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NCRB data shows a 9% rise in caste-related atrocities in Himachal Pradesh in 2023, with 229 cases registered under the SC/ST Act.

13% of all FIRs in Himachal registered under SC/ST Act: NCRB data 2023

October 04, 2025 11:10 am

In 2023, out of the 229 FIRs, 204 were registered under the Prevention of Atrocities Act, while 25 were registered in conjunction with various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Karnataka school horror: We are blaming the wrong people

December 19, 2023 4:00 pm

Violence, exclusion and hierarchies are social problems. If we make just individuals perpetrators, we will not find solutions

Syeda Hameed and Martin Macwan write: Who pays the price for hate?

August 22, 2023 10:28 pm

A Muslim topper student is denied her due in Gujarat, an incendiary speech in the heart of the capital meet with no FIRs. We hope that a tsunami of our fraternity rises to drain the lethal poison engulfing our beloved country.

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To be young and Dalit in a Gujarat village

June 27, 2023 8:28 am

A twirled moustache, riding a horse, playing DJ music – anything can potentially trigger a caste clash. In a Gujarat village where a youngster was assaulted allegedly for “wearing sunglasses and good clothes”, villagers sense a change, a silent pushback

Caste and access to water: The missing link

January 23, 2023 9:30 am

Recent incidents across rural India of Dalits getting beaten up to death, specifically around access to water, are now a new normal.

Fined Rs 60,000 for touching idol, Karnataka Dalit family says will only worship Ambedkar now

September 22, 2022 6:57 am

Shobamma’s 15-year-old son, who was outside when a procession was taken out in the village, touched a pole attached to the idol of Sidiranna, a prominent south Indian village deity.

Haryana: Dalit man alleges police thrashing; SHO, ASI shifted

August 22, 2021 10:39 am

Gurnam Singh, a retired head teacher, alleged that they had sought police intervention in a matter pertaining to "illegal occupation of shamlat land (village common land), but the police rather than addressing our grievance beat us up".

FIR against six for denying drinking water to Dalit officer

August 02, 2018 7:32 pm

A deputy chief veterinary officer was allegedly denied drinking water because of her Dalit identity in Ambawa Poorab village in Manjhanpur block, around 167 km away from the state capital Lucknow, on July 31.

Himachal Dalit students discrimination: Headmaster, 4 teachers found guilty; booked

February 22, 2018 4:49 am

An inquiry ordered by Kullu Deputy Commissioner Yunus confirmed that they practised caste discrimination against Dalit students during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Pariksha Par Charcha’ last week.