Congress lawmakers visit Dalit homes in Uttar PradeshOctober 3rd, 2009 KANPUR - On the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawmakers and leaders of the Congress party visited Dalit homes across Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening and even shared food taking inspiration from their leader Rahul Gandhi. The purpose behind the initiative was to win the confidence of Dalit sections.
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.
Dalit beaten to death in Uttar PradeshJune 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 48-year-old Dalit labourer in Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death by a group of villagers after he asked for his remuneration, the police said Tuesday. A murder case has been registered against five men in the Dariapur village in Hardoi district, where Chetram was beaten to death Monday late evening.
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.
Uttar Pradesh class 12 results May 27May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The class 12 results of the Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education will be declared May 27, a statement Saturday said. The results will be uploaded onto the websites www.results.upeducation.net and www.examresults.net.
Apex court refuses to revive Uttar Pradesh quota lawApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to revive an Uttar Pradesh law which sought to reserve 50 percent of seats in the state's all public and private educational institutions for students from Dalit, tribal and backward communities. A bench of Acting Chief Justice B.N.
Six students drown in Uttar PradeshMarch 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six students of an army school, who had come for a picnic, drowned Sunday when they were bathing in the Gomti river in Uttar Pradesh, the police said. The mishap took place near the Korriya ghat in Sitapur district, 80 km from here, district police chief Pritendra Singh told IANS by telephone.
27-year-old Dalit set ablaze in Uttar PradeshMarch 13th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A physically handicapped Dalit man died after he was set on fire by three men in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said Friday. Ram Sagar, 27, was set ablaze in Saraibibi village of Sitapur district, about 80 km from here, Wednesday.
Dalit party to use Pinki to 'expose' MayawatiMarch 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Eight-year-old Pinki Sonkar, the protagonist of Megan Mylan's Oscar-winning documentary 'Smile Pinki', will publicly expose the 'anti-Dalit face' of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the National Dalit Front (NDF) said Saturday. 'With the help of Pinki we are now going to unmask the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government, which only pretends to fight for Dalit rights,' NDF general secretary Udit Raj told IANS on telephone from New Delhi.
BJP, RLD finalise poll alliance in Uttar PradeshFebruary 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said that it has finalised its pre-poll alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a party with some influence in western Uttar Pradesh. 'The alliance with the RLD has been finalised.
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.
Teenage Dalit girl gangraped at gunpoint in Uttar PradeshFebruary 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 15-year-old Dalit girl was abducted and raped at gunpoint by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambhi district, police said Thursday. The girl, a resident of Mitupurwa village, was abducted by two men when she was returning home from the fields Wednesday evening and raped at gunpoint, police inspector Sudhir Pandey told IANS on phone.
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.
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