Two months ago, a Dalit family from Bihar lodged an FIR against their neighbouring Muslim family for an assault and rape attempt. The family alleged that the accused was putting sustained pressure on them to sell their house and leave […]
PATNA: In yet another incident mob violence, a 35-year-old man belonging to ‘Mahadalit’ community, was lynched at Mohammadpur village under the Naubatpur PS limits in Patna district on Saturday. According to police sources, the victim Krishna Manjhi was beaten by […]
On July 10, resisting feudal forces, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIML) along with Dalit families occupied land in Angara village in the Indian State of Bihar. The land was allotted to 98 poor Dalit families […]
Patna, July 19 : Eight people, including seven children, were killed in Bihar’s Nawada district on Friday when they were struck by lightning, officials said. All the victims belonging to the Mushahar community, poorest of the poor Dalits. Eight other […]
Biharsharif, July 12: A local leader of the ruling JD(U) in Bihar was found hanging in the toilet inside a police station, hours after being picked up for interrogation, evoking violent protests from residents of his village in Nalanda district. […]
Patna (Bihar) , June 30 : Members of Bhim Sena protested outside a theatre here on Sunday demanding the resumption of screening of film ‘Article 15,’ which was stopped after the theatre allegedly received threats. The protestors said that the […]
PATNA: In a shocking incident, a 50-year-old woman and her young daughter were tonsured, thrashed and subsequently paraded when they protested a rape attempt at a village in Vaishali district on Wednesday evening. The police on Thursday arrested two out […]
CLOSE to 150 children have fallen prey to the deadly acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur. Who’s to be blamed? Poverty, malnourishment and government’s failure to create awareness among the vulnerable groups in the district and its inability to cope […]
According to health officials in Muzaffarpur, AES cases are mostly coming from Mushahar, Ravidas and Paswan communities due to “their poor living conditions”. Muzaffarpur: Chedi Manjhi, Ravinder Manjhi, Raj Kishor Ram, Haran Paswan, Anup Manjhi, all are Dalits. They have […]
In a state where poor quality of mid-day meal (MDM) makes news, a remotely located primary school in Araria, about 350 km from the capital, is hogging limelight for the quality of meal served to its students belonging to Dalit […]
