Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

‘We Were Promised Rehabilitation’: Gurugram’s oldest Dalit settlement bulldozed after decade long battle; police violently beat and detain residents for protesting

Behind Gurugram’s latest demolition drive lies a decade-old nexus of corruption, caste, and state neglect

UP: Five days after attack on father of Dalit gang rape survivor, two infants and survivor set on fire at home by gang-rape suspects

The authorities' reluctance to include appropriate provisions under the SC/ST (PoA) Act and abiding by provisions for providing police protection to fame worsens situation of Dalit women in India

Caste Census Would be Real Tribute to Ambedkar

An honest assessment of the population of marginalised sections can help modify policies and place India’s uneven progress on the path of equality.

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve: Adivasis Cheated out of Forest Land, Compensation

The poorly executed relocation process has led to displacement and exploitation of tribals in the Nilgiris; the Moundadan Chettys fear they are next.

Mathura: Stones thrown at the Ambedkar Jayanti procession leaves several people injured

Tension prevailed due to stone pelting on the Shobha Yatra, police deployed in the area

Safai Shramik Union raises demands for a law that safeguards rights of sanitation workers: Maharashtra

In the letter addressed to the MLA, the union has highlighted the difficulties faced by the sanitation workers as well as the lack of government facilities guaranteed to them

Anti-Dalit violence all pervasive even in April 2023, #DalitHistory month

More incidents of caste-based atrocities reported across states serving as a bitter reminder that the road to equality and a casteless society is hard

Manual Scavenging continues unabated, Indian Govts turns a deaf ear to acknowledge this systemic, extreme violence

Even as Supreme Court directs governments to meet to discuss implementation of a central law, abolition of manual scavenging, a callous system has a lukewarm response

Complaint to NCSC over Bihar Police assault on minor Dalit boys for playing music at Holi

In its complaint, CJP has informed the Commission that the police, unprompted, beat up the Dalit boys and their mothers came to save them, beat them as well

Study Reveals Inequity in PM-JAY Implementation, Fails to Reach Most Vulnerable Sections

Analysis published in Lancet Regional Health shows discrepancy in health insurance utilisation among EWS in India

Gujarat: 3 lose their lives and 2 hospitalised from toxic sewer gas exposure; investigation launched

Second incident of death due to asphyxiation reported in two weeks, is this a sign of state negligence?

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