A general view of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government seeking its response on a petition demanding a CBI or SIT investigation into the death of a 20-year-old Dalit woman and alleged murders of … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met the family of Somnath Suryavanshi, who died in judicial custody following violence in Maharashtra’s Parbhani city, on December 23, 2024. Photo: X/@INCIndia Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday (December 23, 2024) asserted that Somnath Suryavanshi, who allegedly died in police … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pays tribute to B.R. Ambedkar on his death anniversary, in Lucknow, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Top Uttar Pradesh leaders paid tributes to Dalit icon and India’s first Law Minister Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who headed the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution, on his death … Read more
File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, said that instead of enacting a new legislation to prevent killings in connection with inter-caste marriages, it would be better to speed up legal processes and bring culprits to book under the … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Hitting out at the BJP over the death of a slain Dalit youth’s sister in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ended the rule of law and asserted that “we will create a system where even the … Read more
The blue lights beckoned Somesh Kumar, 17, on his way back home after his Class 10 Mathematics paper. He followed the unmetalled road into Silai Baragaon village in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district. It was dusk and the sky in parts matched the deep blue of the poster erected at the centre of the park he … Read more
At a round table conference on ‘Violence Against Dalit Adivasi Women and Girl Children’ organised by the Dalit Sthree Sakthi, in Vijayawada on February 24 (Saturday), cases of 29 victims were represented before a jury of retired district judges Jay Raju and Jesu Ratna Kumar, A.P. State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) Chairman … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at Tijara. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accompanied by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, met a Dalit engineer, who was allegedly assaulted by a party MLA in 2022, at Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital in Jaipur on November 18. Mr. Kharge slammed the BJP for fielding the MLA, … Read more
Ramesh Jigajinagi, MP of Vijayapura in north Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Rajendra Singh Hajeri Ramesh Jigajinagi, BJP MP and senior Dalit leader, has said that there is no space for Dalit leaders to grow in the BJP. “We keep supporting leaders of dominant castes, like Lingayats, by addressing them as Gowda, Sahukar and Patil. We … Read more
Social activist Sunny M. Kapikkad opening a protest outside the University of Calicut at Tenhipalam in Malappuram on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A group of Dalit organisations under the aegis of the Forum for Social Justice staged a token protest on Monday outside the University of Calicut campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram against … Read more