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Dalit Man Killed By In-Laws Over Inter-Caste Marriage: Uttarakhand Cops
A Dalit man was allegedly killed by his in-laws for marrying an upper caste woman in Uttarakhand's Almora district, an official said on Friday.
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Dalit Man Killed By In-Laws Over Inter-Caste Marriage: Gujarat Cops
A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly killed by relatives of his wife who belonged to an upper caste community at her village in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, police said Tuesday.
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Marry a Dalit, Get Rs 2.5 Lakh: Modi Government Tweaks Old Scheme To Encourage Inter-Caste Marriage
Hoping to encourage inter-caste marriages, the government will give a Rs 2.5 lakh incentive to couples where either the bride or groom is a Dalit irrespective of their income. But they will get the money in two instalments to minimize possibility of fraud.
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SC/ST Atrocities Act To Stay; Amendment Can Be Considered: Ramdas Athawale
The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act would not be scrapped but suggestions for genuine amendment could be considered, Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale today said in Pune.
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Promote Inter-Caste Marriages To End Casteism, Says Ramdas Athawale
"Gau raksha jaruri hai (cow protection is necessary) but who will save humans," newly inducted Union Minister and Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale said today, asserting that incidents like the attack on Dalits in Gujarat should not be be allowed to recur.
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Tamil Nadu's tragic love story: second autopsy report due today
A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will today submit to the Madras High Court their report of the second autopsy conducted on the body of Ilavarasan, a 21-year-old Dalit man whose mysterious death following a failed inter-caste marriage sparked a major controversy in Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu: Dalit man Ilavarasan laid to rest, family plans memorial
Hundreds of people today defied prohibitory orders to join in the last journey of Ilavarasan, a Dalit man, whose mysterious death following a failed inter-caste marriage sparked a major controversy in Tamil Nadu. The 21-year-old was laid to rest at a private vacant site in his native village of Nathan, where situation still remains tense.
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Tamil Nadu Dalit man Ilavarasan to be cremated today; prohibitory orders clamped
Hundreds of people have defied prohibitory orders to join the funeral procession of Ilavarasan, a Dalit man, whose mysterious death following a failed inter-caste marriage sparked a major controversy in Tamil Nadu. The 21-year-old was found dead on July 4 near a railway track in Dharmapuri district in the western part of the state.
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Jayalalithaa appoints one-man commission to probe Dalit man's death
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today appointed a one-man commission to be headed by retired judge Justice S R Singaravelu to find out the truth in Ilavarasan's death. The Dalit man, who married a girl from the Vanniyar community, was found dead last week near a railway track in Dharmapuri in western Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu: Dead Dalit husband's family seeks second autopsy
A second post-mortem report has been demanded by the family of Ilavarasan, whose inter-caste marriage had led to riots in his village in Tamil Nadu. The first report had revealed the 21-year-old died of a head injury. He was found dead near a railway track on Thursday near his village in western Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu: Dead Dalit husband's family alleges murder; police sources claim suicide
The post-mortem report of Ilavarasan, whose inter-caste marriage had led to riots in his village in Tamil Nadu, reveals the 21-year-old died of a head injury. Police sources have said that the death is a case of suicide.
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A love story that triggered Tamil Nadu riots ends with a death
A day after his wife said she would never go back to him, 20-year-old Ilavasaran, whose wedding had triggered riots in Tamil Nadu, was found dead.
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38 couples tie the knot at inter-caste mass wedding in Agra
A 'bania' (traders' community) groom marrying a dalit girl, a 'brahmin' girl marrying a 'thakur' - the city of love on Sunday witnessed a rare mass marriage where 38 couples of different castes entered wedlock transcending rigid caste barriers.
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Dalit Man Killed By In-Laws Over Inter-Caste Marriage: Uttarakhand Cops
A Dalit man was allegedly killed by his in-laws for marrying an upper caste woman in Uttarakhand's Almora district, an official said on Friday.
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Dalit Man Killed By In-Laws Over Inter-Caste Marriage: Gujarat Cops
A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly killed by relatives of his wife who belonged to an upper caste community at her village in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, police said Tuesday.
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Marry a Dalit, Get Rs 2.5 Lakh: Modi Government Tweaks Old Scheme To Encourage Inter-Caste Marriage
Hoping to encourage inter-caste marriages, the government will give a Rs 2.5 lakh incentive to couples where either the bride or groom is a Dalit irrespective of their income. But they will get the money in two instalments to minimize possibility of fraud.
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SC/ST Atrocities Act To Stay; Amendment Can Be Considered: Ramdas Athawale
The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act would not be scrapped but suggestions for genuine amendment could be considered, Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale today said in Pune.
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Promote Inter-Caste Marriages To End Casteism, Says Ramdas Athawale
"Gau raksha jaruri hai (cow protection is necessary) but who will save humans," newly inducted Union Minister and Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale said today, asserting that incidents like the attack on Dalits in Gujarat should not be be allowed to recur.
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Tamil Nadu's tragic love story: second autopsy report due today
A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will today submit to the Madras High Court their report of the second autopsy conducted on the body of Ilavarasan, a 21-year-old Dalit man whose mysterious death following a failed inter-caste marriage sparked a major controversy in Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu: Dalit man Ilavarasan laid to rest, family plans memorial
Hundreds of people today defied prohibitory orders to join in the last journey of Ilavarasan, a Dalit man, whose mysterious death following a failed inter-caste marriage sparked a major controversy in Tamil Nadu. The 21-year-old was laid to rest at a private vacant site in his native village of Nathan, where situation still remains tense.
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Tamil Nadu Dalit man Ilavarasan to be cremated today; prohibitory orders clamped
Hundreds of people have defied prohibitory orders to join the funeral procession of Ilavarasan, a Dalit man, whose mysterious death following a failed inter-caste marriage sparked a major controversy in Tamil Nadu. The 21-year-old was found dead on July 4 near a railway track in Dharmapuri district in the western part of the state.
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Jayalalithaa appoints one-man commission to probe Dalit man's death
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today appointed a one-man commission to be headed by retired judge Justice S R Singaravelu to find out the truth in Ilavarasan's death. The Dalit man, who married a girl from the Vanniyar community, was found dead last week near a railway track in Dharmapuri in western Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu: Dead Dalit husband's family seeks second autopsy
A second post-mortem report has been demanded by the family of Ilavarasan, whose inter-caste marriage had led to riots in his village in Tamil Nadu. The first report had revealed the 21-year-old died of a head injury. He was found dead near a railway track on Thursday near his village in western Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu: Dead Dalit husband's family alleges murder; police sources claim suicide
The post-mortem report of Ilavarasan, whose inter-caste marriage had led to riots in his village in Tamil Nadu, reveals the 21-year-old died of a head injury. Police sources have said that the death is a case of suicide.
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A love story that triggered Tamil Nadu riots ends with a death
A day after his wife said she would never go back to him, 20-year-old Ilavasaran, whose wedding had triggered riots in Tamil Nadu, was found dead.
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38 couples tie the knot at inter-caste mass wedding in Agra
A 'bania' (traders' community) groom marrying a dalit girl, a 'brahmin' girl marrying a 'thakur' - the city of love on Sunday witnessed a rare mass marriage where 38 couples of different castes entered wedlock transcending rigid caste barriers.
