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Dalit Muslim leaders urge Baba Ramdev to lead their fight

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

SASG urges UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the spiral of human rights violations in...

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TCN News London: The London based human rights organization South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG) has launched an online petition urging UN Special Rapporteur Rita Izsák-Ndiaye...

FIR against Baba Ramdev in Jaipur

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Jaipur: An FIR was lodged here against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his alleged remarks against Dalits, police said Monday. "Some people showing newspaper cuttings,...

Agnivesh to lead peace march from Dadri against ‘intolerance’

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Kolkata: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "deafening silence" on the raging issue of "intolerance" as an endorsement of the "communal statements" of union ministers...

National Dastak barred from sharing content on its Facebook page

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In what seems like a case of an attack on Dalit-Bahujan spaces in social media, Facebook has barred National Dastak from...

Doms in Varanasi seek justice through honorable rehabilitation

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, Hundreds of pilgrims seek to see the sunrise on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi and the boatmen go on live commentary of these ghats narrating the mythological details.The most poignant moment come when you see the Manikarnikaghat, Dashashwamegha Ghat and Harishchandraghat reminding you the stories of Raja Harishchandra’s loyalty to his ‘profession’. In an indirect reference, these are the same ‘preachings’ which ask you to do thy duty while ‘result’ is not thy concern.

Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group

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By IANS, Kolkata: Coming out in protest for the first time, thousands of tribal women in Maoist-affected Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday held a demonstration against a rebel-led tribal group for forcing them to join their agitations. The women also formed a committee to resist the alleged torture of them by members of the Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities' (PCAPA).

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...

All Dalits should be equal before the law

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By Madhu Chandra The struggle between Upper Caste and oppressed communities of India has reached its crucial juncture. The presidential reservation facilities preserved in Indian Constitution is most precious gift given to Indian oppressed class community. This legal framework to protect and preserve the underprivileged communities of India has been under attack again and again by high caste minority ruler of the country.

Cow vigilantes should be declared terrorists: Vemula’s online diary

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Preetha Nair New Delhi : Back in December 2015, well before politics over bovines took centrestage in India, the late Rohith Vemula, the Dalit...

How quotas help disadvantaged-caste students get higher education

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By Charu Bahri As many as 26 per cent male and 35 per cent female students from India’s most disadvantaged castes and tribes in 245...

Indian embassy to appeal to Qatar SC for two on death row

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New Delhi : The Indian embassy in Qatar is making preparations for an appeal to the country's Supreme Court on behalf of two Indians...

Arundhati revisits Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on caste

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Celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ call Mahtama a ‘Reeactionary’ and regards him as not only castist but also racist. By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In an attempt to revisit the Ambedkar-Gandhi debate over caste hierarchy, celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ and Essayist Arundhati Roy spoke on “vicious sort of apartheid that functions in our society”, namely caste system.

New Gujarat CM sets up SIT in Thangadh case

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Gandhinagar : Bowing to pressure, the Gujarat government has finally reopened the sensational case of the killing of three Dalit youths in alleged police...

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.

‘Urban manifesto’ ahead of Maharashtra elections highlights issues of the marginalised

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net With elections in Maharashtra just a week away, members of the civil society have prepared a manifesto with urban livelihood issues...

128th Dr Ambedkar Birthday Celebration in Cupertino, California

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TCN News Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC), Association for India’s Development (AID), San Jose Peace and Justice Center (SJPJC) and Organizations for Minorities of India...

Struggle against caste-based discrimination comes to the US

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Washington, DC: The struggle against caste-based discrimination practiced in South Asia has come to the shores of the United States with...

आरक्षण और जातिवाद पर कंगना को पत्रकार मीना का करारा जवाब

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डियर कंगना रनौत, आशा करती हूं कि आप एकदम अच्छी होंगी. कल मेरे सामने आपका एक ट्वीट आया जिसे पढ़कर बहुत दुख हुआ. शुरूआत में...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One

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By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...

After arrests, Kerala Police take to threatening students for protesting

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By Shafeeq Alingal Kozhikode: Wafa, a first year Sociology student here at Farook College, hardly expected that she would be under constant threats from police...

DU professor on why legislation is needed to prevent caste discrimination in higher educational...

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Professor N. Sukumar's new book studies the exclusion and discrimination against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian higher education system and the...

Torture is one of the most common forms of human rights violations

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By Justice K. G. Balakrishnan

CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits

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

जब जाट मुसलमान और दलित हुए एक तो फिर कैसे खिलता कमल का फूल!

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net कैराना लोक सभा उपचुनाव में सब कुछ था--मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी, पांच लाख मुसलमान, प्रत्याशी किसी दल का, सिंबल दूसरे दल का, जिन्ना...

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...

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.

Former village head booked for ‘threatening’ Dalits in Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad : A former village head has been booked on charges of threatening Dalits in Bamheta locality in Ghaziabad, a senior police officer said...

Hyderabad varsity teachers slam Smriti Irani

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Hyderabad : Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers slamming union...

“Anti-nationals” of the world unite: Umar Khalid back in JNU campus

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The JNU campus was enlighten on Sunday night when Umar Khalid, an accused of raising anti-national slogans, returned to the...

Mayawati lures away Samajwadi Party Dalit legislator

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By IANS,

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...

Paswan faces stiff competition, but ‘BJP votes’ may help him clinch victory narrowly

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hajipur: As Hajipur voted on May 7, local poster of boy in Indian politics, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan appeared to be facing stiff competition, but he may clinch the victory, even though he may not be able to register his name in the Guinness book, this time around.

BJP trying to communalise Bihar polls: Nitish

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday cautioned people that his main rival BJP wants to disturb peaceful campaigning for state polls by...

Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi

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New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...

बुलंदशहर मे गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत ,गांव में तनाव

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विशेष संवाददाता । Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के बुलंदशहर में एक बार फिर हाथरस जैसी घटना हुई है। यहां की एक दलित युवती की जलकर मौत...

Woman among four killed in Kashmir gun battle

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By IANS, Jammu : A woman, two security personnel and a militant were killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. A group of three militants ambushed a security patrol party in the Kashtigarh forest belt of Doda district in the morning. A policeman and an army trooper were killed in the attack. A fierce encounter broke out in the forest belt following a joint search operation by the police and the army. One of the militants was gunned down but two managed to escape, the police said.

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

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‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.

Meo Muslims wants ST status like Mina

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Smoking Huqqa and eating steaming hot Kichadi, sitting on their traditional chairs, hundreds of old men and youth of Muslim Meo community of Haryana and Rajasthan made their unique presence at Jantar Mantar. They were rallying to demand ST status to the Community like Mina, with a difference style.

Tribals are soft targets for police and rebels: Sociologist Nandini Sundar

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By Abu Zafar, IANS,

Mumbai lynching: Lalu threatens to cancel trains

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By IANS, New Delhi : Crucial allies of India's ruling coalition Wednesday condemned the lynching of a labourer from Uttar Pradesh in Mumbai, with Railways Minister Lalu Prasad of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) threatening to cancel trains in violence-hit states and the Lok Janshakti Party demanding President's rule in Maharashtra. "If this violence continues, we will have to consider that in future we might have to cancel trains in states where these incidents occur," Lalu Prasad said.

BSP calls off agitation after police assures arrest of Singh

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers on Thursday afternoon called off their agitation here against former Uttar Pradesh BJP Vice-President Daya Shankar Singh...

I dream of a casteless society – Jeyarani

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...

‘I want to break the hands of the people who attacked our brothers in...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net (The following is a first-person account of a youth from Amreli district) Amerli, Gujarat: My name is Sagar Bagada. I am...

Court accepts terror charges against Kobad Ghandy

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By IANS, New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday accepted a fresh set of formal charges filed by police against Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy for prosecuting him under terror charges.

Non-Indian Muslims to enlighten Kashmiris on Article 370.

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Ref: - Indian Muslim not competent to do this job.

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Though casually reported in Indian media but the news of Shiv Sena (Balasaheb Thackeray group) activists disrupting, on June 16, the public meeting of PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti went largely unnoticed and un-discussed though it contains issues of profound importance to Kashmir problem.

Mandal-II vs Kamandal-II: Social justice and Bihar assembly election

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By Sanjay Kumar & Badre Alam, "For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a...

Changing pattern of struggle against land acquisition in India

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By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...

Bihar liquor ban: Boon or bane debate back into focus

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Even as some political bigwigs are demanding ease or an end to liquor ban, women in the state are firmly standing with chief...

Dalit students attacked allegedly by SFI cadre for organising a collective in Kottayam

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter A Dalit student was beaten allegedly by SFI activists at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam on Thursday. Vivek Kumaran, an M...

Swami Agnivesh attacked in Bhopal

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By TCN News Mumbai: All India Secular Forum (AISF) has strongly condemned the attack on Swami Agnivesh by communal forces in a meeting organized by Garima Abhiyan in Bhopal on Friday.

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,...

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

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

Seven years and counting: No justice in sight for Dalits of Bhagana

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By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net With Lok Sabha elections approaching, every political party is trying to show that it cares for the marginalised communities and if...

Nationalism is core identity of BJP, says Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the "nationalism" was core identity of the BJP and called upon party workers...

अपने अधिकार के लिए संगठित हो रही हैं इस गांव की महिलाएं

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मधुबनी (बिहार) : मधुबनी ज़िले के कलुआही प्रखंड के काज़ीटोला व हरपुर के ग्रामीण इन दिनों अपने गावं में हो...

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...

Modi resorting to despicable politics, should disclose caste: Mayawati

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Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati Tuesday hit out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing him of making false claims of being targeted because...

Activists protest deaths at home for mentally

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

Obituary to Ambedkarite poet and writer, Ketan Pimpalapure

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Mr. Ketan Pimpalapure, a poet, writer and journalist died in the month of July 31st, 2015. He was...

BJP bets on Modi to check Congress in Karnataka

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By Fakir Balaji, Bangalore : A staggering 46 million voters will elect 28 lawmakers when Karnataka votes Thursday in the sixth phase of the general...

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...

Why is conversion to Buddhism so controversial?

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In India, the right to profess, practice and propagate one’s own religion remains marred by socio-political lacunas as well as judicial travesty. Aatika S...

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...

MPs demand special session for Ambedkar’s birth anniversary

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New Delhi : A Lok Sabha member on Friday demanded a special session of parliament to commemorate 125th anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar. Biju Janata Dal...

दलितों विरोधी मनुवादी एजेंडा लागू नही होने देंगे: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net नियुक्तियों और प्रमोशन में आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले को लेकर दलितों में आक्रोश बढ़ता जा रहा है। दलित इसके...

Manjhi quits, claims threat to life

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Patna : Embattled Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday dramatically resigned just ahead of a floor test, the move coming despite the BJP...

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...

Meet Manjeet Sarkar: The Anti-caste Comedian

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Aatika S. | TwoCircles.net Humour is often associated with comic enjoyment. The question of whether that enjoyment comes from subjugation or incongruity is rarely spoken...

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.

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

दलितों को भट्टे पर जबरन बंधक बनाकर कराया गया काम, भीम आर्मी लड़ रही...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मोरना /सरधना : आज़ाद भारत में ग़ुलामी की दास्तान का एक सनसनीखेज़ मामला सामने आया है. मसला मेरठ और मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर...

Scheduled castes’ panel chief, Uttar Pradesh spar over powers

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‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भीम आर्मी संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर के खिलाफ रासुका की कार्रवाई के विरोध और उनकी रिहाई के लिए भीम आर्मी ने दिल्ली के संसद मार्ग...

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...

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.

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 woman gangraped in Greater Noida

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By IANS, Greater Noida : A 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped at gunpoint in the Jewar area of Greater Noida, police said Tuesday. The incident came to light Tuesday when the woman complained to the police. "Shalini (name changed) was sleeping on the terrace of her parents's house in Karoli locality of Jewar area Monday night when two neighbourers, identified as Bunty and Bhura, raped her at gunpoint. She was sleeping alone as her parents were away and her siblings were sleeping inside the house," said Superintendent of Police Atul Saxena.

‘रासुका से तो अच्छा है मुझे मार दे सरकार’ : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेख़र...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद पर राज्य सरकार राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा क़ानून (रासुका) की कार्यवाही कर रही है. यह...

An Insider’s look into Casteism and Privilege

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By Pragya Munshi, TwoCircles.net Most of us know that a truly horrible incident took place a few weeks ago in a small city in Aligarh,...

SC to hear Ramdev’s plea on clubbing of cases

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Friday hear a plea by yoga guru Baba Ramdev seeking the clubbing together of all cases against him...

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...

JD-U leaders slam Manjhi for ‘upper castes’ remark

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Patna : At least six leaders of ruling JD-U, including ministers and legislators, have openly criticized their own Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for...

WPI welcomes Apex Court guidelines on police encounters

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Welfare Party of India, in a statement, appreciated and hailed the apex court guidelines on deaths in police encounter for mandatory registration of FIRs and investigation by CID or any other independent agency.

Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions

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Patna : The Patna High Court on Monday quashed Bihar's decision to provide reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) government employees. After...

Caste triumphs over other identities among Dalit and Lower Castes of Laxmanpur Bathe

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Rajan Jha for TwoCircles.net, Laxmanpur Bathe: Many political commentators have contended that development would be the key issue in Bihar elections. However, a field visit...

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...

Wll balance right to equality, religious practice, SC on Sabarimala

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would balance the right to equality with the right to freedom of religion...

‘दबंगों ने गर्भवती महिलाओं को भी नहीं छोड़ा’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : पिछले दिनों टी-20 में भारत के ऑस्ट्रेलिया से जीत का जश्नी काफी महंगा पड़ा. जीत की खुशी में दबंगों ने...

Obama urged to pay tribute to Ambedkar

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By TCN NewsNew Delhi: The All India Christian Council (AICC) has appealed to the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, to pay...

दरभंगा में पुलिस फ़ायरिंग में एक दलित की मौत, सदर एसडीओ को निलंबित करने...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter पटना : बिहार में दरभंगा ज़िला के हावीडीह गांव में पुलिस फायरिंग में हुए एक दलित युवक की मौत की घटना की भारतीय...

Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well

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Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...

Mayawati reserves 50 percent of party posts for youth

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Lucknow : Inspired by the results that young leaders are coming up with in other political parties, BSP chief Mayawati announced that from now...

Uttar Pradesh: 17 booked after clash between police and Dalits in Hathras

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The clash between police Dalits and police took place after idols and pictures of Hindu Gods were allegedly removed at a religious function...

Rashtriya Ekta Manch organizes protest and peace rally against killings of Muslim techie and...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: With the intention of spreading environment of peace and harmony in the state and to express solidarity with the...

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

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

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...

Negligence in Chandrayangutta,Over flowing of sewarage water beside MLA Car

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Cancelling Andhra court bail to Kobad Ghandy meaningless: SC

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By IANS,

Lalu blames Modi, RSS for violence in name of cow protection

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Patna : RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his BJP and the RSS for the hatred and violence across...

Dalit youth killed in firing in Bihar

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Patna, (IANS): A young man belonging to a Mahadalit caste was killed on Monday while three others were injured in Bihar's Darbhanga district after...

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...

Dalit killed in clashes between protesters, police

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By IANS,

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...

Vijay Sampla – a first-time BJP MP from Punjab (Profile)

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Chandigarh : Vijay Sampla, who took oath as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet Sunday, is a first-time BJP MP from the...

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...

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

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

Panchayat ousts newly-weds from village in gotra row

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By IANS, Hisar: In another gotra (clan) row, Khanda village panchayat (council) in this Haryana district Tuesday directed a newly-wed couple to stay away from the village periphery as they were not permitted to marry as per village customs. The panchayat observed that no boy of Khangwal gotra, who lives in Khanda village, can marry a girl of Nagar gotra. "We have taken a decision to bar the entry of this newly-wed couple in the village. Many girls of Nagar gotra already live in our village so we consider them our daughters," said panchayat chief Rati Ram Nagar here Tuesday.

LJP demands Bihar CM’s resignation over Mahadalits’ exodus

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Patna : Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP Friday demanded Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation following the exodus of hundreds of Mahadalits...

Nearly 500 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

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Patna : Nearly 500 Hindus, including women and children, converted to Buddhism Saturday in half a dozen villages in Bihar's Gaya district, officials said. All...

The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award

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The documentary Writing With Fire narrates the story of gutsy women in India’s heartland. Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net UTTAR PRADESH — Nominated for best documentary feature...

Kerala to provide aid, job to Dalit ragging victim

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Kozhikode : Kerala will provide financial and other help as well as a job to K.P. Aswathi, the Dalit girl who fell seriously ill...

Rahul ‘sorry’ for nation’s apathy to Dalit farmer-scientist

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Nagpur (IANS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited the family of late Dalit farmer-scientist Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, and apologised for...

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...

बुलंदशहर में घुड़चढ़ी के दौरान दलितों के साथ पिटाई के मामले में 5 के...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net आज आज़ादी के 74 सालों के बाद भी दलित उत्पीड़न की घटनाएं कम नहीं हो पाई हैं। नया मामला बुलंदशहर जनपद के नरसैना थाना...

Letter to the PM over encounter killings of Muslims

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3rd May 2007

To: The Prime Minister of India

Shri Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India
Room No. 152, South Block,
New Delhi - 110 001
INDIA
Tel: +91 11 23012312 / 23013149 / 23019545
Fax: +91 11 23016857

Respected Sir,

Subject: Misuse of powers by three senior IPS Officials of Gujarat and Rajasthan Cadre (Anti-Terrorist Squad) in fake encounter of Soharrubudin Sheikh and dissappreance of Kausar Bi in 2005 - reg

Dalit woman suspected of braid cutting lynched in Agra

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Agra, (IANS): An elderly Dalit woman, termed an evil witch involved in cutting hair of women, was beaten to death near here on Wednesday morning,...

British parliamentarians visit Jan Sahas and met Dalit women

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Dewas, MP: A delegation of British Parliamentarians of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visited Jan Sahas intervention village Chinnotha in Madhya Pradesh on 20 February 2014 and participated in the community meeting with the liberated manual scavenger women, bonded labours, victims of rape, sexual abuse and dalit atrocities.

ABVP on the rampage again, this time in BHU

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

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...

Lok Sabha witnesses din as Opposition demands debate on lynchings

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members led by Congress created pandemonium, demanding a discussion on the...

Una assault lifts lid on atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat

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By Darshan Desai Ahmedabad : The brutal thrashing of four Dalit youths by self-styled cow protection vigilantes is no isolated incident in Gujarat. As many...

Couple facing ostracism for same gotra marriage for last eight years

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Ten arrested for harassment in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city By Sudhir Pedgaonkar for TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): In a progressive state such as Maharashtra, a young couple has claimed facing ostracism for last eight years after their community’s jaat panchayat (community court) directive against their same gotra marriage. Fed up with the social boycott that has hampered their day-to-day life, the wife finally lodged a police complaint leading to arrest of 10 persons this month.

Dalit women on a tour of the US to highlight caste violence

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Come to the ASpace in Philly - #dalitwomenfight photo exhibit is open till September 4! pic.twitter.com/aIUXDTr1IT— DALIT WOMEN FIGHT! (@dalitwomenfight) September 2, 2015 By TCN...

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...

जाति-धर्म के आधार पर बिहार के वोटरों को बांटता मीडिया

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net, पटना: बिहार में चुनावी जंग भले ही जंगलराज बनाम विकासराज के मुद्दे पर हो रहा हो, लेकिन इस लड़ाई में जाति...

Safai karamcharis demand a separate Ministry to rehabilitate Manual scavengers

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

Modi is anti-Dalit, will defeat BJP in 2019: Rahul

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New Delhi, (IANS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of being anti-Dalit and said his party will...

The political games behind a rape in Maharashtra

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Ahmednagar: On July 17, residents of Kopardi village, Karjat Tehsil, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, woke up to a devastating news...

BJP government promotes Indian culture, traditions: Amit Shah

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Ujjain : BJP president Amit Shah, who took a holy dip in the Shipra river on Wednesday as part of programmes during the ongoing...

Dalits push their version of Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

Amartya Sen supports anti-rape protests, notes Dalits’ plight

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By IANS,

Bhim army supremo Chandrashekar Azad arrested again in Deoband, UP

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TCN News Chandrashekar Azad, Chief of Bhim Army was arrested today and taken in police custody Deoband's Kasimpura village. The Dalit leader was on his way...

Raped Dalit girl battles for life

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Ghaziabad : A minor Dalit girl who set herself on fire after being raped in Ghaziabad is battling for life with 50 percent burns...

Stand-up India to benefit 2.5 lakh SC/ST, women entrepreneurs

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New Delhi : The government here on Friday said the Stand-up India Scheme will benefit 2.5 lakh Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe members and women entrepreneurs. “The...

Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.

मेरठ : दलित व जाट में खूनी संघर्ष, दलितों पर एकतरफ़ा कार्रवाई का आरोप

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : गंगानगर थाना क्षेत्र के रजपुरा में शुक्रवार की शाम बुग्गी टकराने को लेकर हुए मामूली विवाद ने शनिवार को...

I will continue to be Bihar CM, says Manjhi

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Patna : Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday said he will continue to be chief minister of Bihar. On being told by the media at his weekly...

AAP seeks Gujarat High Court help for rally in Surat

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) petition that Surat police...

Towards an Organic unity of the marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance...

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By Hisham ul wahab P Towards an Organic Unity of the Marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance in JNUSU Elections The JNU student community will elect a...

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...

Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...

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...

BJP to woo Dalits, farmers; Modi urges workers to focus on development

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New Delhi : The two-day BJP national executive meeting concluded here on Sunday with the ruling party drawing up a roadmap on making development...

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...

Rahul visits Haryana village hit by anti-Dalit violence

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By IANS, Hisar (Haryana): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday paid a surprise visit to Mirchpur village in this Haryana district which was rocked by an arson attack on Dalit houses last week, in which two people were burnt alive. Accompanied by senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, Rahul Gandhi reached Mirchpur village in an Innova car that was escorted by two other vehicles at around 12.30 p.m.

Dalit groups give political warning to UPA over SC status

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hissar/New Delhi: On Sunday, May 11, a large number of Dalit women from a village in Haryana staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the arrest of a village head and his son over the alleged gang rape of four minor girls. Earlier on May 5, about hundreds of them had organised a candle-march at Jantar Mantar seeking justice for the four girls who were gang-raped by a group of boys from the dominant Jat community. Police had put barricade as safety-measure and did not allow them to move beyond a certain limit.

दलित-मुस्लिम महिलाओं के हक के लिए लड़ती कनीज़ फातिमा

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net आजमगढ़(उत्तर प्रदेश): हमारे समाज में आज भी जब औरतें आजीविका के लिए घर से बाहर कदम रखती हैं तो उन्हें कड़ी चुनौतियों...

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...

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