UP: Dalit woman’s body removed from funeral pyre, BSP chief Mayawati demands inquiry

The body was allegedly removed by members of an upper caste

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· Jul 28, 2020 · 08:04 pm

Cisco caste discrimination case busts the myth of the South Asian diaspora as a model minority

It exposes upper-caste anxieties about the introduction of the caste question in the West.

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· Jul 07, 2020 · 07:30 am

Casteist remark made privately is not an offence under SC/ST Act, says High Court

The bench reasoned that since the comments were not uttered in ‘public view’, it cannot be assumed that those were meant to humiliate the complainant.

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· Jun 01, 2020 · 11:44 am

Payal Tadvi suicide case: Maharashtra human rights panel exonerates two former faculty heads

Yi Ching Ling and SD Shirodkar were accused of not intervening to stop the casteist abuse Tadvi was allegedly facing from three of her seniors.

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· Dec 30, 2019 · 07:14 pm

Tamil Nadu: 3,000 Dalits to convert to Islam over alleged injustice after Coimbatore wall collapse

The incident had claimed the lives of 17 people on December 2.

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· Dec 26, 2019 · 11:52 am

At Brandeis University in US, caste becomes part of non-discrimination policy

The university will now address caste-based discrimination complaints made by its community.

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· Dec 20, 2019 · 01:16 pm

Dalit biryani vendor allegedly assaulted in Greater Noida, FIR filed against 3 men

Police said the accused had been identified and that officials were looking for them.

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· Dec 15, 2019 · 01:40 pm

Tamil Nadu: Wall under which 17 people got crushed was built to keep away Dalits, allege protestors

The owner of the house whose wall collapsed was arrested on Tuesday. He had reportedly been on the run.

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· Dec 03, 2019 · 02:45 pm

IRCTC contractor fires manager who posted job ad asking for candidates from specific castes

The IRCTC took a serious view of the matter on Thursday, and asked the contractor, RK Associates, to refrain from giving ads based on caste.

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· Nov 07, 2019 · 09:44 pm

SC agrees to hear plea of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula’s mothers, asks Centre to respond in 4 weeks

The two have urged the top court to direct the UGC to take action against colleges that do not comply with regulations against caste discrimination.

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· Sep 20, 2019 · 12:32 pm

UP: Dalit officer commits suicide after allegedly being targeted for his caste, 5 arrested

A suicide note written to his father said that he faced casteist insults and humiliation from the members of the local farmers union and the village headmen.

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· Sep 07, 2019 · 01:33 pm

UP: Inquiry ordered into alleged caste discrimination by students at government school in Ballia

The school’s principal admitted that upper-caste students sat separately while having mid-day meals.

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· Aug 30, 2019 · 12:50 pm