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10/18/2016: FRONT PAGE: Video shows Vemula saying, ‘I am Dalit’

Hyderabad: A week after a central government commission said that Rohith Vemula (in pic) was not a Dalit, an old video of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) research scholar surfaced on Monday in which he claims his Dalit identity. “Jai Bheem to all…. The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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8/2/2016: FRONT PAGE: Dalit fire, Patel ire & land mire force Gujarat’s Big Ben to retire

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Gujarat's first woman chief minister, Anandiben Patel, dramatically quit on Monday, posting her resignation letter on her official website, linked to Facebook and Twitter. Her exit, which had been anticipated for some time, could… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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7/29/2016: FRONT PAGE: Dalit couple hacked to death over

Agra: A brahmin grocer hacked a dalit couple to death for failing to return Rs 15 that they owed him, at Mainpuri early Thursday morning, police said. The couple, Bharat Singh and Mamta, were from the Nat (acrobat) community. They owned a bigha of… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Dalit girl kidnapped twice dies

Police await autopsy report before framing charges against the accused, who was arrested on Saturday The Hindu – Delhi

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7/21/2016: FRONT PAGE: Anti-Maya rant, Guj stir leave BJP’s Dalit outreach in tatters

New Delhi: Just as BJP was bracing for a political storm over the violent Dalit protests in Gujarat, the party’s UP vicepresident made sexist and derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati that left BJP squirming on Wednesday. It came at a time when… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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3/22/2016: FRONT PAGE: Modi extols Ambedkar as BJP, Cong vie for Dalit icon’s legacy

New Delhi: The BJP versus Congress fight over nationalism has spilled over into a tussle over the legacy of Bhimrao Ambedkar with Narendra Modi pitching himself as an “Ambedkar bhakt” and Congress retaliating by dubbing the PM and the RSS… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Students selective in support of Dalit cause: Udit Raj

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Dalit face and Northwest Delhi’s MP Udit Raj on Sunday criticised the students agitating over the suicide of scholar Rohith Vemula for being “selective” in their support to th… The Hindu – Delhi

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1/19/2016: FRONT PAGE: Union minister charged in Hyd Dalit student’s suicide

Hyderabad: The death of a Dalit research scholar at the University of Hyderabad snowballed into a major controversy on Monday with the police charging Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and four others, including the vice-chancellor, with abetting the… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Delhi Chief Minister: suicide of dalit student is the murder of democracy

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as “murder of democracy, social justice and equality”. “It’s not suicide. It’s murder. It’s murder of democracy, social justice and equality. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji should sack ministers and apologise to the nation,” Kejriwal said in a tweet. “(The) Modi […]

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BANGALORE HORROR: Dalit boy brutally thrashed for entering temple

Bangalore: A seven-year-old dalit boy was brutally thrashed by a priest temple on Sunday for entering the sacred area of a temple located in Nelamangala, located on the outskirts of Bangalore.   Sources told Daily Bhaskar that the priest grabbed the minor boy by his hair and slammed it against the temple’s wall. Some people […]

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Dalit groom beaten up by upper caste men in Delhi

New Delhi: According to a Times of India report, a Dalit groom in Delhi was dragged off his wedding chariot and beaten up by two upper caste men shouting anti-Dalit statements. The assailants, two brothers named Dharmendra and Jitender were allegedly drunk at the time and asked the groom to first clean gutters and then […]

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Dalit groom beaten up by upper caste men in Delhi

New Delhi: According to a Times of India report, a Dalit groom in Delhi was dragged off his wedding chariot and beaten up by two upper caste men shouting anti-Dalit statements. The assailants, two Sify.com

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