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BJP ally in Jharkhand attacks Modi over tribal land rights

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Ranchi : BJP ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on Saturday directly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly going back on his solemn...

तलवार की धार पर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर इलाक़े में चौथे खंभे की हालत बेहद ही दयनीय है. नक्सली इलाक़े में जान-जोखिम...

Tripura parties oppose demand for separate state by tribals

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Agartala, (IANS): Tripura's ruling CPI-M on Friday accused the BJP of "instigating" a tribal party to hold a rail and road blockade from July...

Protests over tribal refugees voting in Mizoram LS poll

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Aizawl/Agartala: Five NGOs and youth organisations in Aizawl have launched protest rallies against the Election Commission's decision to allow tribal refugees in Tripura's relief...

Assam floods: Seven dead, situation grim in two districts

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Guwahati : The flood situation has deteriorated in Assam's Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts with seven deaths reported from the area where three lakh people...

Voting sluggish in Arunachal

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Itanagar: Balloting in simultaneous elections to Arunachal Pradesh's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly was sluggish in the first three hours, with...

National Science Day celebrated at Techno City

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By TCN News, Guwahati: Around eighty Science models based on technology & innovation were displayed by young and budding engineers of Regional Institute of Science & Technology at the Techno City campus of 9th mile in Meghalaya on the occasion of National Science Day on Saturday, February 28.

Do not spread rumours through social media: Nagaland CM

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Dimapur : Feeling that social media users played a role in Thursday's jailbreak by a mob in Dimapur and subsequent killing of a rape...

Transferred from Maharashtra to Mizoram, Sankaranarayanan quits

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Mumbai : Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, who was early Sunday abruptly transferred to Mizoram for the rest of his term, has announced his resignation. "I...

Yasin Malik detained during Srinagar protest

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Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was detained here Friday during a separatist protest march. Malik and over 200...

One killed, 3 injured in Assam blast

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Guwahati : One person was killed and three others were injured Wednesday morning in a bomb blast, triggered by militants suspected to be from...

These Tribes in India celebrate Liberation Day not Independence Day

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net As many as 150 tribes across India observe 31st August as ‘ Liberation Day’ or ‘Vimukti Divas’ because it was on...

Withdraw AFSPA from the northeast, say rights groups

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Guwahati/Shillong : Human rights organisations from different parts of the northeast states have yet again reiterated that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...

Assam’s Bodoland all set for polls on April 8

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Guwahati : The stage is set for Wednesday's elections to Assam's Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), an autonomous administrative unit that looks into development issues...

NDA government will improve the center-state relations : Tripura CM

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Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister and senior Left leader Manik Sarkar is hopeful the BJP-led NDA government would improve center-state relations to strengthen India's...

Tripura gets new chief secretary

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Agartala : Senior bureaucrat Yashpal Singh on Wednesday took over as the new chief secretary of Tripura. He succeeded G. Kameswara Rao, who retired...

Gogoi lashes out at Modi

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By IANS, Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi was an "irresponsible leader" and worker of RSS whose...

Tribal refugees burn 10 houses after tribal’s suicide in Tripura

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Agartala : Tension prevailed on Sunday in Kanchanpur in northern Tripura as angry tribal refugees, originally hailing from Mizoram, burnt around 10 houses of...

भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Tears on Eid eve at BTAD relief camps in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: For Momiron Dewa, a 60 year old inmate at Narayanguri relief camp in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), the festival of Eid seems to be more pain than joy. Even as the followers of Islam celebrate the festivity of joy and gaiety, the poor lady is being haunted by the memory of her husband who was brutally killed by gunmen months back.

How quotas help disadvantaged-caste students get higher education

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By Charu Bahri As many as 26 per cent male and 35 per cent female students from India’s most disadvantaged castes and tribes in 245...

Jharkhand to file review petition against SC order to remove tribals from forest land

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Ranchi, Feb 25 (IANS) Considering the demand of the political parties including the Opposition, the Jharkhand government has decided to file a review petition...

Youth Congress will fight for the rights of refugees: J&K Pyc

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By TCN News, Jammu: After the successful completion of agitation for 73rd Amendment and empowerment of Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir, several delegations of refugees and refugee leaders Rajeev Chuni, Labha Ram Gandhi and Capt. Yudhveer Singh met J&K Youth Congress committee and urged the J&K Pradesh Youth Congress to fight for their rights also.

Adivasi women of UP’s Sonbhadra district attacked and arrested by Police for claiming Forest...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net For more than a month, the Adivasis, especially women, of Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district have been facing police and administrative atrocities...

Nagaland polls contest between Nagas, outside forces: NPF chief

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Kohima, Feb 12 (IANS): Nagaland's ruling NPF chief Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Monday said the February 27 assembly election is not just a contest between...

Chaos in Tripura assembly on chit fund issue

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Agartala : The Tripura assembly witnessed chaos Monday as opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding the government inform the house about the amount of...

Enthusiastic independent candidates in northeast poll fray

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Imphal : A large number of independent candidates are in the poll fray in the northeast, with half of the aspirants in...

May Day: ‘No way out of tea estates,’ housing woes, low wages compel workers...

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Assam’s tea estates contribute to more than fifty percent of the total tea production in India. However, the workers working at these estates have...

Uttar Pradhesh’s Tharu tribals fear growing privatization will result in lack of govt jobs

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Growing privatization of public sector units during the current government is giving sleepless nights to the people belonging to the Tharu tribe in Uttar...

Two Years of Narasingbari Killings: Heart-wrenching story of little Rashida

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Abdul Kalam Azad Today is the second anniversary of Narasingbari Killings. On 1st May, 2014, at around 8:00pm three people were killed and several injured....

Over 15 lakh vote in Assam’s Bodo council polls

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Guwahati : Over 15 lakh people on Wednesday cast their votes in elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in four Bodo-majority districts in...

शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत

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फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था. इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...

Women take part in great numbers in training programme

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: As many as 30 women trainees passed out from the first 90-day ‘Placement linked skill training programme’ under the ‘Swarna Jayanti Swarojgar Yojana (SJSRY) – principally aimed at the urban unemployed women – here on Tuesday.

100 Tripura students fall ill after taking deworming tablets?

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Agartala : Around 100 school students in Tripura fell ill Wednesday and were admitted to a hospital. Officials suspect the students fell sick after...

Civil society in Assam urges the govt to seize the arms

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Guwahati: After National Democratic Front of Bodoland’s (NDFB) (Sangbijit faction) denial in the involvement in the violence in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), a section of people set their target towards Bodoland People’s Party (BPF). Assam minister for Border areas development Siddique Ahmed has already demanded that action should be taken against BPF.

Bodo faction threatens to quit peace process

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Guwahati : The pro-talk NDFB faction Friday threatened to pull out of the peace process if the government does not release its president Ranjan...

Three drug peddlers arrested in Tripura, heroin seized

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Agartala : Tripura Police arrested three members of an inter-state drug peddlers' gang and seized around 900 grams of heroin from them, police said...

Lightning kills two in Tripura

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Agartala : A school student and a woman were killed and five other people injured in lightning strikes in Tripura, official said here on...

‘Discover North East Yatra’ ends

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Agartala : The first ever nine-month-long cultural extravaganza, the "Discover North East Yatra" ended here on Wednesday, having created a cultural bonding among the...

‘Everyday life pictures will help understand northeast better’

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By IANS, New Delhi : There have always been only exotic pictures of the northeastern states presented, so there is a need to present more...

22 arrested over Nagaland lynching

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Guwahati/Dimapur : Twenty-two people have so far been arrested for their alleged involvement in the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town,...

‘Road linking Tripura with Bangladesh to be developed’

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Agartala : A 51-km four-lane road will be developed to enable carriage of people and material for northeast India via Bangladesh, a visiting Bangladeshi...

Asia Pacific Journalist body expresses shock at self-immolation in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ) has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the self-immolation of a Guwahati city dweller demanding land-settlement and urged the authority to initiate due consultations to resolve the issue amicably.

Jharkand’s Bamboo artisans experience livelihood crunch amid lockdown, worry for future of profession

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By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 kilometres from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus...

India’s religious minorities and Dalits weep alone

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By John Dayal, India’s several religious minorities weep alone when they are in pain. So to do the Dalits and the Indigenous people, called...

परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी

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TCN News जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...

Third ‘border haat’ along India-Bangladesh frontier opens

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Srinagar (Tripura) : Tripura's first "border haat" - the third such market along India's frontier with Bangladesh - was inaugurated here Tuesday...

Delhi to have special hostels for northeast students

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New Delhi : The central government Wednesday proposed to set up special hostels for students from the northeast region studying in Delhi. Development of North...

Bikers protest discrimination against northeast people

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By IANS, Bangalore : About 200 motorcycle riders Sunday took part in a 14-km rally across the city protesting racial discrimination against people from the...

We have been displaced thrice, will not allow it again: Geetha, leader of Adivasi...

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This is the second of the two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...

Indian tribal women’s ‘smart’ ride to economic self-reliance

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By Anurag Dey Sahebganj (Jharkhand), (IANS): Her thumbs flying fast over the touchscreen of her smartphone, Purnima Mahato, 35, of this tribal village in Jharkhand,...

Will Kashmir’s ‘Kingdom of Amity’ ever be reclaimed?

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By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar : The Shivratri festival, which used to be a grand integrative occasion for the majority Muslim and the minority Kashmiri Pandit...

Trial run of Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus flagged off

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Shillong : The trial run of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was flagged off Wednesday from Assam's main ciy of Guwahati. The trial run...

EC probing BJP’s ‘communal party’ tag in Tripura school books

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Agartala : The Election Commission of India is probing the BJP being tagged a "communal party" in the textbooks of government schools in Left-ruled...

Kashmir government increases employees retirement age to 60

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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday enhanced the retirement age of its employees to 60 years from the existing 58. The decision was...

IAF chief reviews security of northeastern region

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Shillong : Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha Thursday reviewed the security scenario with special reference to India's northeast with officers of the Eastern...

Assam CM refutes union minister’s claim on central funds

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday refuted union minister Sarbananda Sonowal's comment that the state government has failed to utilise the central...

Reception given to 3 newly elected MPs of Manipur

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: The Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) gave the newly elected three Members of the Parliament of the State - Lok Sabha MPs Dr. Th. Meinya, Thangso Baite and Rajya Sabha MP Haji Abdul Salam - a warm reception on June 26, 2014 at a function organized at the Congress Bhavan, Imphal.

Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi

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New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said. Aben Sofia was found...

Manipur groups warn of retaliation against Naga blockade

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By IANS Imphal: Assam-based organisations of Manipuri people on Wednesday warned of retaliation if the Naga-imposed indefinite economic blockade of Manipur is not withdrawn soon. "All...

‘SC/ST left out of pro-corporate budget,’ rights group alleges

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Dalit and tribal groups do not seem very happy with the union budget, which they claimed is pro-rich. “Pursuing unabashedly and openly a pro-rich policy, the Modi Budget outlines a corporate vision of India that unashamedly eats into the budgetary allocations meant for the millions of its poorest and neediest citizens, the Dalits and Adivasis,” said the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan (DAAA), which works towards the elimination of caste-based discrimination.

Congress wins in Jharkhand by-poll

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Ranchi : The Congress on Thursday won Jharkhand's Lohardaga assembly by-election. Congress candidate Sukhdeo Bhagat won the seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU)...

‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities

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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...

Mosques and churches are mere buildings, says BJP leader Subramanian Swamy

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FIR lodged against him in Assam for trying to incite communal anger By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, rather known for making outrageous statements has once again triggered a controversy by terming mosques and churches as mere buildings during his visit to Guwahati. This time even his own party men tried to shy away from the controversial leader.

Attenborough had plans to make Khasi documentary in Meghalaya

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : Tribal Khasi philanthropist Honsen Lyngdoh, who was closely associated with Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning film 'Gandhi', said the late British director...

Educate Delhiites about grievances of northeast people: HC

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By IANS, New Delhi : Stating that people should "cultivate the ability to live together", the Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city government to...

Meghalaya wants to gain from China’s ageing population

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Shillong : With an eye to China's ageing workforce, Meghalaya Thursday decided to set up three skill development centres to train youths to help...

Strike disrupts rail services in northeast

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Agartala/Guwahati : A 100-hour strike called by the indigenous people in southern Assam disrupted railway services in parts of the northeastern region for the...

If Sardar Sarovar is for people of Gujarat, what about us? Ask Adivasis of...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, the Indian state has faced increasing resistance from Adivasis across the nation over land acquisition and...

70 fall ill after eating ‘prasad’ in Tripura

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Agartala : Around 70 people, including women and children, fell sick after eating 'prasad' - offering to deity - in Tripura, an official said...

Meghalaya militancy due to social backwardness: Chief secretary

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri Wednesday said the rise of militancy in the state's Garo Hills was largely due to social backwardness. "We...

35 percent polling for Manipur’s second LS seat

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Imphal: About 35 percent of electors cast their ballot till Thursday noon as voting took place for the second Lok Sabha seat from Manipur,...

25 candidates in fray for Assam bypolls

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Guwahati : A total of 25 candidates are in the fray for Saturday's bypolls in Assam's three legislative assembly constituencies - Silchar, Lakhipur and...

Protests over Inner Line Permit issue halts normal life in Manipur

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Imphal: Unlike for most other citizens of the country, for Raees Ahmed, the ‘home-coming’ was ‘troublesome’ and rather a ‘curse’. The...

Manipur Governor resigns

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: The Governor of Manipur Vinod Kumar Duggal tendered his resignation on August 28, 2014. He is the 9th Governor appointed by the United Progressive Front Government to resign since the National Democratic Front assumed office in May 2014.

Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...

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A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...

Will my valley remain green? Many Kashmiris wonder

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By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar : As the Kashmir countryside turns lush green with the paddy growing season, one wonders whether the farmers' greed for wealth...

Nagaland CM accused of international money laundering

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Kohima : The political crisis in Nagaland over demand for removing Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang has got murkier as the rebel NPF legislators accused...

Five held for attempting to rape woman in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Five employees of a hotel here in the Meghalaya capital were arrested Tuesday on charges of attempting to rape a woman from...

Manipur tribal areas begin strike to protest land and shops bills

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Imphal: Even as the bitter row over three bills passed by the Manipur assembly and now awaiting presidential assent continues on, the tribal areas...

More than 50 thousand students appear in talent search exam on Sunday

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Over 50,000 students, from class III to degree courses, in greater Guwahati appear in the Ajmal National Talent Search Examination (ANTSE) 2014 on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Don Bosco School Panbazar and Sonaighuli, Pragjyotish English School Panbazar, Fairyland School Hatigaon, Maulana Azad Markaz Academy Satgaon, Angel’s Academy Kamakhya Gate and another 11 schools in the city that have been selected as venue for the ANTSE.

Another Bangladeshi burglar lynched in Tripura

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Agartala : A thief from Bangladesh was lynched by an irate mob in Tripura, just over a week after three Bangladeshi cattle thieves were...

Northeast groups demand anti-racism law

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By IANS, New Delhi : Demanding a strong anti-racism law in India, NGOs and students unions from the northeastern region Monday blamed the central and...

Kargil freezes at -17, rain, snow forecast in Kashmir

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By IANS, Srinagar : Ladakh's Kargil town was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 16.8 degrees Thursday and Kashmir Valley is expected...

Muslim man beheaded after interview by media in Myanmar

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Nay Pyi Taw : A Muslim man in northern Rakhine state of Myanmar was found beheaded after he was interviewed by journalists, State Counsellor...

Cross-LoC trade stand-off resolved, trucks to roll on again

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By IANS, Srinagar : The stand-off between India and Pakistan over the cross-LoC trade has ended and the detained vehicles of the two sides are...

Congress calls Tripura strike over police baton charge

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Agartala : The Congress in Tripura Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in the Left-ruled state Nov 20 to protest a police baton charge on...

Tripura to hold panchayat elections in July

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Agartala : Elections for panchayats in Left-ruled Tripura would be held in July, the state election commission announced Monday. "We have initiated the process for...

‘North-east development delayed due to multiple factors’

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New Delhi : Developmental activities in the north-eastern region are slow due to the non-completion of several projects within the stipulated time, Minister of...

Tripura governor asks police to protect women

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Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...

Rajnath stresses on security for north-easterners in Delhi

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said the people belonging to the north-eastern region of the country and living in Delhi should...

Irom Sharmila tells court she wants to settle in life

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New Delhi : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Wednesday told a court hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar...

Assam man sets himself ablaze demanding land rights

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By IANS, Guwahati : A man set himself ablaze outside the Assam capital complex in Dispur Monday protesting the state's refusal to give land pattas...

Sharmila wants to become Manipur CM to remove AFSPA

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By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal : Irom Sharmila, who is set to end her 16-year-long fast, said on Tuesday that she wants to become Chief...

No discrimination on basis of caste, religion: Rajnath Singh

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Gurgaon : In the wake of increasing attacks on people from the northeast in other parts of India, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday...

Man arrested for raping deaf woman in Tripura

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Agartala: A man was arrested for raping a 32-year-old deaf and dumb woman, police said here Tuesday. "Ajit Nama, aged 30, raped a deaf and...

Tripura parties threaten agitations for tribal state

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Agartala, (IANS): Two regional parties on Monday warned of agitations in support of their demand for a separate state for tribals in Tripura. "To highlight our...

Pleasantly surprised by political awareness and hospitality of Afghans: Kashmiri Editor working in Kabul

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By M Reyaz, twoCircles.net, New Delhi: A very popular Pashto proverb says, “Khpal watan pa har cha Kashmir we (One’s motherland is dearer to everybody like Kashmir.” Kashmir and Afghanistan has natural connections, though now divided by man-made-boundaries.

North-eastern people not ‘second class citizens’: Sangma

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Shillong : North-eastern people are not "second class citizens" of India, former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno.A.Sangma said here Saturday. "We are no less than others....

From nomads to migrants, J&K Gujjars continue Ramadan fasting

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net, Srinagar: Despite facing various health related ailments, Mohammad Iqbal, 60, a Gujjar, who migrates to Kashmir every year...

Attacks against minorities, Dalits grew sharply in BJP-led regime: US report

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Washington, (IANS) : Religious tolerance has deteriorated and religious freedom violations have increased in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, a report by...

Adivasis of Bastar demand justice for the slaughter of their children by security forces

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TCN News On 7th February 2019 in Tadiballa village of Bhairamgarh Tehsil, Bijapur district of Chattisgarh the police fired indiscriminately and killed 10 persons. This appeared...

Girl killed in accidental blast in Kashmir

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Srinagar : A 12-year-old girl was killed and her younger brother critically injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district Monday when a live explosive...

Ajmal Group to set up more colleges in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Ajmal CSR has announced its plan to set up 10 new colleges in Assam including one in Bodoland Territorial Aare Districts (BTAD) during the year 2015. It was declared during the three-day annual convention of Ajmal CSR officials and heads of institutions run by the Ajmal Group in Assam’s Hojai.

Tripura’s second LS seat votes Saturday

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Agartala : The second Lok Sabha seat in India's lone Left-ruled state Tripura goes to the polls Saturday. The other seat voted April 7. The...

Police vehicle kills three in Tripura

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Agartala : Three morning walkers were killed Saturday and two critically injured after being run over by a police vehicle in Tripura, police said...

Cabinet nod for expert group to classify caste names

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New Delhi: The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave its approval to a proposal to form an expert group...

Protests in Assam over BJP’s Delhi Vision Document

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Guwahati : Angry people Wednesday took to the streets across Assam over the BJP's Delhi poll Vision Document that described people from the northeast...

AFSPA extended in Tripura for six months

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Agartala : The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers and judicial immunity to security forces in conflict-hit areas, was extended...

Three killed, 11 injured in Mizoram road accident

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Aizawl : Three people, including a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, died and 11 others were injured in a road accident in Mizoram on...

Three Bangladeshis beaten to death by Tripura villagers

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Agartala : Indian villagers hacked to death three Bangladeshi nationals Sunday in a village on the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura, police said. "The three...

300 families affected by Meghalaya storm

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Shillong : Over 300 families have been badly affected as their houses suffered damage during a cyclonic storm in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills...

Assam MLA’s relative arrested in Meghalaya

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Shillong : A relative of an Assam legislator was arrested in Meghalaya for his involvement in the abduction of a State Bank of India...

Legislator injured in Jammu and Kashmir assembly ruckus

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By IANS, Jammu : A lawmaker from opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was injured during a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Tuesday after...

70 Indian border markets to be open to Bangladeshis

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : India intends to set up 70 markets, colloquially called 'haats', on its border where Bangladeshis and Indians will be able...

Hyderabad MP Owaisi clashes with Najma Heptulla in Lok Sabha

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New Delhi : Two senior leaders, Asaduddin Owaisi of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, clashed fiercely in the Lok...

दलित साहित्य समारोह, दूसरे साहित्य समारोह के बीच में एक अलग पहचान

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मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net दिल्ली। देश में कई तरह के साहित्यिक समारोह होते हैं। लेकिन पिछले दो साल से दिल्ली में दलित साहित्य समारोह का आयोजन किया...

Meghalaya CM to share dais with Modi Saturday after political spat

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, who had said Narendra Modi would never become the prime minister, would share the dais with him...

I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila

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By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....

Hanging by the leaves: Overwork, meager income, price rise mars livelihood of these Adivasi...

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By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Every morning the daily market area of Ranchi is occupied by scores of women coming from rural areas in the periphery...

Three big signing for NorthEast United

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Shillong : NorthEast United Football Club Wednesday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Miguel Garcia, Zambian midfielder Kondwani Mtonga and Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzvoras...

Assam PHE Chief Engineer BU Laskar no more

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Baha Uddin Laskar, Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Assam, passed away at International Hospital in Guwahati after suffering a massive heart attack on Tuesday afternoon. He was 59.

Manipuri man attacked in Gurgaon, one detained

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Gurgaon : A man was detained for attacking a Manipuri man here Sunday night, police said Monday. Soizamuam, 39, and a cab driver, was attacked...

North Eastern Council to meet in Delhi

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Agartala : The North Eastern Council (NEC) will meet in New Delhi on April 9 and 10 to discuss the funding of various projects...

Improve infrastructure for growth in northeast: Modi

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New Delhi : Terming infrastructural development as "key" to progress in the northeast India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called to speed up...

Will the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 provide succor to Dalits and...

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Govt urged to pass SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session By TCN News, New Delhi: Urging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his pre-poll promise to the SC/ST communities, the National Coalition for Strengthening SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (NCSPA) has demanded the government to pass the pending Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2014 in the current session of the Parliament.