Casteist Remarks
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Navi Mumbai nursing student dies by suicide, principal booked for casteist abuse
Maharashtra | Jun 11, 2025, 02:43 PM ISTA 19-year-old nursing student in Navi Mumbai allegedly died by suicide after facing repeated caste-based humiliation from his college principal. The student, a member of a Scheduled Caste, was in the first year of a BSc Nursing course and was found dead in his hostel room on June 3.
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Rajasthan: Dalit student in Kotputli dies by suicide, family alleges harassment by teachers
Rajasthan | Aug 26, 2023, 02:47 PM ISTThe boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his classroom on Wednesday morning. The school cleaning staff informed the police, who arrived at the scene and began an investigation.
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UP: SC students asked to wash MDM utensils, keep them separate; principal suspended, cooks sacked
India | Sep 26, 2021, 02:47 PM ISTTaking cognisance of the matter, the CDO terminated the services of the cooks on the spot and suspended principal Garima Singh Rajput.
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This mob lynching victim has survived to tell his tale
India | Jun 28, 2019, 10:55 AM ISTNiazi, a student of a madrasa in Bareilly, was travelling from Aligarh to Bareilly two days ago on a train when some youths entered the train at the Rajghat Narora station and seeing his skull cap, they started making casteist remarks and then began beating him.
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Casteist remarks against SC/ST on social media punishable, says Delhi HC
India | Jul 04, 2017, 09:03 AM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Monday said that any offensive post on social media targeting an individual of the SC/ST community, even if made in a closed group, is punishable
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FIR demanded against Subramanian Swamy for his casteist remarks
National | Dec 28, 2014, 01:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Youth Congress leader and human rights activist Shehzad Poonawalla has demanded registration of FIR against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for his casteist remarks that demon king Ravana and his wife Mandodari were dalits
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Complaint filed against Ashis Nandy
India | Jan 27, 2013, 06:32 PM ISTNashik,Jan 27: A complaint under the Prevention of Atrocities Act was on Sunday filed by a citizen against author Ashis Nandy for his controversial comments that people from OBC, SC and ST communities were the