As part of the demonstration, taken out on Thursday, hundreds of members from various scheduled caste Hindu groups, such as the Kolhi, Bheel, Meghwar, Oad, and Bagri held a sit-in outside the provincial legislature under the banner of the Pakistan Darawer Ittehad.
Speaking exclusively to ANI at the UN, Rohini Ghavari said: "I have got a golden chance to be at the UN. For the past two years, I am doing my PhD in Geneva and it was my dream to represent India at the United Nations and spread awareness about the situation of the Dalit community in India".
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Monday hit out at the YSRCP government in the state over an alleged attack on MLA Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy in Assembly, saying that the cruelty on the Dalit community "continued" even inside the Assembly.
Former minister and Congress MLA Sajjan Singh Verma on Sunday 'threatened' to launch an agitation and will court arrest to protest against the alleged atrocities on Dalits and Tribals in the BJP-ruled state of Madhya Pradesh.
Sai Sampath from Eco Fawn, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO, during his oral intervention, described and narrated the story of Rohini, a Dalit girl studying in Geneva. She has been the beneficiary of Rs 1 Cr granted by the government of India.
According to the New York Times report, Meena Kotwal, the founder of news portal 'The Mooknayak', wanted to start a news outlet that focussed on marginalised communities as "she knew there were millions who desperately needed their stories told,"
Three out of four persons, accused in the rape and murder case of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, were released from the Aligarh district jail on Friday, a day after they were acquitted by a special court in Uttar Pradesh.
Nadda discussed BJP's work culture with the students and said that the BJP governments at the Centre and in the States are dedicated towards the empowerment and welfare of all sections of the society, particularly villagers and farmers, Dalits and Tribals, youth and women, backward and oppre
While interacting with the media in Jehanabad on Thursday, a question about making his son, Santosh Suman the Chief Minister of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi said that Santosh is well-read. He should be made the chief minister. That many people are trying to be the Chief Minister of Bihar and his
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader TKS Elangovan on Monday said barring a few sporadic incidents of caste violence, the Dravidian movement empowered Dalits with education and employment. He added that "the government is taking action against incidents of caste atrocities".