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Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani demands SIT probe into IITB student's death

Congress MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Thursday demanded probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the death of a student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to find out whether it was a case of murder, caste discrimination or ragging. After meeting the Ahmedabad-based family members of Darshan Solanki (18), who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a IIT hostel building on Sunday, Mevani said the Dalit community suspects it to be a case of murder, caste discrimination or ragging. The Congress leader from Gujarat said the Dalit community has given a call for a nationwide candle march on February 19 in support of Solanki, who was a first-year student of BTech (chemical) course. A Mumbai Police team visited Solanki's house here on Thursday to record the statements of his family members in connection with his death. Mevani said, "Darshan's father Ramesh Solanki told me that he was not even allowed to see the face of his dead son when

Rajasthan govt's new scheme gives a boost to businesses of Dalits

Provisions for subsidies for eligible people

In court, Centre defends excluding Dalit Muslims, Christians from SC list

It told the Supreme Court the Ranganath Mishra Commission, which had recommended the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the SC list, took a myopic view of the issue and was 'flawed'

Popular Front of India: Understanding the organisation and the controversy

Created in 2007, the organisation describes itself as the "organisation that fights for the rights of minorities, Dalits, and marginalised communities".

Lakhimpur Kheri rape-murder: 6 held, last rites of Dalit sisters performed

Six men were arrested on Thursday in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two teenage Dalit sisters who were found hanging from a tree in sugarcane field here, police said. The girls' burial took place in a field near their home as their community buries the dead rather than carrying out the cremation if they are children. For several hours their family members had refused to carry out the last rites, demanding compensation and the "death sentence" to the six accused. After several hours of persuasion, they agreed. Police sources said the post-mortem report revealed that the girls, aged 15 and 17, were raped and then strangled. The bodies were found hanging about a kilometre away from their home on Wednesday. The Opposition has slammed the state's BJP-led government over law and order, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday saying, "Women's safety cannot be expected from those facilitating the release of rapists and welcoming them." The former Congress chief was .

Kerala govt moves HC against order by lower court in sexual harassment case

The Kerala government on Friday moved the High Court seeking to set aside a sessions court order granting bail to social activist and writer 'Civic' Chandran in a case of sexually abusing a Dalit woman, contending that the judgement of the lower court "suffers from illegality and manifest errors" warranting its intervention. While granting bail to Chandran in the case, Kozhikode Sessions Court judge S Krishnakumar, in his order dated August 2, had observed that the accused is a reformist, and against the caste system and it is highly unbelievable that he will touch the body of the victim fully knowing that she belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC). Observing that the accused is fighting against the caste system and is involved in a number of agitations, the court had also said the offences under various sections of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act will not prima facie stand against him. In its appeal, the state government contended that the order passed by the sessions court is ..

The ethics of inequality

It's not good enough to be rich if you are a Dalit as well

PM Modi pays tributes to Jagjivan Ram on his 115th birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to former deputy prime minister Jagjivan Ram, a foremost Dalit leader of his time

28-year-old R Priya set to be Chennai's first Dalit Mayor after quota rule

R. Priya, a 28-year-old Post Graduate and a Councillor from Mangalapuram is to become the next Mayor of Chennai. She will be the first Dalit Mayor of Chennai corporation

Uttarakhand has now become a political arena of turncoats: Here's why?

On October 11, Yashpal Arya returned to the Congress from BJP. By re-inducting Arya, the Congress is wooing the 18 per cent Dalit vote in the state

Part 1: Brahmin to Dalit - RSS vision of 'Vedic' society takes root in KCR's Telangana

In the first of a two part series, Business Standard reports how non-Brahmin castes in Telangana are being incentivised to stick to their forefathers' professions

Delhi CM Kejriwal announces magisterial probe into death of Dalit girl

The chief minister also announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the girl.

We value consensus, don't believe in political untouchability: PM Modi

Modi noted that he had said in Parliament that a government may run with majority but the nation runs with consensus

Sharad Pawar's Dalit-OBC outreach is a concern for Shiv Sena & Congress

The NCP is perceived as a Maratha-dominated party, but it is trying to form a social coalition, also comprising Dalits and OBCs

Ram Vilas Paswan: The Dalit kingmaker who lasted longer than many kings

The veteran Dalit leader died on Thursday at the age of 74 at a private hospital where he had recently undergone a heart operation

Dalits being tortured most, dictatorship going on in the country: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central govt for running a "dictatorship" in the country and said the saffron party is a "pandemic" which is torturing dalits the most

Covid lockdown pushed 3 in 4 Dalit, tribal hamlets deeper in debt: Survey

The financial crisis and consequent indebtedness might push many into forced and bonded labour, the survey report has concluded

If growth falters, Dalit social mobility will be hurt, says Amit Ahuja

Amit Ahuja teaches political science at University of California at Santa Barbara. Ahuja, who has just published a book, Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties Without Ethnic Movements

'Dalit capitalism can turn the caste order': Activist Chandrabhan Prasad

Dalit leadership is decaying, limping. It is failing the WhatsApp generation of Dalits

The battle for Dalit pride

Persecuted by the Peshwas, infamous for their high-caste orthodoxy, the Dalits seized the opportunity and started enlisting with the British East India Company when it began recruiting for the Bombay