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Is Working For Dalit Rights Anti-National, Ask Protesters In Gujarat
On February 14, members of the Dalit community have called a massive protest rally against the Home Ministry's decision to cancel the FCRA permit or the license to receive donations from overseas for Navsarjan, one of Gujarats most prominent Dalit organisations. Last July, Navsarjan had been involved in the campaign for justice after the Una incide...
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Gujarat Congress To Launch Protests Over Dalit Issue From October 2
Cashing in on the Dalit uprising in Gujarat after the Una flogging incident, the state Congress on Friday decided to launch 'Dalit Swadhikar Andolan' from October 2 against the BJP-led state government.
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2 Months After Una Incident, Rs 9.60 Crore Central Grant For Gujarat Dalits
The Social Justice Ministry has proposed release of 90 per cent of the total allocated funds to Gujarat for various welfare schemes for Dalits, two months after seven men of the community were flogged by cow vigilantes' in the state leading to widespread protests there.
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50 Congress Legislators Suspended In Gujarat After Protesting Dalit Attacks
50 Congress legislators were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they stages a demonstration and disrupted the proceedings over the Una Dalit flogging incident. During a discussion on Dalit atrocities, Congress members rushed to the floor of the assembly holding placards accusing the BJP government in the state of being "anti-Dalit....
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Dalit Boy Thrashed In Gujarat After Family Refuses To Pick Up Carcasses
The signs of a brutal assault are all too visible on the body of the 15-year-old Dalit boy. It has been more than 48 hours since he was attacked in his village by two young men infuriated at his family's decision to boycott lifting carcases of animals but he is still in shock.
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Kerala Chief Minister Praises Dalit Rally In Gujarat
The protest rally by Dalits in Una in Gujarat on the Independence Day has come in for praise from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said it was the people's response to the "farce" of Sangh Parivar's love for Dalits and that the movement had far reaching consequences in national politics.
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Attack On Dalits: 15 Accused Sent To 3-Day Police Custody
A court at Una in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday remanded 15 accused in police custody in connection with an attack on a group of Dalits, who were returning to Bhavnagar after attending a protest rally in Una on August 15.
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In Gujarat's Villages, Discrimination Of Dalits Is Sanctioned By Law
"69 years ago, India woke up to freedom. Today, 69 years later we are freeing ourselves. It's not the Angrez (British) we are fighting; our civil disobedience is against our own society's caste oppression," said an emotional Laljibhai Chavada after he took a dramatic pledge along with thousands of other Dalits in Una yesterday to renounce their cas...
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After Huge Dalit Rally In Una, Caste Tension Seethes, 19 Injured
Balubhai Sarvaiya, whose two sons were among the four young Dalits thrashed in Una after wrongly being accused of killing a cow, needed a group of policemen to escort him to his village last evening.
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Dalit Group Thrashed By Mob; Victims Allege Police Inaction
Around eight Dalits were severely injured when a mob allegedly attacked them and 12 of their community members at Samter village near Una, while they were returning home after attending a protest rally in Una town of Gir Somnath district this evening.
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Is Working For Dalit Rights Anti-National, Ask Protesters In Gujarat
On February 14, members of the Dalit community have called a massive protest rally against the Home Ministry's decision to cancel the FCRA permit or the license to receive donations from overseas for Navsarjan, one of Gujarats most prominent Dalit organisations. Last July, Navsarjan had been involved in the campaign for justice after the Una incide...
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Gujarat Congress To Launch Protests Over Dalit Issue From October 2
Cashing in on the Dalit uprising in Gujarat after the Una flogging incident, the state Congress on Friday decided to launch 'Dalit Swadhikar Andolan' from October 2 against the BJP-led state government.
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2 Months After Una Incident, Rs 9.60 Crore Central Grant For Gujarat Dalits
The Social Justice Ministry has proposed release of 90 per cent of the total allocated funds to Gujarat for various welfare schemes for Dalits, two months after seven men of the community were flogged by cow vigilantes' in the state leading to widespread protests there.
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50 Congress Legislators Suspended In Gujarat After Protesting Dalit Attacks
50 Congress legislators were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they stages a demonstration and disrupted the proceedings over the Una Dalit flogging incident. During a discussion on Dalit atrocities, Congress members rushed to the floor of the assembly holding placards accusing the BJP government in the state of being "anti-Dalit....
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Dalit Boy Thrashed In Gujarat After Family Refuses To Pick Up Carcasses
The signs of a brutal assault are all too visible on the body of the 15-year-old Dalit boy. It has been more than 48 hours since he was attacked in his village by two young men infuriated at his family's decision to boycott lifting carcases of animals but he is still in shock.
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Kerala Chief Minister Praises Dalit Rally In Gujarat
The protest rally by Dalits in Una in Gujarat on the Independence Day has come in for praise from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said it was the people's response to the "farce" of Sangh Parivar's love for Dalits and that the movement had far reaching consequences in national politics.
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Attack On Dalits: 15 Accused Sent To 3-Day Police Custody
A court at Una in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday remanded 15 accused in police custody in connection with an attack on a group of Dalits, who were returning to Bhavnagar after attending a protest rally in Una on August 15.
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In Gujarat's Villages, Discrimination Of Dalits Is Sanctioned By Law
"69 years ago, India woke up to freedom. Today, 69 years later we are freeing ourselves. It's not the Angrez (British) we are fighting; our civil disobedience is against our own society's caste oppression," said an emotional Laljibhai Chavada after he took a dramatic pledge along with thousands of other Dalits in Una yesterday to renounce their cas...
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After Huge Dalit Rally In Una, Caste Tension Seethes, 19 Injured
Balubhai Sarvaiya, whose two sons were among the four young Dalits thrashed in Una after wrongly being accused of killing a cow, needed a group of policemen to escort him to his village last evening.
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Dalit Group Thrashed By Mob; Victims Allege Police Inaction
Around eight Dalits were severely injured when a mob allegedly attacked them and 12 of their community members at Samter village near Una, while they were returning home after attending a protest rally in Una town of Gir Somnath district this evening.
