scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act

Nashik, April 4 A senior citizen from Nashik, Maharashtra, has found himself in trouble after an investigation into his blackmailers revealed 121 obscene videos, leading to his arrest for sexual exploitation after one of his victims came forward, accusing him of abuse, police said on Saturday...

Lucknow, March 24 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the Lucknow Municipal Corporation to take immediate action against the illegal encroachments surrounding the District and Sessions Court (former High Court campus) in Kaisarbagh.The Lucknow bench of the high court has sought a...

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, March 16 A special court in Veraval, in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, on Monday convicted five people and acquitted 35 others in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for trying to skin the carcass of a cow, triggering massive protests across the country...

Rajkot, March 15 A day after a 25-year-old intern doctor at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rajkot, Gujarat, died by suicide, leaving behind a note alleging assault by classmates, five individuals have been arrested, a police official said on Sunday.The body of...

New Delhi, March 14 A right-wing organization, along with the family of Tarun (26), who was killed in a clash in Delhi's Uttam Nagar earlier this month, demanded on Saturday that the investigation into the case be handed over to the CBI or an SIT.The demands were raised during a press...

New Delhi, March 8 Authorities on Sunday demolished alleged "illegal" portions of a house linked to one of the accused in the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case, in which a 26-year-old man was killed. The victim's family demanded a CBI investigation and strict action against all those involved in the...

Jaipur, March 8 A Rajasthan police officer has filed a case against his junior officer for allegedly making casteist remarks during a meeting at the police headquarters here, police said."The FIR was filed against SP Telecommunications Neetu Bugalia on Friday based on the complaint of...

New Delhi, March 6 A loco pilot has written to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, seeking an investigation and alleging that he was forced to undress before a senior officer in the Lucknow Rail Division to show unhealed wounds from a piles surgery in order to get his leave extended...

New Delhi, February 25 A Delhi court on Wednesday sent a couple accused of hurling racial slurs at their neighbors from Arunachal Pradesh to 14 days of judicial custody.The accused, Ruby Jain and Harsh, were produced before Additional Sessions Judge Samar Vishal, who remanded them to judicial...

New Delhi, February 25 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Wednesday that atrocities against people from the Northeast will not be tolerated, and strong action will be taken against those committing such crimes.Rijiju and Khandu were responding...

New Delhi, February 25 A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered a couple accused of using racial slurs against their Northeastern neighbors to undergo 14 days of judicial custody.The couple was produced before Magistrate Bhanu Pratap Singh on Wednesday, who subsequently remanded them in judicial...

New Delhi, February 25 – Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday took cognizance of the alleged racial harassment incident in Malviya Nagar and asserted that any misconduct against people from the Northeast living in the national capital will not be tolerated, assuring strict action...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Delhi Police have arrested the accused couple in the case involving the racial abuse and humiliation of three women from Arunachal Pradesh in Malviya Nagar, Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.Harsh Singh and Ruby Jain have been arrested, and further details are...

New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police have arrested a married couple for allegedly using racial slurs against three of their neighbors from the Northeast in Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, an officer said on Wednesday.Ruby Jain and her husband, Harsh, were taken into custody following an...

New Delhi, February 25: Relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have been invoked in the case involving the racial abuse and humiliation of three women from Arunachal Pradesh in Malviya Nagar, Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.The police...

New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police has arrested a woman in connection with a case of racial abuse and insulting language against three of her neighbors from the Northeast in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar area, an officer said on Wednesday.Ruby Jain was taken into custody following an...

Tumakuru (Karnataka), February 24 A 70-year-old man was arrested for allegedly preventing a Dalit couple from entering a temple in this district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on the afternoon of February 19 at a temple in Gonitumkur village, under the jurisdiction of the...

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...

Ballia (UP), February 15 Five men, including three named accused, were arrested following a police encounter in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old Dalit man in the Rasra area here, officials said on Sunday.Two of the accused sustained bullet injuries to their legs during the exchange...