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Soil from sites of Kabir, Ambedkar, Laxmibai at Ram Temple
arun Posted On August 4, 2020


NEW DELHI: The ground on which the Ram temple will come up in Ayodhya will have tokens of historical significance — soil from the birthplace of Ambedkar, samadhi of Kabir and meditation site of Deoraha Baba, among thousands others. “We […]


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Anger in India after lower-caste woman’s body taken off funeral pyre
arun Posted On August 2, 2020


LUCKNOW: The body of a lower-caste Dalit woman was taken off a funeral pyre in India by a group of upper-caste men who said she could not be cremated on communal land, police said on Tuesday, a case that prompted […]


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Thakurs deny Dalit woman cremation, police initiate probe
arun Posted On August 1, 2020


The Agra Police have launched an inquiry into an incident that took place a few days ago whereby a Dalit woman’s family was forced to remove her body from the funeral pyre by ‘upper’ castes. This incident took place in […]


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Dalit seer sore over not getting ‘puja’ invitation
arun Posted On August 1, 2020


Lucknow: The country’s first Dalit Mahamandaleswar — the first Scheduled Caste to be made one of the heads of the Juna Akhara after six centuries — KanhaiyaPrabhunand Giri is sore over not being invited for the Ram Mandir ‘bhoomi pujan’ […]


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Dalit pradhan, kin attacked; NSA against accused likely
arun Posted On August 1, 2020


Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed Rae Bareli police to initiate stringent action against a group of hoodlums who first tried to molest a Dalit woman from the family of the pradhan and then attacked the pradhan when he […]


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Lower-caste Indian villagers given cremation ground after funeral stopped
arun Posted On July 31, 2020


SURABH SHARMA Lucknow, India Thomson Reuters Foundation A low-caste Indian community prevented from holding a funeral by their upper-caste neighbours in a case that triggered widespread outrage have been given their own cremation ground, authorities said on Thursday. About 200 […]


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Tribal collects Sangam water for Ayodhya
arun Posted On July 30, 2020


Prayagraj: VHP leaders collected soil and water from Sangam — the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati — amidst chanting of Vedic mantras and slokas on Wednesday for Bhoomi Pujan of Ram temple at Ayodhya on August 5. A […]


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Uttar Pradesh: Upper Caste Villagers Force Body of Dalit Woman Off Funeral Pyre
arun Posted On July 30, 2020


Lucknow: The body of a lower-caste Dalit woman was taken off a funeral pyre in an Uttar Pradesh village by a group of upper-caste men who said she could not be cremated on communal land, police said on Tuesday, a […]


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Nat woman denied cremation at ‘upper’ caste funeral ground in UP
arun Posted On July 29, 2020


In a shocking incident, a Nat woman was denied a dignified funeral by members of the Thakur community who forced her family to remove her body from the funeral pyre just before her four-year-old son was about to light the […]


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Clash over ‘dangal’ leaves 9 injured in UP
arun Posted On July 29, 2020


Pratapgarh, Jul 28 (IANS): Members of two communities clashed in Maharajpur village in Baghrai police station area of Pratapgarh district late on Monday night. Nine persons were injured in the clash. According to reports, a ‘dangal’ (wrestling event) was organised […]


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