While both teams consisted of an equal number of male and female players, another unique component of the match was the referee, Suprava Roy, who belonged to the transgender community. Writer: Tashafi Nazir In a first, Kolkata’s Ramleela Maidan witnessed […]
While an equal number of men and women players participated in both teams, another feature of the match was the referee, Suprava Roy, who belonged to the transgender community. The Ramleela Maidan in Entally, Kolkata remains usually occupied in the […]
Chennai: A 22-year-old Dalit woman was gang-raped at a cashew farm by three men in Thanjavur while she was returning home recently. The issue came to light after the woman gave a police complaint on Thursday, following which the police […]
The Left political parties understand class discrimination but not caste. In Bengal, the Dalit votes, which earlier used to be with the Communist Party, shifted towards the Trinamool Congress. This vote is now shifting towards the BJP. The Left has […]
A day after Kingshuk Debsharma, the main accused in the IIT Madras sexual assault case was arrested from West Bengal by a special team of Tamil Nadu police, he managed to secure bail the very next day, on Monday, March […]
Chennai: The city police have summoned the main accused in the case of sexual assault on a Dalit PhD scholar at IIT-Madras to appear before April 15 for inquiry. Police said that the accused, Kingshuk Debsharma, had already received anticipatory […]
The Karnataka government has announced Vinaya Samarasya Yojana, an awareness programme meant to eradicate untouchability in Gram Panchayats across the state. The scheme has been named after a three-year-old Dalit Vinay, whose family, residents of Miyapur village in Koppal district, […]
A special team of the Chennai police on Sunday, March 27, arrested the main accused in the IIT Madras sexual assault case — Kingshuk Debsharma — from West Bengal. Kingshuk’s arrest comes a year after a complaint was filed against […]
Mahabubabad: Hailing from a poor Dalit family in a remote thanda in the district, Goli Pavani has gone through all the travails of life before realizing her dream of securing a medical seat, but is at a cross-roads because of […]
BENGALURU: In a shocking development, a man has allegedly torched his partner belonging to the Dalit community, to death in Bengaluru, police said on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Daneshwari. The victim’s sister Tejaswini had lodged a […]
