The Principal Sessions court on Monday cancelled the bail granted to two of the accused in Kevin murder case following the physical assault inflicted on one of the witnesses. KOTTAYAM: The Principal Sessions Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted […]
Through his evidence based documentation of Buddhism, Iyodhee Thass was among the first to provide an alternative history of the Dalits. Tamil Nadu holds a special place in Indian Dalit political history. Since the end of 19th century, various intellectuals […]
Tiruvarur: District collector T Anand ordered to frame Goondas Act on the person arrested on charges of humiliating and torturing a dalit man of Thiruvanduthurai here on April 28. The collector passed the orders detaining S Sakthivel, 42, based on […]
Madurai: The national commission for minorities should come forward to investigate the sexual abuse of a speech-impaired mentally-challenged dalit Christian girl, the NGO, Evidence, has demanded. Its executive director, A Kathir, has alleged that the 26-year-old woman of Thiruvadanai in […]
Madurai: Three women carrying plastic pots stopped about 25 metres away from the spring, as a few other men and women collected water from it and filled their vessels. “How long should we keep waiting? Fill our pots as well,” […]
Chennai: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president, Kamal Haasan, has once again found himself at loggerheads with the right-wing politicians after his controversial statement describing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse, as independent India’s first terrorist. Speaking at an election rally of […]
Trichy: A group of transgenders demanded action against the project officer of Magalir Thittam in Trichy for disrespecting them in a dispute over rent for their shop, in Trichy on Monday. After submitting a petition to Trichy district collector S […]
The dalits of Ambedkar Nagar in Vellore are being denied access to a temple where they have worshipped for 150 years; SJM orders demolition of wall constructed in encroached area. Untouchability is practised in different forms in Tamil Nadu even […]
Perambalur: Advocate P Arul, jailed on charges of unleashing atrocities on dalits and releasing a malicious audio clip against a ruling party politician, was detained under Goondas Act here on Thursday. Sources in Trichy central prison said that the order […]
Fifteen years ago, in 2004, giant waves turned 55-year-old Sundari’s world upside down. Gushing water crashed into her hut in Nochi Nagar located near the Marina beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and had she not grabbed her five-year-old grandson by […]
