Mayawati's BSP faces setback in Lok Sabha elections as core jatav voters shift loyaltiesThe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suffered a setback in the Lok Sabha elections, losing core Jatav voters. Mayawati's post-poll ambitions were ...
05 Jun, 2024, 03.02 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Dalit bastis of western UP want basic necessities, dignityIn Hathras's Pilakhana, the air is heavy with the stench of stagnant water that surrounds modest homes, many of which are precariously perc...
03 May, 2024, 10.04 AM IST
Government leaving no stone unturned to rescue Indians stuck in Ukraine: PM ModiAddressing an election rally in Basti, Modi, while pointing to the turmoil prevailing in the world, pitched for strengthening the country b...
28 Feb, 2022, 12.30 AM IST
Term ‘dalit’ illusionary: Maharashtra duo who filed PILIt was due to the duo’s efforts that the I&B ministry issued an advisory to media organisations recently to refrain from using the word ‘Da...
06 Sep, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Celebrations in dalit communities over Ram Nath kovind's victoryBJP’s Dalit leader Bizay Sonkar Shastri said “all Dalit groups not just Kolis” were enthusiastic with Kovind as the President and the party...
21 Jul, 2017, 12.40 AM IST
Dalits of UP have an alternative in Republican Party of India: Ramdas AthawaleReports are showing that the BSP is ahead but if BJP allies with the RPI, the combine will move to No. 1 position, said Ramdas Athawale
16 Oct, 2016, 12.48 PM IST
Send 10,000 Dalit students every semester to foreign universities: Suraj Milind YengdeSuraj Milind Yengde, 28, an associate scholar at the Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University, speaks about e...
14 Aug, 2016, 07.47 AM IST
BJP MP Yogi Adityanath accuses Mother Teresa of religious conversionBJP MP Yogi Adityanath said Dalits were specifically chosen for conversion and that Hindus should not glorify Christianity.
21 Jun, 2016, 01.25 AM IST
Marathwada: A death widens caste rift, sparks water warMost Dalits there are landless labourers from the Matang community, who work in brick kilns or migrate to cut sugarcane in western Maharash...
13 Apr, 2016, 02.16 PM IST
POKE ME: The BJP's till-now successful attempts to win over a new electorate has run into a problemThe suicide of Hyderabad Central University student Rohith Vemula, and the subsequent protests across the country, are an altogether differ...
04 Feb, 2016, 07.06 PM IST
Congress’ Bhim Jyoti Yatra' in Uttar Pradesh from February 1This time the rath with pictures of BR Ambedkar will travel to districts of Bundelkhand from February 1 till February 10.
26 Jan, 2016, 05.33 AM IST
Eyes on 2017 Assembly polls, Samajwadi Party tries to woo DalitsMulayam Singh Yadav-led SP has given a fresh momentum to its SC-ST Cell with the appointment of party MLA Subhash Pasi as its president.
07 Dec, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
Voting with their feet: Dalits have emancipated themselves by fleeing to the citiesAmong 129 Dalit houses in the village, there are 109 girls aged ten and above. Only four of them work on Thakurs' farms.
05 Dec, 2013, 11.40 AM IST
Stage set for first phase of UP Assembly pollsPolling for the first phase of the high voltage Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 55 seats in 10 districts would be held tomorrow.
08 Feb, 2012, 09.59 AM IST
- UP assembly elections: Notification issued for first phase
Congress leaders are hoping that party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit in the areas going to polls would boost their prospects.
12 Jan, 2012, 12.25 PM IST
- Rahul upset over UP netas' 'Dalit night out'
After the Congress' austerity drive, it is now the turn of the party's Uttar Pradesh Dalit agenda to go down the tokenism route.
07 Oct, 2009, 07.41 AM IST
- Rahul Gandhi pays surprise visit to dalit basti again
Unfazed by Mayawati's remarks, Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi visited a dalit basti here.
17 May, 2008, 04.30 PM IST