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Woman, 20, Killed In Tamil Nadu, Dalit Fiance Alleges Dishonour Killing
The death of a 20-year-old college student in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district has sparked allegations of a dishonour killing.
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Chargesheet Filed In Dalit Techie Dishonour Killing, Accused Cop Denied Bail
Filing a detailed chargesheet in the dishonour killing of Dalit techie Kavin in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli, the Crime Branch-CID (CBCID) has reiterated that the 23-year-old software engineer was hacked to death by his girlfriend's brother.
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DMK Allies Urge MK Stalin to Enact Tough Law Against Dishonour Killings Amid Recent Spurt In Cases
In a strong political push against caste-based violence, three key allies of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK - the CPI(M), CPI, and VCK - today submitted a joint petition to Chief Minister MK Stalin demanding the immediate enactment of a special law.
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Tamil Nadu Man, Sentenced To Death For Dalit Son-In-Law's Murder, Freed
Over four years after a 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court today acquitted the woman's father who was given death penalty and modified the death sentence of the five others to life imprisonment.
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Tamil Nadu Man Beaten To Death, Family Alleges Attacked For Being Dalit
A 24-year-old Dalit man has died from his injuries after he was beaten up brutally by a mob comprising mostly men from a so-called upper caste community in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram this week.
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Wife Of Tamil Nadu's Murdered Dalit Man Welcomes Father's Death Sentence
Widowed a year ago on the orders of her father, S Kausalya today welcomed the verdict of a Tamil Nadu court that sentenced him to death. V Sankar, the 23-year-old engineering student Kausalya married against the wishes of her family in July 2015, was killed barely eight months later by men hired by her father.
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In Tamil Nadu Man's Public Killing On Camera, Father-In-Law Gets Death
Six people have been given death penalty for the daylight murder of V Sankar -- the 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman -- which took place in March last year. The gruesome murder, captured on local CCTV cameras, had shocked the nation.
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Protests Across Tamil Nadu After Student Who Fought NEET Exam In Supreme Court Kills Self
There are wide-spread protests across Tamil Nadu a day after a 17-year-old Dalit student, who had fought against the common entrance exam for medical colleges in the Supreme Court, committed suicide allegedly after she did not get an admission into a medical college.
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Slipper Thrown At Minister At JNU Student's Funeral in Tamil Nadu
A man allegedly hurled a chappal (slipper) and a stone at Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan, who had come to pay respects to Dalit JNU scholar J Muthukrishnan, who had allegedly committed suicide at a friend's house in New Delhi on March 13. His body was brought to Tamil Nadu's Salem district today. As the Union Minister of State for Road Transport ...
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Her Husband's Killing Was On Camera, Now 19-Year-Old Attempts Suicide
In March, 19-year-old Kousalya watched in horror as her husband V Sankar was hacked to death by three men in a busy market area in Tamil Nadu's Tirupur.
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Woman, 20, Killed In Tamil Nadu, Dalit Fiance Alleges Dishonour Killing
The death of a 20-year-old college student in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district has sparked allegations of a dishonour killing.
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Chargesheet Filed In Dalit Techie Dishonour Killing, Accused Cop Denied Bail
Filing a detailed chargesheet in the dishonour killing of Dalit techie Kavin in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli, the Crime Branch-CID (CBCID) has reiterated that the 23-year-old software engineer was hacked to death by his girlfriend's brother.
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DMK Allies Urge MK Stalin to Enact Tough Law Against Dishonour Killings Amid Recent Spurt In Cases
In a strong political push against caste-based violence, three key allies of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK - the CPI(M), CPI, and VCK - today submitted a joint petition to Chief Minister MK Stalin demanding the immediate enactment of a special law.
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Tamil Nadu Man, Sentenced To Death For Dalit Son-In-Law's Murder, Freed
Over four years after a 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court today acquitted the woman's father who was given death penalty and modified the death sentence of the five others to life imprisonment.
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Tamil Nadu Man Beaten To Death, Family Alleges Attacked For Being Dalit
A 24-year-old Dalit man has died from his injuries after he was beaten up brutally by a mob comprising mostly men from a so-called upper caste community in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram this week.
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Wife Of Tamil Nadu's Murdered Dalit Man Welcomes Father's Death Sentence
Widowed a year ago on the orders of her father, S Kausalya today welcomed the verdict of a Tamil Nadu court that sentenced him to death. V Sankar, the 23-year-old engineering student Kausalya married against the wishes of her family in July 2015, was killed barely eight months later by men hired by her father.
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In Tamil Nadu Man's Public Killing On Camera, Father-In-Law Gets Death
Six people have been given death penalty for the daylight murder of V Sankar -- the 23-year-old Dalit engineering student who married an upper caste woman -- which took place in March last year. The gruesome murder, captured on local CCTV cameras, had shocked the nation.
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Protests Across Tamil Nadu After Student Who Fought NEET Exam In Supreme Court Kills Self
There are wide-spread protests across Tamil Nadu a day after a 17-year-old Dalit student, who had fought against the common entrance exam for medical colleges in the Supreme Court, committed suicide allegedly after she did not get an admission into a medical college.
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Slipper Thrown At Minister At JNU Student's Funeral in Tamil Nadu
A man allegedly hurled a chappal (slipper) and a stone at Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan, who had come to pay respects to Dalit JNU scholar J Muthukrishnan, who had allegedly committed suicide at a friend's house in New Delhi on March 13. His body was brought to Tamil Nadu's Salem district today. As the Union Minister of State for Road Transport ...
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Her Husband's Killing Was On Camera, Now 19-Year-Old Attempts Suicide
In March, 19-year-old Kousalya watched in horror as her husband V Sankar was hacked to death by three men in a busy market area in Tamil Nadu's Tirupur.
