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Dalits remain ‘powerless’ as Tangedco nixes civic chief’s move
arun Posted On April 13, 2022


Chennai: Rajkumar, a 33-year-old resident from the village who was born and bought up without power supply, recalled how his grandfather had settled in the village with several families from Arundhathiyar community. “Many of them moved out, as the village […]


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Bengal’s Ram Chandra Dome to be 1st Dalit Politburo Member, Say CPI-M Sources
arun Posted On April 11, 2022


Seven-time MP and the CPI-M Central Committee member from West Bengal, Ram Chandra Dome will be the first Dalit representative in the Politburo, which is the highest decision-making body of the party. Sources in the CPI-M told IANS that the […]


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IIT Madras Dalit student sexually assaulted on campus, no action by cops for a year
arun Posted On March 29, 2022


A complaint of sexual assault lodged by a 30-year-old PhD scholar residing at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 2021 is gathering dust, as the Chennai police have failed to proceed on the case. A year after the complaint […]


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One year on, police disregard alleged rape of IIT Dalit scholar
arun Posted On March 28, 2022


A 30-year-old Dalit woman, pursuing her PhD in IIT-Madras, was allegedly raped by her fellow scholar and seven others on March 29, 2021. However, there was no FIR registered for a long time by the Mylapore All Women Police Station […]


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VCK demands ban on caste outfit run by Dalit murder convict Yuvaraj
arun Posted On March 11, 2022


Chennai, Mar 10 (IANS): Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) founder leader and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday called upon the Tamil Nadu government to ban the caste outfit run by Yuvraj who is a convict in the murder of […]


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10 sentenced to life imprisonment for Dalit youth’s murder
arun Posted On March 9, 2022


Chennai, Mar 8 (IANS): A special court in Madurai on Tuesday sentenced 10 persons, including the first accused named Yuvaraj, to life imprisonment for the murder of a Dalit youth named Gokulraj in Namakkal in 2015. District judge Sampath Kumar […]


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Madurai court convicts 10 in 2015 Dalit youth beheading case, five acquitted
arun Posted On March 6, 2022


Ten of the 17 accused in the 2015 murder case of 21-year-old Dalit youth Gokulraj were convicted by a Madurai Special Sessions Court on Saturday. The court acquitted five others and fixed March 8 for pronouncing the sentence of the […]


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Chennai Elects First Dalit Woman Mayor. Here are Three Dalit Women Leaders Who Inspire.
arun Posted On March 6, 2022


R Priya of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was sworn in as the mayor of Chennai on Friday. The 28-year-old is the first Dalit woman, and the third-ever woman to occupy this post since the Greater Chennai Corporation was formed, 334 […]


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High Courts retain power to grant Anticipatory Bail in SC/ST Act cases, Madras High Court [Read Order]
arun Posted On December 27, 2021


The Madras High Court recently clarified that High Courts still retain the authority to grant anticipatory bail when it comes to cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 (SC/ST Act). The clarification was […]


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In Nagaland accountability, justice are seen through ‘military or security’ lens: PUCL
arun Posted On December 13, 2021


Making a strong demand to immediately prosecute military officials responsible for the Mon massacres in Nagaland, India’s top human rights organisation, People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has said that the Government of India must publicly ensure that the culprits […]


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