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Kanpur clash turns violent: Tractor dispute leaves 5 seriously injured, Dalit family's hut burned
Uttar Pradesh | Feb 22, 2026, 08:33 AM ISTThe attackers went further, setting fire to a hut outside the house of a Dalit family. The hut was completely destroyed, leaving the family with significant loss.
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OPINION | Haryana police suicides: Avoid Jat-Dalit confrontation
India | Oct 16, 2025, 04:08 PM ISTThe double suicide of IPS officer Puran Kumar and ASI Sandeep Lather is gradually taking the shape of a caste confrontation. Puran Kumar's family had been alleging from Day One that the suicide was a result of caste-based harassment.
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Rajasthan: Dalit men allegedly beaten over 'temple entry' in Churu
Rajasthan | Sep 23, 2025, 07:24 AM ISTThe incident took place on Sunday evening during a religious procession held after the conclusion of a 'Bhagwat Katha'.
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Rajasthan: 19-year-old Dalit youth alleges unnatural sex, assault and urinating on him by two men
Rajasthan | Apr 20, 2025, 04:02 PM ISTThe incident took place in Sikar's Fatehpur area on April 8 but an FIR was lodged in the matter on April 16 after the teenager's family lodged a police complaint.
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Coimbatore: Dalit girl forced to write exam outside classroom during menstruation, sparks outrage
Chennai | Apr 10, 2025, 01:32 PM ISTTamil Nadu: A menstruating Class 8 girl from a Dalit community was made to write her exam outside the classroom in Coimbatore, sparking outrage, inquiry, and public backlash.
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Dalit youth brutally beaten up for touching water pot in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu | Video
Rajasthan | Jan 21, 2025, 10:26 PM ISTAfter seeing the victim touching the water pot, accused Vinod Yadav kicked him and took him to Haryana's Rewari in his car. In Rewari, he beat the victim with belts and demanded Rs 1.5 lakh for his release.
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Karnataka: Schools, colleges govt offices closed in Dharwad as Dalit groups calls for strike today
Karnataka | Jan 09, 2025, 09:23 AM ISTHubbali-Dharwad Bandh: Schools, colleges, commercial establishments, including shops, hotels and cinema theatres, and government offices, will be closed in the region on Thursday. However, essential services will be allowed to operate.
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Arvind Kejriwal announces Dr Ambedkar scholarship scheme for Dalit students in Delhi
Education | Dec 21, 2024, 03:44 PM ISTIn the run-up to the assembly elections in Delhi, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal today (December 21) announced an Ambedkar scholarship for free foreign education of the city's Dalit students.
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Dalit man beaten to death by Sarpanch, kin over land dispute in MP's Shivpuri, CM takes action
Madhya Pradesh | Nov 27, 2024, 08:16 PM ISTDalit man was killed by Sarpanch and eight others after he and his maternal uncle objected to a road constructed through their land.
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Was Dalit woman killed for not voting for Samajwadi Party in UP bypolls? SP, BJP exchange barbs
Uttar Pradesh | Nov 20, 2024, 04:37 PM ISTThe father of the Dalit woman alleged that they wanted to vote for BJP and hence his daughter was killed. While the BJP accused the SP of "creating an atmosphere of terror", the SP alleged that the Election Commission was turning a blind eye to its complaints.
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Why Haryana Slipped Out Of Congress’s ‘Hand’: Decoding the Hooda, Kumari Selja & Dalit Factors
News | Oct 09, 2024, 06:36 PM ISTThe celebrations at Congress headquarters quickly faded on Oct 8 as the reality of their election loss in Haryana set in. While the party grapples with an explanation, let us try to decode what went wrong for Congress.
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Rahul Gandhi claims he 'never read Dalit history in school', whatever left being removed from books
Maharashtra | Oct 05, 2024, 04:40 PM ISTThe Congress leader has frequently raised the caste issue and has expressed his opposition to the '50 per cent cap on reservation. On Saturday, Rahul Gandhi asserted that education is not possible without understanding the history of India, which is connected to Dalits.
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SC uses extraordinary power under Article 142: Here's how it protected Dalit IIT aspirant's rights
India | Oct 01, 2024, 01:00 PM ISTThe Supreme Court of India reinforces Article 142, ensuring complete justice and protecting fundamental rights. In a landmark case, the court intervened to admit a Dalit youth to IIT Dhanbad after he missed the fee deadline.
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'We can't allow such young talent to go away': SC asks IIT Dhanbad to grant admission to Dalit youth
India | Oct 01, 2024, 07:03 AM ISTThe Dalit youth lost his IIT Dhanbad seat after missing the deadline to deposit Rs 17,500 admission fees in a few minutes. He was trying to get admitted to the BTech course.
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Rahul Gandhi writes to UP CM Yogi over murder of Dalit man in Raebareli, seeks arrest of accused
India | Aug 29, 2024, 08:14 PM ISTA 22-year-old Dalit man, Arjun Pasi, was shot dead on August 11 allegedly after an altercation with some locals. Six people have been arrested in the case so far, according to police.
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Bharat Bandh: Which key groups, political parties to join protest against SC's reservation ruling
India | Aug 21, 2024, 10:15 AM ISTDalit and Adivasi organisations, led by NACDAOR, have called a nationwide bandh today to protest the Supreme Court's ruling on sub-categorisation within SC/ST reservations. The ruling, which allows states to create sub-quotas, has sparked concern over potential impacts on social justice.
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Rahul Gandhi targets govt again on lateral entry issue, says it is attack on Dalits, OBCs, adivasis
India | Aug 19, 2024, 01:02 PM ISTThe Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday advertised 45 posts -- 10 of joint secretaries and 35 of directors/deputy secretaries -- to be filled through the lateral entry mode on a contract basis, triggering a political stir.
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Gujarat Congress leader booked after chair-pulling incident injures Dalit woman IB official | VIDEO
Gujarat | Aug 04, 2024, 06:08 AM ISTThe incident, condemned by Minister Harsh Sanghavi, has sparked political controversy, with Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani alleging a BJP conspiracy. Legal charges against Ahir include causing hurt to a public servant and violating the SC/ST Act.
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Keshav Prasad Maurya responds to Akhilesh Yadav’s 'monsoon offer', says 'SP is a sinking ship'
Uttar Pradesh | Jul 19, 2024, 03:44 PM ISTAmid political turmoil in Uttar Pradesh, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya responded sharply to Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav’s offer to bring 100 MLAs to form a government.
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Madhya Pradesh: Dalit youth stripped, beaten up severely in Chhatarpur, three held
Madhya Pradesh | Jun 26, 2024, 04:45 PM ISTBased on the victim's complaint, a case has been registered against the accused on charges of attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery and criminal intimidation under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.