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An analysis presented by RJD Spokesperson Dr. Kanchana Yadav, based entirely on official RTI data gathered by Kiran Kumar, claims that reservation norms are being systematically ignored across IITs, resulting in minimal representation of backward communities.
Education

Upper Caste Dominate IIT Faculty Posts, SC/ST/OBC Reservation Just a Facade | Dr. Kanchana Yadav's Shocking RTI Analysis

The analysis concludes that the lack of representation is most acute at the Professor level. While a few OBC, SC, and ST faculty are present at the Assistant Professor level, their numbers dwindle dra ...
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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Activist Binda Sona Singh and advocate Kripa Shanker Singh were arrested on 5 March 2024 by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in simultaneous raids on their homes and linked to a 2019 case.
India

UP: Two Years of Wrongful Incarceration; CASR Demands Immediate Release of Lawyer and Activist in ‘Maoist Links’ Case

Conditions inside prison have severely affected the health of both detainees.
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The Mooknayak English
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The individuals are accused of participating in the funeral of CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Ramachandra Reddy, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter by security forces in Chhattisgarh last year.
India

Attended Funeral, Got NIA Notices – What’s This Row in Telangana?

Targeting former student leaders, poets, teachers and political activists is nothing but a strategy to suppress dissent, especially among Adivasi, Dalit and marginalised communities.
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Geetha Sunil Pillai
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Dalit News

The complainant is a third-semester LLB student at the college where a lady Professor continued to harass and insult her for her caste.
Pandit described the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations as "totally unnecessary" and "irrational".
Bombay High Court has ruled that a child's caste identity must reflect their lived social reality, not just lineage. The bench held that administrative records exist to reflect reality, not to fossilize a false identity.
Shubham Kumar has accused DCDRC President, and a member of subjecting him to caste-based humiliation, public abuse, criminal intimidation including death threats, and deliberately obstructing justice in his pending consumer case.
Representatives of various Dalit organisations met the victim and his family to take details of the incident.
The Allahabad HC said marriage does not change a person’s caste.
Caste discrimination against Dalit women in anganwadi and similar roles of mid day meal maker, is not isolated but a recurring issue across India, often leading to boycotts, harassment, transfers, or closures.
This ruling strengthens the application of the SC/ST (PoA) Act in cases where civil suits based on allegedly forged documents are used to harass Scheduled Caste members.
Set against the backdrop of a Dalit murder in the remote village of Barodia Nonagir in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, the book spans 16 chapters.
Kanchan Bai, a Dalit Anganwadi worker sacrificed her life to save 20 children. When a swarm of bees attacked, she covered the kids with a tarpaulin and stood as a human shield.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued an official notice to the Secretary, Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), and the Director of IIM Bangalore, directing them to submit a factual response to a representation filed by Nagsen Sonare, National President of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Association of Engineers (BANAE), on or before February 16.
From the Shadows to the Stars marked not only a remembrance of Rohith Vemula but also created a historic opening for anti-caste spaces in New York, which will hopefully lead to greater mainstream visibility for the Dalit community in the city and increased awareness around caste, within and beyond South Asian spaces.
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