Articles tagged under: Dalits

Gujarat govt increases income limit criteria for assistance to SC, EBC, minority students

April 14, 2022
Gujarat govt increases income limit criteria for assistance to SC, EBC, minority students

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has increased the income-limit for the aids given to the beneficiaries of scheduled castes (SC), progressing castes, minorities and Economically Backward Class (EBC), to Rs 6 lakh today on the 131st birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, as informed by minister of social justice and empowerment Pradipbhai Parmar. This will benefits over 1 lakh beneficiaries. The state government will have to bear additional Rs 50 crore for the same. The income limit for studen...Read More

Gujarat CM Patel, State BJP chief Patil wash feet of Schedule Caste women

December 10, 2021
Gujarat CM Patel, State BJP chief Patil wash feet of Schedule Caste women

Himnatnagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today washed feet of a Schedule Caste widow lady with water, and worshiped her by applying Kanku chanla on the stage in a public function. The Chief Minister along with the State party chief CR Patil was attending a function at BAPS (Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha) Mandir hall at Kanklol near Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district of North Gujarat in memory of late Ranjitsinh Chavda. The function was titled as 'Naryestu Vandana'. Patil al...Read More

Deputy Sarpanch murder case: 8 accused nabbed

June 20, 2019
Deputy Sarpanch murder case: 8 accused nabbed

Gandhinagar/Botad: Police has nabbed Eight of the total nine accused of the sensational murder of a deputy sarpanch in Jalila village of Botad district in Gujarat. Police said that after the murder of yesterday , initially 3 accused were nabbed today and later five more have been nabbed. Detailed investigation was on. Deputy Sarpanch Manji Solanki was allegedly killed by rivals. He was earlier given security cover due to threat on life but it was later withdrawn. His m...Read More

Rs 33 crore compensation given to SC/ST victims in last two years in Gujarat

October 23, 2018
Rs 33 crore compensation given to SC/ST victims in last two years in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani here today described protection and providing social justice to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Dalits and Oppressed by monitoring the entire vigilance machinery from the taluka to state level as his government’s first duty. He said that in no case could the government tolerate harassment and atrocity on the oppressed. He advocated severe punishment to the guilty and justice to the victims. He asked the departments concerned and p...Read More

55-year old man arrested for stealing spectacles from Ambedkar statue in Rajkot

August 22, 2018
55-year old man arrested for stealing spectacles from Ambedkar statue in Rajkot

Rajkot: 55-year old Mehbub Bhadula has been arrested for stealing spectacles from the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar in Mochi Bazar area of Rajkot today. A compliant was lodged on Tuesday by one Amit Cholera, Assistant manager of Cultural department of Rajkot Municipal Corporation(RMC) after the spectacles went missing from the statue. RMC had already given order for another spectacles. After the news regarding spectacle theft were viral on social media, a group of Schedule Caste persons had ...Read More

Here are the announcements made by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani in Independence Day speech

August 15, 2018
Here are the announcements made by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani in Independence Day speech

Surendranagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani while speaking in Independence Day function in Surendranagar district today made several new announcements: - Vanod in Patdi taluka of Surendranagar district will get a new Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation(GIDC) estate over 350 hectare land. It will be located just 15-20 km away from Hansalpur - Bechraji based auto ancillary industry hub. According to Rupani the new GIDC estate will benefit entire Gujarat. - Fourth phase of Gu...Read More

Gujarat Congress trying to build Dalit agitation? A meeting of MLAs, NGO operators held

August 02, 2018
Gujarat Congress trying to build Dalit agitation? A meeting of MLAs, NGO operators held

Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, opposition Congress party has invented something which appears to shape up a dalit - tribal agitation eventually, against the BJP ruled state government. A few years ago, reservation issue was invented to position politically strong Patels against the BJP government. Some attempts were also made early this year to trigger anti-Padmawat movie agitation of Kshatriya against the BJP governments. Now in the case of dalits and tribal, Con...Read More

Becharaji Dalit beating case: two accused surrender, arrested

June 16, 2018
Becharaji Dalit beating case: two accused surrender, arrested

Ahmedabad: Two of the four accused in the case of beating of a Dalit youth in Bitthalapur village near Becharaji of Ahmedabad district today surrendered before the police. A police official said that one Jaydip alias Jaylo Zala who had allegedly made the video of the incident of beating up of the youth with caste-based abusing by youths of Darbar community and Chehar Thakore, both residents of village Endala, surrendered today and were arrested by the DySP of SC-ST cell. The...Read More

BJP lashes out against Congress over shocking details that have come to light in reference to Bhima Koregaon violence

June 07, 2018

New Delhi:The BJP on Thursday lashed out against the Congress Party after the Pune Police said it had laid its hands on Maoists documents that suggest alleged Congress links with those involved in Bhima-Koregaon violence in which an innocent youth was killed in January this year. Addressing a press conference, BJP national Spokesman Sambit Patra referred to an internal communication of a banned CPI (Maoist) organisation and said the letter ``strips Congress of every shred of modesty and e...Read More

Dalit atrocity twist to Bhavnagar incident was fake; Police solve the case and arrest culprit

May 14, 2018
Dalit atrocity twist to Bhavnagar incident was fake; Police solve the case and arrest culprit

Bhavnagar: Here is one more alleged 'Dalit atrocity' crime story that has proven to be incorrect. A Dalit man in Bhavnagar was not killed because he was keeping/riding a horse. Police investigation has made it clear that he was actually killed for teasing a woman, following which woman's husband killed him. The accused who don't belong to upper caste, has been arrested. A Dalit youth Pradip Rathod (21) was killed on 29 March in Timbi village in Umrala taluka of Bhavnagar and his family, ...Read More