A Dalit family who visited a temple in Gujarat was allegedly assaulted. The incident took place in a village at Kutch district. Police said the 20-member gang attacked the Arang family in Gandhidham town in Kutch district. Govind Vaghela and his family were attacked. The incident took place in Continue Reading
The Indian state of Karnataka is going to witness a crucial assembly election next month. For the last few months, especially since the national parties started their campaigns for the Karnataka assembly election, the country has been witnessing some unusual Dalit movements. Many may not wonder if they are told that there is a relation […]Continue Reading
Several powerful Dalit organisations which have powerful presence across the country (particularly in the Northern States of the country) have called on a national wide bandh, named ‘Bharat Bandh’, today to express their reservation for the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the act constituted to protect the Scheduled Cast and Scheduled […]Continue Reading
The Dalit organisations called for a bandh on last day to protest the Una incident, in which a Dalit boy along with his family members was mercilessly flogged by the extreme Hindu rightist group, gau rakshaks. Thousands of members of the Dalit organisations took the streets of Gujarat to express their grievance and anger, says report. Some […]Continue Reading
Police have arrested one man and are looking for four other suspects after two teenage girls were gang raped and then hanged from a tree in a village in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday.The two cousins, who were from a low-caste Dalit community and aged 14 and 15, went missing from their village home […]Continue Reading