How a Dalit's struggles highlight India's failure to deal with caste issues

How a Dalit's struggles highlight India's failure to deal with caste issues: Before Swapnil's first day in college could end, on July 19, 2016, he was dead as a consequence of an alleged romantic relationship with a 15-year-old girl in school

Dalit man forced to drink urine in UP's Badaun

Dalit man forced to drink urine in UP's Badaun: A Dalit was allegedly assaulted and forced to drink urine by a group of men in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district.According to reports, the incident took taken place on April 23 when the victim denied to harvest their crops.The man further alleged that

Dalit groom thrashed during wedding procession

Dalit groom thrashed during wedding procession: Bhilwara, (Rajasthan) [India] Apr 30 (ANI): A Dalit man was allegedly beaten up and forced off a horse by a group of villagers during his wedding procession in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district.

14-yr-old Dalit girl gang-raped in Odisha, three held: Police

14-yr-old Dalit girl gang-raped in Odisha, three held: Police: A 14-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by three persons, including a minor, in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said today.
The incident took place under the jurisdiction of the Tirtol police station on Friday, the police said, adding

When Caste Discrimination Comes To The United States | WAMU

When Caste Discrimination Comes To The United States | WAMU: In South Asia, caste conflicts and discrimination remain a potent force in everyday life. A new survey shows that caste discrimination is playing out in the United States, as well.

Religious freedom conditions continued 'downward trend' in India in 2017: USCIRF

Religious freedom conditions continued 'downward trend' in India in 2017: USCIRF: Religious freedom conditions continued a 'downward trend' in India last year as Hindu-nationalist groups sought to 'saffronise' it through violence, intimidation, and harassment of non-Hindus and Hindu Dalits, a US federal government appointed

Dalits see 'Hindutva agenda' in govt ban on 'Dalit'

Dalits see 'Hindutva agenda' in govt ban on 'Dalit': Dalit activists and academics have condemned the Centre's recent ban on the word 'Dalit' in official communications, saying it stemmed from fear of a word that symbolises oppression, unity and self-assertion and therefore implies the threat of rebellion.

Dalit gap invoked to block judge

Dalit gap invoked to block judge: The Centre has cited the lack of any Supreme Court judge from the Dalit or tribal communities as one of its reasons for asking the collegium to reconsider its recommendation to elevate Justice K.M. Joseph, the Uttarakhand chief justice, to the apex court.

Former PM Manmohan Singh launches economist Rao's book

Former PM Manmohan Singh launches economist Rao's book: While launching C H Hanumantha Rao's book former PM called Rao 'a most creative thinker and distinguished economist'

The extraordinary rise of Pakistan's only female banking CEO Sima Kamil

The extraordinary rise of Pakistan's only female banking CEO Sima Kamil: Kamil's rise through the ranks of Pakistan's intensely male-dominated banking industry in the conservative Islamic republic is nothing short of extraordinary

More women accuse Ali Zafar of sexual harassment

More women accuse Ali Zafar of sexual harassment: A day after singer Meesha Shafi accused Ali Zafar of sexual harassment, more women from Pakistan's entertainment industry have come forward to allege that the actor misbehaved with them on various occasions.
In a lengthy Twitter post yesterday,

Dalit harassment: Allahabad HC stays action against IIT-Kanpur professors

Dalit harassment: Allahabad HC stays action against IIT-Kanpur professors: Allahabad high court stays action against four IIT Kanpur professors in connection with harassment of Dalit Faculty Member.

'Dalit snub' charge at Modi in London

'Dalit snub' charge at Modi in London: UK-based groups have expressed disappointment at Prime Minister Narendra Modi not stopping by at Ambedkar House in north London during his visit to Britain, viewing it as 'a total snub to the Dalit diaspora'.

Raids on Dalit activists 'to destroy evidence': Prakash Ambedkar

Raids on Dalit activists 'to destroy evidence': Prakash Ambedkar: Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) President Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday alleged that the raids on Dalit activists in which the Maharashtra Police have seized electronic gadgets was intended to destroy evidences pertaining to the Koregaon-Bhima riots

Dalits 'cleanse' Ambedkar statue after tributes by Maneka, BJP leaders

Dalits 'cleanse' Ambedkar statue after tributes by Maneka, BJP leaders: Thakor Solanki, general secretary of SC/ST the Employees Union of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, claimed that they had gathered at the venue to pay their tributes before the BJP leaders

Ambedkar Jayanti: Dalits protest safronising of Ambedkar memorial; updates

Ambedkar Jayanti: Dalits protest safronising of Ambedkar memorial; updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, other politicians paid tribute to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on this birthday

BJP, Dalit outfits brace for showdown on Ambedkar's birth anniversary

BJP, Dalit outfits brace for showdown on Ambedkar's birth anniversary: New Delhi, 12 AprilA showdown is in the offing between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and several Dalit organisations, as well as opposition parties, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar on Saturday.The BJP on one side and Dalit

Disabled Dalit woman gang raped in Andhra

Disabled Dalit woman gang raped in Andhra: In a shocking incident, a physically challenged Dalit woman was gang raped in Vijayanagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Monday.

Warning of Dalit uprising

Warning of Dalit uprising: Scholars and groups working for the rights of the marginalised sections on Thursday urged the government to promulgate an ordinance to restore the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and warned of an uprising if the victimisation of such people continued.

BJP, Dalit outfits brace for showdown on Ambedkar's birth anniversary

BJP, Dalit outfits brace for showdown on Ambedkar's birth anniversary: New Delhi, 12 AprilA showdown is in the offing between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and several Dalit organisations, as well as opposition parties, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar on Saturday.The BJP on one side and Dalit

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance: A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to 'restore' through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that has been 'diluted' by a Supreme Court order and withdrawal of cases filed against Dalit activists during the

Dalits fleeing from UP village, police rebuff reports

Dalits fleeing from UP village, police rebuff reports: A resident of Shobhapur village in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut on Monday claimed that after the Bharat Bhandh protest, the Dalit families are migrating from the area as they are living in fear.Charan, a resident of Shobhapur village told ANI that if the

UP: After Month Of Stand-Off, Dalit Man Allowed To Take Out 'Band, Baaja Baraat' in Thakur-Dominated Area

UP: After Month Of Stand-Off, Dalit Man Allowed To Take Out 'Band, Baaja Baraat' in Thakur-Dominated Area: According to reports, an

Another BJP MP protests 'harassment' of Dalits by police after Apr 2 stir

Another BJP MP protests 'harassment' of Dalits by police after Apr 2 stir: Udit Raj tweeted that people are informing that not only anti-reservationists but police are also beating up and slapping false cases against those who participated in the 'Bharat Bandh'

Dalits being 'tortured' post April 2 agitation: BJP MP Udit Raj

Dalits being 'tortured' post April 2 agitation: BJP MP Udit Raj: BJP MP Udit Raj tonight alleged that members of his Dalit community were being 'tortured' in various parts of the country in the wake of the violent protests during the 'Bharat Bandh' earlier this week.
'Reports are pouring in that those Dalits who

Dalit protest over SC/ST Act: The fight against an invisible enemy

Dalit protest over SC/ST Act: The fight against an invisible enemy: The community is simmering over the biases the professional, employed Dalit faces behind closed doors

Case against Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani for remarks on Modi

Case against Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani for remarks on Modi: A case has been registered against Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani for allegedly making provocative remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Chitradurga, about 200 kms from here, police said.
The case was filed

After Kerala Govt Takes Back Land Given To A Dalit Who Fought Left Goons, She Tells CM: ‘Kill Us, Eat Our Flesh’

After Kerala Govt Takes Back Land Given To A Dalit Who Fought Left Goons, She Tells CM: ‘Kill Us, Eat Our Flesh’: A Dalit woman in Kerala has asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to kill her and her family after the LDF government took away the five-cent land allotted to her by the previous UDF government where construction of a house was underway.

Dalit protest: Muzaffarnagar BSP head held for 'inciting violence', sent to judicial custody

Dalit protest: Muzaffarnagar BSP head held for 'inciting violence', sent to judicial custody: BSP district president of Muzaffarnagar Kamal Gautam has been arrested for allegedly inciting violence here during the countrywide protests by Dalit groups on April 2 against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, police

Hry govt to rehabilitate 254 Dalit families who migrated from Mirchpur

Hry govt to rehabilitate 254 Dalit families who migrated from Mirchpur: The Haryana government will rehabilitate 254 Dalit families who had migrated after two people were burnt alive in inter-caste violence at the Mirchpur village of Hisar district eight years ago, state minister Krishan Kumar Bedi said today.
The

Dalit protests: Curfew in three MP districts relaxed

Dalit protests: Curfew in three MP districts relaxed: The curfew imposed in Gwalior, Bhind, and Morena districts of Madhya Pradesh after the April 2 Dalit protests was relaxed today as no major incident of violence was reported, police said.
Eight persons were killed during the largescale violence

Congress meet on Dalits

Congress meet on Dalits: The Congress has called a national convention to discuss issues related to Dalits in the wake of the mass upsurge against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Dalits face violence backlash

Dalits face violence backlash: Counter-violence broke out in Rajasthan on Tuesday with a 5,000-strong mob setting ablaze the houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, as the death toll from Monday's nationwide stir by Dalit groups rose to 11 with two more persons succumbing to their injuries in Madhya Pradesh.

SC/ST protests: Now Bihar Dalit leader demands 'Harijanistan'; 10 updates

SC/ST protests: Now Bihar Dalit leader demands 'Harijanistan'; 10 updates: Curfew has been imposed in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of violence witnessed by the state on April 2 during Bharat Bandh

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Force-Shuts Shops During Dalit Protest, Traps Mother, Baby Inside

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Force-Shuts Shops During Dalit Protest, Traps Mother, Baby Inside: Did members of Bhartiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh allegedly support protests being observed by Dalit groups against a Supreme Court

92 injured in Dalit violence: Haryana police

92 injured in Dalit violence: Haryana police: Eight civilians and 84 police officials were injured in yesterday's violence during 'Bharat band', Haryana police said today.
Also, 100 persons have been arrested for attempting to cause damage to public property and indulge in acts of violence in

Protests in Rajasthan over damage in Dalit violence

Protests in Rajasthan over damage in Dalit violence: A day after violent protests by Dalits, several members of other castes today hit the streets in Rajasthan over the damage caused yesterday, Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said.
In Alwar district, where one man was killed, people held a sit-in

Homes of dalit MLA, ex-MLA set afire in Rajasthan's Hinduan; curfew imposed

Homes of dalit MLA, ex-MLA set afire in Rajasthan's Hinduan; curfew imposed: In Alwar district, where a man was killed yesterday, people staged a sit-in protest, refusing to cremate the body of the victim

Uproar over Dalit rights: SC sticks to SC/ST Atrocities Act judgement

Uproar over Dalit rights: SC sticks to SC/ST Atrocities Act judgement: Review of judgment on SC/ST Atrocities Act to be heard after 10 days

Uproar in Houses over Dalit rights

Uproar in Houses over Dalit rights: The Legislative Council was in an uproar over the SC/ST issue on Monday, as soon as it started proceedings for the day.

How a Brahmin vs Dalit vs Patidar office fight set streets of India on fire

How a Brahmin vs Dalit vs Patidar office fight set streets of India on fire: Almost 30,000 files related to atrocities, harassment and service matters are pending with National Commission for Scheduled Castes

Dalit Bandh: Violence in many states; at least 9 dead, thousands detained

Dalit Bandh: Violence in many states; at least 9 dead, thousands detained: At least nine persons were killed and hundreds injured today in violence across several states as protesters blocked trains, clashed with police and set fire to private and public properties, including police posts, during a nationwide bandh called

SC/ST Act hearing today: SC 'not against' Act; Modi meets SC MPs; updates

SC/ST Act hearing today: SC 'not against' Act; Modi meets SC MPs; updates: The apex court will hear the Centre's plea seeking to review its March 20 verdict putting safeguards on arrest under the stringent SC/ST Act at 2 pm

Dalit protests: Mathura MLA's office ransacked

Dalit protests: Mathura MLA's office ransacked: Office of a BJP legislator was allegedly ransacked in Krishna Nagar here by a group of Dalits who were protesting the 'dilution' of the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, representative of the MLA

Rail, road traffic affected; Dalit protests turn violent in Pb, Hary

Rail, road traffic affected; Dalit protests turn violent in Pb, Hary: Rail and road traffic went for a toss at many places in Punjab and Haryana today as the Dalits staged protests over dilution of the SC/ST Act.
The police had to resort to cane charge after protesters turned violent at some places in the neighbouring

Dalit protests: Two killed, over 70 hurt in UP; ex-MLA among over 400 held

Dalit protests: Two killed, over 70 hurt in UP; ex-MLA among over 400 held: Two persons were killed, over 70 others, including many policemen, injured while 448 people were arrested as Uttar Pradesh saw widespread violence on a day Dalit groups protested what they claimed was the 'dilution' of the provisions of the

6 killed in violence during Dalit agitation in MP

6 killed in violence during Dalit agitation in MP: Six people were killed and several others injured today in Madhya Pradesh, which was hit by widespread violence during the 'Bharat bandh' called by Dalit outfits to protest against a recent Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act, officials said.
The

Dalit anger erupts across states

Dalit anger erupts across states: Nine people were killed and many injured across several states on Monday as a 'Bharat Bandh' against the 'dilution' of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act turned violent, with Dalits' pent-up anger erupting over the frequent attacks on their community.

Mamata supports Dalit cause, shocked over deaths in MP

Mamata supports Dalit cause, shocked over deaths in MP: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed her support to the cause of the Dalits and said she was shocked over the death of four persons in Madhya Pradesh during the nationwide bandh called against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST

Mamata supports Dalit cause, shocked over deaths in MP

Mamata supports Dalit cause, shocked over deaths in MP: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed her support to the cause of the Dalits and said she was shocked over the death of four persons in Madhya Pradesh during the nationwide bandh called against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST

Bharat Bandh: Dalit protest over SC/ST Act turns violent, nine dead

Bharat Bandh: Dalit protest over SC/ST Act turns violent, nine dead: The bandh call, supported by nearly all opposition parties, was given to protest the Supreme Court order of March 20

Normal life partially hit in Odisha by dalit stir

Normal life partially hit in Odisha by dalit stir: Normal life was partially affected in several parts of Odisha today as dalit outfits staged protests and strike as part of a countrywide agitation against the Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act.
Vehicular movement was affected in several areas