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Bihar: Protests and politics over OBC status to “Ashraf Muslims”

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net Patna: A controversy is in offing on the issue of inclusion of Shaikh into OBC category in Bihar. Many backward caste groups, including those among Muslims in the state, have registered their protest with the State Commission for Backward Castes (SCBC) against attempts by Shaikh, an upper caste Muslim group, to get OBC status.

It’s not only beef and pork politics; and not a division of TISS students

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net On August 9th 2014, a local tabloid paper called Mumbai Mirror based in Mumbai published a news that could only be...

The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down

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By Anubhuti Agnes Bara for TwoCircles.net “…It leads to no good if institutions that grant titles, qualifications, and other prerequisites for life or a profession...

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...

Amit Shah visits Dalit woman’s family in Kerala, BJP forms panel

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New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday set up a three-member committee to look into incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...

आगरा संजली काण्ड: लोगो में गुस्सा, न्याय की मांग

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net बीते मंगलवार को आगरा जनपद के ललाऊ गाँव की रहने वाली दसवीं में पढ़ने वाली 16 साल संजली दलित छात्रा जब...

Government working for Dalit empowerment: Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government was working for the empowerment of Dalits. "Our government is your government. We...

Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre

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By IANS,

In Hyderabad University, Dalit students pay heavy price for protesting against Hindutva brigade

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By Hana Ashraf and Anees M for Twocircles.net There is nothing more important in ‘student politics’ than the ongoing tension in FTII Pune, if one...

BJP anti-Dalit, behind Koregaon riots: Delhi Minister

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New Delhi, (IANS): Delhi Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday said the BJP and its leaders were behind the riots...

Supreme Court should take suo moto action in killing of 17 adivasis: NAPM

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By TCN News,

नंदन को पैदल घर पहुंचने में लगे आठ दिन, टीसीएन को कहा शुक्रिया, अभी...

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टीसीएन ने एक हफ्ते पहले हरिद्वार से उत्तर प्रदेश के मऊ 1400 किमी दूर पैदल जा रहे जिस मज़दूर नंदन का वीडियो इंटरव्यू किया...

यूपी के हरदोई में दलितों पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न पर लगातार उठ रहे हैं सवाल...

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लखनऊ- आस मुहम्मद कैफ , TwoCircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश की राजधानी लखनऊ से 80 किमी की दूरी पर स्थित हरदोई जिले में पिछले एक सप्ताह में दलितों...

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

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

Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...

Police in Uttar Pradesh beat protesting Dalit women, call it ‘minimal force’

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The police denied the allegations claiming the protesting women threw stones at them prompting them to use 'minimal force'. Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — In...

Plea against Scheduled Caste, woman seats in MCD polls dismissed

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By IANS,

Three get death, 20 sentenced to life in Bathani Tola massacre

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By IANS, Patna : A Bihar court Wednesday sentenced to death three men and awarded life imprisonment to 20 others in the Bathani Tola massacre case in which 21 Dalits and poor Muslims were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena in 1996. The sentence was pronounced by Additional District and Sessions Judge of Ara Civil Court Ajay Kumar Srivastava amid high security. The three sentenced to death are Ajay Singh, Manoj Singh and Narendra Singh. The judge convicted 23 accused and acquitted 30 men due to lack of evidence May 5, a court official said.

भीमा कोरेगांव में क्या हुआ और क्यों हुआ?

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

Dalit student suicide: Committee rules out caste angle, blames deteriorating performance

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The report notes that apart from the statement of Darshan Solanki’s sister, there is no particular evidence of direct caste-based discrimination experienced by...

दलितों विरोधी मनुवादी एजेंडा लागू नही होने देंगे: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़।Twocircles.net नियुक्तियों और प्रमोशन में आरक्षण के मुद्दे पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले को लेकर दलितों में आक्रोश बढ़ता जा रहा है। दलित इसके...

दलित, आदिवासी और पिछड़ो के हज़ारों पद ख़ाली, संसदीय समिति ने मोदी सरकार...

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यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net देश में 2014 में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद से ही उस पर आरक्षण विरोधी होने आरोप लगते रहें हैं। लगातार कहा...

Bhise’s visual expression of critical Ambedkarite imagery a landmark moment for mainstream Indian art

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Vikrant Bhise’s recent work is influenced by the Dalit Panther movement. Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI — Walking into the Centre for Contemporary Arts at...

Two BSP MLAs accuse Mayawati of selling tickets for crores

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Lucknow : Two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators raised the banner of revolt against the party leadership on Wednesday and accused party chief Mayawati...

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...

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...

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...

Government formulates umbrella scheme for ST students

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New Delhi : The union tribal welfare ministry has formulated an umbrella scheme for education of Scheduled Tribes (ST) students by merging a few...

Tension in UP town over BJP, Congress protests

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Ghaziabad : Tension gripped the Kanth area of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district Saturday as the BJP refused to back out of its proposed protest...

Bharatiya Dalit Church to be inaugurated on Oct 10

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Bharatiya Dalit Church (BDC), committed to preach good news to the socially outcaste and economically poor dalits, will be inaugurated tomorrow here.

Maharashtra orders probe into attack on Dalit woman

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By IANS,

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...

Amidst bleak future, Safai Karamcharis of Godhra have little interest in upcoming state elections

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Photos by Pratik Parmar Last year, the nation woke up to atrocities faced by Dalits in our Prime Minister’s Home state of...

‘बहन जी ने ठीक किया, अब भाजपा के ख़िलाफ़ सभी को एकजुट हो जाना...

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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...

‘नीट’ में ओबीसी आरक्षण को लेकर भीम आर्मी का प्रदर्शन

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net देशभर में मेडिकल परीक्षा नीट में अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग का आरक्षण खत्म करे जाने का मुद्दा अब गरमाता जा रहा हैं। राजनैतिक...

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

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

Rahul Gandhi continues protest at Hyderabad varsity

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Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday continued his protest along with the students who are on hunger strike at the University of...

ज्योतिबा फुले से उपेंद्र कुशवाहा तक…

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काशिफ़ यूनुस जो लोग उपेंद्र कुशवाहा के उन दिनों के संघर्ष से वाक़िफ़ हैं, जब वो राष्ट्रीय लोक समता पार्टी के गठन का प्रयास...

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...

Hyderabad varsity JAC reiterates demand for arrests in Rohith case

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

Another exercise in deception

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Ref: - International Kashmir conference held at Uruguay.

Dear Sir

The first ever Kashmir Conference in Latin America was held on July 31, 2007 in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay where eight point hollow resolution was unanimously adopted except one relevant point that isÂ 'right to self determination by people of J&K'.

Bihar liquor ban should be ‘participatory’, not agenda: Experts

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By Bhavana Akella and Sushil Kumar New Delhi : Bihar on Thursday joined the states that have banned liquor, with newly elected Chief Minister...

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...

Remembering anti-caste leader T. M. Umar Farooq on 6th death anniversary

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T. M. Umar Farooq was born a Hindu as T. M. Mani, in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were bonded labourers...

On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley

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By TCN News Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...

Tension grips Haryana village as vehicles torched

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Chandigarh : Police reinforcements were rushed to Haryana's Tigra village early Sunday after few vehicles were set on fire, police said. Tension had been brewing...

Bhopali Kids Drive Home their Demands to PM

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How is Ghar Vapasi Different from Forcible Conversions?

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By Ram Puniyani, Propaganda around conversions has been one of the major political tools during last few decades. It was Niyogi Commission report which investigated the conversions in Adivasi areas in 1950s, then the Meenaxipuram conversions of Dalits into Islam, the and then the gruesome murder of Pastor Graham Stewart Stains on the charges that he was doing the conversion; are few amongst the big spectrum related to the phenomenon of conversions. As such the regular propaganda by communal forces that Muslim Kings converted people into Islam by sword has been made the part of ‘social common sense’ by now. On regular basis around Christmas time one saw the anti Christian violence in Adivasi areas a decade ago, and in that context rather than focusing on the violence against religious minorities, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee called for a National debate on Conversions.

From scavenging to doctoral dreams: An inspiring journey of Sunil Yadav

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“Even if 100 people from my community of scavengers exit from this inhumane occupation and move towards a dignified life, I will feel my...

A prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in India: Report

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New Delhi : A human rights group on Tuesday said one prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in Indian jails and that there are three...

Dalit Movements felicitate two elected Dalit MPs from Tamil Nadu

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

Bills for constituting Commission for Backward Classes

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New Delhi, (IANS): The government on Wednesday introduced separate bills to constitute a commission for the socially and educationally backward classes -- to be...

Thousands gather to pay respect to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas: A photo...

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December 6 marks the death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Like every year, thousands of people from across the nation gathered at Chaitanyabhoomi in...

Ambedkar statue vandalized in UP

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Lucknow, (IANS): A statue of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar was vandalized in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in...

NCP apologizes for Goa tribal murders

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By IANS,

Book on discrimination against Dalits creates buzz in the US

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New York, (IANS): A highly anecdotal and touching account of caste-based discrimination in India by an "untouchable born in Andhra Pradesh", who emigrated to the...

Bihar Mahadalit students complain about teachers, probe on

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Patna: A school teacher was among the eight people booked and a probe was ordered after Mahadalit childrens complained of caste discrimination in a...

“We should record our history, our victory” Dalit poet Mercy Margaret

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Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Dalit literature that revolves around the struggles and lives of Dalits first emerged in the 1960s and has seen exponential growth since....

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...

Court notice to 82 acquitted in Mirchpur Dalit killing

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By IANS,

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

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

Pansare murder suspect knew Goa blast mastermind: Police

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Panaji: Hindu right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha member Rudra Patil, a suspect in leftist Govind Pansare's murder, was in regular touch with the mastermind of...

‘Sometimes My Chest Burns, But I Still Go Up’: The Silent Suffering of Women...

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Saloni Sharma, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: Long before the city awakens, Ansura, a rag picker, begins her climb every morning. With a torn sack slung over...

Overdue SC/ST Amendment bill passed after avoidable one year delay

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A full one year after its introduction, the long overdue amendments to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...

Meira Kumar files another plea in land-grab case

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Patna : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has filed yet another petition in the Patna High Court that some people have occupied a land...

MOUs signed to promote entrepreneurship amongst backward communities

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Chennai : City based United Economic Forum (UEF), which has the focus of promoting entrepreneurship amongst backward communities including minorities, Monday signed agreements with...

‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...

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“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...

राजस्थान में दलित युवक की मौत ने तूल पकड़ा,आक्रोश

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net राजस्थान के अजमेर में कथित तौर पर उच्च जाति के दबंगों और स्थानीय पुलिस की प्रताड़ना से परेशान होकर आत्महत्या करने...

पीएम-सीएम की फ़ोटो कूड़ा गाड़ी में लें जाने पर संस्पेंड हुआ सफाई कर्मचारी दबाव...

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net यूपी के मथुरा में कचरा गाड़ी में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ की तस्वीरें मिलने के बाद बर्खास्त किए गए...

मोदी सरकार के तीन साल और दलितों में टकराव व बदलाव की नई चेतना

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net देश में आज से तीन साल पहले भाजपा की मोदी सरकार बनने के साथ ही लोगों में ये उम्मीद साफ़ देखने को...

Why the SP-BSP alliance spells doom for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh

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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...

SC status demanded by Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims

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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.

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...

Tribals are soft targets for police and rebels: Sociologist Nandini Sundar

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By Abu Zafar, IANS,

IOS organises lecture on ‘Religious Minorities in India and Legal Perspective’

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Focusing on the constitutional provisions for the religious minorities to profess and propagate their religious belief, Professor Manzoor Ahmad, former IPS officer and vice chancellor of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, examined how the freedom of religion, right to equality and the right to maintain their cultural identity guaranteed under the Constitution were being allowed to be practised unfettered.

दम है मायावती बनने का!

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net बहुजन समाज पार्टी की अध्यक्ष बहन मायावती हमेशा से ही अपने फ़ैसलों से राजनितिक पंडितों को आश्चर्यचकित करती रही हैं. शुरुआत...

Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti

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

BJP’s Dalit outreach under threat

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

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

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

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...

Students protest outside Haryana Bhavan over suicide by HAFED employee, call it institutional murder

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By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net A protest against the death of Ishwar Singh, a Dalit employee of HAFED (Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation...

Bengal to form Scheduled Caste Advisory Council soon

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Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), (IANS): The West Bengal government will soon set up a Scheduled Caste Advisory Council, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on...

‘We have been made to feel like criminals’: How a defamation case is threatening...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Indian Universities, and especially those under the Central Government, have for long been presented as spaces where a student or a...

बिहार चुनाव: दलित समीकरण नहीं आसान

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net पटना: दो रोज़ पहले उत्तर प्रदेश के हमीरपुर में मंदिर में प्रवेश करने पर एक दलित दम्पत्ति की जलाकर हत्या कर...

Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis

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Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...

फिर से दलित-ठाकुर संघर्ष : दलितों की लड़की छेड़ी, बाबा साहब की मूर्ति तोड़ी

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter मुजाहिदपुर भूपखेड़ी : मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर व मेरठ के बॉर्डर पर स्थित भूपखेडी गांव में पिछले दो दिनों से भारी तनाव है. बस्ती सुनसान...

NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls

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Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here. The "People's...

Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, Hissar/New Delhi: On Sunday, May 11, a large number of Dalit women from a village in Haryana staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the arrest of a village head and his son over the alleged gang rape of four minor girls. Earlier on May 5, about hundreds of them had organised a candle-march at Jantar Mantar seeking justice for the four girls who were gang-raped by a group of boys from the dominant Jat community. Police had put barricade as safety-measure and did not allow them to move beyond a certain limit.

एससी-एसटी आरक्षण के वर्गीकरण के खिलाफ और समर्थन में सजातियों में छुआछूत है बड़ी...

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net देश आजाद होने के बाद संविधान निर्माता डॉ. भीमराव अंबेडकर ने वंचित समुदाय के लिए आरक्षण की मांग करते हुए इसे संवैधानिक...

How independent publishers ensure Ambedkarite literature continues to reach the masses

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By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Every year on December 6, millions of people from all over India gather at Chaityabhoomi in Shivaji Park, Mumbai to pay...

सहारनपुर में फिर गरजी भीम आर्मी, चंद्रशेखर के लिए चलाएगी जेल भरो आंदोलन

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर : ‘सरकार के बढ़ते अत्याचार से दलित और अधिक मज़बूत हो रहा है. चन्द्रशेखर भाई दलितों की आवाज़ हैं....

‘Mappila Haal’: SIO observes 100th anniversary of Malabar rebellion

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The interactive virtual exhibition 'Mappila Haal', which contains comprehensive readings on the struggle, historical writings, documents, personalities and events of the rebellion has been...

Arson attack on Dalits in Faridabad sees two children dead, parents critical

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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...

Will not allow any dilution in SC/ST Act: Rajnath

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By IANS: New Delhi, July 18: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday assured the Rajya Sabha that the government will not allow any dilution in any...

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...

Bhima-Koregaon: Maharashtra police raids Dalit activists who supported protest

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Mumbai, (IANS): The Maharashtra Police carried out multi-city raids on Tuesday against prominent Dalit activists and supporters in a fallout of the January 1...

‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands

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Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...

दलित हत्याओं के खिलाफ़ जंतर-मंतर पर प्रदर्शन

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By TCN News, नई दिल्ली: हरियाणा के फरीदाबाद में 20 अक्टूबर 2015 को दबंगों ने रात में सोते हुए एक दलित परिवार पर पेट्रोल डालकर...

मदरसों के पक्ष में मायावती ने उठाई आवाज़

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net बसपा प्रमुख मायावती उत्तर प्रदेश में अपनी खोई हुई ज़मीन मुस्लिम वोटरों के जरिए तलाशने में लगीं हैं। पिछले कुछ समय से...

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...

‘Kolkata police too is biased towards Muslims and Dalits’

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,

NCDHR condemns “calculated” expulsion of three marginalised EFLU students

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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...

Cow vigilantes should be declared terrorists: Vemula’s online diary

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Preetha Nair New Delhi : Back in December 2015, well before politics over bovines took centrestage in India, the late Rohith Vemula, the Dalit...

SIO and GIO hold state conference in Kerala; Fatima Nafees attends

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The joint state conference of the Students Islamic Organisation and the Girls Islamic Organisation was held at the Al Jamia al...

Set up special courts for Dalit cases: Wasnik

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By IANS, Shimla : States should set up special courts to try cases related to atrocities on Dalits, union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said Friday.

“पुलिस से इंसाफ की कोई उम्मीद नही वो पूरी कहानी को बदल रहे हैं”...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ।बुलंदशहर, TwoCircles.net बुलंदशहर में एक दलित परिवार को दबंगो द्वारा छेड़छाड़ से रोके जाने पर दिल दहलाने वाली घटना हुई है.घटना सोमवार की रात...

वाराणसी: नेपाली नागरिक का सर मुंडवाकर लिख दिया ‘जय श्री राम’

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । TwoCircles.net प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के लोकसभा क्षेत्र वाराणसी में एक कट्टर हिंदु संगठन विश्व हिंदू सेना ने एक बेहद हैरतअंगेज कारनामा किया है।...

A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 4 – The...

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

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.

Indian Americans express outrage over mob lynchings in India through protests across US

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TCN News The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an umbrella coalition of progressive organizations across the United States and various coalition partners held protests...

Eastern UP chosing mechanical over manual farming

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Amit Dwivedi Special Correspondent, CNS Farmers in Eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly chosing costlier mechanical ways of farming over less-expensive manual ways. Why? "Mechanical harvesting is easy and less time taking. At main harvesting time its become very tough to get the labourers at right time. And if the harvesting process will get late it can harm our crops due to hail storm and heavy rains. Due to these factors big and even small and marginal farmers are also moving towards mechanical harvesting" said a farmer living in eastern part of UP, Gyan Chand.

Sons, daughters-in-law arrested for parading widowed mother half naked

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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...

Medha Patkar opposes slum demolition

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By IANS, Mumbai : Social activist Medha Patkar Friday tried to stop the razing of hutments at Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar here, demanding that the slum dwellers be first provided alternative accommodation. Patkar and her supporters dubbed the demolition as anti-Dalit and vowed to stop it. "They (Dalits) are the backbone of this city. Their rights should not be taken away just because they are poor," she said. She said about 10,000 residents of the area in Mumbai's northeast suburb had nowhere to go.

Haryana to give free bicycles to SC students

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Chandigarh: Haryana has sanctioned Rs.7 crore for this fiscal to provide free bicycles to the Scheduled Castes (SC) students studying in government schools, an...

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Dalits, Mayawati threatens to quit

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New Delhi, (IANS): Sparks flew as the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on the second day of the monsoon session on Tuesday as...

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...

Year after journalist Siddique Kappan, 3 others were booked under UAPA on way to...

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Even after a year has passed in the arrest of journalist Siddique Kappan and three others under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),...

Ambedkar memorial: Dalit activists attempt to storm legislature

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Not against Anna, want representation in Lokpal: Dalit group

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A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 6 – The...

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

दलितों को भट्टे पर जबरन बंधक बनाकर कराया गया काम, भीम आर्मी लड़ रही...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मोरना /सरधना : आज़ाद भारत में ग़ुलामी की दास्तान का एक सनसनीखेज़ मामला सामने आया है. मसला मेरठ और मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर...

चंद्रशेखर ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठाया मानवाधिकार का मुद्दा

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

Lalu wants Dalits, OBCs as Shankaracharya

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Patna, (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday demanded that three of the four Shankaracharyas should be from the Dalit and OBC communities instead...

Can a Savarna apply for a ‘Dalit’ job? No, says RSS

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Ahmedabad: It is no secret that when it comes to doing menial jobs in our society, it is almost always seen...

Dalits are replying to attacks, says Minister Ramdas Athawale

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Hyderabad, (IANS): Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said Dalits were replying to attacks on them. "You attack, we reply. You attack, we reply,"...

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.

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...

Meet the ‘Harijans’ in Assam Sweeping a Small Town for Generations

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Arshad Ahmed, TwoCircles.net When the clock ticks 5 a.m., 32-year-old Savita gives one more look in the mirror, fixes her bindi (a red dot on...

Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?

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By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politics and, moreover, to do so in a manner which she believes will impress the core group of her supporters, the Dalits. As a newcomer in politics and that too from a depressed community, she has had to build her career from scratch, as it were, without the help of an established party or an influential social network. Hence her unconventional ways.

[EXCLUSIVE] “हम तीनों को वैसी पब्लिसिटी मिली, जैसी हम नहीं चाहते थे” – अनिर्बन...

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली- जेएनयू प्रकरण में बेहद उतार-चढ़ाव आए. इस मामले में उमर ख़ालिद और कन्हैया कुमार कई दिनों तक अखबार की सुर्ख़ियों में छाए रहे. लेकिन इस मामले में सबसे कम नाम जिस शख्स का सुना गया, वह नाम है अनिर्बन भट्टाचार्य का. दो दिनों पहले जेएनयू के एड ब्लॉक पर अनिर्बन से हमारी बात हुई. नीचे पढ़ें वह बातचीत.

The background of caste-based reservations

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THE BACKGROUND OF CASTE-BASED RESERVATIONS Dear all Assalam alaikum The basic need for the Muslim intelligentsia at present is to make concerted efforts to forestall these ignorant maulanas from interfering into every affair of the community, whether they know it or not. I would like to give the background of this caste-based reservation as I and our party All India Muslim Forum have remained deeply associated with the issue for many years. The backward castes(both Hindus and Muslims) which were covered by the Mandal Commission

उन्नाव प्रकरण में भ्रामक ट्वीट पर 8 के खिलाफ मुकदमा

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आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net उन्नाव के असोहा थाना क्षेत्र के बबुरहा गांव में बुधवार को घटित हुई घटना को लेकर ट्वीटर पर भ्रामक ट्वीट करके ग़लत...

No mandatory arrest for offences under SC/ST Act, says SC

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New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the arrest of a accused under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...

Census 2011: India’s Muslims are no better today than a few decades earlier

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BY Sourjya Bhowmick, Via Catch News Recently released Census 2011 data based on religious faiths has revealed that Muslims have the lowest share...

Dalits stage protest against Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal

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By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

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...

DHRM: Beginning of a new political culture, says BRP Bhasker

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram: The Dalit Human Rights Movement is the beginning of a new political culture in Kerala, said famous journalist BRP Bhasker. He was inaugurating the meeting organized in front of the state Secretariat welcoming the party’s chairman Selvaraj who was released from prison.

Towards an Organic unity of the marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance...

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By Hisham ul wahab P Towards an Organic Unity of the Marginalized: BAPSA and Fraternity Movement Form Alliance in JNUSU Elections The JNU student community will elect a...

Mayawati inaugurates Rs.684 crore Dalit park

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By IANS,

Frequent tweeter Modi loses voice when it comes to rape of minority women: NYT

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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...

Dalits still fear returning home after arson attack

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By IANS, Hisar (Haryana) : Nearly 20 terrorised families are still camping outside Haryana's Mirchpur village after last month's arson attack on Dalit houses, in which two people were burnt alive. They refuse to return home despite assurances of financial help and security from the state government.