JSP chief Pawan Kalyan greeting the crowd during an election campaign in Kakinada on Saturday. KAKINADA Jana Sena Party president K. Pawan Kalyan on Saturday alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy betrayed the Kapus by denying them the BC status and reservation under the EBC category. Addressing a public meeting during his ‘Varahi … Read more
K. Selvaperunthagai | Photo Credit: PTI Despite stiff opposition from a section of people within the party and criticism that he does not have the “Congress DNA” and was “a party-hopper”, K. Selvaperunthagai has pipped strong contenders, and was appointed the president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) on Saturday, a few months before … Read more
Former MLA of erstwhile Vepanjeri Assembly constituency R. Gandhi on February 5 (Monday) quit the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), alleging oppression of the Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Gandhi was a TDP MLA between 1994 and 1999 before joining the YSRCP in 2011. Addressing the media here, Mr. Gandhi said that he would be joining … Read more
BRS leader and Minister T. Harish Rao at an MRPS meeting in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement hyderabad The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government could not implement the promise of 3 acres of land to every Dalit family due to the non-availability of sufficient government land and high rates of private land, … Read more
MDMK founder Vaiko on Thursday condemned the violent assault on two Dalit youths by those belonging to an intermediate caste in Tirunelveli district and urged the Tamil Nadu government and police to nip such incidents in the bud. In a statement, he elaborated on the violence unleashed on the Dalit youths and termed the incident … Read more
Former Union Minister staging a protest demanding scholarships to students on the campus of Dravidian University at Kuppam in Chittoor district on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan said that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh have turned the party into … Read more
The Dalit community was given a slot on Monday to conduct their rituals at the temple, following peace talks held in the village | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Members of the Dalit community in Thenmudiyanur village in Thandrampattu block of Tiruvannamalai district , entered the Sri Muthalamman Temple in the village for the first time … Read more
Collector Kavitha Ramu interacts with a villager at Vengaivayal on Tuesday. Also seen is SP Vandita Pandey. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The prevalence of the two-tumbler system at a tea shop came to light during an inspection by Pudukottai Collector Kavitha Ramu at Vengaivayal on Tuesday, a day after human faeces were found floating … Read more
Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav seeks blessings of an elderly supporter during a public meeting ahead of Mainpuri by-elections, in Mainpuri district, on Nov. 26, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Ever since the declaration of the by-elections for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, the urban agglomeration of Mainpuri town is witnessing visits by numerous political … Read more
The Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, an umbrella organisation representing various bodies fighting for Dalit rights across the country, along with the All India Dalit Rights Movement and a few other Left-associated workers’ unions on Saturday unanimously resolved to support the demand for extending reservation rights to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. The resolution was introduced … Read more