Citizens for Justice and Peace
Tension in Hyderabad varsity over research scholar’s suicide
18-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 18, 2016, (IANS) Tension prevailed in University of Hyderabad on Monday over the suicide of one of the five Dalit research scholars following their expulsion from the hostel. Police intervened to shift the body from the campus to the hospital for autopsy as students resisted their attempts, demanding justice to the student’s family.…
Body of Dalit researcher who committed suicide after alleged insult sent for autopsy
18-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (PTI): The body of V. Rohit, a Dalit PhD scholar who was found hanging at the Central University’s hostel room in the campus on Sunday, was sent for post mortem amid protests from fellow students on Monday morning. According to Cyberabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand, the situation is now “fine” on the…
After 400 years, temple opens doors to Dalits
16-Jan-2016
Jan 16 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Kautilya Singh Dehradun: TNN For nearly 400 years, Dalits and women, all in the name of “tradition“, had been barred from entering the famous Parsuram temple in Garhwal’s Jaunsar Bawar region. All that is set to change now with the management of the Parsuram temple announcing…
Two Dalit IAS officers allege caste bias in Madhya Pradesh
05-Jan-2016
IAS officers Ramesh Thete and Shashi Karnavat alleged that the state government was quick to penalise them while ignoring similar misconduct by officers belonging to upper castes. Written by Milind Ghatwai Bhopal Published:Jan 5, 2016, 2:38 Days after a Dalit IAS officer in Rajasthan converted to Islam as protest against discrimination, two Dalit IAS officers…
Dalit denied decent burial, High Court comes to aid
05-Jan-2016
Staff Reporter CHENNAI, January 5, 2016 Concerned over a plea moved by a person belonging to the Scheduled Caste, alleging that his grandfather who died on Sunday could not be buried as the upper caste people in his village were preventing him from using the road leading to the burial ground, the Madras High Court…
Dalits continue to live under tough conditions’
02-Jan-2016
Shemin Joy NEW DELHI: Jan 2, 2016, DHNS: A majority of Dalits in the country live under difficult conditions, as per latest Census reports. While most of them are forced to defecate in the open and having very little access to Internet or gas connection among other amenities, the reports said. A large number of…
Dalit panel criticizes police clean chit to VK
03-Nov-2015
Nov 03 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Uttar Pradesh Police have concluded that no case is made out against Union minister V K Singh for his “dog“ remark uttered in the context of the burning of two infants in Faridabad while Delhi Police have washed their hands off the row by stating that…
CBI files case against 11 in killing of Dalit kids
30-Oct-2015
Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | New Delhi The CBI on Thursday took over probe into the October 20 killing of two Dalit toddlers in an arson attack in Sunped Village of Faridabad after registering a case against 11 accused and visited the crime scene to collect forensic evidence. The agency has taken over…
Dalit family accuses flat members of bias
30-Oct-2015
Oct 30 2015 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Roxy Gagdekar TWEETS @ROXYGAGDEKAR Amrutbhadra Maurya has filed an atrocity complaint against some members of Utsav Residency for beating and throwing him out of society Alleging atrocity by members of a society, a Buddhist family has vacated their house on New CG Road in Chandkheda and shifted to a…
Haryana DGP orders police to visit villages after Dalit deaths
29-Oct-2015
Vikas Vasudeva New Delhi, October 29, 2015 As Haryana government came under fire following deaths of Dalits, including two young siblings in last few days, Haryana’s Director General of Police (DGP) Yash Pal Singal on Wednesday ordered all Deputy Superintendents of Police (who have been designated as nodal officer under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled…