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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
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man killed in UP in alleged land grab attempt
The creditor demanded land owned by the deceased man as repayment of loan, but it was ten times more than what was owed to him
In Pictures: Unique Protest in Andhra Pradesh’s Dosapadu Village by Dalits Against Illegal Encroachment of Land
At least 45 Dalit families in Dosapadu village have lost lands granted by the government to them over the past 20 years.
Atrocities against SCs and STs show an increasing trend in Odisha: NCRB report 2021
The state is featured among the top five states in atrocities against both, SCs and STs
Scheduled Caste Reservation: Supreme Court asks Centre to explain its stand on converted Dalits within three weeks
Court pulls up Centre for not filing a response during the long gap of 18 years
Jharkhand: 50 Dalit families driven out of Palamu village?
The families had been living in the village for 40 years; Muslim villagers claim the Dalit families had settled on a land near a graveyard only a few months ago
Manual Scavenger Dies While Cleaning Well, no Case filed After a Month
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A month has passed since Kalidas died, and a case has still not been filed under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Act, 2013.
A half baked secularism: Teesta Setalvad on caste and communalism
Drawing on the subcontinent's history of faith entwined politics and the resultant consolidation of power in the hands of the few, Teesta Setalvad invokes Ambedkar, Periyar and uses her own engagement with communalism to argue that the battle for secularism in India simply cannot be won without addressing the issue of caste. First published in Communalism Combat in April 1999.
West Bengal: Awareness of Rights Under FRA Brings Tribal, Forest Communities Closer
There's growing political consciousness, thanks to campaigns and marches in over 12 districts led by the newly formed Banadhikar O Prakriti Bachao Adivasi Mahasabha.
MP: 16-Year-Old Dalit Girl Beaten up for Sitting in the Front Row, Teacher Booked
According to police, the incident occurred over 700 km away from the state capital on August 2 at the Government Higher Secondary Girls School, Baidhan, in the Singrauli district.
9-year-old Dalit boy dies after teacher allegedly thrashes him; cops deny “caste angle”
Family alleges teacher was enraged and beat up the 9-year-old boy after he touched a pot of water meant for “upper caste” people
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