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4 arrested in Dalit youth killing in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) [India], October 10 (ANI): Four people have been arrested and a minor detained in connection with the case in which a Dalit youth was allegedly beaten to death by a group of persons and his body dumped outside his house in Prempura village in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh d
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Mayawati questions Congress silence on death of Dalit man in Rajasthan's H
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 10 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday asked why the Congress high command is silent on the beating of a Dalit man to death in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh and she has also raised questions about the style of working of the Uttar Pradesh
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She also did drama in last polls: UP Min on Priyanka Gandhi sweeping floor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Gupta "Nandi" on Saturday attacked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her sweeping the floor of a house with a broom in Dalit village in Lucknow and called it 'drama'.
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Priyanka sweeps floor in UP village, slams Yogi Adityanath for his jibe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday on a surprise visit to a Dalit village in Lucknow picked up a broom and cleaned the floors, in response to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's remark on her sweeping the floor of a Sitap
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SAD leader Cheema slams Congress over Sidhu's 'remarks' in video gone vira
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Targeting the Congress over Navjot Singh Sidhu's purported remarks in a video gone viral, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Daljit Singh Cheema on Friday accused the ruling party in the state of having "hatred for Dalits" and alleged that it had no real i
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Journalists hold protest in Kerala demanding release of Siddique Kappan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 5 (ANI): Journalists under the Kerala Union of Working Journalists ( KUWJ) conducted a protest in front of the General Post Office here on Tuesday, demanding the release of journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested a year ago, while on the way
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Teacher booked over discriminating children on the basis of caste in UP's
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Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 1 (ANI): A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against a school teacher for allegedly discriminating against children on the basis of their caste in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
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2013 Sonai murders: SC stays execution of convict's death sentence
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of the death penalty of a convict who was convicted of murdering three Dalit youths in Ahmednagar's Sonai village in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar in 2013 over an inter-caste love affair.
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Kanhaiya Kumar, Jignesh Mewani to join Congress on Sept 28: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM) MLA Jignesh Mewani from Gujarat are expected to join the Congress party on September 28, said Congress party sources.
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Congress in Punjab indulging in caste politics, says Union Minister Som Pr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Days after Charanjit Singh Channi took charge as Punjab Chief Minister, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Prakash on Thursday said that Congress is indulging in 'caste politics'.
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Dalit villager fined Rs, 25,000 for son's entry into temple, 5 held includ
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Koppal (Karnataka) [India], September 22 (ANI): Five persons including a priest have been taken into police custody for allegedly asking a Dalit family to pay Rs 25,000 fine to "sanitise" a temple, in Miyapura village in Karnataka's Koppal district, after their four-year-old son entered it,
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Punjab SC Commission issues instructions to refrain from using word 'Dalit
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 21 (ANI): Taking notice of the word 'Dalit' being used for newly appointed Chief Minister Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi in social media pages and media, Tejinder Kaur, Chairperson Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, on Tuesday issued instructions to not us
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