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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Topic: Dalit

Jats and Dalits in Haryana are voting differently. There is a growing tide for INDIA

The upcoming Haryana Assembly elections are anticipated to be highly competitive, with caste dynamics significantly influencing voter preferences and party strategies.

6 GRP cops, including woman constable, suspended after videos show them thrashing Dalit woman, grandson

Kusum Vanshkar, the 55-year-old woman seen in the video, had written to Madhya Pradesh CM & SHRC complaining that the GRP registered a ‘fake’ case of theft against her son Deepak.

How VCK won with big margins in Tamil Nadu LS polls when Dalit parties in other states drew a blank

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi won 2 seats while BSP drew a blank in UP & RPI(A) didn't get to contest even a single seat in Maharashtra. Analysts say VCK tying up with INDIA bloc helped.

‘Fake case, beaten up by police’ — UP Dalit man’s custodial death sparks violence. 2 FIRs, 30 booked

Akash Singh, a father of 2, was arrested for alleged theft of a bike. Family claims he was booked in false case. SP says no external injuries were found in medical exams.

Samajwadi Party to bag majority of SC seats in UP as Dalit politics shifts, Chandrashekhar Azad leads

The BSP, which won 10 seats in the last Lok Sabha when it was in an alliance with the SP, has arguably received a fatal blow this election.

Mayawati didn’t sack nephew to get closer to BJP. UP Dalit voters are switching sides

The shifting allegiances of Dalit and Kurmi voters highlight the complexity of voting behaviour in UP.

Karpoori Thakur removed burden of English. Then came a surge of backward caste college students

In ‘The Jannayaka Karpoori Thakur’, Santosh Singh and Aditya Anmol looks at the contributions of the former Bihar CM, especially toward the upliftment of backward classes.

Violent clash erupts over temple entry for Dalits in Tamil Nadu ‘minutes after peace meeting’

Members of two caste groups pelted stones & four shops were set ablaze after tensions over a Dalit community’s demand to enter the Mariamman temple in Salem district’s Deevattipatti.

Gunning to be UP’s Dalit face, Chandra Shekhar Azad’s wooing Nagina. But BSP says he’s no Mayawati

Azad is his party's lone candidate this election, contesting from reserved seat Nagina. He's a hit among constituency's youth, but analysts say he needs to do more to have pan-UP presence.

Accused of caste bias, ex-Cisco engineer Sundar Iyer wants to ‘fix’ what CRD did — ‘let down Dalits’

3 yrs after it was filed, CRD has dropped lawsuit against him & engineer Ramana Kompella. Iyer says California civil rights dept 'lied & hid evidence' from court, media & activists.

On Camera

US-Pakistan romance is not new. Why does India feel betrayed?

I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.