Sunday, May 5, 2024

Topic: Dalit

UP: Dalit labourer beaten to death weeks after he filed molestation case

A 30-year-old Dalit labourer was beaten to death in a village in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night, nearly two weeks after he got a case registered against four persons for molesting his wife.uttar

Harassed by upper-caste Hindus, Dalit student kills himself in Rajasthan

Pradeep Meghwal, a Dalit student at a constituent college of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), allegedly ended his life by jumping in front of a moving train after facing constant casteist abuse from upper-caste Hindu classmates.

Dalit children in UP govt school told to keep mid-day meal plates apart

The headmistress of a school in Uttar Pradesh's Manipuri district was suspended on Friday following reports of separate utensils for Dalit students during mid-day meals.

“We came for myriad reasons to protest Modi today”: Protesters outside UN

Hundreds of Indian Americans and rights activists have gathered outside United Nations on Saturday to protest fascism, hate campaigns, weaponized rape, apartheid, lynchings, unlawful arrests, attacks on the media, and other abuses in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed UN General Assembly.

Leader of Kerala’s historic land agitation of Dalits, Laha Gopalan, dies at 72

The historic Chengara land struggle leader and Dalit activist Laha Gopalan died on Wednesday at the age of 72 in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala.

Karnataka: Dalit family fined Rs 23000 after 2-year-old enters temple

In the latest episode of caste-based violence in the country, a Dalit couple was fined Rs 23,000 after their 2-year-old son entered a Hanuman temple at Miyapura village near Hanumasagar in the Koppal district of Karnataka.