Dalit

Relatives of Nikhit Kumar say he was declared dead days after corporal punishment meted out by his teacher in school

Bodies of two girls, aged 15 and 17, were found in Lakhimpur Kheri district of UP state

Nine-year-old third grader was assaulted by his upper-caste Hindu teacher in Rajasthan state

Political parties representing India’s Dalit community held small protests in several cities

Kavita Krishnan says BJP's hate-mongering is alienating the Muslim minority in Assam

Sympathisers raise $70,000 for the Dalit family

Protesters carried banners demanding a nationwide shutdown, saying the judgement was diluting the law

PPP had previously elected first Hindu woman named Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla as senator

Kovind has said he will use his position to improve the lot of Dalits, a marginalised 200-million 'untouchables'

The move to install a Dalit to the ornamental post seems symbolic

Kovind won the largely ceremonial position with more than 65 per cent of the vote by members of India's parliament

Ramu threw himself in front a train in Itiyahthok area of Gonda in India

Report found constitutional strains in the state and national laws that are not at par with international standards

Dalits have traditionally and legally made a living from the carcasses

Jignesh Mevani has become the poster boy for Dalit rights in the country

Stray cattle are a major traffic menace in India, with hundreds of bovines roaming freely on roads across the country

Protest organiser says Dalit youths were trying to kill themselves to protest attacks committed against their caste

Strike comes after 4 Dalits were stripped half-naked, tied to car and thrashed by cow protection vigilantes on July 11

Police say 20-year-old student of Dalit caste was abducted, drugged and raped before being dumped on highway

The four villagers from the lowest Dalit caste were assaulted in Gujarat state by 'gau rakshaks'

She hanged herself after a council punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lower-caste man