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You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...

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By TCN News Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...

VIPs visit murdered Dalit woman’s mother, probe continues

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit...

Rohith’s death was institutional murder: CPI-M leader

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New Delhi : CPI-M leader M.B. Rajesh on Wednesday said Hyderabad Central University student Rohith Vemula's death was an “institutional murder”. “Rohith's death is an...

Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...

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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...

Adivasi, Muslim and Dalit organizations jointly hoist national flag and condemn growing atrocities

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By TCN News, Jaipur: As many as fifteen Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi organizations jointly celebrated Independence Day here and hold a program in favour of...

India disturbed over imminent institutionalization of martial primacy in Pakistan

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Ref:- Federation of SAARC countries with dyarchy, inevitable Dear Sir

Dalits to rally for Bahujan Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

Demonstration outside Rajasthan Bhavan against killings of the Dalits in Nagaur

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A protest demonstration was organised on Saturday outside the Rajasthan Bhavan in the capital demanding justice to the victims of mass killings by the dominant caste in Naguar district. Dalits and Adivasis, women activists, advocates and concerned citizens of the country from different Civil Society organisations and all those in support of the cause of marginalized people, gathered to condemn the killings of 3 dalits by the dominant Jat caste on Thursday.

Activists protest deaths at home for mentally

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By IANS, New Delhi: Nearly 150 people, mostly rights activists and members of NGOs, Tuesday protested the government's apathy towards the maintenance of a home for the mentally challenged, where several deaths and human rights violations were reported in the past month. They demanded action and even offered their help to the government.

BJP, minorities, and 2014 elections

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By Asghar Ali Engineer

Dalit ring draws controversy, designer says ‘ring aimed at creating awareness on plight of...

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Stella Simona is a Bangladeshi origin designer, who before starting her jewelry store was a model and a fashion photographer. The...

Rectify 1.4 crore errors in caste particulars, states told

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New Delhi: Amid demands by some opposition parties for releasing the data of the caste census, the government on Tuesday said there were over...

Beyond Homosexuality and AMU: Why ‘Aligarh’ is a must-watch movie

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By Mahtab Alam for Twocircles.net Last week, a day after Hansal Mehta’s latest film Aligarh was released for public viewing in theatres across the country...

NRI Ambedkarites demand immediate prosecution of Hathras rape accused

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TCN News Scores of NRI Ambedkarites from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nederland, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Belgium, Hungary, Australia,...

Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders

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Chandigarh : Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab's Muktsar district,...

Where Even Water Was Denied – How G. Kalyan Rao’s ‘Untouchable Spring’ Bleeds the...

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Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net “Let’s die, let’s die here, We aren’t born only to die…” — Untouchable Spring, G. Kalyana Rao In the fertile yet fractured rural landscape of...

UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...

Chandy to hold reception for Ghulam Ali in Kerala

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will lead a reception here for Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali on January 14 ahead of his performance. Ali...

Matto Ki Saikil highlights everyday gendered, casteist reality of Indian villages

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Aatika S., a fellow at TwoCircles.net interviews Pulkit Philip, the screenplay writer of film Matto Ki Saikil The newly released film, Matto Ki Saikil (2022) directed...

Protests for, against promotions quota across UP, Uttarakhand

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By IANS,

61 RS members seek impeachment of Andhra and Telangana HC Judge for abusing Dalit...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Sixty one members of the Rajya Sabha have submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday...

अब बलिया में दलितों पर हमला, 6 बुरी तरह घायल, 3 की हालत गंभीर

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : बलिया से सटे ग़ाज़ीपुर के सीमावर्ती गांव गोसलपुर में भाजपा व संघ परिवार से जुड़े ठाकुर ज़ाति के लोगों ने...

Bihar Elections: Meet Gopal Ravidas, a Dalit who couldn’t complete his law education but...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: Gopal Ravidas, 51, could not complete his law education but he is now a lawmaker in Bihar Legislative Assembly. Son of...

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...

Dalits oppose invitation to ‘only’ upper caste speakers for yearly memorial lecture at Ambedkar...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The members of Dalit Bahujan Adivasi Collective have written an open letter to the Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)...

Targetted for being Dalit, tweets sacked Delhi minister

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New Delhi : Former Delhi Social Development Minister Sandeep Kumar tweeted on Thursday that he was being targetted as he was a Dalit and...

Dalit leader Janardan Chandurkar is Mumbai Congress chief

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By IANS, Mumbai : Dalit leader Janardan C. Chandurkar was appointed the new president of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Thursday, party office-bearers said here.

Agra gears up for biggest Dalit empowerment show

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By IANS, Agra: Agra is gearing up for the annual three-day Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations starting April 14 that are seen as a demonstration of Dalit empowerment over the past decades. Each year, a Bheem Nagri - the venue of the celebrations - comes up in a different area, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Arvind Pushkar told IANS. "The main focus is on the Bheem Manch that has a new theme each year. Last year, it was the Parliament House. This year, the theme is Buddhist culture and trends," Pushkar added.

8 मार्च को देश भर में गिरफ़्तारी देगी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर ने जेल से...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी ने अपने सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर रावण की रिहाई को लेकर अब सख़्त फैसले लेने शुरू कर दिए...

100 Gujarat Dalits embrace Buddhism

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Amreli (Gujarat), (IANS): At least 100 Dalits in Amreli district in Gujarat on Thursday embraced Buddhism in protest against government inaction over the death of...

CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits

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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday denounced the police firing on Dalit activists protesting against the Supreme Court's decision to dilute the...

Platform formed to seek justice for victims of Bathani Tola massacre

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Convention on 15 July in Delhi Public Meeting in Ara on anniversary of Bathani Tola Massacre By TCN News

नृशंस आपराधिक अग्निकांड : दोषियों को बचाने की फिराक़ में प्रशासन!

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में हुई आगजनी के मामले के बाद आज पीड़ितों से...

Rohith Vemula’s brother to get job: Delhi government

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New Delhi : The Delhi government said on Wednesday it would give a job to the brother of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula of...

Menon freed, says willing to serve in Sukma again

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By IANS,

Congress leader to meet Uttar Pradesh Dalit rape victim

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By IANS,

MIM to appoint Dalit mayor if it wins Aurangabad civic polls

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has decided to appoint a Dalit face as Aurangabad city mayor if it manages to...

People from weaker sections treat me as goddess: Mayawati

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New Delhi : Amid protest over Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Daya Shankar Sigh's abusive remark, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that...

I can’t remember how many times I have been attacked…but will continue to fight:...

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The attack on Chithralekha is a clear example of how the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while raising its voice against growing intolerance in...

Caste lines blurred in Varanasi poll?

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Varanasi : As Varanasi votes Monday, traditional caste lines seem to have blurred and loyalties changed. With nearly 17 lakh voters as per figures of...

The story of minors: A note on the practice of untouchability in Uttar Pradesh

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The mainstream Manuwadi media and Savarna liberal media are always desperate to take note of the atrocities on Dalit-Bahujans in a particular fashion. The...

ABVP on the rampage again, this time in BHU

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They disrupted a program featuring a JNU professor, threatened TCN reporter By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Varanasi: Earlier today Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) members tried to stop...

जेएनयू विवाद: भूख हड़ताल से आगे का रास्ता

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: जवाहरलाल नेहरू में चल रहा विवाद अब पूरे नए फलक पर आ चुका है. राष्ट्रद्रोह और देशविरोधी कार्यक्रमों के मामले में...

Anna’s support for Dalits half hearted: Udit Raj

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By IANS,

Christian Council welcomes St Stephens reservations for Dalit Christians

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ALL INDIA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL President: Dr. Joseph D'souza Secretary General: Dr. John Dayal PRESS STATEMENT NEW DELHI, 14 JUNE 2007 CHRISTIAN COUNCIL HAILS `HISTORIC' ST STEPHENS QUOTA FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS; WELCOME NEW CATHOLIC EDUCATION POLICY FOR MARGINALISED All India Christian Council president Dr Joseph D'souza and Secretary General Dr John Dayal have welcomed as 'historic' the move by the St Stephen's College to give preferential admissions to brilliant students from the Dalit Christian community in the prestigious institution of higher learning.

SDPI’s 25-day-long countrywide protest against mob lynching concludes in New Delhi

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TCN News New Delhi: Today Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) organized street demonstrations across the country, in all assembly constituencies and districts of 14...

Recalling Rohith: Not backing down under state pressure, youth politics emerging strongly in Maharashtra

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Two years ago, on January 17, Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula was institutionally murdered by the casteist administrative forces of Hyderabad...

योगी को दलित मित्र का सम्मान देने की मुख़ालफ़त करने वाले पूर्व आईपीएस एसआर...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यानाथ को अम्बेडकर महासभा से ‘दलित मित्र सम्मान’ देने का विरोध करने पर अभी-अभी पूर्व...

Some notes on MIM Assembly success in Maharashtra with tales of monkey and rabbit

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By Pramod Mandade, One week after the Maharashtra assembly election results I went to my village in Latur district (Marathwada). AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) won two seats one in Aurangabad and another in Mumbai plus they took considerable votes in many other places.

2016-17 saw over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits

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Kolkata, (IANS): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said over 45,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits were...

PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar

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New Delhi (IANS): Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday alleged that the PMO had given orders not to arrest Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, booked...

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...

Dalit woman burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh

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By IANS, Bhopal : A Dalit woman, set on fire by two people in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, died at a hospital in Gwalior Thursday, police said. The woman, Krantibai, was living with Raghuveer Gurjar in Padora village in the district after leaving her husband a few years ago. "Raghuveer Wednesday demanded some money from her for liquor. When Krantibai refused, he and his brother doused her with kerosene and set her on fire," Shivpuri Superintendent of Police Rajendra Prasad said.

नीतिश राज में मुसहरों को बिल्डरों का खौफ़

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना:बिहार की राजधानी में मुसहर जाति के लोग इन दिनों भारी संकट में हैं. मुसहरों की जमीन पर एक बिल्डर की...

Dalit politics beyond BSP

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, In Maharashtra, the galvanization of political power on the basis of empowerment of scheduled castes has taken a backseat due to fractionalization. Though this is a well known phenomena, the BSP is attempting to capitalize on the failure of other Dalit-issue-based parties like the Republican Party of India(RPI), a product of the Scheduled Castes Federation founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, which is now in shambles with over 50 different splintered groups.

In UP, the truth is that no Muslim party plays a major role in...

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net With UP going to elections this weekend, it is clear that the gloves are off and everyone is either trying to...

Budget related dharna and rally of 29th February, 2008

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submitted by Satinath Choudhary, Delhi We started gathering in the morning about 11 am and around three O’clock in the afternoon, we marched towards the Parliament, led by our own Parliamentarian Hon’ble Athavale Sahab, as far as the police let us go. We then had some speeches and concluded the rally by burning a replica of the new budget! The following memorandum of demands was submitted to the Prime Minister and Finance Minister: SC/ST Budget Hissedari Andolan (Movement for SC/ST Share in Budget) c/o 36/12, 1st Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi -110 008 To

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...

Rahul set to visit disfigured Dalit girl in Kanpur hospital

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By IANS,

आगामी दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव में अल्पसंख्यक

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By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter, नई दिल्ली: जैसे-जैसे दिल्ली में जल्द मुमकिन विधानसभा चुनाव की करीबी बढ़ती जा रही है, उसी तरह से तमाम राजनीतिक पार्टियों में सरगर्मी बढ़ती दिख रही है. आम आदमी पार्टी और कांग्रेस ने अपने-अपने उम्मीदवारों की पहली सूची हाल में ही जारी की है.

Doctoring History for Political Goals: Origin of Caste System in India

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By Ram Puniyani, Caste hierarchy is a major obstacle to the goal of social justice and it continues to be a major obstacle to social progress even today. There are many a theories, which have tried to understand its origin. The latest in the series is the attempt of RSS to show its genesis due to invasion of Muslim kings. Three books written by RSS ideologues argue that Islamic atrocities during medieval period resulted in emergence of untouchables and low castes. The books are ‘Hindu Charmakar Jati’, ‘Hindu Khatik Jati’ and ‘Hindu Valmiki Jati’.

On Rohith Vemula’s first anniversary, Jamia students pay respect, organise protests

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Commemorating the first anniversary of  research scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Wednesday under...

Pansare murder suspect knew Goa blast mastermind: Police

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Panaji: Hindu right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha member Rudra Patil, a suspect in leftist Govind Pansare's murder, was in regular touch with the mastermind of...

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...

Jamia to deliberate on implications of 2014 elections on Dalit and Minorities

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. K.R. Narayan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize an International Conference on “Election 2014: Implications for Dalit and Minorities in India” on September 2 and 3, 2014.

Will try to restore Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai: Government

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New Delhi : Facing criticism from the opposition over the demolition of decades-old Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai, the government assured the Rajya Sabha on...

Uttar Pradesh has highest cases of atrocities against SCs

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New Delhi : Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2015 while the...

Probe into ‘violation’ of court curbs on Uttar Pradesh park

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By IANS,

With UP elections in mind, BJP appoints three new National Presidents from Poorvanchal

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net The BJP has been working overtime on the upcoming UP elections, and in fact, has also learnt the lesson that...

Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts

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By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...

Haryana village appeals to Dalit families to return home

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By IANS, Hisar (Haryana): Residents of a Haryana village Monday made an appeal to Dalit families, who had fled after clashes and arson attack, to return home. Nearly 20 families of Valmiki community in Mirchpur village fled after an arson attack April 21. At least 15 houses were damaged and a 70-year-old Dalit man and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter were burnt alive.

I Feel Unmistakable Sense of Belonging: Rishab Dahiya, the Photographer Behind  Powerful Photographs of...

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Aatika S | Twocircles.net Aatika S. interviews Rishab Dahiya, a dalit photographer and a filmmaker who is famous for clicking powerful pictures of members of...

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...

संडे स्पेशल : तो क्या भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर का सूरज अब डूब रहा...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net पिछले कुछ सालों में राजनीतिक सरगर्मियों में तेजी से उभर कर सामने आए और दुनियाभर का ध्यान आर्कषित करने वाले भीम आर्मी के...

Reservation for Dalit Muslims

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By M Naushad Ansari,

Dalits push their version of Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

Prominent US-based Dalit activists call for international support against caste-based violence

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TCN News 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...

Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...

Vemula’s friends, academicians back Jadavpur University against ABVP

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Kolkata : Friends of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, as also some academicians on Sunday backed the Jadavpur University...

Embarrassment in Nepal

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, The self- respecting people of Nepal need to be congratulated for compelling the jingoist Indian media to ponder over its follies and idiocies in reporting the painful stories of earthquake from Nepal. The thing is that the reportage of TRP hungry TV channels is not new to us when they market our emotions and sentiments as these are the most ‘saleable’ products in our market apart from sex, rape, babas, tantra, cricket, corporate and Bollywood.

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,...

Chandasi Coal Mandi: Asia’s Largest Black Hell Where Laborers Pay with Their Health

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Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net Mughalsarai, Chandauli: The Chandasi Coal Mandi, located just five kilometers from Varanasi in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, is gripped by severe cold since...

Budget 2016: Jatiley allocates Rs 500 crore for SC, ST, women entrepreneurs

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By TCN Staff Reporter Delhi: In an attempt to help people from marginalised communities set up their own businesses, the Union Budget has allocated Rs...

CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu

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Chennai : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday announced its candidates, including two women, for nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Releasing the...

Dalits of West Medinipur district facing social boycott for past two years, state government...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, Twocircles.net The 2012 data released by National Crimes Record Bureau had one surprising, albeit slightly unbelievable number: West Bengal, with 2.14...

Remembering Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim teacher who laid the foundation of Dalit-Muslim unity

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, a number of political forums and parties have experimented with uniting Dalits and Muslims, given their...

Shut courts if they can’t protect rights: SC/ST Act vedict judge

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By IANS New Delhi: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who headed a bench which delivered the judgment forbidding immediate arrest under SC/ST Act, on Friday said...

Retired Generals failed to analyze current disenchantment of Indian youth with armed forces

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Ref: Irrelevancy of martial element the main problem and the only solution is, to make human rights the martial jurisdiction. Dear Sir The...

Activism meets hacktivism for Dalit History Month

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Cambridge, Massachusetts: There is nothing new with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and hacks but what was different about the hackathon last Sunday was that it was led by a group of Dalit activists who were hacking away at Wikipedia to add information about Dalit history.

If Owaisi can criticise every leader in UP, why does he spare Mayawati?

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By Soroor Ahmed, Twocircles.net The strategy of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is different from the one adopted during the campaign ahead...

Dalit activist passed away after torching himself, accused government of neglecting land allotment to...

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Ahmedabad, (IANS): A 60-year-old Dalit activist, who set himself on fire in Gujarat over government's alleged failure to regularize land tilled by a landless...

A temple where upper castes bow to Dalits

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS, Lucknow : Stories of socially marginalised people not being allowed into places of worship are common in India. In such a scenario, a Dalit family presiding over an Uttar Pradesh temple for ages is nothing short of exemplary. It's only Dalits who have been priests of the Kali Mata temple, dedicated to goddess Durga, in Lakhna town in Etawah, some 300 km from Lucknow, ever since the shrine came up around 200 years ago.

Ambedkar King Study Circle Hosts Anti-Corruption Activist in California

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By TCN Staff Nov 2, 2019, 2019 Fremont, California. Last week Mr. Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyakkam ( non-violent war movement), Tamil Nadu shared...

Yeddyurappa loses cool at Dalit protesters in BJP rally

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By IANS, Davangere (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa lost his cool on seeing a group of Dalit Sangarsh Samiti protesters at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally here Monday and lashed out at senior police officers in public for failing to prevent the protest. As the protesters tried to shout slogans when he was about to address the rally, an incensed Yeddyurappa summoned Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil to the stage and shouted at him.

दलित बहुल गांव के लोगों का झलका दर्द

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net  बिहार के औरंगाबाद जिले में बसा नारायण खाप गाँव, जहां 4000 आबादी वाले गाँव में 1200 से भी अधिक दलित परिवार रह...

Telangana Police files closure report in Rohith Vemula suicide case, claims research scholar wasn’t...

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TCN News New Delhi: Doubting Rohit Vemula to be a Dalit and speculating that he ended his life out of fear that his true caste identity...

शोभापुर : तनाव में दलित, धर्म बदलने की चेतावनी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : भारत बंद आह्वान के बाद मेरठ में हुई हिंसा, मेयर पति योगेश वर्मा की गिरफ़्तारी और युवा नेता...

An eyewitness account of the Women’s March in Boston

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net “This is the biggest march I have seen,” said an old timer who seemed to be someone who have participated in lots...

MIM appeals supporters to join Mumbai’s Dalit mass protest on July 22

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: In yet another attempt to portray it to be the party of Muslims and Dalits, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen...

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...

‘गाय को मां बताने वालों के लिए दलित मां की क्या इज़्ज़त है, बलिया...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : बलिया में सूदखोरों द्वारा ज़िन्दा जलाई गई दलित महिला रेशमी की मृत्य के बाद गांव में संघर्ष जारी है....

Appointment of non-Brahmins in Kerala temples widely lauded, Brahmin sect warns of agitation

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapuram: The decision by Kerala Government to follow reservation norms in appointing priests from backward communities in temples under the Travancore...

After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release

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Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...

Shifting Allegiances: Dalits in Uttar Pradesh Explore ASP and Congress Amidst BSP’s Woes

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Asad Rizvi, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: Amid the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) existential crisis, Dalits seem to have begun exploring new political alternatives. They are apparently weighing their...

In the name of Najeeb : Left and exclusion of Muslims in JNU

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By Waseem R S for TwoCircles.net On October 30, 2016, a solidarity meeting was organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Student Union demanding justice for...

Civil society demands Govt. to kill poverty not the poor

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By TCN News,

Death sentences commuted for six in Khairlanji massacre case

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By IANS, Nagpur : The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentences of six people accused in the massacre of a Dalit family in Khairlanji in 2006 and gave them life imprisonment of 25 years each. The much awaited verdict was given by a division bench comprising Justices A.P. Lawande and R.C. Chauhan that turned down a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the lower court's ruling giving life to two of the eight accused while sentencing to death six people.

Condom, caste and morality

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By Yogesh Maitreya The Indian Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan seems to provide unprecedented and remedial tool in the sector of health, especially in...

Citizens’ Solidarity with Voices of Democracy

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TCN This is a statement of solidarity endorsed and signed by over 200 intellectuals, artists, academicians, lawyers, journalists, and students in support of the five...

Shazia Khan: An entrepreneur trying to mentor Muslim women find their feet

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net For Shazia Khan, the path to success has never been a straight one: as a Muslim girl growing up in...

BJP Dalit leaders to aggressively counter opposition onslaught on community

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New Delhi : The BJP has decided to aggressively counter the Opposition's onslaught over the recent string of atrocities against Dalits in various parts...

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...

Irani insensitive to Rohith’s family, say varsity teachers

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Hyderabad : Targetting central minister Smriti Irani over suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the SC/ST Teachers Forum and Concerned Faculty of University...

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...

Muslims and Dalits to hold joint protest against demolition of Guru Ravidas temple

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TCN News Representatives from the Muslim community have lent their support to the Dalit Community in their demand to re-build the Guru Ravidas temple at...

‘This is our home from generations:’ residents of Haldwani on eviction orders

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Haldwani residents, majority of whom are Muslim, have challenged the Uttarakhand High Court's eviction order in the Supreme Court, which will hear the plea...

SC calls for multi-pronged policy to tackle Delhi pollution

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the alarming problem of air pollution in Delhi could be tackled through a multi-pronged...

Rise in crimes and atrocities against SCs and STs in 2016; UP sees most...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau showed that there had been an increase of 5.5% and 4.6%...

Dalit intellectuals’ voices should be heard on Arundhati Roy’s Ambedkar introduction

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, Since the publication of Arundhati Roy’s introduction to The Annihilation of Caste, called “The Doctor and the Saint,” intellectuals and Dalit activists have spoken out against her as a choice for the introduction as well as her over-emphasis on Mahatma Gandhi’s story over Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s story.

‘अस्तित्व, अस्मिता और जनआन्दोलन’ के मुद्दे पर 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना में जमावड़ा

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TCN News पटना : जन आन्दोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय यानी एनएपीएम का 11 वां राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना के ऐतिहासिक अंजुमन इस्लामिया हॉल...

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 anger: BJP’s hard core is its own enemy

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By Amulya Ganguli The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) owes much of its woes to the reluctance of its core constituency of urban, upper caste, conservative,...

Murder of 8-year-old Dalit girl in Thoothukudi reveals caste prejudice at play

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net  Kalvilai: At around 11 am on 15 July, an eight-year-old Dalit girl from Kalvilai village in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu...

Christian of Dalit origin will be Dalit if he embraces Hinduism

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said that a Dalit whose parents or grandparents embraced Christianity will get the benefits of reservation meant...

Almost 60 years later, Deekshabhoomi continues to draw Ambedkarites

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By Nivedita Khandekar Nagpur (Maharashtra): Hemlata Sontakke, 60, was too young to remember the epoch making event she had attended with...

30 years of SC/ST PoA Act: Lacks and loopholes

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Kolkata: On 5 November, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that insulting a Dalit or tribal person would not...

Five point programme for Indian muslims

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we are living in a society where interest is collected for every work.under inevitable circumstances lakhs of indian muslims converted into pan brokers,bankers etc.They never lend money to their muslim brothers without interest.why? they have to survive. Crores of indian muslims addicted to dowry.They wont marry a girl without taking dowry.

BJP a party of greedy people, not Hindus, says Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the BJP, saying it claims to be a party of the...

Gorakhpur: SP alliance to pose a tough challenge to BJP thanks to NISHAD party’s...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net A few kilometres east of Gorakhpur railway station, there is a lake named Ramgarh Tal. Walking along the banks of the...

50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...

A prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in India: Report

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New Delhi : A human rights group on Tuesday said one prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in Indian jails and that there are three...

A former Marxist fights on BJP ticket

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By Priyanka, New Delhi: He used to be a Marxist who later took to Dalit activism before quitting his Indian Revenue Service job where he...

For short-cut to sainthood, consult journalists of Bihar

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By Soroor Ahmed for TwoCircles.net There is a unique short-cut route to sainthood in Bihar. Vatican must learn from it. There is no need to wait...

UP Jats poised to join hands with Haryana khaps for reservation

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New Delhi: The Jats of Uttar Pradesh, mainly concentrated in the western flank of the state, have decided to launch an agitation to demand...

यूपी चुनाव में ओवैसी, दलितों-मुसलमानों को साथ लाने की कोशिश

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ: ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन(एआईएमआईएम या एमआईएम) के नेता असदुद्दीन ओवैसी इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश के तीन दिनों के दौरे पर हैं....

#BreakingCaste: Sujatha Gidla shines reading from Ants Among Elephants

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By Valli Karunakaran, TwoCircles.net New York City, March 10, 2018 — Sujatha Gidla was among the authors invited to speak at #Breaking Caste, a literary...

Quota for faculty members at IIMs on anvil: Javadekar

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Ahmedabad : The Union Human Resources Development Ministry is considering introducing reservation for faculty positions at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Union HRD Minister Prakash...

2-year-old girl dies in Bihar on way to hospital as roads blocked due to...

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Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) A critically ill two-year-old girl died on Monday on her way to a hospital as Bharat Bandh supporters blocked roads...

Pakistanis to be careful before laying down lives

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Ref: - (i)- Democracy will not come in charity. (ii)- Need to be on guard against Indian example & media propaganda. (iii)- UN / USA & its democratic allies can't be relied upon.

Dalit man who married high-caste girl killed in TN

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Chennai : A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number...

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...

Safai karamcharis demand a separate Ministry to rehabilitate Manual scavengers

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TCN News Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan released a 10 point manifesto for Safaikaramcharis to ensure that political parties take note and implement their demands. The Safaikaramcharis...

रियल बिहार : “हम घर से बाहर कम ही निकलते हैं। गांव के लोग...

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बिहार चुनाव: बिहार के मुसलमानों को क्यों पसंद नहीं है नीतीश कुमार का विकास- ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट प्रतिभाशाली रिपोर्टर मीना कोतवाल इस समय बिहार में है...

Dalit cattle skinners in UP desperate to resume work

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With cow vigilantism at its peak and a dearth of private skinning orders, Dalit cattle skinners of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have been left with...

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर जेल में हमला

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलितों की महिलाओं पर बेहद आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी करने वाली वीडियो के बाद अब भीम आर्मी के संयोजक चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’...

Dalit boy beaten up in Gujarat, two accused arrested

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Ahmedabad : A 15-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten up late on Thursday evening by two men in Bhavda village of Daskroi taluka in...

After attacks, Dalits flee two Rajasthan villages

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By IANS,

15 leaders from different parties join BJP

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New Delhi : A total of 15 leaders from different political parties, including the Congress and the AAP, Tuesday joined the BJP here expressing...

Database for hate violence launched in Delhi; to help encourage community reporting of such...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Documentation of the Oppressed (DOTO)- a national Database on hate violence-was launched today at the Constitution Club in Delhi. The database,...

SAVE THE AUTONOMY OF M.S.UNIVERSITY,BARODA

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AND RESIST ALL OUT SAFFRONISATION The vandalism in the fine arts by the saffron brigade with the help of the police and complicity with the V.C. and the University authority has been nakedly exposed. This act by the saffron brigade is the culmination of the saffronisation of the MSU which had crept the University under the BJP rule in the state for more than one decade and the process accelerated after the Gujarat Carnage 2002.There are more than -nine Universities in the state besides the professional Universities.
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