-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Joblessness is one of the key reasons why Dalits across India took to the streets to demand that their social and economic lot be improved. In the backdrop of widespread protests that saw nine people killed and many more injured in states like MP, Rajasthan and UP, data submitted by the government to Lok Sabha showed extremely high levels of unemployment among Dalits, lower, in fact, than...
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Crime stats reveal trend -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Junior home minister Hansraj Ahir on Tuesday said 47,338 cases were registered in 2016 under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a 2,000-plus rise over the year before, with disturbing statistics hidden in the details that pointed to a worrying trend. A close examination of figures provided by the National Crime Records Bureau for 2016 by this newspaper revealed that Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 10,426 cases...
More »It is Now Official, BJP Ruled States Outdo Others in Crime against Dalits -SR Darapuri
-TheCitizen.in Number of crimes against Dalits have gone up substantially It has again come up prominently in the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) “Crime in India-2016” Report that BJP ruled States outdo other states in atrocities against Dalits (Scheduled Castes). As in 2015. At present the BJP rules Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Goa and Jharkhand where Dalit atrocities cases are more than the non-BJP ruled states. In other states ruled...
More »Bite of Kadaknath, online -Rasheed Kidwai
-The Telegraph MP markets black chicken on mobile app Bhopal: Cock a doodle, er Google, do. The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a mobile app, available on Google Play Store from Thursday, to market a rare chicken breed - the Kadaknath - whose delicious black meat is in high demand for its nutritious content and purported aphrodisiac and medicinal properties. Through the Android app - MP Kadaknath - fowl meat and egg will be...
More »Concern on Dalit silence spreads -JP Yadav
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The concern over the silence of the Prime Minister on the dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has spread beyond Dalit MPs in the NDA. Junior human resource development minister and BJP ally Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government should immediately move the Supreme Court against the order that prevents immediate arrest over complaints of...
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