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Mega Parliament Protests As Both BJP, Opposition Claim Insult To Ambedkar
Dramatic scenes played out in Parliament today as both the BJP and the Opposition took out protest marches amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar
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Ambedkar Row: Congress Doubles Down After BJP's Soros Edit Of Protest Pic
Under fire for Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, the BJP today tried to step up its George Soros offensive in an attempt to turn the tables on the Opposition
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Bharat Bandh Today As Opposition, Dalit Groups Protest Top Court's Quota Order
A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.
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Rohith Vemula Not Dalit: Cops In Closure Report, Clean Chit To All Accused
Eight years after massive protests and a political controversy erupted over his death by suicide, forcing the Modi government to clarify that it was not anti-Dalit, the Telangana Police has filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula case.
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Opinion | Ashoka University Protests: On Casteism And Appeals Against It
We must be able to differentiate between brute forces that perpetuate casteism and humble appeals against it
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Dalit Teen Pushed Into Hot Oil Cauldron For Protesting Sexual Harassment
In an incident shocking in its brutality, an 18-year-old Dalit woman working at an oil mill was pushed into a cauldron with hot oil when she protested sexual harassment.
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Protest Against Union Minister In Madhya Pradesh Over Man's Suicide
Locals from all backgrounds have held a protest on the streets of Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, alleging interference by the area's BJP MP and Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel in the investigation of a Dalit man's suicide.
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"Such Dilution Leads To Impunity": IAS Body To Bihar On Release Of Ex MP
The top body of the country's bureaucrats has issued a vociferous protest against the change in rules in Bihar to facilitate the release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, who was serving a life term for the murder of a Dalit IAS office
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Mamata Banerjee Sits Overnight In Protest Against Centre's "Discrimination"
Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar's statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort of TMC leaders and workers under television camera arclights.
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Photocopied Pages From Hindu Epic Ramcharitmanas Burnt In Protest In UP
A group called Akhil Bharatiya OBC Mahasabha on Sunday in Vrindavan burned photocopies of pages allegedly carrying "objectionable comments on women and Dalits" in Ramcharitmanas, supporting SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya.
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Violent Protests Over Death Of UP Dalit Teen, Accused Teacher On The Run
The death of a 15-year-Dalit boy, who was allegedly beaten by a teacher from his school in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district, has sparked massive protests.
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Jammu University Professor's Suicide: Protests, Demand For CBI Probe
Students, local Dalit leaders and the wife of Dr Chander Shekhar, the University of Jammu professor who died by suicide on Wednesday, have alleged that the professor was the victim of a conspiracy because of his caste
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"Arrest Seer Accused Of Sexual Abuse": Karnataka Dalit Outfits Protest
Dalit organisations staged a protest in Karnataka's Chitradurga on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse.
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UP Congress Chief Arrested During Protest On Amethi Dalit Girl's Assault
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was arrested here today while staging a protest against the state government over an incident of a 16-year-old Dalit girl being beaten up in the district.
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Meal Boycott In Uttarakhand School After Cook Allegedly Sacked Over Caste
Dalit students at a government school in Uttarakhand's Champawat district refused to eat mid-day meals cooked by an upper-caste woman after a cook from the Scheduled Caste community was sacked allegedly following protests over her caste.
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Mega Parliament Protests As Both BJP, Opposition Claim Insult To Ambedkar
Dramatic scenes played out in Parliament today as both the BJP and the Opposition took out protest marches amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar
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Ambedkar Row: Congress Doubles Down After BJP's Soros Edit Of Protest Pic
Under fire for Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, the BJP today tried to step up its George Soros offensive in an attempt to turn the tables on the Opposition
-
Bharat Bandh Today As Opposition, Dalit Groups Protest Top Court's Quota Order
A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.
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Rohith Vemula Not Dalit: Cops In Closure Report, Clean Chit To All Accused
Eight years after massive protests and a political controversy erupted over his death by suicide, forcing the Modi government to clarify that it was not anti-Dalit, the Telangana Police has filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula case.
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Opinion | Ashoka University Protests: On Casteism And Appeals Against It
We must be able to differentiate between brute forces that perpetuate casteism and humble appeals against it
-
Dalit Teen Pushed Into Hot Oil Cauldron For Protesting Sexual Harassment
In an incident shocking in its brutality, an 18-year-old Dalit woman working at an oil mill was pushed into a cauldron with hot oil when she protested sexual harassment.
-
Protest Against Union Minister In Madhya Pradesh Over Man's Suicide
Locals from all backgrounds have held a protest on the streets of Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, alleging interference by the area's BJP MP and Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel in the investigation of a Dalit man's suicide.
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"Such Dilution Leads To Impunity": IAS Body To Bihar On Release Of Ex MP
The top body of the country's bureaucrats has issued a vociferous protest against the change in rules in Bihar to facilitate the release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, who was serving a life term for the murder of a Dalit IAS office
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Mamata Banerjee Sits Overnight In Protest Against Centre's "Discrimination"
Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar's statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort of TMC leaders and workers under television camera arclights.
-
Photocopied Pages From Hindu Epic Ramcharitmanas Burnt In Protest In UP
A group called Akhil Bharatiya OBC Mahasabha on Sunday in Vrindavan burned photocopies of pages allegedly carrying "objectionable comments on women and Dalits" in Ramcharitmanas, supporting SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya.
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Violent Protests Over Death Of UP Dalit Teen, Accused Teacher On The Run
The death of a 15-year-Dalit boy, who was allegedly beaten by a teacher from his school in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district, has sparked massive protests.
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Jammu University Professor's Suicide: Protests, Demand For CBI Probe
Students, local Dalit leaders and the wife of Dr Chander Shekhar, the University of Jammu professor who died by suicide on Wednesday, have alleged that the professor was the victim of a conspiracy because of his caste
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"Arrest Seer Accused Of Sexual Abuse": Karnataka Dalit Outfits Protest
Dalit organisations staged a protest in Karnataka's Chitradurga on Tuesday, demanding the immediate arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Murugha Math, who has been booked under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse.
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UP Congress Chief Arrested During Protest On Amethi Dalit Girl's Assault
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was arrested here today while staging a protest against the state government over an incident of a 16-year-old Dalit girl being beaten up in the district.
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Meal Boycott In Uttarakhand School After Cook Allegedly Sacked Over Caste
Dalit students at a government school in Uttarakhand's Champawat district refused to eat mid-day meals cooked by an upper-caste woman after a cook from the Scheduled Caste community was sacked allegedly following protests over her caste.
