Jamia to deliberate on implications of 2014 elections on Dalit and Minorities
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Dr. K.R. Narayan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize an International Conference on “Election 2014: Implications for Dalit and Minorities in India” on September 2 and 3, 2014.
UP Polls: Congress attempts to woo Dalit voters with eight-point agenda
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net
Ahead of assembly polls, Congress has begun its attempt to woo Dalits with ‘eight’ promises.
UP Congress President Raj Babbar...
Dalit student accuses MP university of harassment
Bhopal : A Dalit student pursuing M.Phil at the Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication here on Monday accused its authorities of...
Blue is the warmest colour: How Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated at Parliament Street in...
Aatika S, TwoCircles.net
Every year lakhs of Dalits, Bahujan and Adivasi gather at Parliament Street in Delhi along with their allies to celebrate the birth...
Send us to Pakistan, but don’t ask us to go back to our villages,...
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.
Parched summer again for Bihar Mountain Man’s village
By Imran Khan,
Dashrath Nagar (Bihar) : Bhagirath Manjhi and his neighbor Ramesh Manjhi are struggling to get drinking water for themselves and their families...
For Honey collectors, few rewards for risking life in Jungles
In the third of the four-part series, we look at how the Honey collectors of Sunderbans are feeling the pinch of change in...
Dalits angry as Bihar massacre accused are acquitted
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.
6 days after being kidnapped by ‘upper-caste men’ in village in Bihar, 20-year-old Dalit...
The killing of the twenty-year-old Dalit girl in a village in Bihar after being kidnapped by upper-caste men saw a protest by members...
50 Dalit families accept Islam in UP after series of attacks by upper caste...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Moradabad: About 50 Dalit families from Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh have decided to convert to Islam after the recent spate...
Minus Pakistanis, the Kashmiris without leadership
Ref: - Indifference to Dutch offer, the sign of Kashmiri atrophy.
Dear Sir
The present position of Kashmir problem is given below as it evolved through its history after 1947: -
(1)- The Kashmiris, speaking same language and practicing same religion (predominantly Islam) cannot be expected to remain divided across LOC.
Meeting for Dalit-Muslim unity at Malegaon on 13th February 2019
Bharatiya Republican Party Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeenand AIMIM (All India Majlis e ittehadul Muslimeen) are all set to...
PS Krishnan: An exemplary fighter for Social Justice is no more
By Arun Khote for TwoCircles.net
‘Standing against the discrimination of oppressed classes, a robust advocate of inter-caste marriages, who practices his knowledge of Sanskrit against...
मरी गाय ले जाने के कारण लखनऊ में पीटे गए दलितों की आपबीती
TCN News
लखनऊ : पिछले दिनों लखनऊ के तकरोही के चंदन गांव का मामला प्रकाश में आया था, जहां मरी हुई गाय को लेकर जा...
Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...
Patel delegation hands over 27-point charter to Gujarat CM
Ahmedabad: A delegation of Patidar community leaders, including BJP MP from Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya, who is mediating between the state government and the agitating...
‘जान दे देंगे, अगर चंद्रशेखर को हाथ भी लगाया तो…’
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : ‘मेरा नाम विमला… मेरे आदमी का बदलू और लड़के का देवेंद्र और पोते का परमवीर! क्यों अर वोई रख...
Know the law: How to get bails
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
Powerful feudalists with BJP support targeting Bihar’s Mahadalits’
By Imran Khan ,
Patna: Mahadalits, the poorest of the socially marginalised in Bihar, have been targeted by powerful feudal forces which have the full...
अलीगढ़ : खेत मे मिला दलित किशोरी का शव,ग्रामीणों में आक्रोश
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...
Amidst bleak future, Safai Karamcharis of Godhra have little interest in upcoming state elections
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...
Dalit woman raped in Odisha, one arrested
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A 50-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for raping a Dalit woman in Odisha, police said.
Apex court okays Tamil Nadu quota law
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted protection to Tamil Nadu's quota law which provides 69 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to scheduled castes and tribes and other backward classes, but advised the state government to revisit the issue.
The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices K.S. Radhakrishna Rao and Swatanter Kumar directed the state backward classes commission to revisit the reservation issue in the light of the Mandal case judgement dealing with quotas.
Manjhi’s self-interest, political hara-kiri, an alarm bell
By Md. Mudassir Alam for TwoCircles.net,
Bihar has witnessed a very chaotic crisis in the recent time, which in turn has directly or indirectly affected the common people of the state. With the resignation of Jitan Ram Manjhi, the self-proclaimed political superman of Bihar from the CM’s post all types of speculations came to an end.
Notice to Himachal over caste discrimination in temple
Shimla : The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the state over caste discrimination in the ancient Maheshwari Devi Temple in Shimla...
March in Delhi on February 23 over Rohith’s suicide
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad will take out a march in New Delhi on February 23 to...
Congress women leaders lash out at Ramdev over Dalit remark
New Delhi: Three women leaders of the Congress Saturday hit out at yoga guru Baba Ramdev over his remarks on party vice president Rahul...
बाबा साहेब जिन्हें रखना चाहते थे आगे, वो क्यों रह गईं पीछे?
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
बाबा साहेब भीमराव आंबेडकर ने एक पत्रकार के रूप में भी काम किया है, ये काफ़ी कम लोगों को ही पता है।...
100 Gujarat Dalits embrace Buddhism
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...
12 hours after arrest, court releases Dalit intellectual Teltumbde
Pune (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) In a huge embarrassment for Maharashtra government, a Pune court ordered the release of Dalit intellectual Prof Anand Teltumbde,...
‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Following countrywide protests, the much-criticised 13-point roster system for Indian universities has been overturned and the original 200-point roster system has been...
In Sultanpur, upper-caste attack on Dalit family leaves one dead, 3 injured
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After a few calm days in Uttar Pradesh, caste violence has now engulfed Sultanpur in Eastern UP.
Ramnathpur village of Sultanpur had...
Death of a Doctor: A year later, family still looking for justice
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: For the 40-45 people who gathered near Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, it was a day to protest...
VCK gets one more constituency
Chennai: Mollifying its dissatisfied ally VCK, the DMK Saturday offered one more Lok Sabha seat to the Dalit party. With this, the VCK will...
A woman’s journey from hunger to the legislature
By Mohammed Shafeeq, IANS,
Hyderabad : From a small hut in a remote village in East Godavari district to the Andhra Pradesh legislature, Anguri Lakshmi Shiva Kumari has come a long way.
Bihar’s Healthcare Crisis: Dalit Woman Struggles for Kidney Transplant After Tragic Surgery
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...
Ambedkar, Hedgewar similar, put country before self: Bhagwat
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...
NCP backs Goa RSS rap to BJP government over languages
Panaji : A day after Subhash Velingkar, who heads the RSS in Goa, attacked the BJP for alleged betrayal of Indian regional languages over...
After Moradabad, 180 Dalit families of Saharanpur to convert to Buddhism if atrocities do...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
After 50 Dalit families from Moradabad converted to Islam last week citing Yogi Government's total negligence and upper caste violence against...
Mayawati did nothing for Dalits, says Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a frontal attack on Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, saying she was unlike her mentor and...
SC calls for multi-pronged policy to tackle Delhi pollution
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the alarming problem of air pollution in Delhi could be tackled through a multi-pronged...
Doms in Varanasi seek justice through honorable rehabilitation
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat,
Hundreds of pilgrims seek to see the sunrise on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi and the boatmen go on live commentary of these ghats narrating the mythological details.The most poignant moment come when you see the Manikarnikaghat, Dashashwamegha Ghat and Harishchandraghat reminding you the stories of Raja Harishchandra’s loyalty to his ‘profession’. In an indirect reference, these are the same ‘preachings’ which ask you to do thy duty while ‘result’ is not thy concern.
In EFLU, five Dalit students ‘defamed’ a professor. How? By speaking against oppression
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
On January 17, Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student at the University of Hyderabad, committed suicide. For the whole year, his...
Manjhi to continue as Bihar CM, says Nitish Kumar
Patna : Senior Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar Sunday said Jitan Ram Manjhi will continue to be Bihar's chief minister, ending speculations over his...
Central ministers drove Rohith to commit suicide: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused central ministers of driving Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, of the University of Hyderabad,...
Empowering Wardha’s Dalits through e-commerce
Sanghamitra Store is an online e-commerce platform run by five Dalit youth that showcases affordable handicrafts and art made by the community.
Riya Talitha...
Bihar Elections: Meet Gopal Ravidas, a Dalit who couldn’t complete his law education but...
By Sami Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Bihar: Gopal Ravidas, 51, could not complete his law education but he is now a lawmaker in Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Son of...
शोभापुर : तनाव में दलित, धर्म बदलने की चेतावनी
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
मेरठ : भारत बंद आह्वान के बाद मेरठ में हुई हिंसा, मेयर पति योगेश वर्मा की गिरफ़्तारी और युवा नेता...
Nitish Kumar bats for reservation to Dalit Muslims
By TCN News,
Patna: Giving hope to the dalit Muslims and dalit Christians, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has advocated for increasing reservation quota...
CPI-M announces 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu
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...
No diversion of Dalit funds for CWG: Sandeep Dikshit
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.
Jigajinagi, a tall Dalit leader from Karnataka
New Delhi : Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, 64, who took oath as Union Minister of State in New Delhi on Tuesday, is a five-time BJP...
Safai karamcharis demand a separate Ministry to rehabilitate Manual scavengers
TCN News
Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan released a 10 point manifesto for Safaikaramcharis to ensure that political parties take note and implement their demands.
The Safaikaramcharis...
Budget 2016: Jatiley allocates Rs 500 crore for SC, ST, women entrepreneurs
By TCN Staff Reporter
Delhi: In an attempt to help people from marginalised communities set up their own businesses, the Union Budget has allocated Rs...
तबाही : मुम्बई में झुग्गियों पर गिरी दीवार ,17 की दर्दनाक मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
मुंबई में बारिश का कहर देखने को मिला हैं। भारी बारिश ने मुंबई को बेहाल कर दिया है। मुंबई के दो इलाकों...
Kanhaiya’s grandfather moves court against two in Bihar
Patna: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in Bihar against two persons regarding rewards offered for chopping Kanhaiya's tongue...
Manjula Pradeep: Working tirelessly to ensure equal rights for Dalits
By Amit Kumar
For Manjula Pradeep, growing up in Baroda and attending an English-medium school meant her childhood was like any other child, at least...
Dalit lorry driver killed by Tamil Nadu Special Forces in custody, alleges family
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): On the evening of February 12, Suresh, 33, from Gandhi Nagar, Orikkai, in Kancheepuram district of Tamil...
Ramdas Athavale appointed as MoS in cabinet reshuffle
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: Ramdas Bandu Athavale, 57, president of the Republican Party of India (Athavale fraction) and Rajya Sabha MP nominated by the...
2700 crores for dalits but just 45 crores for Muslims in Mayawati’s budget
By Faisal Fareed, TwoCircles.net,
Bihar shutdown disrupts rail, road traffic
Patna : A shutdown in Bihar Tuesday to protest the arrest of three men for the alleged gang rape of six Mahadalit women has...
Abducted woman untraced, husband still in hospital
By IANS,
Patna : An upper caste woman abducted in Bihar 12 days ago allegedly for marrying a Dalit against her family's wishes remains untraced, police said Sunday.
पातालकोट : जहां ज़मीन के अन्दर से पनपता है भारत का भविष्य
जावेद अनीस
छिंदवाड़ा जिले के तामिया ब्लॉक में स्थित पातालकोट मानो धरती के गर्भ में समाया है. तकरीबन 89 वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्र में फैली यह...
Should caste matter?
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Caste system in India, according to a large number of historians and intellectuals began with the advent of the Aryans and...
Bihar: Hopes and hurdles for minority communities in much-hyped caste census
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...
Is Onam an inclusive festival?
As people of Kerala celebrate Onam, this article tries to critically explore the emerging counter narrative of historically oppressed section against sustaining casteist tradition.
By...
BJP desires ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Modi has failed, says Mayawati
Lucknow : BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" and said Prime Minister Narendra...
Mayawati demands more security for UP polls
Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said Tuesday that free and fair polls were not possible in the state under the Samajwadi party...
In Amul town, Dalits drink milk to protest
Ahmedabad : The protests by Dalits over the July 11 flogging of Dalit boys in Una by self-styled cow protection vigilantes continued for the...
विडम्बना : शमशान में जलाने से रोक दिया दलित महिला का शव
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर । Twocircles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश के आगरा से एक बेहद शर्मनाक घटना सामने आई है। यहां दलित समाज की एक नवविवाहिता का शव श्मशान...
नोखा: जानिए एशिया की सबसे बड़ी मोठ मंडी को
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान): दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत ने राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा शहर को चर्चा में ला दिया...
Dalits pledge not to lift carcasses in Gujarat
Ahmedabad : Thousands of Dalits took a pledge here on Sunday not to lift carcasses in protest against the attacks on Dalits by upper...
Dalits demand inclusion of Buddhists in SC Sub-Plan in Maharashtra
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Mumbai: The ‘Dalit Adivasi Adhikar Andolan (DA3)’ has demanded from the National Commission for Scheduled Caste to direct Maharashtra government to...
अब मां कमलेश लड़ रही हैं चन्द्रशेखर ‘रावण’ की लड़ाई
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....
“We should record our history, our victory” Dalit poet Mercy Margaret
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....
Tension, Dalits’ migration in Haryana village: CM sends minister
Chandigarh, (IANS): The migration of Dalit families from a Haryana village due to tension in the wake of stone-pelting over 'ghurchari' was raised in...
A Dalit Girl Dreamed of Belonging – Until She Saw What They Really Thought
Swastika Verma, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Feminism in India remains a tender and often misunderstood subject. Half the population is unfamiliar with its meaning, while the...
Radhika Vemula has a message for the PM this Women’s Day
An open letter from Radhika Vemula to the Prime Minister
Jai Bhim everyone,
My name is Radhika Vemula. I am Rohith Vemula’s mother. This International Women’s...
Dalit killings: Haryana orders CBI probe, Rahul slams Khattar
Faridabad/Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the arson attack by upper castes in Faridabad district that left two...
Congress appoints two observers in MP to placate Dalits
New Delhi (IANS): In its bid to strengthen its outreach among the Dalit community in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the Congress on Friday appointed two...
Rape Raj: Shrouded in Shadow
By Shahnaz Islam, TwoCircles.net
A frenzied attack or bouts of insanity; “rape is rape”! Every 30 minutes one rape is committed in India. A woman...
Why Dalit organisations stopped Bandaru Dattatreya and NDA’s celebrations in Nanded
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Nanded: Over the past couple of months, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has spent considerable time and resources in celebrating two...
Protest against Lokmat Chairaman Vijay Darda for his anti-reservation article
Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
Pune: An editorial written by editor and chairman of Lokmat Vijay Darda has come under severe criticism from Dalit activists.
The editorial published...
DU professor on why legislation is needed to prevent caste discrimination in higher educational...
Professor N. Sukumar's new book studies the exclusion and discrimination against Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian higher education system and the...
Asaduddin Owaisi backs Hyderabad varsity students’ protest
Hyderabad: MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday sought immediate removal of University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor Appa Rao over the suicide of a Dalit...
Haryana told to arrest all Dalit attack accused by Monday
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Haryana government for its failure to arrest all those who looted and burnt Dalit houses in Mirchpur village in Hisar district April 21 and told it to arrest by Monday all accused who are on the run.
If those responsible for committing atrocities could not be arrested then what right does the director general of police have to continue in office, asked an apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K. Ganguly.
Akhilesh, Mayawati slam Amit Shah’s ‘drama’ of dining at Dalit home
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah over his dining at a Dalit's house...
Dalit man lynched in Ghaziabad by seven youths
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by seven higher caste youths over a minor altercation in Ghaziabad, neighbouring the national capital, police said Monday.
The incident occurred Sunday night in Chitaura locality of this city.
According to police, the man, Surendra, 45, went to Hapur to buy a cow and was returning to his home in Noorpur with the purchase alongwith his wife and daughter when he was accosted by seven youths near Chitaura locality on the Upper Ganges canal.
नाइंसाफी,अन्याय,संवेदनहीनता, दुख और तक़लीफ़ का साल 2020
आकिल हुसैन। Twocircles.net
साल 2020 पूर्ण होने पर हैं। यह साल देश के लिए तमाम कठिन परिस्थितियों से गुज़रा है। कोरोनावायरस का प्रकोप, लाकडाउन,दिल्ली दंगे,लाकडाउन...
12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat
By IANS,
Lucknow : A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for stealing wheat from the fields, police said Friday.
Three men have been booked for killing the Dalit boy, police said.
Kamlesh Kumar, a resident of Kashipur village in Hardoi, about 110 km from Lucknow, was Thursday repeatedly assaulted with wooden sticks and iron rods, following which he died in the fields.
According to police, Kumar was initially spotted hiding in the wheat fields of Neeraj Singh.
Muslims and Dalits to hold joint protest against demolition of Guru Ravidas temple
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...
The Telegraph redefine newspaper front pages
By IndScribe
Telegraph, the Calcutta-based English newspaper, has redefined the front pages of newspapers.
Creative, catchy and often shocking headlines, apart from unique presentation has...
Upper caste BJP leaders upset over OBC as Bihar chief
Patna : A powerful lobby of upper caste Bihar BJP leaders is disappointed over the appointment of OBC leader Nityanand Rai on Wednesday as...
AAP to pick Punjab Deputy CM from Dalit community, says Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab will be from the Dalit community...
You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...
By TCN News
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...
Untouchables in predatory world of EdTech industry: Making a case for recognition of critical...
Digital learning carries with it the same biases and inequities that dominate the sphere of traditional education.
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Rishab P,...
Bihar to initiate moves to ban liquor
Patna : The Bihar government will soon take steps to impose a ban on liquor in the state, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil...
Set up special courts for Dalit cases: Wasnik
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.
Funds collected outside Pune mosques help rebuild 74 Dalit homes in Pune
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
In a heart-warming story of Dalit-Muslim unity from Maharashtra, an NGO managed to rebuild homes of 74 Dalit families who lost...
यूपी में जंगलराज : दलित बस्ती में लगाई आग, दो मासूम जले
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में दलित बस्ती के 35 घरों में आग लगाने और 2 मासूम...
Maha dalit killings: Film industry faces to join demonstration in Mumbai
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Social activists, common citizens and even some faces from the film industry are likely to participate in a demonstration march on Saturday in Mumbai to show solidarity with three dalit victims from Ahmednagar district.
When the Right is wrong: Indian-Americans call out Hindu nationalists in the US in...
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...
वाराणसी: नेपाली नागरिक का सर मुंडवाकर लिख दिया ‘जय श्री राम’
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।...
More than 50% Dalits landless, 40% of people displaced for ‘development’ are Adivasis, says...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: Even as the NDA government completes three years in power amid tall claims of development, the India Exclusion...
Violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon a stark reminder of 1997 Ramabai Nagar atrocities
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
New Year’s eve was a time of joy and happiness everywhere, and Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, was no different. But...
Casteism among Hindus and Sikhs in the UK as Rampant as In India
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...
Beating of 3 Paraya boys in Kozhikode unpack existing caste-violence in Kerala
By Ashfaque EJ, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: “It’s been a week after we got beaten and casteist slurs were used against us. The police have failed to...
Persecution of activists an expression of fascism say Indian Americans
By TCN News:
The Alliance for Justice And Accountability (AJA), an umbrella coalition of progressive organizations across the United States, today condemned the attacks against...
Despite improvements, gaps between Dalits and upper castes persists: Prof. Thorat
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net,
Waltham, Massachusetts: Economic conditions of Dalits have improved in the last sixty years but the gap between Dalits (Scheduled Castes) and higher continues continue to persists, argued Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies. Prof. Thorat was giving the opening lecture at the two-day Symposium on the Annihilation of Caste: The Unfinished Legacy of Dr B.R. Ambedkar which began here on Saturday. The symposium is being organized by the Center for Global Development and Sustainability in Brandeis University.
Sub inspector in Maharashtra booked for Dalit woman’s rape
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Nagpur: A Dalit woman has filed a rape complaint against a police sub-inspector (SI) alleging he sexually exploited her for...
Dalit man who married high-caste girl killed in TN
Chennai : A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number...
Time running out for Kashmiris
Ref:- Invocation of Kashmiri martyrs , the only leverage left for Kashmir solution.
Dear Sir
This refers to the statement of Indian prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh at a function on Sunday in Jammu where he proposed (a)- the turning of LOC into a line of peace with free flow of ideas, material and people across the border and (b)- Land and water resources of entire J&K (including PAK) can be used jointly for the benefit of people of J&K living on both sides of LOC.
Dalits still living in fear in Haryana village: Report
By IANS,
New Delhi : Days after a girl was raped and her father committed suicide, Dalit residents of Haryana's Dabra village are still afraid of letting their daughters go out.
Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’s 33rd mega gathering in Ajmer to focus on Dalit-Muslim unity
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...
I dream of a casteless society – Jeyarani
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Dalit History Month began in 2015 inspired by the ‘Black History month’ in the US. April is observed as the Dalit...
जानकारी : ये हैं भारत मे अब तक बने दलित मुख्यमंत्री
आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net
देश में एक बार फिर से दलित राजनीति गर्म हो गई हैं,उसकी वज़ह है पंजाब। कांग्रेस ने बड़ा फेरबदल करते पंजाब में...
“Being Dalit in India is a sin,” Saharanpur’s Dalits recount facing caste-discrimination all their...
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...
ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट : सीवर सफाईकर्मी और पत्रकार दलबीर वाल्मीकि का मारा जाना खड़े करता...
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....
Book review: Loknath Yashwant’s Broken man might be too hard-hitting for ‘Ghalib’ fans
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Mirza Ghalib is a celebrated figure in the vast world of poetry, and many times Ghalib produces a self-demolishing effect on...
“Azad fights war of weak in a powerful way,” well-wishers of Bhim Army leader...
Bhim Army Chief supremo Chandrashekhar Azad has been featured in TIME magazine’s annual list of 100 “emerging leaders who are shaping the future”. TwoCircles.net...
Congress team to inquire into Rajasthan caste violence
New Delhi : The Congress on Monday said it has set up a fact-finding team to inquire into rising incidents of atrocities on Scheduled...
Bihar priest beaten for pushing Dalit woman out of temple
Patna: A priest was beaten up by a group of men after he pushed a Dalit woman and forcibly stopped her from offering prayers...
New report by NDMJ-SASY reveals surge in atrocities against Dalits, Adivasis amid COVID-19 lockdown
TCN News
National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ), headquartered in New Delhi, has released a detailed report on increasing human rights violation cases against Dalits,...
Prominent US-based Dalit activists call for international support against caste-based violence
TCN News
India Civil Watch International has recently published an online series that was originally prepared by prominent African-American and Dalit activists as a protest against...
NHRC notice to Karnataka over ragging of Dalit student
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to Karnataka over reports that a Dalit nursing student from Kerala...
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi gears up for Maharashtra Assembly polls with Bootcamp for campaign staff
TCN News
Maharashtra based party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), led by Mr. Prakash Ambedkar has signed up with OurDemocracy.in, a digital campaigns organization - to...
Students, teachers, politicians at solidarity march for Vemula
New Delhi : A solidarity march to condemn the "institutional killing" of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula on Tuesday drew support from thousands including...
‘We’ll Keep Opposing:’ – National Protest of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims organised by...
Riya Talitha | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI –On March 28, around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the...
परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी
TCN News
जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...
Reduction in scholarship allocation for Dalit students a major concern, shows that Dalits, Adivasis...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Union Budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley received sharp criticism from the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights...
थोड़ा-सा जहर, रस्सी, इच्छा-मृत्यु और रोहित वेमुला का खत
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...
क्या महज़ राजनीति का मुद्दा है डेल्टा मेघवाल?
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...
Dalits will be protected against atrocities: Wasnik
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Rights of Dalits will be protected and strict laws will be implemented to prevent atrocities against them like the arson attack on Dalit homes in Haryana, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said here Wednesday.
"I have travelled to various states of the country to see whether there is any discrimination with these sections of society. We will strictly implement the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 at all places," Wasnik told reporters.
All vacant posts for SC/ST will soon be filled: Kejriwal
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...
America deserves Trump!
By Mansoor Durrani for TwoCircles.net
Never interrupt your enemy, when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Although, I had planned to write this article...
कोरोना से जनता लड़ रही हैं, सीमा पर सेना लड़ रही है और हमारी...
Twocircles.net के साथ अपने एक घण्टे के इंटरव्यू मे भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद- बहुजनों की तमाम परेशानियों, षडयंत्रो और संभावनाओ पर बात करते हैं। वो...
Tension in UP town over BJP, Congress protests
Ghaziabad : Tension gripped the Kanth area of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district Saturday as the BJP refused to back out of its proposed protest...
दुःखद : पानी पीने पर टीचर ने की थी जिस बालक की पिटाई, अब...
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NHRC issues notice over sanitation workers’ death in Noida
New Delhi, (IANS): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to Noida authorities regarding the deaths last week of two sanitation workers...























































