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Uttarakhand: Dalit man beaten up for eating in front of 'upper caste' peop
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], May 7 (ANI): A Dalit succumbed to injuries on Sunday, a few days after he was beaten up allegedly by a group of "upper caste" people for eating in front of them at a wedding reception in Tehri district of Uttrakhand, police said.
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BJP, Cong politicising Ambedkar who is BSP's soul: Mayawati
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday accused the Congress and BJP of indulging in electoral politics involving Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, saying he was considered a soul for the BSP.
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Deaf, dumb Dalits can get top positions in BJP, says Udit Raj
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 30 (ANI): Dalit leaders - who are deaf and dumb - can get top positions in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Udit Raj on Tuesday, who recently joined the Congress party after the BJP denied him the Lok Sabha ticket to seek re-election from North West D
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UP CM Yogi Adithyanath visits Dalit family in Ayodhya
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 17: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday visited a Dalit family and had lunch at their home in Ayodhya, amid 72-hour ban on campaigning imposed on him by the Election Commission of India.
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Gulberg massacre survivor to contest against Amit Shah in Gandhinagar
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr 16 (ANI): Two brothers who survived the 2002 Gulberg massacre - Imtiyaz Pathan and Firoz Khan Pathan- have entered into politics and filed their nominations from Kheda and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituencies, respectively.
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Ambedkar Jayanti: President, PM pay tribute to architect of Indian Constit
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Dalit social reformer and father of the Indian Constitution Dr. BR Ambedkar on his 128th birth anniversary, also known as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti.
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Dalits were stopped from voting by police during first phase of polling in
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 12 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Friday complained to the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Police did not allow dalits to vote in Uttar Pradesh, alleges BSP in compl
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Apr 11 (ANI): BSP has lodged a complaint with Election Commission of India alleging that Dalit voters were stopped from casting their votes by police and administration in Uttar Pradesh.
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Nothing could be more insulting to Kanshi Ram and Ambedkar: Yogi on Mayawa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati of insulting the Dalit icons Kanshi Ram and Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar by appealing to Muslims to vote for the grand alliance.
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RJD releases manifesto, promises reservation to Dalits, backward classes
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday released the party's poll manifesto which promises reservation to Dalits and backward classes on the basis of their population, besides a job quota in the private sector.
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Congress hatched conspiracies to defeat BR Ambedkar, says Modi
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Jamui (Bihar) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of "neglecting" architect of Indian Constitution BR Ambedkar and plotting various conspiracies to "defeat" the Dalit icon.
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State legislature showed respect to Dalit woman leader, justifies Mayawati
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Justifying statues built in Uttar Pradesh with taxpayers money during her regime, former UP Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the state legislature showed respect to a Dalit woman leader.
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