Gujarat Assembly polls 2017: How an apathetic Congress is driving Muslim voters towards the BJP

Community leaders complain the Congress has taken their vote for granted.

Damayantee Dhar

· Jun 19, 2017 · 09:00 am

Violence in Gujarat village was planned attack on Muslims – not the result of a scuffle, says report

Two people died and 80-100 homes were gutted in Vadavali village on March 25, hours after a Muslim sarpanch was chosen.

Damayantee Dhar

· Apr 01, 2017 · 09:00 am

Gujarat MP asks Surat Municipal Corporation to ignore RTI queries (and break the law)

The majority of requests made under the Right to Information Act, 2005, in Gujarat's financial capital concern illegal construction.

Damayantee Dhar

· Mar 27, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Two Gujarat villages boycott Dalits because they refused to pick up animal carcasses

In October, upper-caste villagers in Par have denied Dalits food, work. In February, it was the same story in Rantej.

Damayantee Dhar

· Mar 08, 2017 · 05:30 pm

An assault on pregnant Dalit woman in Gujarat has once again united the community against oppression

After 25-year-old Sangeeta and her family were beaten up for refusing to dispose of a cow carcass, a scheduled caste organisation has planned a protest march.

Damayantee Dhar

· Sep 30, 2016 · 08:00 am