for riding a ‘Bullet’ motorcycle on February 12. The…
- India
Row erupts over lack of respect for Dalit icon’s son at function attended by Rahul Gandhi
Patna: A row erupted here on Wednesday when freedom fighter and Dalit icon Jaglal Choudhary’s son alleged that he was not given due respect at the function organised on his father’s birth…
- India
Three arrested for brutal rape and murder of Dalit woman in Ayodhya
Police have arrested three persons for allegedly killing a 22-year-old Dalit woman whose body was found in a canal in Ayodhya on Saturday, February 1, officials said on Monday. Senior Superintendent of…
- Bangalore
Infosys co-founder, 17 others booked for caste discrimination against Dalit professor
Eighteen people including Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan have been booked for caste discrimination by a former Dalit assistant professor who worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. D Sanna…
- News
UP Dalit teenaged girl abducted, raped in Moradabad
Moradabad (UP): A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped in a car by a man here, police said on Sunday. The accused, nabbed through an identity card placed on the…
- India
Five arrested in UP after Bajrang Dal alleges conversion plot
Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district police arrested five Muslim men on charges of alleged unlawful religious conversion after performing religious rituals at the home of a Dalit family. The arrests were made following…
- India
One member panel formed for judicial probe into custodial death of Dalit protester
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday set up a one-member committee of retired judge V L Achalia for a judicial inquiry into the custodial death of Parbhani protester Somnath Suryavanshi, officials said.…
- India
Dalit young man brutally beaten and tied to tree in Rajasthan’s Barmer
A Dalit young man identified as Shrawan Meghwal was subjected to horrific public humiliation and assault in Rajasthan’s Barmer district. The incident reportedly unfolded on Friday, January 10 within the Gudamalani police station…
- Telangana
2017 Nerella torture case: Telangana HC asks govt to submit status report
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court instructed the state government to submit a status report within two weeks concerning the ongoing case against police officers accused of torturing Dalit and Backward Class youth…
- India
Ambedkar row: Bandh observed in Kalaburagi condemning Amit Shah’s statement
Kalaburagi: Protesters in Kalaburagi took to streets on Tuesday following a bandh call given by Dalit organisations to condemn the recent statement of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on B R Ambedkar…
- India
Kejriwal announces scholarship for Dalit students, free foreign education
In the February run-up of Delhi Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal announced the Dr Ambedkar Samman Scholarship to support Dalit students pursuing higher education. The scholarship launched on…
- India
UP: Dalit girl sexually assaulted at home in Kanpur, dies
Kanpur: A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead in a barely clad state in her house here in Shivrajpur, police said on Saturday. The girl was found bare-chested with the presence of…
- India
MP: Dalit groom attacked by upper caste for riding horse
In yet another incident of caste-based discrimination, a wedding celebration for a Dalit groom reportedly turned violent on the night of Wednesday, December 11 after some upper caste members attacked attendees and…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra: Dalit professor attacked by far right supporters in Tirupati
A Dalit professor of Sri Venkateswara University in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati was allegedly beaten up by a right-wing group reportedly associated with Bajrang Dal on Wednesday, December 4. According to a report…
