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NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS NCDHR Dalits In New Wednesday, February 15, 2006 NDTV-Punjab Dalit girl paraded naked in Amritsar Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (Amritsar): In Amritsar, a 13-year-old Dalit girl was paraded naked in her village all because her brother was in love with an upper caste girl. The teenager became an easy prey when armed men picked her up when she was returning from school and paraded her naked in broad daylight. "I was coming from school, they picked me up and tried to rape me," she said. Her cries for help went unheeded as the men ridiculed her by waving sticks. Shockingly, it was women who added to her trauma instead of coming to her rescue. Upper caste women from the same village encouraged her attackers and urged them to gangrape her. But some village elders intervened before the situation got out of hand. "Her brothers had teased my sister a few days ago and now we took revenge," said Sukhdev Singh, Accused. The police have registered a case and arrested the culprits who till the end remained unrepentant. http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Womencrime&slug=Dalit+girl+paraded+naked+in+Amritsar&id=84806&callid=1 The Tribune-Haryana 10 injured in attack on Dalit colony Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service Mehmadpur (Karnal), February 14 In what could be termed as the recurrence of the Gohana incident, an armed mob of upper castes, mostly Rodhs, allegedly attacked Ravidas Colony at Mehmadpur village of the district today morning. The only difference between the two incidents was that instead of torching houses of Dalits as had been done in Gohana, Ravidasis were allegedly attacked with sharp-edged weapons, including axes and swords. While most of them saved themselves by bolting the doors of their houses, about 10 Ravidasis, including women and aged persons, were injured in the attack which continued for over half an hour. Five of them have been admitted to the Civil Hospital. When The Tribune team visited the colony, almost all male Ravidasis had left their houses because of the fear of another attack and to evade their arrest as some of them had been named in an FIR in connection with an attack on the police yesterday. Kanta Rani alleged that over 50 armed men had attacked the colony at the instigation of the sarpanch, Sohan Singh, who belongs to Rodh community, at around 9 am. Shiksha said Rodhs had not even spared women and the elders and at least 10 persons had been injured. Santresh, one of the injured, said she had been attacked with gandasis and lathis. She and her three children were alone at home as the police had already taken her husband into custody in connection with yesterday¡¦s incident. The sarpanch, however, denied that the colony had been attacked. He said about 100 Rodhs gathered in the village after some of them had been beaten by Ravidasis at Kunjpura this morning but they were dispersed by the police. The SP, Mr Sibash Kaviraj, said the police had not received a written complaint in this regard. Later in the evening, 18 Rodhs had been booked. The colony was attacked following the beating of some Rodh shopkeepers by Ravidasis at Kunjpura village where they had been forcing the shopkeepers to close their shops in protest against the decision of the district administration of not allowing them to carry out a procession on Ravidas Jayanti yesterday. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060215/main7.htm NEW See Dalits News covered by Hindi News Papers SP threatened to Dalits, if trying to become leader then it will not be good for you. Newspaper: Dainik Jagran Date: 15th Feb 2006 Dist: Meerut State: UP http://ind.jagran.com/NewsSite/citynews.asp?storyid=2130686&cityid=59&stateid=1&lpageno=2 Attack on Ravidasis (Dalit) in Village Mohamadpur, Dist. Karnal, Haryana 1.Newspaper: Dainik Bhaskar, Date: 15th Feb. 2006, Village Mohamadpur, Dist: Karnal, Sate: Haryana http://bhaskar.com/defaults/haryana_newshindi2.php 2.Newspaper: Dainik Jagran , Date: 15th Feb. 2006, Village Mohamadpur, Dist: http://ind.jagran.com/NewsSite/citynews.asp?storyid=2130143&cityid=9&stateid=6&lpageno=1 The Telegraph ¡V Orissa Focus on funds use in budget More money for tribal and Dalit welfare q Cong MLAs boycott proceedings Bhubaneswar, Feb. 14: Finance minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei today presented a budget of Rs 19,553.58 crore for the 2006-07 fiscal with a proclaimed thrust on proper utilisation of the allotted funds. >From now on, said the minister, an outcome budget will follow the annual >fiscal exercise wherein every state department will explain to the respective >standing committees how the outlays will be used to achieve the defined >objectives. ¡§I want to point out that it is not proper to think that our job is over only by providing money in the state budget... It is essential to see how this money is utilised and whether we are getting real value,¡¨ Ghadei said. Though the minister called it a growth-oriented budget, as big a sum as Rs 8,902 crore will be spent for the repayment of high-interest debts. Among the departments, school and mass education leads with an outlay of Rs 1,969.38 crore. Over 90 per cent of the money allocated to the department will be used to pay teachers¡¦ salary and pension. ¡§This fiscal, we will try to complete unfinished projects and give scholarships to tribal and Dalit students on time,¡¨ the minister claimed. The scholarship money for SC/ST students has been increased to Rs 78.87 crore from Rs 64.79 crore last year. To assuage the state¡¦s Adivasis, sore over the Kalinga Nagar firing, the government has hiked the allocation for tribal and Dalit welfare to Rs 233.71 crore from Rs 190.08 crore last year. The other highlights of the budget are: nAllocation of Rs 35 crore for repair of university buildings and hostels and construction of new women¡¦s hostels and laboratories. nAllocation of Rs 268.28 crore for repair and maintenance of dilapidated government buildings and quarters. nProvision of Rs 114.05 crore for the upkeep of large and medium irrigation projects. nFor health, the government has hiked the allocation to Rs 507.25 crore from last year¡¦s Rs 464.71 crore. Priority has been given to procurement of equipment and medicine. The finance minister said the state was in the process of stabilising its financial condition by bringing fiscal deficit under control. Ghadei expressed satisfaction over the debt growth rate slowing down to 7 per cent in 2004-05 from 20 per cent in 2001-02. But he warned that the debt-Gross Social Domestic Product (GSDP) ratio continued to be a high 59.08 per cent. It should be brought down to 28 per cent of the GSDP, the minister said. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060215/asp/jamshedpur/story_5848772.asp newindpress.com-New Delhi NCERT uses languages to introduce Dalit literature, tribal rights Wednesday February 15 2006 00:00 IST NEW DELHI: Using languages as a vehicle, the NCERT has introduced a host of modern topics in its new textbooks for classes I, III, VI, IX and XI. The new texts to teach the four major Indian languages, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi and English, now introduces aspects like Dalit literature, science fiction and tribal rights-traditionally out of the ambit of languages-and the focus has been on a common curriculum. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, the key document for textbook change, has laid special emphasis on languages as a tool for understanding, and the language has been identified as the curriculum itself. ¡§These textbooks follow the NCF and attempt to break new ground in teaching methodology and content in the area of languages,¡¨ says Professor Ram Janm Sharma, head of the Department of Languages, NCERT. Following the idea of languages as curriculum-some common areas in all textbooks have been created. ¡§The major task was the upgradation of existing textbooks. In order to make the content more relevant, we have introduced topical issues like tribal rights and dignity of women's labour,¡¨ says Sharma. ¡§Also, we have attempted to introduce topics that were traditionally not part of a language's canon. This is also to enforce a sense of common Indian identity,¡¨ he adds. Thus, Dalit poets Nirmala Putul and Om Prakash Valmiki have been introduced prominently as part of Hindi syllabus. In Sanskrit, the concept of dowry has been discussed- a first. And in Urdu, modern literature in the language has found a place. The works of Nehru, Gandhi, Premchand have been included in all textbooks. The textbooks have already been approved by the Central Advisory Board of Education and will be out by March. The second phase textbooks-for classes II, IV, V, VII, VIII and X-will be out by next year. WHAT'S NEW * Introducing non-traditional translations, like Satyajit Ray's works in Hindi * Language as curriculum: Topics of modern interest-tribal rights, unemployment accommodated * In keeping with the NCF's focus on education without stress, the books have numerous illustrations, interactive questions http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20060214115853&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0 The Pioneer-Kerala No proposal to change quota pattern: Govt Pioner News Service/ Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala Government had no plan to alter the present reservation pattern, Finance Minister Vakkom Purushothaman told the Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to a calling-attention seeking reservation in Government jobs to dalit Christians, Mr Purushothaman said a change in reservation pattern would adversely affect the 'reservation equilibrium" among the SC/ST groups. He said dalit Christians were now getting two per cent reservation in last grade posts and one per cent in other posts under Other Backward Communities quota. A change in the present system was not easy, he pointed out. PJ Joy, who raised the issue, wanted the Government to do 'justice' to the dalit Christians who constitute eight per cent of the total population in the State. http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=KOCHI&file_name=KOCHI12%2Etxt&counter_img=12 The Hindu-Andhra Pradesh Minor `jogini' issue: action sought against offenders HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Mahila Samakhya has condemned the action of converting an eight-year-old girl into a `jogini' at Tharur village in Ranga Reddy district. Samakhya president Pasya Padma and general secretary Prem Pavani in a release on Tuesday said that those responsible for the regressive act should be dealt with stern punishment. They wanted the Government to extend assistance for the education of the child. Condemning the action, they said in spite of legislations to curb such practices, children were becoming victims of superstitions http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 The Hindu ¡VKaranataka CBCI seeks equal rights for Dalit Christians Demands same rights as Dalits of the Hindu and Sikh communities h Cardinal Telesphore Toppo re-elected President h Bishop Gratian Mudadan, Bishop Isaac Mar Cleemis elected Vice-Presidents h Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes is Secretary-General Bangalore: The 27th general body of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) meeting here has demanded that the Union Government grant constitutional rights to Christians of Scheduled Caste origin equal to Dalits of the Hindu and Sikh communities. "It is regrettable that successive governments have not addressed this serious concern of the community. Christians of Scheduled Caste origin should not be discriminated against on the basis of their religious faith," the bishops' conference said on Tuesday. The conference re-elected Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi Archdiocese as President of the CBCI and elected Bishop Gratian Mudadan of Bijnor as Vice-President I. Bishop Isaac Mar Cleemis of Thiruvalla was elected Vice-President II and Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Secretary-General. The Youth Commission of the CBCI has two wings: the Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) and the Young Christian Students-Young Students Movement (YCS-YSM). For the first time, the ICYM elected a woman President, Ashrita Arokiam from Hyderabad. Under the leadership of the ICYM, 200 youth from India participated in the World Youth Day celebrations in Germany last year. http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Hindu/400x60/0 indiapress.org Tense situation near hospital Tuticorin: Relatives and friends of Anand Babu (17), who died at the Government Hospital here on Monday, gathered near the hospital on Tuesday and refused to accept the body. They alleged that Anand Babu died owing to "improper" medical attention at the hospital immediately after he was hit by a lorry and admitted with severe injuries. Police and senior revenue officials arrived at the scene and tried to disperse the crowd in vain. The gathering refused to budge and demanded the dismissal of doctors alleged to be responsible for the death. 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