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Defying tradition, dalit candidates in Patiala try luck on general seats
arun Posted On October 7, 2024


Patiala: Breaking free from age-old shackles of the caste system, dalit candidates in villages of Patiala district are vying to contest the coming panchayat elections on general category seats. A 24-year-old B Tech graduate, Hardeep Kaur, a dalit is running […]


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Voter lists manipulated, claim Patiala villagers
arun Posted On October 2, 2024


Patiala: Allegations of voter list manipulation have surfaced in Punjab as villagers claim that the lists for the upcoming panchayat polls are being altered to favour certain candidates. In Ramgarh village, Kulwinder Kaur and her husband, Gurdeep Singh, who live […]


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Panel to find ways for preserving Bhagat Singh’s Ferozepur hideout
arun Posted On September 29, 2024


Bathinda: The Ferozepur district administration has decided to form a committee comprising representatives of the district administration and the Naujawan Bharat Sabha to work out how the two-storeyed house in Toori Bazaar of Ferozepur used by freedom fighters, including Bhagat […]


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Rahul post sparks Bittu swipe, Cong backs LoP
arun Posted On September 23, 2024


Jalandhar: Leader of opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi yet again raked up his speech on Sikhs rights in India, given during his tour of the US, as he shared its video on his X handle on Sunday and asked “Sikh brothers […]


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Kendri Singh Sabha backs Rahul’s views
arun Posted On September 12, 2024


Chandigarh: Kendri Singh Sabha, a central body of Singh Sabha gurdwaras, has hailed Lok Sabha’s leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, for “endorsing the Sikh right to religious and cultural identity in free India”. Political thinkers associated with the Singh Sabha […]


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Punjab: Case of gang rape of 17-year-old Dalit girl, one accused arrested, 4 absconding
arun Posted On September 8, 2024


Budhlada: Manpreet Singh Golu, one of the accused of gang rape of a Dalit girl working in a beauty parlor in the local city, has been arrested. The rest of the accused are still away from the grip of the […]


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Ludhiana: Sarpanch, aides hold four Dalit students captive in classroom, thrash them.
arun Posted On August 28, 2024


The accused allegedly assaulted the students of the Government Senior Secondary School in Gorsian Kadar Bakhsh village in Ludhiana’s Sidhwan Bet area with a stick and hurled casteist remarks; the staff of the school came to their rescue, but to […]


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2 years no auction, land usurped: Patiala dalits
arun Posted On August 13, 2024


Patiala: The Dalits of this district’s Kansuha village are deprived of their allocated share of common land for farming for the last more than two years, and while they await auction to take that over, the upper caste community is […]


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Lecture on Dalit aesthetics held at Punjabi University
arun Posted On August 6, 2024


The Department of English at Punjabi University, Patiala, under the aegis of the English Literary Society, organised a special lecture today titled ‘Towards an Understanding of Dalit Aesthetics: Texts and Contexts.’ The lecture was delivered by Professor Raj Kumar from […]


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Dalits hand over demand letter to Governor
arun Posted On July 23, 2024


Jalandhar, Members of various Dalit organisations have submitted a demand letter to the Governor demanding that the proposed demolition of various buildings associated with Guru Ravidas should be stopped. The buildings include temples of Sri Guru Ravidas at Vikas Moli […]


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