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New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) In 1924, when Mahatma Gandhi asked young Chithira Tirunal, the 12-year-old prince of the erstwhile princely state of Travancore in Kerala, if he would remove untouchability [...]
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court has sentenced six upper caste men from Uttar Pradesh to life terms for killing seven Dalits 30 years ago.
Sentencing the six men after reversing their acquittal by the Allahabad High Court, a bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A.K. Patnaik said: ‘Unfortunately, the centuries-old Indian caste [...]
Patna, Dec 3 (IANS) A Dalit man was shot dead in cold blood by a group of upper caste men in a Bihar village for sitting on a chair to watch a musical entertainment programme at a wedding, police said Thursday.
Harendra Kumar Manjhi, in his late 20s, was shot dead in Salempur village in Saran [...]
Patna, Oct 19 (IANS) In a move to placate upper castes, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday assured them that their lands were safe and his government has no plans to enact a new law to protect sharecroppers.
He also alleged that his political rival and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad was instigating ‘upper caste’ [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) The media had thrust a Dalit ‘frame’ on his visits to poor districts of the country, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Wednesday while stressing that he did not believe in the caste system and only saw people as human beings.
‘I see myself going to a human being’s house. I [...]
Lucknow, Oct 7 (IANS) A panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has ordered the breakup of a marriage between an upper caste man and a Dalit woman. The couple were also assaulted and were forced to leave the village after they refused to separate, officials said Wednesday.
The incident was reported in Mohammadpur Trilok village in Bijnor district, [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) The media had thrust a Dalit ‘frame’ on his visits to poor areas of the country, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Wednesday while stressing that he did not believe in the caste system and only saw people as human beings.
‘I see myself going to a human being’s house. I [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) The media had thrust a Dalit ‘frame’ on his visits to poor districts of the country, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Wednesday while stressing that he did not believe in the caste system and only saw people as human beings.
‘I see myself going to a human being’s house. I [...]
Mumbai, Sep 28(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- Shiv Sena alliance has came out with notable promises in its manifesto for the Maharashtra State assembly elections, which includes 15per cent quota in jobs, educational institutions for economically backward classes and developing infrastructure.
It was disclosed by Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, senior BJP leaders Gopinath Munde [...]
Bhopal, Sep 16 (IANS) More than three weeks have passed since a Dalit family was ostracised and forced to leave their village in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district. But, according to media reports, the police and the administration have failed to either rehabilitate them or to take action against anyone.
Bhupati Das’s family, including his wife and [...]
Patna, Sep 16 (IANS) An upper caste body in Bihar Wednesday threatened to launch protests against the Nitish Kumar government’s failure to recover a Class 1 student who was kidnapped here at gunpoint two days ago.
Shresth Sanjay, 6, was abducted in the heart of Patna while he was on his way to Christ Church School [...]
