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Topic: Dalit

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.

‘Not Dalit enough’: US anti-caste group issues statement in support of ‘Coming out as Dalit’ author

University of California (UC) Collective for Caste Abolition describes its cause as ‘pushing for caste abolition in, and beyond, the UC system’. It issued the statement earlier this month.

Balladeer, ‘ex-Maoist ideologue’ — who is Gaddar & why Telangana’s Congress govt is eulogising him

CM Revanth Reddy-led govt commemorated poet-singer Gummadi Vittal Rao at 1st 'Gaddar Jayanthi' Wednesday. Anti-Terrorism Forum has called Gaddar 'a figure associated with Maoist ideology'.

On Camera

Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

Women, with their sixth sense, aka female intuition, keep hearing an internal announcement: ‘Leave this man.’ And we’re hitting snooze every time.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.