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- India
Uttar Pradesh govt to help Dalits turn entrepreneurs
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give preference to Dalits, who come in groups and in the form of societies, seeking various benefits to become entrepreneurs. The government will also…
- India
Panel to study the condition of Dalits converting to Islam and Christianity
The Union government is getting ready to set up a panel to study the condition of Dalits who have converted to Islam or Christianity. This move comes amidst dozens of petitions pending…
- India
Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims face discrimination in accessing jobs: Oxfam India
New Delhi: People not belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedules Tribes (STs) earn Rs 5,000 per month more than those from the two communities, while non-Muslims earn Rs 7,000 per…
- India
Jharkhand: Fifty Dalit families driven out by Muslim strongmen; governor seeks report
Medininagar: About 50 Dalit families were allegedly driven out of a village, where they were living in for the last four decades, by members of a group of Muslim strongmen in Jharkhand’s…
- India
Dalit outfits hold protest demanding arrest of Karnataka seer accused of sexual abuse
Chitradurga (Karnataka): Dalit organisations staged a protest here on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act…
- India
Reservation benefit issue: SC grants three-week to Centre to place on record current stand
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three weeks to the Centre to clarify its stand on the pleas including those raising issue of Scheduled Castes (SC) reservation benefits to Dalits…
- India
I was misquoted, was only paraphrasing Ambedkar’s views: JNU VC on ‘caste of gods’ remark
New Delhi: After her no god is upper caste remark stoked controversy, JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday defended her comments as an academic exercise and said she was misquoted…
- India
MP: Probe ordered into ambulance denial to carry body of a child in Morena
Bhopal: A day after a video surfaced on social media showing an eight-year-old Dalit child cradling his younger dead brother’s body and sitting near a drain, after the hospital administration refused an ambulance…
- India
Sonia Gandhi’s personal secretary booked for raping Dalit woman
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s personal secretary P P Madhavan has been booked for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in the national capital, a senior police officer said on Monday. Deputy…
- India
Karnataka: Locals stop sending kids to Anganwadi centre after Dalit helper’s appointment
Bidar: In a shocking incident, locals living in a village in Karnataka’s Bidar district have boycotted an Anganwadi centre run by the state government after it appointed a Dalit woman as a…
- India
Karnataka: Dalits enter Anjaneya temple amid heavy police force
The district administration of Yadgiri district, Karnataka, ensured that the Dalit community got to offer prayers at Anjaneya temple in Amalihall village of Surapur taluk. Amid heavy police deployment, Dalits entered the…
- Bangalore
Siddaramaiah accuses BJP govt in Karnataka of betraying Dalits, STs
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday accused the BJP government in the state of betraying Dalits and scheduled tribes, by diverting the funds of…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalits protest ‘attack’ during rally, threaten to migrate from villages
Jaipur: Members of the Dalit community in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur took out a protest march on Tuesday, alleging that a rally held to mark the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar was…
- Telangana
769 vehicles delivered under Dalit Bandhu scheme in Karimnagar
Hyderabad: The state minister of BC welfare and civil supplies, Gangula Kamalakar distributed vehicles to the Dalits during a ceremony held at Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday. The beneficiaries received 769 automobiles worth…
- World
Raise persecution of Indian Muslims with Modi: US groups to Biden
Ahead of his virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 12, US President Joe Biden has been exhorted by American civil rights organizations, the Indian Muslim American Council (IAMC) and…
