Gujarat Dalit Attacked

Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.

A 46-year-old man who was a witness in the murder case of a Dalit man four years ago has died after allegedly being attacked by the accused's relatives last week, police said here on Friday.

Gujarat Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jignesh Mevani on Thursday attacked the BJP-led Central government for its "anti-Dalit attitude".

A Dalit woman was allegedly attacked by a mob for sitting on a chair at a school in a village in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, police has said. The incident took place at Valthera village two days ago.

Tension prevailed between members of the Dalit and upper caste communities in Dholka town of Ahmedabad district on Tuesday evening over a Dalit man adding suffix 'sinh' to his name.

On his wedding day, a Dalit man made the 'mistake' of riding a horse at a village in Rajasthan. His celebratory act soon got him into trouble after some villagers, apparently angered by what they assumed to be a hijack of privilege meant only for them, forced him to get off the horse

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, being aggressively courted by the Congress, says he is clear he will join no political party. But he is also clear that he "will do what needs to be done to bring down the BJP" in Gujarat.

Hardik Patel aide Narendra Patel's dramatic late night allegation that he was offered a crore to join the BJP, has spurred another former member of their group to quit Gujarat's ruling party. Patel leader from Surat Nikhil Sawani had joined the BJP along with 150 associates last month. This morning, he said, "Heard about Rs 1 crore offer by BJP to ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today said his government was against people taking the law in their hands under the pretext of saving cows from slaughter

After Dalit teen Digant Maheria told the police that he had been slashed with a blade by two men on a motorcycle while returning from school in his village in Gujarat earlier this week, hundreds of Dalit men from neighbouring villages changed their WhatsApp display pictures in protest to photos of a large moustache with Mr Dalit written under it. I...

Digant Maheria, 17, was walking back from school in Gujarat's Limbodara village on Tuesday when two unidentified men drove up on a motorcycle and slashed his back with a blade. Digant is a cousin of Piyush Parmar, one of two Dalit men who were beaten up in the village last week for wearing a moustache. The attackers were allegedly Rajput men who sa...

The cousin of one of the two Dalit men thrashed last week allegedly for sporting a moustache in a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two unidentified men, police said.

A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said.

A Dalit family, including a pregnant woman, was allegedly beaten up at Karja village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district after the members refused to dispose a cow carcass, police said on Saturday.

Two Dalit men were thrashed allegedly by a group of self-styled cow vigilantes for refusing to dispose the carcass of a calf in a village in Gujarat's Saurashtra region.

Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.

A 46-year-old man who was a witness in the murder case of a Dalit man four years ago has died after allegedly being attacked by the accused's relatives last week, police said here on Friday.

Gujarat Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jignesh Mevani on Thursday attacked the BJP-led Central government for its "anti-Dalit attitude".

A Dalit woman was allegedly attacked by a mob for sitting on a chair at a school in a village in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, police has said. The incident took place at Valthera village two days ago.

Tension prevailed between members of the Dalit and upper caste communities in Dholka town of Ahmedabad district on Tuesday evening over a Dalit man adding suffix 'sinh' to his name.

On his wedding day, a Dalit man made the 'mistake' of riding a horse at a village in Rajasthan. His celebratory act soon got him into trouble after some villagers, apparently angered by what they assumed to be a hijack of privilege meant only for them, forced him to get off the horse

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, being aggressively courted by the Congress, says he is clear he will join no political party. But he is also clear that he "will do what needs to be done to bring down the BJP" in Gujarat.

Hardik Patel aide Narendra Patel's dramatic late night allegation that he was offered a crore to join the BJP, has spurred another former member of their group to quit Gujarat's ruling party. Patel leader from Surat Nikhil Sawani had joined the BJP along with 150 associates last month. This morning, he said, "Heard about Rs 1 crore offer by BJP to ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today said his government was against people taking the law in their hands under the pretext of saving cows from slaughter

After Dalit teen Digant Maheria told the police that he had been slashed with a blade by two men on a motorcycle while returning from school in his village in Gujarat earlier this week, hundreds of Dalit men from neighbouring villages changed their WhatsApp display pictures in protest to photos of a large moustache with Mr Dalit written under it. I...

Digant Maheria, 17, was walking back from school in Gujarat's Limbodara village on Tuesday when two unidentified men drove up on a motorcycle and slashed his back with a blade. Digant is a cousin of Piyush Parmar, one of two Dalit men who were beaten up in the village last week for wearing a moustache. The attackers were allegedly Rajput men who sa...

The cousin of one of the two Dalit men thrashed last week allegedly for sporting a moustache in a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two unidentified men, police said.

A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said.

A Dalit family, including a pregnant woman, was allegedly beaten up at Karja village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district after the members refused to dispose a cow carcass, police said on Saturday.

Two Dalit men were thrashed allegedly by a group of self-styled cow vigilantes for refusing to dispose the carcass of a calf in a village in Gujarat's Saurashtra region.