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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...

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...

Dalit groom seeks police protection to ride mare

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By IANS,

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

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By TCN Staff Reporter,

Tension in Ghaziabad after Ambedkar statue vandalised

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Ghaziabad : The defiling of a statue of the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar here has led to...

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.

Demand for Forward Commission for upper castes in Bihar

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By IANS, Patna : An upper castes panel in Bihar wants a Forward Commission on the lines of Backward and Mahadalit commission to study the socio-economic condition of the upper castes. "We will submit a memorandum to the state government soon, seeking formation of a Forward Commission (Savarna Ayog) to study the socio-economic condition of the upper castes, particularly Brahmins," J.N. Trivedi, a spokesman of the Brahmin Samaj Rajnitik Chetna Samiti of Bihar told IANS here.

Under Modi, record rise in unspent funds for Dalits/tribals

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By Nikhil M. Babu In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and...

Ambedkar great son of India: Modi tells British Parliament

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London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described B.R. Ambedkar as a "great son of India" in his speech at the British Parliament and...

Tension rises in Manipur following attacks on Kuki youths

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Imphal: Manipur Police beefed up security measures on Sunday as Kuki organisations condemned the "unprovoked" gun attack on February 3 on Kukis in Molnom...

Students across Mumbai come out in support of Fathima Latheef, JNU students

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the protests across both IIT Madras and JNU surged with more and more students coming out on the streets, hundreds...

The Telegraph redefine newspaper front pages

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By IndScribe Telegraph, the Calcutta-based English newspaper, has redefined the front pages of newspapers. Creative, catchy and often shocking headlines, apart from unique presentation has...

Bihar officials asked to explain Dalit hostel attack

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By IANS,

Six activists arrested by Pune Police in relation to Bhima Koregaon, protests in Mumbai...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Six months after the Bhima Koregaon incident, Pune police along with Deonar Police, Mumbai barged into the office of Dalit Activist...

Backward classes panel for quota in private sector

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New Delhi : The National Commission of Backward Classes has written to the social justice ministry to bring a bill for providing 27 percent...

Karnataka banks on education to end bizarre ritual

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By IANS,

Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...

‘Cow Holy, Dalit Unholy?’: Ambedkar group raises slogan during protest rallies in USA

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BY TCN News, Detroit: Giving a global voice to the ongoing protests against the caste atrocities committed in India against Dalits, the Ambedkar Association...

Campaign to make minority and SC/ST women legally aware

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By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Ashray Welfare and Charitable Society (AWCS) organized an event on legal awareness for women belonging to SC/ST and minority communities living near Pant Nagar and Nizamuddin in the community hall of Pant Nagar neighbourhood.

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’s 33rd mega gathering in Ajmer to focus on Dalit-Muslim unity

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In order to address concerns over the current communal condition of the country in which weaker sections are being targeted...

‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...

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This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...

Dalit killed for demanding wages

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By IANS, Bhopal : A Dalit in a Madhya Pradesh village only wanted payment of wages due to him -- but what he got was death. Mason Ramesh Jatav was allegedly killed after he demanded Rs.4,000 for the work he had done for farmer Shriram Lodhi, police Sunday said. Thirty-eight-year-old Jatav was killed in Shivpuri district Friday night when he had gone to Shriram's house with his wife to demand back-wages. According to police, Shriram and his relative Gabdu Lodhi took the couple to a nearby field and killed Jatav, a resident of Sirsona village, about 350 km from here.

Congress misleading on Ambedkar memorial, Thackeray warns Dalits

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Gujarat law exam hit by reservation row

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By IANS,

Asaduddin Owaisi backs Hyderabad varsity students’ protest

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Hyderabad: MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday sought immediate removal of University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor Appa Rao over the suicide of a Dalit...

तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...

उन्नाव में दो दलित लड़कियों की संदिग्ध हालत में मृत्यु, एक गंभीर

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net उत्तरप्रदेश के उन्नाव से एक बार फिर दिल दहला देने वाली खबर आ रही है, जहां अपने ही खेत मे संदिग्ध हालत मे बंधी...

Three of Dalit family killed in Uttar Pradesh

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By IANS, Lucknow : Three members of a Dalit family were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Jyotiba Phule Nagar Tuesday, police said. Mukhram, 55, his wife Gyanwati, 50, and their son Rahul, 22, were found murdered inside their house in Dhanaura area, about 300 km from here. "Prima facie it appears the three died of injuries inflicted by a sharp-edged weapon," police inspector Sanjay Tiwari told reporters in Jyotiba Phule Nagar. "We are yet to ascertain the exact reason behind the killings. Investigations are on to nab those involved in the incident," he said.

In Hyderabad University, Dalit students pay heavy price for protesting against Hindutva brigade

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By Hana Ashraf and Anees M for Twocircles.net There is nothing more important in ‘student politics’ than the ongoing tension in FTII Pune, if one...

MIM’s Dalit candidates give impressive performance in Maharashtra elections

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By TCN Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Since its entry into the Maharashtra politics, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) often spoke about Muslim-Dalit political alliance. Assembly election 2014 – the party did walk the talk, considering the performance of all its Dalit candidates.

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

Maha dalit killings: Film industry faces to join demonstration in Mumbai

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Social activists, common citizens and even some faces from the film industry are likely to participate in a demonstration march on Saturday in Mumbai to show solidarity with three dalit victims from Ahmednagar district.

Five arrests in Gujarat Dalit beating up case

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Ahmedabad : With more arrests on Wednesday, five persons have been rounded up so far on charges of beating up four Dalit youths who...

Powerful feudalists with BJP support targeting Bihar’s Mahadalits’

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By Imran Khan , Patna: Mahadalits, the poorest of the socially marginalised in Bihar, have been targeted by powerful feudal forces which have the full...

Left’s terror blame against Muslims, Dalits rejected in Kerala election

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By Anas Nilambur,

थाने के मालखाने से चोरी हुए थे 25 लाख, सफाईकर्मी पर शक,पुलिस की पिटाई...

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विशेष संवाददाता।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में पुलिस हिरासत में एक और मौत हो गई है। मामला आगरा ज़िले का हैं जहां थाना जगदीशपुरा के मालखाने...

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...

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

Jitan Ram Manjhi: Will he succeed in his gamble?

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Though the outgoing Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi earned political martyrdom, yet it is debatable who inflicted more wounds on him. True, the last bullet was fired by his mentor-turned-tormentor Nitish Kumar, the injuries caused to him by the BJP in the first seven months of his nine-month regime proved no less fatal.

भीम आर्मी के खिलाफ तगड़ा क्रेकडाऊन,राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और प्रवक्ता पर गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर- भीम आर्मी के नम्बर 'दो' कमल वालिया और 'नम्बर तीन' मंजीत नौटियाल के विरुद्ध गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट की कार्रवाई के...

Gujarat High Court quashes quota for higher castes

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the Anandiben Patel government's ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs...

Dalit girl’s ragging: Karnataka Police arrest three

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Kozhikode/Bengaluru : The Karnataka Police has arrested three female nursing students for allegedly ragging and forcing their junior, Aswathi K.P., to drink a disinfectant,...

“Secularists” & Muslim leadership enemy of secularism in India

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

Rajya Sabha disrupted over Selja’s claim of caste bias

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New Delhi : The government and the opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabah on Wednesday when the treasury benches contradicted Congress member Kumari...

Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes. Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.

Dalit tied to a tree, beaten up in Karnataka village

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A Dalit man was tied to a tree and beaten up in a village in Vijayapura district on suspicion of helping...

Two men arrested for attacking Dalits in Karnataka village

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Raichur (Karnakata) : The Karnataka police have arrested two men so far for barging into the Dalit colony and attacking...

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.

Aged 120, living on boiled food, rice beer – and loving it!

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By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,

उत्तर प्रदेश : दलित वोटों का बंटवारा और बसपा का विकल्प

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विद्या भूषण रावत उत्तर प्रदेश में बहुजन और दलितों का नेतृत्व करने वालों की कतार लग गयी है. ये कोई बुरी बात नहीं है क्योंकि...

Breaking Brahmin monopoly: Hindu temple to have women, lower-caste priests

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By Quaid Najmi, Solapur (Maharashtra) : Here's another traditional male bastion set to crumble. With a Supreme Court prod, the renowned 900-year old Vitthoba Temple...

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...

India disturbed over imminent institutionalization of martial primacy in Pakistan

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

अत्याचार की टोकरी में दलित और मुसलमान

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आसिफ इकबाल मुस्लिम जमातों और नेताओं की ओर से यह बात बहुत पहले से कही जाती रही है कि आतंकवाद के नाम पर मुसलमानों की...

NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...

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...

“Bade maze ki baat hai, Dalit Muslim saath hai”

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Amreli, Gujarat: Yusuf Ghaffar, a man in his 50s, sipped his tea, as he watched a dozen or so...

“We are united to fight fascism”, CPI (ML) candidate Sandeep Saurav aims to bring...

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By Chinki Sinha, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: There was a poem by Punjabi communist poet Pash he stumbled upon in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) during his...

In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...

Another Dalit girl alleges rape in Haryana

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Another Dalit girl in Haryana has alleged that she was gang-raped by two youths, police said Wednesday.

Attack on Soni Sori is an attempt to suppress the voice of voiceless: CLMC

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Condemning the attack on Adivasi activist Soni Sori, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad-based civil rights group has criticized...

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

Lal Singh Dil wrote about wretched of the earth: Dalit poet’s translator

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By Sourabh Gupta, IANS,

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...

PS Krishnan: An exemplary fighter for Social Justice is no more

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By Arun Khote for TwoCircles.net ‘Standing against the discrimination of oppressed classes, a robust advocate of inter-caste marriages, who practices his knowledge of Sanskrit against...

Unspent money for Dalits/tribals, $42.6 bn = 8 times agri budget

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By Nikhil M. Babu It was raining heavily last monsoon when Heerabai's youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever. The family could only...

पटना में दलित छात्रों की पिटाई पर गरमायी सियासत

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पटना / नई दिल्ली : गुजरात के बाद अब बिहार में दलित छात्रों की पिटाई के मुद्दे पर राजनीति गरमाती नज़र आ...

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...

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.

Civil society adopts 7 point resolution over “Liberty and Fraternity in the Constitution: A...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Many social activists, academicians, researchers and prominent citizens took part in a discussion on “Liberty and Fraternity in the...

Bihar shutdown disrupts rail, road traffic

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Patna : A shutdown in Bihar Tuesday to protest the arrest of three men for the alleged gang rape of six Mahadalit women has...

Shootout at ISRO facility, hunt on for two men

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By IANS, Bangalore: Security was stepped up around the sensitive Deep Space Network (DSN) facility of India's space agency ISRO near here after a shootout early Tuesday between two unidentified men and security guards. Police said hunt was on for the men and maintained it was not a terror attack. The incident occurred at Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) complex in Byalalu, 40 km from here. "There is no injury or damage," ISRO director S. Satish told IANS.

What are you doing about public toilets, court asks civic body

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By IANS, New Delhi : Pulling up the city civic body over the sorry state of public toilets in the national capital, especially with the Commonwealth Games due next year, the Delhi High Court Monday sought a detailed status report on what it plans to do to improve sanitation in the city. A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S.K. Mishra told the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) counsel, "We are not satisfied. The MCD should be directed to submit a detailed report in three months."

Three Dalit parties support Congress-NCP in Maharashtra

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Mumbai : In a big boost to the Congress and the NCP, three Dalit parties Wednesday joined the ruling alliance in Maharashtra. The Peoples' Republican...

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...

Brandeis University’s conference on Caste discussed contemporary issues

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By Anusha Chaitanya for TwoCircles.net The three-day conference on Caste, Inequality and Economic Growth in South-Asia: Challenges of Tradition and Modernity was organized at Brandeis...

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.

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...

A-G condemned for advice against SC status to Dalit Christians, Muslims

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By TCN News,

Amid pandemic, rains, residents of Ramesh Park rendered homeless

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Residents of Ramesh Park have been rendered homeless after a demolition drive by Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Most of the residents, who are either Muslim...

India’s human rights situation is very serious, says UN Special Rapporteur

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UN Special Rapporteur asks India to free 16 Human Rights Defenders accused in Bhima-Koregaon case By TCN News The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

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...

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.

Muslims would do well to take lessons from the Dalit agitation

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By Aijaz Zaka Syed for Twocircles.net Since the change of guard in India two years ago, it has been one hell of a ride...

‘Police torture to withdraw candidature’ – DHRM complaint to Election Commission

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Nine months after attack, Dalits of Samastipur wait for justice while accused roam freely

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By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net This is the second in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...

Remembering Guru Ravidassji: One of the greatest thinker and social reformer of India

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By Jaspal Singh Today is the 642nd anniversary of the birth of Guru Ravidass also known as Raidas. He is one of the greatest thinkers...

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.

डेल्टा मेघवाल : सारे सरकारी आश्वासन झूठे निकले

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : राजधानी दिल्ली में बलात्कार व उसके बाद हत्या की कोई घटना होती है तो हमारी संवेदना सड़क पर...

जिग्नेश की पश्चिम यूपी में सक्रियता से बसपा में हलचल, आज मेरठ में गरजे,...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलितों के उभरते हुए नेता जिग्नेश मेवानी लगातार पश्चिम यूपी में सक्रिय हैं. आज मेरठ में जिग्नेश मेवाणी...

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...

Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Bharatiya Dalit Church (BDC), committed to preach good news to the socially outcaste and economically poor dalits, will be inaugurated tomorrow here.

Kanhaiya Kumar’s family objects to Mayawati remarks against him

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Patna : Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar's family on Friday took a strong objection to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's remarks...

SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The joint state conference of the Students Islamic Organisation and the Girls Islamic Organisation was held at the Al Jamia al...

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...

Marginalization of BJP’s Dalit MPs

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, 71 returned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. Two returned BJP ally Apna Dal...

Kerala seeks Karnataka’s help in ragging case of Dalit nursing student

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Kozhikode (Kerala) : The Kerala Police has approached its Karnataka counterparts to register a case against two college students for brutally ragging a Dalit...

Dalits stage protest against Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

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...

The culprits of 1993 Bombay serial blasts have

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The culprits of 1993 Bombay serial blasts have received their penalties for the retaliatory measures when, in the wake of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya on the most tragic day of December, 6,1992, there were no traces of law or the guardians of law to check the massacre of Muslims on the streets of Bombay and else where in India. However, whatever must have been the circumstances, there cannot be any justification for such horrendous crimes which claimed hundreds of innocent lives. While nobody must feel pity for what the terrorists of Bombay

दो दलित बच्चों की हत्या: खुले में शौच या जाति की वज़ह से गई...

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By Meena Kotwal, TwoCircles.net मध्यप्रदेश के शिवपुरी ज़िले का एक छोटा-सा गांव है भावखेड़ी. मुश्किल से 150 से 200 घर होंगे. भावखेड़ी वो गांव है जहां...

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

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

Indian Americans demand CBI inquiry into atrocities against Dalits and Muslims under the pretext...

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By TCN News, The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos today joined millions of Indians and...

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.

In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted

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By Nikhil M. Babu As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu...

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...

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.

बिहार : जमींदारों ने की भाकपा (माले) कार्यकर्ताओं की हत्या और मुसहरों के साथ...

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TCN News अररिया(बिहार): जब दुनिया नए साल की खुशी मना रही थी, उसी दौरान बिहार के अररिया जिले में जमीदारों ने अपने हक की मांग...

“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...

देशभर में चर्चित केसीआर की महत्वाकांक्षी ‘दलित बंधु’ योजना की ज़मीनी पड़ताल

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तेलंगाना में केसीआर की दलित बंधु योजना की देश भर में चर्चा है। केसीआर अपनी इस योजना को खूब प्रचार करते हैं और...

Civil societies across India and US condemn the attack over writer Kancha Illaiah

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TCN News Attack over the Indian Dalit scholar, writer, and ideologue Professor Kancha Illaiah has sparked various groups and civil societies across the globe. The Alliance...

मीडिया और हिंदुत्व की नई प्रयोगशाला ‘भीमा कोरेगांव’

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कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए भीमा-कोरेगांव में हुई हिंसा का मामला थमता नज़र नहीं आ रहा है. प्रमुख आरोपियों को गिरफ़्तार करने की मांग करते...

An Open Letter to Dr. P.K. Abdul Aziz

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Dr. P.K. Abdul Azis Vice-Chancellor Designate Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Respected Sir,

JIH concerned over growing crimes against women in India, spying on citizens, 3rd Covid...

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Addressing an online press meet, Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Women’s Department Rahmatunnisa condemned the alleged brutal rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit...

Man kills daughter’s lover for family honour

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All Dalit BJP MPs should resign: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that all Dalit Bharatiya Janata Party MPs should resign to protest the assault...

No more skinning of dead cows, say Dalits marching from Ahmedabad to Una

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Ahmedabad: The Azaadi Kooch (Azadi March) oragnised by Una Dalit Atyachar Ladat Samiti from August 5 to August 15, starting...

Bihar Elections: “Our plight will not change without political representation,” Dom community members decry...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: Nearly 100 years ago, well-known Bhopuri poet Hira Dom wrote a now famous poem in ‘Achhut Ki Shikayat (Protest of...

The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (III)

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By Atul Anand On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to the Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue....

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...

A Bill to tackle identity based discrimination in educational institutions

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By TCN News: A National Convention ‘Towards Zero Discrimination in School Education’ was jointly organized by Swadhikar-National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ-NCDHR), Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion (CSEI) and...

दलितों की लड़ाई के अहम योद्धा मंगनाराम मेघवाल

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान)- इस शहर का एक गुमनाम लड़का जब यह बोलता है कि ‘मुझ जैसे गरीब के पास खोने के लिए...

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: UP Government appropriates Ambedkar’s name for ‘unknown’ reasons

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday night, passed an order to all government bodies of the state...

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...

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...

BJP leader’s remark on Mayawati shameful: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned BJP leader Dayashankar Singh's abusive remark against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and...

$“Shiv Kumar has multiple injuries, fractures in left hand, right foot,” says medical report, family demands release$

“Shiv Kumar has multiple injuries, fractures in left hand, right foot,” says medical report,...

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Shiv Kumar is president of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) and a co-accused in the case against Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur. He was...

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)...

First ever Dalit Film Festival to be held in New York in February

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By TCN News For the very first time, a Dalit Festival is going to be held in New York on February 23 and 24 organised by...

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...

Manjhi floats new party in Bihar

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Patna : Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday formally launched a new party, Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM), which will contest all...

“My writing is informed by personal, collective resistance:” Meena Kandasamy on genocidal violence against...

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In an interview with TwoCircles.net, writer, poet and activist Meena Kandasamy discusses Eelam struggle, Tigresses, Tamil nationalism, Dalit consciousness, poetry as resistance, her unconcealed...

Bihar assembly adjourned over attack on Dalits

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Patna : Amid uproarious scenes, the Bihar assembly was on Thursday adjourned when the opposition sought a debate on the police lathicharge on Dalit...

Year after journalist Siddique Kappan, 3 others were booked under UAPA on way to...

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Even after a year has passed in the arrest of journalist Siddique Kappan and three others under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),...

Radhika Vemula inaugurates ‘United Against Hate’ programme in Ernakulam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The caste murders committed by the high caste to protect their caste honour have been commercialised, said Radhika Vemula, mother of...

27 अगस्त को पटना में दलित उत्पीड़न के विरूद्ध राज्य स्तरीय कन्वेंशन

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पटना : देश में दलितों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों और उनके उत्पीड़न का सिलसिला एक बढ़ोतरी की ओर है. गुजरात के ऊना...

Striving to Ensure Budget Justice: Voices from the Grassroots

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A report on the " National consultation on “Budget Justice: Agenda for the Next Five Years” by Pervez Bari New Delhi, September 19: D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of...

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...

Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar arrested by UP STF in Himachal Pradesh

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Founder of the Bhim Army advocate Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan' was arrested today from Dalhousie town of Himachal Pradesh by Special Task Force...

‘दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोग अब बहुजन समाज को कमज़ोर समझने की भूल न करें…’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली भारतीय समन्वय संगठन ‘लक्ष्य’ द्वारा बहुजन समाज के अधिकार, उन पर बढ़ते हुए अत्याचार...

नफरत से टकराना यानी रोहित वेमुला हो जाना है

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नासिरूद्दीन ‘गुड मॉर्निंग, जब आप सब यह खत पढ़ रहे होंगे, मैं आपसे दूर चला जा चुका होऊंगा.. मैं इस तरह की चिट्ठी पहली...

Eight bodies go missing in Bihar graveyard

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By IANS, Patna: Eight bodies have disappeared from a graveyard in a Bihar village in one night, scaring local residents. People of Belauri village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, were stunned Friday when they found that eight bodies had disappeared from the Sauraghat Samsan graveyard overnight. "We found that eight graves were dug up and the bodies missing," villager Ramavatar Sada said. Sada said the graveyard was used by Dalits and other very poor people to bury their dead as they could afford costly cremations.

चन्द्रशेखर पर रासुका के बाद ‘रिफार्म’ हुई भीम आर्मी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : रासुका की कार्रवाई से सरकार के रुख को देखते हुए दलितों में भीम आर्मी चीफ़ चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ के प्रति...

Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census

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The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too...

How Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith is bringing marginalised into the mainstream

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The brain behind several hit films in Tamil, Pa Ranjith is forcing us to confront caste in all its complexities. Smitha R | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI...

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...

Concerned over violence against Dalits, women: Congress

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New Delhi : Expressing concern over what it said were growing incidents of violence against the Dalits, minorities and women in the country, the...

‘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...

In Amul town, Dalits drink milk to protest

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Ahmedabad : The protests by Dalits over the July 11 flogging of Dalit boys in Una by self-styled cow protection vigilantes continued for the...

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.