Dalit News Flash


 - Dalit women defy village
 - SC/ST panel for action against 2 govt officials
 - Shot in the arm for DMK-led front
 - Dr. K.P Singh receives “Gold Medal”
 - President picks huge hole in census, he can't list his caste
 - Capital democracy, laugh if you must!
 - Ambedkar's followers asked to list as Buddhists
 - Dalit Panther activists storm Cong office
 - SHO suspended after protests
 - Caste marks survive India's killer quake
 - Dalits, minorities cry discrimination
 - Moves to dilute focus of conference on racism opposed
 - Governor for protection of tribal rights
 - Youth dies in custody,constable booked
 - Ravidas jayanti celebrated with fanfare
 - Bonded labourers freed by NGO
 - Governors panel stress on education of tribals
 - Quake can't shake caste system
 - Righting wrongs, the American way
 - True colour of Bengal's class strugglers
 - Caste tension in Gujarat over distribution of aid
 - Globalisation & Indian tradition
 - Plea to distribute gomala land for Dalits
 - The Indian middle class
 - Face and features of a child reveals caste: BJP
 - Telugu literature takes up Dalit cause
 - Strategy papers are a dud, charge BCs
 - Upper castes hog all the food and relief supplies
 - Ten Dalit Houses Set On Fire
 - Dalits fear loss of land
 - Five beaten up for suspected 'black magic'
 - Oppression of Dalits will prevail if caste system exists
 - DSS activists stage dharna at Kengeri TMC office
 - Moily in favour of caste-based census
 - P.S: Where are the visionaries?
 - United Nations Mechanisms And The Liberation Of Dalits
 - Script of President's RD speech
 - 'Festive India' gesture to poor
 - STF personnel raid hamlet, thrash tribals
 - Mass Reconversion Comes Wrapped In Saree
 - Democratisation of the state
 - Sweeper, now mayor, weeps for joy
 - State BSP to observe Jan 26 as Constitution Day
 - Three Dalits hurt in attack
 - Dalits demand reservations in private sector
 - Tribal people of Orissa need your support now !
 - SC/ST Development Programmes In Karnataka(2001-2002)
 - Cheers greet death announcement of Gandhi in Ambedkar film
 - Hero by name and deed
 - Probe ordered into anti-Dalit atrocities
 - Dalit community alleges social boycott by villagers
 - 14-year-old Dalit girl raped
 - "SC/STs have failed to utilise available services"
 - Plea for higher quota for BCs
 - Controversy again over casteism at ANGRAU
 - Richness of tribal culture
 - Congress banking on poll alliance with BSP
 - Film hit for India's caste champion
 - 'Brahmins do not have the right to call themselves Indians'
 - A new Dalit leader on the threshold
 - Adivasis want seperate state
 - 'AIADMK flays 'anti-Dalit policies'
 - Sonia urged to give representation to SC/ST in CWC
 - Dalit villagers in Madurai to take to Islam
 - 'Dr Ambedkar is more relevant than Martin Luther King'
 - Lt. to the Ed. in response to "the Greatest show on Earth"
 - Keep Dalits in the Fold
 - BSP wants Jat to be Punjab CM
 - DSS seeks exclusive reservation
 - Local body polls: BSP to contest all seats
 - Why Dr. Ambedkar renounced Hinduism?
 - They skip classes and migrate with their parents
 - Interview with the violin teacher of Babasaheb
 - Ambedkar statue demolished
 - A sweeping change in their lives
 - Fee reduction for SC/STs in MP
 - BJP units to adopt a girl child each
 - Animals sacrificed in drought-hit Orissa
 - Govt weaker sections appointments in high courts
 - Reserving seats is not enough
 - Report on children to make dismal reading
 - Hinduism and working class
 - Buddhism And Brahmanism
 - BSP protest for relief to land losers
 - Rayagada firing 'pre-meditated'
 - Statute panel to release papers for debate
 - Booked for raping Dalit
 - Dharna to protest against Dalit`s murder
 - Dalits wants to kill sanskrit: Kancha Illaiah
 - Atrocities against SC/STs
 - Police Firing in Kashipur (Orissa, India)
 - UK academics claim Buddha riddle solved
 - Unpleasant rituals mark Yellamma jathra
 - Plan to build hostels for BCs in Kolar
 - Women's Bill, a plot against BC leadership
 - Jayalalitha's charge on SC,ST posts refuted
 - Minister pressed hard on India’s caste system.
 - Dalit beaten up for seeking money back
 - Classic epic- Movie review by Diwanji
 - An Open Letter To The NDA Partners
 - 'Dalits denied entry in many temples'
 - Dr. Mungekar Visits Statue of Dr. Ambedkar
 - Pro-reservation groups on collision course
 - Tension prevails in Rayagada dt.
 - The Left and the caste question
 - 150 dalit families rendered landless
 - Dalits must seek share in power: Moopanar
 - Four Dalits gunned down in Bihar
 - 3 Orissa tribals killed in police firing
 - SC/ST body chief slams BSP, Jan Shakti
 - Education eludes 43 pc slum kids: Survey
 - SC woman raped
 - Human Rights, Democracy and Development Signposts to 21st Century
 - Tension in village as Dalits insist
 - Alleged attacks on Dalits
 - Court pulls up police for custodial torture
 - Statute cannot be reviewed: V.P. Singh
 - Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar-Movie Preview
 - Bidhuri demands Dalit CM for Delhi
 - Gandhi's Ambedkar
 - Raw deal for women, SCs/STs in judiciary
 - Ambedkar exhibition relives a revolution
 - BSP sees BJP plan in tinkering with Constitution
 - BSP rules out alliance in Assembly polls
 - Nation pays homage to Ambedkar
 - B'bay in a jam as thousands arrive
 - Chief Secy. ordered to appear in person
 - Separate corpns. for SCs, STs
 - New demand for SC/STs, to kick off new controversy
 - Dalits storm Mayor's office
 - Dalit women defy village
 - SC/ST panel for action against 2 govt officials
 - Shot in the arm for DMK-led front
 - Dr. K.P Singh receives “Gold Medal”
 - President picks huge hole in census, he can't list his caste
 - Capital democracy, laugh if you must!
 - Ambedkar's followers asked to list as Buddhists
 - Dalit Panther activists storm Cong office
 - SHO suspended after protests
 - Caste marks survive India's killer quake
 - Dalits, minorities cry discrimination
 - Moves to dilute focus of conference on racism opposed
 - Governor for protection of tribal rights
 - Youth dies in custody,constable booked
 - Ravidas jayanti celebrated with fanfare
 - Bonded labourers freed by NGO
 - Governors panel stress on education of tribals
 - Quake can't shake caste system
 - Righting wrongs, the American way
 - True colour of Bengal's class strugglers
 - Caste tension in Gujarat over distribution of aid
 - Globalisation & Indian tradition
 - Plea to distribute gomala land for Dalits
 - The Indian middle class
 - Face and features of a child reveals caste: BJP
 - Telugu literature takes up Dalit cause
 - Strategy papers are a dud, charge BCs
 - Upper castes hog all the food and relief supplies
 - Ten Dalit Houses Set On Fire
 - Dalits fear loss of land
 - Five beaten up for suspected 'black magic'
 - Oppression of Dalits will prevail if caste system exists
 - DSS activists stage dharna at Kengeri TMC office
 - Moily in favour of caste-based census
 - P.S: Where are the visionaries?
 - United Nations Mechanisms And The Liberation Of Dalits
 - Script of President's RD speech
 - 'Festive India' gesture to poor
 - STF personnel raid hamlet, thrash tribals
 - Mass Reconversion Comes Wrapped In Saree
 - Democratisation of the state
 - Sweeper, now mayor, weeps for joy
 - State BSP to observe Jan 26 as Constitution Day
 - Three Dalits hurt in attack
 - Dalits demand reservations in private sector
 - Tribal people of Orissa need your support now !
 - SC/ST Development Programmes In Karnataka(2001-2002)
 - Cheers greet death announcement of Gandhi in Ambedkar film
 - Hero by name and deed
 - Probe ordered into anti-Dalit atrocities
 - Dalit community alleges social boycott by villagers
 - 14-year-old Dalit girl raped
 - "SC/STs have failed to utilise available services"
 - Plea for higher quota for BCs
 - Controversy again over casteism at ANGRAU
 - Richness of tribal culture
 - Congress banking on poll alliance with BSP
 - Film hit for India's caste champion
 - 'Brahmins do not have the right to call themselves Indians'
 - A new Dalit leader on the threshold
 - Adivasis want seperate state
 - 'AIADMK flays 'anti-Dalit policies'
 - Sonia urged to give representation to SC/ST in CWC
 - Dalit villagers in Madurai to take to Islam
 - 'Dr Ambedkar is more relevant than Martin Luther King'
 - Lt. to the Ed. in response to "the Greatest show on Earth"
 - Keep Dalits in the Fold
 - BSP wants Jat to be Punjab CM
 - DSS seeks exclusive reservation
 - Local body polls: BSP to contest all seats
 - Why Dr. Ambedkar renounced Hinduism?
 - They skip classes and migrate with their parents
 - Interview with the violin teacher of Babasaheb
 - Ambedkar statue demolished
 - A sweeping change in their lives
 - Fee reduction for SC/STs in MP
 - BJP units to adopt a girl child each
 - Animals sacrificed in drought-hit Orissa
 - Govt weaker sections appointments in high courts
 - Reserving seats is not enough
 - Report on children to make dismal reading
 - Hinduism and working class
 - Buddhism And Brahmanism
 - BSP protest for relief to land losers
 - Rayagada firing 'pre-meditated'
 - Statute panel to release papers for debate
 - Booked for raping Dalit
 - Dharna to protest against Dalit`s murder
 - Dalits wants to kill sanskrit: Kancha Illaiah
 - Atrocities against SC/STs
 - Police Firing in Kashipur (Orissa, India)
 - UK academics claim Buddha riddle solved
 - Unpleasant rituals mark Yellamma jathra
 - Plan to build hostels for BCs in Kolar
 - Women's Bill, a plot against BC leadership
 - Jayalalitha's charge on SC,ST posts refuted
 - Minister pressed hard on India’s caste system.
 - Dalit beaten up for seeking money back
 - Classic epic- Movie review by Diwanji
 - An Open Letter To The NDA Partners
 - 'Dalits denied entry in many temples'
 - Dr. Mungekar Visits Statue of Dr. Ambedkar
 - Pro-reservation groups on collision course
 - Tension prevails in Rayagada dt.
 - The Left and the caste question
 - 150 dalit families rendered landless
 - Dalits must seek share in power: Moopanar
 - Four Dalits gunned down in Bihar
 - 3 Orissa tribals killed in police firing
 - SC/ST body chief slams BSP, Jan Shakti
 - Education eludes 43 pc slum kids: Survey
 - SC woman raped
 - Human Rights, Democracy and Development Signposts to 21st Century
 - Tension in village as Dalits insist
 - Alleged attacks on Dalits
 - Court pulls up police for custodial torture
 - Statute cannot be reviewed: V.P. Singh
 - Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar-Movie Preview
 - Bidhuri demands Dalit CM for Delhi
 - Gandhi's Ambedkar
 - Raw deal for women, SCs/STs in judiciary
 - Ambedkar exhibition relives a revolution
 - BSP sees BJP plan in tinkering with Constitution
 - BSP rules out alliance in Assembly polls
 - Nation pays homage to Ambedkar
 - B'bay in a jam as thousands arrive
 - Chief Secy. ordered to appear in person
 - Separate corpns. for SCs, STs
 - New demand for SC/STs, to kick off new controversy
 - Participation is new mantra of Dalit writers
 - Tributes paid to Dr Ambedkar
 - Constitution review to be resisted
 - SC, ST rally against 'neglect' by Govt.
 - Panel wants temple to fill up SC posts
 - SC judgement on promotion set back for Dalits
 - Jabbar's done a good job -- Mai
 - 'We are ready to shake hands with Mayawati'
 - Babasaheb remembered on 6th December
 - IITs: Doing Manu Proud
 - Massive rally to protest review of Constitution
 - KDSS has no time for Ambedkar death anniversary!
 - 'Valmiki community neglected by Govt'
 - Discrimination against Koluru Dalits alleged
 - 'Decision soon on chairperson for BC panel`
 - RPI leader alleges Sena is dividing Hindus
 - Dalit leaders resent discrimination
 - Congress is against Dalits: Mayawati
 - Masks of Narcissus
 - From dust to dust
 - Unjust films on justice
 - Dalit commits suicide, Shinor tense
 - Back to basics
 - BSP bags Meerut Mayor's seat
 - Paswan spends Rs 60 lakh on trains to fetch supporters
 - SC/ST Commission to be set up in Rajasthan
 - SC/ST quota seats in varsities given to others
 - RSS campaign sparks row
 - Roop Chand beaten up for anti-Ambedkar remarks
 - Morcha demands protection for SCs/STs
 - Move to protect forests is suspect..
 - Paswan finally splits JD(United)
 - Wrong operation on woman: 3 doctors suspended
 - NGO expresses concern over police brutality
 - BSP warns against move to amend statute
 - The letter "a" made all the difference
 - SC/ST body to hold rally on Dec 11
 - Ambedkar statue opposed
 - Fined In Temple For Caste
 - Centre eyeing tribal lands for mining
 - Caste and the privelegentsia
 - Jabbar Patel's 'Ambedkar' ready for box-office
 - Moments in a History of Reservations
 - Negotiating Gender and Caste
 - Jabbar Patel's 'Ambedkar' ready for box-office
 - Assertion, Co-option and Marginalization of Dalits
 - An instance of untouchablility in Channagiri taluk
 - An 'Untouchable' Says Caste Is Truly a HR Issue
 - Dalit Quota Opens Doors But Reservations Remain
 - BAMCEF bulletin
 - Scavengers: Mumbai's Neglected Workers
 - Vedic Astrology: An Open Letter
 - Kancha Ilaiah
 - RSS launches campaign with new `history'
 - Gang rape of dalit housewife flayed
 - Rural reservaton bill likely in this session
 - Cops hound Adivasi woman for going to court
 - 'New OBCs cornering reservation benefits'
 - BCs seek better representation on boards
 - Witches exorcised with Bajrang Dal help
 - SC seeks response on reserve constituencies
 - Paswan to release first day cover on Uda Devi
 - Martin Macwan wins Kennedy human rights award
 - HRW Honors Advocate For India's "Untouchables"
 - 15-year-old Dalit girl raped
 - SCs 'ignored' in HPCC list
 - Dalits hacked to death in Bihar
 - Police pin Assam minister for rape
 - Round abouts - Schism in BSP
 - Stop VHP entry into UN
 - 2 cops arrested in custodial death case
 - SC categorisation upheld by court
 - DSS protests against BJP info on HDMC land
 - BSP demands suspension of police officers
 - Ambedkar Research Centre set up
 - The Two Faces Of The Sangh Parivar
 - Caste system main barrier to India's IT superpower ambitions?
 - Hindutva Vs Ambedkarism:Views On Conversions
 - Casteism is the chink in the armour
 - BJP SC Morcha sets deadline for CM
 - Rehabilitation plan for Dalit families
 - Why Bhan was shunted
 - Panel raps Punjab on SC, ST atrocities
 - BSP, Valmiki leaders meet DIG
 - Huge amount allotted to develop Dalit bastis unused
 - Desecration of Ambedkar's statue
 - Dalits' advocate
 - The curse of casteism
 - Diksha Bhoomi accorded National Monument Status
 - `Fight against statute review'
 - 201 poor girls of Kaithal married
 - Police Complicity In Repression Of Tribals
 - Dalits demand transfer of DC, SP
 - Dalit samiti condemns Neelur incident
 - MP's `mining millionaires' struggle for a meal
 - Acid attack on Dalit
 - More reservation for SCs, BCs, new Bill proposes
 - One held for raping Dalit girl
 - Tribal schoolgirls sexually assaulted
 - Dalit Christian body backs `swadeshi church' concept
 - 'Police atrocities' on tribals condemned
 - Bihari girls sold to work in Punjab
 - Row over Governor's remarks on Balmiki
 - Boy stripped, assaulted in Orissa village
 - Free legal service for poor
 - Non-SCs corner loans meant for SCs
 - Give Dalits their legitimate rights, not reservations
 - Hand over Ram Tirath to Valmiki Samaj - BSP
 - Adivasi sues SSG doctors
 - Due representation for SC lawyers sought
 - Dalit 'killed' in lock-up at Kurnool
 - Dalit beaten up for stoning dog
 - Kanshi warns against statute review
 - Kanshi Ram calls for Dalit-OBC unity
 - Solidarity With Sardar Buta Singh
 - Dalit samiti condemns Neelur incident
 - An open letter to Bangaru Laxman
 - BSP popular in five states: Kanshiram
 - Embracing of Buddhism by Dr B R Ambedkar
 - Dalits condemn Labour fast
 - Three dalits killed in Bihar
 - Reservation system should not be scrapped
 - The Scourge Of Bias
 - Dalit students humiliated
 - Orissa tribal group gheraos police station after attack
 - Dalits win as upper cast bows down in Navrabera
 - DK SC/ST groups allege violation of quota
 - UP Cong contests Governor's claim
 - Weavers threaten to go on strike if APTEX is wound up
 - Tension grips Leh
 - Dalits weave new social fabric in Jodhpur
 - Platform: Gods that failed
 - Sexploitation of an alarming nature
 - Dalit students forced out of classrooms
 - Deep prejudice
 - Four dalits burnt alive in Rajasthan
 - Attack on Dalits: action sought against culprits
 - "Golden Jubilee Of The Constitution Or Golden Jubilee Of Betrayal Of Constitution By The Ruling Castes"
 - Atrocity against magistrate opens can of worms
 - RPI activist shot dead in Mulund
 - Dalit village still deserted
 - Bahujan Samaj chetna rally held
 - Society holds talks on Poona Pact, its relevance
 - UP situation worse than Bengal's, says Mayawati
 - Panchayat cracks down on another couple
 - Dalit branded witches, one dies after `torture'
 - Peace Summit icon is a con
 - Vipassana Centre coming up near Pallavaram
 - When reality changed ritual
 - Suraj Bhan 'proud' of RSS links
 - The bells of Guruvayoor
 - Hindutva's passive revolution
 - Allegations baseless, says Dalit panel
 - Sanskrit, English and Dalits
 - Vayalar Ravi to move court on temple issue
 - Dalit tortured by cops for three days
 - SC, STs face higher risk of poverty due to caste
 - AIIMS chief biased against SC/STs
 - Dalit MLA's outrage over veedu remark
 - Governor's Dalit `agenda' gives Gupta the jitters
 - Dalit literary meet fails to address vital issues
 - RPI rejects statue review panel
 - Statute review unconstitutional, says Kanshi Ram
 - Dalit movement has deteriorated
 - Minister accused of raping tribal girl
 - Dalits decry bid to hush up death casem
 - 'Discrimination' made IAS officer quit
 - Village-level politics turn gory in UP
 - Laxman as Hanuman & Buffalo Nationalism
 - Protest by Dalits in front of UN on 8th Sept.
 - A certain Struggle by Rural Dalits
 - "Who wants to be a millionaire?"
 - Agenda for the 2nd Millenium
 - Dalits & economic liberalisation
 - NHRC action on press report
 - Death does not come as the end
 - Shourie should thank God
 - The choice before Dalits
 - Dalits Protest Against UN Support to VHP
 - Bihar's landless landlords die watching others..
 - 'Witch' paraded naked in Bihar
 - Mayawati hits out at BJP's `dalit agenda'
 - Dalit's death after police torture alleged
 - SC/STs to launch series of protests
 - 'Activist' Bhan embarrasses UP CM Gupta
 - Breaking the majority's tyranny - II
 - Chargesheet filed in Ambedkar insult case

 - 'Govt apathy' towards women leads to suicide

 - Arundhati joins stir against Maheshwar project
 - BSP workers stage dharna
 - Consensus on caste a must: Bangaru
 - Dalit student's charge kicks up row
 - New Phase of Dalit-Bahujan Intellectual Activity
 - Kanshi Ram vents wrath on party men
 - Dalit associations stage dharna
 - Visa Quota for SC/ST students demanded
 - The absence of social justice
 - Bangaru and BJP's get-real policy
 - Dalit issue in the Sub-Commission
 - Atrocities against Dalits high in Punjab
 - Man of his word
 - A role model called Shyamlal Shami
 - From slavery to sanity, a tale of three kids
 - Women, Dalits want Manu's statue removed
 - Tribals being pushed to the wall: study
 - RS nod for statute bill to relax standards for SC/ST

 - ABVP attack Dalit prof at varsity
Aurangabad, Aug 15: The 15-day-long lull of student activism at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University ended on Monday when students belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad barged into the cabin of professor of social sciences, Dr B H Kalyankar, a renowned intellectual from the Maratha community and blackened his face, `to teach him a lesson for attacking Hindusim.'
 - Statute review panel member sees danger to Preamble
Justice V R Krishna Iyer, a member of the Constitution Review Commission and a former Supreme Court judge, has, in an obvious reference to the Sangh Parivar`s Hindutva plank, expressed the apprehension that the Vajpayee Government '
 - BJP schemes to make Mayawati as UP CM
Sure about its weak position in Uttar Pradesh, BJP has learnt to have decided to offer chief ministership to BSP leader Mayawati so that impending elections to the state Assembly could be fought under her leadership,
 - 'Reservation to SCs must be based on population'
Former medical education minister G Ramakrishna demanded the Government to provide reservation to the Scheduled Caste on the basis of their population in the State.
 - President sets up Governors' panel
CHANDIGARH, Aug 13 - The President, Mr K.R. Narayanan, has constituted a committee of Governors primarily to investigate the implementation of various schemes launched by the Centre and the states for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
 - SC families get their due after 46 years
LUDHIANA, AUG 5: After a wait of 46 years, 83 scheduled caste families of Manuke village got the residential plots measuring 100 sq yards each. SAD (B) vice-president Jagdev Singh Talwandi handed over the letters of possession to the beneficiaries at a function held at the village yesterday. Ironically, a large number of beneficiaries have expired.
 - India committed to end caste-based discrimination
INDIA IS committed to the elimination of caste-based discrimination in the country and does not need any outside solutions in overcoming the problem, the Human Rights Commission meeting was told here.
 - Bihar and Buddha keep Indian tourism flourishing
BELIEVE IT or not, but Bihar and Lord Buddha are keeping the Indian tourist industry alive in these days of high security alerts and terrorist violence. In fact, Buddhist pilgrimage centres, figuring at the top of the Japanese visitors' itinerary, have become the centre stage of the country's tourism policy in the recent past.
 - Kancha Ilaiah's ideas go global
Hyderabad, Aug. 11: Our own Kancha Ilaiah, who receives brickbats as well as bouquets whenever he pens his ideas, has found a place in the galaxy of world-renowned thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries who have enriched humanity with their innovative ideas.The last chapter from his book, Why I Am Not A Hindu, has been included in a book, Post Colonialism - Critical Concepts In Literary And Cultural Studies that will be published within a month from New York and London.
 - Teacher with extremist links accuses IIT of being casteist
She is known to breeze into the classroom with just a chalk piece in hand and work out complicated problems in minutes.
 - Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Film as a Lost Opportunity
Following a decision taken during the birth centenary year of Babasaheb Ambedkar, the union ministry of social justice and empowerment and the Maharashtra government have jointly produced a film on the life and contributions of Ambedkar.
 - Arun Shourie manhandled by RPI activists in Mumbai
Mumbai, Aug 5: In a shocking incident, Arun Shourie, Minister of state for Planning was attacked by a group of RPI activists during an award function in Mumbai at 1700 Hrs.
 - Dalit judge moves SC over courtroom 'purification'
NEW DELHI: A Scheduled Caste judge in Allahabad has appealed in the Supreme Court against his compulsory retirement in the aftermath of an incident in which his courtroom was washed with `Ganga jal' by his `upper' caste successor.
 - A statue of Ambedkar is the only indication that the university is named after him
LUCKNOW, AUGUST 3: Annual budget: Rs 3 crore. Total strength of teaching and non-teaching staff: Nearly 85. Number of students: 175. Students who have passed out of the university so far: Not more than 20.
 - Dalit boy beaten to death for plucking flowers
BAREILLY: A teenaged Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by the nagar panchayat President of Fateh Ganj for plucking some flowers from his garden
 - Rain brings no cheer to Melavalavu Dalits
MADURAI, AUG. 2. The first fall of monsoon rain in July has brought no cheer to the 2,000 Dalits of Melavalavu village. In normal circumstances it would have, signalling the start of the farming season and ensuring employment.
 - Attempt to Demolish Vihar, thwarted by BSS
It was smelt in the evening of 31st July, 2000 that a Demolition Squad of Municipal Corporation of Delhi is to demolish a Buddha Vihara situated at Nangloi, Phase-II, in New Delhi.
 - Girl tortured, burnt to death in UP
Lucknow: History probably repeated itself when a strikingly similar incident, as Phoolan Devi's physical torture and humiliation two decades ago, was reported from Azamgarh district in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
 - DSP shifted following women's charges
PATNA, JULY 30. The State Government today shifted the Kurtha DSP, Mr. Sanjay Ranjan Singh, in the light of allegations of brutality against him by the women of Senari village of Jehanabad district in the course of a raid on Thursday last.
 - Dalits protest against statute review
Representatives of several associations of dalits have given a representation to President K.R. Narayanan expressing their protest and anguish over formation of the Constitution Review Committee and stating that it is nothing but a plot against the dalits.
 - Caste groups clash; cops use force
JALANDHAR, July 30 (UNI) -The demand for the release of a suspect in a theft case from police custody snowballed into an inter-caste tension at a city police station last night when two warring caste groups exchanged brickbats and the police used force to quell the clash.
 - Five Dalits hacked to death
HYDERABAD: In a gruesome incident, five Dalits were hacked to death at Surampalli village under Tekmal police limits of Medak district, some 100 km from here, on Thursday night
 - Communal clash sparks tension
AYAMKONDAN, JULY 20. Tension prevailed in Meensuriti village near Jayamkondan in Perambalur district late last night following a communal clash between Vanniyars and Dalits of the village.
 - Historian held for `derogatory' remarks
NAGPUR, JULY 19: A Nagpur-based historian and an activist of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), M M Deshmukh, was arrested from his Nagpur residence on Monday by Umari police of Nanded district for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Hindu mythological god Brahmadev and goddess Swaraswati.
 - ASI implementing 'saffron agenda'
New Delhi, July 17 (UNI): A group of eminent historians and archaeologists today charged the Archaeological Survey of India (ASi) with implementing the ``saffron agenda'' of the RSS and said the premier body should be made answerable only to Parliament.
 - Empowering social minorities
IN THE most recent debate on the Women's Bill, Ms. Madhu Kishwar (TheHindu, May 31) appeared extremely upset that Ms. Gail Omvedt credited Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav with suggesting the ``required'' reservation of a third of nominations to women in all parties.
 - Crux of Dalit writing
DALITS, THE so-called suppressed segments in the Indian society, have been looming large on the literary horizon for quite sometime.
 - Declared rehabilitated 41 years ago
HARSUGUDA, JULY 16: Nearly 41 years after they were declared rehabilitated by the government, the 40 tribal families of Gandghora Adivasi Colony in Brajrajnagar are yet to get pattas for the land promised by the Orissa government.
 - Woman takes same caste sarpanch to SC panel
JAGPALPUR (PHAGWARA), JULY 15: A woman panchayat member of Jagpalpur village has approached the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with a complaint of harassment against the village sarpanch, who, incidentally, is a member of her own caste.
 - Phoolan for women's quota on caste basis
TIRUNELVELI, JULY 16. Ms. Phoolan Devi, Samajwadi Party MP, today said her party will not allow the Women's Reservation Bill to be passed in its present form at any cost, as providing 33 per cent reservation in itself will not protect the interests of women belonging to the backward classes and weaker sections of society.

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