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Uma Bharti (Photo: PTI)

Damage control? Uma Bharti says feeding Dalits is self-purification

In a stark contrast to Bharti's statement, Yogi's cabinet minister Rajendra Pratap on the same day compared BJP leaders...

2 May 2018 3:09 PM IST

A bomb was hurled near a public meeting venue of CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan at Kannur in Kerala on Thursday, leaving a DYFI activist injured.

Dalit leadership vacuum in CPM

Sources said the leadership vacuum of dalits is only at the top as nearly 70% of the leadership in states comprises of...

1 May 2018 1:53 AM IST

Congress factions join hands against Centre, AAP government

The DPCC president also said that the government was claiming that 84 per cent households were getting power subsidy.

30 March 2018 7:12 AM IST

Mr Saroj was one of the tallest leaders in the BSP after Ms Mayawati and his exit recently made the latter admit before her party leaders that there was now a dearth of leaders in her party now.

BSP to hold village meetings in UP to expose BJP's 'anti-Dalit face'

BJP's so-called pro-Dalit stance is a farce, designed only for petty electoral gains, says senior BSP leader.

6 May 2018 1:35 PM IST

Ram Vilas Paswan

Eating at dalit homes won't eradicate untouchability: Ram Vilas Paswan

You can have food at anyone's house, but you cannot patronise them, like Lord Ram having food at Sabri's house.

6 May 2018 5:14 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh education minister Anupma Jaiswal said that the ministers felt satisfaction after visiting Dalits in villages and staying at their homes despite the inconveniences. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

'Mosquitoes bite all night at Dalit homes,' says UP education minister

Uttar Pradesh Education Minister Anupma Jaiswal was speaking regarding UP minister Suresh Rana's visit to a Dalit...

4 May 2018 3:41 PM IST

Ram Vilas Paswan

Ram Vilas Paswan slams Congress over issue of dalits

He blamed BSP president Mayawati for abusing upper castes before elections and then spurning dalits after elections.

4 May 2018 12:29 AM IST

Congress to connect with dalits through padyatra in UP

The party will also set up Dalit Help Centresâ€ in every district which will provide legal help to these sections of...

15 Jun 2018 12:57 AM IST

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra. (Photo: PTI)

Congress used Dalits to spread violence in Bhima Koregaon: BJP

While addressing media, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra shared a letter recovered from house of Bhima-Koregaon violence...

7 Jun 2018 9:33 PM IST

Sena workers called a bandh in Ahmednagar on Friday.

Traffic affected, shops closed as protest against shelter home rapes...

The main opposition RJD and the Congress have lent their support to the day-long bandh.

2 Aug 2018 1:58 PM IST

The joy of eating

The joy of eating

Visual anthropologist Rajyashri Goody's photo exhibition explores the socio-political connotation of food consumption.

8 Aug 2018 12:22 AM IST

Addressing the members, BJP national general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal said that whenever the BJP has come to power, the party worked for the uplift of the Dalit community. (Photo: File | ANI)

Reach out to Dalits to counter Oppn's negative campaign: BJP to party...

The Scheduled Caste wing also launched dedicated website, Facebook page and Twitter account to connect with booth-level...

7 Aug 2018 9:47 AM IST