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  UP: Dalit woman forced to remove clothes at gunpoint, sexually harassed in Muzaffarnagar

  Crime | August 01, 2022 13:03 IST

  UP woman sexual harassment: Kotwali police station SHO Anand Dev Mishra said police registered a case under sections 354b and 506 of IPC, section 3 of the SC/ST Act and Section 67 of the IT Act.

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  Karnataka: Locals stop sending kids to Anganwadi centre after Dalit helper's appointment

  India | June 18, 2022 11:59 IST

  The parents, who have refused to send their children to the centre, have said that they won't allow the Dalit helper to touch their children.

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  Rajasthan: 21 booked in Kota for hurling casteist slurs at Dalit groom

  India | June 12, 2022 22:22 IST

  The incident took place on Friday night when the 'Bindori' (pre-wedding procession) of Sanjeev Meghwal was being taken out on a mare through the lanes in Goyanda village.

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  Rajasthan: Dalit labourer chained in cattle shed, tortured over monetary dispute

  India | May 29, 2022 16:20 IST

  According to a complaint filed by Radheyshyam Meghwal on May 24, he was abducted by Paramjit Singh and five others on May 22, taken to his home in Alfa Nagar, chained in a cattle shade and tortured for nearly 31 hours till his younger brother freed him. 

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  Rajasthan: Newlywed Dalit couple denied entry to temple in Jalore, video goes viral

  India | April 25, 2022 17:31 IST

  A video of the incident on Saturday also went viral purportedly showing Vela Bharti stopping the couple at the gate of the temple at Neelkanth village under Ahore subdivision of the district. The video also captures the ensuing argument between them.

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  Rajasthan: Dalit groom, family assaulted by group of people for playing DJ in wedding function

  India | April 25, 2022 12:27 IST

  The accused stopped the people belonging to the Dalit community from playing DJ, prevented them from taking out Banwara, and beat them up with sticks.

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  Caught on camera: Dalit teen made to lick feet of upper caste boy in UP's Rae Bareli; 8 held

  India | April 19, 2022 16:38 IST

  In the shocking video, the accused were seen using casteist slurs and humiliating the teen. They were sitting on motorcycles and were seen laughing as they humiliated the boy. The video showed one of the accused beating up the teenager and making him lick their feet.

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  Dalit man forced to rub nose in temple in Alwar village for criticising Hindu gods

  India | March 23, 2022 20:35 IST

  An FIR was registered against 11 persons on Tuesday night and two of them have been arrested. Some other persons have also been rounded up for harassing the Dalit man, Circle Officer Behror Anand Kumar said.

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  Khabar Lahariya on Oscar nominated documentary Writing With Fire: Our story more complex

  March 22, 2022 10:33 IST

  Directed by debutants Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, the Oscar-nominated documentary feature Writing With Fire chronicles the rise of Khabar Lahariya, a digital-only rural news channel run by Dalit women.

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  Tension in UP's Bulandshahr after Thakur-Dalit clash; heavy police force deployed

  India | February 18, 2022 10:54 IST

  Tension prevailed in the Dhalna village in Bulandshahr district, following a clash between Thakurs and Dalits when a marriage procession of the latter was allegedly attacked by upper castes.

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  Punjab CM Channi using caste card to garner votes, says Kejriwal but promises freebies to SC too

  Elections | December 08, 2021 0:01 IST

  Addressing a poll rally in Punjab's Hoshiarpur, Delhi CM Kejriwal said that Charanjit Singh Channi belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and is asking people of his community to vote for him.

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  Haryana: 150 SC families denied ration, medicine due to 'social boycott'

  India | October 14, 2021 16:46 IST

  The scheduled castes also alleged that they are not being allowed to go to their own farms due to the boycott. Any person who is seen giving any ration supplies to the Dalits, they said, is being fined Rs.11,000.

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  Mayawati slams Cong over silence in Dalit's death in Rajasthan, urges SC to take suo moto cognizance

  India | October 12, 2021 16:00 IST

  This is the second time Mayawati slammed Cong's silence in the matter. Earlier on Sunday, she had asked whether the chief ministers of Punjab and Chhattisgarh would visit Hanumangarh to provide compensation to the Dalit victim's family.

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  Mayawati slams Congress over silence on death of Dalit man in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh

  India | October 10, 2021 9:45 IST

  Earlier on Thursday, a man was thrashed to death at Rohi Prempura village of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan.

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  Refrain from using 'Dalit' for SC community, says Punjab commission

  India | September 22, 2021 9:23 IST

  The high court had sought to ban the use of the word because the same does not figure anywhere in the Constitution or any statute, Punjab Schedule Caste Commission chairperson Tejinder Kaur said.

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  Dalits should be wary of Cong's 'election stunt': Mayawati on appointment of Channi as Punjab CM

  India | September 20, 2021 14:14 IST

  The BSP president said she has come to know that assembly elections in Punjab will be fought under a non-Dalit leader and not under Channi.

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  With Dalit CM in Punjab, Congress aims at UP and Uttarakhand

  India | September 19, 2021 22:15 IST

  After a Dalit CM in Punjab, the Congress is eyeing gains in Uttarakhand but it is unlikely that the party will get much traction in UP as Mayawati is a formidable force in the state and non-Jatav Dalits have mostly aligned with the BJP.

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  Delhi Crime branch files charge sheet against four for alleged rape, murder of 9-yr-old Dalit girl

  India | August 28, 2021 20:09 IST

  The Delhi Police has told a local court that no evidence could be collected so far to confirm the rape.

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  Dalit man hangs himself in Punjab village, blames four people for his death

  India | August 11, 2021 8:22 IST

  Upon receiving the complaint, the NCSC issued a notice to the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police, Muktsar, seeking an action-taken report within 15 days.

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  Reservation a historical necessity of India, says RSS' Dattatreya Hosabale

  India | August 11, 2021 7:59 IST

  He was speaking at an event organised by the India Foundation for the launch of a book, titled "Makers Of Modern Dalit History".