पोस्ट-मैट्रीक छात्रवृति हेतु ऑनलाइन आवेदन की आज आख़िरी तारीख़, बढ़ाने की हो रही है...
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पटना : सरकार द्वारा छात्रों को पोस्ट मैट्रीक छात्रवृति (अनुसूचित जाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति) हेतु ऑनलाइन आवेदन की अंतिम तिथि 17 मार्च 2016 तक...
All governments failed to protect Dalits, now arm them for self defence: BJP ally...
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter,
Nagpur : ...
NDA government is anti-Dalit: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday termed the NDA government at the Centre as "anti-Dalit".
"The NDA government is anti-Dalit. A BJP MLA from...
AAP: The construction of a fantasy!
By Yogesh Maitreya,
A day afterthe Delhi Assembly Election results wereannounced, Indian media has started to exercise its usual prejudiced, hegemonic commentary and telecast over AAP’s win. Meanwhile discriminatory practices (continuously reported by Marathi dailies like Samrat and Mahanak) in Indian villages on the caste lines or even in its urban pockets have been neglected as usual by ‘popular media’ as if AAP’s victory has resolved issues related to most marginalised sections of society or of all Aam Indians. In this process public imagination fed by Delhi’s election result, has further created a biased perception towards AAP in people’s mind.
सहारनपुर : पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा कार्यवाही से दलितों में रोष, लखनऊ में आन्दोलन की...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली/सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शब्बीरपुर गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के बाद अब पुलिस की...
मुसलमान बनने की धमकी क्यों देते है दलित
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : पिछले दिनों मेरठ के एक मंदिर में एक नवांगतुक पुजारी ने दलितों को पूजा करने से रोक दिया उन्हें...
SC to hear challenge to amendment to SC/ST law from March 26
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would commence hearing from March 26 on a batch of petitions challenging...
Minor boy burnt alive in Bihar for goat’s grazing
Patna : A boy's goat grazed some of a farmer's paddy crop. That really got the farmer's goat. He burnt the boy alive in...
चंद्रशेखर ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठाया मानवाधिकार का मुद्दा
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद रावण ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद के समक्ष किसान आंदोलन एवं सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन के दौरान...
सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की हो रही लगातार मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?
सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए
दिल्ली और एनसीआर में पिछले दो माह से लगातार सिवरेज में दुर्घटना होने की ख़बरें आ रही हैं. इन दुर्घटनाओं...
Dalit leader Udit Raj joins BJP
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi : Dalit leader Udit Raj Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here.
Welcoming Udit Raj in the party, party...
Unable to pay bribe, Dalit woman in Kerala denied treatment in government hospital
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kasargod: A Dalit woman in Kasargod district of Kerala has alleged that she was denied treatment by government hospital...
It feels like Babasaheb’s blessing: Woman whose Bhimgeet video went viral overwhelmed with response
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Kakhet lekru, Hatat jhadan, Doi war Shenachi Paati, Maye Bhima na sonya ne bharli woti”
(Child in arms, broom in the hand...
‘Would they do this if it was a temple?’ Anger mounts among Buddhists of...
By Ira Anbazhagan for TwoCircles.net
The Southern India Buddhist Vihar re-opened in Perambur after renovations in January this year, going from a 1-storey to a...
Two more arrested in Una case, 24 now in custody
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Police on Friday arrested two more persons for flogging four Dalit youngsters in Una on July 11, taking the total...
Protest against Tsundur Judgment at AP and Telangana High Court
By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: On Monday, the Tsundur Dalits Struggle Committee For Justice, comprising seventy-five people’s organization, protested against the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which released the twenty-one accused in the Tsundur Dalit massacre case. The protest was a part of the long struggle the committee has taken up. In the history of dalit movement, this was the first time a protest has been staged in front of a High Court demanding justice for the Tsundur dalits. All of the protestors taken into preventive custody and were released in the afternoon.
Dilution of SC/ST Act can erode faith in judiciary: Amnesty
New Delhi, (IANS): The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities...
JNUSU calls commission findings on Vemula suicide ‘stupid’
New Delhi, (IANS): The report that said Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and that his suicide was not a result of any political and...
Irked with denial of water by upper castes, Dalit man digs up well in...
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Washim (Maharashtra): In an exemplary display of courage and commitment, a dalit man from a drought-hit village in Washim district...
Increase in funds for Dalits, Tribals in Union Budget
New Delhi (IANS): The allocation of funds for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has been increased to Rs 56,619 crore and Rs...
AAP seeks Gujarat High Court help for rally in Surat
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) petition that Surat police...
बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...
Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...
Text and Video by Shiva Thorat
The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...
कोरोना से जनता लड़ रही हैं, सीमा पर सेना लड़ रही है और हमारी...
Twocircles.net के साथ अपने एक घण्टे के इंटरव्यू मे भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद- बहुजनों की तमाम परेशानियों, षडयंत्रो और संभावनाओ पर बात करते हैं। वो...
‘Liberal’, ‘Ambedkerite’ Islamophobia and communal violence: A counter narrative
By Dr Mohammad Kamran Ahsan
As hate becomes the fulcrum, and the new normal of Indian polity, various view-points have emerged analysing this institutionalised hatred...
JNU Dalit student’s suicide issue raised in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, (IANS): The issue of the alleged suicide by a Dalit student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), J. Muthukrishnan, was raised in the...
Upper caste mob lynch Dalit man in Gujarat over land dispute; three detained
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net
Gujarat: Tension prevailed in Gujarat’s Sodhana village on Friday after Dalit people of the town refused to bury a person from...
Civil society adopts 7 point resolution over “Liberty and Fraternity in the Constitution: A...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Many social activists, academicians, researchers and prominent citizens took part in a discussion on “Liberty and Fraternity in the...
Opposition parties condemn Bhagwat’s call on debate on reservations for SC/ST
TCN News
Political leaders of congress, activists, Dalit leaders including Bhim army leader, Welfare party of India have all condemned the call made by Mohan...
Hyderabad students’ bail plea not opposed
Hyderabad : A court on Monday was set to pronounce orders on bail petitions of 25 students and two faculty members of University of...
Political ambitions behind claims for Ambedkar’s legacy, say experts
By Sidhartha Dutta and Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi : Political parties seem to be seeking to outdo each other in claiming the legacy B....
Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India
Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...
Death of a Delta: Part 2
By A Mirsab and Afroz Alam for TwoCircles.net,
TwoCircles.net visited Nokha to investigate the story of Delta Meghwal. Within a couple of hours we...
WPI welcomes Apex Court guidelines on police encounters
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India, in a statement, appreciated and hailed the apex court guidelines on deaths in police encounter for mandatory registration of FIRs and investigation by CID or any other independent agency.
Kerala govt cancels aid to Dalit auto driver Chitralekha, Abu Dhabi organisation steps in
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Over the past decade or so, Chitralekha, a Dalit auto driver has been at the receiving end of abuse and threats...
रोहित वेमुला के नाम मार डाले गए एक होनहार का ख़त
By ए मिरसाब, TwoCircles.net
देश में हैदराबाद विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र रोहित वेमुला की मृत्यु के बाद एक शोक और आक्रोश का मिश्रित माहौल है. विश्वविद्यालय...
UP cop to woman: Who will rape you at your age?
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman, who petitioned a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer seeking registration of her rape complaint, was told that her's was not an age to be raped.
LJP demands Bihar CM’s resignation over Mahadalits’ exodus
Patna : Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP Friday demanded Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation following the exodus of hundreds of Mahadalits...
Dalit man murdered in Haryana
By IANS,
Jind (Haryana): A 31-year-old Dalit man, a resident of a village in this Haryana district, was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in adjacent Sonepat district Sunday, police said.
Police identified the deceased as Vijender Singh. His body was recovered from the fields in Sonepat.
He worked as a farm worker in the fields of a Jind resident belonging the Jat community.
17-party alliance in Maharashtra to take on Cong and BJP
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Mumbai: Seventeen political parties of Maharashtra have recently announced that they have formed ‘Force One’ to contest upcoming Loksabha and state...
Swami Agnivesh attacked in Bhopal
By TCN News
Mumbai: All India Secular Forum (AISF) has strongly condemned the attack on Swami Agnivesh by communal forces in a meeting organized by Garima Abhiyan in Bhopal on Friday.
Tension in Haryana village as arson victims’ bodies cremated
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana) : Two days after they were killed in an arson attack allegedly by members of a community, the last rites of an elderly Dalit man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were conducted here Friday amidst tight security in the presence of senior police and local officials.
Tara Chand, 70, and his daughter Suman were burnt alive in a blaze Wednesday after their house was torched by members of the dominant community in Mirchpur village in this district.
BSP calls off agitation after police assures arrest of Singh
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers on Thursday afternoon called off their agitation here against former Uttar Pradesh BJP Vice-President Daya Shankar Singh...
Sunil Abhiman Awachar: An inimitable voice in Dalit poetry and painting in contemporary India
Dr Sunil Abhiman Awachar is clearly an antithesis to discourse on contemporary Indian art.
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Dr. Sunil Abhiman Awachar is well known as a poet and painter, also an assistant professor with the Department of Marathi in University of Mumbai. Meanwhile, he is full time activist in dalit human rights movement. He has published four anthologies of poetry, all in Marathi, that include ‘Global vartamanachya kavita (2008)’ ‘Mi mahasattechya darashi katora gheun ubha rahanaar nahi,’ ‘Bravo! Fox minds of capitalist’ and ‘Poems of the occupied everything’.
Spat with minister: Haryana transfers woman police officer
Chandigarh : The Haryana government transferred IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia on Saturday, a day after she refused to leave a meeting when Health and...
Ruling party’s patriotic card backfires
By Amulya Ganguli
It was inevitable that the kind of muscular nationalism favoured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would lead to hooliganism by its...
Prima Facie report by Team of The Independent Peoples Tribunal on death of Rohith...
By TCN News,
Delhi: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice had requested the Indian Peoples Tribunal to send a fact finding team to investigate...
BJP anti-Dalit, behind Koregaon riots: Delhi Minister
New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday said the BJP and its leaders were behind the riots...
Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’
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...
Ramdas Athavale appointed as MoS in cabinet reshuffle
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Ramdas Bandu Athavale, 57, president of the Republican Party of India (Athavale fraction) and Rajya Sabha MP nominated by the...
Why was the right arm of Dr. Ambedkar’s statue broken in UP’s Gautam Budh...
Aatika S | TwoCircles
As the internationally celebrated event of Dalit History month comes to an end, the Indian subcontinent is reeling with an increased...
दरभंगा में पुलिस फ़ायरिंग में एक दलित की मौत, सदर एसडीओ को निलंबित करने...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
पटना : बिहार में दरभंगा ज़िला के हावीडीह गांव में पुलिस फायरिंग में हुए एक दलित युवक की मौत की घटना की भारतीय...
Bihar Assembly election: Pasmanda Muslims may support BJP
By Abhay Kumar for TwoCircles.net,
Patna/New Delhi: An association of Pasmanda Muslims has said that it may consider supporting the Bharatiya Janta Party if it...
उन्नाव में दो दलित लड़कियों की संदिग्ध हालत में मृत्यु, एक गंभीर
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
उत्तरप्रदेश के उन्नाव से एक बार फिर दिल दहला देने वाली खबर आ रही है, जहां अपने ही खेत मे संदिग्ध हालत मे बंधी...
Contemporary Dalit Politics and Ambedkar’s Goal of Caste Annihilation
By Ram Puniyani,
On 28th Feb (2014) Ramvilas Paswan of Loktantantrik Jan Party joined the NDA alliance. Same Paswan had left the NDA twelve years ago with the beginning of Gujarat carnage, saying that with the violence in Gujarat he cannot be part of NDA. This time his son formulated the face saver when he said that Modi has received clean chit in the Gujarat carnage. Few days ago another dalit leader Udit Raj directly joined BJP, with the assurance of being given a ticket for forthcoming elections. In Maharashtra, Ramdas Athwaley of Republican Party of India had become part of NDA, and succeeded in being nominated for Rajya Sabha, Upper house of Parliament. There are many others dalits in the fold of BJP directly or in alliance with BJP to be in NDA, for pre poll alliance. Most of these leaders claim to be working on the path shown by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Ambedkar was committed to annihilation of caste and was totally opposed to the concept of Hindu nationalism, as propounded by RSS-BJP.
Indian embassy to appeal to Qatar SC for two on death row
New Delhi : The Indian embassy in Qatar is making preparations for an appeal to the country's Supreme Court on behalf of two Indians...
Dedicated to welfare of Dalits: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is dedicated to the welfare of Dalits, and added that "those self-appointed guardians" who...
Dalit Panther Bhagwat Jadhav’s martyrdom day celebrated in Mumbai
Text and video by Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net
The 43rd martyrdom day of Bhagwat Jadhav, a prominent Dalit leader of the 70s, was marked in Mumbai...
Anti-Dalit violence in Maharashtra disrupts Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, (IANS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after ruckus over the violence against Dalits in Maharashtra that some...
Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor
Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...
Delhi event discusses poll questions
New Delhi : 'Hum Dekhenge: Looking Back' - an event to help voters get answers to some questions ahead of the Lok Sabha election...
15 leaders from different parties join BJP
New Delhi : A total of 15 leaders from different political parties, including the Congress and the AAP, Tuesday joined the BJP here expressing...
BJP a party of greedy people, not Hindus, says Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the BJP, saying it claims to be a party of the...
Ambedkar King Study Circle Concludes Annual Conference in California
By TCN News
Around 120 people gathered with enthusiasm and engaged in lively discussions at Ambedkar King Study Circle's (AKSC) 2nd annual conference held on...
Three murders and a lynching
By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net
Laws of nature cannot be applied to human society so directly. Still, sometimes, these have been used to explain...
Arm Dalits for self-defence, demands Republican Party of India
Nagpur/Mumbai : Taking a strong view of the growing attacks on Dalits in the country, the Republican Party of India on Friday demanded that...
हाथरस में गेंगरेप आरोपियों के पक्ष में दबंगो की पंचायत,बढ़ रहा है जातीय तनाव
मोहम्मद आसिम Twocircles.net के लिए
हाथरस गेंगरेप में एक बेहद चौकाने वाला घटनाक्रम चल रहा है। इस मामले को जातीय रंग दिए जाने का षड्यंत्र...
Government mulling review petition in SC/ST Act case
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government is mulling to file a review petition in the Supreme Court pertaining to the apex courts order that...
This education Centre in Mumbai named after Rohit Vemula offers education, training to underprivileged...
By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: A group of young students of Mumbai’s Phule Nagar have collectively started an education centre naming it after PhD scholar...
Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs
Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.
Dalit woman branded a witch, thrashed in Rajasthan
By IANS,
Tonk (Rajasthan) : A Dalit woman was labelled a witch and beaten up badly in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said Sunday.
Kamla Bairwa of Jhalra village in Tonk district, over 100 km from Jaipur, stated in her First Information Report (FIR) filed with the police Saturday that some villagers tagged her as a witch, insulted her and then beat her up.
"The villagers, especially the women, call me a witch. They insult me, torture me and beat me up. They wanted me to leave the village," Kamla, a labourer, told IANS.
Two Years of Modi Sarkar- Broken Promises: Sectarian Agenda
By Ram Puniyani,
The performance of the Modi Government during last two years has to be seen in the light of the promises made in...
Rs.1.7 cr fine slapped for commercial use of property
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday directed a woman to pay Rs.1.7 crore for using for commercial purposes a residential plot alloted to her by the central government. Since the woman has died, her heirs have been asked to pay the fine.
The property, situated in posh Friends Colony, was leased out to Savitri Devi for residential purposes in the year 1976 but she rented out her premises for commercial purposes over the years.
Properties of seven murder accused attached in Bihar
Patna : The properties of the seven accused who killed four Dalits for refusing to share fish caught by them in Bihar's Patna district,...
Gujarat High Court quashes quota for higher castes
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the Anandiben Patel government's ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs...
SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims
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.
Amit Shah had food cooked by non-Dalits, says Telangana CM
Hyderabad, (IANS): After former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP President Amit Shah also seems to have landed in a controversy reportedly for eating...
Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister
Lucknow, (IANS) : Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Monday lashed out at the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) government and the Bahujan...
Jamia students celebrate Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Paying tribute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 125th birth anniversary, students of Jamia MIllia Islamia gathered at Jamia Hall...
Accused in Dalit massacre arrested in Bihar
Patna: An accused in the 2000 massacre of 34 Dalits in Bihar was arrested Friday from a school in the state, police said.
Nanbutan Sharma,...
Medha Patkar opposes slum demolition
By IANS,
Mumbai : Social activist Medha Patkar Friday tried to stop the razing of hutments at Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar here, demanding that the slum dwellers be first provided alternative accommodation.
Patkar and her supporters dubbed the demolition as anti-Dalit and vowed to stop it.
"They (Dalits) are the backbone of this city. Their rights should not be taken away just because they are poor," she said.
She said about 10,000 residents of the area in Mumbai's northeast suburb had nowhere to go.
Unhappy with cases against Dalits, Chandrashekhar Ravan sits on fast until death inside prison
By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan', the founder of Bhim Army, has decided to fast until death inside the prison,...
विडम्बना : शमशान में जलाने से रोक दिया दलित महिला का शव
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा से एक बेहद शर्मनाक घटना सामने आई है। यहां दलित समाज की एक नवविवाहिता का शव श्मशान...
पटना के महादलित परिवार के बेटे को अमेरिका में ढाई करोड़ की स्कॉलरशिप
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
बिहार के पटना के एक दलित दिहाड़ी मजदूर परिवार का बेटा अमेरिका में अपना भविष्य संवारेगा। पटना के फुलवारी शरीफ के गोनपुरा गांव...
सहारनपुर : डीजीपी सुलखान सिंह ने सर्किट हाऊस में लिया जायज़ा, घटनास्थल पर नहीं...
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...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
Dalit Literature Festival to take place at DU’s Kirori Mal College
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A two-day Dalit Literature Festival will take place at Delhi University's Kirori Mal College here on February 3 and...
Dalit activists organise second ‘Villuvandi Yatra’ in Kerala in wake of Sabarimala protests
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the famous ‘Villuvandi (ox-wagon) Yatra’ of Mahatma Ayyankali in Kerala. In commemoration of the historic...
Intra Kashmir women activists will achieve nothing by merely emulating their male counterparts
Ref:- Human rights of women dependents of Kashmiri martyrs & massive participation in exports, hold the key.
Dear Sir
This refers to three day Intra Kashmir women's conference 'Connecting women across the LoC' organised by Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation New Delhi & Women's Studies Centres of J&K Universities, which concluded on November 18, at Srinagar.
Prominent US-based Dalit activists call for international support against caste-based violence
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India Civil Watch International has recently published an online series that was originally prepared by prominent African-American and Dalit activists as a protest against...
Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change
By Rupesh Dutta,
New Delhi : It was never easy for Meera Jato, 42, to confront her in-laws' taunts, deal with household hassles and start the country's first rural language weekly "Khabar Lahariya" (News Wave) run only by women. It has in its short existence carved out a clear niche for itself in the ever-expanding media space in India.
Did Cabinet approve inclusion of the communities that are already in the OBC list?
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minster Narendra Modi yesterday approved amendments to the Central List of the Other...
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The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
Students protest outside Haryana Bhavan over suicide by HAFED employee, call it institutional murder
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...
Two Dalit girls’ rape and murder in Badaun draws international flak
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The alleged gang rape and murder of two dalit girls on 27 May 2014 in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh has been condemned largely throughout the country by every section of the society. The condemnation did not stop within the borders of the country but international organizations have also expressed their dissatisfaction towards lack of adequate sanitation facilities and growing sexual violence of women resulting into the violations of human rights in India. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appalled by the brutal rape and killing of two dalit girls in UP whereas Amnesty International has criticized the police machinery of India who have time and again found to have derelict towards registering and investigating cases of rapes of low caste girls and their lackadaisical behavior in booking higher caste culprits in those cases.
A lawyer for the community
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
Indore: K.P. Gangore, a 35-year-old lawyer from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party, lives with his extended family in a depressed slum area of the city called Solanki Nagar. On the inside, the foyer of the three-room house has a nothing but a cot for a bed and a few chairs. The surrounding area of dirt roads consists of small homes where the heat beats down on the residents. According to Gangore, the neighborhood he lives in is predominantly scheduled caste. While he could possibly afford to move, he chooses to stay in that area to make a point that his interests are in community advocacy.
Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politics and, moreover, to do so in a manner which she believes will impress the core group of her supporters, the Dalits.
As a newcomer in politics and that too from a depressed community, she has had to build her career from scratch, as it were, without the help of an established party or an influential social network. Hence her unconventional ways.
भीम आर्मी का नया रंग : शादी के कार्ड पर चंद्रशेखर की तस्वीर और...
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26 साल के गुलशन घड़कौली...
Probe launched into Dalit youth’s killing in Haryana
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Haryana Police are investigating the killing of a Dalit youth in a village of Bhiwani district, police officials said Thursday.
India’s human rights situation is very serious, says UN Special Rapporteur
UN Special Rapporteur asks India to free 16 Human Rights Defenders accused in Bhima-Koregaon case
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The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...
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Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday will visit University of Hyderabad, where a Dalit research scholar committed suicide.
Rahul will land at Begumpet...
Congress will raise Gujarat incidents in Parliament: Sonia
New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the "atrocities" against Dalits and minorities in the country and said her party will...
Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.
Bengaluru : Thousands of people paid tributes to martyred National Security Guard (NSG) commando Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E.K. on Monday at his residence in...
Rajya Sabha disrupted over Gujarat Dalit issue
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha faced disruptions on Wednesday as opposition members demanded a debate on atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat's Una town,...
Mayawati did nothing for Dalits, says Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a frontal attack on Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, saying she was unlike her mentor and...
Varanasi: Dalit-Muslim unity meet held to counter hate crimes in Uttar Pradesh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
More than a dozen socio-political groups gathered in Varanasi’s Shastri Ghat on Sunday, February 18 to develop a consensus against the...
Caste triumphs over other identities among Dalit and Lower Castes of Laxmanpur Bathe
Rajan Jha for TwoCircles.net,
Laxmanpur Bathe: Many political commentators have contended that development would be the key issue in Bihar elections. However, a field visit...
राजस्थान का नागौर जिला दलितों की कब्रगाह बनता जा रहा है
By भंवर मेघवंशी,
राजस्थान के नागौर में हुए दलितों के जनसंहार पर भंवर मेघवंशी की यह रिपोर्ट इस मुल्क का चेहरा है, जो रोज ब रोज दलित-मुस्लिम-आदिवासी बस्तियों में देखने को मिलता है. भंवर राजस्थान में दलित, आदिवासी और घुमन्तु समुदाय के लिए संघर्षरत है. प्रतिरोध से साभार.
Lost Her Husband to Manual Scavenging, Soni Singh’s Struggle for Survival
Punam Masih, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Soni Singh sits on the steps of a shop near Mehrauli Dargah with her two daughters, waiting for kind-hearted individuals...
फिर से दलित-ठाकुर संघर्ष : दलितों की लड़की छेड़ी, बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़ी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
मुजाहिदपुर भूपखेड़ी : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर व मेरठ के बॉर्डर पर स्थित भूपखेडी गांव में पिछले दो दिनों से भारी तनाव है. बस्ती सुनसान...
“Lives of many Muslims ruined due to false terror charges”
By TCN News,
Gulbarga (Karnataka): The lives of many Indians have been ruined and their youth snatched away in the name of terrorism even as Muslims, Tribals and Dalits are mostly implicated in false cases due to prejudiced police, politics, media, prosecution and the society in general, Ajit Sahi, well known political analyst and a journalist, said.
Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...
SC to hear Ramdev’s plea on clubbing of cases
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Friday hear a plea by yoga guru Baba Ramdev seeking the clubbing together of all cases against him...
Raja targeted because he is Dalit: Karunanidhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday denied the allegations against Communications and IT Minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum allocation saying he was being targeted because he was a Dalit.
"Dominant forces are creating a big issue because Raja is a Dalit," Karunanidhi said. He was speaking to reporters after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 7, Race Course Road, residence.
क्या है भीमा कोरेगांव का इतिहास और 200 साल बाद की सियासत?
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यूनाइटेड अगेंस्ट हेट: नफरती हमलों के विरोध छिड़ा आंदोलन
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पटना : यूनाइटेड अगेंस्ट हेट के बैनर तले पटना में आयोजित अबकी बार नफरत की हार कार्यक्रम का आयोजन पटना में किया गया।...
SDPI alleges atrocities against dalits increased under new regime
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Nagpur : In the wake of increasingly changing political conditions in the country, the state unit of...
50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna
Patna : At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were injured here on Friday afternoon when police in a bid to disperse...
“Having few dalit figureheads does not change the administration’s attitude towards dalits”
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
No fees for girls upto higher secondary level in state schools, says J&K government
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a significant move which will benefit thousands of girls studying in state run schools in Jammu and Kashmir,...
Ex-IAS Anees Ansari elected chairman of Momin Conference
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow: The plight of silk weavers in Varanasi, brass workers in Moradabad and bangle artisans in Ferozabad will be raised by retired IAS officer Anees Ansari. The move is seen as the first step towards joining active politics like many of his brethren.
Ansari was in news when he was suspended from the post of Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) of the state in 2008 after his fashion designer wife Asma Hussain hosted a fashion show at their official residence.
Dalit boy in UP commits suicide after being boycotted for killing a Calf
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Lucknow: On Saturday, an 18-year-old Dalit boy named Ramu committed suicide in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh by jumping in front...
Blue is the warmest colour: How Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated at Parliament Street in...
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Dalit killing case shifted out of Haryana
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a blow to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, the Supreme Court Wednesday transferred the trail of those accused of attacking Dalits in Haryana to New Delhi.
Two Dalits assaulted in Andhra for skinning dead cow
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Religious leaders stress on strengthening mutual love, harmony in India
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New Delhi: A get-together of the prominent leaders of different religions was organised at the Archbishop House here on Monday to strengthen mutual...
UP Police make arrests in Sanjali’s murder case; Bhim Army questions findings and asks...
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In a major breakthrough, the UP Police claimed to have solved the gruesome murder of a Dalit girl who was...
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दिल्ली। स्वतंत्र पत्रकार मीना कोटवाल को इस साल अपनी दो स्टोरी के लिए ईमका अवार्ड से सम्मानित किया गया है। इनमें से एक रिपोर्ट...
Ajay Maken abused and threatened me, says Dalit congress member
New Delhi : Dharmpal Natkhat, a Dalit member of the Congress, said on Monday that the party's Delhi unit President Ajay Maken abused and...
Will torch myself if not given a home, says poor Dalit
By IANS,
Patna: Many rural poor are upset over alleged corruption in getting houses under a central government scheme and a 30-year-old Dalit woman has threatened to set herself on fire if she does not get a home due to her.
Ramvati Devi, a resident of Begusarai district, has threatened to set herself on fire April 1 if she is not provided a house under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) before that. She says her name was in the 2008 waiting list of the scheme.
"I will set myself on fire to protest injustice. I am a victim of injustice and corruption in the scheme.
Man weds widow in front of Gandhi statue
Patna : Breaking with tradition, a man married a widow in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, whom they termed a 'witness' like...
6 days after being kidnapped by ‘upper-caste men’ in village in Bihar, 20-year-old Dalit...
The killing of the twenty-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Bihar after being kidnapped by upper-caste men saw a protest by members...
Parliamentary panel slams JNU on SC/ST vacancies
New Delhi : A parliamentary panel has flayed the JNU administration for what it said was "insouciant attitude" on faculty vacancies meant to be...
एक बार फिर भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर गिरफ्तार
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भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद को एक बार फिर गिरफ्तार किया गया है.उनके गिरफ्तारी देवबंद में की गई.
गिरफ्तारी के तुरंत बाद चन्द्रशेखर की...
क्या चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद यूपी के अगले चुनाव में मुख्यमंत्री के दावेदार हों सकते है?
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सहारनपुर। उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति एक बार फिर करवट ले रही है। पीएम मोदी, गृहमंत्री अमित शाह और सूबे के...
Haryana violence: Apex court orders Dalits’ protection
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday said courts cannot solve problems linked to social prejudices and conflicts, and directed Haryana to provide protection to the victims of caste violence in Mirchpur village in Hisar district.
The apex court's vacation bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad said the failure to provide protection would be viewed seriously.
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
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नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
नक्सल इलाक़ों में नोटबंदी का ‘आतंक’
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Will Islam ‘liberate’ Dalits of Bhagana?
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat,
It was around 11 am on August 8 when the ‘Bhagana Kand Dalit Sangharsh Samiti’ had called a meeting at...
गाय के नाम पर अब लखनऊ में दलितों की पिटाई
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लखनऊ : गाय के नाम पर गुजरात में दलितों की पिटाई के बाद अब दूसरा मामला उत्तर प्रदेश के लखनऊ में सामने आया...
“His head was blooming like a lotus,” recalls mother of slain 9-year-old Dalit boy...
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Mumbai: “His head was blooming just like a lotus”, recalls Mangesh Shivsharan’s mother, who collected parts of his nine-year-old son’s brain,...






















































