-The Hindu   "Stopping rape" isn't possible unless we change the way we tackle and think about ordinary violence Some images stay branded on your mind. The brutality visited on three young girls, before their bodies were found in a well; the pain of a five-year-old whose rapist used candles and an oil bottle to violate her further; the anger of the dalit rape survivor in Uttar Pradesh who was told by a...

-The Hindu United Kingdom: Britain's dalit immigrants on Wednesday suffered a setback in their long-standing campaign for an anti-caste legislation when the House of Commons rejected a motion to amend the Equality Act to ban discrimination on the basis of caste. Had the proposal gone through, it would have provided for discrimination on the basis of caste to be treated on par with racial discrimination. It was defeated by motion 307 to...

-The Hindu Patna: The Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday passed a proposal of the Home Department to grant 35 per cent reservation for women in recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors in reserved and as well as unreserved categories. As per the decision, women will get 35 per cent quota. The decision is part of government's women-centric measures in recent times. Women in cooperatives Earlier, the Cabinet approved 50 per cent quota for women in cooperatives. Special schemes Chief...

-The Times of India PABNAWA (HARYANA): It has been over 48 hours since the attack took place. But fear still stalks the dalits of Pabnawa village in Haryana's Kaithal district. The young women from the community have been moved out en masse by their families fearing sexual assault by upper-caste goons. Some were picked up by relatives from nearby villages after desperate SOS calls; others were escorted to safety by their...

-The Hindu Thirteen people of the Ror community have been arrested and heavy security deployed in Pabnawa village of Kaithal district in Haryana, after a 400-strong mob allegedly launched an attack on 150 dalits on Saturday, causing some 200 dalit families to flee the village. Their houses were allegedly looted and women humiliated. The attack was a sequel to dalit boy Suryakant's marriage with Ror community girl Meena on April 10. The...