Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS – Parivarthana Vada) urged the government to take action against those who have demolished the house a senior citizen belonging to Scheduled Caste in Mukka, Surathkal. Addressing reporters in Mangaluru on Thursday, Samiti district coordinator Sudhakar […]
Calling the assessment report unscientific, they demanded in their letter that the institution withdraw its report and conduct a ‘systemic field evaluation’ of midday meals supplied by APF. HYDERABAD: Several activists, academicians, scientists and intellectuals have written an open letter […]
The court noted merit in the submission of Karnataka that progression in a cadre based on promotion cannot be treated as the acquisition of creamy layer status The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Karnataka law granting a quota in […]
Batch of petitions pertaining to reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Caste and Schedued Tribe employees of the state government is likely to be heard in the Supreme Court on Friday. BENGALURU: Batch of petitions pertaining to reservation in promotion […]
To make identification easy, most of the upper caste men came without shirts and the volunteers identified the locals even with their shirts on MANGALURU: The deep-rooted caste system and practices like untouchability just don’t seem to go away. Angry […]
Gravediggers in the city say they will strike work if they are not paid their dues Putting a body to rest is hours of work, says Anhony Swamy, 40, alias Kutty of Kalpalli burial ground in Byappanahalli. He has been […]
Mysuru: Perpetuation of the caste system posed a grave threat to the ethos of India, warned acclaimed Kannada writer Moodnakudu Chinnaswamy here on Tuesday. Chinnaswamy, participating in a seminar on ‘Ideologies of BR Ambedkar’ organised by the Kuvempu Institute of […]
It also urged political parties to ensure that no outfit or person ‘under their auspices’ involved in such attacks is spared. THE BOMBAY High Court on Friday said that it should be a lesson for the Maharashtra government that the […]
HUBBALLI: Members of various dalit organisations, activists and progressive thinkers cleaned and purified the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar with milk at the head postoffice, Hubballi, on Monday. Dalit organisations and others expressed their ire against some BJP leaders […]
I call this country “Jaati Bharat”. I have seen serial killings based on caste. I have heard stories of abuse and oppression based on caste. I have lived that oppression. Dalits and Students My greeting to all those fighting for […]
