Dalit

Battle for the states: tracking the revolution

On this episode we show you the Dalit factor in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. ...

UP: Mayawati blames Centre for lack of funds

Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati at a rally in Varanasi on Friday attacked the Congress government for not releasing the funds asked for development projects in the state. Mayawati said the State Government is not being given funds by the Central Government. "We have started many schemes for development with the help of private sector. We ask for funds for development projects but the Central Government...

Mayawati our leader and will always be, say Dalits

Agra: Allegations of corruption against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati find no takers in large parts of this Dalit land where people from socially marginalised communities braved the cold to vote in large numbers. A day after the first phase of assembly elections concluded in 55 constituencies, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) loyalists see nothing wrong in Mayawati's penchant for tales of opulence or statue building. Of the Taj city's almost...

Dalit dilemma: Mayawati faces a tough battle

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati faces a tough battle in the assembly elections. Though her rallies so far have been massive leading to the belief that her own Dalit votebank is intact, but some members of the community face a dilemma about Mayawati. She's still a symbol of Dalit empowerment, but have her policies benefited them all? The crowds have been mammoth at the rallies addressed by the Uttar...

Statue row: shutdown by Dalit groups in AP

Hyderabad: A day-long shutdown began in Andhra Pradesh on Monday on a call given by Dalit groups to protest the recent desecration of statues of Dr B R Ambedkar. Schools, colleges, shops and business establishments remained closed in many districts while protestors blocked roads to stop buses of state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC). Student organistaions, especially Osmania University student Joint Action Committee has also called for a...

AP: Statues of 2 Cong leaders desecrated

Guntur: Close on the heels of desecration of the statues of Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar, figures of two Congress leaders were found on Saturday to be defiled in Tenali town in the district, police said. Statues of Congress leaders NG Ranga and Vangaveeti Ranga were found damaged, they said. In a bid to prevent any untoward incident, police reinstalled the image of Vangaveeti Ranga even as people gathered near the...

AP: 3 held for desecrating Ambedkar statues

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested three people for recent desecration of statues of B.R. Ambedkar in East Godavari district as Dalit groups continued protests in parts of the state. Police brought three arrested youths before media and said they were on the lookout for 10 others involved in the Monday incident at Amlapuram. Special investigating officer Krishnam Raju said the youths damaged the statues in an inebriated condition....

No chance of Uma's victory in UP polls: Kalyan

Lucknow: Days after Uma Bharti described herself as his 'heiress', former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Saturday said he will campaign against the BJP leader and claimed that she does not stand a chance of winning from Charkhari assembly constituency. "Uma Bharti is in the race for third or fourth spot in Charkhari... It is a certainty that she will not win," Singh, convenor of the newly-formed Jan...

Pipili rape: Reinstate suspended cop, demands OPA

Cuttack: Even as the state government on Friday indicated that there is no scope to review the decision of dismissing former Pipili police inspector, the Odisha Police Association (OPA) has threatened to step up its protest for revocation of the dismissal order. DGP Manmohan Praharaj had dismissed former inspector-in-charge of Pipili police station, Amulya Kumar Champattiray, for 'dereliction of duty' under Article 311 (2) of the Constitution on January 24....

Pipili rape: Victim's condition 'static'

Cuttack: SCB medical college and hospital authorities on Wednesday informed Orissa High Court that the condition of Pipili rape victim is static and the treatment management in the Cuttack hospital is same as that of AIIMS in New Delhi. Hospital superintendent in an affidavit mentioned that the patient is not responding to verbal command but is sluggishly reacting to light. Although she has slight fever, her blood pressure, respiration and...

BSP works for all sections, not only Dalits: Maya

Rudrapur: Seeking to shake off BSP's image as a party which cares only for Dalits, Mayawati on Tuesday said it was not against any caste or religion and wanted to build a society based on the principles of equality. "BSP is not against any caste or religion. It wants to remove inequality and establish a society based on equality," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said while seeking votes for party...

Longing for Kanshiram

After the Break |  Ashutosh

It's election time in Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati is trying hard to get back to power. However, whenever I think of Maya, my thoughts go to ...

Pipili gangrape: Police arrest second accused

Bhubaneshwar: The crime branch of Odisha police has arrested a second accused in the horrific Pipili gangrape case. Purnachandra Swain was arrested by the Odisha police on Monday morning. So far two of the four accused have been arrested, while the other two are absconding. On Sunday, the prime accused Prashant Pradhan was arrested from Jatni railway station near Bhubaneswar by the crime branch. The crime branch will produce the...

Odisha rape: Victim to be shifted to AIIMS

Bhubaneshwar: A Dalit girl who was allegedly raped in Pipli in Odisha will be shifted to AIIMS in New Delhi this week for better treatment. The girl was raped by a man in her village in November 2011. She has been in a coma ever since. Earlier in the day, the Odisha government ordered a judicial probe into the episode to identify the persons responsible for the incident. "Chief Minister...

Stray violence over Dalit leader's murder in TN

Dindigul: Stray incidents of violence were reported on Wednesday in southern districts of Tamil Nadu as protests broke out over murder of a Dalit leader, triggering tension. As news spread about the last night murder of Devendrakula Velalar Federation founder Pasupathi Pandian by unidentified persons in front his house in neighbouring Dindigul district, protests rocked several places with miscreants pelting stones on buses, police said. Shops in several parts of...