Dalit Pushed

In an incident shocking in its brutality, an 18-year-old Dalit woman working at an oil mill was pushed into a cauldron with hot oil when she protested sexual harassment.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad sought to reassure the Dalits today, saying the government has filed a "comprehensive" petition in the Supreme Court regarding an order that is at the heart of the protests sweeping the country that have led to five deaths. The Dalits have pushed ahead with the day-long Bharat Bandh as government filed the petition,...

A court in Punjab has acquitted a bus driver and his three accomplices of charges of molesting a 14-year-old Dalit girl and pushing her off a moving bus leading to her death in Moga in 2015, citing "lack of evidence" after the victim's mother turned hostile.

The criminal exclusion of tribal communities in decision-making processes is true not only in connection with the CAF Bill. Tribal voices were ignored when the amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act was pushed through, depriving them of their basic right to consent or withhold consent on takeover of their land.

What is the big picture? In 2007 (or even in 2014), it was a case of either the BSP or the BJP taking on the SP, as the party of the lotus and the party of the elephant both targeted key voter groups. In 2017, social alliances are changing. It may well be a BSP versus BJP battle, with the SP pushed down the ladder.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed suspension of a Muslim research scholar of a state-run unviversity, holding that the action was taken on a suspicious criminal case and it went against the government's push for inclusiveness of minorities and Dalits in higher education.

The Rajya Sabha has voted in favour of a Bill that seeks to amend the Constitution to allow reservation in government job promotions for Dalits and tribals - 206 votes were cast in favour of the Bill and 10 against it of a total 216. The UPA government is in a minority in the 244-seat Rajya Sabha, but the opposition helped push the legislation thro...

Trying to address his grievances at a Government office in Uttar Pradesh, a Dalit man was ill-treated and pushed out of the room today by an IAS officer.

In an incident shocking in its brutality, an 18-year-old Dalit woman working at an oil mill was pushed into a cauldron with hot oil when she protested sexual harassment.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad sought to reassure the Dalits today, saying the government has filed a "comprehensive" petition in the Supreme Court regarding an order that is at the heart of the protests sweeping the country that have led to five deaths. The Dalits have pushed ahead with the day-long Bharat Bandh as government filed the petition,...

A court in Punjab has acquitted a bus driver and his three accomplices of charges of molesting a 14-year-old Dalit girl and pushing her off a moving bus leading to her death in Moga in 2015, citing "lack of evidence" after the victim's mother turned hostile.

The criminal exclusion of tribal communities in decision-making processes is true not only in connection with the CAF Bill. Tribal voices were ignored when the amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act was pushed through, depriving them of their basic right to consent or withhold consent on takeover of their land.

What is the big picture? In 2007 (or even in 2014), it was a case of either the BSP or the BJP taking on the SP, as the party of the lotus and the party of the elephant both targeted key voter groups. In 2017, social alliances are changing. It may well be a BSP versus BJP battle, with the SP pushed down the ladder.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed suspension of a Muslim research scholar of a state-run unviversity, holding that the action was taken on a suspicious criminal case and it went against the government's push for inclusiveness of minorities and Dalits in higher education.

The Rajya Sabha has voted in favour of a Bill that seeks to amend the Constitution to allow reservation in government job promotions for Dalits and tribals - 206 votes were cast in favour of the Bill and 10 against it of a total 216. The UPA government is in a minority in the 244-seat Rajya Sabha, but the opposition helped push the legislation thro...

Trying to address his grievances at a Government office in Uttar Pradesh, a Dalit man was ill-treated and pushed out of the room today by an IAS officer.