Taking part in a virtual discussion as part of the Prajnya Equality Colloquium Series, Jotheeswaran said brahminical patriarchy plays a critical role in keeping Dalits at the bottom. CHENNAI: Dalit women face triple oppression in forms of caste, class, and […]
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 31 simultaneously raided the houses of at least 25 prominent human rights, Dalit, women and Adivasi activists in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, alleging that they had connections with Maoists. According to […]
The top court is set to decide whether his house arrest period is part of the 90-day remand period On March 26, the Supreme Court Bench of Justices UU Lalit, Indira Banerjee and KM Joseph reserved its order in the […]
On Ambedkar Jayanti, activists will “free encroached land of Dalits in 14 villages of Gujarat”, continue seeking justice for Amrabhai Boricha “If they had given just one percent police cover to Amrabhai Boricha, as compared to the number of policemen […]
The Dalit RTI activist was hacked to death, allegedly by upper caste men, in his home in Sanodar village of Ghogha taluka in Bhavnagar district earlier this month “Everytime I have demanded arrest of PSI Solanki in relation to a […]
Claiming to be harassed and humiliated by upper-caste men, Gujarat Dalits, forming about seven per cent of the state’s six crore plus population, appear all set to begin a fresh move to gird up their loins to take on the […]
A long pending demand of Dalit activists was realised recently with private city and suburban buses sporting B.R. Ambedkar Circle instead of Jyothi Circle on their destination boards. After “Jyothi Circle” was renamed as “B.R. Ambedkar Circle,” Dalit activists had […]
The Special NIA Court Mumbai on Monday refused to grant bail to 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist, from Ranchi, in Jharkhand, accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgaar Parishad case. Special Judge under the NIA Act […]
Kolkata, Mar 22 (PTI) Manoranjan Byapari describes himself as “every man you meet after stepping out of home”. The former Naxalite-turned litterateur, who has been fielded by the TMC as its candidate from Balagarh seat in Hooghly district, has donned […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday, 16 March, ordered an inquiry into the allegations of illegal detention and torture of Dalit labour activist Shiv Kumar. As per The Indian Express, Justice Avneesh Jhingan passed the order after going […]
