West Bengal Phase 2 polls: Will anti-incumbency, scam charges and SIR row end TMC's 15-year run?West Bengal Elections Phase 2 key issues: West Bengal heads into Phase 2 of its assembly elections on April 29. This phase is crucial for d...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
BJP has made MP 'laboratory' for atrocities on Dalits, alleges Mallikarjun Kharge"A Dalit youth was beaten to death in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The goons did not even spare his mother. The Prime Minister, who pr...
27 Aug, 2023, 11.22 PM IST
Rape and other atrocities against Dalits: Why the road to justice is difficultActivists say NCRB figures about assaults on Scheduled Caste women and minors - 3,366 in 2019 - are just the tip of the iceberg. Survivors ...
04 Oct, 2020, 03.09 PM IST
Conviction rate in crimes against Dalits abysmally low: MHA reportIn the three-year period beginning 2014, the conviction rate under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is as low as 16.3 percent, said the...
19 Apr, 2018, 07.35 PM IST
View: Protests by Dalits goes beyond the changes in the SC/ST lawThe present upsurge of dalit anger will be disruptive and dislocate some nodes of control and patronage. But it will change India for the b...
04 Apr, 2018, 07.06 AM IST
Crime against Scheduled Castes: Steep spike in Gujarat, most number of cases in UPThe crime rates have gone up from 27.70% in 2014 in Gujarat to 163.3% and 32.60% in Chhattisgarh in 2014 to 91.9%.
22 Jul, 2016, 10.27 AM IST
Bhimrao Ambedkar's teachings may not be the way out of the caste systemPM Narendra Modi never misses a chance to sing Ambedkar's paeans, both as prime maker of India’s Constitution and as champion of Dalit eman...
10 Apr, 2016, 07.59 AM IST
Economic gap between upper castes and dalits persistsSince there is no direct survey of incomes in India, monthly household expenditure is seen as a proxy measure of monthly income for most ho...
14 Apr, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
Considering Dalits as 'aam aadmi' won't help AAP for long: Mayawati"Parties such as AAP consider Dalits as aam aadmi... If Dalits were aam aadmi they would not have needed to form their own party," she said.
15 Jan, 2014, 05.28 PM IST
- DMK joins chorus for raising cap on subsidised LPG cylinders
Ruling UPA's key ally DMK today joined Congress leaders in demanding that the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders be raised to 12 per annum.
10 Nov, 2012, 06.41 PM IST
Om Parkash Chautala targets Robert Vadra, Rahul Gandhi land dealsChautala on Wednesday alleged that Vadra as well as Rahul bought land in Haryana at prices much below market rates and evaded stamp duty.
18 Oct, 2012, 11.12 AM IST
Venture capital fund to promote dalit business launchedA VC fund, dedicated to promoting Dalit entrepreneurs, has been registered by Sebi, paving way for creation of a corpus to support business...
05 Oct, 2012, 07.09 AM IST
Scheduled castes occupy lower rung of socio-economic ladder: Naveen PatnaikAdmitting that there are many SC families at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder, Patnaik said about 1.5L dalit youths would be imparte...
25 Aug, 2012, 07.05 PM IST
Credit disbursements to dalit entrepreneurs drops 33.8% this fiscalLack of credit is threatening to derail fledgling attempts by hundreds of dalit entrepreneurs to overcome deep socio-economic barriers
12 Dec, 2011, 05.25 AM IST
- How dalits have actually fared in Uttar Pradesh
In the last five years, Mayawati has pumped over Rs one lakh crore into various schemes, particularly for dalits and the marginalized.
01 Nov, 2011, 06.02 AM IST
- Uttar Pradesh blind to crimes against dalits: SC panel
Criticising Uttar Pradesh govt for its alleged inaction in checking atrocities against Dalits, chairman of National Commission for SC alleg...
26 May, 2011, 04.47 AM IST
- Bihar polls may see Ms Kumar Vs Mr Kumar
Congress is toying with the idea of projecting Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate in the next Bihar assembly ...
19 Mar, 2010, 03.35 AM IST