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18 Feb 2023

'It's 2023 and...': Netizens Slam Allegedly Casteist Housing Society Notice

A notice by a housing society named Milan Park in Gujarat has sparked outrage among netizens The notice was shared by several netizens on Twitter It stated that there had been complaints about flats being rented to single men and women of different castes

03 Sep 2022

Udaipur: Cook forces students to THROW meal served by Dalit girls in school

A cook was arrested for allegedly discriminating with two Dalit girls in a government school The Dalit girls had reportedly served midday meal cooked in a school in Barodi area on Friday The cook objected to this and asked the students to throw away the meal because it was served by Dalits

14 Aug 2022

'Rahul Gandhi is silent...': BJP slams Congress over death of Dalit student

"Incidents of atrocities on Dalits are increasing continuously in the state. Rahul Gandhi, who has commented on every subject of the country, has been silent," the BJP leader wrote in a tweet.

14 Aug 2022

Dalit boy dies after being thrashed school teacher for touching pot of water

A third standard Dalit student was thrashed to death by his school teacher He was punished for touching a water container in school The boy died during treatment on Saturday afternoon

15 Aug 2017

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan aims to make Madhya Pradesh free of corruption and poverty by 2022

The chief minister said that Rs 8,500 crore would be invested to develop greenery on the sides of Narmada river and to treat its water in next three years.

15 Aug 2017

PM Narendra Modi denounces mob violence

In an obvious attack on cow vigilantes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said violence in the name of one`s values was unacceptable.

30 Jul 2017

Mann Ki Baat: Lets make India free from poverty, terrorism, casteism and communalism by 2022, says PM Modi

Addressing 34th edition of his montly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on the nation's youth to remember the ' August Kratni Diwas' or Quit India Movement of 1942 and said that a similar revolution must be taken to end terrorism, poverty, corruption, communalism and casteism in the country.

09 Jun 2017

Dalits send 125 kg, 16-ft-long soap to UP CM Yogi Adityanath – Here's why

Dr Ambedkar Vechan Pratibandh Samiti said that with this 16-ft-long soap, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath can bathe himself before meeting the Dalits.

Yogi Adityanath

01 May 2017

Casteism, appeasement will end, development and nationalism will sustain: UP CM

He was speaking at the two-day BJP meet which began here.

21 Jul 2016

Promote inter-caste marriages to end casteism: Ramdas Athawale

"Gau raksha jaruri hai (cow protection is necessary) but who will save humans," newly inducted Union Minister and dalit leader Ramdas Athawale said on Thursday, asserting that incidents like the attack on dalits in Gujarat should not be be allowed to recur.

19 Jul 2016

Samiti launches stir against atrocities on dalits

People belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) under the banner of Ganjam District Dalit Samanwaya Samiti have launched a stir in Ganjam district demanding protection from alleged atrocities.

13 May 2016

UP school principal divides class on caste basis, removed

A principal in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district worked out his own "caste arithmetic", segregating students of Class IX on the basis of their caste and appointing class teachers on a similar basis, prompting authorities to remove him.

03 Dec 2015

Rajya Sabha witnesses three adjournments over Kumari Selja's caste bias row

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session after an uproar over former union minister and Congress member Kumari Selja's remark that she was asked about her caste at a temple in Gujarat.

02 Dec 2015

Rajya Sabha disrupted over Kumari Selja's claim of caste bias in Gujarat's temple

The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari Selja`s claim that she faced caste discrimination at a temple in Gujarat, citing what she wrote in the visitor`s book there.

26 Nov 2015

NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu for asking students to wear wrist band based on their caste

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government over a media report on students of a district being asked to wear coloured ribbons and wrist bands based on their caste.

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