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Ramdev says ‘honeymoon’ remark misinterpreted, complaint filed

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New Delhi/Lucknow: A day after his comment on Rahul Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for his "honeymoon" sparked outrage, Baba Ramdev Saturday apologised and said...

Will try to restore Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai: Government

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New Delhi : Facing criticism from the opposition over the demolition of decades-old Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai, the government assured the Rajya Sabha on...

JNUSU calls commission findings on Vemula suicide ‘stupid’

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New Delhi, (IANS): The report that said Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and that his suicide was not a result of any political and...

SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims

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

Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism

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By Badre Alam & Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net Editors: Prof. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr Narender Kumar Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 263 Price (Hardbound): Rs 850 Professor Christophe Jaffrelot...

Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce

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Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community. Riya Talitha...

Dalit family embraces Islam, media loses objectivity

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By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,

भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर ‘रावण’ अस्पताल में भर्ती, प्रशासन पर लापरवाही बरतने का आरोप

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ की जेल में आज तबीयत बिगड़ने के बाद उन्हें ज़िला अस्पताल के आईसीयू में...

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.

Obama supports Raj Thackeray

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Ref: - MNS should resort to legal / international approach Dear Sir

Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politics and, moreover, to do so in a manner which she believes will impress the core group of her supporters, the Dalits. As a newcomer in politics and that too from a depressed community, she has had to build her career from scratch, as it were, without the help of an established party or an influential social network. Hence her unconventional ways.

Close fight between BJP and Congress in Muzaffarpur, both sides claiming victory after May...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Muzaffarpur: In Muzaffarpur, where caste-sentiment is deeply rooted, both the BJP and Congress candidate (in alliance with the RJD) sounded “confident of victory” as it polled on May 7.

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

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

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.

‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...

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“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...

Brandeis becomes first US University to prohibit caste discrimination

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The President of Brandeis University, Ron Liebowitz, made an announcement today to all students, faculty, and staff that the university will...

Ahead of polls, residents of Mayawati’s adopted village say they feel cheated

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net As you step out of Lucknow and move towards Malihabad, the mango capital of the state, commercial activities slow down...

Does India face tyranny of the majority?

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Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix 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.

NHRC urged to probe killing of three Dalits

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By IANS, Mumbai : Activists Thursday demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the brutal killing of three Dalit youths in a Maharashtra village earlier this month.

Nitish, legislators reach Delhi; Manjhi announces quotas

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Patna/New Delhi : Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi for inviting him to form the next government in the state,...

Tension in UP town over BJP, Congress protests

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Ghaziabad : Tension gripped the Kanth area of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district Saturday as the BJP refused to back out of its proposed protest...

No bail for activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon arrests even after a year; campaign...

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TCN News Last year on 6th June, the Pune police had arrested 5 activists on false charges of inciting violence on Dalits that took place on...

Maoist mediator Dandapani Mohanty held

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By IANS,

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...

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...

Caste-based discrimination data sought from universities

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New Delhi (IANS): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked higher learning institutions to send data of complaints received against caste-based discrimination during the...

Maya targets Congress, Rahul at Dalit rally

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

As Chirang goes to polls, Santhals, Bodos hope peace is prioritised, not politicised

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Chirang: William Tudu, a 60-year-old Santhal, is not sure who to vote for. He has been voting in the past elections...

Nine people sent to jail for burning houses in Kandhamal

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By IANS,

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...

Is Onam an inclusive festival?

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As people of Kerala celebrate Onam, this article tries to critically explore the emerging counter narrative of historically oppressed section against sustaining casteist tradition. By...

‘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...

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...

स्त्री – शिक्षा के लिए सब कुछ दांव पर लगाने वाली सावित्रीबाई फुले

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हमारे जानी दुश्मन का नाम है अज्ञान उसे धर दबोचो मजबूत पकड़ कर पीटो और उसे जीवन से भगा दो! तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net उपर लिखे हुए एक-एक शब्द भारत की...

Varanasi: Dalit-Muslim unity meet held to counter hate crimes in Uttar Pradesh

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter More than a dozen socio-political groups gathered in Varanasi’s Shastri Ghat on Sunday, February 18 to develop a consensus against the...

Three get death, 20 sentenced to life in Bathani Tola massacre

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By IANS, Patna : A Bihar court Wednesday sentenced to death three men and awarded life imprisonment to 20 others in the Bathani Tola massacre case in which 21 Dalits and poor Muslims were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena in 1996. The sentence was pronounced by Additional District and Sessions Judge of Ara Civil Court Ajay Kumar Srivastava amid high security. The three sentenced to death are Ajay Singh, Manoj Singh and Narendra Singh. The judge convicted 23 accused and acquitted 30 men due to lack of evidence May 5, a court official said.

We sing to celebrate the agenda of equality and dignity: Yalgar Cultural Group

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Text and video by Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Yalgar cultural group (YCG), an association which propagates Ambedkarite ideas, performed at the KCA Hall...

Petitions against reserving MCD seats for SCs dismissed

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By IANS,

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...

Memorandum to the Governor of Gujarat on Present law and order situation

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To, Sri Naval Kishore Sharma The Honorable Governor of Gujarat Gandhinagar. Sir, The Socialist Unity Centre of India, Gujarat State organizing Committee would like to draw your attention to some of the very vital problems of Gujarat haunting the state and taking a very ugly turn in an alarming scale. The Soharabuddin encounter case

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

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

Dadarao Patekar: Fighting for the rights of Mumbai’s Safai Karamcharis

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net It would not be an exaggeration to say that manual scavenging remains one of the worst forms of caste atrocities in...

Uddhav trying to split RPI: Athawale

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Mumbai : Grappling with an intra-party controversy over his decision to ally with the BJP, Republican Party of India (A) President Ramdas Athawale Tuesday...

While SP fights, BJP prepares extensive roadmap for upcoming UP elections

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net The Samajwadi Party may be busy with its infighting, but it is clear that the BJP is doing all it...

#TCN10: Some thoughts about the eventful journey

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step: Chinese Philosopher Laozi By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net This month, TwoCircles.net – or TCN...

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...

Manjhi floats new party in Bihar

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

BJP forms panel over atrocities on Dalit women in Kerala

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New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah has set up a three-member committee to look into the incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...

डेल्टा मेघवाल के पक्ष में उतरी मुस्लिम महासभा

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): डेल्टा मेघवाल की लड़ाई अब किसी एक वर्ग या जाति की लड़ाई नहीं रह गई है. यह इंसाफ़ की...

Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope

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On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India. Tabeenah...

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...

नीतिश राज में लाचार बिहार के पिछड़े व दलित

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार के पिछड़े, दलित और महादलित सूबे के मुख्यमंत्री नीतिश कुमार के बड़े वोट-बैंक रहे हैं. इन तबक़ों ने...

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,...

Hundreds protest in Delhi against lynchings, communal divide

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New Delhi, (IANS): Hundreds of people, including film stars and social activists, on Wednesday gathered at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the recent incidents...

Farmers protesting land acquisition thrash officials

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By IANS, Bangalore: Farmers opposing acquisition of their land for a residential complex on Bangalore's outskirts Monday punched, kicked, head-butted and tore clothes of officials who went to the area to survey the land, police said. Farmers of Kodigehalli, which forms part of the proposed 'Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout', named after founder of Bangalore, Kempegowda, thrashed an executive engineer, an assistant executive engineer and their driver and broke the windshield of their vehicles, they said.

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

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

BSP national secretary resigns

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Lucknow: Following the footsteps of three leaders that quit the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ahead of the forthcoming state assembly elections, BSP's national secretary...

Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting...

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

Politics lures another senior Maharashtra ex-IPS officer

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

Why mankind being denied the benefits of civil nuclear energy?

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Ref: - India should mobilize International community to clear nuclear mess. Dear Sir

Justice Roopanwal to head panel probing Rohit Vemula suicide

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New Delhi : The HRD ministry on Thursday appointed former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Roopanwal to head the one-man judicial commission...

Thousands mourn slain Dalit litterateur Kirwale

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Kolhapur (Maharashtra), (IANS): Thousands of people on Saturday gathered at the home of noted Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale, who was murdered by a carpenter...

डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिला न्याय, गुनाहगारों को उम्र कैद की सज़ा

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net 2016 में राजस्थान के बीकानेर के नोखा में हुए बहुचर्चित डेल्टा मेघवाल हत्याकांड को लेकर बीकानेर की पोक्सो कोर्ट ने बड़ा...

The Muslim factor in 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

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

Atrocities against SCs, STs: Odisha to set up three special courts

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Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government is taking steps to set up three special courts in Cuttack, Bolangir and Balasore districts to try cases of...

Meet the ‘Harijans’ in Assam Sweeping a Small Town for Generations

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Arshad Ahmed, TwoCircles.net When the clock ticks 5 a.m., 32-year-old Savita gives one more look in the mirror, fixes her bindi (a red dot on...

Three sentenced to life for gang rape of a Dalit woman in Maharashtra

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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...

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

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

Rahul Gandhi continues protest at Hyderabad varsity

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Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday continued his protest along with the students who are on hunger strike at the University of...

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

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

Protests for, against promotions quota across UP, Uttarakhand

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Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile: Displaying centuries-old songs, and artworks on anti-caste struggle of Maharashtra

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The project aims to collect Maharashtra’s long history of social reform, accessing 500-year-old traditions of song-writing, performances and poetry against caste-based exploitation and untouchability. Riya...

गाय की पूजा के लिए गौशाला में गई दलित महिला के साथ दुष्कर्म

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TwoCircles.net News Desk रोहतक : हरियाणा के रोहतक स्थित पहरावर गौशाला में एक दलित महिला गाय की पूजा करने गई थी, जहां उस महिला के...

NGOs protest against Honour Killing of a Dalit Boy

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By TCN News, Puducherry: Periyar Viduthalai Kazagam, a Tamil Nadu based organization along with Puducherry unit of Khudai Khidmatgar jointly protest against the brutal honour...

Rahul Gandhi meets assaulted Uttar Pradesh girl

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By IANS, New Delhi : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday met at a hospital here a Dalit girl who was blinded by her assailants after she resisted rape in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

‘We Don’t Employ Jai Bhim Walas’: Mumbai-based Event Management Firm Owner Tells Dalit Employee,...

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TCN News New Delhi: In a shocking incident of alleged caste discrimination and that too in a metropolitan city like Mumbai, a 23-year-old Dalit boy was...

Congress supports NCSC on Dalit education issue

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New Delhi : The Congress on Friday welcomed the National Commission of Scheduled Castes' (NCSC) observation that amendments to the panchayat acts which mandated...

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.

SC/STs have healthiest sex ratio in Goa

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Panaji : Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Goa lead the way as far as sex ratio is concerned, according to the...

सहारनपुर : ‘पुलिस पीड़ित दलितों के खिलाफ़ ही मुक़दमे दर्ज कर रही है’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : सहारनपुर में पुलिस संरक्षण में दलितों पर हो रहे हमले और हाशिमपुरा-मलियाना जनसंहार की तीसवीं बरसी पर रिहाई मंच, गोंडवाना...

SC status to dalit Muslims might wait for some time: petitioners

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: UPA government has done it again. It was the 8th extension, which the Central government sought for the hearing of a PIL lodged in Supreme Court, for inclusion of Dalit Muslims in Scheduled Caste category, by Akhil Maharastra Khatik Samaj (AMKS).

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...

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...

Voting rises in UP’s reserved Lok Sabha seats

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By Puja Awasthi, Lucknow : There is a marked rise in the number of people voting in the Lok Sabha constituencies reserved for Dalits in...

Banaras weavers to showcase their products at Dilli Haat

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

A week after reinstating Ravidas Jayanti as school holiday, UP government cancels it

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The UP government has once again cancelled the state holiday on Ravidas Jayanti from its list of holidays of state-run schools...

Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical

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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...

Documentary on Rohith Vemula aims to address caste discrimination and Dalit-Muslim solidarity

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Hyderabad: In March 2015, Satya Chakra, a 44-year-old documentary filmmaker from Hyderabad, conceived an idea of making a short documentary...

Clash after Dalits stopped from praying at Haryana shrine

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By IANS,

Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi

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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...

In Pictures: Amid pandemic, award winning Chennai based Dalit folk artist Karthick Annan takes...

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Karthick Annan is a 35-year-old Dalit folk artist from Chennai, mastered in different folk art forms produced from an indigenous culture in Tamil Nadu...

Senior IAS joins JD-U, to contest polls

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Patna : Three days after taking voluntary retirement, IAS officer K.P. Ramiyah Monday joined Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) -- and is set to...

Three Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP

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By IANS,

TCN – Seed Apprenticeship Program 2021

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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...

सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : मोदी-योगी सरकार ने जल्द ही कोई कार्रवाई नहीं किया तो...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk फ़रीदाबाद (हरियाणा) : सहारनपुर शब्बीरपुर गांव में हुए दलितों के साथ जातीय संघर्ष और फिर पुलिस की एकतरफ़ा का विरोध अब उत्तर...

Condom, caste and morality

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By Yogesh Maitreya The Indian Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan seems to provide unprecedented and remedial tool in the sector of health, especially in...

‘Dalits still being targetted in Uttar Pradesh’

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By IANS,

Maharashtra orders probe into attack on Dalit woman

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By IANS,

Delhi event discusses poll questions

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New Delhi : 'Hum Dekhenge: Looking Back' - an event to help voters get answers to some questions ahead of the Lok Sabha election...

I can’t remember how many times I have been attacked…but will continue to fight:...

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The attack on Chithralekha is a clear example of how the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while raising its voice against growing intolerance in...

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...

Toilet tales: Why Divya Bharathi’s Kakkoos is a must-watch documentary

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By Sibi Arasu for TwoCircles.net Strap: Kakkoos (Latrine) is a Tamil documentary that is a powerful indictment of society’s apathy towards the thousands who are...

NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls

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Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here. The "People's...

Clarity or confusion: The word ‘Dalit’ has become a playground

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Recently, the debate on the usage of the word ‘Dalit’ was highlighted again. The petition of one Pankaj Liladhar Meshram...

सुल्तानपुर में दलित को पीटा, बुलन्दशहर में रेप

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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...

J&K: ‘Rehabilitate Gujjars & Bakerwals on government lands’

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By TCN News

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...

Una agitation can usher a new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics

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By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net The Una incident has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called ‘Gujarat model’ as...

Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT

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New York, April 17 (IANS) Sharply criticising Prime Minister Narendra's silence over rape cases in India, the New York Times in an editorial on Tuesday...

Dalit leader Jignesh detained ahead of Modi’s arrival in Ahmedabad

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Ahmedabad : Gujarat Dalit rights leader Jignesh Mevani was "picked up" by Gujarat police from Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening, hours before Prime Minister...

English education for the SC/ST/OBCs is my long term commitment: Kancha Ilaiah

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Dalit rights activist and writer Kancha Ilaiah has come upfront countering the allegation against him that he has "a Christian agenda"...

Tamil Nadu asked for report on assault on Dalit boy

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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...

भगाना के दलित: इंसाफ माँगा था, इस्लाम मिला

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भंवर मेघवंशी लगभग 4 माह तक उनका सामाजिक बहिष्कार किया गया, आर्थिक नाकेबंदी हुयी, तरह तरह की मानसिक प्रताड़नाएँ दी गयी| गाँव में सार्वजनिक...

15 in Bihar charged for boycotting Dalits

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

Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...

75% of all children out of school are Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net New Delhi: A reply to a questioned asked in the Rajya Sabha has brought forth alarming statistics in...

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...

Rahul challenges Mayawati in her Dalit bastion

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By IANS, Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) :Throwing a challenge to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused her of neglecting the welfare of the poor she claimed to represent. The son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi also asserted that he was confident of bringing the country's oldest political party to power in the state.

PCLM: Knocking the doors of UN against Vatican

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Dalit Christians constitute 70% of the total Christian population in India but they have no share in the Church-run institutions. Indian church (should) stop...

For Honey collectors, few rewards for risking life in Jungles

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In the third of the four-part series, we look at how the Honey collectors of Sunderbans are feeling the pinch of change in...

BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...

Non-Indian Muslims to enlighten Kashmiris on Article 370.

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

Dear Sir

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.

Eight bodies go missing in Bihar graveyard

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

First Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination in the United States

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TCN News For the first time in the United States a Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination is going to be hosted on 22nd May at...

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...

Labourer killed in Agra over a mere Rs.100

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Agra : An unskilled labourer was killed by the grandson of a retired army Major in the Katra Wazir Khan locality here late Tuesday...

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

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By Garga Chatterjee

Being Dalit means being casteless – Kavin Malar

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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...

Dalit killing case shifted out of Haryana

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By IANS, New Delhi: In a blow to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, the Supreme Court Wednesday transferred the trial of those accused of attacking Dalits in Haryana to New Delhi.

Bhagana Dalits get open death threats from Haryana Khap Panchayats for converting to Islam

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi : Death threats have started pouring in for protesting Bhagana Dalits by the Khap Panchayats...

डेल्टा हत्याकांड के दो साल : ‘देश में ऐसा सिस्टम है तो फिर हम...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : ‘तन और मन से तो पहले ही टूट चुके थे, अब धन से भी टूट चुके हैं. इंसाफ़...

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

बिहार में दलित उत्पीड़न : शर्मसार कर देने वाली ये घटनाएं आख़िर कब तक?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दलितों पर अत्याचार कोई नई बात नहीं है. ये ऊंच-नीच का भेदभाव आज भी बदस्तूर जारी है. आज भी ऐसी घटनाएं हर...

Asaduddin Owaisi backs Hyderabad varsity students’ protest

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

Pratik Parmar: Challenging the Savarna hegemony with a camera in hand

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Delhi: On a slightly chilly November evening, Pratik Parmar sat with about 30 people in a conference hall in...

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.

उना दलित मार्च में आने वालों की सवर्णों द्वारा पिटाई, विरोध प्रदर्शन जारी

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सिद्धांत मोहन और अमित कुमार, TwoCircles.net उना(गुजरात) - उना में आज स्वतंत्रता दिवस के अवसर पर दलित स्वाभिमान यात्रा का आयोजन किया है. इस यात्रा/ मार्च में गुजरात ही नहीं, देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों से दलित और तमाम संगठनों से जुड़े लोग पहुंच रहे हैं.

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.

Why the SP-BSP alliance spells doom for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh

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By Aas Mohammad Kaif, Twocircles.net The announcement of an alliance between two arch rivals of UP Politics: Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party may...

Why the CAA and NRC are not good solutions to a country bleeding with...

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Dr Anis Ansari, IAS (Rtd) The unprecedented wave of nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the...

Bring legislation to ensure no one faces the same fate as my son: Radhika...

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By TCN Staff Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: Radhika Vemula, the mother of Rohith Vemula, called for political unity among Muslims, backward communities and Dalits and said she...

CID to probe Dalit youths’ killings in Maharashtra

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By IANS, Mumbai : The Maharashtra government Tuesday ordered the state CID to probe the brutal killings of three Dalit youths last month in Ahmednagar district, an official said here.

Unhappy with cases against Dalits, Chandrashekhar Ravan sits on fast until death inside prison

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By Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Chandrashekhar Azad 'Ravan', the founder of Bhim Army, has decided to fast until death inside the prison,...

Triangular contest in Dhamdaha revives memories of caste wars in Bihar

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By Brajendra Nath Singh Dhamdaha (Purnia) : Shambhu Bhagat (48) of Haldibari village in Dhamdaha was emotional while recounting the murder of his...

Ramdev booked for comments on Rahul Gandhi

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Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making "vulgar comments" against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official...

Karnataka to vote Thursday for all 28 Lok Sabha seats

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Bangalore : Karnataka will Thursday vote to elect its representatives from all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Polling will be held in...

Vidyarthi Sena goondagiri on Christian educational institutions

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URGENT PRESS RELEASE THE BOMBAY CATHOLIC SABHA CONDEMNS INTIMIDATORY TACTICS BY BVS ON SCHOOLS AND URGES THE DEPUTY CM / HOME MINISTER R.R PATIL TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO SCHOOLS AND ITS PERSONNEL. The Editor, Dear Madam / Sir, We are watching with dismay the goondagiri and strong arm tactics of the BVS on the Principals and Convent Schools in Dadar. We condemn such attempts to terrorise the Convent Schools and its Personnel. There are better ways to handle issues across the table and sort them out. We have also learnt through reliable sources that the grouse with

Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally won. Ramya Haridas became the second Dalit woman from Kerala to win...