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- India
SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya stokes controversy with remarks against Hinduism
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya has kicked up another controversy by questioning Hindu religion and targetting Brahmanism. Maurya has now attacked ‘Brahmanism’ and called Hinduism “deceitful” and “a…
- India
4 nabbed from Pune for stripping, beating Dalit youth in Ahmednagar
Ahmednagar: The district police have nabbed four of the six accused who allegedly stripped, spat and assaulted four Dalit youth in Ahmednagar, all workers of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), activists said…
- India
BJP has made MP ‘laboratory’ for atrocities on Dalits, alleges Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the BJP over the reported killing of a Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar and alleged that the ruling party has…
- India
Jharkhand: Dalit man dies in police custody; family alleges he was beaten to death
Ranchi: A Dalit man has allegedly died in police custody in Giridih district of Jharkhand. The family of the deceased claimed that he died due to police beating, and are demanding action…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: NCW seeks report on stripping of Dalit woman
Amaravati: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has condemned an attack on a Dalit woman by a couple in Andhra Pradesh and has sought a report from the police chief. The Commission…
- India
Dalit sarpanch not allowed to hoist flag in Madhya Pradesh
A Dalit village sarpanch in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district was allegedly prevented from hoisting the national flag during an Independence day function. "I am a Chamar, so I was not allowed to…
- Telangana
Telangana: Dalit farmer tied to pole, beaten up in Mancherial
In a disturbing incident, a Dalit farmer was allegedly beaten up after being tied to a wooden pool by an upper-caste man at Shetpalli village of Mancherial district’s Kotha mandal. The Dalit…
- India
Dalit siblings attacked: 7 apprehended, situation tense in TN’s Tirunelveli
Chennai: Even as seven intermediate caste students have been apprehended on the charges of physically assaulting a Dalit student and his sister, the situation in Nanguneri in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelvelli district remains…
- India
Rajasthan Congress MLA booked for forcing Dalit man to ‘lick his shoe’
Jaipur: An FIR has been registered against Congress MLA Gopal Meena and five police officers after the politician allegedly forced a Dalit man to lick his shoe and an officer urinated on him,…
- India
Yogi says ‘No’ to caste census in UP
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, said the state government has no plans to conduct a caste census in the state. “The subject matter of census is mentioned at…
- India
Dalit woman stripped, thrashed over extra-marital affair in Jharkhand
Ranchi: A Dalit woman was stripped, thrashed and tied to an eucalyptus tree over her alleged extra marital affair in the Sariya police station area in Jharkhand’s Giridih district. The woman in…
- India
MP: Dalit man’s face, body smeared with human excreta; case filed
Chhatarpur: A Dalit man has alleged a man from another caste smeared his face and body with human excreta after he accidentally touched the latter with grease in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district.…
- India
MP urination case: Shukla’s wife moves HC seeking revocation of NSA
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued a two-week returnable notice to the state on a petition seeking that the stringent National Security Act (NSA) invoked against a person who allegedly…
- India
BJP’s Rajasthan in-charge to meet family of Dalit woman found dead in well
Jaipur: BJP’s Rajasthan in-charge Arun Singh will, on Saturday, meet the family of a 20-year-old Dalit woman whose body was found from a well at a village in Karauli district of the…
- India
Man urinates on Dalit youth in UP; 2 held after video goes viral
In yet another distressing incident of violence against a Dalit tribal youth, a man was caught on camera urinating in the mouth of a tribal youth in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. As per…
