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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicCrimes against dalits

Topic: crimes against dalits

3 arrested over rape-murder of Dalit woman in Ayodhya, Rahul Gandhi calls UP govt ‘anti-Bahujan’

Alleging the administration didn’t pay heed to the family’s cry for help, Rahul questioned: 'How many more families will have to suffer like this?'

Political blame game in Haryana after Dalit student’s suicide. ‘Harassed, barred from exam over fees’

A week ago, a 22-yr-old Dalit BA final-year student at a private college died by suicide. Congress blames 'systemic discrimination'. BJP criticises 'half-hearted' expressions.

In Bihar’s Nawada, Dalits live in fear after homes burnt over land feud. ‘Hamein jameen ka parcha chahiye’

About 200 people live in fear in cramped tarpaulin tents not far from their charred homes. As politics takes over, all they want is to go back home.

Houses torched, Dalits in Bihar’s Nawada say they’d faced threats to relocate. ‘But land belongs to us’

After the land mafia torched their houses, Dalit families in Bihar's Nawada were given tarpaulins to live under. They want the government to rebuild their houses.

‘BR Ambedkar: Now and Then’ strips the Brahmin gaze off the Bahujan story. It’s a must watch

Jyoti Nisha’s documentary makes it clear that the ‘popular’ story of India is not necessarily the real story of India. At the very least, the story is incomplete.

Madhya Pradesh: Tribal girl murdered for rejecting Thakur man, community demands ‘bulldozer action’

Accused Dharmendra Singh, 45, and his friend, are in judicial custody and have been charged with murder, and sections of POCSO and SC/ST Act.

‘Rising atrocities against Dalits under BJP rule’: Urdu press decries killing of family in MP

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘He wanted water’: How Dalit boy’s death opened up caste fissures in Jalore village 

Inder Meghwal died Saturday — over 20 days after a teacher allegedly slapped him for drinking water from a clay pot.  The family accuses the police of coverup.

Dalit youth found hanging in UP, family alleges murder but police suspect suicide

18-year-old Jalaun resident Pawan Kumar left home after dinner Monday night but never returned. Family says an upper caste man killed him after an argument rooted in caste identity.

Crushed into submission, Dalit identity seldom came to fore—but Valmiki changed the script

In Exploring the Margins: Caste, Class and Gender Identity, Suresh Kumar explores how Dalit writers enunciate their ‘self’— like Om Prakash Valmiki in Joothan.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.