A Muslim cleric running a Madrasa in Bhopal was arrested on Sunday by Madhya Pradesh police on a charge of keeping two boys captive, one of them chained in the seminary, police said, adding that the two were rescued. Additional […]
A 19-year-old tribal woman from Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh, was manhandled and trounced by her fellow villagers for allegedly eloping with a Dalit man from a different caste. The 1-minute video has been making rounds on the social media platforms, […]
A separate petition to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, floated by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), close on the heels of a similar plea by “Friends of Narmada” to the President, the Chief Justice of India, and the Prime […]
A 44-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten up by upper caste residents for using ‘Jai Bheem’ as a greeting and not ‘Ramdhoon’ in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, police have said. Three men have been booked for beating up Rajkumar […]
Indore: Days after Parliament passed the law penalising instant triple talaq, a 25-year-old Muslim man here allegedly divorced his wife on the spot following an argument over his one-year-old daughter disturbing his sleep. The talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq has […]
Bhopal: The Dalit Backward Rights Front felicitated chief minister Kamal Nath for his government’s decision to provide 27 per cent reservation to other backward classes. Speaking on the occasion, Nath said that his government has ensured justice done for the […]
There is no complete light in the eyes, but their dreams are big and these dreams have come out to be achieved by Sarita Chaura of Panjrakalan village in Hoshangabad. Sarita, a very poor family, is visually impaired and will […]
Editor’s Note: Discrimination against communities deemed as lower castes is a part-and-parcel of life in rural India. Communities that command power and influence to ostracise and harass the lower castes at will and with impunity as police prove to be […]
A Dalit woman committed suicide by setting herself afire after she was allegedly abused and manhandled by three upper-caste men over a property dispute in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday in Ginjara […]
Satna, July 23: In a shocking incident, a Dalit woman was burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district. The incident took place on Monday at Ginjara village. The miscreants attacked a woman with flammable material. She was later admitted to […]
