Caste Violence
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man assaulted, forced to lick shoes in Sonbhadra
Tejbali Singh Patel was arrested after videos of the incident were widely shared on social media.
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Dalit woman assaulted by villagers in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district
The woman claimed that a man threatened to demolish her home because he did not want her to live in the neighbourhood due to her caste.
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Reports say ‘evidence’ against Bhima Koregaon accused was planted – so why are they still in jail?
Legal experts say that this information becomes useful during the stage of the trial, which is yet to start.
Umang Poddar
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Madhya Pradesh: Dalit man, parents shot dead in Damoh district by upper caste men
The attack took place after the wife of the main accused in the case alleged that the Dalit man had stalked her.
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Tamil Nadu: Class 12 student dies after fight over wrist bands denoting caste
The boy was allegedly attacked with a stone after he objected to a Dalit student wearing a caste band.
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Men accused of killing Dalit teenager acquitted by Rajkot court
Rajesh Sondarva was allegedly clubbed to death as he had opposed bail for the persons accused of killing his father.
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Video
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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In Uttar Pradesh, four murders tear apart a village already riven by caste tensions
Pasi Dalit residents of Gohri claim the violence had its source in land disputes with the Thakurs who dominate the village.
Aishwarya Iyer
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Haryana: 23-year-old man stabbed to death allegedly by brothers-in-law over inter-caste marriage
This is the second such incident in the state in three days.
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Madhya Pradesh: 50-year-old Dalit man allegedly beaten to death over a matchbox in Guna
The accused have been arrested and charged with murder and other sections of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Act.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Caste discrimination: India must disown parts of ancient texts that contradict the Constitution
Just as the West is re-examining its colonial and slave-running past, India should identify treatises that are anachronistic.
Rajesh Kochhar
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Dalit lawyer from Gujarat killed over ‘anti-Brahmin’ social media posts, finds investigation
A Special Investigating Team found that the prime accused committed the murder over social media posts which he found were against Brahmins.
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‘UP situation more dangerous than coronavirus’: Protests erupt in Delhi over Hathras gang-rape
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Jantar Mantar for the first time since the nationwide lockdown was imposed in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Vijayta Lalwani
The Field
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May