Bhima Koregaon: Why the events of 1689 are being revisited in an inquiry into caste violence in 2018

Shivaji’s son Sambhaji Maharaj’s last rites at nearby Vadhu village take centre stage

Mridula Chari

· Oct 08, 2018 · 10:30 am

Bhima Koregaon: Preventive arrests will ensure there is no violence, says accused Milind Ekbote

The Hindutva leader’s lawyer had four suggestions for the government to ensure there is no repeat of this year’s violence.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 05, 2018 · 07:30 am

Bhima Koregaon: Judicial commission shifts focus to contested history as hearings commence in Pune

The inquiry commission is examining documentary evidence from 1818 and earlier.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 04, 2018 · 07:30 am

‘There’s only danger for us’: Latur Dalits fleeing boycott explain why they don’t want to go home

Twelve Dalit families, including the sarpanch, had left Rudrawadi village on June 7 citing persecution by members of the Maratha community.

Mridula Chari

· Jun 27, 2018 · 09:00 am

Ground report: ‘If we touch them, we’ll be butchered’, say Tamil Nadu villagers after caste killings

On May 28, three Scheduled Caste men were hacked to death allegedly by members of a dominant OBC group in Kachanatham.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jun 16, 2018 · 09:00 am

Human rights panel sends notice to Gujarat government over lynching of Dalit man in Rajkot

The NHRC has sought a report on the matter and the relief measures given to the affected families within four weeks.

Scroll Staff

· May 22, 2018 · 12:59 pm

Dalit man’s death in UP puts spotlight on Phoolan Devi’s killer and his rise as a Thakur icon

Sher Singh Rana, who may become the subject of a Bollywood film, is accused of murdering the brother of a Bhim Army leader in Saharanpur.

Abhishek Dey

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Shoaib Daniyal

· May 22, 2018 · 09:19 am

‘More gruesome than Una’: Dalit man beaten to death in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, five men arrested

Mukesh Vaniya was tied to a pole and thrashed allegedly because he and his wife refused to collect garbage for free.

Scroll Staff

· May 21, 2018 · 01:52 pm

Caught in a spiral of assertion and insecurity, young Dalits in Madhya Pradesh are growing angry

Their resentment is directed primarily at the ruling BJP.

Abhishek Dey

· Apr 13, 2018 · 09:00 am

SC admonishes Maharashtra Police for not doing enough to arrest Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote

‘Should we hold the investigation now?’ Justices Kurian Joseph and Mohan M Shantanagoudar asked the state government’s counsel.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 21, 2018 · 10:41 am

Bhima Koregaon violence: Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote

The Samasta Hindu Aghadi chief, accused of inciting violence against Dalits at the village near Pune, has interim protection till February 20.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2018 · 04:53 pm

2013 Sonai murders: Nashik court awards death sentence to six for the murder of 3 Dalit youths

The body parts of the victims were found in a septic tank and a dried-up well in Sonai village.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2018 · 04:56 pm