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Dalit activist passed away after torching himself, accused government of neglecting land allotment to...

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Ahmedabad, (IANS): A 60-year-old Dalit activist, who set himself on fire in Gujarat over government's alleged failure to regularize land tilled by a landless...

निर्मल पाठक की घर वापसी: अम्बेडकर के बहाने गांधी के हरिजन को गले लगाती...

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नीरज बंकर Two circles.net के लिए जहाँ एक ओर ओटीटी प्लेटफार्म ने दुनियाभर की फिल्मों, वेब शोज और बाक़ी कलाओं से परिचय कराया जिससे...

TNTJ resolution for Muslim reservation

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By TCN News The resolutions adopted at the Conference on The Rights of the Oppressed. The Conference on the Rights of the Oppressed organized by Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath on July, the 4th , 2010 at the Island Grounds, Chennai unanimously adopted the following resolutions.

Kejriwal meets Gujarat Dalit victims

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the Dalit victims at a hospital in Una on Friday and attacked the Gujarat government...

Demonstration outside Rajasthan Bhavan against killings of the Dalits in Nagaur

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A protest demonstration was organised on Saturday outside the Rajasthan Bhavan in the capital demanding justice to the victims of mass killings by the dominant caste in Naguar district. Dalits and Adivasis, women activists, advocates and concerned citizens of the country from different Civil Society organisations and all those in support of the cause of marginalized people, gathered to condemn the killings of 3 dalits by the dominant Jat caste on Thursday.

Peeved Dalit leader quits Maharashtra opposition alliance

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By IANS,

Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat

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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...

Kanhaiya’s grandfather moves court against two in Bihar

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Patna: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in Bihar against two persons regarding rewards offered for chopping Kanhaiya's tongue...

सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों के परिजनों की मांग, कोरोना योद्धा के तौर पर मिले 50 लाख...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net विश्व भर की विकराल समस्या बन चुका कोरोना वायरस से जान जोखिम में डालकर लड़ने वाले कोरोना फाइटर्स में सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों की बेहद...

Dalit leaders uniting with BJP, Muslims splitting between ‘secular’ & Muslim parties in Maharashtra

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By A.Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: In a first of its kind of election in Maharashtra when five non-allied major parties are in the fray of assembly polls due on 15th October, voters from Dalit community that comprises 10.6% population of the state can prove vital if they collectively vote for a particular party. Muslim voters, on the other hand, who form 12-14% of the population in the state, are bound to split this time around due to breaking of NCP-INC alliance and also due to debut of MIM here.

‘रावण’ की रिहाई के लिए फिर उठा नीला सैलाब

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

Dalit IAS officer explores law to preach Christianity

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Chennai : Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer C. Umashankar is looking at legal options to challenge a government directive forbidding him from preaching...

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...

प्रयागराज में दलितों की हत्या से प्रदेश का राजनीतिक पारा गर्म

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उत्तर प्रदेश के इलाहाबाद में एक दलित परिवार के चार सदस्यों की बेरहमी से हत्या का मामला सामने आया हैं।मृतक के परिवार के अन्य...

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.

Research fellowship hiked for others; SC/ST, minority scholars feel let down by govt’s biased...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Research fellows belonging to the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and minority communities across the country are feeling let down alleging that the central government overlooked them from the recent fellowship hike that their counterparts from other categories received.

Malegaon Muslims to hold mega rally to demand reservation

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Malegaon (Maharashtra): Cutting across their differences, many Muslim organizations decided to unite and hold a mega rally in the textile town...

Dilution of minority status of AMU and Jamia is an assault on democratic pluralism...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The national seminar organized by the Welfare Party of India at Indian Law Institute here has expressed deep resentment and...

Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions

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

Marathi movie Khwada projects the rebel against upper-caste hegemony

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net After Fandry, the Marathi movie Khwada, released on Oct 22, 2015, does a brilliant job of depicting lower castes’ struggle...

What is RSS’s idea of ‘Bharat Mata’?

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By Shamsul Islam While speaking at RSS headquarter, Resham Bagh, Nagpur in the 3rd week of March Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS chief declared: “Now...

Remembering Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim teacher who laid the foundation of Dalit-Muslim unity

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, a number of political forums and parties have experimented with uniting Dalits and Muslims, given their...

Revisiting Babasaheb on India at 70: For Dalits, there has never been much to...

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net All photos by Daisy Katta August 15 has come and gone; delved into, reflected upon, and discussed at length. Yet, the familiar...

Haryana told to arrest all Dalit attack accused by Monday

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Haryana government for its failure to arrest all those who looted and burnt Dalit houses in Mirchpur village in Hisar district April 21 and told it to arrest by Monday all accused who are on the run. If those responsible for committing atrocities could not be arrested then what right does the director general of police have to continue in office, asked an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly.

For Muslim reservation, PFI marched to the Parliament

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By TCN staff reporter, New Delhi: Demanding 10% reservation to all Muslims in India in Central Government services and educational institutions in the light of Justice Ranganath Misra Commission report thousands of Popular Front of India (PFI)’s activists marched to the parliament. Front’s chairman E. M. Abdul Rahiman while inaugurating the Public meeting after march to parliament said, “This march to the Indian Parliament is part of a two months long nationwide campaign for Muslim Reservation by Popular Front of India”

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...

Government to blame for cow vigilantes’ violence: CPI-M

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New Delhi : The CPI-M on Sunday blamed the Narendra Modi government for the rising number of attacks by so-called cow vigilantes on Dalits...

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...

Who is Sant Ravidas and why are his devotees agitating? Pardeep Attri provides background

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net On August 10th, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), on the orders of Supreme Court, demolished a Sant Guru Ravidas temple in Tughlakabad...

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,...

Demonstration in support of Dalits of Hissar

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How Communalism Divides the Nation?

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Dictate to Chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ as an Example! By Ram Puniyani, Today in India the gulf between religious communities is widening at...

Mayawati misguiding Dalits: BJP

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By IANS,

Geeta Bharti: A Maratha lady dedicated to singing Kirtans of revolt and presenting the...

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By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net Revolt came early in the life of Geeta Bharti. Born in 1943 and married her early 20s, that event was also...

BJP, minorities, and 2014 elections

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By Asghar Ali Engineer

AMU Minority Character,OBC Reservation&Govt.of India

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How strong is the force of politically organised communities may be gauged from the impatience of the Government of India to get the stay on the implementation of 27% quota for OBC in elite educational institutions vacated. It may be remembered that while staying the operation of the impugned legislation, Their Lordships in the Supreme Court had reprimanded the government and directed it first to compile the details etc. of the backwards.

Farmers committed suicide due to personal reasons: Odisha Minister

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Bhubaneswar : Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Wednesday said farmers in the state committed suicide due to personal reasons and no farmer took...

SP to vote against promotion quota bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Samajwadi Party Monday said it will vote against the bill to provide reservation in promotion for Dalits and tribals in government jobs.

गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत के बाद लोगों में गुस्सा ,सड़क पर उतरा...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net हाथरस की गए गेंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की आज सुबह दिल्ली के सफदरजंग अस्पताल में हुई मौत के बाद दलितों का...

Poll-by-poll, Mayawati’s appeal shrinking in UP

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By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : Is former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's stranglehold on her voter base dwindling? Having drawn a blank in the Lok...

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...

38 wounds on murdered woman’s body, police profile suspect

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Perumbavoor (Kerala) : A poor Dalit woman whose brutal murder has shocked Kerala had 38 wounds on her body, her autopsy revealed, as police...

क्या सचमुच प्रतापगढ़ में मूर्ति छू लेने पर हुई दलित की हत्या !

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के प्रतापगढ़ जिले में एक अधेड़ दलित की हत्या का मामला सामने आया है। मृतक के परिजनों ने जातीय भेदभाव...

Why the Left parties are unlikely to achieve much without support from Ambedkarites

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By Badre Alam Khan and Sanjay Kumar for TwoCircles.net The current debate within the CPI (M) has generated intensive discourse on the dilemmas to formulate...

दलित की बेटी परीक्षा में ज़्यादा नंबर लाई तो दबंग जाति की लड़कियों ने...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net पचेनड्डा (मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर) : “वो चार लड़कियां लगातार मुझ पर कमेंट करती थीं. उनकी बिरादरी की दूसरी लड़कियां भी इस पर मज़ाक...

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...

Ramabai Nagar: 17 Years, 11 deaths, 26 injured and Justice is still awaiting

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By Yogesh Maitreya, Daisy Katta, “That firing was something as if it was firing of India and Pakistan war” said Bhante Kashyap, reminiscently, one of the eye witnesses of Ramabai Nagar homicide of 1997, in the heartland locality of Mumbai, Ghatkopar East. Another narrator and also an eye witness of this arrogantly brutal massacre of Dalits in Ramabai Nagar, has depicted how thirteen years old boy had been shot dead by police’s bullet hitting his skull and splintered it in two pieces. Few more eye witnesses as well as victims, after seventeen years of the incidence have gathered courage to come up on the stage, provided by ‘Ramabai Nagar Hatyakand Sangharsh Samitee’ at their arranged conference at Ramabai Nagar, on the seventeenth anniversary of this incidence.

Dalits’ beating in Gujarat is the repetition of Akhlaq’s killing in Dadri: Welfare Party...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Strongly condemning the brutal and inhuman attack on Dalits in Una, Gujarat for skinning dead cow, Welfare Party of India...

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.

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

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

2700 crores for dalits but just 45 crores for Muslims in Mayawati’s budget

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,

“Change in the social system and need of a better future”: Ambedkar’s 127th Birth...

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By Sidharth Dhamma On Sunday, April 15, 2018, various progressive organizations from Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, USA organized a program to commemorate Dr....

In Nanded, thousands participate in march for Muslim reservations

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By TCN News Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti Samiti, an umbrella organisation of various political and religious groups, organised a ‘Million March’ in Nanded on...

For short-cut to sainthood, consult journalists of Bihar

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By Soroor Ahmed for TwoCircles.net There is a unique short-cut route to sainthood in Bihar. Vatican must learn from it. There is no need to wait...

डेल्टा को न्याय न मिलने पर खुद को ख़त्म कर लूंगा – महेन्द्रराम मेघवाल

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter दिल्ली:दो दिन पूर्व त्रिमोही, बाड़मेर के गडरा रोड में अम्बेडकरवादी विचारक और वरिष्ठ पत्रकार दिलीप मंडल ने इतिहासकार ताराराम गौतम के साथ...

Rohith’s death was institutional murder: CPI-M leader

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New Delhi : CPI-M leader M.B. Rajesh on Wednesday said Hyderabad Central University student Rohith Vemula's death was an “institutional murder”. “Rohith's death is an...

चन्द्रशेखर पर रासुका के बाद ‘रिफार्म’ हुई भीम आर्मी

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

मेरठ में आरएसएस समागम को लेकर फिर विवाद, तिरंगे को लेकर उठा सवाल

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Aas Muhammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net Meerut: A controversy over the insult of Maharishi Valmiki and Sant Ravidas in the hoarding of RSS in Meerut was not...

Mayawati announces compensation for victims of Saharanpur anti-Dalit violence

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter BSP President Mayawati visited Saharanpur's Shabbirpur area and announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 for families whose houses were burnt down...

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...

SDPI vehemently condemns burning alive of Dalit Kids

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By TCN News Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has vehemently condemned the burning...

Dalit party threat to recapture Indu Mills land

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By IANS,

Anti-GM protest in Delhi on May 6th 2008

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By Kavitha Kuruganti The anti-GM battle in India has reached a crucial stage - soon, Mahyco, the Indian avataar of Monsanto, would be walking up to the regulators for permission for the second [and last] year of large scale trials this Kharif [starting June 2008] of Bt Brinjal, the first food crop in India and the first such GM vegetable crop with Bt gene anywhere in the world.

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...

Challenges in Implementation of National Food Security Act discussed

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By TCN News New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in association with FIAN India and The Child Trust organised a consultation on “National...

Polimer TV’s coverage of Akshay Dev’s suicide shows how lives of trans-men are reduced...

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By Charupriyan for TwoCircles.net Translation by Uma Murugan This piece is being written in condemnation of the deeply transphobic and unethical journalistic coverage by Polimer Television,...

Dear Prime Minister, are you sure the rich are not sleeping well post...

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By Soroor Ahmed for Twocirlces.net As a son of a poor ‘chai-wallah’, Narendra Modi knows well how comfortably––‘aaram se’, to use his own expression––the...

Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...

Platform formed to seek justice for victims of Bathani Tola massacre

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Convention on 15 July in Delhi Public Meeting in Ara on anniversary of Bathani Tola Massacre By TCN News

Cabinet nod for expert group to classify caste names

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New Delhi: The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave its approval to a proposal to form an expert group...

Kanhaiya Kumar’s family objects to Mayawati remarks against him

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

सफ़ाई-कर्मियों की हो रही लगातार मौत का ज़िम्मेदार कौन?

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सुनील कुमार, TwoCircles.net के लिए दिल्ली और एनसीआर में पिछले दो माह से लगातार सिवरेज में दुर्घटना होने की ख़बरें आ रही हैं. इन दुर्घटनाओं...

Delhi University gets court notice on dalits’ admission

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By IANS,

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

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

Campaigning in Mumbai: Nightmare for candidates

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By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : From residential skyscrapers to the villas of the super-rich to the squalor of slums and starkness of pavement shacks, campaigning...

India to stop humbug on Tibet and to launch official forum.

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Ref: - India under legal obligation towards Tibetans, China & UN.

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This refers to controversy reported in Indian media about visit of Dalai Lama to Australia where China objected Dalai Lama's meeting with Head & Ministers of Government and other political leaders of visiting country.

Life term for student leader’s killer who shot witness’ father

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By IANS, New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday sentenced a man, already convicted for gunning down a students union leader of a Delhi University college in 1999, to rigorous imprisonment for life for also killing the father of a witness who had informed the police. Jitender alias Kalla was served with a second punishment days after he was awarded life sentence by the court for murdering Anil Bhadana, the then Satyawati College Students Union president.

Challenge to Gujarat CM as Patidars on warpath

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Ahmedabad: Keeping their promise, the agitating Patidar community on Tuesday swamped the city in a 10-km long revolution rally demanding caste reservations, posing a...

मायावती :दलित महिला का 4 बार सीएम बनना, ब्राह्मणवादी-पितृसत्ता पर है सबसे बड़ी चोट

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मीना कोतवाल।Twocircles.net मायावती का नाम सुनते ही दिल और दिमाग पर छा जाती है एक दलित महिला की पहचान, जिसने छाप छोड़ दी है लगभग...

Review: Between fallacy and fraternity of ‘Babasaheb: The Grand Musical’

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The two-hour-long musical did an adept job of grounding the word ‘aam aadmi’ into the narrative of the play while driving the Aam Aadmi...

Dalit woman raped in Odisha, one arrested

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: A 50-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for raping a Dalit woman in Odisha, police said.

ये चेहरे यूपी चुनाव में भाजपा के लिए मुसीबत का सबब बन सकते हैं

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश का विधानसभा चुनाव अब चंद महीने ही दूर बचा हुआ है. समाजवादी पार्टी को छोड़कर लगभग सभी दलों ने प्रदेश...

‘Doors of opportunities are closed for Dalits and tribals because of caste prejudices’

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Vaibhav Chhaya is a poet, writer, social media analyst and political commentator. He has published a book of poetry. His political...

MIM to appoint Dalit mayor if it wins Aurangabad civic polls

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has decided to appoint a Dalit face as Aurangabad city mayor if it manages to...

यूपी चुनाव में ओवैसी, दलितों-मुसलमानों को साथ लाने की कोशिश

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net लखनऊ: ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन(एआईएमआईएम या एमआईएम) के नेता असदुद्दीन ओवैसी इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश के तीन दिनों के दौरे पर हैं....

Mirchpur violence: Dalits leave village fearing Jat threat

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By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,

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...

JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary quits party over ‘anti-Dalit’ policies

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Patna (IANS): Senior ruling JD-U leader Uday Narain Choudhary, a former Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, on Wednesday said he was quitting the ruling Janata Dal-United...

NHRC notice to Karnataka over ragging of Dalit student

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to Karnataka over reports that a Dalit nursing student from Kerala...

हाथरस कांड : राहुल -प्रियंका के दम से काँग्रेस ने लड़ी मुख्य लड़ाई

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महमूद रियाज़ हाशमी महान वैज्ञानिक अल्बर्ट आइंसटीन ने कहा था, “फीजिक्स से ज्यादा पॉलीटिक्स कठिन है” और जो लोग इस बात से सहमत हुए बिना...

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...

Proud that my name is registered with Rohit Vemula’s struggle for caste-less society: A...

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Intro: I am one of the arrested students of UoH in connection with protest for justice for Rohith Vemula. We were arrested and...

‘Minorities, Dalits & Adivasis affected acutely due to urban poverty and informal settlements’

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By TCN News, London: Minorities and indigenous peoples have been among the last to benefit from the rapid growth of Asia’s cities, according to Minority...

UP officials not taking Akhilesh seriously: BSP

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बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...

Beef, pork, and elections: A subjective commentary

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By Yogesh Maitreya for TwoCircles.net, The political ground in India has always been caste-ridden. Candidates, who claim to play politics excluding these fundamental factors of sociology of India, only put voters in complete oblivion where voters are being lift up from their ground level identity and persuade to imagine their space in candidate’s utopian story-telling about changes, the changes which are mostly caste based matters to which utopian language wipes with its lucrative tongue.

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.

Mob blocks traffic in Ghaziabad after Ambedkar statue damaged

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By IANS, Ghaziabad: An agitated mob Friday blocked traffic in Ghaziabad after a statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was found damaged in the Bamheta locality of the city, police said.

The need to implement Dalit Bahujan ideas of social justice

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By Badre Alam and Sanjay Kumar for Twocircles.net The tragic death of Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University (HCU) has created a strong public...

Quota for faculty members at IIMs on anvil: Javadekar

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Ahmedabad : The Union Human Resources Development Ministry is considering introducing reservation for faculty positions at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Union HRD Minister Prakash...

Speakers indict Narendra Modi for orchestrating gender violence and serious violations of...

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By TCN News, A packed meeting at the London School of Economics organised by the LSE Gender Institute in collaboration with the Freedom Without Fear Platform and South Asia Solidarity Group on 3rd March, discussed the rise of Hindu fascism and its impact on gender and called for Narendra Modi to be brought to justice.

Dalits should come forward and participate in the development of society: Devyani Khobragade

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By TCN News Nagpur: "Dalits should utilize all possible government schemes and should actively participate in the developing of society”, said IAF officer...

An open letter to President-elect Ramnath Kovind: Hope you follow the Indian Constitution, not...

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By Shamsul Islam for TwoCircles.net Respected Ramnath Kovind, Namaskar, I must congratulate you for being chosen as presidential candidate of the Indian Republic by BJP. It...

Indian PM’s Rebuke to the British PM Over Terrorism

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By giving a befitting rebuke to the British Prime Minister over the alleged involvement of Indians in the so-called failed terrorist attack in England, the India Prime Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh deserves accolades for having expressed himself from the most dignified plank as the leader of the largest democracy of the world. What Dr. Singh stressed in the most unambiguous words was his strong objection to the Western mentality of intimidating the world through its hypothetical narratives of terorism.

एससी-एसटी आरक्षण के वर्गीकरण के खिलाफ और समर्थन में सजातियों में छुआछूत है बड़ी...

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net देश आजाद होने के बाद संविधान निर्माता डॉ. भीमराव अंबेडकर ने वंचित समुदाय के लिए आरक्षण की मांग करते हुए इसे संवैधानिक...

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...

दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले में पूरे देश में शीर्ष पर है मध्यप्रदेश

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जावेद अनीस, TwoCircles.net के लिए मध्यप्रदेश को अमूमन शांति का टापू कहा जाता है, लेकिन शायद इस ‘शांति’ की वजह यहां प्रतिरोध का कमज़ोर होना...

Notice to Himachal over caste discrimination in temple

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Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the state over caste discrimination in the ancient Maheshwari Devi Temple in Shimla...

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...

योगी सरकार की हाथरस में साज़िश की थ्योरी को भद्दा मजाक बता रहा है...

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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।...

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...

Ambedkar’s statue again desecrated in Andhra

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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...

Panther Sena protests against move to install Shivaji statue in BAMU using students’ fund

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net It would be normal to assume that providing adequate facilities to students would be a priority for the administration of any...

Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge: Delhi to witness a protest against arrest of Dalit...

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By TCN News: We are living in strange times where speaking out the truth, demanding your rights, standing up against injustices and atrocities are seen...

Tribals’ nod must for takeover of their land: Rahul Gandhi

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Raipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that tribals must be asked for their permission before their land is taken away from...

JD-U leadership warns Manjhi over controversial remark

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Patna : Taking a serious note of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remarks in the past few days, ruling JD_U's national leadership...

Salwa Judum never existed: Raman Singh

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By IANS,

Congress protests tribals’ victimisation in Gujarat

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The opposition Congress staged a walk-out from the Gujarat assembly Thursday, protesting remarks from the treasury benches that many of the tribals were Maoists. The walk-out came at the end of a daylong debate on the budgetary demands for the forest and tribal welfare department when Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel was giving his reply.

सवर्णों को आरक्षण से नाराज है दलित

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ-Twocircles.net केंद्र सरकार द्वारा गरीब सवर्ण जातियों को 10 फीसद आरक्षण दिए जाने के बिल को मंजूरी मिलने के बाद सवर्ण जातियों में तो...

“पुलिस से इंसाफ की कोई उम्मीद नही वो पूरी कहानी को बदल रहे हैं”...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।बुलंदशहर, TwoCircles.net बुलंदशहर में एक दलित परिवार को दबंगो द्वारा छेड़छाड़ से रोके जाने पर दिल दहलाने वाली घटना हुई है.घटना सोमवार की रात...

‘Give My Son Justice’: Father of Dalit Boy Beaten to Death Over a ‘Spelling...

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Aliza Noor | TwoCircles.net Raju Kumar Dohre, a thirty-six years-old dalit man from Uttar Pradesh, found himself at a loss for words to talk about...

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...

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

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

हाथरस कांड : सीबीआई ने माना, गैंगरेप के बाद ही हुई थी दलित युवती...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में गैंगरेप और हत्याकांड मामले की जांच कर रही सीबीआई ने शुक्रवार को मामले की एससी/एसटी कोर्ट में...

In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net For the first time in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two assembly seats—Obra and Dudhi in Sonbhadra district have been reserved for...

Twenty-year battle of the people of Noamundi against Tata Steel still continues

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By Xavier Das Friends/comrades,

Congress will raise Gujarat incidents in Parliament: Sonia

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New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the "atrocities" against Dalits and minorities in the country and said her party will...

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

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

जज़्बात से नहीं, अब ‘अक़्ल’ से लड़ रही है भीम आर्मी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : दलित अब सचमुच पहले जैसा नहीं है. पूरी ताक़त से जिस संगठन भीम आर्मी को कुचलने की कोशिश हुई...

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

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

Three weeks after Una Rally, Dalits in Gujarat continue to pay for raising their...

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By Amit Kumar. TwoCircles.net The Dalit Asmita Yatra, organised in the wake of attacks on Dalits in Una, Gujarat by cow vigilantes might have...

Upgrade Mayawati’s security, BSP tells Akhilesh

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By IANS,

Christian of Dalit origin will be Dalit if he embraces Hinduism

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday said that a Dalit whose parents or grandparents embraced Christianity will get the benefits of reservation meant...

Congress misleading on Ambedkar memorial, Thackeray warns Dalits

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By IANS,

‘MIM will contest Delhi and UP polls too’, says Owaisi in Aurangabad

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Buoyed with the Maharashtra assembly election win, the Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has declared to contest forthcoming Delhi and Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. AIMIM party chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who was in Aurangabad to attend a ‘Thanks Giving’ gathering, made the announced that MIM is eyeing assembly polls due in the national capital and Uttar Pradesh.

Jharkhand Dalit Minister was prevented from inaugurating Shravani Mela: JMM

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Ranchi : Main opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has alleged that state Tourism Minister Amar Bawri, who belongs to the Dalit community, was...

“Having few dalit figureheads does not change the administration’s attitude towards dalits”

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

Dalit lorry driver killed by Tamil Nadu Special Forces in custody, alleges family

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): On the evening of February 12, Suresh, 33, from Gandhi Nagar, Orikkai, in Kancheepuram district of Tamil...

पटना में दलित छात्रों की पिटाई पर गरमायी सियासत

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

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...

In the name of Najeeb : Left and exclusion of Muslims in JNU

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By Waseem R S for TwoCircles.net On October 30, 2016, a solidarity meeting was organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Student Union demanding justice for...

Velivada will stand, say students, as HCU admin pulls down banners, posters of Dalit...

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By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Nearly three years after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, the HCU administration led by Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile continues...

Can marginalised students in India dream of higher education in foreign universities?

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Students from marginalized communities in India face multiple hurdles in accessing education abroad. Aatika S | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Tejas Harad, founder-editor of The Satyashodhak, an...

Probe launched into Dalit youth’s killing in Haryana

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Haryana Police are investigating the killing of a Dalit youth in a village of Bhiwani district, police officials said Thursday.

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

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

राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश

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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...

28 crores to develop places related to Dr. Ambedkar

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By TCN News, Mumbai: It may be an unrelated move but in the wake of historic Ambedkar Bhavan destructoin on Saturday June 25th,...

A letter to NHRC

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Chairman, Human Rights Commission. Chairman, National Commission for Minorities. Dear Sir, With regard to the two alleged bomb blasts that took place in `Lumbini-Park' and `Gokul Chat' at Hyderabad, we would like to express our deepest grief and regret at this turn of events and join with the government in trying to identify the perpetrators and bring them to book.

‘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...