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Lok Sabha elections 2019: 75 human rights defenders to monitor violence against Dalits across states
arun Posted On April 18, 2019


The focus would be on Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Gujarat. NEW DELHI: Seventy-five ‘human rights defenders’ will be on vigil across states during elections in identified ‘sensitive’ constituencies across 20 states to monitor […]


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BIHAR  / DALIT
Voting on but Dalits struggle for basics
arun Posted On April 12, 2019


In scores of mahadalit tolas of Magadh, life is back to basics as Magadh region goes to polls in the first phase on Saturday. But the messaging of national security seems to have hammered home. So is the caste pride. […]


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Politicians flock to Dalit temples for votes in Bihar
arun Posted On April 11, 2019


At a time when right-wing politics is on the rise in the caste-ridden Bihar society, Dalits and Mahadalits have looked for their own symbols in the Hindu pantheon. So while Chhatth, worship of the sun in mother form (Chhatti maiya), […]


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BIHAR  / ELECTION 2019  / NATIONAL
‘In election this time, everything is at stake’: Lalu Yadav’s message to Bihar
arun Posted On April 11, 2019


Lalu said people of Bihar needed spirit of ‘do or die’ in the fight to drive away ‘anti-reservation and anti-Constitution Narendra Modi.’ Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Yadav, who is serving sentences in fodder scam cases, told the people of Bihar […]


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Left high and dry, a village of musahars in Gaya cries for attention
arun Posted On April 10, 2019


Gaya, a constituency reserved for the schedule caste (SC) who constitutes 30.33 % of the 15 lakh voters, goes to polls along with Aurangabad, Nalanda and Jamui in the first of the seven phase Bihar polls on April 11. Jitendra […]


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BIHAR  / DALIT  / ELECTION 2019
Elections 2019: Polls Come and Go, No Progress for Mushahars of Bihar
arun Posted On April 9, 2019


The BJP has won the Gaya seat four times in the last 20 years, and since 1999, only the candidate from the Mushahar community has won the seat. Mohanpur (Gaya/Bihar): Chotu Manjhi has been without work for several days now. […]


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EXCLUSIVE: Muzaffarpur RTI activist cries foul play by Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey over his expose
arun Posted On March 28, 2019


In fresh unnoticed incident in Bihar, a renowned Right to Information (RTI) activist of Muzaffarpur, Hemant Kumar has alleged that he is being intimidated and threatened by the people he seeks to expose and precisely his allegations are against Bihar’s […]


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Gaya BJP MP attacks party district chief
arun Posted On March 20, 2019


Gaya: BJP MP from Gaya Hari Manjhi on Tuesday blamed party’s district chief Dhanraj Sharma for gifting the Gaya seat to JD(U) and depriving him of his rightful claim. As per the seat-sharing arrangement announced by the three NDA constituents […]


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BIHAR  / Minority  / NATIONAL
Custodial deaths in Bihar earn rebuke
arun Posted On March 19, 2019


Call for action against personnel for torture leading to death of two suspects in Sitamarhi Eight retired police chiefs have demanded action against Bihar policemen for allegedly torturing and killing two men in police custody. Two suspects, Gufran Alam, 30, […]


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BIHAR  / Minority  / NATIONAL
Nails ‘hammered’ into them, two men ‘tortured’ to death in Bihar police custody, probe ordered
arun Posted On March 12, 2019


On March 6, records show, Gufran Alam (30) and Taslim Ansari (32) were picked up by police from Ramdiha village in connection with the theft of a motorcycle and murder of its owner Muzaffarpur resident Rakesh Kumar. Two men, picked […]


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