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New Delhi, April 4 The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP government in Rajasthan of shielding the perpetrators of the gang rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Ajmer and a life-threatening attack on her family.Addressing a press conference here, the chairman of the Congress's Scheduled Caste...

Pratapgarh (UP), March 27 A court here has sentenced five people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a Dalit man in 2001.Additional District and Sessions Judge (SC/ST Act) Hemant Kumar pronounced the verdict after finding the accused guilty based on the evidence presented...

New Delhi, March 19 The BJP on Thursday criticized Rahul Gandhi for "hypocrisy and selective outrage" over the killing of a 26-year-old man in a clash in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, alleging that the Congress leader has broken his silence over the incident only a fortnight after it occurred, for...

Bengaluru, March 18 – The Karnataka government introduced the “Iva Nammava Iva Nammava (He is ours, he is ours)" Bill in the Assembly on Wednesday, aimed at curbing “honor killings” and violence arising from caste-based objections to inter-caste or inter-community marriages.It is worth noting...

Rajkot, March 17 Police have arrested three individuals for allegedly abducting and killing a 32-year-old Dalit man in Rajkot district, Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.The three accused, Ravi Jograna, Sagar Jograna, and Gopal Jograna, are alleged to have been involved in the abduction and...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat), March 17 A special court on Tuesday sentenced five convicts in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for attempting to skin the carcass of a cow, to five years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of them.A day earlier, the special...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat), March 17 A special court on Tuesday sentenced five convicts in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for trying to skin the carcass of a cow, to five years in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000 each.The day before, the special court in Veraval...

Bhadohi (UP), March 16 A Dalit man was arrested on Monday for allegedly posting offensive and abusive content against the Rajput community and its revered deity on social media, police said.The accused, Sachin Sonkar alias Sunil, from Chauri Bazaar, was arrested based on a complaint filed by...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a Dalit girl seven years ago, the prosecution said.Government Advocate Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said on October 25, 2018, a woman submitted a written...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 23 A 55-year-old Dalit man was found dead in the village of Morna in Muzaffarnagar, with stab wounds on his neck, and police said on Monday that his daughters killed him after he restricted them.The man, identified as Ram Persad, was attacked by his daughters, who...

New Delhi, February 23: In the wake of the alleged attack on ABVP students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), NSUI National President Vinod Jakhar stated on Monday that the RSS-affiliated student wing has created an environment on campus where it can act without restraint.The chief of the...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 23 A 55-year-old Dalit man was found dead with injuries to his throat at his house in Morna village here on Monday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Ram Persad.Station House Officer Jasvir Singh told reporters that the body has been sent for...

New Delhi, February 20 Observing that the Andhra Pradesh Police is in “complete collusion” with those in power, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the trial against YSRCP MLC Anantha Satya Udaya Bhaskara Rao in a 2022 murder case should conclude by November 30.Rao, an MLC of the then...

Banda (UP), February 19 A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped at a hotel here by two men and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police said on Thursday.The two men involved in the crime were arrested and the minor was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.According to...

Ballia (UP), February 18 A local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor Dalit girl in 2025, and imposed a fine of ₹75,000 on the convict, officials said on Wednesday.Public prosecutor Vimal Kumar Rai said that in February 2025, the convict lured the...

Ballia (UP), February 14 A 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly stabbed to death following an altercation near a liquor stall in this Uttar Pradesh district on Saturday, police said.Satya Prakash Ram, a resident of Gurgujpur, was on his way home when he was allegedly attacked with a knife by...

Banda (UP), February 11 A 70-year-old Dalit ration dealer was allegedly killed during a fight between two groups over connecting an electricity wire in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.One of the accused has been arrested in connection with the incident, officials said.The...