Topic: Dalit
Criticised Kashmir Files, Dalit man assaulted on temple platform
At least eleven people allegedly forced a 32-year-old Dalit man to rub his nose on a temple platform for remarks he had made in reply to comments in one of his Facebook posts on controversial movie Kashmir Files.
For first time in 334 years, Chennai gets a Dalit woman Mayor: DMK’s R Priya
The 28-year-old R Priya of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was sworn in as the youngest and first-ever Dalit mayor of Chennai on Friday.
UP: Dalit man beaten to death by caste Hindu men, 1 detained
A 35-year-old Dalit man – a tractor driver – was beaten to death allegedly by a group of upper-caste Hindu men in Koirauna area of Bhadohi district on Thursday.
Killings, molestations; Rights group reports wave of abuses by BSF in West Bengal
2021 witnessed 10 extrajudicial killings and 19 incidents of torture and molestation by Border Security Force and Central Industrial Security Force personnel in West Bengal's Cooch Behar, Murshidabad, Nadia, and North 24 Parganas districts. The victims were Muslims, Dalits, OBCs including women and minors.
“Don’t you know how powerful we are?,” TN police asked Dalit man who died in custody
A Dalit man with a disability, Prabhakar, in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district was found dead in police custody on 12 January after he, along with his wife, was picked up from their home on allegations of theft and faced police torture in custody.
“People will definitely bring our party to power”: Mayawati at birthday event
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati released the first list of the 53 party candidates for the first phase February 10 assembly polls to be held on 58 assembly constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh.
