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Dalit and Tribal girls brutalised in Andhra Pradesh: Twin crimes lay bare caste violence and systemic collapse
From the two-year gang-rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl to the public torture of a 10-year-old Adivasi child, Andhra Pradesh reels under the weight of caste atrocities, bureaucratic silence, and political blame games
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No proposal to release 2011 caste-based census data: MHA to RS
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Rajasthan man accused of murdering daughter for eloping with a Dalit
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Dalit RTI activist hacked to death in Gujarat
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Dalit teenager killed, body dumped in Aligarh field
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Madras HC refuses to quash case against DMK secretary for casteist remarks
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