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BSP leaders, in a last-ditch effort to salvage their political futures, are fleeing to safer havens, leaving the once formidable party in a state of deep limbo.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan on Friday raised in Lok Sabha the issue of alleged rise in crimes, especially against Dalits, in Bihar and said Parliament can't be mum when the state government is maintaining "silence".

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...

Now entering Parliament for the third time, Rattan Lal Kataria is often seen as the BJP's Dalit face in Haryana.

Remya Haridas, one of the 52 Congress candidates to win her seat in the 2019 general election, has a few milestones to her name; one of them is being the second Dalit woman from the state of Kerala to be elected to parliament. She is also the only woman lawmaker from the state this time.

Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women''s Day.

Facing protests by the upper-caste community, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said nobody in the state would be arrested under the SC/ST Act without a thorough investigation being conducted first.

With the BJP working to strengthen its appeal among Dalits and backward classes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted his government's efforts to protect their interests in the Parliament's Monsoon Session which, he asserted, was dedicated to social justice.

After three days of logjam over the Assam citizens' bill, parliament today saw ruckus over a plan to amend the Dalit atrocities law. The cabinet had given the green signal yesterday for the changes, that would involve doing away with the safeguards placed by the Supreme Court to prevent the abuse of the law.

The opposition to the appointment of a former Supreme Court judge who was part of a bench that had "diluted" a law on atrocities against SCs/STs as National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairman, today echoed in Parliament with the Congress saying it indicated the BJP-led government's support to his judgement.

The death of a man at the hands of a mob in Alwar found resonance for a second day in parliament today as the opposition attacked the government over the wave of hatred sweeping the country. While in Rajya Sabha, the Trinamool Congress demanded a law to prevent killings by cow vigilantes, Dalit leader Mayawati accused the BJP of "allowing innocent ...

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a "mahapurush (great man)" who contributed to India's freedom struggle, says Savitri Bai Phule, a parliamentarian of the ruling BJP, walking into an ongoing political controversy over the founder of Pakistan. Ms Phule, who has of late been seen to deviate from the party line on a range of subjects, also said Jinnah's portrai...

Slogan-shouting and booing by the opposition drowned out Home Minister Rajnath Singh's speech in Lok Sabha today, a day after 11 people died in the spiral of violence during an all-India strike called by Dalit groups who allege that a law that seeks to protect them against atrocities has been diluted.

The Bharat Bandh called by Dalit groups -- which unleashed a torrent of protests and violence across north India -- has claimed 11 lives. Reports came in on Tuesday of two more deaths -- one an infant the other a senior citizen, whose ambulances got stuck in traffic on Monday. Ruckus in the parliament has prevailed on this issue and the long standi...

A group of BJP's Dalit members of parliament (MPs), who met Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today, said they would meet party chief Amit Shah to press for a review petition against a Supreme Court order, which dilutes a law covering cases of atrocities against scheduled castes and tribes.

BSP leaders, in a last-ditch effort to salvage their political futures, are fleeing to safer havens, leaving the once formidable party in a state of deep limbo.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan on Friday raised in Lok Sabha the issue of alleged rise in crimes, especially against Dalits, in Bihar and said Parliament can't be mum when the state government is maintaining "silence".

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...

Now entering Parliament for the third time, Rattan Lal Kataria is often seen as the BJP's Dalit face in Haryana.

Remya Haridas, one of the 52 Congress candidates to win her seat in the 2019 general election, has a few milestones to her name; one of them is being the second Dalit woman from the state of Kerala to be elected to parliament. She is also the only woman lawmaker from the state this time.

Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women''s Day.

Facing protests by the upper-caste community, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said nobody in the state would be arrested under the SC/ST Act without a thorough investigation being conducted first.

With the BJP working to strengthen its appeal among Dalits and backward classes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted his government's efforts to protect their interests in the Parliament's Monsoon Session which, he asserted, was dedicated to social justice.

After three days of logjam over the Assam citizens' bill, parliament today saw ruckus over a plan to amend the Dalit atrocities law. The cabinet had given the green signal yesterday for the changes, that would involve doing away with the safeguards placed by the Supreme Court to prevent the abuse of the law.

The opposition to the appointment of a former Supreme Court judge who was part of a bench that had "diluted" a law on atrocities against SCs/STs as National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairman, today echoed in Parliament with the Congress saying it indicated the BJP-led government's support to his judgement.

The death of a man at the hands of a mob in Alwar found resonance for a second day in parliament today as the opposition attacked the government over the wave of hatred sweeping the country. While in Rajya Sabha, the Trinamool Congress demanded a law to prevent killings by cow vigilantes, Dalit leader Mayawati accused the BJP of "allowing innocent ...

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a "mahapurush (great man)" who contributed to India's freedom struggle, says Savitri Bai Phule, a parliamentarian of the ruling BJP, walking into an ongoing political controversy over the founder of Pakistan. Ms Phule, who has of late been seen to deviate from the party line on a range of subjects, also said Jinnah's portrai...

Slogan-shouting and booing by the opposition drowned out Home Minister Rajnath Singh's speech in Lok Sabha today, a day after 11 people died in the spiral of violence during an all-India strike called by Dalit groups who allege that a law that seeks to protect them against atrocities has been diluted.

The Bharat Bandh called by Dalit groups -- which unleashed a torrent of protests and violence across north India -- has claimed 11 lives. Reports came in on Tuesday of two more deaths -- one an infant the other a senior citizen, whose ambulances got stuck in traffic on Monday. Ruckus in the parliament has prevailed on this issue and the long standi...

A group of BJP's Dalit members of parliament (MPs), who met Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today, said they would meet party chief Amit Shah to press for a review petition against a Supreme Court order, which dilutes a law covering cases of atrocities against scheduled castes and tribes.