25 Hyderabad University students get bail in connection with vandalism at V-C's lodge
A local court on Monday granted bail to 25 students and two faculty members of the Hyderabad University who were arrested on charges of vandalising the Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile's lodge during a protest last week.
Mar 28, 2016, 16:39 PM IST
PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Ambedkar memorial today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will lay foundation stone of Dr. BR Ambedkar National memorial in New Delhi, ANI report said.
Mar 21, 2016, 07:27 AM IST
Tamil Nadu murder case: Left, Dalit groups call for statewide protest
The attack has once again highlighted the scourge of casteism that is still prevalent in the country, despite progress in the education and economic front.
Mar 14, 2016, 19:44 PM IST
Four killers arrested after broad daylight murder video of Tamil Nadu Dalit boy goes viral
In a daylight murder, which appears to be an honour killing case, a 23-year-old Dalit man was hacked to death by three assailants in broad daylight in at a busy marketplace on Sunday afternoon.
Mar 14, 2016, 08:47 AM IST
Modi govt anti-Dalit, repressing voice of youth: Congress
Several Congress leaders on Wednesday attacked the NDA government at a demonstration here, accusing it of being "anti-Dalit" and "repressing" the voice of the country's youth.
Mar 02, 2016, 18:16 PM IST
Rohith Vemula suicide: KC Tyagi, KTS Tulsi to give privilege notice against Smriti Irani in RS on Monday
Janata Dal (United) MP KC Tyagi and nominated MP KTS Tulsi will on Monday give privilege notice against Smriti Irani in Rajya Sabha over Rohith Vemula suicide case.
Feb 27, 2016, 19:11 PM IST
Black flags, protest welcome Arvind Kejriwal in Punjab
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is on a five-day visit to Punjab, faced protest, black flags and 'Go Back Kejriwal' posters allegedly by SAD-BJP workers on Friday.
Feb 27, 2016, 14:45 PM IST
Minor Dalit girl gangraped, set ablaze in UP
A minor Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped and set ablaze by three persons in Godsaiya village here.
Feb 27, 2016, 13:39 PM IST
Rajya Sabha uproar: Oppn demands apology from Irani, Mayawati accuses her of 'doing drama'
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani's remarks about goddess Durga in the Rajya Sabha generated much political heat in the upper house on Friday as well, with the opposition demanding an apology from her and she rejecting it.
Feb 26, 2016, 23:47 PM IST
Rohith Vemula suicide row: Mayawati asks if Smriti Irani would chop her head off to place it at her feet
Asserting that she was not `satisfied` with Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani`s answers on Rohith Vemula`s suicide, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday asked if the former would chop her head off and place it on her feet as promised earlier if her reply would be unsatisfactory.
Feb 26, 2016, 19:46 PM IST
I am being targeted because I am a Dalit: JNUSU leader Rama Naga
JNUSU leader Rama Naga, who is one of the five students accused of sedition, on Monday said he is being targeted not for indulging in any "anti-national" activity but because he is a Dalit.
Feb 22, 2016, 21:52 PM IST
March in Delhi on February 23 over Rohith Vemula's suicide
Rohith Vemula is the Dalit research scholar who committed suicide last month.
Feb 20, 2016, 13:25 PM IST
Dalit teenager thrashed, paraded with slippers in Uttar Pradesh
A brick kiln owner and his two employees allegedly thrashed a Dalit teenager, tonsured his head and paraded him with a garland of slippers in Dabauli village.
Feb 16, 2016, 11:41 AM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan demands reservation for SCs, STs in private sector
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said as the private companies are availing benefits from the government, they should provide reservation to the dalits.
Feb 05, 2016, 11:26 AM IST
UP school headmaster in trouble for purifying chair used by Dalit village head
A probe has been ordered against the headmaster of a primary school in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh after a complaint by the Dalit village head that the he purified his chair before sitting on it as it was was used by her.
Feb 05, 2016, 11:23 AM IST
IIMC students post `derogatory remarks` against Dalit, tribal students; probe ordered
Days after Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide in Hyderabad, a group of students of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Delhi posted `derogatory remarks` against Dalit and tribal students on social media.
Feb 04, 2016, 11:06 AM IST
Another Union Minister claims Rohith Vemula was an OBC, not a Dalit
Earlier, Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Jual Oram had claimed that Vemula was not a Dalit.
Feb 03, 2016, 20:51 PM IST
Shiv Sena fears washout of Budget session over Rohith Vemula issue
The controversy over Dalit student Rohith Vemula's suicide is refusing to die down.
Feb 02, 2016, 14:19 PM IST
Rohith Vemula suicide: Rahul Gandhi playing politics on dead bodies, says BJP
BJP national spokesperson Sambi Patra accused Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi of politicising death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.
Jan 30, 2016, 13:31 PM IST
Dalit scholar suicide: Ex-judge Roopanwal to head probe panel
Senior HRD ministry officials said that Justice (retd) Roopanwal will review the entire sequence of events, the circumstances and establish facts and correctives in connection with the incident.
Jan 28, 2016, 18:25 PM IST
