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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
Dalit boy found hanging from tree in Uttar Pradesh village
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According to the boy's family, Gurjeet, the victim, was playing in the farm near the disputed part of the land when the accused men caught the boy, strangled him to death and tied him to a tree.
How caste hegemony has meant boycott for 17 families over inter-caste marriage: Gujarat
Seventeen families of the barber (Nai) caste in Gujarat’s Bhiloda taluka of Aravalli district have been facing a brute social boycott by privileged castes after a young man from the community married one from their caste
Student groups clash in Lucknow University on Rohith Vemula’s death anniversary
Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar, hanged himself in his hostel room on January 17, 2016
MP: Promises CM Made in 2016 Still Unfulfilled, Alleges SC/ST Employee Association
The organisation has threatened a massive protest on February 26 in Bhopal.
REPLUG: Rohith Vemula, Your Sacrifice was Not in Vain
The HCU scholar showed us why it is crucial to fight the subtle atrocities and discriminations that exist in academic institutions in the name of excellence and autonomy.
A unique Yatra, Swaraj March by Adivasi communities that asserts yearning for key policy changes
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Gutti Koyas (Maru) Adivasis from Chhattisgarh face eviction in Telangana
Despite eviction being expressly disallowed under the Forest Rights Act of 2006, a gram sabha resolution passed a resolution to evict
Microloans? 66% of rejected applications were from Dalit women, says research
Seema and her husband did quite well when they...
Dalit man assaulted with burning stick for entering temple in Uttarkashi
The violent incident took place on January 9 when 22-year-old Ayush, a resident of Bainol village, visited the temple, they said
MP: Dalit boy dies by suicide, blames teacher’s casteist remarks
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He wrote in his note that the teacher harassed him and even abused his parents
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