BENGALURU: To constitute an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the hurling of a casteist slur must be in a public place or place of public view, the Karnataka high court has ruled, […]
Indian Muslim women stand in front of police personnel during a protest over the hijab ban organized by a Muslim organization in Bengaluru, India, March 26, 2022. Indian Muslim women stand in front of police personnel during a protest over […]
The audio clip of the minor girl, allegedly killed by her father for being in relationship with a Dalit boy, was on Thursday handed over to the police for investigation The girl Shalini, in the audio, held her parents responsible […]
Withdrawal of revised textbooks and continuance of old syllabus, among demands Members of the Ballari district committee of the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Ambedkar Vaada) staged a protest in Ballari on Friday demanding withdrawal of textbooks revised by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed […]
Gadag: A group of Dalits in Menasagi village of Gadag district is said have beenforced to eat cowdung by a group of people from an upper caste last week. Pundaleek Madar, a Dalit who works as a contractor, has filed […]
DHARWAD: All the students who were stranded in a government high school in a village in this district due to a flood in a nearby rivulet were rescued, officials said on Friday. Nearly 150 students were stuck in the school […]
The incident happened on Wednesday. The accused was mining sand from the land adjoining the house of Akshaya. However, it was alleged that excessive mining was causing damage to nearby residences. Following this, the police intervened and prohibited mining based […]
The residents of Amlihal, a village with the population of about a thousand people in Yadgir, Karnataka, had never seen a police force so large. Led by three circle inspectors and ten sub-inspectors, over 150 policemen dressed in riot gear […]
In a brutal murder, a father killed his 17-year-old daughter over her relationship with a Dalit man. The incident took place in Mysuru’s Periyapatna taluk in Karnataka. The girl and her father hail from the Vokkaliga community. Suresh, a resident […]
The Archbishop of Hyderabad, Anthony Poola, now represents the growing aspirations of a marginalised section among Christians in India – the Dalit Christians. Poola has become the first Dalit to become a Cardinal of the Catholic church in the country. […]
