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दलित समाज के ढोंगी नेता दलित अत्याचारों पर खामोश क्यों? —लक्ष्य

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : महाराष्ट्र के भीमा कोरेगांव की घटना को लेकर देश भर के दलितों में गुस्सा बढ़ने लगा है. दलितों के...

‘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...

India disturbed over imminent institutionalization of martial primacy in Pakistan

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Ref:- Federation of SAARC countries with dyarchy, inevitable Dear Sir

Is Sonia Congress nominee, Pratibha Patil is fit to be President of India?

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Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi

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Award defies logic given Modi’s record before and after taking office as Prime Minister By TCN News, Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

Global activists demand a UN Declaration on elmination of Discrimination based on Work and...

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By TCN News The first Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD) was convened on 20-23 September in New York, which took...

Campaigning in Mumbai: Nightmare for candidates

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By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai : From residential skyscrapers to the villas of the super-rich to the squalor of slums and starkness of pavement shacks, campaigning...

Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change

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By Rupesh Dutta, New Delhi : It was never easy for Meera Jato, 42, to confront her in-laws' taunts, deal with household hassles and start the country's first rural language weekly "Khabar Lahariya" (News Wave) run only by women. It has in its short existence carved out a clear niche for itself in the ever-expanding media space in India.

Rahul blames Yogi government for Saharanpur violence

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Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday held the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh responsible for caste violence in Saharanpur...

‘हमारे ख़िलाफ़ हो रहे अत्याचार पर ये देवी-देवता चुप हैं, तो फिर हम इन्हें...

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आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर : 68 साल के बीड़ी जयंत मीरापुर में दलितों के सबसे बड़े मोहल्ले पछाला में रहते हैं. मोहल्ले के...

Christian Council welcomes St Stephens reservations for Dalit Christians

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ALL INDIA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL President: Dr. Joseph D'souza Secretary General: Dr. John Dayal PRESS STATEMENT NEW DELHI, 14 JUNE 2007 CHRISTIAN COUNCIL HAILS `HISTORIC' ST STEPHENS QUOTA FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS; WELCOME NEW CATHOLIC EDUCATION POLICY FOR MARGINALISED All India Christian Council president Dr Joseph D'souza and Secretary General Dr John Dayal have welcomed as 'historic' the move by the St Stephen's College to give preferential admissions to brilliant students from the Dalit Christian community in the prestigious institution of higher learning.

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.

कोल्ड ड्रिंक की तर्ज पर 20-20 रुपये में परचून की दुकानों पर बिक रही...

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ | सहारनपुर हाल ही उत्तर प्रदेश और उत्तराखंड के सीमावर्ती इलाके सहारनपुर और भगवानपुर के देहात में हुई ज़हरीली शराब 100 से...

The cruel irony of Human Rights Day

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By Abdullah Khan 10 December is internationally celebrated as the International Human Rights Day. In 1950, the United Nations declared 10 December as the International...

The inspiring journey of Dalit journalists in race for an Oscar award

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The documentary Writing With Fire narrates the story of gutsy women in India’s heartland. Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net UTTAR PRADESH — Nominated for best documentary feature...

Spat with minister: Haryana transfers woman police officer

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Chandigarh : The Haryana government transferred IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia on Saturday, a day after she refused to leave a meeting when Health and...

डेटा स्टोरी: देश में दलितों के खिलाफ हिंसा के मामले लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं

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देश में 8 साल में दलितों के खिलाफ हिंसा के 3.65 लाख से ज्यादा मामले, यानी हर रोज 125 केस सबसे ज़्यादा दलित...

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.

बिहार में दलित उत्पीड़न : शर्मसार कर देने वाली ये घटनाएं आख़िर कब तक?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net दलितों पर अत्याचार कोई नई बात नहीं है. ये ऊंच-नीच का भेदभाव आज भी बदस्तूर जारी है. आज भी ऐसी घटनाएं हर...

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

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

Like Mayawati like Manohar: Social engineering redux in Goa

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By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, IANS,

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

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

रिजर्व सीट यूपी : 62 आरक्षित सीटों पर जीती बीजेपी, 17 पर सपा ने...

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स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के विधानसभा चुनाव के चुनावी समीकरण का एक रोचक तथ्य सामने आया है कि जिस दल ने सबसे ज्यादा आरक्षित...

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.

Madhya Pradesh to get more tribal schools

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By IANS, New Delhi: The central government has approved six new residential schools for tribals in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. According to officials from the tribal affairs ministry, the allocation for starting the Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya schools has been increased to Rs.12 crore from Rs.2.5 crore. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population in India. The population of Scheduled Tribes in the state is 154.03 lakh -- 23.27 percent of the state's total population of 661.81 lakh. The allocation per student has also been raised.

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...

Owaisi seeks withdrawal of cases against Hyderabad varsity students

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Hyderabad : MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday demanded withdrawal of cases against students and professors of Hyderabad Central University. The Member of Parliament from...

A-G condemned for advice against SC status to Dalit Christians, Muslims

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By TCN News,

गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत के बाद लोगों में गुस्सा ,सड़क पर उतरा...

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net हाथरस की गए गेंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की आज सुबह दिल्ली के सफदरजंग अस्पताल में हुई मौत के बाद दलितों का...

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...

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

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

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...

BHU anti-reservation scam: How the University is denying jobs to Dalit-Bahujans

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Earlier this month, we had written about how Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was defying reservation in the appointment process and discussed...

Rajya Sabha disrupted repeatedly over Dalit atrocities

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New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha was disrupted repeatedly on Monday over atrocities against Dalits in Punjab, as Congress leaders protested the gruesome chopping...

3D stereo caste: A sophisticated way of treating caste discriminations in music

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By Abdul Basith, TwoCircles.net,

What is RSS’s idea of ‘Bharat Mata’?

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By Shamsul Islam While speaking at RSS headquarter, Resham Bagh, Nagpur in the 3rd week of March Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS chief declared: “Now...

Indian P.M.’s plea should be rejected.

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Ref:- Separation of state (politics) & religion a must, whether secular state or not.

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This refers to Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan's statement widely reported in Indian electronic and print media that in the backdrop of three Indians allegedly found involved in Glasgow terror blast, Manmohan talked to Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister, where he implored Brown to not label the communities such as Indians or Muslims or Asians etc. as terrorists because as a Sikh he understands the trauma of being labelled.

‘Gau rakshaks’ have brought shame to India

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By Amulya Ganguli The decades-old reputation of the Jana Sangh and its successor, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as a Brahmin-Bania party has been reinforced...

Raj Thackeray may work for India’s transformation

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

Congress stages walkout in Lok Sabha over attacks on Dalits

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New Delhi : The Congress on Monday staged a walkout in Lok Sabha on the issue of attacks on Dalits and hit out at...

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...

Tamil Nadu police firing: toll rises to seven; Jayalalithaa orders judicial probe

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By TCN News,

Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi

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New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...

Plea against Scheduled Caste, woman seats in MCD polls dismissed

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By IANS,

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.

Multi-crore SC scholarships racket unearthed in Uttar Pradesh

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By Sharat Pradhan, IANS, Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has unearthed a multi-crore racket in disbursement of scholarships to Scheduled Caste students in educational institutions in the state. The racket involves hundreds of engineering, medical, dental and management colleges that have mushroomed over the past few years in several parts of the state.

Minor boy burnt alive in Bihar for goat’s grazing

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Patna : A boy's goat grazed some of a farmer's paddy crop. That really got the farmer's goat. He burnt the boy alive in...

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...

Over a lakh Ambedkar followers expected in Mhow April 14

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By IANS, Bhopal: Over one lakh followers of Bhimrao Ambedkar are expected to gather at his birth place at Mhow near Indore on the occasion of his 119th birth anniversary April 14 - celebrated as 'Ambedkar Mahakumbh' for the past two years, officials said Tuesday. The Madhya Pradesh government has made elaborate arrangements for the occasion.

Saharanpur on boil again: One dead, Thakurs burn 25 Dalit homes after clash

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Saharanpur district of western UP remains tense after Thakurs of the area tried to take a procession parade on Maharana Pratap...

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...

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’...

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...

Need Support for start Madrasa in Hubli

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“Establishment of a madrasa separately for girls and boys in every district is necessary for removing educational backwardness of the Muslim community, said president of All India Deeni Madaris Board, Maulana Mohammad Yaqoob Bulandshahri. These madras as must be of such a high standard that their students may be able to secure admission in modern arts, science and technology subjects, he further said.”

‘MIM will contest Delhi and UP polls too’, says Owaisi in Aurangabad

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Buoyed with the Maharashtra assembly election win, the Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has declared to contest forthcoming Delhi and Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. AIMIM party chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who was in Aurangabad to attend a ‘Thanks Giving’ gathering, made the announced that MIM is eyeing assembly polls due in the national capital and Uttar Pradesh.

Politics of Religion

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By Sadiq Zafar for TwoCircles.net, When elections are around, politics in Uttar Pradesh starts revolving around communal issues and Ram Mandir Babri Mosque debate erupts...

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...

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...

रोहित वेमुला के नाम मार डाले गए एक होनहार का ख़त

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By ए मिरसाब, TwoCircles.net देश में हैदराबाद विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र रोहित वेमुला की मृत्यु के बाद एक शोक और आक्रोश का मिश्रित माहौल है. विश्वविद्यालय...

डेल्टा हत्याकांड के दो साल : ‘देश में ऐसा सिस्टम है तो फिर हम...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली : ‘तन और मन से तो पहले ही टूट चुके थे, अब धन से भी टूट चुके हैं. इंसाफ़...

Journalist says threatened by Sanatan Sanstha, refuses police cover

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Mumbai: Journalist Nikhil Wagle, known for his aggressive stance on various public issues, says he has received threats from Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha. Maharashtra...

Dalit woman gangraped in Greater Noida

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By IANS, Greater Noida : A 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped at gunpoint in the Jewar area of Greater Noida, police said Tuesday. The incident came to light Tuesday when the woman complained to the police. "Shalini (name changed) was sleeping on the terrace of her parents's house in Karoli locality of Jewar area Monday night when two neighbourers, identified as Bunty and Bhura, raped her at gunpoint. She was sleeping alone as her parents were away and her siblings were sleeping inside the house," said Superintendent of Police Atul Saxena.

Dalits in UP being victimized: Amit Shah

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Lucknow : BJP President Amit Shah on Friday blamed Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for rising atrocities on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh. Speaking at...

Caste prejudices hit Bihar’s anganwadi centres: Report

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By Imran Khan

12 hours after arrest, court releases Dalit intellectual Teltumbde

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Pune (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) In a huge embarrassment for Maharashtra government, a Pune court ordered the release of Dalit intellectual Prof Anand Teltumbde,...

रिहा होने के बाद नवदीप कौर का ऐलान संघर्ष जारी रखूँगी

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तन्वी सुमन। Twocircles.net पंजाब एवं हरियाणा उच्च न्यायालय ने शुक्रवार को श्रम अधिकार कार्यकर्ता नवदीप कौर को जमानत दे दी। 23 वर्षीय कार्यकर्ता नवदीप ने...

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.

Trinamool, Congress youth wings burn effigies of Irani, Dattatreya

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Kolkata: Workers of the Youth Congress and the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad on Wednesday demanded sacking of union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya and...

“Change in the social system and need of a better future”: Ambedkar’s 127th Birth...

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By Sidharth Dhamma On Sunday, April 15, 2018, various progressive organizations from Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, USA organized a program to commemorate Dr....

AIC files amicus curie after Indian worker faces caste discrimination by a major tech...

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Commenting on the case, Ambedkar International Center (AIC) said that American workplaces must be caste-free zones. TCN News A Washington DC based organization Ambedkar International Center...

75% of all children out of school are Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims

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By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net New Delhi: A reply to a questioned asked in the Rajya Sabha has brought forth alarming statistics in...

Court tells MCD to compensate families of drowned kids

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to pay compensation of Rs.750,000 each to the families of the two boys who drowned November last year after falling in a pit at a park in Shakarpur area. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the MCD to pay compensation to the families of both children who died. It told the civic agency to pay Rs.50,000 to the mothers of Arshad, 4, and Armaan, 8, and deposit the rest in fixed deposits.

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।...

Platform formed to seek justice for victims of Bathani Tola massacre

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Convention on 15 July in Delhi Public Meeting in Ara on anniversary of Bathani Tola Massacre By TCN News

Congress, NCP threaten to ban Ramdev in Maharashtra

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Mumbai: The Congress and NCP Saturday strongly protested against Baba Ramdev's comments on Rahul Gandhi, with both parties threatening to ban the yoga guru...

Indian Constitution violates Itself

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By Madhu Chandra,

Krantikari Janata: First Ambedkarite magazine published in Marathi and Urdu and its potential renaissance

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By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net In an age where social media and websites have become the easiest way to reach audiences, how feasible is it to...

Andhra to challenge acquittal of accused in Dalits massacre case

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Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh will challenge in the Supreme Court an order of the state high court acquitting all 56 accused in Dalits massacre...

उन्नाव में दो दलित लड़कियों की संदिग्ध हालत में मृत्यु, एक गंभीर

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जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net उत्तरप्रदेश के उन्नाव से एक बार फिर दिल दहला देने वाली खबर आ रही है, जहां अपने ही खेत मे संदिग्ध हालत मे बंधी...

SDPI protests at Jantar Mantar against thrashing of dalits in Gujarat

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) today held a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar here and termed the incident...

Acid attacks: SC raises compensation, asks pvt hospitals to provide full treatment

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that compensation amount to the acid attack victim cannot...

Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The Railway Budget 2010 has just short of disappointment for the minorities as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today in her second budget did not offer any new scheme to them except the announcement to raise special women railway security force preferably from minorities, SC/ST, OBC and economically backward classes. Presenting her second budget as Railway Minister in the UPA Government, Mamata Banerjee presented a populist railway budget with no hike in passenger fares and freight tariffs besides more than 100 new trains.

Gujarat: Dalits and Muslims come together to protest against mob lynchings

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter In another addition to the 'Not in my Name' protests against mob lynching, protests were organised in Ahmedabad and saw the...

Jarawa women dance clip old, videographer will be held: Chidambaram

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By IANS,

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.

Dalit women in Haryana to march for redressal of cases of atrocities committed by...

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By Lalita Sharma, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) is organizing a Pad Yatra (long-march) in in Kurukshetra for redressal of pending cases against atrocities faced by Dalits, particularly women, beginning February 17. They organized a similar march last year as well.

Mayawati, Akhilesh indifferent to Dalits’ plight: Minister

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Lucknow, (IANS) : Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Monday lashed out at the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) government and the Bahujan...

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...

March in Delhi on February 23 over Rohith’s suicide

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Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad will take out a march in New Delhi on February 23 to...

Struggle against caste-based discrimination comes to the US

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Washington, DC: The struggle against caste-based discrimination practiced in South Asia has come to the shores of the United States with...

पश्चिम में दलितो का उबाल निकाल न दे भाजपा के अभियान की हवा

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आस मोहाम्द कैफ | TwoCircles.net मेरठ: पिछले सप्ताह मेरठ में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रदेश कार्यसमिति की बैठक में दलितों पर विशेषतौर पर विचार विमर्श किया...

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...

Judiciary should not be a “Holy Cow”

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By Ravichandran Chakkiliyan, TwoCircles.net, On May 12TH, 2014 Dalit Stree Shakti, an organization based in Hyderabad fighting against violence on dalit women organized a seminar on "Judiciary and its Functioning" in the memory of Lakshmipeta dalits, a place in Srikakulam where 7 dalits were beaten to death by Thoorupu Kapu (men/women) (Backward Caste) in 2012. The Meeting was organized in Ravindra Bharati, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad.

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...

NHRC urged to probe killing of three Dalits

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By IANS, Mumbai : Activists Thursday demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the brutal killing of three Dalit youths in a Maharashtra village earlier this month.

Modi calls for protecting Dalits, ending discrimination

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Hyderabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for protecting Dalits and said if the country has to progress, peace, unity and harmony...

Dalit victims brought to Ahmedabad after health deteriorates

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

OBC quota in panchayats, civic agencies valid: Apex court

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By IANS, New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the validity of the constitutional provision for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) reservation in panchayats and municipal agencies, including the post of a chairperson. The chairperson's post could not be equated with solitary posts in the context of public employment, the court said. However, the court said: "The upper ceiling of 50 percent vertical reservations in favour of Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs) and OBCs should not be breached in the context of local self-government."

‘Turn your words into deeds’: US lawmakers write to Modi on growing ‘religious intolerance’

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By TCN News, Conveying their serious concern over violence against religious minorities in India, 34 top American lawmakers that include Eight U.S. Senators and 26...

यूपी उपचुनाव में विपक्ष को मिल गया जीत का पैटर्न

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आस एम कैफ़ ।Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश में हुए तीन सीटों पर हुए उपचुनाव में खतौली विधानसभा सीट की सबसे अधिक चर्चा है। खतौली में...

Film advocating philosophy of Ambedkar screened in Boston, US

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

क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net राजस्थान के नोखा शहर में एक प्रतिभाशाली लड़की को तंत्र की अमानवीयता के चलते अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा. डेल्टा...

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.

Congress will fight injustice to Dalits, tribals, says Rahul

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Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the NDA government over "centralisation" of power and de-recognition of a student group...

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani rejects invite to CPM programme in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: Kerala CPI (M) leadership was left red faced after Jignesh Mevani, Una agitation leader, rejected the party’s invitation to attend...

“Being Dalit in India is a sin,” Saharanpur’s Dalits recount facing caste-discrimination all their...

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By Musheera Ashraf, TwoCircles.net Saharanpur: Dalit’s represent over one-sixth of India’s population. The Indian constitution outlaws caste discrimination and the practice of ‘untouchability’. It prohibits...

Empower NHRC to act against erring officials: Justice Dattu

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Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice H.L. Dattu on Wednesday sought amendment to the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, to empower...

BJP has done nothing for farmers: Kharge

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New Delhi : The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the central government of "not doing anything for farmers"...

Prima Facie report by Team of The Independent Peoples Tribunal on death of Rohith...

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By TCN News, Delhi: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice had requested the Indian Peoples Tribunal to send a fact finding team to investigate...

Dalits ignored, corruption on rise under Yeddyurappa: BJP MP

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By IANS, Bangalore : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Tuesday alleged that Dalits were being neglected and corruption was on the rise under the party's first Chief Minister in Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa. Jigajinagi's attack on Yeddyurappa comes three days ahead of a 'Sadhana Samavesha' (convention on achievements) here to celebrate the party's two years in office. A fourth-term member of the Lok Sabha, Jigajinagi said Dalits hadn't got proper representation in the Yeddyurappa ministry.

Dalit woman branded a witch, thrashed in Rajasthan

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By IANS, Tonk (Rajasthan) : A Dalit woman was labelled a witch and beaten up badly in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said Sunday. Kamla Bairwa of Jhalra village in Tonk district, over 100 km from Jaipur, stated in her First Information Report (FIR) filed with the police Saturday that some villagers tagged her as a witch, insulted her and then beat her up. "The villagers, especially the women, call me a witch. They insult me, torture me and beat me up. They wanted me to leave the village," Kamla, a labourer, told IANS.

USA should help Pakistan to institutionalize military rule

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

Tribal affairs ministry promises more funds for northeast

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By IANS, New Delhi: More funds and development schemes for the northeastern states were promised as Tribal Affairs Minister Kanti Lal Bhuria wrapped up his three-day visit to the region Wednesday. The minister, summing up his visit said that norms for opening residential schools for tribal children will be relaxed in the northeastern states.

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...

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...

Stalin torchbearer for upliftment of Dalits: Karunanidhi

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By IANS, Chennai : DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said his second son, M.K. Stalin, would be the party's torchbearer after him to fight for the upliftment of Dalits.

Amit Shah woos Delhi’s Dalits ahead of election

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New Delhi : BJP chief Amit Shah Tuesday urged the city's Dalit community to support the party and ensure its victory in the upcoming...

100 Gujarat Dalits embrace Buddhism

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Amreli (Gujarat), (IANS): At least 100 Dalits in Amreli district in Gujarat on Thursday embraced Buddhism in protest against government inaction over the death of...

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...

Translate words into action, Owaisi tells PM

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Hyderabad : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow...

Left’s terror blame against Muslims, Dalits rejected in Kerala election

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By Anas Nilambur,

Attack on Dalit students in Osmania Unv condemned

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By TCN News, Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC)has condemned the attack on Dalit students and burning of Sarath Naliganti room who is a student leader, research scholar of Osmania University and MLA contested candidate of MIM from Amberpet constituency by Hindutva student wing ABVP at Osmania University campus.

The new Pathans

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Folklore in northern India goes something like this. A Brahmin, with his sacred threat ceremoniously held over his ear, was standing on the side of the road and answering the call of nature. He got a big thump on his back. Flabbergasted, on turning to see what had hit him, he found a Pathan with all his colorful native plume decorating his head as his regalia, was fuming over his act of sacrilege. The Pathan said: Pandit, how dare you pee while facing the west, where is our Ka'aba. Don't you know we pray our Namaz facing west towards our Holy Ka'aba? You are insulting our Holy Masjid.

The story of minors: A note on the practice of untouchability in Uttar Pradesh

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The mainstream Manuwadi media and Savarna liberal media are always desperate to take note of the atrocities on Dalit-Bahujans in a particular fashion. The...

Kejriwal invokes Vemula, laments atrocities against Dalits, tribals

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Panaji : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday invoked the suicide of Rohith Vemula while lamenting atrocities against Dalits and tribals, especially in...

AMU Minority Character,OBC Reservation&Govt.of India

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How strong is the force of politically organised communities may be gauged from the impatience of the Government of India to get the stay on the implementation of 27% quota for OBC in elite educational institutions vacated. It may be remembered that while staying the operation of the impugned legislation, Their Lordships in the Supreme Court had reprimanded the government and directed it first to compile the details etc. of the backwards.

अनाथ नज़र आता है मायावती का आदर्श ग्राम ‘माल गांव’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net माल/ मलीहाबाद (लखनऊ) : ‘हमें बहन जी ने गोद में लिया कब था, ये अलग बात है कि गोद में लेने...

Mayawati our leader and will always be so, say Dalits

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By Brij Khandelwal, IANS,

अलीगढ़ : खेत मे मिला दलित किशोरी का शव,ग्रामीणों में आक्रोश

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स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.Net अलीगढ़ में जंगल मे चारा लेने गई एक लड़की का शव मिलने के बाद हड़कंप मच गया है। लड़की दलित समुदाय...

थोड़ा-सा जहर, रस्‍सी, इच्‍छा-मृत्‍यु और रोहित वेमुला का खत

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नासिरूद्दीन 18 दिसम्‍बर 2015 यानी ठीक एक साल पहले. हमारे जैसे सभ्‍य नागरिक समाज के लोगों का एक आम-सा दिन था. मगर हैदराबाद केद्रीय...

Will torch myself if not given a home, says poor Dalit

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By IANS, Patna: Many rural poor are upset over alleged corruption in getting houses under a central government scheme and a 30-year-old Dalit woman has threatened to set herself on fire if she does not get a home due to her. Ramvati Devi, a resident of Begusarai district, has threatened to set herself on fire April 1 if she is not provided a house under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) before that. She says her name was in the 2008 waiting list of the scheme. "I will set myself on fire to protest injustice. I am a victim of injustice and corruption in the scheme.

Una victims become ‘symbol’ of Dalit Chetna Yatra as Sangh Parivar goes all out...

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By Amit Kumar and Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net On July 11, four Dalits were publicly stripped and beaten up by Gau Rakshaks in Una...

Ajay Maken abused and threatened me, says Dalit congress member

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New Delhi : Dharmpal Natkhat, a Dalit member of the Congress, said on Monday that the party's Delhi unit President Ajay Maken abused and...

क्या है भीमा कोरेगांव का इतिहास और 200 साल बाद की सियासत?

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कलीम अज़ीम, TwoCircles.net के लिए 1 जनवरी 1818 को ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी और पेशवा के बीच पुणे ज़िले के ‘भीमा कोरेगांव’ में लड़ाई हुई थी....

Radhika Vemula pays a visit to Faisal’s family in Malappuram

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net, Malappuram, Kerala: Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohit Vemula, has lashed out at the Centre saying the government was under the control...

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...

मज़हब की राजनीति में गायब होते मुस्लिमों और दलितों के सवाल

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आसिफ़ इक़बाल यह अजीब मज़ाक़ है कि राजनीतिक नेता न केवल विभिन्न धर्म के मानने वालों के मार्गदर्शक बने हुए हैं बल्कि समाज भी आमतौर...

Bihar Minister refuses to withdraw ‘controversial’ statement on Ramcharitmanas; BJP demands FIR against him

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Ayodhya seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya had announced a bounty of Rs 10 crore for anyone who slits the tongue of Chandrashekhar Yadav if...

Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census

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The ongoing caste-based census in Bihar is considered a possible game-changer in policy-making for all the backward castes of the state. Muslims too...

Give up ‘hypocrisy’ of love for Dalits, BJP tells Rahul

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to stop his "hypocrisy of love for Dalits" and instead ensure rehabilitation of the 150 families of the community forced out of their homes by upper castes in Haryana. The party also slammed the state Congress government for its failure.

Muslim leadership has always ignored Dalit Muslims: Dalit Muslim leaders

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By, Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: “We don’t want to criticize anybody but the fact of the matter is that, the entire Muslim leadership has always ignored Dalit Muslims. Be it Jamiat Ulema Hind, Milli Council or any other organization, their attitude towards Dalit Muslims can only be described as indifferent,” complained a group of Dalit Muslim leaders.