Fact-finding team demands SIT investigation to ensure justice for Telangana honour killing victim
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
A fact-finding team from Civil liberties monitoring committee (CLMC) visited Miryalguda and the house of Permulla Balaswamy, father of the late...
बाढ़ : सुशासित बिहार में 250 दलित सड़क पर रहने को मजबूर
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...
Anti-beef ban march in Mumbai on Tuesday
Mumbai: Thousands of people, including butchers, students and political leaders, will walk together in a march here on Tuesday to protest the ban on...
Here’s what explains Mayawati’s rout in UP election
Many independent observers believe that Mayawati may be down but she is not out yet.
Hina Khan | TwoCircles.net
LUCKNOW — The rout of the Bahujan...
Don’t politicise Dalit issue: Rajnath
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged against politicise the issue of atrocities on the Dalits and said society...
Budget related dharna and rally of 29th February, 2008
submitted by Satinath Choudhary, Delhi
We started gathering in the morning about 11 am and around three O’clock in the afternoon, we marched towards the Parliament, led by our own Parliamentarian Hon’ble Athavale Sahab, as far as the police let us go. We then had some speeches and concluded the rally by burning a replica of the new budget! The following memorandum of demands was submitted to the Prime Minister and Finance Minister:
SC/ST Budget Hissedari Andolan
(Movement for SC/ST Share in Budget)
c/o 36/12, 1st Floor, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi -110 008
To
Irani insensitive to Rohith’s family, say varsity teachers
Hyderabad : Targetting central minister Smriti Irani over suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, the SC/ST Teachers Forum and Concerned Faculty of University...
Dalit boy beaten up in Gujarat, two accused arrested
Ahmedabad : A 15-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten up late on Thursday evening by two men in Bhavda village of Daskroi taluka in...
‘रासुका से तो अच्छा है मुझे मार दे सरकार’ : भीम आर्मी सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेख़र...
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : भीम आर्मी के सुप्रीमो चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद पर राज्य सरकार राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा क़ानून (रासुका) की कार्यवाही कर रही है. यह...
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...
Hyderabad varsity vice chancellor goes on leave
Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao, in the eye of the storm over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar, has...
गैंगरेप पीड़िता दलित युवती की मौत के बाद लोगों में गुस्सा ,सड़क पर उतरा...
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...
Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...
A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...
Arundhati revisits Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on caste
Celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ call Mahtama a ‘Reeactionary’ and regards him as not only castist but also racist.
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In an attempt to revisit the Ambedkar-Gandhi debate over caste hierarchy, celebrated author of ‘God of Small Things’ and Essayist Arundhati Roy spoke on “vicious sort of apartheid that functions in our society”, namely caste system.
Gujarat High Court quashes quota for higher castes
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the Anandiben Patel government's ordinance to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs...
Karunanidhi downplaying 2G scam by using Dalit card: Jayalalithaa
By IANS,
Chennai : AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Thursday charged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi with attempting to trivialise the 2G spectrum scam.
In a statement here, she said: "In what he believes is smart talk, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi has shamelessly played the Dalit card in le affaire A. Raja."
"Talking to the media in Delhi, he claimed that 'the sack Raja campaign' had reached a crescendo in parliament because the telecom minister was a Dalit!"
Breaking Brahmin monopoly: Hindu temple to have women, lower-caste priests
By Quaid Najmi,
Solapur (Maharashtra) : Here's another traditional male bastion set to crumble. With a Supreme Court prod, the renowned 900-year old Vitthoba Temple...
Eight bodies go missing in Bihar graveyard
By IANS,
Patna: Eight bodies have disappeared from a graveyard in a Bihar village in one night, scaring local residents.
People of Belauri village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, were stunned Friday when they found that eight bodies had disappeared from the Sauraghat Samsan graveyard overnight.
"We found that eight graves were dug up and the bodies missing," villager Ramavatar Sada said.
Sada said the graveyard was used by Dalits and other very poor people to bury their dead as they could afford costly cremations.
Equality, diversity, inclusion: a new concept of future museums
Dr Fatma Faheem
Every year on 18 May since 1977, the International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about museums, which are...
Pratik Parmar: Challenging the Savarna hegemony with a camera in hand
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Delhi: On a slightly chilly November evening, Pratik Parmar sat with about 30 people in a conference hall in...
SC status to dalit Muslims might wait for some time: petitioners
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: UPA government has done it again. It was the 8th extension, which the Central government sought for the hearing of a PIL lodged in Supreme Court, for inclusion of Dalit Muslims in Scheduled Caste category, by Akhil Maharastra Khatik Samaj (AMKS).
Gujarat CID files chargesheet in Una Dalit flogging case
Ahmedabad : In an important development, the Gujarat Police on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 34 persons in connection with the flogging of Dalits by...
I didn’t recommend beef consumption: BJP MP
New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt's coach as...
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...
APCR ensures freedom for seven marginalised prisoners on Independence day
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Seven prisoners got back their freedom on the occasion of Independence Day this year through Association for protection of Civil Rights...
हाथरस कांड में अदालत का फैसला, संदीप दोषी, तीन बरी
स्टाफ रिपोर्टर। Two circles.net
उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति में भूचाल मचा देने वाले बहुचर्चित बुलगढी गांव वाले हाथरस कांड में आज फैसला आ गया है।...
Dalit victims brought to Ahmedabad after health deteriorates
Ahmedabad : The four Dalit youths thrashed by cow vigilantes near Gujarat's Una town on July 11 have been admitted to the Civil Hospital...
शर्मनाक : हॉकी की खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया को जाति सूचक गाली देने का आरोप
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
टोक्यो ओलंपिक में भारत का अर्जेंटीना से महिला हॉकी का सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला हारने के पश्चात, भारतीय खिलाड़ी वंदना कटारिया के परिवार को जातिवादी गालियों...
Dalit woman in MP sees ‘conspiracy’ to remove her as Sarpanch
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) : A Dalit woman here has accused Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Mallya of engaging in a "conspiracy" to have...
Lalu, Nitish ask Modi to flay RSS chief on quotas
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Lalu Prasad on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to refute RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's suggestion...
“Caste is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies”
By TCN News,
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dalits are at the bottom of caste hierarchy in India and the caste system is enforced through Dalit women’s bodies in the form of violence and abuse, said activists Asha Kotwal and Thenmozhi Soundarajan, who were in town to give details about a month-long “Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra” in India.
Congress, JD-U, Left to bring privilege motions against Irani
New Delhi : Seeking to put the Narendra Modi government on the defensive, the Congress and JD-U said on Saturday that they will bring...
‘We Don’t Employ Jai Bhim Walas’: Mumbai-based Event Management Firm Owner Tells Dalit Employee,...
TCN News
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of alleged caste discrimination and that too in a metropolitan city like Mumbai, a 23-year-old Dalit boy was...
Dalit, Adivasi protestors released, say they will not be intimidated
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Claiming that the government is trying to suppress agitating dalit and adivasi voices, the 30-odd dalit and adivasi activists released from police custody said they will not be intimidated and will not compromise on their fundamental rights.
सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद बदल गई है भीम आर्मी की कहानी
आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net
सहारनपुर : सचिन वालिया की मौत के बाद के भीम आर्मी गहरे बदलाव की और है इसके लिए भीम आर्मी के...
JD-U leaders slam Manjhi for ‘upper castes’ remark
Patna : At least six leaders of ruling JD-U, including ministers and legislators, have openly criticized their own Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for...
On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley
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...
‘MIM will contest Delhi and UP polls too’, says Owaisi in Aurangabad
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.
BJP’s Dalit love a sham, says Mayawati
Lucknow, (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh and said the Chief...
Modi is anti-Dalit, anti-student: Rohith Vemula’s mother
New Delhi : Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula's mother on Wednesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as being "anti-Dalit" and "anti-students".
Speaking during a protest...
India’s human rights situation is very serious, says UN Special Rapporteur
UN Special Rapporteur asks India to free 16 Human Rights Defenders accused in Bhima-Koregaon case
By TCN News
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...
Gujarati writer returns award against beating of Dalits
Ahmedabad : Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got in protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the...
“Anti-nationals” of the world unite: Umar Khalid back in JNU campus
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The JNU campus was enlighten on Sunday night when Umar Khalid, an accused of raising anti-national slogans, returned to the...
Flag march by police in violence-hit Saharanpur villages
Lucknow, (IANS): Police conducted a flag march in the Shabbirpur, Badgaon, Chandrapura and Maheshpur villages of violence-hit Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday,...
India at par with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Egypt in violation of religious freedom, reports...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has alleged that 10 of the 29 Indian states are suffering from...
Ambedkar King Study Circle of USA observed Ambedkar Jayanti
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...
Rahul Gandhi’s Mandsaur visit raises political temperature
Mandsaur/Bhopal, (IANS) Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh was calm on Thursday, two days after police shot dead five protesting farmers, but Congress Vice President Rahul...
Brandeis becomes first US University to prohibit caste discrimination
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The President of Brandeis University, Ron Liebowitz, made an announcement today to all students, faculty, and staff that the university will...
Dalit women protest outside Hooda’s house in Delhi
New Delhi : A large number of Dalit women from Haryana Sunday protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, demanding the...
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...
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.
Dalit leader accepts Islam, pens a book
By The Milli Gazette,
New Delhi: After 52 years of struggle, a well known dalit leader in Tamil Nadu, T. M. Mani, accepted Islam. The English version of his book "End of Casteism" will be released in New Delhi on Sunday, 18 April 2010.
Mr. T.M. Mani waged a long war against casteism and caste atrocities. He fought ferociously for 52 years and at the end, accepted Islam. His struggle's sufferings and achievements are detailed in this book.
Venue of the book release will be Ghalib Academy, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi and time: 10.30 am-2 pm
Why BAPSA’s support to Muslim Right is problematic: Part Two
Intro: This is the second in a three-part series on how Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Organisation (BAPSA) has, while effectively countering Savarna...
ग्राऊंड रिपोर्ट : दलितों की बस्तियों का नाम बदलने से नही सुधरेगी उनकी हालात
आलोक राजपूत twocircles.net के लिए
BJP सरकार के द्वारा सभी राज्यों एवं केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों को ये आदेश देने के बाद कि सरकारी...
Four more missing tribals traced, apex court told
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh government told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has traced four more of the 12 tribals who were missing. The apex court was moved for a probe into the alleged killings of 10 villagers by security forces in the state's Dantewada district during anti-Maoist operations.
दलित मुस्लिम जाट एकजुटता का संदेश दे गई महागठबंधन की पहली रैली
आसमोहम्मद कैफ, Twocircles.net
देवबंद-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAweqEVvo4Y&feature=youtu.be
भायला गांव महागठबंधन रैली स्थल के एकदम करीब है.
राजपूत बहुल इस गांव के सैकड़ों लोग रैली में पहुंचे थे.
इसी गांव के राजेन्द्र...
‘I want to break the hands of the people who attacked our brothers in...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
(The following is a first-person account of a youth from Amreli district)
Amerli, Gujarat: My name is Sagar Bagada. I am...
Uttar Pradesh: 17 booked after clash between police and Dalits in Hathras
The clash between police Dalits and police took place after idols and pictures of Hindu Gods were allegedly removed at a religious function...
Even after three years, Dalit family wait for action against Police accused of shooting...
By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net
This is the third in a four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during...
Boston event links Black Liberation and Palestinian movements with the Anti-Caste Struggle
By Paul Malachi, TwoCircles.net
The #DalitWomenFight United States tour reached Boston on Saturday, September 19th, 2015 with a panel titled “Dalit Women Fight – Moving...
Dalits denied water, NHRC issues notice to Bihar
By IANS,
New Delhi : The NHRC Wednesday sought a report from the Bihar government over the denial of water to Dalits by upper caste people in Kishanganj.
A silent morcha by ‘forward’ castes and the ‘wrath’ of Dalit Sena in Aurangabad
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
Aurangabad: Dalit Sena, a group of a working class youth in Aurangabad, protested on the night of August 28, against...
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...
Two Dalit boys suspected to be thieves lynched in Bihar
Patna : Two Dalit students, awaiting their Class 10 results, were lynched in a Bihar village on suspicion that they were thieves. Two of...
Yeddyurappa loses cool at Dalit protesters in BJP rally
By IANS,
Davangere (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa lost his cool on seeing a group of Dalit Sangarsh Samiti protesters at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally here Monday and lashed out at senior police officers in public for failing to prevent the protest.
As the protesters tried to shout slogans when he was about to address the rally, an incensed Yeddyurappa summoned Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil to the stage and shouted at him.
Jamia students celebrate Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Paying tribute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 125th birth anniversary, students of Jamia MIllia Islamia gathered at Jamia Hall...
AAP: The construction of a fantasy!
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.
Dalits beaten up by ABVP activists for holding beef festival
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Man kills self, family in Bihar
By IANS,
Patna : Driven by poverty, a man set his wife and three children on fire before killing himself in Bihar's Aurangabad district early Monday, police said.
Human Rights Watch criticises Modi government over increasing attacks on Muslims and Dalits
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: Hindu vigilante groups attacked Muslims and Dalits over suspicions that they had killed, stolen, or sold cows for beef....
Seven more Dalit suicide bids in Gujarat; 30 attempts so far
Ahmedabad : Seven persons, including two women, from the Dalit community, on Friday tried to commit suicide as protests continued against the July 11...
Why I participated in the Yuva Hunkar rally
Text and photos by Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The Yuva Hunkar rally, which took place in Delhi today, saw a sizeable participation from people from all...
Congress supports NCSC on Dalit education issue
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday welcomed the National Commission of Scheduled Castes' (NCSC) observation that amendments to the panchayat acts which mandated...
आगामी दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव में अल्पसंख्यक
By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter,
नई दिल्ली: जैसे-जैसे दिल्ली में जल्द मुमकिन विधानसभा चुनाव की करीबी बढ़ती जा रही है, उसी तरह से तमाम राजनीतिक पार्टियों में सरगर्मी बढ़ती दिख रही है. आम आदमी पार्टी और कांग्रेस ने अपने-अपने उम्मीदवारों की पहली सूची हाल में ही जारी की है.
Maoists need ‘hand holding’: Jamia vice chancellor
By IANS,
New Delhi:Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Wednesday said that Maoists were "our own people" and needed "hand holding" instead of the government's ruthless supression.
BHU anti-reservation scam: How the University is denying jobs to Dalit-Bahujans
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...
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...
Government gets 3 weeks to explain why no OBC census
By IANS,
New Delhi: The central government Monday assured the Supreme Court it would respond within three weeks to a public interest lawsuit that seeks a separate headcount of people belonging to backward classes.
The fresh lawsuit for enumeration of people of other backward classes (OBC) came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma.
Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam pleaded before the court that it should wait for three weeks for the government reply before issuing a notice.
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,...
Lawless laws leading to exclusion of marginalized: Professor Upendra Baxi
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Ambedkar University, Delhi organized the 5th Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on 5 March in India Islamic Cultural Centre. The lecture was delivered by Professor Upendra Baxi, eminent legal expert and scholar, on “Restoring ‘Title Deeds to Humanity’: Lawless Law, Living Death and the Insurgent Reason of Babasaheb Ambedkar”.
Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case
Hyderabad : In a dramatic judgment, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday set aside an order of a special court that sentenced 21 people...
पूर्व कर्नल बनाम एडीएम विवाद: क्या दलित होने की सज़ा भुगत रहे है एडीएम...
आस मोहम्मद कैफ | नॉएडा/मुज़फ्फरनगर
मुजफ्फरनगर में शनिवार को दलितों ने जिलाधिकारी आवास पर प्रदर्शन किया,दलितों के कई संगठन बेहद नाराज थे.नाराजगी उत्तर प्रदेश के...
MOUs signed to promote entrepreneurship amongst backward communities
Chennai : City based United Economic Forum (UEF), which has the focus of promoting entrepreneurship amongst backward communities including minorities, Monday signed agreements with...
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...
A former Marxist fights on BJP ticket
By Priyanka,
New Delhi: He used to be a Marxist who later took to Dalit activism before quitting his Indian Revenue Service job where he...
Kerala Govt taking measures to allot land to all landless Dalits
By TCN News,
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has asked for detail about Dalits in the state and their condition of living, acting on a complaint filed by the Harrison Company that Dalits are forcing marches towards the private lands of the company. V. Anil Kumar, Under Secretary for Dalits, has filed an affidavit showing that about 14,200 tribal Dalits of the state are inhabited, and made it clear that the government is moving forward to allot lands to these people.
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...
Railway to raise women security force from minorities, backward classes
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.
SDPI alleges atrocities against dalits increased under new regime
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Nagpur : In the wake of increasingly changing political conditions in the country, the state unit of...
सवर्णों को आरक्षण से नाराज है दलित
आसमोहम्मद कैफ-Twocircles.net
केंद्र सरकार द्वारा गरीब सवर्ण जातियों को 10 फीसद आरक्षण दिए जाने के बिल को मंजूरी मिलने के बाद सवर्ण जातियों में तो...
Rohith Vemula’s death sparks outrage within Indian Diaspora
By TCN News,
Boston: Protests have erupted at major universities and cities across the US and elsewhere, expressing shock and outrage at the death of...
A festival in Tamil Nadu to honour folk artists from marginalized communities
The festival, titled “Veethi Virudhu Vizha (The Street Award Ceremony)” in its ninth year, has provided a platform for Dalit and other marginalized...
दलित-मुस्लिम महिलाओं के हक के लिए लड़ती कनीज़ फातिमा
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
आजमगढ़(उत्तर प्रदेश): हमारे समाज में आज भी जब औरतें आजीविका के लिए घर से बाहर कदम रखती हैं तो उन्हें कड़ी चुनौतियों...
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.
Delhi group to send Fact Finding team to investigate Bihar gang rape of Mahadalit...
By TCN News,
Patna: A fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group will investigate between November 6 and 8 the recent gang rape of six Mahadalit women, four of them minors, in Bihar’s Bhojpur district.
Six women, four of them teenagers, from Dumaria village belonging to the Mahadalit community were gang-raped at gun point by three men in Kurmuri village on October 8. The medical examination of the women has confirmed they were sexually assaulted. A former member of Ranvir Sena allegedly raped the women with two of his associates.
Malkangiri: Who is responsible for deaths of more than 120 Adivasi children?
By Akash Poyam for Adivasi Resurgence
Up until now, Japanese Encephelitis (JE) has caused more than 120 deaths (Official numbers, real deaths could be...
Panther Sena protests against move to install Shivaji statue in BAMU using students’ fund
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net
It would be normal to assume that providing adequate facilities to students would be a priority for the administration of any...
Tribals are soft targets for police and rebels: Sociologist Nandini Sundar
By Abu Zafar, IANS,
To remember violence against Dalits & Christian Adivasis, NSF to commemorate Kandhamal Day on...
The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) on August 25 will remember the victims of targeted violence against Christian Adivasis and Dalits that occurred in Odisha...
Why we must revisit Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call for Constitutional Morality
By Nikhil Asdude, TwoCircles.net
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to...
यूपी की एक दलित महिला की विडंबना गाथा…
आस मुहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
बघरा (मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर) : दो साल पहले एक दलित की कैंसर से मौत हो गई. श्रम विभाग ने उनकी पत्नी को...
Democratic groups in Nanded seek to file complaint against V. K. Singh
By Yogesh Maitreya, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The brutal incidence of burning Dalit children and the irresponsible remarks of Union Minister of State for External Affairs...
Marginalization of BJP’s Dalit MPs
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, 71 returned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. Two returned BJP ally Apna Dal...
“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...
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...
TISS students’ strike enters Day 4, support pours from Universities across India; demands yet...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
The strike in Tata Institute Of Social Sciences called by the students of all the four campuses has entered day 4...
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...
Targetted for being Dalit, tweets sacked Delhi minister
New Delhi : Former Delhi Social Development Minister Sandeep Kumar tweeted on Thursday that he was being targetted as he was a Dalit and...
If you believe in Babasaheb, you will understand the importance of December 6 and...
By Shiva Thorat, TwoCircles.net
For the past eight years, November 26 has become synonymous with the terror attacks in Mumbai, but while no one...
BSP won’t support Modi in government formation: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati declared Friday that under no circumstances will her party support a possible BJP government after the Lok Sabha election.
Addressing a...
Triangular contest in Dhamdaha revives memories of caste wars in Bihar
By Brajendra Nath Singh
Dhamdaha (Purnia) : Shambhu Bhagat (48) of Haldibari village in Dhamdaha was emotional while recounting the murder of his...
BJP’s Dalit MP lambasts ‘proponents of nationalism’ over attacks on Dalits
New Delhi : BJP MP Udit Raj on Sunday hit out at the alleged "protectors of the Hindu religion" and "proponents of nationalism" over...
Panel wants SC status for Chain community across Bengal
Kolkata : With the West Bengal government erroneously according Scheduled Caste status to the 'Chain' community only in four districts, the National Commission for...
डेल्टा हत्याकांड के दो साल : ‘देश में ऐसा सिस्टम है तो फिर हम...
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...
Bahujans exhorted to remain united at Forward Press event
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: “Your identity – as a dalit, as ST or OBC – is imposed on you. You fight that and then you get locked in it. This is what they want. They want the dalits, Muslims, Christians, tribals etc to fight. The upper caste hegemony is a ‘demonically clever system of administration’ wherein the conflict is not from top to bottom, but the fight is at the bottom with each other,” said author Arundhati Roy on Wednesday.
How Savarna feminism is eroding the discourse on the Hathras case?
By Pragathi Ravi
On September 14, 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was brutally gang-raped by four Thakur men in Uttar Pradesh, where she later succumbed...
Atrocities against SCs, STs: Odisha to set up three special courts
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government is taking steps to set up three special courts in Cuttack, Bolangir and Balasore districts to try cases of...
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...
‘Turn your words into deeds’: US lawmakers write to Modi on growing ‘religious intolerance’
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...
Manual scavengers to tie rakhi to Modi
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Several manual scavengers, liberated by an NGO, will tie rakhi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of...
Vemula wasn’t Dalit, didn’t commit suicide due to external factors: Report
New Delhi, (IANS): Hyderabad University Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula did not commit suicide because of any pressure exerted by union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru...
22 years on, justice eludes Dalit victims of Bathani Tola massacre
By Nafis Haider, TwoCircles.net
Bihar: On 11 July 1996, Bathani Tola was painted red with the blood of Dalits and poor farmers which included women,...
दलितों की दर्दनाक व्यथा कथा है गुना और दरभंगा की घटना
मध्यप्रदेश के गुना, बिहार के दरभंगा और उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ में यूं तो हजार मील का राऊंड बनता है। मगर दलितों की दशा...
Notice to Tamil Nadu government over Dalits’ rights violations
New Delhi : The NHRC Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government, demanding a report on the human rights violations of the...
Congress protests tribals’ victimisation in Gujarat
By IANS,
Gandhinagar: The opposition Congress staged a walk-out from the Gujarat assembly Thursday, protesting remarks from the treasury benches that many of the tribals were Maoists.
The walk-out came at the end of a daylong debate on the budgetary demands for the forest and tribal welfare department when Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel was giving his reply.
गाय के नाम पर अब लखनऊ में दलितों की पिटाई
TCN News
लखनऊ : गाय के नाम पर गुजरात में दलितों की पिटाई के बाद अब दूसरा मामला उत्तर प्रदेश के लखनऊ में सामने आया...
Dalit politics beyond BSP
By Vanya Mehta, TwoCircles.net,
In Maharashtra, the galvanization of political power on the basis of empowerment of scheduled castes has taken a backseat due to fractionalization. Though this is a well known phenomena, the BSP is attempting to capitalize on the failure of other Dalit-issue-based parties like the Republican Party of India(RPI), a product of the Scheduled Castes Federation founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, which is now in shambles with over 50 different splintered groups.
UPSC 2014 result declared: 38 Muslims among 1236 successful candidates; 4 toppers are women
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final result of the 2014 civil services examinations on Saturday afternoon....
Won’t withdraw support to UPA government: Mulayam
By IANS,
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday ruled out withdrawing support to the UPA government, saying it was his political compulsion to keep communal forces at bay.
One acerbic comment cracks BJP’s Dalit dream in UP
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow : In politics, fortunes change overnight. They certainly did in Uttar Pradesh within just 24 hours for two players -- the...
भीम आर्मी भी आई किसानों के साथ, राकेश टिकैत से मिले चंद्रशेखर
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर। Twocircles.net
चंद्रशेखर आजाद शुक्रवार को भीम आर्मी के सदस्यों सदस्यों के साथ यूपी गेट स्थित गाज़ीपुर बार्डर पहुंचे और उन्होंने लोगों को संबोधित...
Dalits and Minorities demands inclusive Women Reservation
By TCN Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Just 3 days before the 100th Anniversary International Women Day, various religious Minority and Dalit groups rejected the Women Reservation Bill in its present form and urged for an inclusive one. The proposed bill is likely to be presented in Parliament for passage on March 8, 2010, which is also 100th Anniversary International Women Day. The Union Cabinet has already given its nod.


Muzaffarnagar faces fresh set of violence as Rajputs attacked Dalits leaving 18 injured
Siddhant Mohan & Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net
A day before the anniversary of infamous Muzaffarnagar riots, violence erupted in Bhoopkheda village as upper caste Rajputs...
NHRC notice to Kerala over Dalit student’s rape, murder
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the alleged rape and murder of...
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकरवादियों का जलवा
हैदराबाद छात्र संघ चुनाव में अंबेडकर वादियों और सामाजिक न्याय के पैरोकारो ने झंडा गाड़ दिया है। एएसए,डीडीयू, एसएफआई और अंबेडकर स्टूडेंट्स एसोसिएशन गठबंधन...
Jamiat calls for Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis to unite and fight against injustices
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
AJMER: Not only cutting across various sects in the Muslim community, prominent religious leaders of different other faiths were also perched...
PMO protecting Bhima-Koregaon violence accused: Prakash Ambedkar
New Delhi (IANS): Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar on Monday alleged that the PMO had given orders not to arrest Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, booked...
















































