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MP minister apologies after his 'upper caste women...' remark stokes row
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bisahulal Singh on Friday apologised for his 'Thakur women' statement made while at an event stating that his remarks were misconstrued and that it was not his intention to hurt the sentiments of any p
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If we want social equality, upper caste women should be pulled out of thei
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Anuppur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 25 (ANI): While talking about the rights of women, State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bisahulal Singh on Wednesday said that upper caste and influential people restrict their womenfolk to the household, so if we want social equality, then these
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7 arrested for thrashing Dalit brothers in Karnataka's Koppal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Koppal (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): Seven persons have been arrested and at least 16 have been booked after two dalit brothers were allegedly beaten up and humiliated by upper caste men for seeking a haircut in Karnataka's Koppal district.
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Aligarh hospital report doesn't confirm rape: Hathras SP
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 1 (ANI): Aligarh hospital's medical report of the Hathras Dalit woman, who succumbed to an assault by four upper-caste men, did not confirm rape, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikrant Vir on Thursday.
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40 Dalit families face social boycott in Odisha's Dhenkanal after girl plu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhenkanal (Odisha) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Around 40 families, belonging to Dalit community, in Kantio Kateni village of Dhenkanal district were allegedly socially boycotted after a girl from their community plucked flowers from the farm of an upper-caste man.
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Agra Police investigating case of Dalit woman's body taken away from funer
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): Agra Police on Tuesday said they were investigating a case in which body of a Dalit woman was allegedly removed from the cremation ground by people belonging to "upper castes".
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Owaisi cites empirical data, says upper-caste Hindus hold double the wealt
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Jan 10 (ANI): AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that according to empirical data upper-caste Hindus hold 41 per cent of total wealth in the country which is almost double their population of 22.28 per cent.
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SC refuses to entertain plea seeking age relaxation to poor upper caste ap
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the central government to provide age relaxation to poor upper caste applicants eligible for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota in all government service recruitme
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Ahmedabad: Dalit man allegedly killed by in-laws
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India] July 10 (ANI): A Dalit man Haresh Kumar Solanki was allegedly murdered by his upper-caste in-laws in Varmor village here.
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Congress submits adjournment motion notice in LS over youth killed in Guja
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday submitted an Adjournment Motion Notice in the Lok Sabha over the killing of Dalit youth in Gujarat by upper caste people.
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Dalit groom beaten for riding horse in Bikaner
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bikaner (Rajasthan) [India], May 17 (ANI): A Dalit groom was allegedly beaten by upper caste people for riding a horse at a village in Napasar area in the district on Wednesday night, police said.
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Harish Rawat observes 'silence' to protest against death of Dalit man
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 13 (ANI): Congress general secretary Harish Rawat along with other party officials on Monday observed an hour of 'maun vrat' (silence) here at the Gandhi Park to protest against the killing of a Dalit youth by upper caste men in Tehri.
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