DALIT,
Daily update ⋅ 20 August 2020
Four Dalit men beaten up on suspicion of theft in MP
Hindustan Times
Accused arrested, booked under relevant sections of IPC, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Dalit,Madhya Pradesh,assault Representative Image ...
Tamil Nadu: Dalit panchayat president stopped from hoisting tricolour on Independence Day
Mirror Now
Key Highlights. On Saturday, some non-Dalits stopped Amurtham from hoisting tricolour at a primary school; Amurtham said this is the second time she ...
Kerala Landslide Exposes Tragedy Of Dalit Workers Left Out Of Land Reforms
HuffPost India
As landslides and massive floods turn into an annual affair in the hill regions of Kerala, landless tea plantation workers, mostly Dalits, are most ...
Homeless But Not Defeated: 2 Dalit Families Fight for Justice for Daughters in Gujarat
NewsClick
Less than a year ago, Karabhai Dayabhai Rathod, a 60-year-old dalit man, was a resident of Amrapur village, near Modasa Aravalli in Gujarat.
Dalit professor's caste bias cry in VC choice
Telegraph India
A Dalit professor with “sound” academic and administrative credentials at a central university dedicated to Sanskrit education has alleged that he was ...
Parties see opportunity in Dalit assertion in Bihar
Hindustan Times
BJP's Dalit leader, Sanjay Paswan, a former union minister, has asked Kumar to vacate his post for someone else after having served for 15 years. This ...
Video of Man Forced to Drink Urine Falsely Viral With Caste Angle
The Quint
Another Twitter handle named 'The Dalit Voice' shared the same video and had over 4k likes and retweets at the time this story was published.
Congress's SC wing chief to visit UP village of Dalit victim
ANI News
Dalit sarpanch, Satyamev Jayate aka Pappu Ram, was allegedly shot dead by three motorcycle-borne men last Friday in village Bansgaon in ...
After Independence Day fiasco, dalit panchayat president registers formal complaint
Times of India
Earlier, based on a TOI report, 'Dalit civic chief prevented from hoisting tricolour in TN again' (Aug 18), SHRC took a suo motu cognizance and sought a ...
Mayawati Attacks BJP & SP Over Dalit Village Head's Murder
The Quint
“The news of the brutal murder of Dalit head Satyamev Jayate Pappu in Bansgaon, Azamgarh on the eve of Independence Day and the killing of one ...
'Dalits Ignored for Ayodhya Event': Ally Apna Dal Slams BJP
The Quint
He did the 'shilanyas' and he was a Dalit,” said the MLA from Apna Dal (S), an ally of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. “Dalits and backwards have been ...
Video of UP Woman Being Thrashed Goes Viral With False Caste Angle
The Quint
One Twitter user shared the video with the claim that this was a Dalit woman who was being beaten up. The tweet had 5.5k views, 228 retweets and ...
Construct government buildings in landlords' lands: MRPS Manda Krishna
The Hans India
On Tuesday, along with Dalit victim family he participated in a protest against the construction of Rythu Vedika in their lands located at Adavi ...
BJP's Welcoming an 'Anti-CAA Protestor' Into its Fold Raises Inconvenient Questions
The Wire
For the BJP, which is trying to woo Dalits, it is surprising that it has welcomed an activist who has so openly used casteist terms against a prominent Dalit ...
Bihar: RJD shares credit with NDA-ally LJP over CBI probe for Sushant Singh Rajput's death
The New Indian Express
Sources said that if the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) led by a Dalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi rejoins the NDA on August 20, LJP may certainly ...
One arrested in 2018 Bhatla social boycott case
Times of India
Bhatla Dalit Sangharsh Samiti chairman Balwan Singh said they had been trying to arrest the accused all these years. “Today, for the first time, the ...
MLA aspirants from minority community eye Gurua, Rafiganj seats
Times of India
Chandrashekhar Azad, the dalit leader from UP, is trying to cobble up DM (dalit and minorities) as a substitute for MY. If things go as per plan, minority ...
India turned a blind eye to Justice Karnan, an 'outsider'. Prashant Bhushan is different
ThePrint
'Dalit gaze' on the power elites. Justice Karnan was not just challenging the higher judiciary, but also putting the whole power structure under scrutiny.
Tamil journalist beaten up for reporting on caste-discrimination
The News Minute
A Dalit panchayat leader was stopped from hoisting a national flag on Independence Day and the reporter went to cover the discriminations faced by ...
