Adityanath govt a combination of corruption, crime: Akhilesh over death of Dalit girls, lootSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticized the Yogi Adityanath government over the alleged suicides of two Dalit girls in Farrukha...
28 Aug, 2024, 10.11 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh minor rape victim succumbs to burn injuriesOn September 10, the kin of a 16-year old in Pilibhit's Madhotanda town alleged that their daughter was raped by two youths, Rajvir and Tar...
20 Sep, 2022, 12.59 AM IST
Delhi govt to order magisterial probe into Dalit girl's death; Rahul's tweet of picture sparks controversyWhile the BJP accused Gandhi of "furthering" his political agenda, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights asked Twitter to ...
04 Aug, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
Union Minister Anurag Thakur questions Rahul Gandhi's 'silence' on rape incidents in Cong-ruled statesAnurag Thakur said when such rape incidents happen in many Congress-ruled states, some politicians like Rahul Gandhi have remained silent."...
04 Aug, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
Unnao case: AISA members hold protest outside UP Bhawan in Delhi, detainedThe protesters demanded "immediate action against perpetrators of attack on Dalit women in Unnao" and medical attention to the third girl, ...
19 Feb, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
Hathras gang-rape: Alleging victim's kin denied right to perform last rites, Congress demands UP CM's resignationStressing she was “on the phone” with the girl’s father when he was informed of her death, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secr...
30 Sep, 2020, 09.55 PM IST
SC denies urgent hearing on PIL on Tamil Nadu girl's suicide over NEETThe PIL has also sought steps by the Tamil Nadu government to maintain law and order and ensure that protests over Anitha's death do not di...
06 Sep, 2017, 08.16 PM IST
- The return of Dalit heroine in Malayalam cinema
In Malayalam cinema, which revels in the polysyllabic names of its heroes that hint at or declare their upper caste lineage.
14 Aug, 2016, 12.20 PM IST
PM providing security to 'friend' Nita, nothing for women in Delhi: CMOfficials said Nita has recently been provided a 'Y' category cover. About ten armed men would be travelling with her.
26 Jul, 2016, 06.47 PM IST
Administrative apathy and cynical politics fan caste violence in Tamil NaduCaste-clashes are on the rise in many districts of Tamil Nadu. In March, a Dalit youth Sankar was chopped to death in broad daylight near t...
14 May, 2016, 11.58 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
Dalits in Tamil Nadu continue to pay with their lives for marrying outside their caste while parties look the other wayData on the number of honour killings is hard to come by as it is yet to be recognised as a separate crime, despite efforts to have a legis...
27 Mar, 2016, 07.00 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi visits Hyderabad varsity: Classic politics of vulturisation, says BJPBJP slammed Rahul Gandhi's visit to the HCU, charging the Congress with politicising the issue and dubbing the visit as "classic politics o...
30 Jan, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
Kumari Selja takes on Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda over dalit killingsSelja has been upset with an alleged case of police brutality against two Dalit youth in her own constituency, which resulted in the death ...
19 Oct, 2013, 05.39 AM IST
- Mystery shrouds death of Dalit boy who married Vanniyar girl
Mystery shrouds the death of a 19-year-old Dalit boy, who was living with his in-laws after his family opposed his marriage with a caste Hi...
02 Aug, 2013, 05.38 PM IST
Dalits stay mired in history despite Tamil Nadu social reformsDalits, accounting for a fifth of the over 7 crore state population, still find assimilation into mainstream society a struggle.
10 Jul, 2013, 02.08 PM IST
- Anti-RR Patil forces behind riots: Raj
Raj Thackeray on Friday gave a new twist to the debate over the ongoing violence in the state by accusing ‘anti- RR Patil’ forces of fuelli...
02 Dec, 2006, 01.09 AM IST