The Udupi police on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old history-sheeter for allegedly raping a 15-year old girl in the district on Sunday. According to the police, the accused Ashok Poojary was known to the survivor. On Sunday, Ashok allegedly coaxed the […]
Kundapur: Kota Police arrested a 33-year-old man accused of raping a minor Dalit girl under the POSCO Act. The accused, identified as Ashok Poojary has a criminal background. He was produced before the court today (November 19) which remanded him […]
TUMAKURU: In an age where one hardly hears any vernacular language being spoken, with the chance of coming across literature in the country’s many native languages also being very slim, it’s refreshing to see locals trying to revive their culture […]
BENGALURU: Minister for Primary and Higher Education S Suresh Kumar on Wednesday announced the suspension of Director of Secondary Education KS Mani, and three other officials from the department pending an inquiry, a day after The New Indian Express carried […]
India seems to live in many centuries at once. In Karnataka a couple was stoned to death, four years after they got married. He was a Dalit, her family opposed their relationship. The couple had fled the social backlash, and […]
In an apparent case of honour killing, a Dalit man and his wife, who married against wishes of the woman’s family, were allegedly stoned to death when they returned to their village in Gadag district in Karnataka, four years after […]
Gadag (Karnataka): A young married couple was allegedly killed in Lakkalakatti village of Gajendragad Taluk here by the woman’s brothers for marrying a Dalit man, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the husband and wife identified as Ramesh […]
State Madiga Mahasabha Organising secretary Sanjay Gandhi of Negalur village condemned the incident and said that it was unfortunate that untouchability still existed in the village. HAVERI: Police officials along with tahsildar managed to defuse the tension between the upper […]
“Are you a Brahmin?” “Yes.” “Have you bathed?” “Yes.” “Why haven’t you put vibhuti on your forehead? You will find some in that box over there. Use it.” Writer DV Gundappa’s essay on the origins of the restaurant business in […]
Faulting the district administration for its failure to facilitate the conduct of Mahisha Dasara, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti has urged the government to replace Mysuru Deputy Commissioner and Police Commissioner with efficient officials. The federation members gathered in front of the […]
