Una (Himachal Pradesh), One of the busiest shrines in north India, the Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district was connected by a rail line on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 16 km-broad gauge line from Amb to Daulatpur Chowk at a function near[Read More…]
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Gujarat: 3 Dalits attacked in Una for objecting to casteist slur
According to the FIR lodged at the Una police station, three Dalits were allegedly attacked on Thursday by four men for objecting to their casteist slur in a village near Una town in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath. The incident occurred at Nandrakh village, about 400km from Ahmedabad, on Thursday. No arrests have[Read More…]
Una Dalit victims embrace Buddhism with 300 others
Una (Gujarat): Four Dalit youngsters, who were flogged by self-styled cow vigilantes for skinning a dead cow in Gujarat in 2016, on Sunday embraced Buddhism along with their families and about 300 others, to protest against discrimination and atrocities on them. Balubhai Sarvaiya, whose three sons and their cousin were flogged[Read More…]
India needs intolerance more than ever
‘Intolerance’ – there’s no denying that it exists in India at present, but then it is no surprise that the very same intolerance is missing on the fronts where it is needed the most. India needs to be intolerant towards minority suppression There was a time when the previous[Read More…]
How the BJP’s Tacit Support is Fanning a Lynching Movement in India
The Sangh Parivar excels in camouflaging. The ruling dispensation basically thrives upon promoting intolerance emanating out of exploiting identity based societal fault lines. The mandate it won in 2014 was a vote for the chimera of ‘development’ and aspirational pandering rather than identity based mobilization. After winning the elections that[Read More…]
Praful Patel likely to be JDU-NCP CM face in Gujarat
JDU and NCP are getting ready for an all guns blazing battle in Gujarat, sources tell Newsd that the JDU-NCP alliance will project former Union Minister Praful Patel as the CM candidate for the state. “We have indicated our willingness to Congress for a grand alliance in the state however[Read More…]
Gujarat HC turns down CBI probe into Una incident
Rahul Gandhi visits Una during Dalit upsurge
In the wake of a political storm over the thrashing of Dalit youth in Una, Gujarat, by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes (Gau Rakshaks), Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the victims’ family members on Thursday. In the pictures surfacing online, Rahul can be seen taking a look at Balu Sarvaiya’s wounds,[Read More…]