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Protest held in Latur against mob lynching and inaction of government bodies

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Narendra Modi’s government faced the first stain of lynching when Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a Pune-based techie was killed in May 2014...

Obama supports Raj Thackeray

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

Seven get life term for lynching Dalits in Haryana

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By IANS, Jhajjar (Haryana): A court here Monday awarded life imprisonment to seven people for the 2002 lynching of five Dalits in this Haryana district. All the convicts were produced in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Jain, amidst heavy security. After the sentencing, the accused were sent to Rohtak jail. The court acquitted 19 people in the case Saturday.

Una incident organised crime against Dalits: Mamata

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

नैतिकता का पाठ पढ़ाकर, रोहित के दोषियों को बचाने की फ़िराक़ में मोदी

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर विश्वविद्यालय में रोहित वेमुला की आत्महत्या के लिए मोदी को जिम्मेदार मानते हुए ‘मोदी गो बैक’...

Jarawa women dance clip old, videographer will be held: Chidambaram

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By IANS,

Don’t politicise Dalit issue: Rajnath

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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged against politicise the issue of atrocities on the Dalits and said society...

Dalits still living in fear in Haryana village: Report

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By IANS, New Delhi : Days after a girl was raped and her father committed suicide, Dalit residents of Haryana's Dabra village are still afraid of letting their daughters go out.

US State Department’s scathing report on persecution of religious minorities in India a step...

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Released on May 12, the 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom, provided in-depth coverage of massive rights violations faced by religious minorities, especially Muslims, Christians...

Rahul has agreed to implement our demands if congress comes to power : Jignesh...

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Navsari (Gujarat), (IANS): After OBC leader Alpesh Thakore joined the Congress, Gujarat Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here on...

नयी सदी, नयी सरकार: मैला ढोनेवाले मैला ही ढो रहे हैं

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पटना: देश को आज़ाद हुए सालों हो चुके लेकिन दलित समुदाय के साथ भेदभाव लगातार जारी है. यह समुदाय अभी तक...

Tamil Nadu asked for report on assault on Dalit boy

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By IANS,

NHRC praises Gujarat for helping Dalits

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By IANS, Ahmedabad : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday praised the Gujarat government for bettering the lot of Dalits in the state.

Dalit-Muslim unity is the need of the hour – Asaduddin Owaisi

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By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net, Hyderabad: It’s a rough summer afternoon in Hyderabad, but the newly renovated Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen headquarter ‘Daraul Salam (abode of peace)’ is packed with ticket aspirants, many of them interestingly are Dalits. MIM’s screams of expansion and alliance with Dalits has resonated well with its cadre to expand their base.

BJP’s patriotism is RSSism: Nitish Kumar

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Patna : BJP's nationalism is about blindly following the ideology of its mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and has nothing to do with the...

मज़हब की राजनीति में गायब होते मुस्लिमों और दलितों के सवाल

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आसिफ़ इक़बाल यह अजीब मज़ाक़ है कि राजनीतिक नेता न केवल विभिन्न धर्म के मानने वालों के मार्गदर्शक बने हुए हैं बल्कि समाज भी आमतौर...

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

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

उत्तर प्रदेश मे दलितों और महिलाओं के विरुद्ध बढ़ गए अपराध,कानून व्यवस्था पर संगीन...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़ । Twocircles.net इन दिनों उत्तर प्रदेश में दलित उत्पीड़न और महिलाओं से जुड़े आपराधिक मामले लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं और आज़मगढ़ से लेकर...

“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter One of the leading human rights organization Amnesty International India has launched a website on Thursday which will be used to...

एसआईटी करेगी सहारनपुर के दंगों व जातीय संघर्ष की जांच, डीआईजी ने बना दी...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सहारनपुर : यूपी के ज़िला सहारनपुर में पिछले एक माह में हुए सभी 5 दंगों या जातीय संघर्षों की जांच एसआईटी को...

We must protest brutalisation of women: Mahasweta Devi

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By IANS,

Top performing MPs to be honoured

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By IANS, Chennai : Twelve parliamentarians, among them three women, will be honoured with Sansad Ratna award here next week for their performance in the...

Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu

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TCN News Of the seven elected MPs from Tamil Nadu, two MPs are from the Dalit community from VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi). These two MPS Dr...

एक बार फिर भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर गिरफ्तार

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ-Twocircles.net देवबंद- भीम आर्मी चीफ चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद को एक बार फिर गिरफ्तार किया गया है.उनके गिरफ्तारी देवबंद में की गई. गिरफ्तारी के तुरंत बाद चन्द्रशेखर की...

Untouchable in life, untouchable in death: Story of two dalit workers

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By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, Rs. 200,000 each for the lives of two- a Madiga and a Mangali. Kaleikuri Prasad's Poem 'Karma Bhuumilo' For whom do you search, for what saviours do you wait? If they poison you or burn you, or even if they strangle you with a rope No doctor shall testify for you, no court shall protect you All the laws and the courts promise illusory hope They’re only mirages for the common man (Translated by Kuffir Nalgundwar)

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...

Ambedkar’s statue again desecrated in Andhra

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By IANS,

A woman’s journey from hunger to the legislature

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By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS, Hyderabad : From a small hut in a remote village in East Godavari district to the Andhra Pradesh legislature, Anguri Lakshmi Shiva Kumari has come a long way.

Vemula case shows government is anti-Dalit: Congress

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New Delhi: Scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide in Hyderabad University shows the "anti-Dalit attitude" of the central government, the Congress said on Thursday. "HRD Minister (Smriti...

Jamiat Ulama supports NCM chief over SC status to Muslim Dalits

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By TCN News,

Dalit boy beaten up in Gujarat, two accused arrested

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Ahmedabad : A 15-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten up late on Thursday evening by two men in Bhavda village of Daskroi taluka in...

Politics of Religion

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By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net, When elections are around, politics in Uttar Pradesh starts revolving around communal issues and Ram Mandir Babri Mosque debate erupts...

Dalit funds not diverted to CWG: Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday dismissed allegations by her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati that the city government had diverted funds meant for Dalit upliftment to the Commonwealth Games. "We have not diverted any funds from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes welfare schemes for the Commonwealth Games," Dikshit told reporters here. Mayawati had Monday alleged that the Delhi government had diverted Rs.750 crore meant for Dalit welfare to the Oct 3-14 Games.

Demolition of Bogada Chawl: 205 residents displaced in heavy monsoon

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Kishor Jagtap is on fast again. The eminent activist and senior social worker from Mumbai, known for his history of...

Congress attacks Modi government

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil Monday criticised the Gujarat government for its failure to harness the waters of the river Narmada to tackle the water scarcity facing the state. Gohil, Leader of Opposition, said the state was reeling under acute water scarcity while the irony of the situation was that huge amount of the Narmada river water was flowing into the sea due to the "inability of the government to harness it".

Making 10,000 Dalit Adivasi leaders for dignity and development in Odisha

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Bhubaneswar: National Confederation Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has decided to train Dalits and Adivasis in the state of Odisha to...

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...

Lalu blames Modi, RSS for violence in name of cow protection

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Patna : RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his BJP and the RSS for the hatred and violence across...

चंद्रशेखर ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठाया मानवाधिकार का मुद्दा

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net भीम आर्मी चीफ चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद रावण ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद के समक्ष किसान आंदोलन एवं सीएए विरोधी आंदोलन के दौरान...

Distorted hierarchy of political values of ‘Absolute Democracy (Republic)’ over ‘Human Rights’ claimed Benazir.

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Ref: - Lack of human values of non-interventionist UN, the result of shirking Christianity. Dear Sir

Dalit ring draws controversy, designer says ‘ring aimed at creating awareness on plight of...

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Stella Simona is a Bangladeshi origin designer, who before starting her jewelry store was a model and a fashion photographer. The...

Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti

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By TCN News As social distancing and public gathering restrictions are in order during the COVID19 lockdown, Dr Ambedkar’s 129th birthday commemorations were organized over...

Students across Mumbai come out in support of Fathima Latheef, JNU students

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the protests across both IIT Madras and JNU surged with more and more students coming out on the streets, hundreds...

Dalit Christians caught in the Church vortex

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By R L Francis The Christians all over India observed November 11 as “Dalit Liberation Sunday” (DLS) with an avowed aim of bringing the Dalit Christians...

JNU to have sombre Diwali with sit-in, prayers for Najeeb

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New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Sunday called for a sit-in at the varsity's Administration Block to pray for the...

NCERT advisor’s office ransacked over cartoon

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By IANS,

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

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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...

NHRC issues notice to Haryana over assault of Dalit boy

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By IANS,

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...

Dalit student’s suicide ‘murder of democracy’: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as "murder of democracy, social justice and...

CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu

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

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...

हाथरस से ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : “ऊंची जाति के लोग अब हमसे बात नही करते,...

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रियाज़ हाशमी, हाथरस से Twocircles.net के लिए 19 वर्षीय दलित लडकी से गैंगरेप के बहुचर्चित मामले में सवर्ण जाति के चारों आरोपियों के खिलाफ सेंट्रल...

Equality, diversity, inclusion: a new concept of future museums

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Dr Fatma Faheem Every year on 18 May since 1977, the International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about museums, which are...

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

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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...

Parched summer again for Bihar Mountain Man’s village

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By Imran Khan, Dashrath Nagar (Bihar) : Bhagirath Manjhi and his neighbor Ramesh Manjhi are struggling to get drinking water for themselves and their families...

हाथरस में गेंगरेप आरोपियों के पक्ष में दबंगो की पंचायत,बढ़ रहा है जातीय तनाव

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मोहम्मद आसिम Twocircles.net के लिए हाथरस गेंगरेप में एक बेहद चौकाने वाला घटनाक्रम चल रहा है। इस मामले को जातीय रंग दिए जाने का षड्यंत्र...

House attacked because I am Mahadalit: Bihar speaker

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Patna : Bihar assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary Wednesday said his house was pelted with stones by Rashtriya Janata Dal workers because he hails...

DMK allots Chidambaram constituency to VCK

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Chennai : The DMK Thursday inked a seat sharing agreement with Dalit party VCK. allotting it Tamil Nadu's Chidambaram constituency for the general elections. A...

जेलों में 64 फ़ीसदी आबादी दलित व पिछड़ों की, अल्पसंख्यकों की संख्या भी बढ़ी...

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net देश में जहां दलितों व पिछड़ों के ख़िलाफ़ अपराध में इज़ाफ़ा हुआ है, वहीं भारत के जेलों में भी...

बहराइच : प्रधान की मौत के लिए अब तक परिजन मांग रहे इंसाफ,मायावती ने...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net बहराइच में लगभग 2 महीने पहले हुए एक नवनिर्वाचित दलित प्रधान की हत्या का मामला अब तुल पकड़ता जा रहा है। मृत...

Man kills daughter’s lover for family honour

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By IANS,

Prakash Ambedkar, Asad Owaisi announce alliance in Maharashtra to unify Dalit-Bahujan-Muslim votes

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net In a move that has the potential to play a major role in Maharashtra politics, Adv. Prakash Ambedkar of BHARIP (Bharatiya...

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’s 33rd mega gathering in Ajmer to focus on Dalit-Muslim unity

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In order to address concerns over the current communal condition of the country in which weaker sections are being targeted...

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...

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...

Two booked for beating Dalit couple

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Patna: Two people were booked on charge of severely beating a Dalit couple for refusing to stay away from a Hanuman temple in Bihar's...

Karnataka banks on education to end bizarre ritual

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By IANS,

WPI welcomes Apex Court guidelines on police encounters

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Welfare Party of India, in a statement, appreciated and hailed the apex court guidelines on deaths in police encounter for mandatory registration of FIRs and investigation by CID or any other independent agency.

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...

Mayawati to visit Saharanpur on Tuesday

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Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati is scheduled to visit Shabbirpur village in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, where a caste conflict had...

Ambedkar statue vandalised in Uttarakhand

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Haridwar, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking...

Three murders and a lynching

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By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net Laws of nature cannot be applied to human society so directly. Still, sometimes, these have been used to explain...

Congress, BJP trade barbs over JNU row, Rohith Vemula issue

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New Delhi : Amid heated arguments between the opposition and the treasury benches, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday discussed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

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...

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

गुजरात के दलितों से कब सबक लेंगे मुसलमान

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net गुजरात के दलितों से सबक़ लीजिए. गाय की खाल उधेड़ने के नाम पर ऊंचे तबक़े की गुंडागर्दी का किस क़दर क़रारा...

British parliamentarians visit Jan Sahas and met Dalit women

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Dewas, MP: A delegation of British Parliamentarians of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visited Jan Sahas intervention village Chinnotha in Madhya Pradesh on 20 February 2014 and participated in the community meeting with the liberated manual scavenger women, bonded labours, victims of rape, sexual abuse and dalit atrocities.

पातालकोट : जहां ज़मीन के अन्दर से पनपता है भारत का भविष्य

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जावेद अनीस छिंदवाड़ा जिले के तामिया ब्लॉक में स्थित पातालकोट मानो धरती के गर्भ में समाया है. तकरीबन 89 वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्र में फैली यह...

Savita Ali: Raising her voice to highlight atrocities against Dalit and Muslim women

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Patna: Savita Ali remembers the time when she was in school, in a village called Naraina, district Panipat. She had just...

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...

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...

Ex-IAS Anees Ansari elected chairman of Momin Conference

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: The plight of silk weavers in Varanasi, brass workers in Moradabad and bangle artisans in Ferozabad will be raised by retired IAS officer Anees Ansari. The move is seen as the first step towards joining active politics like many of his brethren. Ansari was in news when he was suspended from the post of Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) of the state in 2008 after his fashion designer wife Asma Hussain hosted a fashion show at their official residence.

NCP backs Goa RSS rap to BJP government over languages

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Panaji : A day after Subhash Velingkar, who heads the RSS in Goa, attacked the BJP for alleged betrayal of Indian regional languages over...

From former sanitation worker to Deputy Mayor of Gaya, meet Comrade Chinta Devi

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62-year-old Chinta Devi belongs to the socially backward Dalit Manjhi caste and is the first ever Scheduled Caste (SC) person to become the...

Make eligibility of pre and post-metric scholarship for minority students same as that for...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Aurangabad (Maharashtra): The present eligibility criteria of scoring at least 50% marks in the previous year’s examination to claim pre-...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 3 – Meeting...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.) You...

Pankti Jog: Transforming lives through the Right To Information Act

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By Kavita Sukerkar

Thackeray blows hot and cold at BJP in Dussehra rally

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

Amend statute for job promotions to SCs, STs: Mayawati

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By IANS,

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...

Hyderabad varsity JAC reiterates demand for arrests in Rohith case

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Hyderabad : The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice at University of Hyderabad has reiterated the demand that union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and vice...

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...

SDPI alleges atrocities against dalits increased under new regime

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Nagpur : In the wake of increasingly changing political conditions in the country, the state unit of...

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...

You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...

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By TCN News Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...

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...

BSP walks out over Dalit funds for Games

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By IANS, New Delhi : Alleging that funds meant for Scheduled Castes had been diverted by the Delhi government to the Commonwealth Games, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MPs Tuesday walked out of the Lok Sabha. Soon after the house re-assembled at 11.40 a.m. following an adjournment, the BSP MPs created an uproar. BSP's leader in Lok Sabha, Dara Singh Chauhan, alleged that Rs.750 crore meant for the welfare of Dalits had been diverted by the Delhi government for the October Games.

‘Turn your words into deeds’: US lawmakers write to Modi on growing ‘religious intolerance’

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By TCN News, Conveying their serious concern over violence against religious minorities in India, 34 top American lawmakers that include Eight U.S. Senators and 26...

Bhim army supremo Chandrashekar Azad arrested again in Deoband, UP

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TCN News Chandrashekar Azad, Chief of Bhim Army was arrested today and taken in police custody Deoband's Kasimpura village. The Dalit leader was on his way...

Pakistan triumphantly emerges as leader of diarchal democracy in SAARC region

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Ref: - For consolidating diarchy, Musharraf may capitalize on USA support. Dear Sir

Musharraf has proved all the skeptics wrong who were saying that there would be no free and fair elections in Pakistan. Now the same skeptics (including most of the noises through Indian media) are clamoring and leading the vicious propaganda that Musharraf ought to resign in the face of electoral defeat of PML (Q), allegedly Musharraf's party and resounding victory of PPP and PML (N), the parties of Late Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.

Dalit youth dies, cop killed as violence engulfs Gujarat’s Saurashtra

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Rajkot : A policeman was killed in mob violence and a Dalit committed suicide on Tuesday as protests against last week's thrashing of four...

Ramdas Athawalay allies with Shiv Sena

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By Ram Puniyani,

“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi

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The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...

Petitions against Scheduled Caste seats in MCD polls dismissed

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By IANS,

Know the law: How to get bails

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

Owaisi to visit UP, will address rally in Kanpur if given permission

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter Lucknow: All India Majlis-E-Ittihadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi will begin a three-day trip to Uttar Pradesh from Friday, August 5,...

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.

With UP elections in mind, BJP appoints three new National Presidents from Poorvanchal

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By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net The BJP has been working overtime on the upcoming UP elections, and in fact, has also learnt the lesson that...

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...

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar files nomination papers

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

Hyderabad varsity vice chancellor goes on leave

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

Caste triumphs over other identities among Dalit and Lower Castes of Laxmanpur Bathe

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Rajan Jha for TwoCircles.net, Laxmanpur Bathe: Many political commentators have contended that development would be the key issue in Bihar elections. However, a field visit...

वाह रे मोदी बजट! दलित-आदिवासियों का हक़ भी मार लिया!

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी भले ही अरूण जेटली द्वारा पेश किए गए बजट को गांव, गरीब और किसान समर्थक बजट बता रहे...

This education Centre in Mumbai named after Rohit Vemula offers education, training to underprivileged...

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By Aparajita Ghosh, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: A group of young students of Mumbai’s Phule Nagar have collectively started an education centre naming it after PhD scholar...

गाय के नाम पर अब लखनऊ में दलितों की पिटाई

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TCN News लखनऊ : गाय के नाम पर गुजरात में दलितों की पिटाई के बाद अब दूसरा मामला उत्तर प्रदेश के लखनऊ में सामने आया...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 1 – The...

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(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing with due permission the long form report in parts...

Tribals appeal for separate religion code in census

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By IANS, New Delhi: Tribal groups from several states across the country Wednesday held a protest here, demanding they be listed under a distinct 'religion code' in the 2011 population census. Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahay, who visited the protest-site, promised to take their demands to the government. Nearly 150 people of various tribal groups from states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh took part in the protest at Jantar Mantar.

In Kerala, Dalit students facing difficulties to get educated

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

AAP: The construction of a fantasy!

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By Yogesh Maitreya, A day afterthe Delhi Assembly Election results wereannounced, Indian media has started to exercise its usual prejudiced, hegemonic commentary and telecast over AAP’s win. Meanwhile discriminatory practices (continuously reported by Marathi dailies like Samrat and Mahanak) in Indian villages on the caste lines or even in its urban pockets have been neglected as usual by ‘popular media’ as if AAP’s victory has resolved issues related to most marginalised sections of society or of all Aam Indians. In this process public imagination fed by Delhi’s election result, has further created a biased perception towards AAP in people’s mind.

Attack on marginalised students shows SFI is losing the plot in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net For the past year, campus politics in India has taken up a sizeable space in the media; but the focus has...

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...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) celebrates Bhim Jayanti

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TCN News Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist ethos, on April 14, marked the birthday of B R...

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...

7 arrested in Telangana honour killing case

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Hyderabad/Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) Telangana Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested seven accused over the killing of a Dalit youth, who was...

Sub inspector in Maharashtra booked for Dalit woman’s rape

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Nagpur: A Dalit woman has filed a rape complaint against a police sub-inspector (SI) alleging he sexually exploited her for...

In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net Music events are part and parcel of every University campus, but on February 1, the Ambedkar University campus students witnessed...

Lone survivor of Khairlanji massacre, Bhaiyalal Bhotmange, dies of heart attack

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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...

A letter to the Financial Reforms Committee of Planning Commission of India

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By Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai proposal for joint ventures in islamic banking in collaboration with international islamic banks and/or international banks with islamic banking operational expertise Financial Sector Reforms are needed, as per Mr. Raghuram G. Rajan's introductory remarks, to

Threats, attacks, slander : The cost of fighting caste atrocities in India

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Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir works to defend the rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. His organization has recently won the...

“Nothing has been left our homes. Where will we go?” Patna’s Nat community face...

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Scores of families belonging to the marginalized Nat community of Patna, Bihar were left homeless after a demolition drive carried out by the Patna...

Main accused in Dalit massacre held in Bihar

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Patna : The main accused in the massacre of 10 Dalits in Haibuspur in Bihar in 1997 was Friday arrested in Patna district, police...

मजदूरों की आवाज बन चुकी नवदीप कौर का आज जन्मदिन है … वो अभी...

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तन्वी सुमन।Twocircles net दलित श्रम अधिकार एक्टिविस्ट और मजदूर अधिकार संगठन (MAS) की सदस्य, 24 वर्षीय नवदीप कौर लगभग 29 दिनों से जेल में है।...

Dalit party threat to recapture Indu Mills land

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By IANS,

India’s human rights record to be discussed at US Capitol

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Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 3:00pm Location: 1334 Longworth House Office Building By TwoCircles.net special correspondent Washington DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet again...

Eight-year-old Dalit boy’s hand chopped off for refusing to work

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By TCN News, In another gruesome case of caste atrocity, a Dalit boy, aged 8, lost his left hand after he was pushed towards a...

सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : क्या सोचते हैं यहां के दलित नौजवान?

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश में सहारनपुर ज़िले के शब्बीरपुर व उसके आस-पास के गांव में शुक्रवार को हुए जातीय संघर्ष के...

“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list

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Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...

‘One million post cards campaign’ launched to press for inclusion of Dalit Christians &...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,

Owaisi seeks withdrawal of cases against Hyderabad varsity students

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Hyderabad : MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday demanded withdrawal of cases against students and professors of Hyderabad Central University. The Member of Parliament from...

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).