Karnataka HC grants bail to 98, suspends life term in 2014 Dalit ...
16 hours ago · On October 24, a trial court in Koppal district convicted 101 people and awarded life terms to 98 under the Karnataka Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 in connection with the caste violence against Dalits in Marukumbi village on August 29, 2014, in which Dalit houses were set on fire, leaving over 30 ...
Upper-caste villagers take deity out after Dalits enter temple in ...
2 days ago · The Dalits and Vokkaligas later brought the deity inside the temple. Gangaraju Hanakere, president of Dr BR Ambedkar Warriors who was part of the peace meetings, told indianexpress.com that both the communities have agreed to abide by the law. “Dalits were not allowed inside the temple for centuries. But this has changed and the world has ...
Delhi's next Dalit mayor to serve for just 5 months amid political …
2 days ago · New Delhi, Delhi’s upcoming mayoral term will see a Dalit candidate in office, but only for five months as political infighting has shortened the tenure. Delhi's next Dalit mayor to serve for ...
Ex-Rajasthan MLA accused of assaulting Dalit ... - The Indian Express
6 days ago · News; Cities; Jaipur; Ex-Rajasthan MLA accused of assaulting Dalit engineer told by Supreme Court to surrender in 2 weeks; Ex-Rajasthan MLA accused of assaulting Dalit engineer told by Supreme Court to surrender in 2 weeks In 2022, Malinga, then in the Congress, was accused of assaulting an engineer in Dholpur and hurling casteist abuses at him.
‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in ...
26 Oct 2024. Muzaffarpur, India – As protesters took to the streets of Kolkata to demand justice for a trainee doctor who was raped and murdered on August 9, 55-year-old Nirali Kumari* gasped ...
Hathras case: Dalit women are among the most oppressed in the world - BBC
Dalit women across swathes of rural India have been victims of sexual violence for as long as anyone can remember.
In pictures: The many lives of India's Dalits - BBC
Dec 20, 2023 · India's 200 million Dalits find themselves among the nation's most marginalised citizens, condemned to the lowest echelons of society by a rigid caste hierarchy.
India's all-female news outlet faces sexism, death threats. A new …
Apr 4, 2021 · The award-winning documentary Writing with Fire follows Meera Devi (right), chief reporter for the Khabar Lahariya — a news publication run by Dalit, members of India's lowest caste.
Bodies of teenage Dalit sisters found hanging from tree in India
Sep 15, 2022 · There is uproar in India after the bodies of two sisters belonging to the marginalised Dalit community were found hanging from a tree in the northern Uttar Pradesh state.
Dalit Journalist Takes On India’s Caste Injustices - The New York Times
Mar 6, 2023 · Dalit Journalist Takes On India’s Caste Injustices - The New York Times. With Stories of Her Oppressed Community, a Journalist Takes Aim at the Walls of Caste. Meena Kotwal started a news outlet...