MUZAFFARNAGAR: The body of a 50-year-old Dalit man was found hanging from a tree in Charthawal, under Muzaffarnagar late nighton Wednesday. The deceased, Dharam Das, an electrician, had gone to retrieve money from a debtor, but didn’t return home. Late […]
NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: Dalit organisations condemned the violence that broke out on Wednesday evening while Dalits protested the demolition of the temple of leader Sant Ravidas in Delhi’s Tughlakabad. Organisations said they would launch a signature campaign for the temple to […]
The Yogi Government in Uttar Pradesh carried out its first cabinet expansion after almost 29 months of taking charge, maintaining a delicate caste balance giving prominence to Dalits and backwards in the face of backlash party received over RSS Chief’s […]
LUCKNOW: Adding a new chapter to Uttar Pradesh’s Dalit politics, otherwise dominated by Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekar Azad has launched its students’ wing and will be contesting union polls in four universities. With BSP footprint missing […]
Many people take part in this tradition, which was started by a group of youths in 2009 GORAKHPUR: Carrying forward a decade-old tradition of reclaiming Hindu-Muslim unity on Raksha Bandhan in the city, a huge number of Hindu women tied […]
A 13-year-old gang-rape victim has allegedly committed suicide by hanging here, police said on Saturday, with family members claiming that the minor was upset over culprits not being arrested and some women in the neighbourhood taunting her. The girl, who […]
This is not a story about the praxis of the Dalit movement in India. In the 2019 general elections, the combined forces of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh could not match […]
June 2017: A 17-year-old minor girl in Unnao district alleges rape by a BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, his brother and others. June 2017 – April 2018: Girl’s family complains. Police refuse to even file an FIR. Family goes to court. […]
Indians and their romance with cows are as old as history. In our country, cows are hailed as religious creatures first and then, for their ability to produce milk. Desi politicians, in particular, are deeply attached to this four-legged animal, […]
A Muslim teenager has claimed he was set on fire by a gang after he refused to chant a Hindu slogan in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 15-year-old boy said he was kidnapped by four men who […]
