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Book review: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits

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By Chandra Sen for Twocircles.net Author: By Badri Narayan Publisher: Penguin, Delhi Price: Rs 374 at Amazon.in ‘The caste has come into politics’, ‘the standard...

Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...

Day after Dalit student’s suicide, students’ group points fingers at IIT Bombay

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Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle Bombay called the incident an institutional issue, saying students from oppressed castes (SC/ST) and low-income families face immense...

गुजरात के दलितों से कब सबक लेंगे मुसलमान

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net गुजरात के दलितों से सबक़ लीजिए. गाय की खाल उधेड़ने के नाम पर ऊंचे तबक़े की गुंडागर्दी का किस क़दर क़रारा...

हाथरस कांड : राहुल -प्रियंका के दम से काँग्रेस ने लड़ी मुख्य लड़ाई

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महमूद रियाज़ हाशमी महान वैज्ञानिक अल्बर्ट आइंसटीन ने कहा था, “फीजिक्स से ज्यादा पॉलीटिक्स कठिन है” और जो लोग इस बात से सहमत हुए बिना...

Dalit funds not diverted to CWG: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday dismissed allegations by her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati that the city government had diverted funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games. "We have not diverted any funds from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes welfare schemes for the Commonwealth Games," Dikshit told reporters here. Mayawati had Monday alleged that the Delhi government had diverted Rs.750 crore meant for Dalit welfare to the Oct 3-14 Games.

Vaibhav Chhaya: A maverick voice of dissent into the poetic world

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By Yogesh Maitreya, “With all my baggage gone I can travel light now, forging on deeper into forest” says Haruki Murakami in his Kafka on the Shore. The same feeling can be drawn as soon as one finishesreading ‘Delete Kelela Sarr Aakash’ (Entire deleted sky), the first poetry book by Vaibhav Chhaya. Vaibhav writes poetry in Marathi. And the forest of his poem is equally risky and beautiful, one who could see the life in the underbelly, would certainly remain unsettled after brooding into the forest of his poems.

Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar

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New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...

Protect tribal interests to root out Maoism: NHRC member

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Why Muslims are a punching bag

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By Bobby Naqvi The Indian Right has always used Muslims as a stepping stone to power in Delhi and elsewhere since the 1930s. Almost every...

A faithless debate and a heartless god – History and its captives

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By Garga Chatterjee

On Eid, an entire village mourns the loss of a son: A visit to...

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By Mehebub Sahana and Shahnawaz Ahmad Wani for Twocircles.net The recent lynching of Mohammed Junaid, a 16-year-old from Haryana, has not only shocked the Muslim...

Owaisi seeks withdrawal of cases against Hyderabad varsity students

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Hyderabad : MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday demanded withdrawal of cases against students and professors of Hyderabad Central University. The Member of Parliament from...

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

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

Will Islam ‘liberate’ Dalits of Bhagana?

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

Mayawati did nothing for Dalits, says Rahul Gandhi

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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...

Left alone to battle, Delta Meghwal’s father says he has little hope of getting...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net On March 29, 2016, when the news of the brutal murder of Delta Meghwal first flashed across TV screens and websites,...

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...

NCDHR condemns “calculated” expulsion of three marginalised EFLU students

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By TCN News New Delhi: The National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) strongly condemned the “calculated expulsion” of three marginalised students from the English...

दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों की फेलोशिप पर होगा इस बदलाव का असर

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

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.

BSP calls Congress anti-Dalit

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By IANS,

Advise PM for ordinance on SC/ST protection, Mevani tells Athavale

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Gandhinagar, (IANS): Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance...

उन्नाव प्रकरण में भ्रामक ट्वीट पर 8 के खिलाफ मुकदमा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net उन्नाव के असोहा थाना क्षेत्र के बबुरहा गांव में बुधवार को घटित हुई घटना को लेकर ट्वीटर पर भ्रामक ट्वीट करके ग़लत...

Court notice to 82 acquitted in Mirchpur Dalit killing

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By IANS,

Dalit girl burnt alive in UP village

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Lucknow, (IANS): A young Dalit girl was burnt alive in an Uttar Pradesh village in Unnao district late last night, police said. Eighteen-year-old Moni was...

Eight Mahadalits converted to Christianity in Bihar

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

CM meets Dalits; sporadic protests, partial shutdown in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister...

Five-year-old Dalit girl raped, murdered in Haryana; community rises in protests

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter On the night of December 8, 2017, a 5-year-old Dalit girl was abducted from her home, raped, murdered and her body...

सवर्ण छात्रों को दलित भोजन माता से हुई नाराजग़ी, नौकरी खत्म !

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net देवों की भूमि कही जाने वाले उत्तराखंड में एक दलित समाज से आने वाली एक भोजन माता को सिर्फ इसलिए हटा दिया...

Ramdas Athawalay allies with Shiv Sena

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By Ram Puniyani,

Eastern UP chosing mechanical over manual farming

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Amit Dwivedi Special Correspondent, CNS Farmers in Eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly chosing costlier mechanical ways of farming over less-expensive manual ways. Why? "Mechanical harvesting is easy and less time taking. At main harvesting time its become very tough to get the labourers at right time. And if the harvesting process will get late it can harm our crops due to hail storm and heavy rains. Due to these factors big and even small and marginal farmers are also moving towards mechanical harvesting" said a farmer living in eastern part of UP, Gyan Chand.

Lalu Prasad demands Bharat Ratna for Dalit leader Kanshi Ram

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

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...

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...

Jarawa women dance clip old, videographer will be held: Chidambaram

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By IANS,

Politics lures another senior Maharashtra ex-IPS officer

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Mumbai : The lucre of politics has lured yet another Maharashtra senior IPS officer. Former additional director general of police P.K. Jain joined the...

Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra

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Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...

Haryana rape victim cremated, two more held

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By IANS, Narwana (Haryana) : Two more people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a Dalit girl in Haryana's Jind district, police said Sunday.

Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers

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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...

इन बिंदुओं में समझिए लखीमपुर खीरी की पूरी कहानी

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न्यूज़ डेस्क।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर ज़िले में उप मुख्यमंत्री केशव प्रसाद मौर्य के कार्यक्रम के बाद हुई हिंसा में 8 लोगों की मृत्यु हुई...

Protest rocks Hyderabad varsity on Rohith suicide anniversary

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Hyderabad : Protests rocked the University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as police stopped students and activists from entering the campus on the first anniversary of...

15 in Bihar charged for boycotting Dalits

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By IANS, Patna : A case has been lodged against 15 people in Bihar on charges of socially boycotting dozens of Dalit families and causing them mental torture, police said Tuesday.

Mob blocks traffic in Ghaziabad after Ambedkar statue damaged

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By IANS, Ghaziabad: An agitated mob Friday blocked traffic in Ghaziabad after a statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was found damaged in the Bamheta locality of the city, police said.

Campaign to provide clothes to Dalit Adivasi children in Maharashtra during Ramadan a huge...

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On May 24, TwoCircles.net published a story which showed a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...

Two Dalits thrashed for refusing to clear carcass

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Rajkot : A group of self-styled cow vigilantes thrashed two Dalits in a village in Gujarat's Saurashtra region for allegedly refusing to dispose the...

[EXCLUSIVE] “हम तीनों को वैसी पब्लिसिटी मिली, जैसी हम नहीं चाहते थे” – अनिर्बन...

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली- जेएनयू प्रकरण में बेहद उतार-चढ़ाव आए. इस मामले में उमर ख़ालिद और कन्हैया कुमार कई दिनों तक अखबार की सुर्ख़ियों में छाए रहे. लेकिन इस मामले में सबसे कम नाम जिस शख्स का सुना गया, वह नाम है अनिर्बन भट्टाचार्य का. दो दिनों पहले जेएनयू के एड ब्लॉक पर अनिर्बन से हमारी बात हुई. नीचे पढ़ें वह बातचीत.

Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya

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

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...

Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister

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

BSP leaders protest park wall demolition in UP’s Lucknow

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Lucknow: BSP leaders and workers on Thursday held a sit-in in the state capital to protest against the demolition of a wall of Ambedkar...

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...

Marathi movie Khwada projects the rebel against upper-caste hegemony

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net After Fandry, the Marathi movie Khwada, released on Oct 22, 2015, does a brilliant job of depicting lower castes’ struggle...

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’.

हाथरस में गेंगरेप आरोपियों के पक्ष में दबंगो की पंचायत,बढ़ रहा है जातीय तनाव

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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...

समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को

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पहले चरण के मतदान से पूर्व बातचीत में रोसड़ा के दलितों ने दिए इशारे राजन झा, रोसड़ा, समस्तीपुर: दलितों के वोट की मदद से बिहार चुनाव...

A festival in Tamil Nadu to honour folk artists from marginalized communities

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The festival, titled “Veethi Virudhu Vizha (The Street Award Ceremony)” in its ninth year, has provided a platform for Dalit and other marginalized...

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

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

In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net Music events are part and parcel of every University campus, but on February 1, the Ambedkar University campus students witnessed...

7 arrested in Telangana honour killing case

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Hyderabad/Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) Telangana Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested seven accused over the killing of a Dalit youth, who was...

Kashmiris should support United Punjab, a precursor to “United States of SAARC”

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Ref: - India need not be over sensitive to revival of Punjab movement minus terrorism. Dear Sir This refers to last week news in Indian and...

SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims

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

Maya govt. is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers: Dr. Udit Raj

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dr. Udit Raj, president of the Indian Justice Party, said that the Maya Government is anti-Dalit and anti-farmers, and has gone upon fueling the privatisation in U.P. “Recently, the government sold four sugar mills, viz. Chandpur (Bijnor), Jarwal (Behraich), Shishwan Bazar and Amroha and three of them are making profits. The Chandpur Sugar Mills has been sold to a liquor baron who had amassed thousand of crores through manipulation of business activities in liquor, mines, mid- day meal, etc.” alleged Dr. Raj.

Bharat Bandh protests on the issues of 13-point roster and Forest Rights

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Text and video by Atul Anand for TwoCircles.net The first week of March 2019 has seen two major protests against the NDA government and the...

समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को

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पहले चरण के मतदान से पूर्व बातचीत में रोसड़ा के दलितों ने दिए इशारे राजन झा रोसड़ा, समस्तीपुर: दलितों के वोट की मदद से बिहार चुनाव...

‘Entire society must come forward to fight fascist forces’

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Daya Pawar Memorial Award received by Pratima Joshi and Bhimsen Dethe By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net, This year, ‘Padmashri Daya Pawar Smruti Puraskar’ (Padmashri Daya...

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...

CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard

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

Yashica Dutt’s book ‘Coming Out as Dalit’ to be released in 2017

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By TCN News, A book written by Yashica Dutt, a journalist living in New York, who concealed her identity of being a dalit for a...

Intra Kashmir women activists will achieve nothing by merely emulating their male counterparts

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Ref:- Human rights of women dependents of Kashmiri martyrs & massive participation in exports, hold the key.

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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.

Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...

Rupesh Kumar: A filmmaker, academic, journalist with the sole aim of destroying casteism

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net The world of activism cannot function within boundaries, and for Kannur resident Rupesh Kumar, this statement is apt: he is...

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...

Abducted woman untraced, husband still in hospital

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By IANS, Patna : An upper caste woman abducted in Bihar 12 days ago allegedly for marrying a Dalit against her family's wishes remains untraced, police said Sunday.

‘One million post cards campaign’ launched to press for inclusion of Dalit Christians &...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Mirchpur violence: Delhi, Haryana told to protect witnesses

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By IANS,

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...

Despite improvements, gaps between Dalits and upper castes persists: Prof. Thorat

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net, Waltham, Massachusetts: Economic conditions of Dalits have improved in the last sixty years but the gap between Dalits (Scheduled Castes) and higher continues continue to persists, argued Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies. Prof. Thorat was giving the opening lecture at the two-day Symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar which began here on Saturday. The symposium is being organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University.

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...

Poultry farming brings prosperity to Rajasthan Dalit village

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By IANS,

The background of caste-based reservations

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THE BACKGROUND OF CASTE-BASED RESERVATIONS Dear all Assalam alaikum The basic need for the Muslim intelligentsia at present is to make concerted efforts to forestall these ignorant maulanas from interfering into every affair of the community, whether they know it or not. I would like to give the background of this caste-based reservation as I and our party All India Muslim Forum have remained deeply associated with the issue for many years. The backward castes(both Hindus and Muslims) which were covered by the Mandal Commission

‘Liberal’, ‘Ambedkerite’ Islamophobia and communal violence: A counter narrative

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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...

On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley

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By TCN News Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...

Bush & Condoleezza should listen to Wendy

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Ref: - Kashmiri leaders should also approach USA. Dear Sir

Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula

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

Karnataka banks on education to end bizarre ritual

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By IANS,

UP cop to woman: Who will rape you at your age?

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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.

Remembering anti-caste social reformer Savitri Bai Phule on her birth anniversary

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TCN News Today marks the 188th birth anniversary of Savitri Bai Phule regarded as an icon in the field of education for girls in India. Born...

कोच आबिद अली के नमाज पढ़ने से आहत हुए हिंदूवादी संगठन,दे दी तहरीर

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के पीलीभीत में हिंदूवादी संगठनों ने हाकी कोच आबिद अली पर स्टेडियम में नमाज़ अदा करने का आरोप लगाते...

Dalit riot victims attack Hisar district official in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : A protest by Dalit (Balmiki) families who fled from Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district turned ugly as the district's Deputy Commissioner Yudhvir Singh was attacked and manhandled by angry protesters here Wednesday. "The deputy commissioner of Hisar district came to meet the protesters to convey the instructions given to him by the Supreme Court. He was attacked by the angry families as they did not want to move back," an eyewitness said at Mandir Marg where the Mirchpur families have taken refuge for the past two weeks.

Bhopali Kids Drive Home their Demands to PM

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Lalu, Nitish ask Modi to flay RSS chief on quotas

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Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Lalu Prasad on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to refute RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's suggestion...

Rural economy takes top slot in 9 pillars of Jaitley’s budget

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New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented India's national budget for 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, saying the country was a...

Marathi book on Tipu Sultan shines light on his contributions to India

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Solpaur (Maharashtra): In an attempt to bring out the role and contributions of the great Mysore king Tipu Sultan, Sarfaraz...

Two Dalit boys suspected to be thieves lynched in Bihar

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Patna : Two Dalit students, awaiting their Class 10 results, were lynched in a Bihar village on suspicion that they were thieves. Two of...

Present goodwill of India , Pakistan & international community be utilized

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Dear Sir Normally any community which lays down the lives of its so many people does not remain without being master of its political destiny. But Kashmiris (despite sacrificing more than 80,000 people as per Nicholson's report adopted by EU's Parliament vide A6-0158/2007 on May 24, 2007) are still groping in the dark mainly due to:-

Mayawati threatens to resign from RS

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New Delhi, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday threatened to resign from the Rajya Sabha after she was not allowed to raise...

Dalit leader accepts Islam, pens a book

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By The Milli Gazette, New Delhi: After 52 years of struggle, a well known dalit leader in Tamil Nadu, T. M. Mani, accepted Islam. The English version of his book "End of Casteism" will be released in New Delhi on Sunday, 18 April 2010. Mr. T.M. Mani waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. He fought ferociously for 52 years and at the end, accepted Islam. His struggle's sufferings and achievements are detailed in this book. Venue of the book release will be Ghalib Academy, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi and time: 10.30 am-2 pm

So why’s this Modi worried in Bihar?

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By Imran Khan Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi - better known these days as SuMo to rhyme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NaMo -...

शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...

Karnataka parties in suspended animation over power strategy

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By V.S. Karnic Bangalore, (IANS) Political parties in Karnataka are in a state of suspended animation, just like the state assembly, with confusion persisting on what they can do next. Of the three major contenders for power in the state - the Congress, the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), only the BJP hopes to benefit from the collapse of its coalition with the JD-S last week.

Ashit Sable: A young documentary maker highlighting the role of Shahiris of Maharashtra

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net In its purest sense, the role of an artist has always been to work for the empowerment and enlightenment of the...

Citizens demand heritage city status for Agra

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By Brij Khandelwal, IANS, Agra : Ahead of the polls, several citizens' groups have asked candidates of various political parties to support their demand for heritage city status to Agra visited by millions of tourists every year. Party candidates are being asked to clarify their stand on various issues that concern the development of this historic city.

Congress, BJP trade barbs over JNU row, Rohith Vemula issue

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New Delhi : Amid heated arguments between the opposition and the treasury benches, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday discussed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards

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By TCN News In the 4th Edition of Connections 2020 by the IIMC Alumni Association, independent journalist Meena Kotwal was awarded the Indian Institute of...

Call to mark June 26th’ as resistance to the “silent emergency”

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Journalist says threatened by Sanatan Sanstha, refuses police cover

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Mumbai: Journalist Nikhil Wagle, known for his aggressive stance on various public issues, says he has received threats from Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha. Maharashtra...

Knowledge is power and the government controls it

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By Saundarya Verma India is a country so vast that even after inhabiting the worlds’ largest population, we have space for more people. We make...

Dalits angry as Bihar massacre accused are acquitted

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By Imran Khan, Patna : Family members of the Dalits who were killed in 1999 in Bihar's Arwal district, allegedly by the outlawed, upper -caste militia Ranvir Sena men, are disheartened and devastated over the release of all the accused.

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 trial of those accused of attacking Dalits in Haryana to New Delhi.

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...

Will the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 provide succor to Dalits and...

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Govt urged to pass SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session By TCN News, New Delhi: Urging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his pre-poll promise to the SC/ST communities, the National Coalition for Strengthening SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (NCSPA) has demanded the government to pass the pending Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session of the Parliament.

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...

And now, a Mayawati temple

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By IANS, Lucknow : If all goes well, Uttar Pradesh will soon get a temple dedicated to Chief Minister and Dalit icon Mayawati, whose statues already dot the sprawling state. The temple is proposed to be erected in the poverty-stricken Mahoba district in Bundelkhand, economically the most backward region in Uttar Pradesh. It will come up in Natpura village, about 300 km from here. "Of course, we are planning to install her idol in the temple that will come up on my private land," Kanaihya Lal, a Mahoba-based lawyer, told IANS over telephone.

With Chandrashekhar in jail, Dalits of Saharanpur seek to rekindle struggle

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By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Bhim Army is trying to ensure that the fight for justice and equality continues even as its...

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...

Patna University gets first Dalit head of Hindi department in 86 years

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62-year-old Dilip Ram is a Dalit Professor who began his career as a primary school teacher and now heads the department of Hindi...

No change in condition of Dalits under Mayawati: Uma Bharti

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By IANS,

जेयूसीएस ने चुनाव आयोग की शुचिता पर उठाए सवाल, कहा आयोग कर रहा साम्प्रदायिक...

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By TCN News, लखनऊ : पिछले दिनों मीडिया में आए वीडियो पर योगी आदित्यनाथ ने आरोप लगाया कि इसके पीछे नक्सलवादी ताकतों की साज़िश है. इसके बाद वीडियो के मूल स्रोत डाक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म ‘सैफ्रन वार’ के निर्माता-निदेशक सदस्यों ने इसे उल-जलूल हरकत करार देते हुए फिल्म में उठाए गए दलितों के हिन्दूकरण, महिला हिंसा, देश विरोधी विदेशी संगठनों से योगी के गठजोड़ और राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गांधी की हत्या में इस राजनीति की भूमिका से ध्यान हटाने की कोशिश बताया. डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्मकार शाहनवाज़ आलम, राजीव यादव और लक्ष्मण प्रसाद ने कहा कि योगी आदित्यनाथ वीडियो को कभी अपना तो कभी कट- पेस्ट बता रहे हैं, लेकिन हमने पहले भी मीडिया द्वारा इस बात को संज्ञान में लाया है कि इस वीडियो के मूल स्रोत को न्यायालय से लेकर चुनाव आयोग सभी को सौंपा जा चुका है. लेकिन सरकार योगी पर किसी भी कार्यवाही के बजाय मुद्दे को सिर्फ चुनावी रणनीति की तरह देख रही है. योगी आदित्यनाथ भी इस अनदेखी का पूरा लाभ उठा रहे है. इस मामले में कोई भी कार्यवाही न करके चुनाव आयोग अपनी जवाबदेही से तो बच ही रहा है, साथ ही योगी को बचाने वाले अपने अधिकारियों को भी बचाने की कोशिश में लगा हुआ है.

A Dalit Groom Rides a Horse Under Police Protection in MP, Challenges India’s Caste...

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Akansha Deshmukh, TwoCircles.net A wedding procession moves along a kaccha road of Bharatpura, a remote village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. On both sides, humble...

BJP’s Dalit outreach in UP a pretence: Congress

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New Delhi (IANS): As Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana courted controversy by ordering food from a restaurant instead of eating at a Dalit's house,...

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...

दंगाइयों को समझा रहे पूर्व बसपा विधायक को पुलिस ने भेज दिया जेल, वीडियो...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : दलितों के 2 अप्रैल को किए गए भारत बंद के दौरान हुई हिंसा के बाद अब राजनीति गहरा...

रोहित वेमुला के नाम मार डाले गए एक होनहार का ख़त

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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...

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

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

Atrocities against Dalits legitimises casteist orientation: Swaraj Abhiyan

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New Delhi : Swaraj Abhiyan National President Anand Kumar on Thursday said increasing incidents of atrocities against the Dalits had lent a kind of...

वर्धा विश्वविद्यालय-पहले बिना कारण दलित-ओबीसी छात्रों को निष्कासित किया, अब निष्कासन लिया वापस

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By मीना कोटवाल, TwoCircles.net Photos by Chandan Saroj महाराष्ट्र का केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालय वर्धा में 9 अक्टूबर को एक कार्यक्रम किया गया था, जिसमें हिस्सा लेने वाले...

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

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

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

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...

Under pressure to retract statement, says Pakistani Hindu scribe

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By Aadil Mir New Delhi/Karachi : A Dalit Hindu reporter working with Pakistan's state-run news agency says he has slipped into depression after facing discrimination...

House attacked because I am Mahadalit: Bihar speaker

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Patna : Bihar assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary Wednesday said his house was pelted with stones by Rashtriya Janata Dal workers because he hails...

Governor calls upon tribals to strengthen democracy

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By IANS, Vadodara: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal Tuesday called upon the tribal youth to strengthen democracy in the country and abjure violence.

J&K-specific confidence building process must speed up: Sayeed

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PDP Patron meets central leaders

New Delhi : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said a defining moment has arrived for the amicable settlement of the Kashmir issue, and it is time to focus on the resolution of the problem by adding substance to the peace process through substantial confidence building measures.

Tamil Nadu asked for report on assault on Dalit boy

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Dalits still living in fear in Haryana village: Report

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By IANS, New Delhi : Days after a girl was raped and her father committed suicide, Dalit residents of Haryana's Dabra village are still afraid of letting their daughters go out.

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...

Manjula Pradeep: Working tirelessly to ensure equal rights for Dalits

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By Amit Kumar For Manjula Pradeep, growing up in Baroda and attending an English-medium school meant her childhood was like any other child, at least...

Partial shutdown in Bihar over acquittals in Dalit massacre

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Patna : Road and rail traffic in Bihar was partly hit Friday during a shutdown called by the CPI-ML to protest against the acquittal...

The Muslim factor in 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, It is high time to call off the bluff of Muslim vote bank in Indian politics. The Dalits like to vote the party that favors them, so are the Hindu caste groups, and even their Jatis are doing the same. Everyone wants to seek affiliation with the nearest similar identities and try to influence the electoral process. It’s the rule of the game of ballot box democracy and there is nothing unusual about it. In fact such designs are encouraged by the political parties who give tickets to the candidates that have significant electoral base.

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

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

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

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BJP desires ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Modi has failed, says Mayawati

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Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" and said Prime Minister Narendra...

Indian PM’s Rebuke to the British PM Over Terrorism

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By giving a befitting rebuke to the British Prime Minister over the alleged involvement of Indians in the so-called failed terrorist attack in England, the India Prime Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh deserves accolades for having expressed himself from the most dignified plank as the leader of the largest democracy of the world. What Dr. Singh stressed in the most unambiguous words was his strong objection to the Western mentality of intimidating the world through its hypothetical narratives of terorism.