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Rajasthan: Dalit Man Tied, Thrashed by Locals Over Bike Theft Allegation

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TCN News On January 10, a Dalit youth named Shrawan Meghwal was brutally humiliated in public and assaulted in the vicinity of the Gudamalani police...

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

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

Village adopted by BJP MP Kaushal Kishore is a far cry from a ‘model...

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net Auntgarhi Saura/Malihabad: The BJP, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have repeatedly said in their election campaigns that if BJP is...

Whither Annihilation of Caste?

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By Ram Puniyani

Ladai Seekhle: The story of Sumeet Samos, rap and annihilation of caste

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The list of atrocities against marginalised communities in India can make for a small book, but the forms of resistance against...

NCW issues notice to Ramdev

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New Delhi : The National Commission for Women Wednesday issued a notice to yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul...

Like Mayawati like Manohar: Social engineering redux in Goa

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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,

Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers

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By IANS, Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, a former IFS officer, may face two retired IAS officers in the Lok Sabha polls at...

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...

Budget 2016: Jatiley allocates Rs 500 crore for SC, ST, women entrepreneurs

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By TCN Staff Reporter Delhi: In an attempt to help people from marginalised communities set up their own businesses, the Union Budget has allocated Rs...

After Moradabad, 180 Dalit families of Saharanpur to convert to Buddhism if atrocities do...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter After 50 Dalit families from Moradabad converted to Islam last week citing Yogi Government's total negligence and upper caste violence against...

Article 370 will be dealt later, peace in Valley a priority: Ahir

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Panaji : Abrogation of Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will happen in due course of time, but right now...

Modi blames Congress for farmers’ poor condition

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Sasaram/Gaya (Bihar) : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at the election rallies in Bihar Thursday hit out at the Congress for neglecting farmers,...

‘Summary and Recommendations’ of the Kundu Committee

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

Know the law: How to register Trusts

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

BSP leaders protest park wall demolition in UP’s Lucknow

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

India disturbed over imminent institutionalization of martial primacy in Pakistan

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

BJP is anti-Ambedkar, anti-Constitution: Mayawati

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

Twocircles.net journalist Meena Kotwal wins IIMCAA Awards

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

This Dalit woman activist is taking Dalit history to grassroots in Rajasthan

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Suman Devathiya is a senior Dalit activist from Rajasthan who has been at the forefront of fighting for Dalit women’s rights and taking Dalit...

Will Congress’ faith in dynastic politics save it in Dima Hasao?

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Haflong: Dima Hasao, the least populated district of Assam, goes to polls on April 4 and like most of the state,...

तलवार की धार पर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर इलाक़े में चौथे खंभे की हालत बेहद ही दयनीय है. नक्सली इलाक़े में जान-जोखिम...

Aurangabad HC acquits all 7 accused in dalit youth lynching case of 2009

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By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has acquitted seven accused from the charges of stoning to death a dalit youth in 2009. The divisional bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice P R Bora on Wednesday acquitted three women of all charges, while the four male accused have been convicted under section 341 of IPC ((punishment for wrongful restraint).

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...

CPI-M accused of jailing Dalit women on false charges

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Kannur (Kerala) : The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday accused the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the state of misusing power...

Associating Buddhism with violence is fashionable: Expert

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Kolkata: Buddhism is increasingly being associated with violence and now emerging as a sensitive issue between India and China, a Buddhist studies expert has...

JNUSU Election: No place for Jeetus and Salims?

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By Mahtab Alam,

Didn’t protect Dalit family for vote bank: Bihar CM

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday revealed that the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes from a "powerful caste" had once...

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...

Narendra Modi’s victory in Gujarat

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Dear Sir

The reason for Modi's victory (widely covered by Indian and international media) is following and simple as apprehended in my letter (dated October 30, 2007) published in international print media, some paragraphs of which are reproduced below:-

"[This refers to Thursday ''Tehelka' expose on Indian T.V. channels, which was also reproduced next day in prominent print media, exposing State sponsored gory massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat 2002 pogrom.

CPI-M demands quota for SC, ST in private sector

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Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday demanded reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the private sector and...

Tamil Nadu asked for report on assault on Dalit boy

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By IANS,

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

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

Trinamool, Congress youth wings burn effigies of Irani, Dattatreya

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Kolkata: Workers of the Youth Congress and the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad on Wednesday demanded sacking of union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya and...

In Bihar’s Heartland, the Dalit Mood Has Shifted – And It’s Bad News for...

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Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Patna: A new survey has revealed a major shift in Bihar’s Dalit political landscape, with the Mahagathbandhan (the RJD, Congress and Left...

Reservations and Muslims in Telugu States

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By Shaik Amer Arafath for TwoCircles.net, When our Constitution was framed, the framers made a special provision with intention to provide equal opportunity in the...

Seven more Dalit suicide bids in Gujarat; 30 attempts so far

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Ahmedabad : Seven persons, including two women, from the Dalit community, on Friday tried to commit suicide as protests continued against the July 11...

Poll panel recommends police case against GJM chief Gurung

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By IANS, Kolkata : A police case was filed Monday on the Election Commission's recommendation against Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung for allegedly threatening non-Nepalese people to vote for the GJM-backed Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Darjeeling candidate Jaswant Singh on April 30. The Communist Party of India (CPI) alleged that Gurung had last month during a speech at Dajreeling Gymkhana grounds, warned non-Nepalese people including Muslims and Tibetans of serious consequences if they did not vote for Jaswant Singh.

“Aren’t we human?,” ask Dalit families after demolition of their settlement in Chennai street,...

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Nearly seventy-seven Dalit families in Thangavelu Street, T. Nagar, Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are stranded in the streets after...

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar files nomination papers

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Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday filed her nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls from Sasaram constituency in Bihar, officials said. "I...

‘प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी से इस्तीफ़ा लिया जाए, मुख्यमंत्री योगी को बरख़ास्त किया जाए’

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : देश में दलित-मुस्लिम-ओबीसी समाज पर बढ़ रहे अत्याचार, ‘भगवा आतंकवाद’ और भीम आर्मी के संस्थापक चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ और भीम...

In Sangrur, Dalit face ostracisation, death and Jail for demanding land

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, TwoCircles.net For the past few weeks, most of the attention towards Punjab has been regarding the upcoming elections, and whether...

Jamiat Ulama supports NCM chief over SC status to Muslim Dalits

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By TCN News,

In Kerala, Dalit students facing difficulties to get educated

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By Aaliya Rushdi, TwoCircles.net, Nilambur (Kerala): The Dalit Students of the area, who were sent to schools far away in the district, are returning back in groups to their homes. The parents, who are ignorant of the importance of education have not got any complaint on this matter.

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...

It’s not only beef and pork politics; and not a division of TISS students

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net On August 9th 2014, a local tabloid paper called Mumbai Mirror based in Mumbai published a news that could only be...

Hour of reckoning for constitutionally secular Hindu majority India.

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Ref: - Was India dishonest when gave assurance to Muslims after 1947 partition? Dear Sir This refers to Thursday 'Tehelka' exposure on Indian T.V. channels which was also reproduced next day in prominent print media, exposing State sponsored gory massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat 2002 pogrom.

Three Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP

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By IANS,

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

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

Mevani backs Dalits’ fast unto death in Gujarat

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Gandhinagar (IANS): Around 40 people from a Gujarat village, including women and children, have started a fast unto death in Detroj of Ahmedabad district...

Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula

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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...

No mandatory arrest for offences under SC/ST Act, says SC

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New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the arrest of a accused under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...

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...

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

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

Budget related dharna and rally of 29th February, 2008

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submitted by Satinath Choudhary, Delhi We started gathering in the morning about 11 am and around three O’clock in the afternoon, we marched towards the Parliament, led by our own Parliamentarian Hon’ble Athavale Sahab, as far as the police let us go. We then had some speeches and concluded the rally by burning a replica of the new budget! The following memorandum of demands was submitted to the Prime Minister and Finance Minister: SC/ST Budget Hissedari Andolan (Movement for SC/ST Share in Budget) c/o 36/12, 1st Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi -110 008 To

Tent of Bhagana protesters removed from Jantar Mantar by police; asked to leave

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The tent of Bhagana protesters at Jantar Mantar has been removed by the Delhi Police today morning and they have been asked to leave.)

उन्नाव प्रकरण में भ्रामक ट्वीट पर 8 के खिलाफ मुकदमा

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

And now, a Mayawati temple

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

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 minister...

Thousands of Dalits protest at Jantar Mantar over Saharanpur clash

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New Delhi, (IANS): Thousands of Dalits on Sunday protested in the national capital to demand justice for community members who, they said, fell victim to...

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.

Congress alleges victimisation of Dalits in Gujarat

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By IANS, Gandhinagar : Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil Monday charged Chief Minister Narendra Modi of victimising Dalits who oppose his policies against the interest of the socially marginalised people. "Cases are being filed against Gujarat Dalit leaders at the instance of the chief minister," said Gohil, who is also the leader of opposition in the state assembly. He added that the irresponsible policies of the government have resulted in injustice to Dalits.

After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release

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Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...

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.

CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu

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Chennai : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday announced its candidates, including two women, for nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Releasing the...

दलित-मुसलमानों की ‘बक्खो’ जाति बदतर जिंदगी गुजारने को मजबूर

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net वो कहते हैं न कि अपना घर सभी को अज़ीज़ होता है चाहे वो महल हो या झोपडी हर शख्स सुकून से...

‘Dalit terrorism’: DHRM demands CBI probe into Hindutva-police conspiracy

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The CBI should investigate the Hindutva-police conspiracy behind the cruel Dalit hunt of the Kerala police in the name of Dalit terrorism, demands a complaint submitted by the Dalit leader Selvaraj to Home Minister P Chidambaram.

Hyderabad MP Owaisi clashes with Najma Heptulla in Lok Sabha

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New Delhi : Two senior leaders, Asaduddin Owaisi of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, clashed fiercely in the Lok...

No fees for girls upto higher secondary level in state schools, says J&K government

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: In a significant move which will benefit thousands of girls studying in state run schools in Jammu and Kashmir,...

‘We have been made to feel like criminals’: How a defamation case is threatening...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Indian Universities, and especially those under the Central Government, have for long been presented as spaces where a student or a...

Creating “Muslim as the enemy” is the RSS-BJP mantra: Jignesh Mevani

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By TCN News New Delhi: Creating “Muslim as the enemy” to mobilize the Hindus and manufacture a conflict between the two is...

Five point programme for Indian muslims

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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.

Campaign against caste-based sexual violence highlights ‘pervasive discrimination faced by Dalit women in India’

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National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) said that its campaign will showcase caste-based sexual violence in 15 Indian states, sharing a selection of landmark...

Political ambitions behind claims for Ambedkar’s legacy, say experts

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By Sidhartha Dutta and Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi : Political parties seem to be seeking to outdo each other in claiming the legacy B....

61 RS members seek impeachment of Andhra and Telangana HC Judge for abusing Dalit...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Sixty one members of the Rajya Sabha have submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday...

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...

In Sultanpur, upper-caste attack on Dalit family leaves one dead, 3 injured

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter After a few calm days in Uttar Pradesh, caste violence has now engulfed Sultanpur in Eastern UP. Ramnathpur village of Sultanpur had...

Scrap Religious discrimination in Reservation: 36 communities from 19 states

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Demanding to scrap the religious discrimination in reservation for Scheduled Castes and include Muslims and Christian Dalits in SC list, All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz along with a number of Dalit groups (both Muslims and Christian) organized a mass rally at Jantar Mantar today. Implementation of Sachchar Committee and Mishra Commission’s were also demanded. Members of 36 backward communities from 19 states took part in the rally.

भीम आर्मी भी आई किसानों के साथ, राकेश टिकैत से मिले चंद्रशेखर

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net चंद्रशेखर आजाद शुक्रवार को भीम आर्मी के सदस्यों सदस्यों के साथ यूपी गेट स्थित गाज़ीपुर बार्डर पहुंचे और उन्होंने लोगों को संबोधित...

‘Mayawati insensitive to Dalit woes’

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By IANS, Lucknow: National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman P.L. Punia Wednesday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of being insensitive to the problems faced by Dalits.

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

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

Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: Babu, a 21-year-old from the Paniya community, came out of jail in March after spending close to three months in jail....

Dalit samaj continue strike for special component plan

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New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Saturday that he will meet members of Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkar...

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ को मिली ज़मानत, मगर अभी नहीं होंगे रिहा

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter इलाहाबाद/सहारनपुर : सहारनपुर दलित बनाम ठाकुर हिंसा में मुख्य आरोपी बनाए गए भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर ‘रावण’ को ज़मानत मिल गई है....

Faridabad arson: Fight between two thriving families?

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Faridabad: In a horrendous incident, two children were burnt alive when a Dalit family's house was set afire in a Faridabad village on...

Maya targets Congress, Rahul at Dalit rally

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

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...

‘Kolkata police too is biased towards Muslims and Dalits’

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

Government is not anti-Dalit, anti-Muslim: Minister

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New Delhi, (IANS): Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Thursday said that incidents of lynching were not "general" and asked the states...

साल 2022 की टीसीएन की कुछ शानदार रिपोर्ट

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टीम टीसीएन। Twocircles.net वर्ष 2022 संपन्न हो गया। हमें कई तरह के राजनीतिक और सामाजिक बदलाव देखने को मिले। TwoCircles.net इस दौरान पत्रकारिता का धर्म...

Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...

Tribals demand release of detained villagers in Midnapore

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By IANS, Kolkata: Hundreds of tribal women Sunday staged a protest at a police station in West Bengal's West Midnapore district to demand release of 37 villagers detained during the joint forces' search for an abducted school teacher. The demonstration took place at Goaltore police station in the district. Police said the villagers were detained for interrogation as they tried to obstruct the security personnel during a search operation in the village.

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...

Uttar Pradesh has highest cases of atrocities against SCs

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New Delhi : Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2015 while the...

Ram Vilas Paswan, son Chirag win

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Patna : Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan have won from the Hajipur and Jamui Lok Sabha seats,...

Violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon a stark reminder of 1997 Ramabai Nagar atrocities

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net New Year’s eve was a time of joy and happiness everywhere, and Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, was no different. But...

Dalit woman alleges dowry harassment, gangrape

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By IANS, Panchkula (Haryana): Haryana police Wednesday ordered a probe into allegations of dowry harassment and gangrape made by a Dalit woman against her Jat husband and his accomplices, officials said. According to police, Sheena (name changed) and her family members met Haryana Director General of Police (Administration) Swaranjit Singh at the police headquarters here Tuesday and submitted a written complaint against her husband Sukhwinder Singh and others.

Mayawati misguiding Dalits: BJP

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By IANS,

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.

नृशंस आपराधिक अग्निकांड : दोषियों को बचाने की फिराक़ में प्रशासन!

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में हुई आगजनी के मामले के बाद आज पीड़ितों से...

Why Dalits in Phillaur, Jalandhar have been protesting for the past three weeks

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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...

50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...

Probe into ‘violation’ of court curbs on Uttar Pradesh park

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By IANS,

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...

Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs

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Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege By TCN News, New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.

Dalit man who married high-caste girl killed in TN

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Chennai : A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number...

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani rejects invite to CPM programme in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Kerala CPI (M) leadership was left red faced after Jignesh Mevani, Una agitation leader, rejected the party’s invitation to attend...

“Dalits are not definitely a block, and there is an intellectual blossom,” Kancha Ilaiah

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By Ajmal Khan and Anish for TwoCircles.net, Professor Kancha Ilaiah had well predicted that Narendra Modi would become the next Prime Minister under BJP, and he has also been instrumental in raising criticism on how Indian Left failed to understand the caste question. After the parliament elections, he described how the caste equations has been used in the country by the BJP. As soon as the BJP came into power, many decisions have already been taken by the ruling government, which will have far reaching consequences on the lives of dalits, adivasis, Muslims and Bahujans. In this context, Ajmal Khan and Anish engaged in conversation with Kancha Ilaiah, writer, a dalit rights activist and former Professor and head of the Political Science department at the Osmania University, Hyderabad, on contemporary politics in India, particularly on Muslim, Dalit and Bahujan politics. He argues, that Muslims will have to form their own national party or a national coalition of all the Muslim parties by retaining their political and social identity.

Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre

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By IANS,

BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...

Recalling Rohith: Not backing down under state pressure, youth politics emerging strongly in Maharashtra

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Two years ago, on January 17, Dalit Research Scholar Rohith Vemula was institutionally murdered by the casteist administrative forces of Hyderabad...

Mayawati criticizes BJP government for ignoring Dalit icons in conferring Bharat Ratna

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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.

इन बिंदुओं में समझिए लखीमपुर खीरी की पूरी कहानी

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

Rajasthan has become a living hell for Dalits: Renu Meghwanshi, state secretary, Mahila Congress

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Renu Meghwanshi is no stranger to fighting against Dalit atrocities. She might be contesting from the Congress now, but prior to this, she was...

Arrest Dalit children’s killers: CPI-M

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Faridabad (Haryana): The CPI-M on Wednesday demanded the immediate arrest of those who killed two Dalit children here. "It is the utter failure of the...

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...

Azadi Kooch, a rally to mark one year of Una uprising, stopped in Mehsana,...

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By Payal for TwoCircles.net All Photos courtesy Nayan Jyoti A year ago, four Dalits were publicly beaten, stripped and humiliated by Gau Rakshaks in Una, Gujarat...

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

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

Dalit chamber of commerce signs MoU with EDII to incubate Dalit enterprise

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By IANS Ahmedabad: The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), in a first, has signed an MoU with the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and...

Varanasi: UP minister hints at ending coalition with BJP; reiterates demand for Purvanchal state

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Omprakash Rajbhar, a cabinet minister in the Yogi-Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, hinted towards ending the coalition with BJP...

UK’s Dalit organizations urge Modi to act against BJP leaders named by Cobrapost in...

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By TwoCircles.Net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Four prominent Dalit organisations from United Kingdom have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing their dismay about the...

Bihar Mahadalit students complain about teachers, probe on

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Patna: A school teacher was among the eight people booked and a probe was ordered after Mahadalit childrens complained of caste discrimination in a...

मुसलमानों की तरह दलितों को भी किया जा सकता है बदनाम, ऐसे मनाएं अंबेडकर...

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संजीव ख़ुदशाह कोरोना लॉक डाउन के दौरान डॉक्टर अंबेडकर की जयंती (14 अप्रैल) पड़ने वाली है। ऐसी स्थिति में स्वाभाविक है कि बहुजन समाज या...

UP Polls: Congress attempts to woo Dalit voters with eight-point agenda

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net Ahead of assembly polls, Congress has begun its attempt to woo Dalits with ‘eight’ promises. UP Congress President Raj Babbar...

TCN launches an internship program

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By TCN News Come learn about exciting world of online journalism. TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a US-based non-profit news organization working on unreported stories of the...

Erasing tolerance? HAF’s changes can only be described as ahistorical edits to history books

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The HAF and its allies may have PR machinery and hundreds of thousands of dollars in their war chest to selectively change textbooks, but...

For these girls living in Delhi’s slums, education is a dream fraught with violence,...

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By Suprakash Majumdar, TwoCircles.net The first thing Janaki does in the morning is to help her mother prepare food. Beside the chulha (a stove), covering her face...

Amit Shah had food cooked by non-Dalits, says Telangana CM

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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...

Gujarat CID files chargesheet in Una Dalit flogging case

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

Amnesty International asks Chattisgarh govt to investigate rape complaints of Adivasi women

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Chhattisgarh: Two weeks after rapes and assaults were reported from Chhattisgarh while security forces were conducting anti-Maoist operations, Amnesty...

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...

Thackeray blows hot and cold at BJP in Dussehra rally

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Mumbai : Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the recent surgical strikes across the Line of...

MOUs signed to promote entrepreneurship amongst backward communities

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Chennai : City based United Economic Forum (UEF), which has the focus of promoting entrepreneurship amongst backward communities including minorities, Monday signed agreements with...

Government sets up fund for Dalit entrepreneurs

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By IANS, New Delhi : With the Lok Sabha polls only months away, the government Monday announced a Rs.200 crore venture capital fund to promote...

लेखकों ने साहित्य अकादमी अवार्ड वापिस लेने शुरू किए

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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...

Ambedkar’s ideology: Religion, nationalism and Indian Constitution

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By Ram Puniyani, In order to gain larger legitimacy, the RSS has been making claims of sorts. One that was made few months back was that Gandhi was impressed by functioning of RSS. Now, came another distortion that Ambedkar believed in Sangh ideology (Feb 15, 2015). This was stated by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. Recently on the occasion of Ambedkar’s 124th birth anniversary many programmes were held by RSS combine giving a pro-Hindutva tilt to presentation of Ambedkar.

Jitan Ram Manjhi: A soft-spoken Mahadalit who was a shepherd (Profile)

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Patna : Jitan Ram Manjhi, the 70-year-old Mahadalit leader who quit as Bihar chief minister Friday nine months after assuming office in May 2014,...

Soni Sori, Lingaram: Maoist conduits or police trap?

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS,

Sibal apologises after Ambedkar cartoon row rocks parliament

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By IANS,

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...

Una incident organised crime against Dalits: Mamata

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the thrashing of Dalit youths in Gujarat's Una and...

Patan Gang Rape- Request Public hearings in Gujarat

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Submitted by dn.rath, New Delhi The Visiting Team of NCW on Patan to Gujarat National Commission for Women 4, Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Marg, New Delhi-110 002. Sub- Patan Gang Rape- Request Public hearings in Gujarat association with NCW

AAP main focus for BJP’s Delhi candidates

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New Delhi : The seven Lok Sabha candidates of the BJP in Delhi have their eyes set on their opponents from the AAP while...

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

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

Dalit girl gangraped, four booked

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Three men and a woman have been booked for the gangrape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Haryana's Sirsa district, police said Saturday.

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

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

Dalit settlement in focus of Modi’s Clean India mission

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New Delhi: Dozens of municipal workers were busy Wednesday sprucing up Valmiki Colony, a settlement of poor, once-outcast Dalits where Mahatma Gandhi once dwelt,...

Madhya Pradesh to get more tribal schools

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By IANS, New Delhi: The central government has approved six new residential schools for tribals in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. According to officials from the tribal affairs ministry, the allocation for starting the Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya schools has been increased to Rs.12 crore from Rs.2.5 crore. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population in India. The population of Scheduled Tribes in the state is 154.03 lakh -- 23.27 percent of the state's total population of 661.81 lakh. The allocation per student has also been raised.

Court sentences death to Ameerul Islam for rape and murder of Kerala law student

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Kochi (Kerala), (IANS): A sessions court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced to death Ameerul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, who on Tuesday was...

‘दलितों व मुस्लिमों पर अत्याचार, दूषित मानसिकता वाले लोगों की एक सोची समझी चाल’

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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...