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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...

Murder of 8-year-old Dalit girl in Thoothukudi reveals caste prejudice at play

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net  Kalvilai: At around 11 am on 15 July, an eight-year-old Dalit girl from Kalvilai village in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu...

Mahadalit women denied temple entry in Bihar

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Patna, (IANS): Tension gripped a village in Bihar's Bhagalpur district where dozens of Mahadalit women were denied entry into temples, police said on Saturday. The women...

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.

Did anti-Dalit WhatsApp messages shared among Savarnas trigger the violence during Bharat Bandh?

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The foundations of the Bharat Bandh, which took place on April 2, was laid on March 20, when the Supreme Court...

‘Mayawati insensitive to Dalit woes’

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By IANS, Lucknow: National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman P.L. Punia Wednesday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of being insensitive to the problems faced by Dalits.

Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra culminates after month long journey

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By Lalita, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: On March 12, 2014, hundreds of Dalit women from many states, including Bihar, Chattishgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, arrived at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a large public meeting to share experiences and express collective declaration for their rights and dignity.

‘Quashing reservation in promotions goes against SCs, STs’

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By IANS

This Dalit woman activist is taking Dalit history to grassroots in Rajasthan

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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...

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...

Sikhs protest over atrocities against minorities, Dalits

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By Arul Louis  United Nations, (IANS): A group of Sikhs held a protest against atrocities against minorities and Dalits in India during B.R. Ambedkar's birth...

CGNet Swara: Voice of the unheard

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Between Arundhati Roy’s walk with the comrades and corporations-backed government war machine mowing down the jungles in Chattisgarh, there are millions of tribals whose voices remain unheard. Not that they cannot speak but there is a barrier to access because of language and remote areas. Knight International Journalism fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary intends to change that by using technology as a platform to make news & information easily accessible to all.

Saddened by Rohith Vemula’s death: Modi

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

BSP has cheated Dalits: BJP

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By IANS,

Dalit icon Mayawati is focus of scholar’s research

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By IANS,

Protest rocks Hyderabad varsity on Rohith suicide anniversary

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Hyderabad : Protests rocked the University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as police stopped students and activists from entering the campus on the first anniversary of...

Post Lok Sabha polls, RSS expands in Uttar Pradesh

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By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : Since Narendra Modi became the prime minister in May, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has been merrily expanding its network...

‘Dalits still being targetted in Uttar Pradesh’

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By IANS,

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.

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

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Besides demanding the release of all the accused, the speakers pointed out that the Arsenal report has raised some serious questions such as, “Why...

Sonia raises ‘distressing rise’ in attacks on Dalits with Modi

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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday raised the issue of "distressing rise in incidence of atrocities against Dalits" with Prime Minster Narendra...

आम बजट : बाबा साहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर से दुश्मनी साफ़ नज़र आ रही है

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : बाबा साहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर से मोदी सरकार को कितनी समस्या है, ये बात ताज़ा बजट में खुलकर सामने...

Former village head booked for ‘threatening’ Dalits in Ghaziabad

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Ghaziabad : A former village head has been booked on charges of threatening Dalits in Bamheta locality in Ghaziabad, a senior police officer said...

राजस्थान से ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : जातीय भेदभाव के चलते पाली में मरने वाला जितेंद्र...

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राजस्थान् दलितों के उत्पीड़न के लिए नकारात्मक छवि रखता है। हाल के दिनों में कुछ गंभीर घटनाओं ने इसकी पुष्टि की है। यहां के...

Hyderabad varsity issue not Dalit versus non-Dalit: Irani

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New Delhi: The suicide case of Rohith Vemula, research scholar at University of Hyderabad, was not a "Dalit versus non-Dalit issue", and there was...

भारत के हिंदू राष्ट्र बनने में सबसे बड़ी बाधा डॉ. अम्बेडकर —अनिल चमड़िया

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TwoCircles.net News Desk बलिया : भाजपा डॉ. अम्बेडकर के विचारों की हत्या करने के लिए अभियान चला रही है. जिसमें दलित समाज से आने वाले...

Family of killed Dalit youths in Gujarat demand CBI probe

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Ahmedabad : Family members of three Dalit boys who died in a controversial police firing in 2012, have demanded that the case be...

Pakistanis to be careful before laying down lives

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Ref: - (i)- Democracy will not come in charity. (ii)- Need to be on guard against Indian example & media propaganda. (iii)- UN / USA & its democratic allies can't be relied upon.

‘Jungle Raj’ in Rajasthan

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By IndScribe One after the other, shocking incidents of crimes and atrocities on the Dalits are being reported from Rajasthan. The latest incident has occurred in...

हाथरस कांड : राहुल -प्रियंका के दम से काँग्रेस ने लड़ी मुख्य लड़ाई

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महमूद रियाज़ हाशमी  महान वैज्ञानिक अल्बर्ट आइंसटीन ने कहा था, “फीजिक्स से ज्यादा पॉलीटिक्स कठिन है” और जो लोग इस बात से सहमत हुए बिना...

Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani

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New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...

Dalits protest across Maharashtra over Pune riots, state braces for Wednesday shutdown

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Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) Angry Dalits staged rail, road blockades and took out processions in Mumbai and agitations in different parts of Maharashtra on...

Congress will raise Gujarat incidents in Parliament: Sonia

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New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the "atrocities" against Dalits and minorities in the country and said her party will...

Casteism among Hindus and Sikhs in the UK as Rampant as In India

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By TCN News London: Casteism exists and flourishes not only in India but even in the Diaspora based in UK, where discrimination among Hindus and...

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...

Modi had better speak on Rohith’s suicide: Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith...

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...

A new documentary challenges notions of mainstream anti-caste movement

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Caste-ing Space raises serious questions about the prevalence of caste in social spaces and underlies crucial concerns in anti-caste circles. Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net  KERALA — A...

Untouchability practised against CM Manjhi to be probed

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Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday ordered a high-level probe into the alleged "untouchability" practised by some "powerful people" against him...

Erasing tolerance? HAF’s changes can only be described as ahistorical edits to history books

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The HAF and its allies may have PR machinery and hundreds of thousands of dollars in their war chest to selectively change textbooks, but...

TNTJ resolution for Muslim reservation

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By TCN News The resolutions adopted at the Conference on The Rights of the Oppressed. The Conference on the Rights of the Oppressed organized by Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath on July, the 4th , 2010 at the Island Grounds, Chennai unanimously adopted the following resolutions.

Tamil Nadu asked for report on assault on Dalit boy

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By IANS,

‘English Vinglish’ encourages Dalit girls in Bihar

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,

Dalits protest against Jan Lokpal bill

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By IANS, New Delhi : Hundreds of Dalits Wednesday gathered at India Gate and marched towards Jantar Mantar to protest the Jan Lokpal bill proposed by activist Anna Hazare and his team.

Gita: Not a Religious book?

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By Ram Puniyani

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.

The Old Boys’ Public School (OBPS) Implementation Scheme

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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

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

Dalit woman raped in Odisha, one arrested

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: A 50-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for raping a Dalit woman in Odisha, police said.

Online campaign against ‘untouchability’ in Rajasthan

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By IANS,

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

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,

Four held for alleged forced conversion in Bihar

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Patna : Four of the seven people accused of forcing to convert a Dalit family to Islam have been arrested in Bihar's Sitamarhi district,...

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...

Kerala: New parties, new strategies

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By FIROSE KC Team,

Dalits denied water, NHRC issues notice to Bihar

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By IANS, New Delhi : The NHRC Wednesday sought a report from the Bihar government over the denial of water to Dalits by upper caste people in Kishanganj.

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...

All vacant posts for SC/ST will soon be filled: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said all vacant posts meant for SC/STs would soon be filled. "We will ensure that...

Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits

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Jaipur : Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday...

After attacks, Dalits flee two Rajasthan villages

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By IANS,

लेखकों ने साहित्य अकादमी अवार्ड वापिस लेने शुरू किए

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter नई दिल्ली: लंबा वक़्त नहीं बीता जब विचारकों और लेखकों ने एमएम कलबुर्गी, नरेन्द्र दाभोलकर और गोविन्द पान्सारे की हत्याओं और...

Call to mark June 26th’ as resistance to the “silent emergency”

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By TCN News

योगी को दलित मित्र का सम्मान देने की मुख़ालफ़त करने वाले पूर्व आईपीएस एसआर...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यानाथ को अम्बेडकर महासभा से ‘दलित मित्र सम्मान’ देने का विरोध करने पर अभी-अभी पूर्व...

सहारनपुर : डीजीपी सुलखान सिंह ने सर्किट हाऊस में लिया जायज़ा, घटनास्थल पर नहीं...

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

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."

When the Right is wrong: Indian-Americans call out Hindu nationalists in the US in...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter San Francisco: In December of last year, support for Hindu nationalism from a largely ”upper”- caste Indian diaspora in the United...

Did Cabinet approve inclusion of the communities that are already in the OBC list?

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter New Delhi: Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minster Narendra Modi yesterday approved amendments to the Central List of the Other...

Dalit group angry over Saif’s role in ‘Aarakshan’

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By IANS,

The wall of religion is the tallest for Dalits in Gujarat

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By Manjula Pradeep for Twocircles.net After finishing my Masters in Social Work from M. S. University, Vadodara, I immediately joined Navsarjan Trust, which I...

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

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

Tension rises in Manipur following attacks on Kuki youths

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Imphal: Manipur Police beefed up security measures on Sunday as Kuki organisations condemned the "unprovoked" gun attack on February 3 on Kukis in Molnom...

SDPI appeals to Governor of Gujarat to compensate the family of youth killed by...

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By TCN News, Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Unit of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Sunday submitted a memorandum with the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad addressed...

A faithless debate and a heartless god – History and its captives

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By Garga Chatterjee

The BJP Parivar created the Gau Raksha Dals; now it must face the heat...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The Gau Raksha Dals can stand and take notice now. For the past few years, these vigilantes, in the name of...

Ambedkar King Study Circle Hosts Anti-Corruption Activist in California

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By TCN Staff Nov 2, 2019, 2019 Fremont, California. Last week Mr. Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyakkam ( non-violent war movement), Tamil Nadu shared...

Dalit journalist from Gujarat returns award over anti-Dalit policies of state government

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Sunil Jadav, a veteran Dalit journalist from Gujarat, has decided to return the award conferred upon him by the Gujarat government...

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

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

Ashit Sable: A young documentary maker highlighting the role of Shahiris of Maharashtra

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net In its purest sense, the role of an artist has always been to work for the empowerment and enlightenment of the...

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...

Why keeping a moustache continues to be deadly for some Dalits

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

बाढ़ : सुशासित बिहार में 250 दलित सड़क पर रहने को मजबूर

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बेलसर : बिहार सरकार द्वारा विकास के दावों के बीच आज वहां गया जिले में बेलसर गाँव के दलित टोले में रहने...

Congress accuses Modi of anti-Dalit agenda

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By IANS, Gandhinagar : The Congress party's Gujarat unit Monday accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of pursuing an anti-Dalit agenda and held him responsible for the demolition of over 200 of their houses by the Ahmedabad civic agency, rendering over 1,000 people homeless. The party threatened an agitation if the repression is not stopped forthwith.

How a ‘footpath pathshala’ in Rajasthan is transforming the lives of children of Dalit...

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Deep Mukherjee, TwoCircles.net Jaipur:  Sitting amidst a loose cluster of children, 10-year-old Rajesh (name changed) flashes a grin as he looks at the blackboard and...

Present goodwill of India , Pakistan & international community be utilized

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Dear Sir Normally any community which lays down the lives of its so many people does not remain without being master of its political destiny. But Kashmiris (despite sacrificing more than 80,000 people as per Nicholson's report adopted by EU's Parliament vide A6-0158/2007 on May 24, 2007) are still groping in the dark mainly due to:-

Three sentenced to life for gang rape of a Dalit woman in Maharashtra

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Solapur (Maharashtra): In a 12 year old case of a gang rape of Dalit woman from Solapur district of Maharashtra, the...

Ambedkarite youths ensure peaceful protests in Mumbai, offer legal help to those arrested

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net Mumbai, which has been the epicentre of the Ambedkarite Movement in Maharashtra, saw a huge participation by students in the protests...

CM meets Dalits; sporadic protests, partial shutdown in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad : Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister...

जेएनयू विवाद: भूख हड़ताल से आगे का रास्ता

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दिल्ली: जवाहरलाल नेहरू में चल रहा विवाद अब पूरे नए फलक पर आ चुका है. राष्ट्रद्रोह और देशविरोधी कार्यक्रमों के मामले में...

Nine months after attack, Dalits of Samastipur wait for justice while accused roam freely

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By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net This is the second in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...

Jamiat calls for Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis to unite and fight against injustices

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By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net AJMER: Not only cutting across various sects in the Muslim community, prominent religious leaders of different other faiths were also perched...

We are done with Godfather-like politics…the oppressed can speak for themselves: Rahul Sonpimple, BAPSA...

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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...

Dalit killings: Haryana orders CBI probe, Rahul slams Khattar

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Faridabad/Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the arson attack by upper castes in Faridabad district that left two...

कन्‍हैया के चुनाव लड़ने से किन्‍हें और क्‍यों परेशानी?

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नासिरूद्दीन, TwoCircles.net बात 2016 की है. जेएनयू स्‍टूडेंट्स यूनियन के उस वक्‍त के अध्‍यक्ष कन्‍हैया कुमार जमानत पर जेल से छूट कर आये थे. कन्‍हैया...

दलित युवाओं के लिए ‘आदर्श मानव ‘ बन गए है चन्द्रशेखर

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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...

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...

Anandiben resignation offer due to AAP’s growing popularity, says Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Soon after Gujarat Chief Minster Anandiben Patel offered to resign, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the development was the result...

Ruling party’s patriotic card backfires

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By Amulya Ganguli It was inevitable that the kind of muscular nationalism favoured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would lead to hooliganism by its...

Aaghaz Foundation announces scholarship in the name of Rohith Vemula

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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...

Centre isolating Hindus, says Mamata

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Kolkata : In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi-led central government over the attacks on Dalits in Gujarat by cow protection vigilantes,...

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...

Saharanpur violence: Bhim Army demands justice for Dalits

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New Delhi, (IANS): Newly formed Dalits' rights group Bhim Army on Thursday issued ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh government to bring the perpetrators of...

CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu

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

Political ambitions behind claims for Ambedkar’s legacy, say experts

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By Sidhartha Dutta and Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi : Political parties seem to be seeking to outdo each other in claiming the legacy B....

Indian Americans’ mark Independence Day celebration by solemn pledge to protect pluralism

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Indian American Muslim Council organizes celebratory event in Florida; participate in protests against targeting of Dalits and minorities in the name of cow...

15 leaders from different parties join BJP

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

Yogesh Wanjari: Translating Dalit literature so that Ambedkarite struggle can be looked through its...

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By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net Yogesh Wanjari, an M.Phil Student of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai recently translated the book of J V Pawar...

Swami Agnivesh attacked in Bhopal

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By TCN News Mumbai: All India Secular Forum (AISF) has strongly condemned the attack on Swami Agnivesh by communal forces in a meeting organized by Garima Abhiyan in Bhopal on Friday.

Probe into ‘violation’ of court curbs on Uttar Pradesh park

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By IANS,

No diversion of Dalit funds for CWG: Sandeep Dikshit

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By IANS, New Delhi : Contrary to an RTI reply, Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit Thursday said there was no diversion of funds meant for Dalits to Commonwealth Games projects, an issue that has raised a storm in parliament. "There is no question of diversion of funds," Dikshit told reporters outside parliament. The Congress MP from East Delhi is the son of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

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

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

Central ministers drove Rohith to commit suicide: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused central ministers of driving Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, of the University of Hyderabad,...

APCR ensures freedom for seven marginalised prisoners on Independence day

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Seven prisoners got back their freedom on the occasion of Independence Day this year through Association for protection of Civil Rights...

Dalits angry as Bihar massacre accused are acquitted

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By Imran Khan, Patna : Family members of the Dalits who were killed in 1999 in Bihar's Arwal district, allegedly by the outlawed, upper -caste militia Ranvir Sena men, are disheartened and devastated over the release of all the accused.

बुलंदशहर में पुलिस की पिटाई से रिक्शाचालक की मौत,एसपी का इंकार

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net यूपी के बुलंदशहर से दिल को दहला देने वाली घटना सामने आई है जहां एक रिक्शा चालक को पुलिस ने पीट पीटकर मार...

‘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.

Why Muslims are a punching bag

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By Bobby Naqvi The Indian Right has always used Muslims as a stepping stone to power in Delhi and elsewhere since the 1930s. Almost every...

Bihar CM meets SC/ST officials

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday courted another controversy when he held a meeting with state government officials from the Scheduled Castes...

Bhanubhai Vankar’s death: BJP leaders face heat in several parts of Gujarat

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Ahmedabad, (IANS): The political trinity of Jignesh Mevani, Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor on Saturday upped the ante against Gujarat government following the death of...

Agnivesh to lead peace march from Dadri against ‘intolerance’

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Kolkata: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "deafening silence" on the raging issue of "intolerance" as an endorsement of the "communal statements" of union ministers...

AAP seeks Gujarat High Court help for rally in Surat

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Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) petition that Surat police...

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

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

Tension in Hyderabad varsity over Dalit research scholar’s suicide

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Hyderabad: Tension prevailed in University of Hyderabad on Monday over the suicide of one of the five Dalit research scholars following their expulsion from...

Maharashtra Dalit Murders: Demonstrations continue as triple murder mystery remains unsolved

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This is second of the two part series report about the brutal killing of a dalit family in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district and the subsequent agitation it has sparked because police is yet to arrest anybody for the ghastly crime. By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: It’s been more than a week that three members of a dalit family were killed in Jawkheda Khalasa under Pathardi tehsil of Ahmednagar district but the police are still clueless about the perpetrators. It has resulted in Maharashtra witnessing an increased protest from various community organizations demanding immediate arrest and harsher punishment.

Now vote for ‘The Greatest Indian’

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By IANS,

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...

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...

Three Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP

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By IANS,

Poultry farming brings prosperity to Rajasthan Dalit village

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By IANS,

AAP: The construction of a fantasy!

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

Indian Muslim Organizations memorandum on Gaza

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Presented to the Hon'ble Prime Minister and Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs, India

 Respected Sir,

The Indian civil society, in general and Indian Muslims in particular, are horrified by the unfolding events in the open air prison called "Gaza", housing 1.5 million people, which the Israeli occupying power has condemned to slow death by imposing a complete siege since 20th January 2008. This was the culmination of the policy of throttling Gaza into death unleashed by the occupying power since June 2007.

नीतिश राज में लाचार बिहार के पिछड़े व दलित

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: बिहार के पिछड़े, दलित और महादलित सूबे के मुख्यमंत्री नीतिश कुमार के बड़े वोट-बैंक रहे हैं. इन तबक़ों ने...

Panchayat ousts newly-weds from village in gotra row

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

Arrested Muslim Womens Sent to Judicial Coustody till 20th March 2008

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Hyderabad (AP) 6 March 2008:

Policemen threatened to rape women students, says fact finding team

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Hyderabad : Policemen, who cracked down on students protesting at University of Hyderabad, threatened to rape the women students, revealed an independent fact finding...

Dalit girl gangraped, four booked

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By IANS, Chandigarh : Three men and a woman have been booked for the gangrape of a 15-year-old Dalit girl in Haryana's Sirsa district, police said Saturday.

50 injured in police, protestors clash in Patna

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Patna : At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were injured here on Friday afternoon when police in a bid to disperse...

Prominent Ambedkarite Raju Kamble no more

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Rajkumar Daulatrao Kamble, popularly known as Raju Kamble, the founder of Ambedkar International Mission breathed his last on 16th August 2018...

ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : सीवर सफाईकर्मी और पत्रकार दलबीर वाल्मीकि का मारा जाना खड़े करता...

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net राजधानी दिल्ली के द्वारका में एक पत्रकार की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी गई. पत्रकार , दलबीर वाल्मीकि एक लोकल न्यूज़ के लिए काम करते थे. इसके साथ ही वे सीवर और नाले साफ करने का काम भी करते थे. ये घटना 17 फरवरी की है, जब देर रात को अचानक दलबीर को एक कॉल आता है. रात लगभग 12 बजे दलबीर को पास के मेट्रो स्टेशन बुलाया जाता है. लेकिन वहां से वापस घर कभी नहीं आ पाए क्योंकि वहीं उनकी गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी जाती है. दलबीर के भाई रिंकू हरिद्वार दलबीर की अस्थि विसर्जन प्रथा के लिए गए हुए हैं. उनसे फोन पर ही बात होती है, जो बताते हैं कि मेरा भाई बहुत सीधा था और बहुत मेहनती भी. उसकी किसी से कोई दुश्मनी नहीं थी. उसके साथ ऐसा कौन कर सकता है हम नहीं जानते. दलबीर दिल्ली के द्वारका के झुग्गी- झोपड़ी कॉलोनी में अपनी पत्नी और तीन बच्चों के साथ किराए के एक मकान में रहते थे....

BJP’s Dalit MP lambasts ‘proponents of nationalism’ over attacks on Dalits

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New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Sunday hit out at the alleged "protectors of the Hindu religion" and "proponents of nationalism" over...

Sanitation workers at Delhi’s all-women university allege caste discrimination

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On February 12, scores of sanitation workers under the banner of SKU started a protest demonstration against the IGDTUW authorities for transferring two...

BJP ally RLSP announces candidates for two Bihar seats

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Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s ally in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), Tuesday announced candidates for two of the 3...

Obama urged to pay tribute to Ambedkar

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By TCN NewsNew Delhi: The All India Christian Council (AICC) has appealed to the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, to pay...

NCP backs Goa RSS rap to BJP government over languages

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

‘Very few in media understand Dalit or Muslim issues’

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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net Naveen Joshi has been associated with journalism for the last 30 years. He has seen the growth of Hindi newspapers from being a poor cousin of English print media to a position of power and influence. Read by crores of Indians every day, content and look of a Hindi newspaper today reflects the aspirations of the reader but still they have yet to become a complete newspaper, feels Naveen Joshi, who is the Editor of Hindi daily Hindustan. Some exercpts from his interview last year with Kashif-ul-Huda of TwoCircles.net:

ABVP on the rampage again, this time in BHU

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They disrupted a program featuring a JNU professor, threatened TCN reporter By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Varanasi: Earlier today Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) members tried to stop...

Kishor Kharat appointed as CEO and MD of IDBI bank

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By Yogesh Maitreya, Twocircles.net, Mumbai: Kishor Kharat has been appointed as the CEO and MD of IDBI Bank. The announcement was made on August 14,...

Cholera cases rise in Orissa’s tribal heartland

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By IANS, Bhubaneswar: Cholera and other water-borne diseases that have claimed 39 lives since August have infected 355 more people in Orissa's Rayagada district, an official said Wednesday.

Bihar’s Healthcare Crisis: Dalit Woman Struggles for Kidney Transplant After Tragic Surgery

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MI Khan, TwoCircles.net Patna: There appears to be no hope for justice for Sunita Devi, a Dalit woman from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, who allegedly had both...

Jamia, DU teachers rally behind Ashis Nandy

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By IANS,

NHRC issues notice over sanitation workers’ death in Noida

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New Delhi, (IANS): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to Noida authorities regarding the deaths last week of two sanitation workers...

‘मोदी गो बैक’ का नारा लगाने वाले छात्रों को किया गया सम्मानित

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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...
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