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Will try to restore Ambedkar Bhavan in Mumbai: Government

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

Houses set on fire; physically-challenged girl dead

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By IANS, Hisar: An 18-year-old physically challenged Dalit girl was burnt alive after she was trapped in her house which was set on fire by members of a dominant community in Haryana's Hisar district Wednesday. "Some miscreants set some houses in Mirchpur village on fire. A girl, Suman, who could not run out of the house, died of burn injuries. Her father, 70-year-old Tara Chand, is admitted in hospital with 90 per cent burns," O.P. Sheron, deputy commissioner of Hisar, told reporters, here.

SCs growing interest for Engineering in contrast with Muslims in Tamil Nadu

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in Tamil Nadu has released Engineering admission statistics community wise over the past few years which reveals that SCs are getting more inclined towards Engineering stream with exponential growth every year where as Muslims figures display steady admission rate – nor significantly increasing nor declining.

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

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

Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India

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TCN News Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...

‘जिग्नेश मेवाणी की गुजरात पुलिस द्वारा ‘अवैध हिरासत’ लोकतंत्र की हत्या है’

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली : ऊना दलित अत्याचार लड़त समिति के संयोजक जिग्नेश मेवाणी को दिल्ली से लौटते हुए गुजरात पुलिस द्वारा हिरासत में...

भीम आर्मी की चेतावनी —‘सरकार बदलने में वक़्त नहीं लगेगा’

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net पिछले साल 9 मई को गांधी पार्क में जब भीम आर्मी शब्बीरपुर में दलितों पर हुए हमले के आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी...

Poll panel recommends police case against GJM chief Gurung

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

Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...

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A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...

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

दलितों को तबाह व बर्बाद कर देना चाहता है संघ —मायावती

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मेरठ : टूटती आशा और डूबती सियासत के सिग्नल ने दलितों की देवी को जनता के चरणों में लाकर खड़ा कर दिया...

Yechury seeks Mukherjee’s intervention in Hyderabad varsity issue

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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...

शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था. इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...

Dalit award winner of Dutch Human Rights award is refused passport

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By TCN News

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

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

“Azad fights war of weak in a powerful way,” well-wishers of Bhim Army leader...

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Bhim Army Chief supremo Chandrashekhar Azad has been featured in TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders who are shaping the future”. TwoCircles.net...

Holi, Brahmin cultural hegemony and Bahujan narratives

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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...

Dalit activists join DU teachers against four-year course

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By IANS,

Racial and caste oppression have many similarities

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By Rajesh Sampath, Comparisons can be risky, but not impossible. Consider for a moment India’s Dalits, or “untouchables,” and African Americans. Racial inequality in America has its...

Four years of Modi government and communal divisiveness

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By Ram Puniyani The coming to power of Modi in 2014 gave a signal to the so called fringe groups that now it is their...

Logic of women’s reservation

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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi It is an unfortunate fact that in a democracy nothing is achievable without united agitations. This time again the Muslim social and political leadership in India is failing to unite strongly against a very genuine demand and clear hypocrisy against them in guise of women empowerment.

Mayawati lures away Samajwadi Party Dalit legislator

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By IANS,

Three Dalit parties support Congress-NCP in Maharashtra

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Mumbai : In a big boost to the Congress and the NCP, three Dalit parties Wednesday joined the ruling alliance in Maharashtra. The Peoples' Republican...

Kaamgar Patrika: A magazine of – by – and- for sanitation workers to be...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is one of the largest and richest Municipal corporations in the country, with an annual budget...

Glorifying self: Modi’s gimmick of washing feet of sanitary workers

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By Ram Puniyani Gimmicks are a part of Modi's style of politics. Rather they form the core of his strategies. His act of washing the feet...

PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...

Two women rewarded, 2,000 jailed on Women’s Day

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By IANS,

Congress attacks government over lynchings in name of cow

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New Delhi, (IANS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday attacked the government over incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection, alleging that...

‘Police torture to withdraw candidature’ – DHRM complaint to Election Commission

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

राजस्थान तो दलितों के लिए नरक जैसा है: रेनू मेघवंशी

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net रेनू मेघवंशी राजस्थान में दलित उत्पीड़न के खिलाफ लड़ाइयां लड़ने के लिए जानी जाती है,यह वही है जिन्होंने डांगबास में दलितों...

NHRC notice to Odisha on torching of Dalits’ houses

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By IANS,

Dalit girl raped in Odisha, four held

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar : Four men were arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district for the rape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl two days ago, police said Friday.

संडे स्पेशल : तो क्या भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर का सूरज अब डूब रहा...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net पिछले कुछ सालों में राजनीतिक सरगर्मियों में तेजी से उभर कर सामने आए और दुनियाभर का ध्यान आर्कषित करने वाले भीम आर्मी के...

Shifting Allegiances: Dalits in Uttar Pradesh Explore ASP and Congress Amidst BSP’s Woes

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Asad Rizvi, TwoCircles.net Lucknow: Amid the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) existential crisis, Dalits seem to have begun exploring new political alternatives. They are apparently weighing their...

How Savarna feminism is eroding the discourse on the Hathras case?

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By Pragathi Ravi On September 14, 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was brutally gang-raped by four Thakur men in Uttar Pradesh, where she later succumbed...

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

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

Violence and ‘clean chits’: Sangma backs BJP on Kandhamal

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By Ram Puniyani

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...

Dalit party upset with Sena-BJP in Maharashtra

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By IANS,

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...

Tamil Nadu police firing: Toll rises to six

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By IANS,

Kanhaiya Kumar, other leaders call for ‘non-cooperation movement’ against CAB and NRC in Kolkata...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The streets of Kolkata witnessed a massive protest march against the Centre’s move on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019,...

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...

Next President should be a Dalit: Manjhi

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Patna, (IANS): Former Bihar Chief Minister and an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday demanded that the next...

मुसलमानों को पिछड़ेपन से उबारने की अदुभुत कोशिश थी फ़ातिमा शेख़ की मुहिम

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net देश की पहली महिला शिक्षक फातिमा शेख की 191वीं जयंती देशभर में मनाईं गई। कोविड के चलते फातिमा शेख़ की जयंती पर कार्यक्रम...

सहारनपुर के बाद अब मेरठ के सरधना में दलितों व राजपूतों के बीच खूनी...

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter सरधना (मेरठ) : सहारनपुर के बाद अब मेरठ का सरधना क्षेत्र दलितों व राजपूतों के खूनी संघर्ष का गवाह बना. बुधवार को...

Vijay Sampla – a first-time BJP MP from Punjab (Profile)

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Chandigarh : Vijay Sampla, who took oath as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet Sunday, is a first-time BJP MP from the...

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...

कोच आबिद अली के नमाज पढ़ने से आहत हुए हिंदूवादी संगठन,दे दी तहरीर

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के पीलीभीत में हिंदूवादी संगठनों ने हाकी कोच आबिद अली पर स्टेडियम में नमाज़ अदा करने का आरोप लगाते...

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

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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...

Hundreds protest in Delhi against lynchings, communal divide

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

USA should help Pakistan to institutionalize military rule

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Ref: - Tested old ally deserves better treatment. Dear Sir There is nothing more relish-able for Indians than to have news of any trouble in its sworn rival Pakistan (if political trouble then all the more welcome as it symptomize the Pakistan State, as untenable). Hence the wide spread coverage in print & electronic media of India about the following political problems of Pakistan should though be taken as quite exaggerated: - (i)- As per chief of ruling PML-Q, Shujaat Hussain, emergency in Pakistan is still an option.

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...

Computerise Capitalâ€™s mosques, suggests Delhi Minorities Panel

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Dear Sirs,

Computerizing the mosques and minorities is a very good idea for empowerment of the minorities and poverty alleviation of the marginalized and deprived class of society.

Biometric registration of every minority and tracking their health, education, skills, employment and old age pension would go a long way in alleviating poverty.

The Zakat payments can also be tracked effectively using the biometric smart cards.

Caste on my back

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By Aishik Chanda for TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: “Jai Mahar” read one, “Jai Maratha” read another. Several autorickshaws of Greater Mumbai region display caste identities on the...

What are you doing about public toilets, court asks civic body

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By IANS, New Delhi : Pulling up the city civic body over the sorry state of public toilets in the national capital, especially with the Commonwealth Games due next year, the Delhi High Court Monday sought a detailed status report on what it plans to do to improve sanitation in the city. A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S.K. Mishra told the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) counsel, "We are not satisfied. The MCD should be directed to submit a detailed report in three months."

Wife of Pranay, victim of caste murder, delivers a baby in Hyderabad

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TCN News Amrutha, wife of Pranay who was hacked to death in September for marrying a girl from the upper caste community, has delivered a...

Mumbai police must learn from New York police

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Submitted by Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai

Dalit, minority kids pushed out of schools: HRW

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New Delhi : School authorities in India have persistently discriminated against children from Dalit, minority and other marginalised communities, pushing them out of education,...

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

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

Mahadalits unwilling to return to their homes

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Patna: Nearly 300 Mahadalit families who fled their village after being threatened by upper caste men refused to return to their homes Saturday despite...

Beating of 3 Paraya boys in Kozhikode unpack existing caste-violence in Kerala

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By Ashfaque EJ, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: “It’s been a week after we got beaten and casteist slurs were used against us. The police have failed to...

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...

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...

बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का निधन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष मायावती की मां रामरती देवी का शनिवार शाम दिल्ली के एक...

Time running out for Kashmiris

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Ref:- Invocation of Kashmiri martyrs , the only leverage left for Kashmir solution. Dear Sir This refers to the statement of Indian prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at a function on Sunday in Jammu where he proposed (a)- the turning of LOC into a line of peace with free flow of ideas, material and people across the border and (b)- Land and water resources of entire J&K (including PAK) can be used jointly for the benefit of people of J&K living on both sides of LOC.

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...

Facing atrocities, Dalits in this Gujarat hamlet on verge of mass migration

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Mahesh Trivedi, TwoCircles.net Gujarat: Tormented with atrocities by high-caste bullies, Dalits in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s native state of Gujarat continue to lead a difficult...

दलित युवा फाड़ रहे हैं अपने घरों में लगे धार्मिक पोस्टर, 3 गिरफ़्तार

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मंसूरपुर : दलितों मे असंतोष लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है. भीम आर्मी के प्रभुत्व वाले क्षेत्र में एक अन्य संगठन...

NSUI paid tribute to Rohith Vemula on this birthday

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By TCN News, Jammu: Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir unit of National Students Union of India (NSUI) today lit candles outside Jammu University and paid tribute...

Reservations for Dalits will stay, assures Modi

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Coimbatore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assured Dalits that the reservation to them in jobs and education will not be cut and hit...

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

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

Mayawati slams Khattar over Dalit attacks

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Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Friday accused the Haryana government and its Chief Minister M.L. Khattar of being insensitive to the attacks on Dalits. She...

Leaders urge Modi government to pass a bill against lynching

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New Delhi, (IANS): Leaders of different political parties on Wednesday extended their support to a draft bill against lynching prepared by a civil society organisation...

USA invitation to India may usher into alternative to UN

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Ref: - India to insist on formal launch of â€œUnited Democratic Nationsâ€?

Dear Sir

This refers to Indian media highlighted USA invitation given to India (to join US-led global alliance of democracies)Â 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 â€˜enlightenedâ€™ about the redundancy of Non Alignment Movement (NAM).

Give special rights to Dalits in crimes against women bill: CPI-M

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By IANS,

दिल्ली में हाथरस जैसी वारदात, 9 साल की मासूम को बलात्कार के बाद जलाया

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विशेष संवाददाता। Twocircles.net राष्ट्रीय राजधानी दिल्ली में 'हाथरस कांड' जैसी रेप वारदात सामने आई हैं। श्मशान घाट में लगे वाटर कूलर से पानी लेने...

Six activists arrested by Pune Police in relation to Bhima Koregaon, protests in Mumbai...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Six months after the Bhima Koregaon incident, Pune police along with Deonar Police, Mumbai barged into the office of Dalit Activist...

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...

Police file charge sheet in Kerala woman’s rape-murder case

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Kochi : The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a local court in the brutal rape-murder of a 27-year-old Dalit law...

Film advocating philosophy of Ambedkar screened in Boston, US

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Boston Study Group (BSG), a not-for-profit organization based in Massachusetts, United States screened a movie Jayanti. The movie is based on the influence of Dr Babasaheb...

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...

अब मां कमलेश लड़ रही हैं चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ की लड़ाई

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : कहने को चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ के साथ दुनिया भर का दलित था, मगर अब वो अकेला पड़ गया है....

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...

Forward Press claims police confiscating copies

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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.

Salwa Judum never existed: Raman Singh

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By IANS,

Dalit Sahitya Samman Sammelan held at Imphal

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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...

Dalits protest in a police station of Usmanabad with woman’s ‘dead body’

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Usmanabad (Maharashtra): Dalit leaders and activists staged a protest by keeping body of Kamlavati Kamble for almost six hours in the Lohara police station premises in the district demanding arrest of those responsible for her death.

‘मैं अंतिम सांस तक डेल्टा के इंसाफ़ के लिए संघर्ष करूंगा’ –राहुल गांधी

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : कांग्रेस के उपाध्य़क्ष राहुल गांधी आज डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार से मिलने बाड़मेर पहुंचे और डेल्टा के परिवार...

“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”

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By TCN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.

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

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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...

Dalit girl killed for protesting harassment

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By IANS, Bhopal : A minor Dalit girl died in Madhya Pradesh Friday after a boy who was harassing her set her ablaze after pouring kerosene on her, police said.

BSP candidate slaps Ramdev with case in Bihar

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Patna : Chandradip Ram, BSP candidate from Bihar's Gopalganj constituency, Tuesday filed a case against yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice...

Gorakhpur: SP alliance to pose a tough challenge to BJP thanks to NISHAD party’s...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net A few kilometres east of Gorakhpur railway station, there is a lake named Ramgarh Tal. Walking along the banks of the...

Mayawati to give land holdings to poor dalits

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By IANS, Lucknow : After prolonged upper caste baiting, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is back to focussing on her core support base of dalits. She has begun the exercise by issuing directives to allot 'pattas' (small land holdings) to landless and homeless dalits in the vast rural expanse of the state. In a circular issued by the chief minister's office Friday, Mayawati directed all divisional commissioners and district magistrates to undertake a special drive for allotment of 'pattas' to "eligible persons", which primarily include landless dalits.

Ramdas Athavale appointed as MoS in cabinet reshuffle

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Mumbai: Ramdas Bandu Athavale, 57, president of the Republican Party of India (Athavale fraction) and Rajya Sabha MP nominated by the...

7 Dalit youths attempt suicide in Gujarat over atrocities

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Rajkot : Seven Dalit youngsters on Monday attempted to commit suicide in two separate incidents in Saurashtra the entire region erupted into a wave...

युवाओं में निराशा और हताशा बढ़ा रही है बेरोजगारी, दलित-मुस्लिम बहुल गांव से ग्राउंड...

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़ मोदी सरकार के कार्यकाल के दौरान बेरोज़गारी एक गंभीर समस्या बनकर उभरी है। बेरोज़गारी की इस समस्या का ग्रामीण भारत पर क्या...

The anxieties around Dalit-Muslim unity: Part One

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By Ambedkar Reading Group-Delhi for Twocircles.net Much of the present-day discussions use the category of caste to abandon the Muslim question and see it anew...

Rights group condemns detention of activists

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By IANS, Gandhinagar: The Gujarat unit of the People's Union for Civil liberties and the Adivasi Mahasabha of the state have strongly condemned the illegal detention of two activists on "false grounds" and demanded their release. Activists Avinash Kulkarni and Bharat Pawar, who have been working with the tribals, were detained by police. "Is it a crime to work in a democratic and peaceful way for the empowerment of tribals," Rohit Prajapati and Xavier Manjooran said Tuesday.

For Dalit liberation, Dalit-Muslim unity must: Dalit leader

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By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: “Dalits are victims of both Hindu atrocities and Hindutva, and for the liberation of Dalits, Dalit-Muslim unity is must,” said Dalit leader and President of Ambeker Samaj Party, Bhai Tej Singh. He was speaking at a function for release of the book “End Of Casteism”here in on Sunday. The book is written by T M Mani, a well-known Dalit leader from Tamilnadu who waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. The book is documentation of his own struggle, sufferings and achievements.

Dalit groups make presentation before planning commission

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“Secularists” & Muslim leadership enemy of secularism in India

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Ref: - ECI being allowed to derelict in BJP CD case Dear Sir What communal politics did to Muslims of India during last two decades can not be fully comprehended merely by the stories of demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 (despite Supreme Court's observe over there) and by the horrifying details of the massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims since late eighties including in 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

‘Muslims have become New Subalterns’

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Interview with JNU Prof. Ajay Gudavarthy by Mishab Irikkur and Abhay Kumar. New Delhi: Ajay Gudavarthy is an assistant professor at Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Apart from his deep interest in theory, particularly critical school, post-Marxism and postcolonial studies, he also keeps an eye on political processes and dynamism of Indian politics. As the fire of communal violence is fast engulfing many parts of the country and the ruling BJP, as alleged by the opposition parties, remains involved in polarising society for electoral gains, Mishab Irikkur and Abhay Kumar spent Sunday’s morning with Ajay Gudavarthy at his house in South Delhi, conversing with him about the current volatile situation.

Partial shutdown in Bihar over acquittals in Dalit massacre

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Patna : Road and rail traffic in Bihar was partly hit Friday during a shutdown called by the CPI-ML to protest against the acquittal...

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...

Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula

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New Delhi : A solidarity march to condemn the "institutional killing" of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday drew support from thousands including...

IAMC urges Modi government to ensure justice to Hathras rape victim

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TCN News President of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), Ahsan Khan condemned the recent Uttar Pradesh government’s mishandling of the Hathras rape case that...

खेत से मूली उखाड़ने पर दलित की छाती में दाग दी गोली

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net शामली: जनपद के कांधला थानाक्षेत्र का एक गांव हुरमंजपुर दबंगों की गरीबों पर ज़ुल्म की दास्तान कह रहा है. यहां खेत...

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...

The colonization of Ambedkar: Caste politics behind Arundhati Roy-Navayana’s appropriation of ‘Annihilation of Caste’

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By Yogesh Maitreya and Daisy Katta for TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: A discussion on ‘Caste Politics behind Arundhati Roy-Navayana’s Appropriation of ‘Annihilation of Caste’ was held at the Kalina campus of the University of Mumbai on 21st December 2014.

Atrocities against Dalits legitimises casteist orientation: Swaraj Abhiyan

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New Delhi : Swaraj Abhiyan National President Anand Kumar on Thursday said increasing incidents of atrocities against the Dalits had lent a kind of...

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...

Congress alleges victimisation of Dalits in Gujarat

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

Hundreds join solidarity march for Rohit Vemula

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New Delhi : Hundreds of students and faculty members of various universities gathered here on Tuesday and took out a march from Ambedkar Bhawan...

भीमा कोरेगांव में क्या हुआ और क्यों हुआ?

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कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए क्या है भीमा कोरेगांव का इतिहास और 200 साल बाद की सियासत? अब पढ़िए आगे… जब लाखों लोग जब भीमा नदी...

आगामी दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव में अल्पसंख्यक

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By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter, नई दिल्ली: जैसे-जैसे दिल्ली में जल्द मुमकिन विधानसभा चुनाव की करीबी बढ़ती जा रही है, उसी तरह से तमाम राजनीतिक पार्टियों में सरगर्मी बढ़ती दिख रही है. आम आदमी पार्टी और कांग्रेस ने अपने-अपने उम्मीदवारों की पहली सूची हाल में ही जारी की है.

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

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

Kerala seeks Karnataka’s help in ragging case of Dalit nursing student

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Kozhikode (Kerala) : The Kerala Police has approached its Karnataka counterparts to register a case against two college students for brutally ragging a Dalit...

जानिए कौन है सहारनपुर में ‘आग’ लगाने वाली ‘भीम आर्मी’

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : मंगलवार दिन भर सहारनपुर के जलने के बाद देर शाम सहारनपुर के एसएसपी सुभाष चंद्र दुबे ने आखिरकार कह...

रियल बिहार : “हम घर से बाहर कम ही निकलते हैं। गांव के लोग...

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बिहार चुनाव: बिहार के मुसलमानों को क्यों पसंद नहीं है नीतीश कुमार का विकास- ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट प्रतिभाशाली रिपोर्टर मीना कोतवाल इस समय बिहार में है...

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...

नोखा: जानिए एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मोठ मंडी को

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान): दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत ने राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा शहर को चर्चा में ला दिया...

Telangana Police files closure report in Rohith Vemula suicide case, claims research scholar wasn’t...

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TCN News New Delhi: Doubting Rohit Vemula to be a Dalit and speculating that he ended his life out of fear that his true caste identity...

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

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

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

Betrayed by Congress, Dalit Christians should give a chance to BJP, casteism has no...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Christian organization Poor Christian Liberation Movements (PCLM), on 3rd April, has alleged that the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been luring three crore Dalit Christians by promising them to give the status of Scheduled Caste for the last two and half decades, but it has never been honest to its commitments.

The untold story behind the Sabarmati riverfront

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By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net, The Sabarmati riverfront, for Ahmedabad residents, is a welcomed respite of clean walkways and greenery. Young middle class teenagers safely venture out with their friends in the evening to enjoy the pleasant views of the river, watching the riverfront light up. The elderly take their morning walks nearby adolescent trees, before the heat settles in for the day. Gujarati tourism, boasted by Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is given a further facelift by the presence of this cultural landmark that stretches 11 kilometers across the length of the Sabarmati River.

Sabarimala: All women face backlash, but the worst is being reserved for Dalit women

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net Several women tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern Kerala following the Supreme Court order allowing entry for all women...

Laxity in MGNREGS will not be tolerated: Naveen Patnaik

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Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expressed concern over districts not matching up to the needs of the rural masses for...

Dalit victims brought to Ahmedabad after health deteriorates

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Ahmedabad : The four Dalit youths thrashed by cow vigilantes near Gujarat's Una town on July 11 have been admitted to the Civil Hospital...

संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...

‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum

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Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month. Aquilur Rahman...

Plea against Scheduled Caste, woman seats in MCD polls dismissed

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‘I was denied food and beaten,’ the unregistered story of child trafficking in Bihar

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Trafficking is a common story of hundreds of children every year in Gaya and adjoining districts of Bihar including Nawdah, Aurangabad and Jahanabad. Many...

Aaghaz Foundation of India calls for applications for Rohith Vemula Scholarship

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By TCN News Lucknow based Charity organisation Aaghaz Foundation is inviting applications for its second annual Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship. Constituted in memory of deceased Hyderabad...

BJP’s Dalit outreach under threat

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By Amulya Ganguli There is a long way to go before Uttar Pradesh can become Uttam Pradesh, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised after his...

JNUSU Election: No place for Jeetus and Salims?

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By Mahtab Alam,

Muslims join Dalits’ fight in Gujarat, thousands to attend big Sunday rally

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By Darshan Desai Ahmedabad : Prominent Muslim body Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind has declared support for a massive public rally being organized in Ahmedabad on Sunday by around...

Dying of hunger in an age of food apps

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net For most of us especially those living in urban spaces, food items are now available at the mere touch of a...

13 years on, families hope for justice in Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre

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By IANS, Patna : Thirteen years after the Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre in which 58 Dalits were killed by upper caste men, families of the victims are hoping that justice will finally triumph with a Bihar court Wednesday slated to pronounce its verdict on the case. "We are at last hoping for justice," Balram Paswan, a relative of one of the victim's who was killed, said shortly before the Patna court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijay Prakash Mishra pronounces his verdict.

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.

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...

8 मार्च को देश भर में गिरफ़्तारी देगी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर ने जेल से...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी ने अपने सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर रावण की रिहाई को लेकर अब सख़्त फैसले लेने शुरू कर दिए...

Won’t withdraw support to UPA government: Mulayam

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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.

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)