Dalit killing case shifted out of Haryana
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a blow to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government, the Supreme Court Wednesday transferred the trail of those accused of attacking Dalits in Haryana to New Delhi.
How the life of a Sufi leader paved way for interfaith harmony in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Malappuram: At a time when inter-religious conflicts are rearing their ugly heads across the country, Mamburam Makham in Malappuram...
Only BSP can nominate a Dalit woman with no money or political legacy for...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The year started with casteist trolls, it might just end in the Telangana state assembly for Sujatha Surepally. And for this...
Vidya Bhushan and Thenmozhi honored by Ambedkar Association of North America
By TCN News,
New York: In a three day celebration of Buddha Jayanti-Vesak Day and 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Dr....
Act against ‘atrocities’ on Telangana’s Dalits, Congress tells panels
New Delhi/Hyderabad, (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday urged the NHRC and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to direct the Telangana government to take action...
Review: Between fallacy and fraternity of ‘Babasaheb: The Grand Musical’
The two-hour-long musical did an adept job of grounding the word ‘aam aadmi’ into the narrative of the play while driving the Aam Aadmi...
गुजरात के दलितों से कब सबक लेंगे मुसलमान
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...
BJP government promotes Indian culture, traditions: Amit Shah
Ujjain : BJP president Amit Shah, who took a holy dip in the Shipra river on Wednesday as part of programmes during the ongoing...
Betrayed by Congress, Dalit Christians should give a chance to BJP, casteism has no...
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.
Mayawati rejigs party organisation, eyes set on 2017 polls
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati late Sunday affected major changes in the party hierarchy by sacking all the coordinator booth in-charges...
‘अस्तित्व, अस्मिता और जनआन्दोलन’ के मुद्दे पर 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना में जमावड़ा
TCN News
पटना : जन आन्दोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय यानी एनएपीएम का 11 वां राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना के ऐतिहासिक अंजुमन इस्लामिया हॉल...
Why the SP-BSP alliance spells doom for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh
By Aas Mohammad Kaif, Twocircles.net
The announcement of an alliance between two arch rivals of UP Politics: Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party may...
WPI welcomes Apex Court guidelines on police encounters
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.
वंचितों की नायिका पल्लवी पटेल ने डिप्टी सीएम केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराया
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
डॉक्टर पल्लवी पटेल ने सिराथू विधानसभा क्षेत्र से पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम और प्रत्याशी केशव प्रसाद मौर्य को हराकर एक इतिहास सा रच दिया है।...
Court pulls up Gujarat government on tribes recognition delay
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court has pulled up the state government for its inaction in recognising the scheduled tribes living in the forest areas of Gir, Alech and Barda.
Angry with ‘derogatory’ FB post on Ambedkar, Dalit activists stage violent protest in Thane
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Some localities of Thane came under tension on Saturday as dalits staged violent protests allegedly due to circulation...
‘Urban manifesto’ ahead of Maharashtra elections highlights issues of the marginalised
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
With elections in Maharashtra just a week away, members of the civil society have prepared a manifesto with urban livelihood issues...
A third of India live in a state of famine: Dr. Binayak Sen
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.
Post Lok Sabha polls, RSS expands in Uttar Pradesh
By Mohit Dubey,
Lucknow : Since Narendra Modi became the prime minister in May, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has been merrily expanding its network...
दलित युवाओं के लिए ‘आदर्श मानव ‘ बन गए है चन्द्रशेखर
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, सहारनपुर-
छूटमलपुर से 90 किमी दूर बिजनोर बाईपास के पास मीरापुर में कुछ लड़के क्रिकेट खेल रहे है,गेंद को अपनी रेंज में...
‘We’ll Keep Opposing:’ – National Protest of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims organised by...
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI –On March 28, around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the...
NCDHR condemns “calculated” expulsion of three marginalised EFLU students
By TCN News
New Delhi: The National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) strongly condemned the “calculated expulsion” of three marginalised students from the English...
Implement Ambedkar’s philosophy, says Hamid Ansari
Raipur: Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday called for implementation of B.R. Ambedkar's three-point corrective - using constitutional methods of achieving social and...
2700 crores for dalits but just 45 crores for Muslims in Mayawati’s budget
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
यूपी सरकार के मंत्री का गंभीर आरोप,दलित समाज से होने के कारण हुआ भेदभाव,इस्तीफा
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार अभी 100 दिन पूरे होने की कामयाबी का जश्न मना रही थी कि चार महीने की इस...
Make eligibility of pre and post-metric scholarship for minority students same as that for...
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-...
SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims
Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Thousands of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims organized a protest rally and a dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 21st July, 2010 and demanded Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims.
Several representatives from Dalit groups and politicians including Sam Paul, National Secretary Public Affair of All India Christian Council, Ali Anwar, an MP and president of All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz and Hafiz Ahmad Hawari, president All India Jamiatul Hawwarin, among others addressed the peaceful rally.
Dalit killed for demanding wages
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Dalit in a Madhya Pradesh village only wanted payment of wages due to him -- but what he got was death. Mason Ramesh Jatav was allegedly killed after he demanded Rs.4,000 for the work he had done for farmer Shriram Lodhi, police Sunday said.
Thirty-eight-year-old Jatav was killed in Shivpuri district Friday night when he had gone to Shriram's house with his wife to demand back-wages.
According to police, Shriram and his relative Gabdu Lodhi took the couple to a nearby field and killed Jatav, a resident of Sirsona village, about 350 km from here.
Manjhi seeks secret ballot to prove majority
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday said he was ready to prove his majority in the assembly and requested Governor Keshri...
Politics of Religion
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...
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....
Two more arrested in Una case, 24 now in custody
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Police on Friday arrested two more persons for flogging four Dalit youngsters in Una on July 11, taking the total...
In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi
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...
UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...
गांव का हुलेसवा बना डॉ. हुलेश मांझी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
पटना: डॉ. हुलेश मांझी बिहार के महादलितों के लिए एक ऐसा नाम बन चुके हैं, जो ज़िन्दगी में ऊंचाईयां छूने का...
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...
NHRC urged to probe killing of three Dalits
By IANS,
Mumbai : Activists Thursday demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the brutal killing of three Dalit youths in a Maharashtra village earlier this month.
I will continue to be Bihar CM, says Manjhi
Patna : Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday said he will continue to be chief minister of Bihar.
On being told by the media at his weekly...
सहारनपुर जातीय संघर्ष : क्या सोचते हैं यहां के दलित नौजवान?
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...
‘Dalit terrorism’: DHRM demands CBI probe into Hindutva-police conspiracy
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Thiruvananthapuram: The CBI should investigate the Hindutva-police conspiracy behind the cruel Dalit hunt of the Kerala police in the name of Dalit terrorism, demands a complaint submitted by the Dalit leader Selvaraj to Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Paswan files nomination from Hajipur
Patna : Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday filed his nomination papers from Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader...
Targetted for being Dalit, tweets sacked Delhi minister
New Delhi : Former Delhi Social Development Minister Sandeep Kumar tweeted on Thursday that he was being targetted as he was a Dalit and...
House attacked because I am Mahadalit: Bihar speaker
Patna : Bihar assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary Wednesday said his house was pelted with stones by Rashtriya Janata Dal workers because he hails...
Apex court okays Tamil Nadu quota law
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted protection to Tamil Nadu's quota law which provides 69 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to scheduled castes and tribes and other backward classes, but advised the state government to revisit the issue.
The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices K.S. Radhakrishna Rao and Swatanter Kumar directed the state backward classes commission to revisit the reservation issue in the light of the Mandal case judgement dealing with quotas.
Dalits should come forward and participate in the development of society: Devyani Khobragade
By TCN News
Nagpur: "Dalits should utilize all possible government schemes and should actively participate in the developing of society”, said IAF officer...
भीम आर्मी प्रमुख चन्द्रशेखर को तत्काल रिहा किए जाने को लेकर दिल्ली में विरोध-प्रर्दशन
TwoCircles.net News Desk
नई दिल्ली : भीम आर्मी प्रमुख चन्द्रशेखर आज़ाद ‘रावण’ पर लगे राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा अधिनियम (एनएसए) को निरस्त करने एवं उनको तत्काल रिहा...
हाथरस कांड : सीबीआई ने माना, गैंगरेप के बाद ही हुई थी दलित युवती...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में गैंगरेप और हत्याकांड मामले की जांच कर रही सीबीआई ने शुक्रवार को मामले की एससी/एसटी कोर्ट में...
Malegaon Muslims to hold mega rally to demand reservation
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...
Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’
TCN News
Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...
तलवार की धार पर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर इलाक़े में चौथे खंभे की हालत बेहद ही दयनीय है. नक्सली इलाक़े में जान-जोखिम...
We are done with Godfather-like politics…the oppressed can speak for themselves: Rahul Sonpimple, BAPSA...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Rahul Sonpimple, in one-on-one conversations, maintains eye contact at all times: although I interviewed him in near darkness at the...
Dalits still converting to Buddhism, but at a dwindling rate
By Manu Moudgil
Around 180 Dalit families converted to Buddhism after caste violence in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh in May 2017. Bhim Army, the...
Nothing to do with Dalit students’ suspension: Dattatreya
Hyderabad : Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said neither he nor the BJP had anything to do with the suspension of five Dalit...
Dailt teenagers accused of theft tied with ropes, dragged
By IANS,
Lucknow : Two Dalit teenagers were assaulted, tied with ropes and then dragged for several meters by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district on charges of stealing a mobile phone kept in a vehicle, police said Monday.
Ajai Nat (15) and Ravishankar Raidas (14), residents of Lachminia village, some 80 km from Lucknow, were accused of stealing a mobile phone Sunday evening from the truck of Balbir Singh, who has a transport business in the village.
गुजरात : गौरक्षकों ने की दलितों की निर्मम पिटाई
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
गिर सोमनाथ: गौरक्षकों द्वारा देश भर में किया जा रहा बवाल अभी थमा नहीं है कि गौरक्षकों द्वारा की जा रही हिंसक...
Kedarnath to Kanhaiya: Sedition law a tool to muffle the voice of dissent
By Azim Hussain Mazumder,
The arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges following the so called ‘Anti-national’ incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University sparked the debate...
India disturbed over imminent institutionalization of martial primacy in Pakistan
Ref:- Federation of SAARC countries with dyarchy, inevitable
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Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT
New York, April 17 (IANS) Sharply criticising Prime Minister Narendra's silence over rape cases in India, the New York Times in an editorial on Tuesday...
‘मोदी गो बैक’ का नारा लगाने वाले छात्रों को किया गया सम्मानित
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : बाबा साहब भीमराव अंबेडकर विश्वविद्यालय में ‘मोदी गो बैक’ का नारा लगाना वाले छात्र रामकरन, अमरेन्द्र और सुरेन्द्र को रिहाई...
Andhra to challenge acquittal of accused in Dalits massacre case
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh will challenge in the Supreme Court an order of the state high court acquitting all 56 accused in Dalits massacre...
Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar
New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...
Gangrapes, murders and broken busts of Babasaheb: How Jind in Haryana has become a...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Several stories are coming out Jind related to how the state has been failing Dalits in the region. On Jan 18,...
The Old Boys’ Public School (OBPS) Implementation Scheme
The Association has launched an ambitious project of establishing a
chain of English medium schools with the brand name Old Boys' Public
School (OBPS) under clause 2 (vi) of the rules of the association. The
objective is to nurture pure morality, free inquiry and large hearted
tolerance in students and impart purposeful education so that they can
face the challenges posed by the modern and emerging societies.
The OBPS board of management has worked out an effective scheme for
implementing the OBPS project. The management is offering
India’s IT capital caught in silly controversies
(LETTER FROM BANGALORE)
By V.S. Karnic,
Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) A new visitor to India's IT capital would be bemused as well as flummoxed - is this the same city that has become an international metaphor for outsourcing of jobs, particularly in its booming software industry?
The most talked about issues in the last two weeks have been the city civic authority's inability to find space for the hundreds of tonnes of garbage generated daily and whether women should be allowed to work in the night, particularly in its scores of call centres.
Dalit woman alleges dowry harassment, gangrape
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana): Haryana police Wednesday ordered a probe into allegations of dowry harassment and gangrape made by a Dalit woman against her Jat husband and his accomplices, officials said.
According to police, Sheena (name changed) and her family members met Haryana Director General of Police (Administration) Swaranjit Singh at the police headquarters here Tuesday and submitted a written complaint against her husband Sukhwinder Singh and others.
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Undermining Democracy: Stifling Academic Institutions
Kanhaiya Kumar: JNU and University Autonomy
By Ram Puniyani
On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of...
I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP
New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...
Dalits still living in fear in Haryana village: Report
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.
Fear grips Dalits in Gujarat village after youth’s killing
Bhadraniya (Gujarat), (IANS): An atmosphere of fear hung over a colony of Dalits in this Gujarat village after the killing of a young man from...
नंदन को पैदल घर पहुंचने में लगे आठ दिन, टीसीएन को कहा शुक्रिया, अभी...
टीसीएन ने एक हफ्ते पहले हरिद्वार से उत्तर प्रदेश के मऊ 1400 किमी दूर पैदल जा रहे जिस मज़दूर नंदन का वीडियो इंटरव्यू किया...
Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu
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...
Rahul visits Haryana village hit by anti-Dalit violence
By IANS,
Hisar (Haryana): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday paid a surprise visit to Mirchpur village in this Haryana district which was rocked by an arson attack on Dalit houses last week, in which two people were burnt alive.
Accompanied by senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, Rahul Gandhi reached Mirchpur village in an Innova car that was escorted by two other vehicles at around 12.30 p.m.
‘Muslims should unite with well-wishers from Hindu community and Dalits to tackle communalism’
By Shaik Zakeer Hussain, TwoCircles.net,
Rajasthan to amend economically backward classes quotas act
Jaipur: The Rajasthan cabinet on Tuesday approved introduction of a bill in the state assembly for amending legislations relating to reservation for economically backward...
Beef Ban – A source of discontent in Khandesh
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Guna Pawara: 40-year-old Adivasi farmer lives in Sangavi, about 25 kilometres from Shirpur tehsil in Dhulia district of Northern...
Hyderabad varsity teachers slam Smriti Irani
Hyderabad : Protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar continued unabated on Thursday at the University of Hyderabad, with the teachers slamming union...
Dalit woman held for CPI-M office trespass ‘attempts suicide’
Kannur (Kerala) : One of the two Dalit women held on charge of trespassing into the CPI-M office in Thalaserry was late Saturday night...
Indian embassy to appeal to Qatar SC for two on death row
New Delhi : The Indian embassy in Qatar is making preparations for an appeal to the country's Supreme Court on behalf of two Indians...
PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar
New Delhi (IANS): Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday alleged that the PMO had given orders not to arrest Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, booked...
How Dalit music in Punjab transformed from a religious to a political soundtrack
By Manisha Bhalla, TwoCircles.net
The elephant of BSP has arrived,
The one that will be a companion to all,
To end poverty and slavery,
This time...
Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical
Faridabad: Two children were burnt alive while their parents were reported to be critical when the house of a Dalit family in Haryana's Faridabad...
In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections
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...
Courts in 20 UP districts hit by Ambedkar statue row
Ghaziabad, (IANS): Work in courts in 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh remained suspended on Wednesday after the state bar association declared a strike over the...
‘बहन जी ने ठीक किया, अब भाजपा के ख़िलाफ़ सभी को एकजुट हो जाना...
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
सहारनपुर : उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री आैर बसपा सुप्रीमो के राज्यसभा से इस्तीफ़े के बाद एक बार फिर से सहारनपुर का...
AAP: The construction of a fantasy!
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.
BJP promises economic, social security to city’s Dalits
New Delhi : Going all out to woo the city's Dalit community, BJP leaders Monday took part in a rally here promising to dedicate...
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...
नृशंस आपराधिक अग्निकांड : दोषियों को बचाने की फिराक़ में प्रशासन!
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में हुई आगजनी के मामले के बाद आज पीड़ितों से...
Under Modi, record rise in unspent funds for Dalits/tribals
By Nikhil M. Babu
In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and...
सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों के परिजनों की मांग, कोरोना योद्धा के तौर पर मिले 50 लाख...
आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net
विश्व भर की विकराल समस्या बन चुका कोरोना वायरस से जान जोखिम में डालकर लड़ने वाले कोरोना फाइटर्स में सफ़ाई कर्मचारियों की बेहद...
The BJP won in UP. Can we please get rid of the facade called...
By Mushtaque Rahamat for Twocircles.net
The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has finally obliterated the oft-repeated differentiation...
Swami Prasad Maurya vows to form a majority BJP government in UP
Lucknow : Former Leader of opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swamy Prasad Maurya, who joined the...
Modi government spreading hatred in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
Lucknow : BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, saying it is spreading hatred and communalism in Uttar...
BJP a party of greedy people, not Hindus, says Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the BJP, saying it claims to be a party of the...
Shutdown in Telangana town over Dalit man’s killing
Hyderabad, Sep 15 (IANS) A shutdown was imposed in Telangana's Miryalguda town on Saturday over the murder of a Dalit man in an apparent...
HarperCollins to publish Gidla’s memoir of growing up as a Dalit in India
New Delhi, (IANS) After creating waves in US literary circles, the provocative memoir of Sujatha Gidla which details her memories of growing up as an...
28 crores to develop places related to Dr. Ambedkar
By TCN News,
Mumbai: It may be an unrelated move but in the wake of historic Ambedkar Bhavan destructoin on Saturday June 25th,...
Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula
By TCN News
The executive council of Aaghaz Foundation, an organisation that has been working towards reducing drop-out rate among Muslims, today announced an annual...
First Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination in the United States
TCN News
For the first time in the United States a Congressional Briefing on Caste Discrimination is going to be hosted on 22nd May at...
Ramdas Athawale – best survivor among Dalit leaders
Mumbai : Republican Party of India (A) President Ramdas B. Athawale, who was sworn-in as Minister of State in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council...
No pride in caste prejudice
By Fatima Zehra for TwoCircles.net
The recent suicide of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of the University of Hyderabad sparked outrage across India and resurrected...
Backward classes panel for quota in private sector
New Delhi : The National Commission of Backward Classes has written to the social justice ministry to bring a bill for providing 27 percent...
Dalit samaj continue strike for special component plan
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Saturday that he will meet members of Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkar...
In Maharashtra, Dalits rise to claim grazing land that was promised to them decades...
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
The question of land ownership for people who work and toil on it has been asked for over 50 years now...
‘शिक्षा ही बहुजन समाज को एक नई दिशा दे सकती है’
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : दलित मुद्दों पर काम करने वाली भारतीय समन्वय संगठन ‘लक्ष्य’ की काकोरी टीम ने बाबा साहेब डॉ. भीमराव अम्बेडकर...
Mayawati threatens to resign from RS
New Delhi, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday threatened to resign from the Rajya Sabha after she was not allowed to raise...
भीम आर्मी भी आई किसानों के साथ, राकेश टिकैत से मिले चंद्रशेखर
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
चंद्रशेखर आजाद शुक्रवार को भीम आर्मी के सदस्यों सदस्यों के साथ यूपी गेट स्थित गाज़ीपुर बार्डर पहुंचे और उन्होंने लोगों को संबोधित...
How Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith is bringing marginalised into the mainstream
The brain behind several hit films in Tamil, Pa Ranjith is forcing us to confront caste in all its complexities.
Smitha R | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI...
“Bade maze ki baat hai, Dalit Muslim saath hai”
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Amreli, Gujarat: Yusuf Ghaffar, a man in his 50s, sipped his tea, as he watched a dozen or so...
Labourer killed in Agra over a mere Rs.100
Agra : An unskilled labourer was killed by the grandson of a retired army Major in the Katra Wazir Khan locality here late Tuesday...
Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti
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...
Who is Sant Ravidas and why are his devotees agitating? Pardeep Attri provides background
Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
On August 10th, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), on the orders of Supreme Court, demolished a Sant Guru Ravidas temple in Tughlakabad...
There is No Substitute for Love and No Substitute for Taj Mahal
By Dr. B. R. Natarajan
To quote Emperor Shah Jahan who made the Taj Mahal "The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs and makes sun and moon shed tears from their eyes. In this world this edifice has been made to display, thereby, the Creator's glory."
"Let the splendor of the diamond, pearl and ruby vanish like the magic shimmer of the rainbow. Only let this one teardrop, the Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time" is what Nobel Prize winner Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore said about the Taj Mahal.
Empowerment Conference by AMU Alumni Forum- UAE to revive the Aligarh Movement
By TCN News
Sharjah, UAE: In an attempt to revive the spirit of Aligarh Movement of Sir Syed Ahmad, an Empowerment Conference 2016 is being...
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...
Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team
Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...
Dalits protest in Bihar against order on SC/ST Act
*Patna (IANS): *Thousands of Dalit members on Monday staged protests across
Bihar on Monday against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities
Act, disrupting rail...
BJP’s Dalit love a sham, says Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh and said the Chief...
This Dalit woman activist is taking Dalit history to grassroots in Rajasthan
Suman Devathiya is a senior Dalit activist from Rajasthan who has been at the forefront of fighting for Dalit women’s rights and taking Dalit...
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...
Dalit killed for using hand pump
By IANS,
Patna: A Dalit man was beaten to death in a Bihar village by upper caste henchmen for drawing water from a common hand pump, police said Saturday.
मेरठ में आरएसएस समागम को लेकर फिर विवाद, तिरंगे को लेकर उठा सवाल
Aas Muhammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
Meerut: A controversy over the insult of Maharishi Valmiki and Sant Ravidas in the hoarding of RSS in Meerut was not...
‘Ambedkar was a national, not just Dalit, leader’
New Delhi : It is "grossly unfair" to describe B.R. Ambedkar as a Dalit leader, says a new biography, adding that the architect of...
Fresh autopsy on Dalit youth’s body in Telangana
Hyderabad, (IANS): A fresh autopsy was conducted on Monday on the body of a Dalit youth who died under suspicious circumstances in Peddapally district...
BJP ally in Maharashtra to lead protest against beef ban
Shetkari Sanghatana (Farmers Association) too term Beef ban as against farmers’ interest
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
Mumbai: The Republican Party of India...
मुश्किल होती डेल्टा मेघवाल के इंसाफ़ की राह, कल होगा प्रदर्शन
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: डेल्टा मेघवाल को मिल सकने वाले इंसाफ़ की उम्मीदों पर अभी से ही ग्रहण लगना शुरू हो गया है. सरकारों...
Unmarriageability: the unspoken stigma behind dishonour killings
By A.B.Karl Marx Siddharthar
Unmarriageability noun
1. (in India in the present) the practice of not marrying outside one’s caste
2. refers to the caste-based endogamous practice
3. a form of discrimination...
Why we must revisit Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call for Constitutional Morality
By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to...
विडम्बना : शमशान में जलाने से रोक दिया दलित महिला का शव
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा से एक बेहद शर्मनाक घटना सामने आई है। यहां दलित समाज की एक नवविवाहिता का शव श्मशान...
Dedicated to welfare of Dalits: Modi
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is dedicated to the welfare of Dalits, and added that "those self-appointed guardians" who...
Dalit land remains loyal to Mayawati
By IANS,
Agra : Agra, the Dalit capital of northern India, Tuesday dominantly stood by Chief Minister Mayawati even as her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suffered blows elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh.
Does India face tyranny of the majority?
Hindus and especially Muslims in India have to make efforts to acknowledge the luggage of the past few centuries which is a mix of...
अंबेडकर नगर में दलित युवक की पिटाई से मौत, परिजनों ने पुलिस पर लगाया...
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के अंबेडकरनगर में पुलिस की पिटाई से एक दलित युवक की मौत का मामला सामने आया है। मृतक के परिजनों ने...
Mahadalits unwilling to return to their homes
Patna: Nearly 300 Mahadalit families who fled their village after being threatened by upper caste men refused to return to their homes Saturday despite...
UP cop to woman: Who will rape you at your age?
By IANS,
Lucknow : A Dalit woman, who petitioned a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer seeking registration of her rape complaint, was told that her's was not an age to be raped.
Yet another couple attacked over intercaste marriage in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A man attacked his daughter and son-in-law with a machete and baldy injured them here on Wednesday, in another case...


















































