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CID to probe Dalit youths’ killings in Maharashtra

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By IANS, Mumbai : The Maharashtra government Tuesday ordered the state CID to probe the brutal killings of three Dalit youths last month in Ahmednagar district, an official said here.

India’s IT capital caught in silly controversies

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(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.

Modi shedding crocodile tears over Vermula’s death: Congress

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New Delhi: Condemning the BJP's "insensitivity" over the death of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the Congress on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Plea against Scheduled Caste, woman seats in MCD polls dismissed

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By IANS,

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...

Rahul blames Haryana government for Dalit killings

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Faridabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Haryana's BJP government of failing to ensure security for the weaker sections. Gandhi also said that...

Himachal court says no to Ramdev holding yoga camps

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Swabhiman Trust to permit it to hold "yog shivirs"...

Through the people’s lens: Modi’s development model so far

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Dr Rahul Pandey, Bobby Ramakant and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service - CNS Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education...

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...

Congress supports NCSC on Dalit education issue

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New Delhi : The Congress on Friday welcomed the National Commission of Scheduled Castes' (NCSC) observation that amendments to the panchayat acts which mandated...

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...

‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers

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Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary” Aatika S | TwoCircles.net In this interview, the author talks...

Bahujan Kranti Morcha organises rally in Mumbai, asks for separate courts for Dalit atrocity...

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Text and Video by Shiva Thorat The Bahujan Kranti Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various representatives of marginalised groups, organised a rally in Mumbai to...

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.

Demonstration outside Rajasthan Bhavan against killings of the Dalits in Nagaur

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

भीम आर्मी के खिलाफ तगड़ा क्रेकडाऊन,राष्ट्रीय महासचिव और प्रवक्ता पर गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट

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By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर- भीम आर्मी के नम्बर 'दो' कमल वालिया और 'नम्बर तीन' मंजीत नौटियाल के विरुद्ध गैंगस्टर ऐक्ट की कार्रवाई के...

Dalit cattle skinners in UP desperate to resume work

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With cow vigilantism at its peak and a dearth of private skinning orders, Dalit cattle skinners of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have been left with...

Supreme Court stays AP High Court Judgment in Tsundur Dalit massacre case

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: The Supreme Court stayed the Tsundur judgment delivered by Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday and also sent notices to all the convicts who were released and gave four weeks time to respond.

Ambedkar Jayanti celebrated; Dalits stage sit-in

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By IANS,

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...

Dalit groups submit their version of Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

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)...

Prof Vimal Thorat delivers lecture on Dalit feminist writing at MIT

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‘Babasaheb Ambedkar instilled a consciousness in women who then resolved to have their children, especially daughters, educated’ By Umang Kumar for TwoCircles.net, Cambridge MA: Professor Vimal Thorat, current co-convener at the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and former professor of Hindi at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on "Caste and Gender in Dalit feminist writing" on Thursday, May 21. The event was organized by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia.

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...

Gandhi’s people in Maoist land

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By Aishik Chanda, Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.

Motorcycle diaries from UP; political lessons at every pitstop: A travelogue from the upcoming...

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By Rajan Pandey, Twocircles.net Armed with a press card and a laptop, I started from Delhi on a motorcycle around ten days ago to understand...

Congress and caste parties decimated, whither Indian Muslims?

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By Saeed Naqvi , Over 180 million Indian Muslims will stand on the margin looking stunned and petrified, watching Narendra Modi and the BJP make...

How the life of a Sufi leader paved way for interfaith harmony in Kerala

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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...

Aik Shaam Janab Dr. Saifi Sironji ke Naam

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Submitted by Syed Ziaur Rahman, Aligarh Aik Shaam Janab Dr. Saifi Sironji ke Naam was organized today (March 9, 2007) under the aegis of Aazar Academy (Aligarh). Some eminent poets of Aligarh founded Aazar Academy recently after the name of Late Janab Aazar Siyanvi, who was a noted poet and journalist of Aligarh.

Makhdumpur: Road that cuts through, divides politics of caste

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By Brajendra Nath Singh Makhdumpur (Jahanabad): It is just a road which divides the residents of Makhdumpur assembly constituency of Maoist effected Jahanabad...

FIR against IAS officer, 15 others in Bihar SC/ST scholarship scam

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Patna : An IAS officer, along with 15 other officials, was booked on Wednesday for alleged irregularities in disbursement of post-matric scholarship among...

Silent revolution is going on at grass roots of India

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Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi,

Murder and Mystery: Silence Shrouds Tragic Tale of a Dalit Family in Bhopal

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TCN Correspondent Bhopal: Following the deaths of three members in the past one year, silence prevails at Raghuvir Ahirwar’s home. This Dalit family lives on the...

Lakshmipet killing: Dalit Mahasabha demand sacking of Pradesh Congress chief

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By TCN News

Dalit student accuses MP university of harassment

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

Delhi group to send Fact Finding team to investigate Bihar gang rape of Mahadalit...

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By TCN News, Patna: A fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group will investigate between November 6 and 8 the recent gang rape of six Mahadalit women, four of them minors, in Bihar’s Bhojpur district. Six women, four of them teenagers, from Dumaria village belonging to the Mahadalit community were gang-raped at gun point by three men in Kurmuri village on October 8. The medical examination of the women has confirmed they were sexually assaulted. A former member of Ranvir Sena allegedly raped the women with two of his associates.

Dalits pledge not to lift carcasses in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : Thousands of Dalits took a pledge here on Sunday not to lift carcasses in protest against the attacks on Dalits by upper...

#TCN10: Some thoughts about the eventful journey

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step: Chinese Philosopher Laozi By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net This month, TwoCircles.net – or TCN...

Will Modi make it as the first low caste PM?

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By Saeed Naqvi, IANS, Should Narendra Modi actually be crowned the prime minister in May, the post-Mandal social justice political platform will finally have prevailed...

Why we must revisit Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call for Constitutional Morality

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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...

Maharashtra ministers visit Dalit victims of atrocities

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Mumbai : Two senior ministers Saturday visited the Dalit victims of recent atrocities against the community in the state - the honour killing of...

एक साल बाद आज भी सहमा है शब्बीरपुर ,बदल गई है दलितो की जिंदगी

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : "पिछले साल 5 मई, हम सब लोग अपने खेतों में काम कर रहे थे औरत मर्द सब...इतनी भीड़ इस...

‘Awakened Ambedkarite’ wants to lead a coalition of Dalit and Muslims

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Nagina/Bijnor: In most elections, the battle is two way contest or at most three ways, still what inspires so many other individuals and smaller parties to field their candidates, many of whom often forfeit their deposits as they fail to register even the minimum votes required.

National workshop on Urdu translation of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s writings begins at AMU

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By TCN News Aligarh: Today Aligarh Muslim University organized the inaugural session on the Second Two Day National Workshop on ‘Urdu Translation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s...

Dalit man murdered in Haryana

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By IANS, Jind (Haryana): A 31-year-old Dalit man, a resident of a village in this Haryana district, was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in adjacent Sonepat district Sunday, police said. Police identified the deceased as Vijender Singh. His body was recovered from the fields in Sonepat. He worked as a farm worker in the fields of a Jind resident belonging the Jat community.

Meeting for Dalit-Muslim unity at Malegaon on 13th February 2019

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Bharatiya Republican Party Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeenand AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeen) are all set to...

Gujarat Dalits not to lift carcasses, want firearms

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Ahmedabad : Gujarat Dalit leaders on Sunday asked the government to give them firearms in view of atrocities by Hindu activists as thousands...

Lal Singh Dil wrote about wretched of the earth: Dalit poet’s translator

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By Sourabh Gupta, IANS,

Vijaykant seals poll deal with Vaiko, Left, Dalit party

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Chennai : Actor-turned-politician A. Vijaykant on Wednesday announced that his DMDK will contest the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with Vaiko's MDMK,...

USA Prez elections should motivate India to make party elections, the State responsibility.

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Ref: - Without inspiring & disciplining parties, democracy is meaningless.

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There is any number & type of democracies being practiced in contemporary world and one need not ape the other. But there is always some radical element in one democracy which if adopted by another democracy (may be in a modified form) then it can prove to be a panacea for quite a number of problems faced by that ailing democracy. In this context the fundamental difference between democracies of USA and India needs highlighting.

Parents protest ‘lower caste’ women cooking food in schools

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By Adnan Alavi, The outrage among parents over Dalit or Lower Caste [sic] women cooking food for their children in schools has once again demonstrated the casteist face of our society. 'Upper caste' families are insistent that they would not send the kids to school if the children are served food cooked by Dalit women. In several places, villagers have turned violent and the cooks had to be sent away.

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

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By Atul Anand https://youtu.be/nUdGjND3_ps On January 31, 2019, a protest march was organized from Mandi House to Parliament Street on the 13 point roster issue. It...

Ramdas Athawale – best survivor among Dalit leaders

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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...

Ambedkarism on the canvas: Artist Navin Chahande’s attempt to bring caste to art’s discourse

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Artist Navin Chahande does not like to prove his point using abstract forms. He says his art is direct. Navin is...

Ambedkar’s ideology: Religion, nationalism and Indian Constitution

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By Ram Puniyani, In order to gain larger legitimacy, the RSS has been making claims of sorts. One that was made few months back was that Gandhi was impressed by functioning of RSS. Now, came another distortion that Ambedkar believed in Sangh ideology (Feb 15, 2015). This was stated by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. Recently on the occasion of Ambedkar’s 124th birth anniversary many programmes were held by RSS combine giving a pro-Hindutva tilt to presentation of Ambedkar.

Dalit activists organise second ‘Villuvandi Yatra’ in Kerala in wake of Sabarimala protests

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net 2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the famous ‘Villuvandi (ox-wagon) Yatra’ of Mahatma Ayyankali in Kerala. In commemoration of the historic...

Discrimination against Dalit women in Ahmedabad

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(Editor’s Note: This is Case Study which is part of a new annual report titled ‘State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015’...

बुलंदशहर में घुड़चढ़ी के दौरान दलितों के साथ पिटाई के मामले में 5 के...

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net आज आज़ादी के 74 सालों के बाद भी दलित उत्पीड़न की घटनाएं कम नहीं हो पाई हैं। नया मामला बुलंदशहर जनपद के नरसैना थाना...

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...

Blue is the warmest colour: How Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated at Parliament Street in...

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Aatika S, TwoCircles.net Every year lakhs of Dalits, Bahujan and Adivasi gather at Parliament Street in Delhi along with their allies to celebrate the birth...

BJP government promotes Indian culture, traditions: Amit Shah

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Ujjain : BJP president Amit Shah, who took a holy dip in the Shipra river on Wednesday as part of programmes during the ongoing...

Dalits to rally for Bahujan Lokpal bill

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By IANS,

Budget 2016: Jatiley allocates Rs 500 crore for SC, ST, women entrepreneurs

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By TCN Staff Reporter Delhi: In an attempt to help people from marginalised communities set up their own businesses, the Union Budget has allocated Rs...

एक ‘संत मुख्यमंत्री’ जो लाइफ़बॉय साबुन से नहाए दलितों से ही मिलते हैं…

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter कुशीनगर : जब यूपी की कमान योगी आदित्यनाथ ने संभाला था, तो पूरे मीडिया में उनके ‘व्यक्तित्व’ को लेकर खूब गुणगाण किया...

9 months on, families evicted during building of RSS stalwart’s statue in Varanasi still...

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By Rohit Ghosh, TwoCircles.net Varanasi: Every season is harsh in Uttar Pradesh. Temperature touches the 45 degree Celsius mark in summers, while floods ravage the...

त्रासदी : बाढ़ में बुरी तरह डूब गया है उत्तर बिहार

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जिब्रानउद्दीन। Twocircles.net उत्तर बिहार में पिछले एक महीने से बाढ़ की भयावह स्थिति बनी हुई है। जिसके प्रभाव में आकर लाखों लोगों का जीवन...

Indian American civil rights groups protest UP state coverup of Hathras rape incident

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TCN News Over 10 leading Indian American civil rights groups dedicated to safeguarding India’s democratic and secular values, held a protest at Dallas Municipal Court...

Menon freed, says willing to serve in Sukma again

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By IANS,

नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net साल 2020 पूर्ण होने पर हैं। यह साल देश के लिए तमाम कठिन परिस्थितियों से गुज़रा है। कोरोनावायरस का प्रकोप, लाकडाउन,दिल्ली दंगे,लाकडाउन...

Congress slams Haryana CM for dubbing Dalit boy’s death as suicide

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New Delhi: The Congress on Friday slammed Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for dubbing the death of a 15-year-old Dalit boy in Sonipat...

आज़मगढ़ में दलित उत्पीड़न के मामले ने तूल पकड़ा

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के आजमगढ़ जिले के एक गांव में दलितों पर पुलिस उत्पीड़न का मामला सामने आया है। गांव में दो पक्षों...

मध्यप्रदेश में एक और अमानवीय घटना, आदिवासी युवक को गाड़ी से बांधकर घसीटा

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net मध्यप्रदेश में लगातार अमानवीय घटनाओं में बढ़ोत्तरी देखने को मिल रही है। इंदौर,देवास के बाद अब नीमच ज़िले में एक आदिवासी के...

40% of UP voters undecided, finds poll

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By Shreya Shah Elections for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly, Indias largest state -- 138 million voters -- start on February 11, but 40 PER...

राजस्थान का नागौर जिला दलितों की कब्रगाह बनता जा रहा है

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By भंवर मेघवंशी, राजस्थान के नागौर में हुए दलितों के जनसंहार पर भंवर मेघवंशी की यह रिपोर्ट इस मुल्क का चेहरा है, जो रोज ब रोज दलित-मुस्लिम-आदिवासी बस्तियों में देखने को मिलता है. भंवर राजस्थान में दलित, आदिवासी और घुमन्तु समुदाय के लिए संघर्षरत है. प्रतिरोध से साभार.

Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...

SC declines early hearing of PIL for SIT probe into Saharanpur violence

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold early hearing of a plea seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to...

Dalit man lynched in Ghaziabad by seven youths

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By IANS, Ghaziabad : A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by seven higher caste youths over a minor altercation in Ghaziabad, neighbouring the national capital, police said Monday. The incident occurred Sunday night in Chitaura locality of this city. According to police, the man, Surendra, 45, went to Hapur to buy a cow and was returning to his home in Noorpur with the purchase alongwith his wife and daughter when he was accosted by seven youths near Chitaura locality on the Upper Ganges canal.

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.

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

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

An eyewitness account of the Women’s March in Boston

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net “This is the biggest march I have seen,” said an old timer who seemed to be someone who have participated in lots...

IMRC का स्वास्थ जागरूकता अभियान: तीन दिनों में हुआ 1500 मरीजों का इलाज

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter लखनऊ/बाराबंकी: भारत के कोनों-कोनों तक पहुंचकर राहत कार्य करने वाली अमरीका संस्था इन्डियन मुस्लिम रिलीफ एंड चैरीटीज़ यानी IMRC के सातवें...

Why was the right arm of Dr. Ambedkar’s statue broken in UP’s Gautam Budh...

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Aatika S | TwoCircles As the internationally celebrated event of Dalit History month comes to an end, the Indian subcontinent is reeling with an increased...

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...

Wanted: a 73rd-like amendment to Constitution

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By Parveen Qamar, India is included among developing nations. Of course, there are areas where we have achieved much better results than expectations but there are areas which, even after 68 years of Independence, remain neglected.

Members of Muslim community celebrated the spirit of harmony on Prakash Utsav

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By TCN News, New Delhi: On the occasion of “Prakash Utsav” of Guru Nanak, members of the Muslim and Dalit community celebrated the spirit...

The Hunted in India

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By Vinay Bhat for TwoCircles.net

Raj Thackeray may work for India’s transformation

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Ref:- Mumbai can be equated with USA regarding immigrants. Dear Sir

Hour of reckoning for constitutionally secular Hindu majority India.

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Ref: - Was India dishonest when gave assurance to Muslims after 1947 partition? Dear Sir This refers to Thursday 'Tehelka' exposure on Indian T.V. channels which was also reproduced next day in prominent print media, exposing State sponsored gory massacre of thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat 2002 pogrom.

दलित-मुसलमानों की ‘बक्खो’ जाति बदतर जिंदगी गुजारने को मजबूर

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net वो कहते हैं न कि अपना घर सभी को अज़ीज़ होता है चाहे वो महल हो या झोपडी हर शख्स सुकून से...

Bihar Elections: Meet Gopal Ravidas, a Dalit who couldn’t complete his law education but...

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By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net Bihar: Gopal Ravidas, 51, could not complete his law education but he is now a lawmaker in Bihar Legislative Assembly. Son of...

Campaign to provide clothes to Dalit Adivasi children in Maharashtra during Ramadan a huge...

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On May 24, TwoCircles.net published a story which showed a unique attempt to bring a smile to the faces of Dalit...

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...

Petitions against reserving MCD seats for SCs dismissed

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By IANS,

दलित बहुल गांव के लोगों का झलका दर्द

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार के औरंगाबाद जिले में बसा नारायण खाप गाँव, जहां 4000 आबादी वाले गाँव में 1200 से भी अधिक दलित परिवार रह...

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

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

Woman among four killed in Kashmir gun battle

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By IANS, Jammu : A woman, two security personnel and a militant were killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. A group of three militants ambushed a security patrol party in the Kashtigarh forest belt of Doda district in the morning. A policeman and an army trooper were killed in the attack. A fierce encounter broke out in the forest belt following a joint search operation by the police and the army. One of the militants was gunned down but two managed to escape, the police said.

‘दबंगों ने गर्भवती महिलाओं को भी नहीं छोड़ा’

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : पिछले दिनों टी-20 में भारत के ऑस्ट्रेलिया से जीत का जश्नी काफी महंगा पड़ा. जीत की खुशी में दबंगों ने...

Is Onam an inclusive festival?

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As people of Kerala celebrate Onam, this article tries to critically explore the emerging counter narrative of historically oppressed section against sustaining casteist tradition. By...

To end parliament logjam, government to play Dalit card

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By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi : To end the impasse in parliament, the government is planning to bring out next week its...

वीडियो रिपोर्ट : अब वन गुर्जरों की जंगल से ज़मीन की और जाने की...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net हिमाचल ,उत्तराखंड और उत्तर प्रदेश की शिवालिक रेंज में लाखों वन गुर्जर रहते हैं वो पशुपालन करते हैं और दूध को बाजार...

J&K-specific confidence building process must speed up: Sayeed

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PDP Patron meets central leaders

New Delhi : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said a defining moment has arrived for the amicable settlement of the Kashmir issue, and it is time to focus on the resolution of the problem by adding substance to the peace process through substantial confidence building measures.

Attacks on Ambedkar statues in Andhra condemned

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By TCN News,

There is No Substitute for Love and No Substitute for Taj Mahal

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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.

All Dalits should be equal before the law

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By Madhu Chandra The struggle between Upper Caste and oppressed communities of India has reached its crucial juncture. The presidential reservation facilities preserved in Indian Constitution is most precious gift given to Indian oppressed class community. This legal framework to protect and preserve the underprivileged communities of India has been under attack again and again by high caste minority ruler of the country.

War on Constitution

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat, TCN Those of us who witnessed what happened when the goons demolished Babari Masjid in 1992 and later assaulted journalists covering...

मेरठ : दलित व जाट में खूनी संघर्ष, दलितों पर एकतरफ़ा कार्रवाई का आरोप

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : गंगानगर थाना क्षेत्र के रजपुरा में शुक्रवार की शाम बुग्गी टकराने को लेकर हुए मामूली विवाद ने शनिवार को...

Jignesh Mevani’s Dalit Muslim Ekta Manch begins outreach programme

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Ahmedabad, (IANS): A confederation of various organizations from the Scheduled Caste, Muslim and other underprivileged sections, formed under the leadership of Dalit activist turned legislator...

Dalit rights activists to hold protest in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : Dalit land rights activists Friday said they would start a two-day agitation in the national capital beginning Saturday to press for their various demands.

And now, a Mayawati temple

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By IANS, Lucknow : If all goes well, Uttar Pradesh will soon get a temple dedicated to Chief Minister and Dalit icon Mayawati, whose statues already dot the sprawling state. The temple is proposed to be erected in the poverty-stricken Mahoba district in Bundelkhand, economically the most backward region in Uttar Pradesh. It will come up in Natpura village, about 300 km from here. "Of course, we are planning to install her idol in the temple that will come up on my private land," Kanaihya Lal, a Mahoba-based lawyer, told IANS over telephone.

J&K: ‘Rehabilitate Gujjars & Bakerwals on government lands’

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By TCN News

Dalit leader Janardan Chandurkar is Mumbai Congress chief

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By IANS, Mumbai : Dalit leader Janardan C. Chandurkar was appointed the new president of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Thursday, party office-bearers said here.

भारत बंद बवाल के बाद एक्शन में प्रशासन, अब दलितों को कुचलने की तैयारी

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मेरठ : एससी/एसटी एक्ट में संशोधन के विरोध में हुए भारत बंद के दौरान पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में सर्वाधिक बवाल...

दलितों, आदिवासियों और मुस्लिमों को जेल ही दे पाया है हमारा लोकतंत्र – शिवमूर्ति

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By TCN News, लखनऊ : रिहाई मंच के तत्वावधान में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारी विरोध दिवस’ के तहत यूपी प्रेस क्लब लखनऊ में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारियां और इंसाफ का संघर्ष’ विषयक सेमिनार का आयोजन किया गया.

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...

Opportunity for strengthening secularism & human rights in India

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Ref: - Sentenced Muslims of Mumbai blast should move Supreme Court for declaring sentence order invalid. Dear Sir

Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple

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Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...

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...

British aid worker killed in Afghanistan

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By DPA, Kabul : Taliban fighters killed a British woman aid worker for "spreading Christianity," Monday as she was going to her office in the western part of Kabul, officials said. The attackers, who were riding on motorbike, fled the area after the shooting, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said. Bashary had earlier said that the aid worker was from South Africa and was working with an aid organization that was helping disabled people in Afghanistan. But the British embassy in Kabul later said that one of the its nationals was killed in the city.

Bihar CM includes Paswan caste in Mahadalit category

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has approved a proposal to include the Paswan caste in the Mahadalit category, an official said...

‘English Vinglish’ encourages Dalit girls in Bihar

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,

Muslims and Dalits to hold joint protest against demolition of Guru Ravidas temple

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TCN News Representatives from the Muslim community have lent their support to the Dalit Community in their demand to re-build the Guru Ravidas temple at...

AAP takes out candle march to protest atrocities on Dalits

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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers led by senior leader Dilip Pandey and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj took out a candle march at Jantar...

SC to hear review pleas on SC/ST recall verdict on May 3

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Supreme Court will hold further hearing on May 3, on Centre's plea seeking the recall of its judgement holding that arrest...

Irked with denial of water by upper castes, Dalit man digs up well in...

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Washim (Maharashtra): In an exemplary display of courage and commitment, a dalit man from a drought-hit village in Washim district...

Manjula Pradeep: Working tirelessly to ensure equal rights for Dalits

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By Amit Kumar For Manjula Pradeep, growing up in Baroda and attending an English-medium school meant her childhood was like any other child, at least...

Banaras weavers to showcase their products at Dilli Haat

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By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,

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

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Prof. Kancha Ilaiah to Deliver Keynote Speech at Ambedkar-King Conference in USA

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August 12. Cupertino, California, USA | TCN Staff Indian political theorist and academic Prof. Kancha Ilaiah has been confirmed as the chief guest and key...

नफरत से टकराना यानी रोहित वेमुला हो जाना है

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नासिरूद्दीन ‘गुड मॉर्निंग, जब आप सब यह खत पढ़ रहे होंगे, मैं आपसे दूर चला जा चुका होऊंगा.. मैं इस तरह की चिट्ठी पहली...

Caste system like Taliban, needs to be discussed: Sharad Yadav

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New Delhi : Atrocities against Dalits have been increasing since Independence, and the caste system in India has a "Taliban-like attitude", Janata Dal-United leader...

Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat

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Panaji : RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said B.R. Ambedkar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K.B. Hegdewar always put the nation before self...

Soni Sori, Lingaram: Maoist conduits or police trap?

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By Sujeet Kumar, IANS,

Pilfered CWG funds could have helped Delhi’s Dalits: Mayawati

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By IANS,

Dalit for President: Tokenism wins

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By Amulya Ganguli It's a no-brainer, for the result is known before the contest. The support which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able...

Vitthal Umap: A versatile folk artist who will be remembered for his enthusiasm

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By Shiva Thorat, Twocircles.net ‘Rasik Maybapa tula bhetav jata jata ani evadhach sangav gata gata maj maran yav majh gan marananhi eikav’ (Audience...

Dalit groups give political warning to UPA over SC status

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

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...

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