R.S. Katheria – a professor becomes minister of state
Agra : BJP MP from Agra constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Ram Shankar Katheria was Sunday inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the...
‘I want to break the hands of the people who attacked our brothers in...
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...
Protest demonstrations by dalits and adivasi intensifies over Kanhar dam construction
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): In a move intended to protest the alleged illegal land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government...
NDA to tread Ambedkar’s path; favours quota in private sector
New Delhi : The government on Monday asserted that it was unequivocally committed to upholding the principles as laid down in the Constitution by...
Mayawati criticizes BJP government for ignoring Dalit icons in conferring Bharat Ratna
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has come down heavily against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government for discriminating against Dalit icons such as Kanshi Ram while awarding Bharat Ratna to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malviya.
On Bhima Koregaon, your Janaeu was shining brightly on Republic TV: An open letter...
By Disha KR for TwoCircles.net
Dear Mr Arnab Goswami,
Your debate #Endcastepolitics on both 2nd and 3rd of January is a perfect example of a casteist...
Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...
Dalit woman suspected of braid cutting lynched in Agra
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,...
Tribal women in Jhargram protest against Maoist-led group
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).
Governor calls upon tribals to strengthen democracy
By IANS,
Vadodara: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal Tuesday called upon the tribal youth to strengthen democracy in the country and abjure violence.
Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team
Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...
Andhra to challenge acquittal of accused in Dalits massacre case
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh will challenge in the Supreme Court an order of the state high court acquitting all 56 accused in Dalits massacre...
Not all AIMIM party activists favour the split with VBA in Maharashtra
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi a political tie-up between Asaduddin owaisi's All India Majlis Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Prakash Ambedkar's Bharip Bahujan Maha...
Tribal affairs ministry promises more funds for northeast
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.
‘Awakened Ambedkarite’ wants to lead a coalition of Dalit and Muslims
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Nagina/Bijnor: In most elections, the battle is two way contest or at most three ways, still what inspires so many other individuals and smaller parties to field their candidates, many of whom often forfeit their deposits as they fail to register even the minimum votes required.
‘This Is Our Land, We Won’t Be Silenced’: Dalits Demand Land Rights After Arson,...
MI Khan, TwoCircles.net
Patna: In a harrowing display of community strife, Dalit victims in Bihar are pleading for “patta” (lease deeds) of land to resolve a...
कोरोना से जनता लड़ रही हैं, सीमा पर सेना लड़ रही है और हमारी...
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...
Caste or Creed? Dalit Christian Identity Sparks Reservation Row in Karnataka Census
TCN News Desk
Bengaluru: Identity of Dalit Christians has become a hotly debated and controversial issue amid the ongoing census for internal reservation of Scheduled...
सुल्तानपुर में दलित को पीटा, बुलन्दशहर में रेप
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश में दलितों के उत्पीड़न के मामले में बढ़ोत्तरी हो रही है। ताज़ा मामला सुल्तानपुर का हैं जहां एक दलित व्यक्ति...
नफरत से टकराना यानी रोहित वेमुला हो जाना है
नासिरूद्दीन
‘गुड मॉर्निंग, जब आप सब यह खत पढ़ रहे होंगे, मैं आपसे दूर चला जा चुका होऊंगा.. मैं इस तरह की चिट्ठी पहली...
On Ambedkar birthday, Modi launches campaign to boost rural development
Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the 'Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday' campaign to promote rural development on the...
Civil liberties committee condemns police action on University of Hyderabad
By TCN News,
Hyderabad : Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has strongly condemned police action against protesting students at Hyderabad Central University after the re-joining...
Expelled CPI-M leader holds talks with pro-Dalit outfits
Kolkata : Expelled CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah Sunday said he was hopeful pro-Dalit outfits would join him.
Mollah, an undefeated legislator since 1972, was...
राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
राजस्थान के अजमेर में कथित तौर पर उच्च जाति के दबंगों और स्थानीय पुलिस की प्रताड़ना से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या करने...
To end parliament logjam, government to play Dalit card
By Brajendra Nath Singh
New Delhi : To end the impasse in parliament, the government is planning to bring out next week its...
Muzaffarnagar faces fresh set of violence as Rajputs attacked Dalits leaving 18 injured
Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
A day before the anniversary of infamous Muzaffarnagar riots, violence erupted in Bhoopkheda village as upper caste Rajputs...
Will try to restore Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai: Government
New Delhi : Facing criticism from the opposition over the demolition of decades-old Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai, the government assured the Rajya Sabha on...
First ever Dalit Film Festival to be held in New York in February
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...
Amit Shah woos Delhi’s Dalits ahead of election
New Delhi : BJP chief Amit Shah Tuesday urged the city's Dalit community to support the party and ensure its victory in the upcoming...
अब मां कमलेश लड़ रही हैं चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ की लड़ाई
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : कहने को चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ के साथ दुनिया भर का दलित था, मगर अब वो अकेला पड़ गया है....
‘गुजरात के ‘विनाश मॉडल’ को ध्वस्त करेगी दलित-मुस्लिम एकता’
TCN News
लखनऊ : ऊना, गुजरात में गौरक्षकों द्वारा दलितों की पिटाई के बाद ‘गाय की पूंछ तुम रखो, हमको हमारी ज़मीन दो’ के नारे...
Tension, Dalits’ migration in Haryana village: CM sends minister
Chandigarh, (IANS): The migration of Dalit families from a Haryana village due to tension in the wake of stone-pelting over 'ghurchari' was raised in...
‘दलितों व मुस्लिमों पर अत्याचार, दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोगों की एक सोची समझी चाल’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
सीतापुर : दलितों के बीच काम करने वाली ‘लक्ष्य’ नामक एक संस्था की सीतापुर टीम ने बहुजन जनजागरण अभियान के तहत एक...
A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 5 – Janvi’s...
(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.)
You...
Dalit riot victims attack Hisar district official in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A protest by Dalit (Balmiki) families who fled from Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district turned ugly as the district's Deputy Commissioner Yudhvir Singh was attacked and manhandled by angry protesters here Wednesday.
"The deputy commissioner of Hisar district came to meet the protesters to convey the instructions given to him by the Supreme Court. He was attacked by the angry families as they did not want to move back," an eyewitness said at Mandir Marg where the Mirchpur families have taken refuge for the past two weeks.
लेखकों ने साहित्य अकादमी अवार्ड वापिस लेने शुरू किए
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली: लंबा वक़्त नहीं बीता जब विचारकों और लेखकों ने एमएम कलबुर्गी, नरेन्द्र दाभोलकर और गोविन्द पान्सारे की हत्याओं और...
Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders
Chandigarh : Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab's Muktsar district,...
Furore in Maharashtra as 3 Dalit boys paraded nude for swimming in village well
Jalgaon (Maharashtra) (IANS): In a shocking incident, three minor Dalit boys were stripped, beaten and paraded nude in a village here for allegedly swimming...
‘गाय को मां बताने वालों के लिए दलित मां की क्या इज़्ज़त है, बलिया...
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : बलिया में सूदखोरों द्वारा ज़िन्दा जलाई गई दलित महिला रेशमी की मृत्य के बाद गांव में संघर्ष जारी है....
Dalit leader Jignesh detained ahead of Modi’s arrival in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Dalit rights leader Jignesh Mevani was "picked up" by Gujarat police from Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening, hours before Prime Minister...
A Dalit Groom Rides a Horse Under Police Protection in MP, Challenges India’s Caste...
Akansha Deshmukh, TwoCircles.net
A wedding procession moves along a kaccha road of Bharatpura, a remote village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. On both sides, humble...
Bhima Koregaon – One Year of Violence and Apathy
By Atul Anand
This Twocircles.net film recalls the violence near Bhima Koregaon memorial obelisk in Pune on January 1, 2018, left people shocked and angry....
Rohith Vemula’s brother to get job: Delhi government
New Delhi : The Delhi government said on Wednesday it would give a job to the brother of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula of...
In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted
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...
Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.
Bengaluru : Thousands of people paid tributes to martyred National Security Guard (NSG) commando Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E.K. on Monday at his residence in...
Manjhi to continue as Bihar CM, says Nitish Kumar
Patna : Senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar Sunday said Jitan Ram Manjhi will continue to be Bihar's chief minister, ending speculations over his...
Raju Chalwadi: Helping migrant Dalit-Bahujan students crack higher education
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a small room located on the first floor of a tiny two-storey house in the migrant colony of Baiganwadi area...
दलितों और अल्पसंख्यकों की फेलोशिप पर होगा इस बदलाव का असर
अरविंद कुमार और दिलीप मंडल
‘नीयत’ यानी इंटेंशन अगर सही नहीं हो तो भारतीय दर्शन परंपरा में महिमामंडित ‘न्याय’ और ‘नीति’ का समागम भी समतामूलक...
दुःखद : पानी पीने पर टीचर ने की थी जिस बालक की पिटाई, अब...
खान इक़बाल Twocircles.net के लिए
राजस्थान के जालौर में दिल दहला देने वाली जिस घटना में सायला गाँव में एक अध्यापक ने नौ साल...
Nationalism is core identity of BJP, says Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the "nationalism" was core identity of the BJP and called upon party workers...
VCK gets one more constituency
Chennai: Mollifying its dissatisfied ally VCK, the DMK Saturday offered one more Lok Sabha seat to the Dalit party. With this, the VCK will...
Gandhi’s people in Maoist land
By Aishik Chanda,
Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.
Amidst bleak future, Safai Karamcharis of Godhra have little interest in upcoming state elections
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Photos by Pratik Parmar
Last year, the nation woke up to atrocities faced by Dalits in our Prime Minister’s Home state of...
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
Mahadalit exodus: Bihar to develop Pura as model village
Patna : Pura village, which witnessed an exodus by hundreds of Mahadalits who were threatened by upper caste men, will be developed as a...
Rupesh Kumar: A filmmaker, academic, journalist with the sole aim of destroying casteism
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
The world of activism cannot function within boundaries, and for Kannur resident Rupesh Kumar, this statement is apt: he is...
The Bhagana protest in Delhi
The four school-going Dalit girls were allegedly kidnapped and raped March 23 by upper caste men in Bhagana.
The protestors have been demanding the arrest of the village head and his son along with others whose names have not been included in the police complaint.
Gandhi effect: Full on help for Haryana’s Dalit victims
By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Hisar (Haryana) : Call it the effect of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit or a reported reprimand from party president Sonia Gandhi to the Haryana government, official help is suddenly pouring in for Dalit victims of violence in Mirchpur village.
The Congress government in Haryana has come up with jobs, financial help running into lakhs of rupees, accommodation, renovation of houses and even a permanent police post for victims of last month's arson attack on Dalit families in Mirchpur, which falls in this district.
जानिए कौन है सहारनपुर में ‘आग’ लगाने वाली ‘भीम आर्मी’
आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : मंगलवार दिन भर सहारनपुर के जलने के बाद देर शाम सहारनपुर के एसएसपी सुभाष चंद्र दुबे ने आखिरकार कह...
Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions
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...
दरभंगा में पुलिस फ़ायरिंग में एक दलित की मौत, सदर एसडीओ को निलंबित करने...
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...
Caste system like Taliban, needs to be discussed: Sharad Yadav
New Delhi : Atrocities against Dalits have been increasing since Independence, and the caste system in India has a "Taliban-like attitude", Janata Dal-United leader...
I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP
New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...
क़बूलिये इस्लाम …कि हो जाये सारे काम!
By Bhanwar Meghwanshi
आपका अगर कोई भी काम नही हो पा रहा हो… सरकार मुख्य सचिव नहीं बना रही हो... या प्रमोशन में देरी...
Arrested Muslim Womens Sent to Judicial Coustody till 20th March 2008
Hyderabad (AP) 6 March 2008:
Notice to Tamil Nadu government over Dalits’ rights violations
New Delhi : The NHRC Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government, demanding a report on the human rights violations of the...
Dalit for President: Tokenism wins
By Amulya Ganguli
It's a no-brainer, for the result is known before the contest. The support which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able...
Three murders and a lynching
By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net
Laws of nature cannot be applied to human society so directly. Still, sometimes, these have been used to explain...
Sambhaji Brigade receives threat through packet of explosive
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
Pune: Sambhaji Brigade, an extremist organisation and proponent of Maratha reservation and Shiv-dharma, has received an anonymous packet containing explosives here.
The...
Labourer killed in Agra over a mere Rs.100
Agra : An unskilled labourer was killed by the grandson of a retired army Major in the Katra Wazir Khan locality here late Tuesday...
योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...
लखनऊ से कौशल कुमार , Twocircles.net के लिए
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने हाथरस गैंगरेप कांड में जातीय और साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा भड़काने की साज़िश की बात कही है।...
Mayawati slams Dikshit for diverting Dalit funds to CWG
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has lashed out at her Delhi counterpart Sheila Dikshit for allegedly "diverting" huge amount of funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games.
Mayawati also questioned the constitutional validity of the Delhi government's decision to divert Rs.750 crore in this manner.
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Advise PM for ordinance on SC/ST protection, Mevani tells Athavale
Gandhinagar, (IANS): Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance...
US State Department’s scathing report on persecution of religious minorities in India a step...
Released on May 12, the 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom, provided in-depth coverage of massive rights violations faced by religious minorities, especially Muslims, Christians...
“His head was blooming like a lotus,” recalls mother of slain 9-year-old Dalit boy...
By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: “His head was blooming just like a lotus”, recalls Mangesh Shivsharan’s mother, who collected parts of his nine-year-old son’s brain,...
Agnivesh to lead peace march from Dadri against ‘intolerance’
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...
Five point programme for Indian muslims
we are living in a society where interest is collected for every work.under inevitable circumstances lakhs of indian muslims converted into pan brokers,bankers etc.They never lend money to their muslim brothers without interest.why? they have to survive. Crores of indian muslims addicted to dowry.They wont marry a girl without taking dowry.
The problem of Rape: Why India is still failing?
By Aabid Ali Haider for TwoCircles.net,
The brutal and harrowing rapes in Kerala have revealed that women in India are unsafe when it comes to...
Chandasi Coal Mandi: Asia’s Largest Black Hell Where Laborers Pay with Their Health
Pavan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Mughalsarai, Chandauli: The Chandasi Coal Mandi, located just five kilometers from Varanasi in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, is gripped by severe cold since...
Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula
By TCN News
The executive council of Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among Muslims, today announced an annual...
For 6 years, Deepa Mohanan has been fighting against casteist abuse in MG University,...
This is the first in a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit Bahujan Adivasi students at the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam,...
Thousands mourn slain Dalit litterateur Kirwale
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), (IANS): Thousands of people on Saturday gathered at the home of noted Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale, who was murdered by a carpenter...
Houses set on fire; physically-challenged girl dead
By IANS,
Hisar: An 18-year-old physically challenged Dalit girl was burnt alive after she was trapped in her house which was set on fire by members of a dominant community in Haryana's Hisar district Wednesday.
"Some miscreants set some houses in Mirchpur village on fire. A girl, Suman, who could not run out of the house, died of burn injuries. Her father, 70-year-old Tara Chand, is admitted in hospital with 90 per cent burns," O.P. Sheron, deputy commissioner of Hisar, told reporters, here.
Democratic groups in Nanded seek to file complaint against V. K. Singh
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The brutal incidence of burning Dalit children and the irresponsible remarks of Union Minister of State for External Affairs...
Seven held guilty for lynching five Dalits in Haryana
By IANS,
Jhajjar (Haryana): A district court here Saturday held seven people guilty and acquitted 19 others in a case relating to the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district.
The punishment for the convicts will be announced Monday.
All the seven people held guilty were sent to judicial custody by Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Jain Saturday.
Dalit student suspended from Ambedkar University alleges harassment, discrimination at the hands of faculty
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Photos courtesy Feminism in India
In another case of alleged discrimination against Dalit students in Indian Universities, Akunth, a second-year BA student...
Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US
New York, (IANS): A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the...
BJP relies on caste factor in Bihar last phase
By Imran Khan,
Patna : More than Narendra Modi's appeal, the BJP seems to be banking on the caste arithmetic when the last lot of...
Amit Shah had food cooked by non-Dalits, says Telangana CM
Hyderabad, (IANS): After former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP President Amit Shah also seems to have landed in a controversy reportedly for eating...
बनारस में गूगल सीईओ सुंदर पिचाई के ख़िलाफ़ मुक़दमा,किरकिरी के बाद क्लीन चिट,गायक ने...
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वाराणसी के भेलूपुर थाने में गूगल के सीईओ सुंदर पिचाई के विरुद्ध मुक़दमा दर्ज किया है। यह मुक़दमा आपरधिक षड्यंत्र रचने और धमकाने...
बुलंदशहर में घुड़चढ़ी के दौरान दलितों के साथ पिटाई के मामले में 5 के...
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...
Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat
Panaji : RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said B.R. Ambedkar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K.B. Hegdewar always put the nation before self...
BJP’s Dalit outreach in UP a pretence: Congress
New Delhi (IANS): As Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana courted controversy by ordering food from a restaurant instead of eating at a Dalit's house,...
Real-tough times ahead for Kashmiris
Ref: - 'Kashmiri Nationalism' is the reality.
Dear Sir
The first-ever Indo-Pak poll sponsored by Indian Express, Dawn News and CNN-IBN published on August 12, 2007 along with survey carried out by CSDS and Jammu University in 2002 should be enough for the Kashmiris to wake them up from their slumber and gird up for the arduous diplomatic fight and tough periods ahead.
Without going into the details of the entire findings of these surveys what is presently relevant is that: -
An open letter to Rohith Vemula on behalf of murdered Muslim techie
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
The whole country is soothing with sad demise of Rohith Vemula, 26, a research scholar from a Dalit community who was...
“My writing is informed by personal, collective resistance:” Meena Kandasamy on genocidal violence against...
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...
Protest against Lokmat Chairaman Vijay Darda for his anti-reservation article
Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Pune: An editorial written by editor and chairman of Lokmat Vijay Darda has come under severe criticism from Dalit activists.
The editorial published...
National workshop on Urdu translation of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s writings begins at AMU
By TCN News
Aligarh: Today Aligarh Muslim University organized the inaugural session on the Second Two Day National Workshop on ‘Urdu Translation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s...
SC notice on reservation in legislatures
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on a PIL seeking increase the SC/ST...
Tension in Haryana’s Hisar after Dalit-Jat spat
By IANS,
Hisar : Tension prevailed in the Surya Nagar area of this Haryana district Tuesday after stray incidents of violence following a dispute between the members of the Dalit and Jat communities, police said.
"Yesterday (Monday) night a buffalo, belonging to a member of Dalit community, collided with a vehicle that was owned by a Jat youth. At that time there were some heated arguments but the situation was somehow controlled," a police official said.
Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi
Award defies logic given Modi’s record before and after taking office as Prime Minister
By TCN News,
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...
Day after Dalit student’s suicide, students’ group points fingers at IIT Bombay
Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle Bombay called the incident an institutional issue, saying students from oppressed castes (SC/ST) and low-income families face immense...
BJP’s defeat is seldom analyzed deeply
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
When the Bharatiya Janata Party performed badly in the August 21 by-polls in Bihar––it could win only four out of 10 seats––it was attributed to the coming together of RJD, JD(U) and Congress. But how will the BJP explain losing three out of nine seats in prime minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, three out of four in Rajasthan and eight out of 11 in Uttar Pradesh. After all the BJP-led alliance had won 124 out of 131 Lok Sabha seats in these three states in the parliamentary election held in May 2014.
Family members of Bhima Koregaon accused, cyber experts raise questions on investigation following reports...
Besides demanding the release of all the accused, the speakers pointed out that the Arsenal report has raised some serious questions such as, “Why...
Logic of women’s reservation
By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi
It is an unfortunate fact that in a democracy nothing is achievable without united agitations. This time again the Muslim social and political leadership in India is failing to unite strongly against a very genuine demand and clear hypocrisy against them in guise of women empowerment.
Laxity in MGNREGS will not be tolerated: Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expressed concern over districts not matching up to the needs of the rural masses for...
भारत में सरकार नाम की कोई चीज़ है या नहीं?
डॉ. खजान सिंह
हाल ही में दबंगो द्वारा गुजरात के ऊना में दलितों के साथ किए गए अमानवीय व्यवहार ने सारे देश के बहुजनो को...
Mayawati names old party loyalist Bhimrao Ambedkar as RS candidate
Lucknow, (IANS): Laying to rest speculation over naming her brother Anand as the party's Rajya Sabha candidate, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on...
Ruling party’s patriotic card backfires
By Amulya Ganguli
It was inevitable that the kind of muscular nationalism favoured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would lead to hooliganism by its...
Three sentenced to life for gang rape of a Dalit woman in Maharashtra
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Solapur (Maharashtra): In a 12 year old case of a gang rape of Dalit woman from Solapur district of Maharashtra, the...
Why Dalits in Phillaur, Jalandhar have been protesting for the past three weeks
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
As the Dalit struggle in village Jalloor continues in Sangrur district over land dispute, another such case of a...
“Azad fights war of weak in a powerful way,” well-wishers of Bhim Army leader...
Bhim Army Chief supremo Chandrashekhar Azad has been featured in TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders who are shaping the future”. TwoCircles.net...
Attack on Dalit students in Osmania Unv condemned
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC)has condemned the attack on Dalit students and burning of Sarath Naliganti room who is a student leader, research scholar of Osmania University and MLA contested candidate of MIM from Amberpet constituency by Hindutva student wing ABVP at Osmania University campus.
Dalit posts being given to general category, says Buta Singh
By IANS,
Bhopal : National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman Buta Singh Sunday said that Dalits were being denied their fundamental right in Madhya Pradesh and that the government was recruiting general category candidates to fill the backlog of vacancies reserved for these castes.
Singh, who was on the fact-finding mission to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's native village in Sehore district, 100 km from here, after media reports that Dalits were not allowed entry into the three temples there, was accompanied by NCSC member from Madhya Pradesh Mahendra Boudh.
आरएसएस समागम के होर्डिंग को लेकर विवाद, वाल्मीकि समाज ने किया आंदोलन का ऐलान
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : मेरठ में 25 फ़रवरी को होने वाला आरएसएस का ‘राष्ट्रोदय स्वयंसेवक समागम’ के लिए लगे होर्डिंग्स को लेकर...
Mayawati in Gujarat to meet Dalit atrocity victims
Ahmedabad : BSP supremo Mayawati arrived in Gujarat on Thursday to express her solidarity with the Dalit victims of the July 11 atrocities...
समस्तीपुर लाइव : ‘छोटी जातियों’ का समर्थन महागठबंधन को
पहले चरण के मतदान से पूर्व बातचीत में रोसड़ा के दलितों ने दिए इशारे
राजन झा
रोसड़ा, समस्तीपुर: दलितों के वोट की मदद से बिहार चुनाव...
Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards
By TCN News
In the 4th Edition of Connections 2020 by the IIMC Alumni Association, independent journalist Meena Kotwal was awarded the Indian Institute of...
SC to hear Ramdev’s plea on clubbing of cases
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will Friday hear a plea by yoga guru Baba Ramdev seeking the clubbing together of all cases against him...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात
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BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...
SDPI’s 25-day-long countrywide protest against mob lynching concludes in New Delhi
TCN News
New Delhi: Today Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) organized street demonstrations across the country, in all assembly constituencies and districts of 14...
7 Dalit youths attempt suicide in Gujarat over atrocities
Rajkot : Seven Dalit youngsters on Monday attempted to commit suicide in two separate incidents in Saurashtra the entire region erupted into a wave...
12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala
Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...
Bhanubhai Vankar’s death: BJP leaders face heat in several parts of Gujarat
Ahmedabad, (IANS): The political trinity of Jignesh Mevani, Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor on Saturday upped the ante against Gujarat government following the death of...
Writers, publishers, journalists and social activists condemn police action against Forward Press
More than 350 writers, publishers, journalists and social activists from Hindi, English and Marathi, including Uday Prakash, Arundhati Rai, Shamshul Islam, Sharan Kumar Limbale, Kanwal Bharti, Giriraj Kishor, Anand Teltumbade, Manglesh Dabral, Anil Chamadia, Apoorvanand, Veerbharat Talwar, Ram Puniyani , S.Anand and others condemned police action against Forward Press last week.
Farzand-E-Pakistan and Pindi garbage
In early seventies, when the so-called "Furzand-e-Pindi" was student of Gordon College there used to be a garbage or filth disposal point near the gate of the College on the College Road side. The local sweepers used to throw filth and garbage at that place and it was then taken away by the Corporation workers in trucks.
So why’s this Modi worried in Bihar?
By Imran Khan
Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi - better known these days as SuMo to rhyme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NaMo -...
13 years on, families hope for justice in Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre
By IANS,
Patna : Thirteen years after the Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre in which 58 Dalits were killed by upper caste men, families of the victims are hoping that justice will finally triumph with a Bihar court Wednesday slated to pronounce its verdict on the case.
"We are at last hoping for justice," Balram Paswan, a relative of one of the victim's who was killed, said shortly before the Patna court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijay Prakash Mishra pronounces his verdict.
Won’t withdraw support to UPA government: Mulayam
By IANS,
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday ruled out withdrawing support to the UPA government, saying it was his political compulsion to keep communal forces at bay.
Vijaykant seals poll deal with Vaiko, Left, Dalit party
Chennai : Actor-turned-politician A. Vijaykant on Wednesday announced that his DMDK will contest the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with Vaiko's MDMK,...
Dalit Christians caught in the Church vortex
By R L Francis
The Christians all over India observed November 11 as “Dalit Liberation Sunday” (DLS) with an avowed aim of bringing the Dalit Christians...
Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani
New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...
दलितों विरोधी मनुवादी एजेंडा लागू नही होने देंगे: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद
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...
“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...
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...
Bihar chief minister to learn Urdu
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will soon take lessons in Urdu and may hire a teacher for the purpose.
"I will try...
Several leaders from different parties, including Dalit faces from BSP, join AIMIM in Maharashtra
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aurangabad: In yet another rare success for the Assaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlees-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Maharashtra, as many as 15 local leaders including many corporators from different parties have joined it.
Amongst these leaders, 10 are Dalits belonging to Panther Republic Party (PRP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Dalit Bahujan Mahasangh and Bheem Shakti.
TCN – Seed Apprenticeship Program 2021
The TCN-SEED Apprenticeship offers aspiring journalists an opportunity to build their communication skills and professional network under the guidance of experienced mentors. The vision...
Ambedkar statue vandalised in Uttarakhand
Haridwar, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking...
Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical
Faridabad: Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana's Faridabad...
Translate words into action, Owaisi tells PM
Hyderabad : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow...
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