By Shamsul Islam* It was 80 years ago (July 31, 1940) Udham Singh died on the gallows in the Pentonville prison of London. Through the contemporary police documents, we come to know that before reaching London he had been to […]
CHANDIGARH — On July 13, Lovepreet Singh arrived at the Community Centre at the Model Jail in Sector 51 to be questioned by the National Investigation Agency in connection with a 2018 case in which the Punjab police had arrested […]
The Covid-19 pandemic notwithstanding, over 70 Dalits at Ghrachon village of Sangrur district have been sitting on dharna on the uncultivated panchayat land since May 20. They have been protesting against dummy candidates being fielded to get annual lease of […]
The Sangrur police recently booked four teachers of a private school in Punjab’s Bakhora Kalan area for allegedly making casteist remarks at a principal. According to police officials, the alleged incident took place on July 19 during a meeting in […]
TARN TARAN: A senior police official of Tarn Taran on Thursday denied that any incident of a Dalit being made to drink urine happened in the district. “But I will get it checked,” Tarn Taran senior superintendent of police Dhruv […]
The Punjab State Schedule Castes Commission has taken a note of the alleged atrocities committed on a Dalit family in Raspulpur village, 6 km from here. A member of the family was forced to drink urine by a group of […]
The suicide of a Dalit youth, who was recently summoned by the NIA for questioning in a sedition case, has sparked a controversy with the family linking his death to questioning by the probe agency. Lovepreet Singh (23) was summoned […]
The strong-arm methods adopted by rich farmers to force agricultural labour to work at lower wages following the pandemic-induced shortage of migrant workers exposes the fault lines in rural Punjab. The question of land becomes central again as the battle […]
JALANDHAR: A major section of sants and outfits of Adi-dharmi/Ravidassia community, one of the two biggest Scheduled Caste communities in Punjab, have urged members to mention ‘Adi-dharmi’ as their religion in the 2021 census. The appeal has come at a […]
Cops try to disperse protesting residents at Gharachon village in Sangrur on Saturday. Tribune photo After peace prevailed for some days, tension resurfaced in Gharachon village when some members of the Dalit community tried to take possession of the reserved […]
