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Massive all-party march in Parbhani demands justice for Dalit youth’s custodial death
A massive all-party march in Parbhani saw political leaders and Ambedkarite followers protest the Maharashtra government's handling of Dalit youth Somnath Suryavanshi’s death in police custody and Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's brutal murder. Demands for justice, accountability, and caste reform echoed amidst growing tensions and violence in Marathwada
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Rajasthan: Dalit man killed after row over Ambedkar poster
Vinod Bamnia, a member of Bhim Army, was assaulted on June 5, succumbed to injuries two days later
Victory! Shanti Basfore released from Assam Detention Camp
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The 60-year-old Dalit woman becomes the 41st person to be released on conditional bail with CJP’s help
Cooption with denial of dignity & rights is the Dalit reality under BJP-RSS
Hindutva’s rise snatches Dalit socio-economic rights even as it culturally gives ‘space’ to deprived millions
Ahmedabad: Castist goons attack Dalit man for ‘sporting moustache’
An FIR was lodged against six named and four unnamed people under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Prevention of Atrocities Act
The Buddha and his Dhamma
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Bihar: Dalit youth humiliated, tortured outside former Panchayat leader’s house
Police warn that the main accused in the case, Abloo Singh is still absconding as of Thursday afternoon
UP: Dalit youth brutally attacked, 3 men arrested
Members of an "upper-caste" family viciously attacked a 22-year-old Dalit, severely injuring his private parts
NCSC head meets kin of Moga, Sangur Dalit victims
First family was that of two sisters, who had been brutally murdered, second family was that of a child, who had subjected to physical and mental torture
Mahad Satyagraha: After 94 years, do we have Equality, Dignity & Access?
Ninety-four years ago, to the date, Babasaheb Ambedkar walked to the public water tank/pond – Chavdar tale – with fellow satyagrahis (protesters) and drank water from a common property resource denied to the Dalit Untouchables on March 20, 1927
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