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'No evidence' that Dalit was killed for keeping a horse
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhavnagar (Gujarat) [India], April .1 (ANI): A 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly murdered in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district for keeping a horse, but according to the Gujarat Police, they found no such evidence.
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Gujarat: Dalit man killed for riding horse, 3 held
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhavnagar (Gujarat) [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Three people were detained on Friday night after a 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly killed for riding a horse in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district.
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Ambedkar's grandson calls name change move 'wrong'
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar. 30 (ANI): Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr B R Ambedkar, on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ordered all its state departments and High Court benches in Lucknow and Allahabad to add Ramji to the nam
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Paswan meets PM Modi over review petition against SC-ST Act dilution
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): An envoy of Dalit ministers and MPs headed by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi over their concerns on the Supreme Court's judgement diluting provisions of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) a
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BJP chants name of Ambedkar but oppresses Dalits: Mayawati
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for using Bhimrao Ambedkar's name and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chants the name of the Dalit leader but oppresses those belonging to
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Ambedkar Jayanti to be celebrated as 'Social Justice Day'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The birth anniversary of India's Dalit social reformer Dr BR Ambedkar will be celebrated as 'Social Justice Day', BJP national spokesperson Anil Baluni announced on Friday.
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Notice served to BJP MLA for beating up Dalits
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], Mar. 11 (ANI): Rudrapur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Rajkumar Thakral has been served a notice by the party for beating up Dalit men and women, the Uttrakhand State BJP President Ajay Bhatt confirmed.
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Another statue of Ambedkar vandalised, this time in Uttarakhand
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Adding to the list of statues of leaders being vandalised in various parts of the country, another sculpture of Dalit leader Dr B. R. Ambedkar was damaged by miscreants on Friday in Uttarakhand's Haridwar.
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Mayawati condemns vandalisation of BR Ambedkar statue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday condemned the vandalisation of statues of political and ideological figures across the country including Dalit icon BR Ambedkar's statue
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After Lenin and Periyar, Ambedkar's statue vandalised in UP
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): The vandalisation of statues of political and ideological figures across the country found its latest victim in Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar, whose statue was targetted by miscreants in Meerut's Mawana late on Tuesday night.
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Over a hundred Dalits adopt Buddhism in Karnataka
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kalburagi (Karnataka) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Over 60 Dalit families, in Karnataka's Kundagoli village in Kalburagi district renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism today.
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Rohith Vemula's mother accepts compensation from Hyderabad University
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The mother of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide, has accepted a compensation of Rs 8 Lakh from the University of Hyderabad.
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