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Rajasthan: Divyang father commits suicide after no action taken against hi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): A blind Dalit man allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison here in Bhiwadi on Thursday night after police failed to take action against the accused who killed his son last month.
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Cong slams BJP for 'step-motherly' treatment towards Dalits, Tribals
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): The Congress party on Monday slammed the BJP led NDA government at the Centre for its alleged "step-motherly" treatment towards Dalits and Tribals. It also criticised the CBSE's decision to increase the fee for Class X and XII board examinations.
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Priest stops Dalit man from entering temple in Kutch, held
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kutch (Gujarat) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): In yet another case of caste-based discrimination, a priest allegedly stopped a Dalit man to enter a temple in Nakhtrada area in Kutch district of Gujarat, an official confirmed on Sunday.
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Kerala: Youth Cong workers 'purify' PWD office with cow dung water after D
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], July 29 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, Youth Congress activists sprinkled cow dung water to allegedly purify a PWD office, where a CPI Dalit MLA Geetha Gopi had staged a protest recently.
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Letter to PM: Anurag Kashyap slams Govt, mocks trolls
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 28 (ANI): After a criminal complaint was lodged against the 9 of the 49 signatories who addressed a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on increasing incidents of mob lynching in the country, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap opened up on Twitter on the matter.
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Bihar: Criminal complaint filed against Konkona Sharma, others for writing
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 27 (ANI): A criminal complaint has been filed in a court here against actor Konkona Sena Sharma and some others who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the incidents of mob lynching.
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UP: Authorities prevent 25 Dalit families from converting religion in Buda
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Budaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): District authorities prevented 25 Dalit families from converting their religion in a village in Zarif Nagar area here on Friday. The families were accusing other community in the village of discrimination and using casteist slurs against them.
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Madhya Pradesh: Woman burnt alive in Satna
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): A Dalit woman was allegedly burnt alive over a land dispute in Ginjara village of Satna in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
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Uttar Pradesh: Four thrash Dalit man, try to burn him alive
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): Four men allegedly thrashed and tried to burn alive a Dalit man in the district on Thursday night, police said on Friday.
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They don't want Dalits to do better: Mayawati's caste card over raids on b
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): Infuriated over the Income Tax Department's action against her brother and BSP vice president Anand Kumar, party chief Mayawati on Friday dubbed the RSS and BJP as casteist organizations, alleging that they do not want people from Dalit and
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NHRC issues notice to Haryana DGP in case of gang-rape of minor Dalit girl
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Haryana Director General of Police, asking for a detailed report in the case of gang-rape of a 12-year-old Dalit girl in Nuh.
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Congress MPs give adjournment motion notice in LS over 'Dalit killings' in
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Several Congress MPs on Friday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over alleged "killing of Dalits" in Gujarat.
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