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Kerala: New parties, new strategies

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Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well

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Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...

Mayawati says Dalit’s daughter targeted, BJP hits back

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Lucknow/New Delhi : A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sniffed out more than Rs 104 crore deposited in her party's account after demonetisation,...

Odisha’s SC/ST MLAs plead with CM on reservation

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Bhubaneswar : The Odisha assembly on Friday witnessed an unusual scene when opposition MLAs belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes fell at Chief...

सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों के परिजनों की मांग, कोरोना योद्धा के तौर पर मिले 50 लाख...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net विश्व भर की विकराल समस्या बन चुका कोरोना वायरस से जान जोखिम में डालकर लड़ने वाले कोरोना फाइटर्स में सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों की बेहद...

A Tribute to Raju Kamble from a Father and Daughter

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Dear All, Jai Bheem and Namo Buddhaya, The loss of my dear friend Rajkumar D Kamble (I call him mottu with love, for which he never...

‘Dalit students in J&K not getting scholarships on time’

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By TCN News, Jammu: Aman Thappa, a former NSUI leader has appealed to the Director, Social Welfare Department of Jammu & Kashmir regarding problems being faced by SC students of the state. Addressing the media, Mr. Aman Thappa appealed the Director to intervene into the burning issues of SC students. He said that dalit students are not getting timely scholarships due to which they are facing a lot of hardships.

Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions

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Patna : The Patna High Court on Monday quashed Bihar's decision to provide reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) government employees. After...

Three get death, 20 sentenced to life in Bathani Tola massacre

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By IANS, Patna : A Bihar court Wednesday sentenced to death three men and awarded life imprisonment to 20 others in the Bathani Tola massacre case in which 21 Dalits and poor Muslims were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena in 1996. The sentence was pronounced by Additional District and Sessions Judge of Ara Civil Court Ajay Kumar Srivastava amid high security. The three sentenced to death are Ajay Singh, Manoj Singh and Narendra Singh. The judge convicted 23 accused and acquitted 30 men due to lack of evidence May 5, a court official said.

“Nodeep is in jail because she stood with protesting farmers,” says family, vows to...

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As per her family, Nodeep dismantled the government’s claim that people from the nearby areas are facing problems due to the farmer’s protest by...

UPSC 2014 result declared: 38 Muslims among 1236 successful candidates; 4 toppers are women

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final result of the 2014 civil services examinations on Saturday afternoon....

Government working for Dalit empowerment: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government was working for the empowerment of Dalits. "Our government is your government. We...

For these girls living in Delhi’s slums, education is a dream fraught with violence,...

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By Suprakash Majumdar, TwoCircles.net The first thing Janaki does in the morning is to help her mother prepare food. Beside the chulha (a stove), covering her face...

Dalit activist Mevani detained for seeking land rights

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Ahmedabad : Gujarat Dalit rights activist, Jignesh Mevani and 200 supporters, who were demonstrating outside the Ahmedabad District Collectorate, were detained on Monday. Two women...

Vidya Bhushan and Thenmozhi honored by Ambedkar Association of North America

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By TCN News, New York: In a three day celebration of Buddha Jayanti-Vesak Day and 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Dr....

India’s human rights record to be discussed at US Capitol

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Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 3:00pm Location: 1334 Longworth House Office Building By TwoCircles.net special correspondent Washington DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet again...

Dalit IAS officer explores law to preach Christianity

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Chennai : Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer C. Umashankar is looking at legal options to challenge a government directive forbidding him from preaching...

Aaghaz Foundation of India calls for applications for Rohith Vemula Scholarship

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By TCN News Lucknow based Charity organisation Aaghaz Foundation is inviting applications for its second annual Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship. Constituted in memory of deceased Hyderabad...

Dalit Bihar Legislator Alleges Caste-Based Harassment, Police Register FIR

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TCN News A shocking incident of alleged caste-based harassment has surfaced in Bihar, where CPI(ML) legislator Gopal Ravidas was allegedly denied the right to inaugurate...

10000 KM yatra to liberate 1.2 million people from the caste ridden practice of...

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

Lalu Prasad demands Bharat Ratna for Dalit leader Kanshi Ram

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Patna (IANS): Describing Dalit leader Kanshi Ram as a great revolutionary on his birth anniversary, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded the Bharat...

Dalits should come forward and participate in the development of society: Devyani Khobragade

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By TCN News Nagpur: "Dalits should utilize all possible government schemes and should actively participate in the developing of society”, said IAF officer...

Rahul has agreed to implement our demands if congress comes to power : Jignesh...

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Navsari (Gujarat), (IANS): After OBC leader Alpesh Thakore joined the Congress, Gujarat Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here on...

I got Rajya Sabha seat for Athawale: Uddhav

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Mumbai : Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Monday made an embarrassing revelation here that he had personally intervened to secure a Rajya Sabha seat...

Patel delegation hands over 27-point charter to Gujarat CM

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Ahmedabad: A delegation of Patidar community leaders, including BJP MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya, who is mediating between the state government and the agitating...

Days after suicide attempt to protest Una case, Dalit youth dies

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Ahmedabad : A Dalit youth, who had attempted to commit suicide to protest against beating of four from the community for skinning of...

सहारनपुर : दलितों पर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही का आरोप, मुश्किल घड़ी में मुसलमान...

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शिमलाना व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...

12 hours after arrest, court releases Dalit intellectual Teltumbde

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Pune (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) In a huge embarrassment for Maharashtra government, a Pune court ordered the release of Dalit intellectual Prof Anand Teltumbde,...

दलित समाज के ढोंगी नेता दलित अत्याचारों पर खामोश क्यों? —लक्ष्य

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : महाराष्ट्र के भीमा कोरेगांव की घटना को लेकर देश भर के दलितों में गुस्सा बढ़ने लगा है. दलितों के...

NCP backs Goa RSS rap to BJP government over languages

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Panaji : A day after Subhash Velingkar, who heads the RSS in Goa, attacked the BJP for alleged betrayal of Indian regional languages over...

Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally won.  Ramya Haridas became the second Dalit woman from Kerala to win...

Why atrocities on Dalits, minorities, farmers: Mevani asks Modi

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New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why atrocities were being committed against...

Three Dalit youths found murdered in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS,

Why the Left parties are unlikely to achieve much without support from Ambedkarites

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By Badre Alam Khan and Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net The current debate within the CPI (M) has generated intensive discourse on the dilemmas to formulate...

‘Aarakshan’ anti-Dalit: RPI chief

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By IANS,

Bihar chief minister to learn Urdu

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will soon take lessons in Urdu and may hire a teacher for the purpose. "I will try...

A letter to the Financial Reforms Committee of Planning Commission of India

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By Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai proposal for joint ventures in islamic banking in collaboration with international islamic banks and/or international banks with islamic banking operational expertise Financial Sector Reforms are needed, as per Mr. Raghuram G. Rajan's introductory remarks, to

Expelled CPI-M leader holds talks with pro-Dalit outfits

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Kolkata : Expelled CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah Sunday said he was hopeful pro-Dalit outfits would join him. Mollah, an undefeated legislator since 1972, was...

CID to probe Dalit youths’ killings in Maharashtra

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By IANS, Mumbai : The Maharashtra government Tuesday ordered the state CID to probe the brutal killings of three Dalit youths last month in Ahmednagar district, an official said here.

यूपी सरकार के मंत्री का गंभीर आरोप,दलित समाज से होने के कारण हुआ भेदभाव,इस्तीफा

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार अभी 100 दिन पूरे होने की कामयाबी का जश्न मना रही थी कि चार महीने की इस...

Computerise Capital’s mosques, suggests Delhi Minorities Panel

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Dear Sirs,

Computerizing the mosques and minorities is a very good idea for empowerment of the minorities and poverty alleviation of the marginalized and deprived class of society.

Biometric registration of every minority and tracking their health, education, skills, employment and old age pension would go a long way in alleviating poverty.

The Zakat payments can also be tracked effectively using the biometric smart cards.

Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister

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Lucknow, (IANS) : Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Monday lashed out at the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) government and the Bahujan...

AIMMM delegation meets victims of Una violence case, asks for CBI inquiry

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net A four-member delegation of All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat, led by its President Navaid Hamid, visited the...

California textbooks: new battleground for Hindutva groups

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By TCN News Every six years, the California Board of Education reviews its History and Social Science frameworks in a multi-year series of public hearings....

BJP has done nothing for farmers: Kharge

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New Delhi : The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the central government of "not doing anything for farmers"...

This rally will question why untouchability is prevalent in India

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As India will celebrate the 75th year of independence this year, well-known Dalit rights activist Martin Macwan will lead a rally at the Indian...

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story of an Indian’ to his music video titled ‘Raven’, he did so...

Agnivesh to lead peace march from Dadri against ‘intolerance’

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Kolkata: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "deafening silence" on the raging issue of "intolerance" as an endorsement of the "communal statements" of union ministers...

पंजाबः मज़हब से हटकर राजनीतिक होती दलित गायकी

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मनीषा भल्ला बीएसपी दा आ गया हाथी, बणेया जो सबना दा साथी, गरीबी अते गुलामी वाला, जेकर अंत कराणा जी, इस बार वोटां ते सबणे...

Rajya Sabha MP Maulana Balyawi not happy with HRD Minister’s evasive answer

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Patna: Janta Dal (United) MP from Bihar Maulana Gulam Rasool Balyawi expressed his displeasure at evasive answers to his questions in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. Maulana Balyawi who became a Rajya Sabha MP in 2014 asked the Humran Resource Development Minister about incidence of discrimination against dalit and Muslim children in schools and report on the government monitoring of the discrimination.

In Pictures: Amid pandemic, award winning Chennai based Dalit folk artist Karthick Annan takes...

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Karthick Annan is a 35-year-old Dalit folk artist from Chennai, mastered in different folk art forms produced from an indigenous culture in Tamil Nadu...

Indian P.M.’s plea should be rejected.

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Ref:- Separation of state (politics) & religion a must, whether secular state or not.

Dear Sir

This refers to Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan's statement widely reported in Indian electronic and print media that in the backdrop of three Indians allegedly found involved in Glasgow terror blast, Manmohan talked to Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister, where he implored Brown to not label the communities such as Indians or Muslims or Asians etc. as terrorists because as a Sikh he understands the trauma of being labelled.

Budget casts gloom on Dalits: Udit Raj

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By TCN News New Delhi: Dr. Udit Raj, National President, Indian Justice Party and All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations said that this budget has again cast gloom on Dalits. Rs. 4,500 crore have been allocated for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment which will be utilized not only for the welfare of Dalits but also for the welfare and upliftment of backwards and senior citizens etc.

हाथरस से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “ऊंची जाति के लोग अब हमसे बात नही करते,...

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रियाज़ हाशमी, हाथरस से Twocircles.net के लिए 19 वर्षीय दलित लडकी से गैंगरेप के बहुचर्चित मामले में सवर्ण जाति के चारों आरोपियों के खिलाफ सेंट्रल...

PM should sack ministers, apologise for Dalit’s suicide: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack the two ministers who allegedly interfered in...

बिजनौर में बन रही है बसपा की दलित-मुस्लिम एकता की नर्सरी

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net बिजनौर: दलितों की देवी के तौर पर प्रचार पाने वाली मायावती ने अपना पहला चुनाव बिजनौर लोकसभा से लड़ा था. उनका...

Yogesh Wanjari: Translating Dalit literature so that Ambedkarite struggle can be looked through its...

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Yogesh Wanjari, an M.Phil Student of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai recently translated the book of J V Pawar...

More than 50% Dalits landless, 40% of people displaced for ‘development’ are Adivasis, says...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Even as the NDA government completes three years in power amid tall claims of development, the India Exclusion...

No diversion of Dalit funds for CWG: Sandeep Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi : Contrary to an RTI reply, Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit Thursday said there was no diversion of funds meant for Dalits to Commonwealth Games projects, an issue that has raised a storm in parliament. "There is no question of diversion of funds," Dikshit told reporters outside parliament. The Congress MP from East Delhi is the son of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

Sikhs protest over atrocities against minorities, Dalits

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By Arul Louis  United Nations, (IANS): A group of Sikhs held a protest against atrocities against minorities and Dalits in India during B.R. Ambedkar's birth...

संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...

Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula

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New Delhi : A solidarity march to condemn the "institutional killing" of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday drew support from thousands including...

Una agitation can usher a new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics

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By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net The Una incident has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called ‘Gujarat model’ as...

Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group

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By IANS, Kolkata: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a rebel-led tribal group for forcing them to join their agitations. The women also formed a committee to resist the alleged torture of them by members of the Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities' (PCAPA).

Two booked for beating Dalit couple

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Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...

Dalit journalist from Gujarat returns award over anti-Dalit policies of state government

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Sunil Jadav, a veteran Dalit journalist from Gujarat, has decided to return the award conferred upon him by the Gujarat government...

CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Between Arundhati Roy’s walk with the comrades and corporations-backed government war machine mowing down the jungles in Chattisgarh, there are millions of tribals whose voices remain unheard. Not that they cannot speak but there is a barrier to access because of language and remote areas. Knight International Journalism fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary intends to change that by using technology as a platform to make news & information easily accessible to all.

R.S. Katheria – a professor becomes minister of state

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Agra : BJP MP from Agra constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Ram Shankar Katheria was Sunday inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the...

Seven held guilty for lynching five Dalits in Haryana

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By IANS, Jhajjar (Haryana): A district court here Saturday held seven people guilty and acquitted 19 others in a case relating to the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district. The punishment for the convicts will be announced Monday. All the seven people held guilty were sent to judicial custody by Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Jain Saturday.

NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls

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Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here. The "People's...

Hindutva groups in Orissa should be dealt with strictly: Justice AP Shah

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: “The continuing programme of communal provocation that the groups and organizations of Hindutva ideology have been engaged in, should be ended forthwith through strict administrative action,” said Justice AP Shah, former CJ, Delhi High Court and head of the Jury, National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal.

This time, Sangh Parivar should not be allowed to get away

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Ref: - Great implications of Ram Setu controversy on Babri Masjid dispute & on future of SAARC. Dear Sir

Students protest outside Haryana Bhavan over suicide by HAFED employee, call it institutional murder

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net A protest against the death of Ishwar Singh, a Dalit employee of HAFED (Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation...

Family members of Bhima Koregaon accused, cyber experts raise questions on investigation following reports...

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Besides demanding the release of all the accused, the speakers pointed out that the Arsenal report has raised some serious questions such as, “Why...

Dalit-speak of PM Modi, BJP a sham, says Mayawati

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Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his words and the acts...

दिल्ली की आरक्षित सीट पर क्या हैं इस बार के मुद्दे?

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net संकरी गलियां, बहती नालियां और साइड में रखा नालियों से निकला मलबा। दिल्ली की ज्यादातर झुग्गियां शायद ऐसी ही दिखती हैं। सर्दी में धूप...

भारत में सरकार नाम की कोई चीज़ है या नहीं?

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डॉ. खजान सिंह हाल ही में दबंगो द्वारा गुजरात के ऊना में दलितों के साथ किए गए अमानवीय व्यवहार ने सारे देश के बहुजनो को...

Meo Muslims wants ST status like Mina

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Smoking Huqqa and eating steaming hot Kichadi, sitting on their traditional chairs, hundreds of old men and youth of Muslim Meo community of Haryana and Rajasthan made their unique presence at Jantar Mantar. They were rallying to demand ST status to the Community like Mina, with a difference style.

Bihar court acquits 24 accused in 1999 Dalit massacre

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Patna : Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court Tuesday acquitted 24 people of the 1999 massacre of 22 Dalits, a government lawyer said. Additional...

“Secularists” & Muslim leadership enemy of secularism in India

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Ref: - ECI being allowed to derelict in BJP CD case Dear Sir What communal politics did to Muslims of India during last two decades can not be fully comprehended merely by the stories of demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 (despite Supreme Court's observe over there) and by the horrifying details of the massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims since late eighties including in 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

Manjhi meets Modi, fuels speculation of tie-up with BJP

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New Delhi : Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fuelling speculation of a tie-up between...

Gujarati writer returns award against beating of Dalits

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Ahmedabad : Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got in protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the...

Ensure proper implementation of SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act without diluting it: NCSPA...

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By TCN News: National Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination based on Caste (Work and Descent) was organized on 27th September in Constitution...

Goyal visits Dalit’s house, says government will implement reservation

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Bengaluru, (IANS): Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday visited a Dalit's house in south Bengaluru for breakfast and assured that the Narendra Modi...

आरएसएस समागम के होर्डिंग को लेकर विवाद, वाल्मीकि समाज ने किया आंदोलन का ऐलान

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : मेरठ में 25 फ़रवरी को होने वाला आरएसएस का ‘राष्ट्रोदय स्वयंसेवक समागम’ के लिए लगे होर्डिंग्स को लेकर...

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ को मिली ज़मानत, मगर अभी नहीं होंगे रिहा

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter इलाहाबाद/सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर दलित बनाम ठाकुर हिंसा में मुख्य आरोपी बनाए गए भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर ‘रावण’ को ज़मानत मिल गई है....

Meeting for Dalit-Muslim unity at Malegaon on 13th February 2019

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Bharatiya Republican Party Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeenand AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeen) are all set to...

Mayawati to give land holdings to poor dalits

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By IANS, Lucknow : After prolonged upper caste baiting, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is back to focussing on her core support base of dalits. She has begun the exercise by issuing directives to allot 'pattas' (small land holdings) to landless and homeless dalits in the vast rural expanse of the state. In a circular issued by the chief minister's office Friday, Mayawati directed all divisional commissioners and district magistrates to undertake a special drive for allotment of 'pattas' to "eligible persons", which primarily include landless dalits.

Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author

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By IANS, Pune: A few Dalit activists in Maharashtra have demanded action against a Pune-based author for his anti-Brahmin comments in a book while Brahmin groups are yet to decide on any action.

AIMIM Pune protests against the murder of Dalit, questions media’s silence over issue

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Pune: The Pune-Chinchwad Unit of All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has strongly condemned killing of a Dalit youth Vicky Dhepe...

BJP trying to communalise Bihar polls: Nitish

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday cautioned people that his main rival BJP wants to disturb peaceful campaigning for state polls by...

Nationalism is core identity of BJP, says Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the "nationalism" was core identity of the BJP and called upon party workers...

Dalit group members try to damage Rajkot stadium pitch

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Ahmedabad : At least four members of the Rashtriya Dalit Mahasangh on Friday tried to damage Khanderi Cricket Stadium pitch in Rajkot to protest...

Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge: Delhi to witness a protest against arrest of Dalit...

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By TCN News: We are living in strange times where speaking out the truth, demanding your rights, standing up against injustices and atrocities are seen...

Understanding the verdict 2014

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, There are huge lessons for every political party as well as people who aspire for a secular democratic space in this verdict 2014 which has brought glimmer in the face of a huge number of people who believed in a ‘dream’ sold to them but also apprehensions and fear among those who have fought against the process of communalization and corporatization.

Lok Sabha begins debate on atrocities against Dalits

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New Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Thursday began general discussion on the "atrocities against Dalits" in the country under Rule 193. Communist Party of...

Gujarat CM Anandiben finally offers to quit

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Ahmedabad : Ending months of speculation, Gujarat's first woman Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday offered to quit in keeping with the BJP's...

Gorakhpur: Like 2014, by-elections will be a fight between Brahmin and OBC candidates

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Akhilesh Yadav, national president of Samajwadi Party and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has decided to field Praveen Kumar Nishad,...

UK-based South Asia Solidarity Group deplores burning alive of Dalit children in India

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By TCN News London: One of Britain’s key activist organisations, South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG), has applauded the courage of the more than 40 writers,...

Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...

Kishor Kharat appointed as CEO and MD of IDBI bank

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By Yogesh Maitreya, Twocircles.net, Mumbai: Kishor Kharat has been appointed as the CEO and MD of IDBI Bank. The announcement was made on August 14,...

…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा

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दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...

Four years of Modi government and communal divisiveness

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By Ram Puniyani The coming to power of Modi in 2014 gave a signal to the so called fringe groups that now it is their...

Gorakhpur infant tragedy: After months in jail, Dalit doctor Satish Kumar gets bail

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Dr Satish Kumar, one of accused in the tragedy at Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur in August 2017, was granted...

Revisiting Babasaheb on India at 70: For Dalits, there has never been much to...

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net All photos by Daisy Katta August 15 has come and gone; delved into, reflected upon, and discussed at length. Yet, the familiar...

Like Mayawati like Manohar: Social engineering redux in Goa

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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,

Where Are the Rest? ‘Panchayat’ Celebrates Rural India but Ignores Its Dalits, Marginalised

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Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net The hit Amazon Prime series 'Panchayat' has become one of India’s most popular web shows, widely appreciated for its simple storytelling and...

What is RSS’s idea of ‘Bharat Mata’?

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By Shamsul Islam While speaking at RSS headquarter, Resham Bagh, Nagpur in the 3rd week of March Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS chief declared: “Now...

भारत बंद बवाल के बाद एक्शन में प्रशासन, अब दलितों को कुचलने की तैयारी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : एससी/एसटी एक्ट में संशोधन के विरोध में हुए भारत बंद के दौरान पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में सर्वाधिक बवाल...

Main accused in Dalit massacre held in Bihar

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Patna : The main accused in the massacre of 10 Dalits in Haibuspur in Bihar in 1997 was Friday arrested in Patna district, police...

Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani

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New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...

Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...

The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down

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By Anubhuti Agnes Bara for TwoCircles.net “…It leads to no good if institutions that grant titles, qualifications, and other prerequisites for life or a profession...

Research scholars’ fellowships face fund crunch, students left in the lurch

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Fund for SC students worst affected. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Several research scholars, enrolled in M.Phil and PhD courses in different subjects in universities across the country are not getting their fellowships on time. Students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) seem to be most hit since Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has not released the fund for the year so far.

Osmania University Beef Festival fallout: police registers cases against professors

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By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net

SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims

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Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Thousands of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims organized a protest rally and a dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 21st July, 2010 and demanded Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. Several representatives from Dalit groups and politicians including Sam Paul, National Secretary Public Affair of All India Christian Council, Ali Anwar, an MP and president of All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz and Hafiz Ahmad Hawari, president All India Jamiatul Hawwarin, among others addressed the peaceful rally.

Will Islam ‘liberate’ Dalits of Bhagana?

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, It was around 11 am on August 8 when the ‘Bhagana Kand Dalit Sangharsh Samiti’ had called a meeting at...

India’s religious minorities and Dalits weep alone

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By John Dayal, India’s several religious minorities weep alone when they are in pain. So to do the Dalits and the Indigenous people, called...

Hundreds of Mahadalits flee Bihar village after threats

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Patna: Their caste kinsman may be the Bihar chief minister but that brings no solace to hundreds of Mahadalits who fled their village in...

Atrocities on Dalits have increased under Modi regime: Rahul Gandhi

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Lucknow : Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over increasing attacks on Dalits and price rise, and accused him...

Pilfered CWG funds could have helped Delhi’s Dalits: Mayawati

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By IANS,

Coalition of 100+ South Asian and American organizations oppose APPWW’s hate campaign

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TCN News More than 100 community organizations in the US have condemned Alliance for Persecuted Peoples Worldwide (APPWW) in a latest open statement over its...

Challenge to Gujarat CM as Patidars on warpath

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Ahmedabad: Keeping their promise, the agitating Patidar community on Tuesday swamped the city in a 10-km long revolution rally demanding caste reservations, posing a...

Wll balance right to equality, religious practice, SC on Sabarimala

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would balance the right to equality with the right to freedom of religion...

Implement Ambedkar’s philosophy, says Hamid Ansari

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Raipur: Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday called for implementation of B.R. Ambedkar's three-point corrective - using constitutional methods of achieving social and...

Another Dalit party in Maharashtra to support Congress

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Mumbai : The Congress in Maharashtra secured a further advantage with Dalit party, the Panther Republican Party (PRPI), Monday coming out in its support...

Maoists need ‘hand holding’: Jamia vice chancellor

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By IANS, New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday said that Maoists were "our own people" and needed "hand holding" instead of the government's ruthless supression.

जज़्बात से नहीं, अब ‘अक़्ल’ से लड़ रही है भीम आर्मी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलित अब सचमुच पहले जैसा नहीं है. पूरी ताक़त से जिस संगठन भीम आर्मी को कुचलने की कोशिश हुई...

Gujarat unrest: 5 more Dalits attempt suicide in Saurashtra

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Rajkot : Five more Dalit persons allegedly tried to commit suicide in two separate incidents in Gujarat as widespread protests against last week's thrashing...

Over 1,000 detained near Nitish Kumar’s residence

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Patna : Over 1,000 people were detained when they were peacefully protesting near Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's official residence here Wednesday morning, police said. Senior...

Beef Ban – A source of discontent in Khandesh

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Guna Pawara: 40-year-old Adivasi farmer lives in Sangavi, about 25 kilometres from Shirpur tehsil in Dhulia district of Northern...

Pankti Jog: Transforming lives through the Right To Information Act

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By Kavita Sukerkar

Eight Mahadalits converted to Christianity in Bihar

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Patna: Eight poor Mahadalits, including a woman, converted to Christianity in a village in Bihar's Munger district, an official said Saturday. "It is a fact...

Scrap Religious discrimination in Reservation: 36 communities from 19 states

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Demanding to scrap the religious discrimination in reservation for Scheduled Castes and include Muslims and Christian Dalits in SC list, All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz along with a number of Dalit groups (both Muslims and Christian) organized a mass rally at Jantar Mantar today. Implementation of Sachchar Committee and Mishra Commission’s were also demanded. Members of 36 backward communities from 19 states took part in the rally.

SC declines early hearing of PIL for SIT probe into Saharanpur violence

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold early hearing of a plea seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to...

Properties of seven murder accused attached in Bihar

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Patna : The properties of the seven accused who killed four Dalits for refusing to share fish caught by them in Bihar's Patna district,...

Disabled not at par with SC/ST in Delhi University’s MBBS course: court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a physically handicapped candidate seeking relaxation in the eligibility criteria for admission to Delhi University's medical course. "The physically disabled persons should be extended all the rights, privileges and benefits under the said act (Indian Medical Council Act, 1956) so as to see they are not discriminated against and that they come within the social stream mainstream," said a division bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Veena Birbal.

Dalit student suicide: Committee rules out caste angle, blames deteriorating performance

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The report notes that apart from the statement of Darshan Solanki’s sister, there is no particular evidence of direct caste-based discrimination experienced by...

‘Urban manifesto’ ahead of Maharashtra elections highlights issues of the marginalised

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net With elections in Maharashtra just a week away, members of the civil society have prepared a manifesto with urban livelihood issues...

First Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination in the United States

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TCN News For the first time in the United States a Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination is going to be hosted on 22nd May at...

Defeating BJP in 2019 is the key to save constitution, says resolution drafted by...

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TCN News New Delhi: Jolted with the recent violence, suppression of Muslims and Dalits in the country and to chalk out a solution senior Dalit...

BJP ally in Maharashtra to lead protest against beef ban

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Shetkari Sanghatana (Farmers Association) too term Beef ban as against farmers’ interest By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Mumbai: The Republican Party of India...

Faridabad arson: Fight between two thriving families?

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Faridabad: In a horrendous incident, two children were burnt alive when a Dalit family's house was set afire in a Faridabad village on...

दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों की फेलोशिप पर होगा इस बदलाव का असर

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अरविंद कुमार और दिलीप मंडल ‘नीयत’ यानी इंटेंशन अगर सही नहीं हो तो भारतीय दर्शन परंपरा में महिमामंडित ‘न्याय’ और ‘नीति’ का समागम भी समतामूलक...

Dalit woman in MP sees ‘conspiracy’ to remove her as Sarpanch

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Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) : A Dalit woman here has accused Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Mallya of engaging in a "conspiracy" to have...

Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya

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Patna, (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded that three of the four Shankaracharyas should be from the Dalit and OBC communities instead...

Madhya Pradesh to get more tribal schools

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By IANS, New Delhi: The central government has approved six new residential schools for tribals in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. According to officials from the tribal affairs ministry, the allocation for starting the Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya schools has been increased to Rs.12 crore from Rs.2.5 crore. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population in India. The population of Scheduled Tribes in the state is 154.03 lakh -- 23.27 percent of the state's total population of 661.81 lakh. The allocation per student has also been raised.

Provide job quota to Muslims, demands Samajwadi Party

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Monday urged the central government to bring a bill to provide reservation to Muslims in jobs, saying their condition was worse then that of the Dalits.

Manjhi will never be forgiven by people: Nitish

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday termed his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi as a "betrayer" and asserted such leaders are never forgiven...

Supreme Court should take suo moto action in killing of 17 adivasis: NAPM

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