‘What wrong have we done’, ‘United we stand divided we fall’, ‘Anglo Indians Identification of being Indian’, were some of the placards carried by a group of Anglo Indian (AI) community members Friday near Beach Railway station in Chennai to […]
Revathi, whose mono-act play ‘Vella Mozhi’ will be staged as part of the Thirunar Vizha Rainbow Festival segment of Chennai Kalai Theru Vizha on January 18, talks about how art can convey many things to people about a world alien […]
In a petition, one of the residents of the village, alleged that around 50 Dalit families in the village, mostly Christians, are denied a burial ground by those belonging to dominant communities. TIRUPUR: Claiming that they have never had a […]
The accused, Vijayalakshmi, 35, was arrested after the Dalit student’s parents, who are daily-wage labourers, filed a police complaint with the help of local Dalit outfits. A government school teacher in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal was Friday sentenced to five years’ […]
The daily-wage labourer from Salem finally received help after her boss, the owner of a brick kiln, posted her story on a social media platform and received an overwhelming response from netizens. Unable to Fend For Her Children, Debt-Ridden Woman […]
Punished under SC/ST Act for making a Dalit child clean human waste in 2015 A government schoolteacher who made a class II student clean human waste manually was on Friday sentenced to undergo five years’ imprisonment under the Scheduled Castes […]
Madurai: K Nagalakshmi, the president of Sakkimangalam reserved panchayat in the district, has sought round-the-clock armed police protection after miscreants set ablaze the tent erected for her oath taking ceremony. In a petition to the district collector, she also sought […]
VILLUPURAM: A 38-year-old man, a caste Hindu, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for abandoning his Dalit wife. He has allegedly beaten her up when she had confronted him three months after he left her. In 2013, Jayanthi, was hospitalised […]
The plea says that not extending the status of Scheduled Caste to any member not professing either Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism, is in violation of Articles 14, 15, 16, and 25 of the Constitution of India. The Supreme Court today […]
MADURAI: Hours before an SC woman took charge as Sakkimangalam Panchayat president, a ‘pandhal’ put up for her swearing-in ceremony was set on fire allegedly by caste Hindus on Monday. Sources said the election was held for nine wards and […]
