With the BSP and SAD tying up for next year’s assembly election, the socio-economic situation of Dalits in the state is once again in the spotlight. Chandigarh: Punjab’s large Dalit population is once again in the limelight ever since the […]
He said no political issue, including farmers’ agitation, was discussed during the meeting National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Vijay Sampla on Sunday met Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, complaining that the Dalits are not being allowed in parts […]
The incident takes place in the foreground of villages in Punjab witnessing tussles between landowners and farm labourers, most of whom are Dalits, over the underpayment of wages for paddy transplantation. New Delhi: The issue of a Dalit woman farm […]
MANSA – A day after a Dalit girl was allegedly sexually exploited by a BJP leader in Budhladha area of Mansa district, National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken note of the matter. The NCSC director in a letter issued […]
Ludhiana, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) state affairs co-in charge and Delhi MLA, Raghav Chadha, said the party’s struggle against the post-matric scholarship scam would continue till the two lakhDalit students didn’t get their roll numbers. Chadha on Friday visited […]
BATHINDA: Labourer organisation Mazdoor Mukti Morcha (MMM) has accused the panchayat members of Matti village in Mansa of illtreating a dalit woman labourer. The labourers claim that the matter pertained to fixing the rates of paddy transplantation. The labourers had […]
Will probe matter, says Mansa SSP A Dalit woman, Gurpreet Kaur, 32, was allegedly thrashed by a village landlord over a dispute over wages for sowing paddy. Members of the Mazdoor Mukti Morcha carried out a protest at Matti village, […]
Hundreds of villagers had gathered for the foundation stone laying ceremony of a mosque in Bhoolar village in Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday morning, when it started pouring. Many got disappointed, but the village head assured that they could all […]
Jalandhar: Two villages of Malerkotla and Moga districts of Punjab have become examples of Sikh-Muslim unity at a time when hate crimes have become everyday news. Kusum Arora In the newly formed Malerkotla district, a Sikh man has donated his […]
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab opposition parties on Tuesday slammed Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu for allegedly insulting the dalits by saying that the SAD left “sacred” seats like Anandpur Sahib and Chamkaur Sahib to the Bahujan Samaj Party. While the Shiromani […]
