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Statewide Attacks: A chilling chronicle of caste-based attacks across the country
Across Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, a disturbing pattern of caste-based atrocities is emerging, with Dalit students facing targeted violence and discrimination, alongside horrifying attacks on women and communities, highlighting a systemic failure to protect marginalised lives and ensure justice
Nearly 50,000 atrocity cases registered under SC/ST Act in 2019: Centre
The conviction rate meanwhile howers at a mere 10 percent as per submission by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment before the Rajya Sabha
Poll violence, attacks on Dalits, Muslims: What is happening in UP?
Dalits OBCs may get a couple of Cabinet berths, but nothing seems to have changed on the streets of the state
Are Assam government’s new policies regarding indigenous people and Gorkhas an eyewash?
Six indigenous communities still denied Scheduled Tribe status, 85,000 Gorkhas excluded from NRC; verbal assurances not enough
Conspicuous silence of political parties on OBC reservation issues in the North
How it is important to remember leaders like VP Singh for their commitment to creating a more equal India
How do casteism, bigotry continue to thrive in IITs?
A death allegedly by suicide, a resignation that exposes caste-based discrimination; happenings at IIT Madras are a sign of a deeper problem
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
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
The Hinduism I used to know
Communally charged atmosphere has become rather unnerving
Delhi court directs FIR against caste-abusive terms in DSSSB questions paper
The Selection Board in its exam held for selection of primary teachers used caste abusive terms in its question papers, two years in a row
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