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Dalit girl made to sit outside her classroom during exams as she was menstruatingIn Coimbatore, a Dalit eighth-grader was allegedly barred from her classroom during her period and forced to take her annual exam on the st...
'A glimpse of India': Rahul Gandhi shares video of train journey from Bilaspur to RaipurDescribing his Bilaspur to Raipur journey as "memorable", Gandhi said he met and talked to many ambitious youth of Chhattisgarh, especially...
Jyotirao Phule Birth Anniversary: Everything You Should Know About India's Trailblazing Social ActivistAs we celebrate the 196th birth anniversary of Jyotirao Phule, it is only fitting that we delve into the fascinating details of his life, h...
Daughter of Indian sanitation worker praises country for uplifting Dalit, OBCs at UNHRCSpeaking exclusively to ANI at the UN, Rohini Ghavari said: "I have got a golden chance to be at the UN. For the past two years, I am doing...
Cook asks govt school students to throw midday meal served by Dalit girls; heldAs per the police report, cook Lal Rain objected to serving of meals by the girls and asked the school students to throw it away because it...
Child labour, caste-based discrimination, poverty closely interlinked in India: UN Special RapporteurIn Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, between 4 and 6 per cent of children are said to be in child labour, and...
How India Inc can help change social norms holding back women from workplaceIn India, women's workforce participation has been on a free fall. As per govt data, it fell from 31% in 2012 to 21% in 2021. Other data so...
View: The Hathras horror calls out not only for justice for the victim but also for democratic vigourWhat music can articulate the horror that befell the 20-year old Dalit girl from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, who was raped by several men, had ...
It would have been too Bollywood to have a Dalit hero: 'Article 15' director Anubhav SinhaThe movie has opened to protests by fringe organisations representing upper castes.
Dalit votes on its mind, Congress hails Babasaheb Bhimrao AmbedkarChief Minister Siddaramaiah made his pro-Dalit and pro-oppressed stand the plank of the event and stated during an interaction on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh's electoral battle royale kicks off in its western regionThe region also has the highest concentration of higher educational institutions, especially professional ones, drawn by the large urban an...
Amid stirs, Maharashtra stares at caste conflictsIn Nashik, there are concerns that Sunday’s violence may not be just a one-off incident and there are possibilities of more caste conflicts...
Shiv Sena asks PM Narendra Modi to crack down on builders creating 'vegetarian' colonies in MumbaiSaamna in a scathing editorial accused vegetarian developers of discrimination on the basis of dietary preferences.
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...
Congress can't close eyes to discrimination: P ChidambaramHe scoffed at the suggestion that Rahul's recent visit to Kedarnath temple was an attempt at wooing Hindu votes to counter the perception a...
Mayawati slams Samajwadi Party government, again demands imposition of President ruleMayawati said that Centre should also take an initiative in this direction, otherwise the people of the state would not forgive BJP.
Despite election season, Kandhamal stays calmChristians who were driven out of their homes near Badabanga, and now live in a new separate colourful colony built for them, also refuse t...
Narendra Modi’s turf flops on education, healthDropout rates in schools are unacceptably high at 58 per cent compared to the national average of 49 per cent.
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.
- India fails to curb sexual violence against women: Human Rights Watch
India "has a thriving civil society, free media, and an independent judiciary", the city-based rights group said in its assessment of right...