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Honour killing: woman beaten to death in MP village - The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2567332.ece
Dalits observe 'Mahishasura day' in JNU - Zee News
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/dalits-observe-mahishasura-day-in-jnu_738296.html
Protest against govt's move to close schools - The Times Of India
The Hindu
Honour killing: woman beaten to death in MP village
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2567332.ece
PTI
In an alleged incident of honour killing, a married woman who had eloped with a Dalit man was beaten to death, and her body was burnt, by the family members.
The horrific incident took place on October 20 at village Lehar in the district.
The woman, Guddi alias Bhoori (30), who had four kids, had eloped with a sweeper named Kamal, her neighbour, on October 2.
Her family members found her on October 20. She was beaten to death and then hung from a tree. Her body was set on fire.
The killing took place in full public view, but none of the villagers came forward to help the woman, police said.
Guddi's parents registered a complaint with the Dimni police station. Her in-laws have been absconding, police said.
Kamal and his family members too are missing.
Zee News
Dalits observe 'Mahishasura day' in JNU
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/dalits-observe-mahishasura-day-in-jnu_738296.html
Last Updated: Monday, October 24, 2011, 22:21
New Delhi: A group of Dalit students came together at JNU on Monday to honour Mahishasura, the demon killed by Goddess Durga, even as the varsity sent a showcause notice to a student on his role in circulating an "offensive" poster that caused a row on the issue earlier this month.
Members of the All India Backward Students Forum (AIBSF) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had clashed two weeks back over posters that were found "hurtful" by a section of students.
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The posters were circulated by students of the AIBSF, based on an article on 'Dalit viewpoint of Durga-Mahishasura'.
The students under the banner of AIBSF said today they were honouring the "martyrdom" of Mahishasura, who belonged to the backward caste and was a "just and a powerful king".
The University, which was conducting an internal inquiry into the incident of the clash, has meanwhile issued a showcause notice to Jitendra Yadav, a PhD student of Center of Indian Languages and president of AIBSF.
The notice said Yadav had been found guilty of releasing an "offensive" poster depicting a deity "in a derogatory manner which created considerable unhappiness and resentment among a section of students" that led to violent incidents.
The notice asks him to explain his act of "serious misconduct and indiscipline" and asks him to submit his reply by October 27.
Yadav said the University was playing into the hands of right wing groups and said the article their poster referred to had not insulted any deity but had asked Dalit and OBC youth to know who their heroes were.
The students also organised a seminar on 'Mahishasur & Macaulay: The Limits of Post-Modernity' on the eve of the birth anniversary of Lord Macaulay, the 19th century British historian and politician who was instrumental in introducing the English language as a medium of education in India.
A new painting of 'Mahishasura' by artist Lal Ratnakar was also displayed on the occasion.
PTI
The Times Of India
Protest against govt's move to close schools
TNN | Oct 25, 2011, 01.36PM IST
MYSORE: Dalit Sangarsh Samiti volunteers staged a dharna at DC office to protest against the state government's decision to close government schools where there is no sufficient number of students.
In a memorandum submitted to the DC, DSS leaders said the government's decision to close the government-run primary and secondary schools was detrimental to the educational interests of rural children, particularly the dalits who do not have access to educational facilities created by private institutes and parties in rural areas.
They said instead of closing the schools, the government should concentrate and initiate measures to improve basic facilities and teaching skills to attract the children. It is astonishing that the democratically-elected government is thinking in terms of feasibilities and profits and losses, they said, adding that the government should not forget the fact that it has social responsibilities to discharge too.
.Arun Khote
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