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"All People Working In Fields Are Dalits": Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that agitations and people's participation in them would be important in the coming years for protecting the rights of people, their lands and their farms.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Promises Agitation If Amethi Attackers Of Dalit Girl Not Caught
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government over the thrashing of a Dalit girl in Amethi, and said her party will launch an agitation if the accused in the case are not arrested soon.
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Bhim Army Chief Meets Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait At Delhi-UP Border
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday met farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and said the Dalit group will provide all help to strengthen the agitation against the new farm laws.
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Dalits, Tribals "Disappointed" Over Supreme Court Ruling On Reservation: CPI
The CPI on Monday said the RSS might be pleased but the Dalits, tribals and backward classes are "disappointed and agitated" with the Supreme Court ruling on reservation in appointments and promotions.
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Bhim Army Chief Detained In Hyderabad Ahead Of Anti-CAA Protest
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was detained in Hyderabad ahead of a planned protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens on Sunday evening. Lungerhouse police said the administration had not given permission for the agitation, and the Dalit leader was taken into custody to prevent him from going ahead wit...
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"Article 370 Gone, A New Age Awaits Jammu And Kashmir": PM Modi's Top Quotes
In an address to the nation today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi justified the withdrawal of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir through Article 370 and said that the move will "liberate" the people of the region and bring them closer to the rest of the country. His address came at a time when Jammu and Kashmir is under lockdown to disco...
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Union Minister Calls Kerala's Handling Of Sabarimala "Daylight Rape" Of Hindus
Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde on Wednesday termed the Kerala government's handling of the Sabarimala row as the "daylight rape" of Hindus, crossing yet another dubious milestone in a political career studded with controversies.
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"Will Start Nationwide Protest Against Dalit Atrocities": Bhim Army Chief
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said today he would start a countrywide agitation against "atrocities" on Dalits and demanded the withdrawal of cases against the community during an agitation early this year.
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Protesters Stop Another Woman From Reaching Sabarimala Shrine
Another woman in the "barred" age group made a futile attempt to reach Sabarimala today, but was forced to retreat by agitated protesters, while security was tightened at the shrine amid reports that more women of menstruating age could try to visit the temple before its doors close tonight. Bindu, a Dalit activist, who was proceeding to Pamba at t...
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"Nitish Kumar Has Our Sympathy, Not Vote," Say Bihar Dalits, Blame BJP
The road to re-election for the BJP in 2019 doesn't just lead through Uttar Pradesh but Bihar too. But five years since the party won 22 out of the state's 40 seats in the national polls, its relationship status with the group that powered its victory - the 16 per cent Dalits - is "complicated". The community's disenchantment with the BJP threatens...
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Hundreds Charged In Rajasthan After Dalit Protests. Among Them Man Who Died In 2007
Phool Singh died in an accident in 2007. In records of Rajasthan Police, he came back to life this month. He was named in a case registered by the police in Bharatpur's Rupabas, accusing him of violence during the Dalit agitation on 2 April, the Bharat Bandh.
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Dalits Being "Tortured" Post April 2 Agitation: BJP Lawmaker Udit Raj
BJP MP Udit Raj today alleged that members of his Dalit community were being "tortured" in various parts of the country in the wake of the violent protests during the 'Bharat Bandh' earlier this week.
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What Is SC/ST Act? All You Need To Know About This
The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is known as POA, SC/ST Act, the Prevention of Atrocities Act, or the Atrocities Act.
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Over 100 Trains Affected, 9 Services Cancelled In Bharat Bandh Aftermath
Over 100 passenger and mail train services were today affected, nine were cancelled and a few more short-terminated as the Dalit agitation over the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act escalated in several states, officials said.
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Maharashtra's BJP Government Let Violence To Take Place, Says Mayawati
BSP chief Mayawati today targeted the BJP and RSS over the violence in Maharashtra claiming that it seemed "casteist forces" were behind the clashes while also blaming the state government for not making adequate arrangements to prevent them.
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"All People Working In Fields Are Dalits": Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that agitations and people's participation in them would be important in the coming years for protecting the rights of people, their lands and their farms.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Promises Agitation If Amethi Attackers Of Dalit Girl Not Caught
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government over the thrashing of a Dalit girl in Amethi, and said her party will launch an agitation if the accused in the case are not arrested soon.
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Bhim Army Chief Meets Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait At Delhi-UP Border
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday met farmer leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and said the Dalit group will provide all help to strengthen the agitation against the new farm laws.
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Dalits, Tribals "Disappointed" Over Supreme Court Ruling On Reservation: CPI
The CPI on Monday said the RSS might be pleased but the Dalits, tribals and backward classes are "disappointed and agitated" with the Supreme Court ruling on reservation in appointments and promotions.
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Bhim Army Chief Detained In Hyderabad Ahead Of Anti-CAA Protest
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was detained in Hyderabad ahead of a planned protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens on Sunday evening. Lungerhouse police said the administration had not given permission for the agitation, and the Dalit leader was taken into custody to prevent him from going ahead wit...
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"Article 370 Gone, A New Age Awaits Jammu And Kashmir": PM Modi's Top Quotes
In an address to the nation today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi justified the withdrawal of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir through Article 370 and said that the move will "liberate" the people of the region and bring them closer to the rest of the country. His address came at a time when Jammu and Kashmir is under lockdown to disco...
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Union Minister Calls Kerala's Handling Of Sabarimala "Daylight Rape" Of Hindus
Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde on Wednesday termed the Kerala government's handling of the Sabarimala row as the "daylight rape" of Hindus, crossing yet another dubious milestone in a political career studded with controversies.
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"Will Start Nationwide Protest Against Dalit Atrocities": Bhim Army Chief
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said today he would start a countrywide agitation against "atrocities" on Dalits and demanded the withdrawal of cases against the community during an agitation early this year.
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Protesters Stop Another Woman From Reaching Sabarimala Shrine
Another woman in the "barred" age group made a futile attempt to reach Sabarimala today, but was forced to retreat by agitated protesters, while security was tightened at the shrine amid reports that more women of menstruating age could try to visit the temple before its doors close tonight. Bindu, a Dalit activist, who was proceeding to Pamba at t...
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"Nitish Kumar Has Our Sympathy, Not Vote," Say Bihar Dalits, Blame BJP
The road to re-election for the BJP in 2019 doesn't just lead through Uttar Pradesh but Bihar too. But five years since the party won 22 out of the state's 40 seats in the national polls, its relationship status with the group that powered its victory - the 16 per cent Dalits - is "complicated". The community's disenchantment with the BJP threatens...
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Hundreds Charged In Rajasthan After Dalit Protests. Among Them Man Who Died In 2007
Phool Singh died in an accident in 2007. In records of Rajasthan Police, he came back to life this month. He was named in a case registered by the police in Bharatpur's Rupabas, accusing him of violence during the Dalit agitation on 2 April, the Bharat Bandh.
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Dalits Being "Tortured" Post April 2 Agitation: BJP Lawmaker Udit Raj
BJP MP Udit Raj today alleged that members of his Dalit community were being "tortured" in various parts of the country in the wake of the violent protests during the 'Bharat Bandh' earlier this week.
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What Is SC/ST Act? All You Need To Know About This
The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is known as POA, SC/ST Act, the Prevention of Atrocities Act, or the Atrocities Act.
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Over 100 Trains Affected, 9 Services Cancelled In Bharat Bandh Aftermath
Over 100 passenger and mail train services were today affected, nine were cancelled and a few more short-terminated as the Dalit agitation over the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act escalated in several states, officials said.
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Maharashtra's BJP Government Let Violence To Take Place, Says Mayawati
BSP chief Mayawati today targeted the BJP and RSS over the violence in Maharashtra claiming that it seemed "casteist forces" were behind the clashes while also blaming the state government for not making adequate arrangements to prevent them.
