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Lakhimpur Kheri: Bodies of two sisters found hanging from a tree
Family alleges rape, autopsy report awaited; at least four arrested so far
Tamil Nadu: 27 sentenced to life in Dalit triple murder case
Members of dominant community had attacked eight Dalit men, killing three, for getting “first respect” at a temple in 2018
Dalits gherao Panchayat Officials in Sangrur protesting dummy land auction
The Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Committee tightened the noose around...
MP: 8-year-old found sitting by the roadside with toddler brother’s corpse
Hospital's apathy forces father to leave children near a public park as he went about trying to arrange transport to get them back home
Farrukhabad: Dalit man allegedly beaten to death by UP cops
The family accused the police of targeting and killing the man for his caste identity
UP: Four reports of cops allegedly committing crimes against women!
Two of these instances of brutal violence and assault were against Dalit women, one against a woman from an OBC family
Man “from same community arrested” for allegedly killing Dalit family: UP Police
On Saturday, police had suspended two of its personnel for allegedly “pressuring the Dalit family compromise with the upper-caste family in a dispute linked to grazing land”
Uttar Pradesh: 4 of Dalit family masacred in Prayagraj
Protest ensue, 2 cops suspended; locals accuse police negligence as family had approached cops earlier to lodge an FIR but were allegedly rebuffed
Kundli murder accused remanded to week-long custody
Nihangs' justification of the murdering the man on account of religious sacrilege has angered many netizens and Dalit rights activists
Bikaner hostel rape case: Rajasthan court awards life sentence to main accused, convicts two others
A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead in a water tank at her hostel in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district in 2016
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Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC
The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.
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Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women
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Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
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Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure
Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters