Two Dalit activists held for murderSeptember 27th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Two activists of a Dalit organisation in Kerala were arrested Sunday for the murder of an elderly man last week, police said. The two Dalit Human Rights Movement (DHRM) members were identified as Ashokan, an advocate, and Das.
LA mom pleads not guilty to killing 2 daughters by slashing their throatsSeptember 17th, 2009 LA woman pleads not guilty to killing 2 daughtersLOS ANGELES — A woman has pleaded not guilty to killing her two daughters by slashing their throats in their Los Angeles house. Antonia Gomez entered her plea Thursday to two counts of murder and is eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
Mother suspected in stabbing of self, 2 young daughters at California homeSeptember 16th, 2009 Mother, 2 daughters stabbed at Calif. homeWESTMINSTER, Calif.
Police: Mom stabs 2 young daughters at California home, leaving 5-year-old on life supportSeptember 16th, 2009 Calif. woman accused of stabbing 2 young daughtersWESTMINSTER, Calif. — Police say a mother stabbed her two young daughters and then tried to kill herself at an Orange County home.
Mayawati under fire for slapping Dalit Act on TV scribesSeptember 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has come under fire from media persons and the opposition for slapping the Dalit Act on reporters of a national TV channel for a news report on how a starving Dalit sold off his wife in the poverty-hit Bundelkhand region of the state. The Uttar Pradesh Accredited Press Correspondents Committee has vehemently condemned the government's move to haul the IBN-7 channel and its scribes over the stringent provisions of the Dalit Act.
Bihar Dalit girl stripped naked in classroom August 1st, 2009 A class III girl student from Dalit community studying in a government middle school was stripped naked in the presence of the school teacher by some boys of the same school in Bihar, according to a late-reaching report. The incident which relates to an upgraded middle school in Mohanpur block of Samastipur district took place on July 25 but came to light when the Dalit girls stopped attending the schools.
Landlord drives car over 18 women laborers in BiharJuly 28th, 2009 At least 18 female laborers from dalit community were injured when a landlord drove car over them in Bihar for their refusal to work in his paddy field, police said today. The incident occurred at Bairauni village under Korma police station in Bihar’s Sheikhpura district last evening.
Dalit woman stripped, beaten up in Bihar yet againJuly 27th, 2009 A Dalit woman in Bihar was stripped naked and beaten up black and blue after her goat strayed into the field of an upper caste villager, police said today. The incident occurred at Jalasi village under Sahiara police station in Sitamarhi district last evening.
Apartment fire kills woman, 5 daughters in StockholmJuly 26th, 2009 Sweden: apartment fire kills woman, 5 daughtersSTOCKHOLM — A woman in her 40s and her five daughters were killed when they tried to escape an apartment fire in a Stockholm suburb, police and media reports said Sunday. Three other people were injured in the blaze late Saturday in Rinkeby, a suburb of the Swedish capital.
Washington woman accused of killing her 4 daughters told police that demons lived inside themJuly 14th, 2009 DC mom accused of killing 4 daughters cited demonsWASHINGTON — A Washington woman accused of killing her four daughters told police that her girls were possessed by demons. A D.C. judge is spending a second day reviewing a recording of a police interrogation of Banita Jacks.
Boy saves four lives in Uttar PradeshJuly 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 12-year-old boy in an Uttar Pradesh village saved the lives of four people, after a mother attempted suicide by jumping into a river with her three daughters, police said Thursday. Karan, a resident of Bharsi village in Gorakhpur district, about 275 km from here, rescued 37-year-old Rinki who Wednesday jumped into the Saryu river with her three daughters, aged between two and six.
Woman poisons daughters, self after fight with husbandJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A woman injected her daughters, aged three and four, as well as herself with a poisonous substance after a fight with her husband. While both the girls died, the woman is now in a critical condition, police said here Thursday.
Dalit woman gang raped, beaten to deathMay 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Dalit woman was gang raped by four men and later beaten to death in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said Friday. The woman, 25, was raped at her home in Badrikapurwa village of the state's Sitapur district, about 100 km from Lucknow.
Nine policemen suspended for beating Dalit woman to deathFebruary 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Nine policemen of Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for allegedly beating up a middle-aged Dalit woman, leading to her death, an official here said Wednesday. 'The nine policemen, including two inspectors, were accused of manhandling a 50-year-old Dalit woman called Basmati in Balrampur district.
Students in Uttar Pradesh refuse to eat food cooked by DalitJanuary 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Students of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh refused to eat food as a Dalit woman had cooked it, an official said Tuesday. The majority of students, belonging to the upper caste, refused to have lunch provided to them under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme by the Guraini Primary School in Khetaasrai village of Jaunpur, about 150 km from here.
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