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Shah woos Dalit voters in Delhi

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New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Friday wooed thousands of Dalit voters and appealed to them to vote for his...

Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism

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By Badre Alam & Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net Editors: Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 263 Price (Hardbound): Rs 850 Professor Christophe Jaffrelot...

फिर से दलित-ठाकुर संघर्ष : दलितों की लड़की छेड़ी, बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़ी

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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...

‘Kolkata police too is biased towards Muslims and Dalits’

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Modi phenomenon causing sea change in Dalit perception of BJP: Ram Vilas Paswan

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By Nirendra Dev New Delhi : There is a "sea change" in the perception by Dalits, backward class and scheduled tribes in the last two...

Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case

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Hyderabad : In a dramatic judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday set aside an order of a special court that sentenced 21 people...

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...

Centre isolating Hindus, says Mamata

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Kolkata : In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi-led central government over the attacks on Dalits in Gujarat by cow protection vigilantes,...

Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...

Post Lok Sabha polls, RSS expands in Uttar Pradesh

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By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : Since Narendra Modi became the prime minister in May, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has been merrily expanding its network...

How BJP got its biggest win ever?

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By Dr Shahnoor Rahman, India, being the largest democracy in the world, the identification and special care of the poor and deprived of the society -- mostly the Dalits and minorities by the government is the most important thing for social justice. This is the most important thing as well so that everyone can contribute towards the progress of the country.

Gujarat CID files chargesheet in Una Dalit flogging case

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Ahmedabad : In an important development, the Gujarat Police on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 34 persons in connection with the flogging of Dalits by...

राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net राजस्थान के अजमेर में कथित तौर पर उच्च जाति के दबंगों और स्थानीय पुलिस की प्रताड़ना से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या करने...

Two months after being attacked by SFI cadre, Dalit student continues to wait for...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net This is the third and final part of a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and...

From Dalit Leader to ‘Hindutva Icon’, the ‘Transformation’ of Chirag Paswan

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Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Chirag Paswan, the son of the late Ram Vilas Paswan — a stalwart Dalit leader — and Reena Sharma, a non-Dalit, seems...

The BJP won in UP. Can we please get rid of the facade called...

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By Mushtaque Rahamat for Twocircles.net The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has finally obliterated the oft-repeated differentiation...

टीसीएन 2021 : साल भर हम उठाते रहे वंचितों और पिछड़ों की आवाज़,पढ़िए...

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बीते वर्ष, 2021, में कई तरह की बदलती हुई राजनीतिक और सामाजिक गतिविधियां देखने को मिली। इस बदलती परिस्थिति में, हाशिए पर खड़े...

Congress protests tribals’ victimisation in Gujarat

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The opposition Congress staged a walk-out from the Gujarat assembly Thursday, protesting remarks from the treasury benches that many of the tribals were Maoists. The walk-out came at the end of a daylong debate on the budgetary demands for the forest and tribal welfare department when Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel was giving his reply.

Yechury seeks Mukherjee’s intervention in Hyderabad varsity issue

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Hyderabad: CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention in the University of Hyderabad issue, where a Dalit research scholar...

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...

AIC files amicus curie after Indian worker faces caste discrimination by a major tech...

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Commenting on the case, Ambedkar International Center (AIC) said that American workplaces must be caste-free zones. TCN News A Washington DC based organization Ambedkar International Center...

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...

TMC doing vote bank politics over Rohith: Smriti Irani

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Durgapur (West Bengal): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of indulging in a vote bank politics...

“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter One of the leading human rights organization Amnesty International India has launched a website on Thursday which will be used to...

RSS-BJP want to end reservation in the country: Nitish Kumar

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Patna: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) want to end reservation in the country, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...

J&K: ‘Rehabilitate Gujjars & Bakerwals on government lands’

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By TCN News

Courts in 20 UP districts hit by Ambedkar statue row

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Ghaziabad, (IANS): Work in courts in 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh remained suspended on Wednesday after the state bar association declared a strike over the...

All governments failed to protect Dalits, now arm them for self defence: BJP ally...

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter, Nagpur : ...

Justice Roopanwal to head panel probing Rohit Vemula suicide

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New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Thursday appointed former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Roopanwal to head the one-man judicial commission...

Sarkeguda Massacre: Demand for prosecution of CRPF personnel under SC/ST Act

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By TCN News,

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...

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...

‘Mappila Haal’: SIO observes 100th anniversary of Malabar rebellion

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The interactive virtual exhibition 'Mappila Haal', which contains comprehensive readings on the struggle, historical writings, documents, personalities and events of the rebellion has been...

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...

NHRC praises Gujarat for helping Dalits

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday praised the Gujarat government for bettering the lot of Dalits in the state.

Rape Raj: Shrouded in Shadow

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By Shahnaz Islam, TwoCircles.net A frenzied attack or bouts of insanity; “rape is rape”! Every 30 minutes one rape is committed in India. A woman...

Medha Patkar opposes slum demolition

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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.

Nandy made bad statement with good intentions: Kancha Ilaiah

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By IANS,

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Dalits, Mayawati threatens to quit

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New Delhi, (IANS): Sparks flew as the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on the second day of the monsoon session on Tuesday as...

In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

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By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

Dalit Sahitya Samman Sammelan held at Imphal

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By Dr Syed Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Awards were conferred to as many as 80 persons working in different fields in recognition of their dedication to...

SC to hear contempt PIL against three violent lawyers

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear plea for initiation of contempt proceedings against three lawyers who were caught on camera...

बसपा का मिशन 2017

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ: उतर प्रदेश में अगले साल होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव की तैयारियां अभी से पार्टियों ने शुरू कर दी है. एकतरफ जहां...

दलित युवाओं के लिए ‘आदर्श मानव ‘ बन गए है चन्द्रशेखर

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, सहारनपुर- छूटमलपुर से 90 किमी दूर बिजनोर बाईपास के पास मीरापुर में कुछ लड़के क्रिकेट खेल रहे है,गेंद को अपनी रेंज में...

मध्यप्रदेश में एक और अमानवीय घटना, आदिवासी युवक को गाड़ी से बांधकर घसीटा

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net मध्यप्रदेश में लगातार अमानवीय घटनाओं में बढ़ोत्तरी देखने को मिल रही है। इंदौर,देवास के बाद अब नीमच ज़िले में एक आदिवासी के...

‘Come Eat With Me’: Exploring caste through cooking Dalit cuisine in upper caste kitchens

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In an interview with TwoCircles.net, award winning Dalit theatre artist Sri Vamsi Matta talks about his experiences as a Dalit which inform the questions,...

Soni Sori, Lingaram: Maoist conduits or police trap?

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS,

Bhise’s visual expression of critical Ambedkarite imagery a landmark moment for mainstream Indian art

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Vikrant Bhise’s recent work is influenced by the Dalit Panther movement. Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Walking into the Centre for Contemporary Arts at...

‘हम उस समय तक अज़ान देते रहेंगे जब तक बाबरी मस्जिद में अज़ान शुरू...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली: बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की घटना को 24 वर्ष बीत गए हैं लेकिन दिल्ली में आज भी 6 दिसम्बर का...

Know the law: How to get bails

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By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net -- Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...

उत्तर प्रदेश : दलित युवतियों का तालाब में मिला था शव, ख़बर लिखने पर...

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आकिल हुसैन । Twocircles.net लोकतंत्र में मीडिया को चौथा स्तंभ माना गया है, मीडिया की जिम्मेदारी होती है कि वो लोगों तक सही खबर पहुंचाए।...

Gandhi effect: Full on help for Haryana’s Dalit victims

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By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma, IANS, Hisar (Haryana) : Call it the effect of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit or a reported reprimand from party president Sonia Gandhi to the Haryana government, official help is suddenly pouring in for Dalit victims of violence in Mirchpur village. The Congress government in Haryana has come up with jobs, financial help running into lakhs of rupees, accommodation, renovation of houses and even a permanent police post for victims of last month's arson attack on Dalit families in Mirchpur, which falls in this district.

TNTJ resolution for Muslim reservation

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By TCN News The resolutions adopted at the Conference on The Rights of the Oppressed. The Conference on the Rights of the Oppressed organized by Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath on July, the 4th , 2010 at the Island Grounds, Chennai unanimously adopted the following resolutions.

Raju Chalwadi: Helping migrant Dalit-Bahujan students crack higher education

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net In a small room located on the first floor of a tiny two-storey house in the migrant colony of Baiganwadi area...

‘Summary and Recommendations’ of the Kundu Committee

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Post-Sachar Evaluation Committee, headed by Prof Amitabh Kundu, presented its final report to Dr Najma Heptullah, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs. The Centre has not yet clarified whether it has accepted the recommendations of the Kundu Committee, as it later came to be known as.

मोदी जी के संसदीय क्षेत्र में महिलाएं नहीं दे सकतीं अपना मांग-पत्र

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TCN News, वाराणसी: नफरत और हिंसा की राजधानी के खिलाफ रोजी-रोटी-रोजगार के लिए ऐपवा ने संविधान दिवस पर महिला अधिकार मार्च निकाला.लम्बे समय से सरकार की...

दलित समाज में बढ़ी सामाजिक जागरूकता : लक्ष्य

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TCN News, दलित-बहुजन समाज में लक्ष्य द्वारा सामाजिक जागरूकता का अभियान तेजी के साथ आगे बढ़ रहा है। जहाँ दलित समाज की महिलाओं द्वारा इसे...

Dalit youth dies, cop killed as violence engulfs Gujarat’s Saurashtra

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Rajkot : A policeman was killed in mob violence and a Dalit committed suicide on Tuesday as protests against last week's thrashing of four...

Three weeks after Una Rally, Dalits in Gujarat continue to pay for raising their...

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By Amit Kumar. TwoCircles.net The Dalit Asmita Yatra, organised in the wake of attacks on Dalits in Una, Gujarat by cow vigilantes might have...

Writers, publishers, journalists and social activists condemn police action against Forward Press

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More than 350 writers, publishers, journalists and social activists from Hindi, English and Marathi, including Uday Prakash, Arundhati Rai, Shamshul Islam, Sharan Kumar Limbale, Kanwal Bharti, Giriraj Kishor, Anand Teltumbade, Manglesh Dabral, Anil Chamadia, Apoorvanand, Veerbharat Talwar, Ram Puniyani , S.Anand and others condemned police action against Forward Press last week.

SP to vote against promotion quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Monday said it will vote against the bill to provide reservation in promotion for Dalits and tribals in government jobs.

Allocate more funds for Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan: CPIM to Jaitley

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By TCN News New Delhi: K. Varadharajan, Member, Polit Bureau of Communist Party of India (Marxist) has written to Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister requesting more...

Ruling party’s patriotic card backfires

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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...

भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में आए ओवैसी

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : भीम आर्मी के समर्थन में अब ओवैसी की पार्टी ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन (मजलिस) भी आ गई है. इस...

FORWARD editor defends controversial ‘Mahishasur’ as Bahujan rendition

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Days after the police action against FORWARD Press following the complaint by saffron organisations regarding a painting of Goddess Durga published by the magazine, its consulting editor Pramod Ranjan has said the controversy possibly has roots in the Bahujan rendition of the narrative of a mythical character called Mahishashur.

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...

Ambedkar Foundation appoints AMU prof. to manage Urdu translation of Ambedkar writings

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By TCN News, Aligarh: Professor Mohammad Asim Siddiqui from the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been appointed as the managing editor...

गुजरात : गौरक्षकों ने की दलितों की निर्मम पिटाई

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net गिर सोमनाथ: गौरक्षकों द्वारा देश भर में किया जा रहा बवाल अभी थमा नहीं है कि गौरक्षकों द्वारा की जा रही हिंसक...

‘This Is Our Land, We Won’t Be Silenced’: Dalits Demand Land Rights After Arson,...

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MI Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: In a harrowing display of community strife, Dalit victims in Bihar are pleading for “patta” (lease deeds) of land to resolve a...

UP Police make arrests in Sanjali’s murder case; Bhim Army questions findings and asks...

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By Aas Mohammed Kaif, TwoCircles.net In a major breakthrough, the UP Police claimed to have solved the gruesome murder of a Dalit girl who was...

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...

7 Dalit youths attempt suicide in Gujarat over atrocities

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Rajkot : Seven Dalit youngsters on Monday attempted to commit suicide in two separate incidents in Saurashtra the entire region erupted into a wave...

I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP

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New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

‘Future CM of Telangana’ faces the heat from a Dalit student

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By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: After two decades of long run in Delhi, Vuthapala Hanumantha Rao a Congress patriarch is shifting back to state politics with a big aspiration. Contesting from Amberpet assembly segment he is confident of thwarting BJP state president Kishan Reddy in a direct contest, but MIM candidate a Dalit student is proving to be his biggest barrier towards the crown of Telangana.

NHRC to hold open hearing on atrocities to Dalits

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By IANS,

Aaghaz’s Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship awarded to a Dalit student

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By TCN News, New Delhi:Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among minorities has announced the winner of ‘Rohith Vemula...

कोरोना से जनता लड़ रही हैं, सीमा पर सेना लड़ रही है और हमारी...

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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...

‘Would they do this if it was a temple?’ Anger mounts among Buddhists of...

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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...

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...

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.

Will take legal action against two CPI-M leaders: Kerala woman

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Kannur (Kerala) : A Dalit woman Anjana who, along with her elder sister, was arrested on charge of trespassing a CPI-M office in Thalaserry...

Pakistan to show patriotism.

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Ref:- Judicracy constitutionally absurd & politically untenable.

Dear Sir

Notwithstanding euphoria, in some quarters,Â over Supreme Court of Pakistan order to reinstate ex-Chief Justice IftikharÂ Chaudhry, it is a crucial and critical time for the people of Pakistan where they are required to show patriotism andÂ common sense, without coming under undue pressure of international community.

In the entire world only two types of Governments are there:-

(i)- Democracy where ultimate power is with people's representatives.

दलित, आदिवासी और पिछड़ो के हज़ारों पद ख़ाली, संसदीय समिति ने मोदी सरकार...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net देश में 2014 में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद से ही उस पर आरक्षण विरोधी होने आरोप लगते रहें हैं। लगातार कहा...

Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn-in as Bihar’s new CM

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Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi, a 68-year-old Mahadalit leader, was Tuesday sworn-in as the 23rd chief minister of Bihar. Manjhi along with 17 ministers took oath...

10,000 km long Maila Mukti Yatra reaches Hyderabad to eradicate manual scavenging

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By TCN News,

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...

बिहार में दलित उत्पीड़न : शर्मसार कर देने वाली ये घटनाएं आख़िर कब तक?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दलितों पर अत्याचार कोई नई बात नहीं है. ये ऊंच-नीच का भेदभाव आज भी बदस्तूर जारी है. आज भी ऐसी घटनाएं हर...

Rajasthan’s Dalit women celebrate ‘liberty’ at temple

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By Asit Srivastava, IANS,

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...

Govt. to give 27% of petrol pumps to OBCs

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By TCN News,

BJP is anti-Ambedkar, anti-Constitution: Mayawati

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday dubbed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre as anti-Ambedkar and anti-Constitution. Addressing...

Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination

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On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...

एसआईटी करेगी सहारनपुर के दंगों व जातीय संघर्ष की जांच, डीआईजी ने बना दी...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सहारनपुर : यूपी के ज़िला सहारनपुर में पिछले एक माह में हुए सभी 5 दंगों या जातीय संघर्षों की जांच एसआईटी को...

Mayawati to begin UP campaign Thursday

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati would begin a whirlwind tour of Uttar Pradesh, her home state, from Thursday, a party leader...

Atrocities on Dalits following pattern during NDA rule: Congress

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New Delhi : The Congress on Thursday said atrocities against the Dalits across India during the National Democratic Alliance government's rule since May 2014...

भीम आर्मी का नया रंग : शादी के कार्ड पर चंद्रशेखर की तस्वीर और...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : गुलशन की शादी हो रही है. 17 फ़रवरी को अनीता उनकी जीवनसंगिनी बन जाएंगी. 26 साल के गुलशन घड़कौली...

A third of India live in a state of famine: Dr. Binayak Sen

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By TCN News Aligarh: Dr. Binayak Sen, renowned human rights worker and Chhattisgarh based public health professional, delivered the IG Khan Memorial lecture in Kennedy Auditorium on Sunday to a rapt audience of students and faculty members. Citing data and facts from his work on tribal and poor workers in Chhatisgarh, Dr. Sen presented the grim reality of the state of the nation's dispossessed. He pointed out that almost 33 percent of the country's population lived in a state of famine that translates to a third of the population of one sixth of humanity living in India.

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...

Dalit killed for plucking two brinjals in Bihar village

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By IANS, Patna: A Dalit man was beaten to death for plucking two brinjals from a field belonging to a landowner of a higher caste in a village in Bihar, police said Wednesday.

A cab ride in Jaipur; and an understanding of caste and colour

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net I was recently sent to Jaipur for an assignment. As someone who has largely ignored various app-based rental car services, I...

Boston event links Black Liberation and Palestinian movements with the Anti-Caste Struggle

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By Paul Malachi, TwoCircles.net The #DalitWomenFight United States tour reached Boston on Saturday, September 19th, 2015 with a panel titled “Dalit Women Fight – Moving...

Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti

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By TCN News As social distancing and public gathering restrictions are in order during the COVID19 lockdown, Dr Ambedkar’s 129th birthday commemorations were organized over...

Civil society demands Govt. to kill poverty not the poor

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By TCN News,

Chandrashekhar’s Letter from Prison shows Bhim Army is far from over

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The leader of Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar ‘Ravan’ may be in jail, but if you believe that this will lead to the...

कोल्ड ड्रिंक की तर्ज पर 20-20 रुपये में परचून की दुकानों पर बिक रही...

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर हाल ही उत्तर प्रदेश और उत्तराखंड के सीमावर्ती इलाके सहारनपुर और भगवानपुर के देहात में हुई ज़हरीली शराब 100 से...

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...

चंद्रशेखर ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठाया मानवाधिकार का मुद्दा

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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...

Three held for desecration of Ambedkar statues in Andhra

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By IANS,

Life term for student leader’s killer who shot witness’ father

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By IANS, New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday sentenced a man, already convicted for gunning down a students union leader of a Delhi University college in 1999, to rigorous imprisonment for life for also killing the father of a witness who had informed the police. Jitender alias Kalla was served with a second punishment days after he was awarded life sentence by the court for murdering Anil Bhadana, the then Satyawati College Students Union president.

Congress attacks government over lynchings in name of cow

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New Delhi, (IANS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday attacked the government over incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection, alleging that...

Opposition parties condemn Bhagwat’s call on debate on reservations for SC/ST

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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...

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...

Thousands mourn slain Dalit litterateur Kirwale

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Kolhapur (Maharashtra), (IANS): Thousands of people on Saturday gathered at the home of noted Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale, who was murdered by a carpenter...

Jamiat Ulama supports NCM chief over SC status to Muslim Dalits

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By TCN News,

Dalit lorry driver killed by Tamil Nadu Special Forces in custody, alleges family

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): On the evening of February 12, Suresh, 33, from Gandhi Nagar, Orikkai, in Kancheepuram district of Tamil...

Untouchables in predatory world of EdTech industry: Making a case for recognition of critical...

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Digital learning carries with it the same biases and inequities that dominate the sphere of traditional education. Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Rishab P,...

Hundreds protest in Delhi against lynchings, communal divide

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New Delhi, (IANS): Hundreds of people, including film stars and social activists, on Wednesday gathered at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the recent incidents...

Angry at slur, mourning Goa tribals invite cops to a drink

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By IANS,

Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?

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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.

125 years on, Dalits wait for a leader like Ambedkar

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Notwithstanding reservation in education, job, Lok Sabha and state Assemblies India is yet to produce as towering a Dalit personality as...

Mahadalit exodus: Bihar to develop Pura as model village

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Patna : Pura village, which witnessed an exodus by hundreds of Mahadalits who were threatened by upper caste men, will be developed as a...

Leaders urge Modi government to pass a bill against lynching

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New Delhi, (IANS): Leaders of different political parties on Wednesday extended their support to a draft bill against lynching prepared by a civil society organisation...

‘Turn your words into deeds’: US lawmakers write to Modi on growing ‘religious intolerance’

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By TCN News, Conveying their serious concern over violence against religious minorities in India, 34 top American lawmakers that include Eight U.S. Senators and 26...

Tribal affairs ministry promises more funds for northeast

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By IANS, New Delhi: More funds and development schemes for the northeastern states were promised as Tribal Affairs Minister Kanti Lal Bhuria wrapped up his three-day visit to the region Wednesday. The minister, summing up his visit said that norms for opening residential schools for tribal children will be relaxed in the northeastern states.

“हरियाणा में महादलित महिला होने के बजाय गाय होना ज़्यादा अच्छा है”: महादलित महिला...

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मनीषा मशाल भारत में यह एक कठिन समय चल रहा है, जिसमें देश में रह रहे हाशिए के समुदाय से जुड़े लोग ब्राह्मणवाद और प्रताड़ना...

Mayawati contests charges of maximum harassment of Dalits

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By IANS,

ज़बान काटी थी, गैंगरेप किया था, 10 दिन बाद नही रही हाथरस की ‘गुड़िया’

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net 14 सितंबर को उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में जिस दलित लड़की की गैंगरेप के बाद ज़बान काट दी गई थी। आज उस लड़की की...

Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre

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By IANS,

‘Doors of opportunities are closed for Dalits and tribals because of caste prejudices’

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Vaibhav Chhaya is a poet, writer, social media analyst and political commentator. He has published a book of poetry. His political...

कोई महारानी हमारी किस्मत नही बदल सकती!हमें तो बस दो रोटी चाहिए!

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net अज़मेर- अज़मेर से भीलवाड़ा मार्ग पर महाविद्यालय के क़रीब राधा है,राधा 50 से ऊपर की है ,यह उसने ही बताया है सही...

दलित साहित्य समारोह, दूसरे साहित्य समारोह के बीच में एक अलग पहचान

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। देश में कई तरह के साहित्यिक समारोह होते हैं। लेकिन पिछले दो साल से दिल्ली में दलित साहित्य समारोह का आयोजन किया...

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...

Like Mayawati like Manohar: Social engineering redux in Goa

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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,

Supreme Court suspends bail for Kobad Ghandy

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By IANS,

Why Dalit Assertion Is Growing in West Bengal’s Industrial Heartland

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Asansol (West Bengal): This year, for the first time, Ambedkar Jayanti was officially celebrated across West Bengal's underground coal-producing regions, particularly in Asansol,...

क्या चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद यूपी के अगले चुनाव में मुख्यमंत्री के दावेदार हों सकते है?

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर। उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति एक बार फिर करवट ले रही है। पीएम मोदी, गृहमंत्री अमित शाह और सूबे के...

Now vote for ‘The Greatest Indian’

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By IANS,

यूपी में दलित किशोरी की बलात्कार के बाद हत्या, दो गिरफ्तार

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.Net उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर खीरी में बेहद दरिन्दगी का एक मामला सामने आया है। यहां पकरिया गांव में दलित समुदाय की एक नाबालिग़...

‘Chalo TISS’ earns solidarity from across India over scholarship protests; strike enters day 14

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The ‘Chalo TISS’ call given by the General Body of TISS students was highly successful, with more than 500 people all...

Dalits push their version of Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

AIDWA condemns Dalit youth’s murder in Maharashtra

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New Delhi: The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) Thursday condemned the murder of a Dalit youth in Maharashtra in the name of honour...

‘Rise of Maoists due to injustice with tribals’

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By IANS, Shillong: Maoist activities are growing in India's tribal areas because the traditional forest dwellers have been denied justice, a tribal leader said Saturday.

Gujarat to give 10 percent quota for economically backward classes

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Gandhinagar : Ten percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions will be given to the economically backward classes (EBCs) in Gujarat, the ruling...

Dalit killing case shifted out of Haryana

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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.

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...

Tribal villagers help nab kidnappers in Orissa

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: Residents of a tribal hamlet in Orissa helped police rescue a man within a few hours after his abduction, an official said Saturday.

Bihar: Protests and politics over OBC status to “Ashraf Muslims”

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net Patna: A controversy is in offing on the issue of inclusion of Shaikh into OBC category in Bihar. Many backward caste groups, including those among Muslims in the state, have registered their protest with the State Commission for Backward Castes (SCBC) against attempts by Shaikh, an upper caste Muslim group, to get OBC status.

Police file charge sheet in Kerala woman’s rape-murder case

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Kochi : The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a local court in the brutal rape-murder of a 27-year-old Dalit law...