DALIT, Daily update ⋅
12 February 2020
Dalit, Tribal MPs criticise SC decision on reservation; seek corrective action from Modi govt
Outlook India
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Several Dalit and tribal MPs, including Union ministers, criticised on Monday the Supreme Court''s decision on reservation,
Deaf-mute UP Dalit woman testifies against her rapist
The New Indian Express
The Dalit woman testified in court with the help of two interpreters. The matter surfaced when the woman was found to be pregnant. A DNA test ...
SC/ST Amendment Act: Dalit, tribal rights activists welcome Supreme Court verdict
The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: Dalit organisations welcomed the SC order upholding the constitutional validity of SC/ST Amendment Act, 2018. “This is a very good ...
Dalits mull stir over promotion verdict
The New Indian Express
NEW DELHI: Following the Supreme Court order that reservations for promotions in government jobs is not a fundamental right, Dalit groups have said ...
BJP's anti-Dalit face has been exposed umpteen times: Cheema
United News of India
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (UNI) Senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Leader of Opposition, Harpal Singh Cheema has accused the BJP of ...
Dalit man shot, one other hurt in clash
Times of India
Allahabad: A 20-year-old Dalit man was shot dead while another was injured when two groups clashed over a petty dispute at Shringverpur under ...
BJP depriving Dalits of jobs, says Cheema
The Tribune
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh Cheema has accused the BJP of being anti-Dalit by disagreeing to the Supreme Court's ...
Ending the Scourge of Scavenging
Qrius
Bezwada Wilson is a crusader against manual scavenging and the systemic discrimination that it perpetrates against the Dalit community. Born into a ...
Why Mayawati is scared of Priyanka Gandhi's visit to Uttar Pradesh
MyNation
Mayawati alleged that the Congress and BJP are using the name of the great Dalit saint for their political gains and agenda despite doing nothing for ...
Congress tries to deflect blame to BJP
Telegraph India
It claimed that RSS had always been anti-Dalit, anti-tribal, anti-OBCs, and its government intended to demolish constitutional rights guaranteed to ...
Ram temple trust meeting on Feb 19; date for start of construction, trustee appointments on agenda
Financial Express
The Modi government has announced that at least one person on the 15-member trust will be a Dalit. Member of 'Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha ...
Things to do in Ahmedabad today
Ahmedabad Mirror
Kadubai Kharat is a Dalit folk artist who lives in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. She sings songs of Babasaheb in various Dalit localities in Aurangabad ...
Dallit unions to support Pramatha Ganamela
citytoday
Dalit organisations are extending support for the event,” said the president of the union, Dr M Venkataswamy at a press meet at Mysuru press club on ...
Queer Azadi Carnival: Breaking free from the Binaries
The New Indian Express
When transgender activists, Dalit feminists and members of the queer community came together in the city on Sunday, they made it clear that their ...
K'taka: RSS opposes Jesus statue at Kapala Betta
Goa Chronicle
They had to face a 'Go Back RSS' protest by Dalits as the location from where the march commenced has the strong presence of the Dalit community.
Bajrang Dal workers & Dalits clash in Mau, 8 held: Police
Yahoo India News
A Clash broke out between a group of Bajrang Dal workers and local residents, including Dalits, who were taking out a procession to mark the birth ...
Parliament: Uproar within the Lok Sabha over SC's choice on reservation, Rajnath mentioned ..
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
During the Zero Hour within the Lok Sabha, Congress and DMK members focused the federal government and referred to as it anti-Dalit and ...
Madipur Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates | Delhi Assembly Elections; Constituency, Party ...
Firstpost
... its ticket to Kailash Sankla; Dalit voters reportedly form at least one-fourth of the electorate. Madipur is an area with a large working-class population.
'Protect women depositors of micro-finance firms'
The Hindu
It was organised by the Karnataka Runamukta Horata Samiti, Zilla Runamukta Horata Samiti, Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti, Bhima Garjane ...
Man pelts stone at procession, booked
Times of India
Members of the Dalit community were taking out the procession in the village on Sunday, when one Sonu of the Rajput community threw a stone at ...
Reservation in jobs to FIR in SC/ST Act: Caste-based rights get realigned in Supreme Court
India Today
The Modi government, under pressure in the face of being branded as anti-Dalit, introduced an amendment to the SC/ST Act restoring the original ..
16-year-long struggle to make government offices accountable pays off in Odisha
The Hindu
Meet Baghambar Patnaik, a septuagenarian Dalit rights activist, who single-handedly ensured the implementation of the Right To Acknowledgement ...
Govt says not party to SC order on SC/STs
United News of India
... Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
FIR lodged against 21 anti-CAA protesters at Lucknow
The Hindu
... the FIR are advocate Mohammad Shoaib, who heads the civil rights group Rihai Manch, Congress worker Sadaf Jafar and Dalit leader P. C. Kureel.
Centre transfers Bhima-Koregaon case to NIA
കേരള കൌമുദി
Dalits visit the memorial in large numbers as it commemorates the victory of British forces which included Dalit Mahar soldiers over the army of the ...
BJP govts sytematically eroding quota system for backwards: Priyanka Gandhi
Yahoo India News
BJP first tried to tamper with the law made against the atrocities on Dalit Adivasis. Now it is weakening the right of equality given by the Constitution ...
The calumny against Gandhi
The Hindu
For example, B.R. Ambedkar criticised Gandhi for letting down Dalits by going on a fast unto death against the separate electorate granted to them in ...
Opinion | Shield for the weak
Livemint
But the oppression of Dalits and Tribals remains so flagrant in India, that the recourse to justice assured by it outweighs the risk of its misuse. It's best to ...
BJP MP tells poet Munawwar Rana's daughter Sumaiya to go to Pakistan
Times of India
AGRA: BJP MP from Aligarh, Satish Gautam, has asked social activist Sumaiya Rana, daughter of leading Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, to go to ...
NRC fears don't cross the divide: among poor Hindus, a confidence, assured sense of place
The Indian Express
“We, Dalits, don't own any land” says Raju Ram, “but generations have lived here. Bahut sa kaagaz patra nahin hai, toh bhi. (We have very few papers ...
“Not Everyone Is 'Sid' In 'Dil Chahta Hai' Or Priyanka Chopra In Real Life”
Youth Ki Awaaz
“A young married couple was allegedly killed in Lakkalakatti village of Gajendragad Taluk here by the woman's brothers for marrying a Dalit man, ...
16 SPs among 52 IPS Officers Transferred in MP, Dhar DIG Shunted out over Lynching Case
News18
Sagar DIG Dipak Verma has been transferred in the same capacity in Bhopal SAF. The state government had to face flak after a Dalit man, Dhan ...
