Dalit Labourer

An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party has become the first woman mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community.

The Punjab government on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team to look into a complaint of the sister of a Dalit labourer, who was lynched to death at a farmers' protest site in Singhu, as she alleged that he was "allured" and taken to t

Two more Nihangs - 'warrior' Sikhs - have surrendered to the police in connection with the gruesome murder of a Dalit labourer at a farmers' protest site in Haryana's Singhu yesterday.

Saravjit Singh - of the Sikh 'warrior' order Nihang, and who has claimed responsibility for the gruesome murder of a 35-year-old Dalit labourer at a farmers protest site in Singhu in Haryana's Sonipat district yesterday - has claimed 'no regrets'.

The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is "very long".

Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who arrested on January 12 from a labourers' protest at Kundli border point, was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an attempt to murder case. She has been lodged in a Karnal jail in Haryana. Ms Kaur had accused the police of sexual assault under custody, but the allegation was denied by au...

The farmer protest, the resultant law and order issues, and a string of arrests in the aftermath of the January 26 violence in the national capital has brought international attention on India. The focus has particularly been on the alleged police high-handedness against and arm-twisting of dissenters in India in the past few weeks. The arrest of y...

Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab who has been behind bars in Haryana since last month, got bail today in a case filed against her. The activist had got bail in another case last week.

Taking up complaints about the alleged illegal detention of Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notice to the Haryana government.

Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab who has been behind bars in Haryana since last month, will stay in jail for now after she was granted bail in one of three cases filed against her but rejected in another.

A 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab has been behind bars for a month without bail. Nodeep Kaur was arrested on January 12 when she had joined a protest by labourers at Haryana's Kundli. The young woman has been in police custody for nearly a month without bail and has allegedly suffered sexual abuse while in custody.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took a swipe at Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over the rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl - whose father is a migrant labourer from Bihar - in Punjab

There children, aged seven-11, of a Dalit brick-kiln labourer died due to suffocation when dry cow dung caught fire in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday morning, police said.

A 14-year-old Dalit labourer was allegedly raped and set on fire at a factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. Police on Tuesday said the owner of the brick kiln and six others were charged for the incident.

A Dalit medical aspirant who failed to qualify the NEET committed suicide in Tamil Nadu. Daughter of a construction labourer, she had scored over 98 per cent in her class 12 board examinations

An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party has become the first woman mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community.

The Punjab government on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team to look into a complaint of the sister of a Dalit labourer, who was lynched to death at a farmers' protest site in Singhu, as she alleged that he was "allured" and taken to t

Two more Nihangs - 'warrior' Sikhs - have surrendered to the police in connection with the gruesome murder of a Dalit labourer at a farmers' protest site in Haryana's Singhu yesterday.

Saravjit Singh - of the Sikh 'warrior' order Nihang, and who has claimed responsibility for the gruesome murder of a 35-year-old Dalit labourer at a farmers protest site in Singhu in Haryana's Sonipat district yesterday - has claimed 'no regrets'.

The bail granted to labour rights campaigner Nodeep Kaur is far from a victory, her elder sister Rajvir Kaur said on Friday, noting that the fight is still on as the list of activists lodged in jails is "very long".

Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who arrested on January 12 from a labourers' protest at Kundli border point, was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in an attempt to murder case. She has been lodged in a Karnal jail in Haryana. Ms Kaur had accused the police of sexual assault under custody, but the allegation was denied by au...

The farmer protest, the resultant law and order issues, and a string of arrests in the aftermath of the January 26 violence in the national capital has brought international attention on India. The focus has particularly been on the alleged police high-handedness against and arm-twisting of dissenters in India in the past few weeks. The arrest of y...

Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab who has been behind bars in Haryana since last month, got bail today in a case filed against her. The activist had got bail in another case last week.

Taking up complaints about the alleged illegal detention of Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued notice to the Haryana government.

Nodeep Kaur, a 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab who has been behind bars in Haryana since last month, will stay in jail for now after she was granted bail in one of three cases filed against her but rejected in another.

A 23-year-old Dalit labourer and trade union activist from Punjab has been behind bars for a month without bail. Nodeep Kaur was arrested on January 12 when she had joined a protest by labourers at Haryana's Kundli. The young woman has been in police custody for nearly a month without bail and has allegedly suffered sexual abuse while in custody.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took a swipe at Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over the rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl - whose father is a migrant labourer from Bihar - in Punjab

There children, aged seven-11, of a Dalit brick-kiln labourer died due to suffocation when dry cow dung caught fire in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday morning, police said.

A 14-year-old Dalit labourer was allegedly raped and set on fire at a factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. Police on Tuesday said the owner of the brick kiln and six others were charged for the incident.

A Dalit medical aspirant who failed to qualify the NEET committed suicide in Tamil Nadu. Daughter of a construction labourer, she had scored over 98 per cent in her class 12 board examinations