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Rajnath condemns Una incident, says attacks on Dalits a 'social evil&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Asserting that the attack on Dalits was a 'social evil', Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday condemned the Una incident and urged political parties to unite over the issue.
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Sonia Gandhi to raise Gujarat Dalit atrocity issue in Parliament today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi is set to raise the issue of atrocities against Dalits in Parliament, particularly the recent case from Gujarat where four Dalit boys were stripped and thrashed brutally on charges of skinning a dead cow.
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Gujarat CM orders CBI probe into Gir Somnath Dalit assault case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), July 19 (ANI): In wake of a Dalit family being assaulted for allegedly skinning a dead cow in the Gir Somnath district, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the matter.
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Congress condemns Gir Somnath Dalit assault, calls for action against accu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), July 19 (ANI): Strongly condemning the Gir Somnath Dalit assault incident in which a Dalit family was assaulted for allegedly skinning a dead cow, the Congress on Tuesday called for strict action against all the accused, adding that the neglecting officer should be
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Gujarat Dalit thrashing: Govt. takes 'prompt action' against acc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), July 18 (ANI): The Gujarat Government has said that it has taken 'prompt action' against people accused of atrocities against the Schedule Castes (SC) at Una in Gir Somnath district.
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Lucknow: Dalit family allowed to meet JeM terrorist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow, July 17 (ANI): In Uttar Pradesh, the district administration of Lucknow has allowed a Dalit family from Meerut to meet convicted Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Abid lodged in the Lucknow jail.
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Priestess in Kanpur defends temple cleaning post Dalit women charges(Updat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur, July 15 (ANI): Refuting charges of caste discrimination, the priestess at Chaturbhuj Temple in Mangalpur village of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city have said that cleaning of the premises is a regular affair.
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Temple authorities `clean` premises with Gangajal after Dalit woman perfor
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur, July 15 (ANI): A new case of caste discrimination has come to light after a Dalit woman in a Kanpur village alleged that the authorities of a temple, where she had gone to offer prayers, cleansed the temple with 'Gangajal' after she left.
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