Junior cricketer shot dead in Uttar PradeshOctober 9th, 2009 MEERUT - An under-19 cricketer Gangandeep was shot dead by unknown assailants in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Gagandeep was shot when he tried to nab one of four youths who had attacked a man in Lal Kurti locality of Meerut late Friday.
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.
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.
Five Chandigarh youths arrested in Uttar PradeshJuly 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five youths from Chandigarh involved with an inter-state auto lifting racket were arrested after a brief shootout in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said Friday. "The five, who are in the 18-20 age group, were arrested Thursday night from a hideout in the Saklapuri town in Saharanpur," police inspector Hukum Singh told IANS over the telephone.
Son caught with girl, mother paraded nakedJuly 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 50-year-old woman was assaulted and paraded naked through an Uttar Pradesh village because her son was caught with a girl, police said Thursday. Five members of the girl's family caught the woman by her hair and forced her to walk naked through the village in Aligarh district's Padiawali village, about 300 km from here.
Dalit woman paraded half-naked in Uttar PradeshJune 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five people allegedly thrashed a 40-year-old Dalit woman, chopped her hair and then paraded her half-naked through an Uttar Pradesh village alleging that her husband was involved in a theft, police said Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday in Sirsia village of Kushinagar district where a group of locals ill-treated Barfi Devi alleging that her husband was involved in a theft," police Inspector Om Prakash Chauhan told IANS by phone.
Community feasts in Uttar Pradesh on Rahul's birthday FridayJune 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW - Celebrating its gains in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh will mark party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's birthday June 19 with community feasts, mainly in Dalit-dominated areas. June 19 will be celebrated as Samrasta Diwas (Harmony Day) in Uttar Pradesh.
12-year-old paraded naked for stealing pair of slippersJune 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A group of shopkeepers in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district shaved a 12-year-old boy's head, blackened his face and paraded him naked through a village after accusing him of stealing a pair of slippers, police said Wednesday. Shopkeepers in the Sadar locality in Sitapur Tuesday evening beat Kundan suspecting him of having stolen a pair of slippers from a footwear shop.
Man beaten to death by youths at marriageMay 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 70-year-old man was beaten to death by a group of youths after he objected to their indecent behaviour with a troupe of female dancers at a wedding in an Uttar Pradesh village, the police said Saturday. "Baburam was killed late Friday by seven youths during a wedding function in Jafrabad village of Sitapur district," police inspector Dhirendra Kumar told IANS on phone.
Dalit boy thrown into Holi bonfire for lighting it before timeMarch 12th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 12-year-old Dalit boy was beaten up and thrown into a Holi bonfire by some youths in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkarnagar district after he lit it before time, the police said Thursday. Rajesh,12, who received burn injuries, is being treated at the government hospital in Ambedkarnagar, some 200 km from Lucknow, police added.
Two-year-old Dalit girl raped in Uttar PradeshFebruary 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A two-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in an Uttar Pradesh town Tuesday by an unidentified man, police said. 'The incident took place in the morning in Chajmanpur locality of Mahoba district,' Superintendent of Police R.P.
Minor raped in Uttar PradeshFebruary 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A seven-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in a village of Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, the police said Tuesday. The girl was allegedly raped Monday by a man of her locality in the Girwan village in Banda district, about 200 km from here.
10-year-old Dalit girl gang raped in Uttar PradeshFebruary 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 10-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped by three men in a village in Uttar Pradesh, police said Thursday. 'The victim's mother, a resident of Ray village in Fatehpur, has alleged that her daughter was raped Wednesday evening by three men,' police inspector Pankaj Mishra told IANS by phone.
Teenage Dalit girl gang raped in Uttar PradeshJanuary 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped by four men in an Uttar Pradesh village, the police said Thursday. The victim, a maidservant, was returning home from work Wednesday evening when the accused stopped her near Katra village in Basti district, some 250 km from here, police inspector Manoj Singh told IANS.
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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