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Hindu Americans call for protection against rising Hinduphobia and Caste B
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) highlighted the challenges being faced by Hindus in the US amid the rising violence against the religion, Hinduphobia, caste laws and academic bias.
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US: California Senate passes Bill to ban caste discrimination
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The California state Senate passed a Bill to ban caste-based discrimination in the state on Thursday.
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Mumbai: Session court grants bail to accused in IIT Bombay student suicide
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The court in its ten-page order has observed that no evidence of caste discrimination and harassment was found against the accused in the Darshan Solanki suicide case to show that the applicant/accused was harassing the deceased on the basis of caste discrimination.
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Dravidian ideology has not expired, it brought an end to caste discriminat
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Reacting to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's comments, chief minister MK Stalin said that Dravidian ideology is not an expired ideology but it brought an end to Sanatana Dharma and caste discrimination, adding that only Dravidam has the power to defeat the Aryan ideology.
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Vaikom Satyagraha most powerful, potent, earliest mass movement against ca
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the Vaikom Satyagraha has the distinction of being one of the most powerful, potent and earliest mass movements against caste discrimination.
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Seattle becomes first city in US to ban caste discrimination
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Seattle City Court, on Tuesday, approved the ordinance that amends the city's municipal code to include caste as a protected class, alongside categories such as race, religion and gender identity.
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18-year-old dies by suicide in IIT Bombay, Family claims caste discriminat
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The family of an 18-year-old boy named Darshan Solanki, who allegedly committed suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on February 12 has claimed that the boy was murdered.
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Tamil Nadu: Ensure flag-hoisting without caste discrimination on R-Day, ch
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to strictly comply with the provisions of the Flag Code of India, 2002 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.
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Human excreta in water tank incident: VCK party founder says CM's interven
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Founder and President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) Party Tholkappiyan Thirumalavalan on Thursday said that Chief Minister MK Stalin's intervention is needed to stop what he called "Caste atrocities" across the state.
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Vengaivayal incident: DGP transfers case to CB-CID
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Taking note of the Vengavayil village incident where human feces were found dumped in a water tank supplying drinking water to a Dalit colony, Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) on Saturday ordered a CB-CID (CBCID enquiry) into the incident.
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Human excreta in water tank incident: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin says it shows c
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday said that the incident in Vengaival village of Pudhokottai district, in which human excreta was found in water tanks, shows that caste discrimination and untouchability exist in some pockets of society.
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Madras High Court seeks status report on plea over caste discrimination in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Shanmugam filed a petition to the Madurai bench of Madras High court in the morning seeking compensation for more than 30 families who drank human excrement-mixed water in the Pudukottai district.
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