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Gujarat: Accused in 833 Cases of Caste Atrocities Out on Bail

POSTED ON AUGUST 19, 2021 The accused, who were convicted by lower courts, got bail from High Court and have often committed more crimes Rajesh Sondarva, a 20-year-old Dalit, was savagely attacked by a group of eight men from the… Continue Reading →

Sacked DU professor seeks to register FIR against college principal for casteist remarks

Posted On August 13, 2021 0 Shares The complainant, who worked as an assistant professor, moved the court alleging that the principal along with four professors, hatched a conspiracy to terminate her from serviceEdex Live A Delhi court has sought… Continue Reading →

Why are so many sanitation worker deaths uncounted?

Lack of data, failure to enforce provisions of Prevention of Employment of Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act are major reasons. The pandemic has only worsened the situation In the last 50 years, there have been over a million estimated… Continue Reading →

SC Commission demands accountability over Hyderabad manual scavenging deaths

Posted On August 11, 2021 Two men had died due to asphyxiation, after they were forced to manually clean a flood pipeline in National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Vice Chairman Arun Haldar on Tuesday visited the spot in Hyderabad… Continue Reading →

Haridwar: Casteist slurs, abuses thrown at Olympic star Vandana Katariya’s family

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Vandana Katariya is the first women’s hockey player from India to score a hat-trick at the Games Two men hurled abuses at Katariya’s family after India’s semi-final loss against Argentina The two men also burst crackers outside Katariya’s… Continue Reading →

‘Don’t shout’: Dalit child ‘raped, killed, forcibly burnt’ at Delhi crematorium

The police have arrested four men, including a priest at the Delhi Cantt crematorium. ByNidhi Suresh03 Aug, 2021 “Your daughter will be cremated. What had to happen has happened. No need to scream now. We’ll settle this here,” Tara’s mother… Continue Reading →

The Dalit Widows Of Punjab, Shackled To A Pillar Of Debt

SANSKRITI TALWAR Jul 2021  In a state with the largest proportion of Dalits, many Dalit farm workers took loans to survive a farm crisis in India’s granary. More than 7,000 took their lives over eight years, leaving behind women in thrall… Continue Reading →

Gujarat- Slavery still exists-Debt bondage, forced labour, sexual abuse in Bt cottonseed farms

By Rajiv Shah ,Counterview A jStudy by a Netherlands-based non-profit, Aris, “Seeds of Oppression Wage sharecropping in Bt cottonseed production in Gujarat, India”, has said that a new form of bondage, or forced labour, exists in North India’s Bt cottonseed farms, in… Continue Reading →

Bhima Koregaon Case-Surendra Gadling granted bail To Attend Mother’s Last Rites A Year After Her Demise

Bombay HC directed the release of Bhima Koregaon case accused Surendra Gadling on temporary bail from August 13 to August 21 to attend his mother’s last rites. Image: PTI The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the release of Bhima… Continue Reading →

‘Inhuman not to acknowledge manual scavenging deaths in India, toll 26 so far this year’

Bezwada Wilson said that instead of revealing data on the manual scavenging deaths, the government was trying to bypass the question NEW DELHI: Bezwada Wilson, who heads the Safai Karamchari Andolan, an NGO working to eliminate manual scavenging, told TOI on Friday… Continue Reading →

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