Sangrur, February 13After the intervention of the senior authorities on the directions of the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, the water supply to the houses of Dalits has been restored at Tolewal village.“On Wednesday, we received information that the water […]
Tarn Taran, February 12 Despite manual scavenging having been prohibited under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, sewer men of the Municipal Council (MC) are being ‘forced’ to clean sewers manually and that too […]
The Punjab SC Commission has sought a report from Sangrur police and district authorities over complaints of water supply to Dalit residents of Tolewala village being stopped for four months allegedly by local landlords. Sangrur DC and SSP have been […]
AAP’s senior leader and the Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday accused the BJP of being anti-Dalit to core by disagreeing to the Supreme Court’s decision on appointments and promotions in government jobs. “The SCs […]
Police personnel have been deployed at Sant Nagar, a colony dominated by the Dalit community, after a woman, Babli, was injured in a clash on Friday night. “Some persons forcibly entered our house and attacked me,” said Babli after she […]
To mobilise support against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), various mass organisations on Sunday formed a united forum, ‘Samvidhan Bachao Manch’, during a meeting at Baba Bhuja Singh Bhawan in […]
Punjab’s National Badminton player Manjeet Kaur, 36, who was compelled to lead a miserable life by the apathy of the Punjab government for a decade, has finally been able to see the brighter side of her life as a Canadian […]
Over the last several days, various organisations in Punjab have been protesting against a revised land policy relating to village common land, which is known as ‘shamlat’ land. The state Cabinet recently approved an amendment to the Village Common Land […]
Land, whether owned or operated, is an important asset in rural India. Apart from ensuring food security and social status of a household, its value improves the family’s access to several other resources like credit markets. Therefore, land has always […]
Protests have flared in the Indian state of Punjab over a government plan to use common land for industrial development, a move that activists and analysts said last week would deny lower-caste Dalits their land rights. The state government last […]
