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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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Centre Overrules Top Court On Dalit Atrocities Law Ahead Of Big Protest
Ahead of a big protest by Dalit groups, the centre today signed off on a bill to overrule the Supreme Court that had introduced safeguards against arbitrary arrests in the Dalit atrocities law. The change comes days after the BJP ally and its dalit face, Ram Vilas Paswan, threatened to join the protests if Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not resto...
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"We Didn't Incite Anyone To Commit Crime": Top Court vs Centre On Dalit Act
Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...
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Video: Hyderabad Priest Carries Dalit Man Into Temple On His Shoulders
A priest in Hyderabad carried a Dalit man on his shoulders into a temple on Monday and hugged him, reenacting a nearly 3,000-year-old ritual that he says holds a strong message in the backdrop of recent violence and discrimination against Dalits.
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Supreme Court Verdict Diluted SC/ST Law, Created Disharmony, Says Centre
The verdict of the Supreme Court on a law that seeks to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has created "disharmony" in the country, the government has told the court.
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Congress Leaders Ate At Restaurant Before Protest Fast, BJP Tweets Photo
A fast by Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi on Monday bounced from one controversy to another. The protest at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat is aimed at promoting communal harmony and protesting atrocities against Dalits, Congress leaders said.
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Can't Keep Quiet, Says BJP Lawmaker As He Cautions Against Dalit Atrocities
Udit Raj, one of the first ruling party BJP lawmakers to alert the NDA government about the need to act, has said Dalits were being "tortured at a large scale" for their nationwide protest earlier this month and named places in BJP-ruled Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where, he insisted, false cases were being slapped against them.
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Opposition Parties Responsible For Violence During Dalit Stir: Keshav Prasad Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday held opposition parties responsible for the violence during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, and claimed that some criminals were involved in the stir in the state.
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Bharat Bandh: 32 Held, Complaint Against 5,000 People Over Ghaziabad Violence
As many as 5,000 people have been booked for creating ruckus and damaging public and government properties here during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the SSP said.
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Top Court Refuses To Freeze Order On Law That Triggered Dalit Protests
The order which allegedly weakened a stringent law to protect Dalits against atrocities, is a "safeguard" necessary to protect the constitutional rights of innocents, the Supreme Court said today. "Our aim is to protect innocents, we have not diluted the law in any manner," said the court, turning down the government's appeal to freeze the earlier ...
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Mamata Banerjee Supports Dalit Cause, Shocked Over Deaths In Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her support to the cause of the Dalits and said she was shocked over the death of four persons in Madhya Pradesh during the nationwide bandh called against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Ex-Lawmaker From Mayawati's BSP "Main Conspirator" In Bharat Bandh's Dalit Protests: Cops
After violent protests by Dalit groups, in which two persons died and 75 people were injured, the police in Uttar Pradesh blamed a former legislator belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati, the state's Dalit powerhouse. Ms Mayawati, who quit her Rajya Sabha seat last year, has declared support for the protests against a Supreme Court orde...
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Bharat Bandh Updates: 9 Killed As Dalit Protests Against Supreme Court Ruling On SC/ ST Law Turn Violent; States On Alert
Seven people have been killed in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and UP as several Dalit organizations called for a nationwide 'bandh'against the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act today.
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With Shoes On Head, Lone Protester Disapproves Dilution Of Atrocities Law
Parminder Bhullarai is unhappy with the move to dilute the stringent provisions of a law dealing with cases of atrocities against Dalits. And he has found a novel - but striking - way to show his disapproval.
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Marathas Take To Streets With Demand For Quota, Say Persecuted By Dalits
After the huge Patel protests in Gujarat, the BJP is facing an upsurge by Marathas in Maharashtra. Rallies -- held by lakhs of people in absolute silence, have been on across the state for more than a month, said to have been triggered by the rape of a girl by Dalits in Kopardi in July.
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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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Centre Overrules Top Court On Dalit Atrocities Law Ahead Of Big Protest
Ahead of a big protest by Dalit groups, the centre today signed off on a bill to overrule the Supreme Court that had introduced safeguards against arbitrary arrests in the Dalit atrocities law. The change comes days after the BJP ally and its dalit face, Ram Vilas Paswan, threatened to join the protests if Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not resto...
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"We Didn't Incite Anyone To Commit Crime": Top Court vs Centre On Dalit Act
Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...
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Video: Hyderabad Priest Carries Dalit Man Into Temple On His Shoulders
A priest in Hyderabad carried a Dalit man on his shoulders into a temple on Monday and hugged him, reenacting a nearly 3,000-year-old ritual that he says holds a strong message in the backdrop of recent violence and discrimination against Dalits.
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Supreme Court Verdict Diluted SC/ST Law, Created Disharmony, Says Centre
The verdict of the Supreme Court on a law that seeks to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has created "disharmony" in the country, the government has told the court.
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Congress Leaders Ate At Restaurant Before Protest Fast, BJP Tweets Photo
A fast by Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi on Monday bounced from one controversy to another. The protest at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat is aimed at promoting communal harmony and protesting atrocities against Dalits, Congress leaders said.
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Can't Keep Quiet, Says BJP Lawmaker As He Cautions Against Dalit Atrocities
Udit Raj, one of the first ruling party BJP lawmakers to alert the NDA government about the need to act, has said Dalits were being "tortured at a large scale" for their nationwide protest earlier this month and named places in BJP-ruled Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where, he insisted, false cases were being slapped against them.
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Opposition Parties Responsible For Violence During Dalit Stir: Keshav Prasad Maurya
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Thursday held opposition parties responsible for the violence during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Monday, and claimed that some criminals were involved in the stir in the state.
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Bharat Bandh: 32 Held, Complaint Against 5,000 People Over Ghaziabad Violence
As many as 5,000 people have been booked for creating ruckus and damaging public and government properties here during protests against "dilution" of the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the SSP said.
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Top Court Refuses To Freeze Order On Law That Triggered Dalit Protests
The order which allegedly weakened a stringent law to protect Dalits against atrocities, is a "safeguard" necessary to protect the constitutional rights of innocents, the Supreme Court said today. "Our aim is to protect innocents, we have not diluted the law in any manner," said the court, turning down the government's appeal to freeze the earlier ...
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Mamata Banerjee Supports Dalit Cause, Shocked Over Deaths In Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her support to the cause of the Dalits and said she was shocked over the death of four persons in Madhya Pradesh during the nationwide bandh called against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Ex-Lawmaker From Mayawati's BSP "Main Conspirator" In Bharat Bandh's Dalit Protests: Cops
After violent protests by Dalit groups, in which two persons died and 75 people were injured, the police in Uttar Pradesh blamed a former legislator belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati, the state's Dalit powerhouse. Ms Mayawati, who quit her Rajya Sabha seat last year, has declared support for the protests against a Supreme Court orde...
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Bharat Bandh Updates: 9 Killed As Dalit Protests Against Supreme Court Ruling On SC/ ST Law Turn Violent; States On Alert
Seven people have been killed in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and UP as several Dalit organizations called for a nationwide 'bandh'against the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act today.
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With Shoes On Head, Lone Protester Disapproves Dilution Of Atrocities Law
Parminder Bhullarai is unhappy with the move to dilute the stringent provisions of a law dealing with cases of atrocities against Dalits. And he has found a novel - but striking - way to show his disapproval.
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Marathas Take To Streets With Demand For Quota, Say Persecuted By Dalits
After the huge Patel protests in Gujarat, the BJP is facing an upsurge by Marathas in Maharashtra. Rallies -- held by lakhs of people in absolute silence, have been on across the state for more than a month, said to have been triggered by the rape of a girl by Dalits in Kopardi in July.
