Topic: Dalit
Indefinite hunger strike in Pune FTII against exclusion of Dalit student; Students demand fair, transparent measuresÂ
The students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, 2020 batch, have undertaken an indefinite hunger strike from 15 May 2023 onwards, demanding the reinstatement of a Dalit student removed from the course.
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit youth in Raebareli attacked over suspicion of theft, FIR registered
A Dalit youth was held hostage and beaten up with wires over suspicion of theft in Korihar village of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The victim’s father has...
Karnataka: 2 Dalits killed for drinking water from same jar as upper castes; 3 caste-Hindu men held
Karnataka Police have arrested three upper-caste Hindu men, including two rowdy-sheeters, for the double murder of two Dalit youths in Rajankunte on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
UP: Rapists on bail set Dalit minor girl’s house on fire, burn two infants
Two infants were in a critical condition Tuesday after a group of men set fire to the home of a minor Dalit girl, whom two of them had raped last year.
50,000 Dalits to quit Hinduism, to embrace Buddhism in Gujarat
Over 50,000 people from Dalit Hindu communities are expected to embrace Buddhism at an event to be held in the Gujarat capital on Ambedkar Jayanti, 14 April.
Dalit woman raped and burned to death in Rajasthan
A 30-year-old Dalit woman died on Friday after she was raped and set on fire by a man identified as Shakur Khan in Rajasthan’s Barmer district.
