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KANPUR: A 16-year-old boy belonging to Dalit community was beaten by upper caste men for drinking water from a public handpump and touching a bucket kept there. The assailants stripped him of his clothes, punished him and beat him mercilessly. They spat on a shoe and forced him to lick it, filled the shoe with…
DDAMOH: A 23-year-old physically handicapped Dalit groom was pulled off a horse and beaten during a pre-wedding procession in Damoh district on Tuesday evening. The wedding procession could continue only after police were deployed in the village.Police said that all four accused named in the case have been arrested and will be slapped with the…
‘Murder’: TVK, BJP target DMK after woman allegedly commits suicide over election freebies Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Aadhav Arjuna on Thursday condemned the death of a 25-year-old Dalit woman in Tiruchirappalli, alleging it was “forced murder” and demanding a CBI probe, as political backlash intensified against the DMK over the incident.“This is a deeply…
MEERUT: A 14-year-old Dalit girl was found hanging on the roof of her house in Lakhimpur Kheri, with her family claiming she was under tremendous stress ever since the man accused of molesting her earlier was released from prison on bail a week ago and he threatened to kill her.At the time of the incident…
BENGALURU: The Congress govt has decided to grant Rs 255 crore worth of land in Bengaluru to 22 Dalit and OBC mutts, overruling red flags raised by key departments on giving away gomala land and parcels that are within the city corporation limits.Documents reviewed by TOI show that the departments of finance, and law and…
MEERUT: Two days after the murder of a 50-year-old Dalit woman and the abduction of her daughter from Kapsad village in Meerut on Thursday, police traced the alleged killer, Paras Som (23), in Haridwar on Saturday. According to the police, the woman was also recovered safely.Without elaborating on the details, SSP Meerut Vipin Tada told…
A 50-year-old Dalit woman was killed after she tried to protect her daughter from alleged abductors in Meerut’s Kapsad village on Thursday. MEERUT: A 50-year-old Dalit woman was killed after she tried to protect her daughter from alleged abductors in Meerut’s Kapsad village on Thursday, triggering political outrage and heightened security in the area.The woman…
MEERUT: A 50-year-old Dalit woman out on a walk with her daughter was killed by goons who later abducted the 20-year-old woman. The chilling crime in a Meerut town has sent shock waves across the region, triggering loud condemnation and outrage.The mother of the young woman had stepped between her daughter and the men trying…
Three arrested, including two minors, following the alleged abduction, stripping, and brutal assault of a 16-year-old Dalit boy BAREILLY: Three persons, including two minors, were nabbed after a 16-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly abducted, stripped naked and assaulted following an argument on social media, with the entire episode recorded in Bareilly, police said on Sunday….
Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday targeted the Gandhi–Vadra family, alleging that “their hate for Dalit is so open.” The charge from the saffron party came shortly after the Congress held a press conference in which party president Mallikarjun Kharge initially said he would not read…
