Chennai , Mar 4(BPNS) A Scheduled Caste Panchayath president of Palaiyur in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu have lodged a complaint to the State Chief Secretary and District Collector that she was being harassed by upper caste people due to her being from an SC community. The panchayath president , S.Vidhya in a complaint to […]
Chennai, Feb 21 (BPNS) Even as Tamil Nadu is in an embarrassing situation after the presence of human excreta in a drinking water tank that supplies water to a Dalit colony in the Pudukottai district, a Block Development Officer (BD0) in Tiruppur district is in the news for denying drinking water connection to Dalits. The […]
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) Thoothukudi district collector Dr. K. Senthil Raj is to hold a peace meeting between representatives of Dalit organizations and the Nadar community organizations after complaints were raised that the Dalits were prevented from using the road to the funeral ground. It is to be noted that in the Pudukottai district of […]
Chennai, Feb 11 (BPNS) The ruling DMK is for caste-based census in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the long-standing demand of various communities in the state. The Tamil Nadu government has in a policy note said that the government was committed to implementing and protecting the 69% quota in educational institutions as also for the appointments […]
Chennai, Jan 30 (BPNS) Despite strong and stiff opposition from upper caste people, mostly women, Dalits in Thenmudiyanur village of Tiruvannamalai district entered the Sri Muthalamman temple for the first time on Monday since the temple has been built seventy years ago. The Dalit community members including children and women entered the temple with floral […]
Chennai, Jan 25 (BPNS) The Tirunelveli police have commenced a probe after complaints of a few students of a government higher secondary school in the district had hoisted ribbons with the colour of a particular caste. The incident occurred on Monday and the principal of the school, Alex Sahayaraj has filed a police complaint against […]
Chennai ,Jan 24 (BPNS) The Krishnagiri district collector has commenced probe into a complaint filed by the Dalit political party, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) that a twin tumbler system existed in the district. VCK office bearers had on Monday petitioned the district collector,Dr. V. Jaya Chandra Bhanu Reddy that the people belonging to the Scheduled […]
Chennai, Jan 23 (BPNS) Aalamelumangapuram in the outskirts of Vellore is tense after the poster of Tamil comedian, Santhanam was pasted on the name board of Adi Dravidar higher secondary school. The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), a Dalit political party has threatened to block the Chennai- Bengaluru highway. The issue turned murkier as Santhanam is […]
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The NGO, Evidence have demanded police department of Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu take immediate action against two upper caste men for attacking three Dalit women while they were taking bath. The incident, according to a statement of the NGO, took place on January 1 but the police have not taken any […]
Chennai, Sept 20 (IANS) In another instance of caste being a dominant factor in the Dravidian land of Tamil Nadu, a caste Hindu woman, Lakshmi told a prospective Scheduled Caste tenant that she will not rent her flat to people belonging to Muslim, Christian, and Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribes as her family deity would be […]
