Sangrur, Punjab: With 31.9% Dalits, Punjab has the highest proportion of SCs to its total population. However, their representation in landholdings in the state is far from proportional. To agitate against this inequality, a mass movement for land rights called […]
Dalit leaders have demanded a special policy to ensure at least one government/private job for each SC family. They were responding to The Tribune news, “No jobs, well-placed families make most of Dalit quota”, published on Thursday. “It’s fact that […]
225 members of the gram sabha of Tolewal in Sangrur district’s Malerkotla tehsil passed a resolution to lease out 25 bigha (about 5.25 acres) of the village’s panchayat land reserved for cultivation by Dalits at a nominal annual rate of […]
Chandigarh, State government officials have been pulled up by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes in two separate cases. The panel also summoned the officials to appear before it at its headquarters in Delhi on Thursday. Specific mention has been […]
Kuldeep Singh, Gursev Singh and Sandeep Singh, all graduates, and Jashandeep Singh, an MBA, work in the fields of Badhahpur village. Their academic qualifications have failed to get them a job, not even a temporary one. All belong to Scheduled […]
The accused has been identified as Sukhdev Singh and Jaswinder Singh Jassi of Kotkapura. Police have booked two persons after a video of Dalit women being thrashed and abused by them went viral on social media. In the video, the […]
BATHINDA: Taking strong of the incident where two dalit women were beaten up by a couple of men at Kotkapura town of Faridkot district on Thursday, the Punjab State Commission for Women has directed the concerned police officers to appear […]
Sangrur, July 2. The Amargarh police have registered a case against 15 members of the Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee (ZPSC) for the clash over land auction at Tolewal village here yesterday. The case has been registered on the complaint of […]
Dalits allege Congmen want to get rights to till common land in illegal manner Sangrur, July 1. Around 15 persons suffered injuries during a clash between two groups at Tolewal village today over the auction of reserved land for Dalits. […]
Members of Dalit community in Amarjit Colony on Rahon Road said they were facing discrimination. After some persons allegedly passed derogatory remarks against the caste of the son of a Dalit sarpanch, the community members staged a protest outside the […]
