DALIT LEADS

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suffered a setback in the Lok Sabha elections, losing core Jatav voters. Mayawati's post-poll ambitions were undermined, and Chandrashekhar Azad emerged as an alternative. BSP's decline was attributed to strategic misst...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav plays a key role in almost halving BJP’s seat tally in UP to 37 from 64 in 2019 polls with a smart ticket distribution plan and by raising issues of unemployment, price rise. INDIA bloc also gets backing of Dalit...

Umeeda Ram Beniwal leads in the Barmer constituency, with a significant margin of 90,467 votes against key candidates like Kailash Choudhary and Ravindra Singh Bhati, amidst a high voter turnout of 85.70%.

​​With the marathon election battle reaching its final stage, the last round of polling is set to take place in the south-eastern region, which is dominated by OBCs, Dalits, and significantly influenced by the Modi-Yogi factor. The bustling politica...

BJP's repeated emphasis on SCs, STs and OBCs comes as it senses that poll arithmetic in Maharashtra has changed considerably since the 2019 parliamentary polls. This time it looks like the Dalits and Muslims seem to be backing Congress-Sena-NCP (SP)...

It was in Etawah where during the height of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, Kanshi Ram's victory over BJP's Ram Singh Verma and Janta Party's Ram Singh Shakya marked a significant moment in the experiment of Dalit-OBC solidarity experiment.

Aware of a diminished BSP, whose vote share dipped to 12.9% in the 2022 assembly polls in UP, BJP leaders are ready to go for the kill and have been panning an aggressive Jatav outreach. But it won't be easy to break the Dalit citadel.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has been on an aggressive campaign, chasing a target of 20 Lok Sabha seats out of 28 for Congress in the state. In a chat with KR Balasubramanyam, he said INDIA bloc will do better than NDA, whose tally, he said...

Directed by N Gopi Nainar and produced by Vetri Maaran, this new Tamil film's release schedule is yet to be announced. The trailer, which shows the protagonist being interrogated by the police, references domestic abuse, authoritarianism, the defini...

Jawaharlal Nehru University student union's first Dalit president, Dhananjay, elected from a Left-wing alliance after nearly three decades. Dhananjay's victory, with 2,598 votes, highlights a significant milestone for Dalit representation in student...

Rahul Gandhi emphasises importance of nyay, attributing rise of hatred to injustices. Economic disparity, social inequality, mistreatment of farmers and youth are key concerns. GST, demonetisation, surge in unemployment rates, favouritism towards in...

BJP MP Pratap Simha faced a clash with Dalits in Karnataka's Mysuru over alleged neglect, as the village supplied stone for the Ram Temple's idol. Accused of a decade-long indifference, Simha's confrontation, captured on video, unfolded just before ...

A Dalit man, Nilesh Dalsaniya, was allegedly assaulted by a businesswoman and others in Morbi, Gujarat, for demanding his salary. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved forcing him to apologize by placing the businesswoman's footwear in...

Sachin Pilot, a Congress leader, has stated that the party will fight the Rajasthan assembly polls united and that the decision on who will lead the government will be made by the high command after consultations with elected MLAs. Pilot expressed c...

A video of a man, purported to be a local BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, showing him urinating on a tribal person in the state's Sidhi district recently went viral on social media leading to demands for his arrest from several quarters.

A resolution moved by an upper-caste Hindu official in the Seattle City Council to bring in an ordinance banning caste-based discrimination in the city has generated intense debates among members of the Indian-American community.

Google on Friday dedicated a doodle to PK Rosy, the first female lead in a Malayalam film. She was the first heroine in Malayalam cinema and the first Dalit actress in Indian cinema.PK Rosy: Google honours first female lead in Malayalam cinema with ...

The ministry also refused to agree with the report of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission that recommended inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims in the scheduled castes list, and said it took a myopic view.

On October 28 last Federation of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo People FKJGP rally in Shillong turned violent with innocent passers-by being assaulted. The rally was organised to highlight the unemployment problem. The rally moved to the GS Road leading to...