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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· May 01, 2022 · 03:55 pm

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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· Jan 26, 2022 · 01:45 pm

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

· Dec 05, 2021 · 09:00 am

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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· Jan 03, 2021 · 02:41 pm

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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· Nov 30, 2020 · 11:16 am

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

· Oct 27, 2020 · 07:30 am

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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· Oct 19, 2020 · 05:33 pm

‘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

· Oct 03, 2020 · 07:04 am

Telangana caste killing: Main accused found dead, police suspect suicide

Maruthi Rao’s body was found in a room at the Arya Vaishya Bhavan in Hyderabad.

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· Mar 08, 2020 · 12:52 pm

What can Poomani’s Tamil novel ‘Vekkai’ tell us about resistance to violence in modern India?

A close reading of the novel, translated into English as ‘Heat’, reveals a symbolic diagnosis as well as prescription.

Yashasvi Arunkumar

· Jul 14, 2019 · 08:30 am

One year ago, Dalits were forced to leave Maharashtra village. Why have most failed to return?

Scroll.in revisited the case of Rudrawadi village which had seen an exodus of Dalit families in June 2018.

Mridula Chari

· Jun 07, 2019 · 09:00 am

Uttarakhand: Three arrested for allegedly beating Dalit man to death for eating in front of them

The assault led to critical injuries and the victim, Jitendra Das, died at a hospital in Dehradun, nine days after receiving treatment.

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· May 07, 2019 · 02:35 pm