Tag: Dalit

New Delhi: University of Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and the action by the university authorities of expelling him and four other students from hostel did trigger his suicide, said an inquiry commission formed to probe the murder case. The report stated that Vemula committed suicide of his own volition and absolved […]

Kalahandi: Police today arrested a Sarpanch of Kalahandi district for allegedly raping a minor girl at Badachhatranga village under Thuamul Rampur block in the district. As per the complaint, Sarpanch Hadinga Majhi had physical relationship with the minor, a Dalit, on the pretext of marrying her. However, the accused later refused to marry her. Later, […]

Kendrapara: In yet another shameful incident after the Baripada Jagannath temple case, two minor girls, one of them a Dalit, were allegedly raped in separate incidents in Derabish police station under the jurisdiction of Kendrapara district in Odisha. While the 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Badamangrajpur village, another 16-year-old was raped in […]

Phulbani: A day before the Central team’s visit to Kandhamal district to investigate the deaths of five innocent people in unprovoked firing by SOG personnel on July 8, nearly 5, 000 people gathered in Baliguda in the tribal-dominated district and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. The protesters, mostly tribals and dalits belonging to […]

Kendrapara: The Congress today lodged an FIR against the Kendrapara MLA and the Pattamundai BDO alleging that they hatched a “conspiracy” to deprive two Dalit women from contesting the upcoming panchayat polls in the State. “Democracy is being butchered in Kendrapara. The election officers in charge of conducting free-and-fair polls have formed an unholy alliance […]

It was meant to remind the people about the party’s intrinsic links with the Father of the Nation. But unfortunately for the Congress, the ‘day-long’ ‘Sadbhavna Upvas’ planned by Congress President Rahul Gandhi to reinforce the party’s pro-Dalit and pro-minorities credentials turned out to be a huge embarrassment for the party. Ironically, Rahul himself himself […]