Kashmiris should support United Punjab, a precursor to “United States of SAARC”

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Five arrests in Gujarat Dalit beating up case

Ahmedabad : With more arrests on Wednesday, five persons have been rounded up so far on charges of beating up four Dalit youths who...

Students refuse food cooked by Dalits, principal suspended

By IANS, Lucknow : The principal of a government-run school in Uttar Pradesh's Ramabai Nagar district was suspended for inaction and negligence after students refused to eat the midday meal prepared by two Dalit cooks, officials said Friday. A probe has also been initiated against Jasapur Primary School principal Maan Singh and district education officials, including senior official Anil Rawat, as they knew that several upper-caste students of the school were not eating the meal prepared by the Dalit women.

Powerful feudalists with BJP support targeting Bihar’s Mahadalits’

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Panchayat ousts newly-weds from village in gotra row

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

Another Dalit girl alleges rape in Haryana

By IANS, Chandigarh : Another Dalit girl in Haryana has alleged that she was gang-raped by two youths, police said Wednesday.

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This rally will question why untouchability is prevalent in India

As India will celebrate the 75th year of independence this year, well-known Dalit rights activist Martin Macwan will lead a rally at the Indian...

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Forward Press claims police confiscating copies

By TCN News, New Delhi: FORWARD Press, a magazine devoted to dalit issues, has alleged that the Delhi police went on rampage and vandalism at its Nehru Place office on October 9 and allegedly detained four staff members.

Upper caste mob lynch Dalit man in Gujarat over land dispute; three detained

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net Gujarat: Tension prevailed in Gujarat’s Sodhana village on Friday after Dalit people of the town refused to bury a person from...

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By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor of the Khairlanji massacre, died of a heart attack on Friday, January 20. For the past...

Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes

By TCN News, New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes. Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.

Irani insensitive to Rohith’s family, say varsity teachers

Hyderabad : Targetting central minister Smriti Irani over suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the SC/ST Teachers Forum and Concerned Faculty of University...

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

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...

Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.

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Dalit intellectuals’ voices should be heard on Arundhati Roy’s Ambedkar introduction

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Why hundreds of Dalits were unable to vote in Bhagana, Haryana

By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net Initial reports from Haryana are indicating that neither the BJP nor the Congress is emerging as a clear winner in the...

Rahul blames Yogi government for Saharanpur violence

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh responsible for caste violence in Saharanpur...

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

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...

Lost Her Husband to Manual Scavenging, Soni Singh’s Struggle for Survival

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The 13-point system is both casteist and unconstitutional, say activists (I)

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Over 300 Dalit atrocity cases in Himachal

By IANS, Shimla : More than 300 cases of atrocities against Dalits were reported in Himachal Pradesh in the past three years, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Monday told the state assembly.

Where Are the Rest? ‘Panchayat’ Celebrates Rural India but Ignores Its Dalits, Marginalised

Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net The hit Amazon Prime series 'Panchayat' has become one of India’s most popular web shows, widely appreciated for its simple storytelling and...

Meira Kumar may battle two ex-IAS officers

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Dalit girl burnt alive in UP village

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BJP desires ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Modi has failed, says Mayawati

Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" and said Prime Minister Narendra...

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Violence-hit Saharanpur tense but under control: Official

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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...

15 leaders from different parties join BJP

New Delhi : A total of 15 leaders from different political parties, including the Congress and the AAP, Tuesday joined the BJP here expressing...

Politics lures another senior Maharashtra ex-IPS officer

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

Meira Kumar files another plea in land-grab case

Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has filed yet another petition in the Patna High Court that some people have occupied a land...

Film Review: From Hindu to Hindutva

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Family members of Bhima Koregaon accused, cyber experts raise questions on investigation following reports...

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

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USA should help Pakistan to institutionalize military rule

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

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...

Mayawati reserves 50 percent of party posts for youth

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

Some notes on MIM Assembly success in Maharashtra with tales of monkey and rabbit

By Pramod Mandade, One week after the Maharashtra assembly election results I went to my village in Latur district (Marathwada). AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) won two seats one in Aurangabad and another in Mumbai plus they took considerable votes in many other places.

After Uddhav expose, Athawale’s RPI-A heads for split

Mumbai : Hours after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's sensational revelation regarding Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale, the latter's Republican Party of India-A virtually split...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...

Aaghaz’s Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship awarded to a Dalit student

By TCN News, New Delhi:Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among minorities has announced the winner of ‘Rohith Vemula...

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

By Najiya O, TwoCircles.Net When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story of an Indian’ to his music video titled ‘Raven’, he did so...

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12 people held for Dalit woman’s murder in Kerala

Perambavoor (Kerala) : The police has so far arrested about a dozen people in connection with the murder last week of Dalit law student...

Yechury seeks Mukherjee’s intervention in Hyderabad varsity issue

Hyderabad: CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention in the University of Hyderabad issue, where a Dalit research scholar...

UP Police arrests ex-IPS officers and activists from a press conference on atrocities over...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter It seems protesting against Yogi Adityanath has now become a crime in Uttar Pradesh.A few days ago, eight students from Lucknow...

Won’t withdraw support to UPA government: Mulayam

By IANS, New Delhi : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday ruled out withdrawing support to the UPA government, saying it was his political compulsion to keep communal forces at bay.

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Advani clarified Ram controversy

Ram of Dashrath, as a pious Hindu god, May be wandering in history's dark maze; But Ram of my make- as my party's icon, Is a fact,and born in full public gaze. I,with my estranged Uma,on Decem.6,1992, Gave him birth with thunderous bang; To display him, we razed the maternity home, All heard 'Ram Lala''Ram Lala'that we sang. To celebrate the event,we massacred Muslims, And nourished the newborn with their blood; We hoped him to defend us through the ages, And stand as a wall agaist opponents' flood. As an infant, my Ram was full of vigour,

Women quota bill: BSP, JD-S indicate reservations

By IANS, New Delhi: Even as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday launched fresh attacks on the women's reservation bill in its present form, two other parties -- the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) also indicated that they were not in full agreement. JD-S chief H.D. Dewe Gowda said that his party was not against reservation for women but would push for a quota for backward classes. The JD-S has two members in the Rajya Sabha, where the bill is slated to come up for discussion and vote Monday.

Yogesh Maitreya’s Flower on the Grave of Caste gives space and voice to Dalit...

By Dipankar Kamble for TwoCircles.net  Author- Yogesh Maitreya  Publisher- Panther’s Paw Publications  Cost- Rs 299 ISBN- 9788193290576 Yogesh Maitreya’s stories are not stories which we read in mainstream books....

Dalit Sahitya Samman Sammelan held at Imphal

By Dr Syed Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Awards were conferred to as many as 80 persons working in different fields in recognition of their dedication to...

Atrocities on Dalits following pattern during NDA rule: Congress

New Delhi : The Congress on Thursday said atrocities against the Dalits across India during the National Democratic Alliance government's rule since May 2014...

Dalits are replying to attacks, says Minister Ramdas Athawale

Hyderabad, (IANS): Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said Dalits were replying to attacks on them. "You attack, we reply. You attack, we reply,"...

Expelled CPI-M leader holds talks with pro-Dalit outfits

Kolkata : Expelled CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah Sunday said he was hopeful pro-Dalit outfits would join him. Mollah, an undefeated legislator since 1972, was...

Art festival at TISS celebrates the colours of Bahujan resistance

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The Mumbai campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences was abuzz with the colours of Bahujan Art the past weekend as...

Mayawati calls BJP anti-Dalit

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Central ministers drove Rohith to commit suicide: Kejriwal

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By TCN News Aligarh: Dr. Binayak Sen, renowned human rights worker and Chhattisgarh based public health professional, delivered the IG Khan Memorial lecture in Kennedy Auditorium on Sunday to a rapt audience of students and faculty members. Citing data and facts from his work on tribal and poor workers in Chhatisgarh, Dr. Sen presented the grim reality of the state of the nation's dispossessed. He pointed out that almost 33 percent of the country's population lived in a state of famine that translates to a third of the population of one­ sixth of humanity living in India.
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The Matua community, with 1.5 crore voters, has always been politically active in West Bengal. Amid political drama and family feuds with fiery statements,...

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America deserves Trump!

By Mansoor Durrani for TwoCircles.net Never interrupt your enemy, when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte Although, I had planned to write this article...

Rise in crimes and atrocities against SCs and STs in 2016; UP sees most...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter New Delhi: Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau showed that there had been an increase of 5.5% and 4.6%...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter Eminent writer and political thinker Dr Krishna Kirwale was found dead at his MHADA residence in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Initial reports suggest...

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Dalits, Muslims share food in JUH event in Lucknow

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Saharanpur on boil again: One dead, Thakurs burn 25 Dalit homes after clash

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Hyderabad protest part of fight against intolerance: Trinamool

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Saddened by Rohith Vemula’s death: Modi

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke his silence on the suicide of Dalit scholar from University of Hyderabad, Rohith Vemula, saying that...

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Modi phenomenon causing sea change in Dalit perception of BJP: Ram Vilas Paswan

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AAP main focus for BJP’s Delhi candidates

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Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more

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Obama supports Raj Thackeray

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All Dalit BJP MPs should resign: Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that all Dalit Bharatiya Janata Party MPs should resign to protest the assault...

बहन मायावती की वापसी के साथ ही शब्बीरपुर में फिर बवाल, एक की हत्या,...

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCorcles.net सहारनपुर : बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती के शब्बीरपुर पीड़ितों से मुलाक़ात कर लौटने के तुरंत बाद बड़गांव चन्दपुर मार्ग पर शब्बीरपुर से...

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

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...

An open letter to Rohith Vemula on behalf of murdered Muslim techie

By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, The whole country is soothing with sad demise of Rohith Vemula, 26, a research scholar from a Dalit community who was...

नीतिश सरकार अपने निज़ाम को कलंकित होने से बचाएं –भाकपा

TwoCircles News Desk पटना : ख़बर है कि विगत 28 जनवरी, 2016 को खगडि़या ज़िले के राहुलनगर दमहा गांव में बसे महादलित परिवारों के घरों...

Dattu Thorat: A mechanic working to improve education levels in Shirpur

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Most people expect a cycle repair mechanic to do just that: repair cycles, and make a living. Dattu Thorat also does...

UPSC 2014 result declared: 38 Muslims among 1236 successful candidates; 4 toppers are women

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final result of the 2014 civil services examinations on Saturday afternoon....

Why keeping a moustache continues to be deadly for some Dalits

Unable to digest upward mobility of many erstwhile untouchables, Dalits now face caste violence over the most mundane things including a moustache.  Smitha R  |...

The political games behind a rape in Maharashtra

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

Hundreds protest in Delhi against lynchings, communal divide

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...

Increase in funds for Dalits, Tribals in Union Budget

New Delhi (IANS): The allocation of funds for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has been increased to Rs 56,619 crore and Rs...

Holi, Brahmin cultural hegemony and Bahujan narratives

Sumeet Samos, TwoCircles.Net Mar 12. 2020. Every year around the time of Holi and Durga Puja we encounter a discontent emanating from a Bahujan activists...

‘जान दे देंगे, अगर चंद्रशेखर को हाथ भी लगाया तो…’

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर :  ‘मेरा नाम विमला… मेरे आदमी का बदलू और लड़के का देवेंद्र और पोते का परमवीर! क्यों अर वोई रख...

हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी

स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है।...

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

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...

“You will suffer same fate as Gauri Lankesh,” Dalit journalist Meena Kotwal facing online...

Kotwal said that an abuser warned Kotwal that her phone number was being widely distributed on WhatsApp groups and social media pages, with...

BJP’s defeat is seldom analyzed deeply

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, When the Bharatiya Janata Party performed badly in the August 21 by-polls in Bihar––it could win only four out of 10 seats––it was attributed to the coming together of RJD, JD(U) and Congress. But how will the BJP explain losing three out of nine seats in prime minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, three out of four in Rajasthan and eight out of 11 in Uttar Pradesh. After all the BJP-led alliance had won 124 out of 131 Lok Sabha seats in these three states in the parliamentary election held in May 2014.

A Dalit Girl Dreamed of Belonging – Until She Saw What They Really Thought

Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Feminism in India remains a tender and often misunderstood subject. Half the population is unfamiliar with its meaning, while the...

Modi blames Congress for farmers’ poor condition

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,...

Students protesting for Rohith Vemula detained in Delhi

New Delhi : About 250-300 students, staging a demonstration here commemorating the death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were on Tuesday detained when they...

‘SC/ST left out of pro-corporate budget,’ rights group alleges

By TCN News, New Delhi: Dalit and tribal groups do not seem very happy with the union budget, which they claimed is pro-rich. “Pursuing unabashedly and openly a pro-rich policy, the Modi Budget outlines a corporate vision of India that unashamedly eats into the budgetary allocations meant for the millions of its poorest and neediest citizens, the Dalits and Adivasis,” said the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan (DAAA), which works towards the elimination of caste-based discrimination.

Minus Pakistanis, the Kashmiris without leadership

Ref: - Indifference to Dutch offer, the sign of Kashmiri atrophy. Dear Sir The present position of Kashmir problem is given below as it evolved through its history after 1947: - (1)- The Kashmiris, speaking same language and practicing same religion (predominantly Islam) cannot be expected to remain divided across LOC.

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

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...

Dalit student accuses MP university of harassment

Bhopal : A Dalit student pursuing M.Phil at the Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication here on Monday accused its authorities of...

Rohith Vemula’s death sparks outrage within Indian Diaspora

By TCN News, Boston: Protests have erupted at major universities and cities across the US and elsewhere, expressing shock and outrage at the death of...

Radhika Vemula inaugurates ‘United Against Hate’ programme in Ernakulam

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter The caste murders committed by the high caste to protect their caste honour have been commercialised, said Radhika Vemula, mother of...

Book review: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits

By Chandra Sen for Twocircles.net Author: By Badri Narayan Publisher: Penguin, Delhi Price: Rs 374 at Amazon.in ‘The caste has come into politics’, ‘the standard...

Hyderabad varsity expects normalcy to return soon

Hyderabad : Cracks appear to have developed among students protesting over a Dalit research scholar's suicide at University of Hyderabad with the authorities claiming...

दुःखद : पानी पीने पर टीचर ने की थी जिस बालक की पिटाई, अब...

खान इक़बाल Twocircles.net के लिए राजस्थान के जालौर में दिल दहला देने वाली जिस घटना में सायला गाँव में एक अध्यापक ने नौ साल...

Arundhati revisits Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on caste

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.

Mayawati blames BJP, RSS for Maharashtra violence

Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of engineering the caste violence in...

Governor calls upon tribals to strengthen democracy

By IANS, Vadodara: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal Tuesday called upon the tribal youth to strengthen democracy in the country and abjure violence.

A silent morcha by ‘forward’ castes and the ‘wrath’ of Dalit Sena in Aurangabad

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Aurangabad: Dalit Sena, a group of a working class youth in Aurangabad, protested on the night of August 28, against...

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

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,...

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

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...

दलित मुस्लिम जाट एकजुटता का संदेश दे गई महागठबंधन की पहली रैली

आसमोहम्मद कैफ, Twocircles.net देवबंद- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAweqEVvo4Y&feature=youtu.be भायला गांव महागठबंधन रैली स्थल के एकदम करीब है. राजपूत बहुल इस गांव के सैकड़ों लोग रैली में पहुंचे थे. इसी गांव के राजेन्द्र...

RSS, BJP hate the Constitution: Congress

New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday asserted that the RSS and BJP hate the Constitution as it has kept their "idea of Hindu...

Hyderabad varsity vice chancellor goes on leave

Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao, in the eye of the storm over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar, has...

USA invitation to India may usher into alternative to UN

Ref: - India to insist on formal launch of “United Democratic Nations�

Dear Sir

This refers to Indian media highlighted USA invitation given to India (to join US-led global alliance of democracies)  through statement of Condoleezza Rice (US Secretary of State) issued on Thursday by her at annual US Indian Business Council meeting where India was further ‘enlightened’ about the redundancy of Non Alignment Movement (NAM).

Madhya Pradesh to get more tribal schools

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.

Caste or Creed? Dalit Christian Identity Sparks Reservation Row in Karnataka Census

TCN News Desk Bengaluru: Identity of Dalit Christians has become a hotly debated and controversial issue amid the ongoing census for internal reservation of Scheduled...

JD-U leadership warns Manjhi over controversial remark

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...

Dalit scholar suicide: Presidency students on token hunger strike

Kolkata : A section of students of the Presidency University here launched a token hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with the nationwide protests...

Death sentences commuted for six in Khairlanji massacre case

By IANS, Nagpur : The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentences of six people accused in the massacre of a Dalit family in Khairlanji in 2006 and gave them life imprisonment of 25 years each. The much awaited verdict was given by a division bench comprising Justices A.P. Lawande and R.C. Chauhan that turned down a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the lower court's ruling giving life to two of the eight accused while sentencing to death six people.

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

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...

दलितों के भविष्य को मज़बूत बना रही हैं ये भीम पाठशालाएं

आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर/मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : “वो क्या है जिसे हम देख तो सकते हैं, मगर छू नहीं सकते. इस सवाल पर कक्षा के...

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

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 in UP being victimized: Amit Shah

Lucknow : BJP President Amit Shah on Friday blamed Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for rising atrocities on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh. Speaking at...

How Santosh Thorat is helping rebuild homes, increase literacy in Mumbai’s Dalit colonies

By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: The idea of working for your community does not necessarily mean that you have to be at the forefront...

Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks

By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...

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

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