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Friday, September 3, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Honour Killing: Newly-weds seek police protection

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Honour Killing: Newly-weds seek police protection

Friday, September 3, 2010, 14:17 [IST]

Ghaziabad, Sep 3: Fearing that they would also be killed in the name
of honour, a newly-wed couple here on Thursday, Sep 3 sought police
protection.

Buzz up!The couple are learnt to have married outside their caste.
While the boy is a Brahmin by caste, the girl is a Rajput.

The two fell in love when they were studying in a local professional college.

The couple have cited threat from girl's family for seeking police
protection, SSP Raghubir Lal informed, adding that Kavi Nagar police
has been asked to lodge their complaint.

OneIndia News

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[ZESTCaste] Indian Temple Brands Dalits " Untouchables", Bars Entry

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Indian Temple Brands Dalits " Untouchables", Bars Entry

by stellasglobe | September 3, 2010 at 01:00 am

In what is one of the ugliest practices in Indian society, temples in
a village in India's Haryana state bars people of Dalit communities
from entering and worship.

A local community reporter Amit Kumar, a Dalit himself reports this in
a video showing how his community is forbidden to enter a temple.

In Barot village of Ludwa, Haryana, Dalits are not allowed to enter
the village temples. The temples allow only the villagers who belong
to upper castes to worship. Amit talks to several other youths like
himself in his community who share the pain and indignity that they
face every day.

The Constituion of India ensures equal rights to all citizens. These
include the right to 'opt, embrace and practice any religion".

However, in Barot village of Ludwa the Dalits have always been denied
this right. They have been treated as 'dirty' and asked by both the
upper caste and the temple priest to keep away from the temple.

Amit says that though the older generation has accepted this denial of
rights as a fate, youths in his community are angry and bitter to be
treated as untouchables and being barred from having simple joys such
as worshipping in a temple.

Though such discrimination violates the basic human rights and causes
a lot of indignity to Dalits, no effort has been made to end this till
now. In fact the govt only acts when the prejudice sparks violence and
a Dalit family is physically attacked by the upper caste.

Amit who has been reporting on this discrimination since he joined
IndiaUnheard - a news service dedicated to community news, did this
video to share with the viewers the humiliation that he experiences
every day as a Dalit youth. He wants them to condemn this, so that
people like him can live with dignity.

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[ZESTCaste] Quick action on relief cases under SC.ST Atyachar Nivaran Adhiniyam

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Quick action on relief cases under SC.ST Atyachar Nivaran Adhiniyam

Category » Bhopal Posted On Thursday, September 02, 2010
By Our Staff Reporter
Bhopal, Sept 2:
Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said that there should be no
delay in giving relief to the victims of cases under Scheduled Caste,
Scheduled Tribe Atrocities Eradication Act.
He said that the district officer should ensure that meeting of the
committee constituted in the districts should be held regularly.
Kunwar Shah issued these instructions at a review meeting of district
officers of Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions held at Satpura Bhavan
here on Wednesday.
It was informed at the meeting that in Bhopal Division during this
year as on end of July Rs 94 lakh 76 thousand were given as relief to
victims of 356 cases. Under the provisions of the Act, if head of the
family is dead, appointment on compassionate ground is also being
done. The Minister instructed the officers to fill up the vacant posts
of backlog latest by September 15 without fail.
Kunwar Shah told the officers to prepare a calendar of tour and visit
the Ashrams and Hostels with night halt. For the sake of personality
improvement of hostel inmates, lectures of subject specialists should
be arranged regularly. The meeting also discussed about installation
of motor pumps at the wells dug under 'Kapildhara' Scheme in the
districts of the division. Minister of State for Tribal Welfare Shri
Harishankar Khatik stressed the need to make available quality motor
pumps to the farmers. Under the scheme 181 diesel pumps were made
available to beneficiaries in Bhopal division and 47 diesel pumps to
beneficiaries in Narmadapuram division during last year.
Information about physical progress of projects being carried out in
Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions under section 275 (1) of the
Constitution was given at the meeting. The officers were asked to
complete the incomplete works of the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 without
further delay. Kunwar Shah expressed displeasure over the fact that
the district officers are not taking active part in selection of place
of construction works. He said that the construction works are being
done at such places where the people of reserved category are not
fully benefited. The meeting also discussed in detail about the
construction works undertaken by the Public Works Department, Housing
Board, R I S, and Laghu Udyog Nigam. Principal Secretary (Tribal
Welfare) Shri Devraj Birdi has issued strict instructions to the
district officers to complete the construction works within the
stipulated time. He asked them to inform the directorate the names of
the construction agencies which are causing delay to the works.
The meeting also discussed about the process of preparing caste
certificate, distribution of scholarship and long pending problems of
the employees.

* Take quick action on relief cases
* Inform to the directorate names of agencies delaying construction
* Fill up vacant posts of backlog by September 15
* Officers should visit Ashrams, Hostels regularly

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[ZESTCaste] Madigas’ bid to obstruct PM’s convoy foiled

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Madigas' bid to obstruct PM's convoy foiled

Express News ServiceFirst Published : 02 Sep 2010 04:12:31 AM ISTLast Updated :

TIRUPATI: Police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse a group of
Madiga Students Federation (MSF) activists to prevent them from
disrupting the Prime Minister's convoy to Tirumala today.

The students led by Chittaranjan, mingled with the public standing at
the Town Club circle to have a glimpse of the Prime Minister. They
suddenly hurled pamphlets at the motorcade and raised slogans in
support of SC categorisation taking the police by surprise. The police
resorted to lathicharge to disperse them.

Some of the pamphlets landed on the vehicles in the convoy, which
proceeded to Tirumala without any obstacle.

Chittaranjan was taken into custody while others managed to gave the
slip to the police.

According to sources, the activists, including Chittaranjan, were
mostly from Anantapur district and some from other places in Chittoor
district. The Prime Minister entourage was on its way to Tirumala
after he landed at the helipad on the Veterinary University grounds
around 12:50 p.m.

MRPS leader Giridhar Madiga urged the police to release the detained
MSF activist and not file any cases against them.

Police officials are tightlipped as to whether cases were registered or not.

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[ZESTCaste] Zardari orders probe into discrimination against Hindus in relief camps

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Zardari orders probe into discrimination against Hindus in relief camps

Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:08:06 PM by ANI ( Leave a comment )
Sukkur, Sept 2 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered
a probe into the reports of discrimination in the flood relief camps.
Media reports said flood victims were being treated on basis of
ethnicity. Hindus and dalits were denied flood relief assistance and
some of them were even thrown out of the relief camps.

The Daily Times quoted the president as saying,"Discrimination on
ethnic grounds will not be tolerated." The President has also called
for an immediate action against the guilty officials, if any.

The president's spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said that the president
called for an inquiry following the media reports that a protest rally
was held in Hyderabad on Monday to bring such discrimination against
the minority community to notice. (ANI)

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