The Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network has documented 60 of these crimes in a book titled ‘No Lockdown on Caste Atrocities: Stories of Caste Crimes during the COVID-19 Pandemic’ By Johanna Deeksha It is hardly a surprise that the pandemic […]
Rajkot: A Dalit RTI activist was allegedly murdered inside his residence in Sanodar village of Ghogha taluka in Bhavnagar district on Tuesday. The accused allegedly barged into the man’s house and hacked him to death with swords, spears and iron […]
Bhopal: Dr. Asma Zehra, chief organiser Women’s Wing of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), has appealed to the members of the Muslim community to eradicate Dowry evil on a war-footing. Dowry is “Haraam” and an act of sin. […]
The Miss Panama organization announced that starting this year, the pageant would include transgender women “who have completed all their legal and medical procedures” in its competition. The contest, which is responsible for choosing the country’s representative for the Miss […]
It appears certain that Abbas Siddiqui would continue to dominate the political discourse over March and April, while West Bengal goes for an eight-phase election. Snigdhendu Bhattacharya After the Left and Congress’ Sanyukta Morcha’s Brigade Parade Ground rally in Calcutta, […]
RAIPUR: In a reflection of changing times, transgenders popularly known as kinnars, have shed their sarees and bangles to don khaki uniform and protect the civilians and uphold law of the land. Chhattisgarh police recruited 13 transgenders as constables, a […]
Aligarh: The semi-naked body of a 17-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Aligarh, with signs of sexual assault and her skin peeled away from being dragged through the fields, has been found. The Aligarh police, which had formed five […]
Bengaluru: In a move that will help transgenders come to the mainstream, the Chhattisgarh police have 13 of them as constables. “The results of the constable recruitment examination are out, and I congratulate everyone who qualified the examination. We have […]
Jeyasre was killed by her immediate supervisor and her family and friends say that the reason it got to the extent of murder was that Jeyasre was a Dalit woman. By Sreshta Ladegaam Jeyasre Kathrivel, a 21-year-old Dalit garment worker […]
Until now, only two transgender police personnel were recruited in India — one in Tamil Nadu, another in Rajasthan. By Ritesh Mishra In a first, the Chhattisgarh police recruited 13 transgender people as constables in four districts of the state, […]
