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Meghalaya excited over rail budget promise

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Shillong : There was euphoria in Meghalaya Tuesday after Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced the first passenger train between Assam's main city Guwahati...

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam to visit USTM on July 23

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will be visiting the University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) shortly. The Missile Man of India will address the ‘North East College Principals’ Conclave (NCPC)-2014’ on July 23, 2014 at Techno City.

Rough and ready justice

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By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam, Nobody sympathises with a rapist. All of us wish the worst to befall him: let him come under the wheels of a big truck. Or, even worse: let him be run over by a huge goods train and die a horrible death. Or, if we can be patient and wait for a while, let the law award him a life sentence. Better still: let the law hang him.

Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi

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

World Bank aid for power projects in northeast India

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Agartala : The World Bank would provide the major share of a Rs.5,111 crore project to develop and expand infrastructure in the power sector...

Muslim’s literary body organises annual meet at Imphal

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Writers’ Union, Manipur, a literary body of the Muslims in Manipur organized its 15th Annual Meet at Dave Literature Centre in D.M. College Campus, here on February 8. The function was graced by Maulana Mubarak Ali and Azrun Kabir as Chief Guest and President respectively. It was attended by members of the union, Muslim writers and representatives of different civil society organizations of the State.

Assam based scribe body demands for clemency to Al-Jazeera journalists

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Joining the international chorus for the FreeAJStaff campaign, an Indian scribes’ body has demanded an immediate release of all journalists, who have been jailed in Egypt for allegedly ‘producing false reports on Egypt in collaboration with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group endangering Egypt's national security’.

Role of Akram Hussain Saikia in the freedom struggle of India

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Remembering the nationalist Muslim leader on the completion of the Birth Centenary Celebration By Nurur Rahim Majumdar, The role played by the Muslim nationalist leaders of Assam in the freedom struggle of India cannot be ignored. These Muslim nationalist leaders whether they are from Assam Valley or from Barak Valley have equally played their vital role in India’s struggle for freedom. Every movement whether it is Khilafat Movement or it is Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolon or August Kranti) which was started as a Civil Disobedience movement in India in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for immediate Independence, the Muslim nationalist leaders of Assam equally responded to the call of Mahatma Gandhiji.

Submit proposal to stop rhino poaching: Harsh Vardhan to Assam

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Guwahati : Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday asked the Assam forest department to submit a scientific proposal to stop poaching of...

‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...

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A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...

Beniwal sacked, Duggal new Mizoram Governor

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New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government Wednesday sacked Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram's governor, an official statement said. Former union home secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal,...

‘Modi stands to negate everything enshrined in constitution’

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Srinagar : Formally launching his party's poll campaign in the Valley, National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah said Wednesday Narendra Modi stands to negate...

President attended the 14th Convocation of Manipur University

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: President of India Pranab Mukherjee attended the 14th Convocation of Manipur University (MU) on April 29, 2014...

Gujjar-Bakerwal villages in J&K facing water blockade following protests over rape of 8-year-old girl,...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Kathua: As protests against the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old tribal girl intensify across the Jammu and Kashmir,...

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...

In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections

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By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net For the first time in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two assembly seats—Obra and Dudhi in Sonbhadra district have been reserved for...

Portable water contamination sensor developed

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Two Assam Don Bosco University Researchers of the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department at Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology (DBCET) have developed an on-the-spot water contamination sensor that can assess whether the amount of metal ions present in water is in the range that is safe for human consumption.

Bodo party may ally with BJP

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Guwahati : The Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF), a long time ally of the ruling Congress party in Assam, Friday said it might sever its...

Reservation unrest in Manipur varsity

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Imphal : The issue of reservation seems to have polarised the students of Manipur University here after the University Grants Commission (UGC) slashed the...

The uneasiness of children of trouble-torn zone in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Baksa (Assam): With the death toll rose up to 40 of the carnage in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in Assam, children are to found to be highly affected. So far 14 bodies are of children and as of now 10 are still missing which could be dead as well. Even in the camps at Narayanguri in Baksa district, children are the worst sufferers.

Manipur votes for its second LS seat Thursday

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Imphal : The Congress-ruled Manipur votes Thursday for its second Lok Sabha seat. "Over 12,000 central para-military forces and state security personnel have been deployed...

Over 12 lakh affected in Assam floods

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Guwahati : Over 12 lakh people have been affected in floods in 16 districts of Assam. Many rivers, including the mighty Brahmaputra and its...

Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’

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Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...

Congress not doing any good for people: Nagaland CM

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Shillong: The Congress was not doing any good for the people and the populist schemes launched by the outgoing UPA government were meant to...

‘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...

Two soldiers injured in Jammu blast

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Jammu : Two soldiers were injured Sunday when they stepped on a landmine in Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A police officer...

Students suffer as schools, colleges damaged in Meghalaya floods

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Shillong : The recent flash floods and landslides in Garo Hills in Meghalaya which have claimed over 55 lives have also severely affected educational...

Meghalaya CM seeks Modi’s intervention on coal mining ban

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invoke a provision of the Sixth Schedule so that central...

Two killed in police firing in Manipur

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Imphal : Two people were killed in Manipur when police opened fire at demonstrators who were protesting two-month old ban under Section 144 CrPc...

Assam celebrates R-Day, CM outlines new schemes

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Guwahati : The 66th Republic Day was celebrated across Assam Monday with enthusiasm, with people ignoring threats from militants. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi unfurled the...

Minorities Commission kicks off awareness campaigns in remote areas of Manipur

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Manipur State Minorities Commission (MSMC) kicks off educational awareness campaign in the remote areas of the state. The first awareness camp was organized at Sangaiyumpham, a Muslim inhabited area of Thoubal district, on December 6, 2014.

200 environmental women defenders killed in 2017: Activists

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By Vishal Gulati Nairobi, (IANS): This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them...

Assam transparent in utilising central funds: CM

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Guwahati : The Assam government was complying with all norms for maintaining transparency in utilising central funds, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Monday. Gogoi...

NDFB militants trigger massacre in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Guwahati: As the year approached the end, yet another massacre triggered by the militants loyal to Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) rocked the region.

Mizoram refugees want durable solution to ethnic issue

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Agartala : Mizoram's displaced Reang tribals, sheltered in six refugee camps in Tripura for about 17 years, Wednesday urged a central government team to...

Naga activists call for sweeping changes in male-dominated society

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Naga activists and scholars today robustly called for changes in the male-dominated society of Nagaland state, saying that it barred women from inheritance, land rights as well aspolitical equality.

Emerge as creative leaders: Kalam to IIM students

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Shillong : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday urged students of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Shillong to emerge as creative leaders to bring...

Judicial probe ordered into Dimapur lynching; DC, SP suspended

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Dimapur (Nagaland) : The Nagaland government Friday ordered a judicial probe into Thursday's incident of a mob breaking into the high-security central jail here...

Decentralisation needed to tackle corruption: Rahul Gandhi

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By IANS, Guwahati : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday that decentralisation of power is essential to tackle corruption. Addressing a rally in Assam, Gandhi...

Take up dam issue with China, Gogoi urges Modi

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of China's construction of dams...

Tripura to get another varsity

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Agartala : The Left Front government will set up a university in Tripura and a legislation in this regard will be taken up in...

Amit Shah greeted with ‘beef party’ and bandh in Shillong

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday was greeted with ‘beef party’ and a bandh during his maiden visit to Meghalaya. The protestors comprising of different communities shouted slogans and displayed placards mocking the BJP president.

Poll official killed, voting in Kashmir’s Anantnag 28 percent

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Anantnag : A polling official was killed and five others injured in an attack by separatist gurrillas after polling Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's...

World Bank’s social enterprises in three NE states

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By IANS, Shillong : The World Bank Wednesday launched its $1 million 2014 India Development Marketplace for implementing innovative service delivery in Meghalaya, Mizoram and...

Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year

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Agartala : Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person-days so far in the current fiscal in...

Modi, BJP draw flak in Assam over Land Swap Deal with B’desh

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Reacting strongly over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement over the Land Swap Deal with Bangladesh, political parties and other organizations in the state have termed the Prime Minister nothing short of ‘enemy of Assam’.

Two Andhra tribal girls gang raped, villagers seek to cover up

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Visakhapatnam, (IANS): Two tribal girls were gang raped by eight men in a village in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district and village elders tried to...

How Binesh Balan, an Adivasi, fought the Kerala bureaucracy to achieve his dream of...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net As a student from the Mavilan Tribe in Kerala, Binesh Balan knew that studying, and achieving his dreams, was never going...

BSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura border clash

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Agartala : A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and a 70-year-old man were killed in a clash between the border guards and villagers along...

Students from Assam volunteer for flood victims in Kashmir

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By Sabin Sebastian, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: A group of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) social work students did their one month internship (November 2014) in Jammu and Kashmir to help the flood affected people under the leadership of Catholic Social Service Society (CSSS) of the Diocese of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hasina thanks Tripura CM for backing land swap deal

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Agartala : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for backing the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) that the...

Naga activists call for changes in male-dominated society

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By IANS, New Delhi : Naga activists and scholars Wednesday robustly called for changes in the male-dominated society of Nagaland state, saying that it barred...

Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...

जल-जंगल-जमीन, भेदभाव की सरकारी नीतियां के खिलाफ उतरे सैकड़ों दलित-आदिवासी

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फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net पिछले साल दो अप्रैल को हुए भारत बंद के बाद फिर देश में भारत बंद रहा। 5 मार्च को होने वाले इस...

Tripura magistrate sacked for misconduct, inefficiency

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Agartala : A judicial magistrate in Tripura was sacked for misconduct and inefficiency, a Tripura law department official said here on Tuesday. "Sub-divisional judicial magistrate...

DU’s educational train journey to northeast

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New Delhi : Nine hundred students and 100 teachers from Delhi University will travel to all the eight northeastern states to enrich the students'...

30 Tripura policemen injured in attack by tribal party activists

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Agartala, (IANS): Over 30 policemen were injured in Tripura on Tuesday when activists of a tribal party attacked them, alleging a woman has been abducted,...

Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured

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This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...

Fraternity Movement demands justice for Payal Tadwi

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By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net The Fraternity Movement Kerala organized protest gatherings in the government medical colleges in the state demanding justice for Dr Payal Tadwi,...

Silchar civic board not to reinstall Teresa’s portrait

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Silchar (Assam) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Silchar Municipal Board chairman Niharendra Narayan Thakur, who recently removed Mother Teresa's portrait from the board's...

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...

Notification for first phase of polls issued in Assam, Tripura

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Agartala/Guwahati : The notification for the first of the nine-phased Lok Sabha polls was issued Friday with this the process to constitute the 16th...

Fact-finding team to Bastar reports cases of fake ecounters, arrests and rapes in the...

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By TCN News A group comprising of Sanjay Parate, Secretary State CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies and CPI, New Delhi, Archana Prasad,...

Some Meghalaya policemen aiding insurgents: Police chief

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Shillong : Meghalaya Police chief Peter Hanaman Tuesday admitted that some of the state's policemen were maintaining links with Garo insurgents. "We have some bad...

Newly elected Lok Sabha MPs from North East felicitated in Delhi

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The people from North East India staying in the National Capital felicitated the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected to the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

Assam violence victims refuse to bury dead, demand justice

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Guwahati : People in two Assam villages have refused to bury those killed in violence unleashed by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)...

Quakes hit India’s northeast

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Agartala/Aizawl : Three earthquakes, one of moderate intensity, hit India's northeastern region Thursday night and Friday, an official said. There are no reports of...

The Adivasi question in Uttar Pradesh

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Uttar Pradesh Assembly election dates have been announced. Parties will soon make promises but the condition of Kol adivasis in Bundelkhand...

Despite mid-day meal, attendance lags in Agartala’s government schools

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By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala : Despite the lure of a mid-day meal, low attendance in Tripura's government schools is a "cause of concern" while enrollment...

NPP wants Meghalaya CM to quit over student’s death

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Shillong : Meghalaya's opposition National People's Party (NPP) Wednesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Home Minister Roshan Warjri over the...

Jamia Millia Islamia rises in solidarity with the North East Community

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent crimes against members of the North East Community, students, teachers, staff of the...

ULFA seeks better management of Indo-Bangla border

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New Delhi : The pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Friday urged the central government to adopt measures for...

#Notebandi frontlines: In tribal areas, low literacy & cellphone use; few ATMs

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By Shreya Shah Dhar/Jhabua/Khargone (Madhya Pradesh): Santosh Bavash, 30, said he knew about the internet. "Ive heard it tells you about the future," he told...

Civil society hold Candle March for permanent peace in Assam’s BTAD

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: People from different walks of life from different parts of the state staged a demonstration in Guwahati seeking permanent peace in Assam’s volatile Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) which has witnessed around 45 deaths in the recent violence. Under the banner of Concerned Citizens of Assam, they also submitted memorandum to the Prime Minister and Assam governor seeking their intervention in this regard.

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...

Mizoram to move second vote on account

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Aizawl : The Mizoram government will move another vote on account instead of presenting the regular budget for fiscal 2014-15 as the Planning Commission...

Protesting tribal students lock Manipur varsity gate

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Imphal : The tribal students' union of Manipur University on Tuesday locked the main gate of the campus as part of its agitation against...

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.

Special programmes for northeast students

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New Delhi : Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Thursday said the government has designed two programmes specifically keeping in mind students from...

IIT, IIM MP faces challenge on Sikkim seat

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Gangtok: Prem Das Rai, the only parliamentarian with IIT and IIM degrees, is facing a challenge from a newly formed outfit in Sikkim's sole...

BJP wants removal of ‘Muslim’ tag from tribes

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: In a tricky development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh Minority Morcha has insisted that the followers of Islam in the state should not be called Muslims. The minority morcha said they should be recognised by their identity as tribes so as to avail facilities given by the constitution of India and to give proper identity.

Delhi court takes cognizance of chargesheet in Nido Tania case

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New Delhi : A court here Saturday took cognizance of a chargesheet filed by the CBI against seven people over the death of 19-year-old...

NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand

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By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A Fact Finding Committee of NCHRO (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), which visited Jharkhand on March 23...

Centre to sign peace accord with two Meghalaya rebel outfits

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Shillong : The Centre will sign a peace accord with two rebel outfits operating in the five districts of Garo Hills in Meghalaya next...

Assam bandh: Normal life hit; over 70 detained, released

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Guwahati : Normal life was affected across Assam Friday in the wake of a Bajrang Dal-sponsored 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh to press for the arrest...

Government will make more women, minorities literate: Irani

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New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani Monday conveyed her government's commitment to make more and more women and members from SC, ST and...

Taiwan keen to help Mizoram in agriculture

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Aizawl : Taiwan is keen to help Mizoram in developing its agriculture and in value-addition of bamboo and capacity-building of human resource in the...

One killed, three hurt in Assam-Nagaland border firing

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Guwahati : There was panic in the Uriamghat area in Assam's Golaghat district near the state's border with Nagaland Thursday when gunmen allegedly from...

Ajmal Foundation collaborates with UK based college for employment opportunities

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Ajmal Foundation in association of British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata has entered into collaborative arrangements to provide adequate communication and employability skills to the uneducated youths of Assam by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a 100 year old Birmingham (UK) based Bournnville College at Hojai in Assam’s Nagaon district recently.

Bangladeshis troubling northeast due to wrong governance: Modi

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By IANS, Agartala: Due to wrong governance, illeggal Bangladeshis are causing trouble for the people of the northeastern states, but due to governance in Gujarat,...

Final Arunachal turnout figures only by Friday evening: CEO

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Itanagar : The final turnout in Arunachal Pradesh, where simultaneous elections to the mountainous, border state's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly...

Corruption cases witnessed rise in Jharkhand: NCRB

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Ranchi, (IANS): Jharkhand has witnessed 36.13 per cent rise in corruption cases while crimes against women have dipped slightly, according to the National Crime Record...

Kidnapped SBI official in Meghalaya still untraced

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Shillong : The whereabouts of a State Bank of India (SBI) official kidnapped by militants eight days ago are still not known, while 42...

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...

Tripura tribal party to launch agitation for separate state

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Agartala, (IANS): A tribal-based party in Tripura has stepped up efforts to push its demands -- including for a separate state -- even as...

Tripura withdraws school book that tags BJP a communal party

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to withdraw the government school textbook in which the BJP was tagged as a...

First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor

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Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...

Over 38,000 eligible to vote in Tripura by-poll

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Agartala : Over 38,000 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the Manu assembly by-poll in Tripura Saturday, an official said here Thursday. Tripura...

Adivasi villages in Jharkhand, Odisha face severe neglect, reveals new report

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The report titled “Status of Adivasi Livelihoods 2021” highlights the difficulties and scarcities faced by the tribal communities. Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI —...

EC notice to Ajmal over statement against BJP

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Guwahati : The Election Commission has served a show cause notice to AIUDF leader Maulana Badruddin Ajmal over a controversial statement he made against...

Grant citizenship rights to Chakmas, Hajongs in Arunachal, says SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the central and Arunachal Pradesh governments to confer the citizenship rights on the "eligible" Chakmas and...

NRC updation to be completed by 2016 end in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The process of NRC Updation in Assam has made progress as per schedule and is expected to ensure final publication of the updated NRC within December, 2016, according to a state government release. Powers to take decisions on operational issues, however, have been delegated by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to an empowered NRC Committee of the State Government on 17/06/14.

‘Scheduled Tribe status demand may ignite communal carnage’

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Imphal : A Manipur group which is demanding implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Manipur to regulate the entry and stay...

New Rural Livelihood scheme for Northeast to benefit tribals: DoNER Minister

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New Delhi, (IANS): The new Rural Livelihood scheme for the Northeast will primarily benefit the tribals and the lower socio economic groups including women in...

छत्तीसगढ़: पुलिस ने 17 आदिवासियों को मारकर नक्सली मुठभेड़ की झूठी कहानी रची

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By अनुज श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net साल 2012. मुख्यमंत्री रमनसिंह के नेतृत्व में छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजपा की सरकार थी. बीजापुर ज़िले के सारकेगुड़ा गाँव में 28-29 जून...

TCN Interview: “My purpose as a filmmaker is to bring stories of marginalised into...

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In this interview with TwoCircles.net, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare talks about the production of films and the social landscape that constitutes film-making...

BJP hopes for more Lok Sabha seats from northeast

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By IANS, Agartala : A senior BJP leader said here Thursday said that the country's northeastern states would contribute more seats to the party's kitty...

Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...

Sharmila again arrested in Manipur, taken to hospital

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Imphal : Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who is on an indefinite fast in Manipur for nearly 14 years seeking repeal of a law giving...

गुमनाम और हाशिए से दूर हैं ‘वन गुर्जर’

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आस मोहम्मद कैफ, TwoCircles.net सहारनपुर: सहारनपुर से बिजनौर तक फैले जंगलो के ऊंचे पहाड़ी इलाके में लाखों वन गुर्जर रहते है. ये लोग जानवरों के...

Curfew lifted in Assam’s troubled district

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Guwahati : Indefinite curfew imposed in Assam's troubled Golaghat district, along the border with Nagaland, was lifted Friday for 12 hours as it remained...

CBI raids Rose Valley offices in Tripura, seizes documents

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Agartala : Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) teams on Wednesday raided seven Tripura offices of Kolkata-based Rose Valley Group, a chit fund company,...

Gogoi slams Modi for not taking up dam issue with China

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Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done grave injustice to Assam by not raising the issue of construction of dams over the Brahmaputra...

Probe UP police firing on tribals, say green activists

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New Delhi : Green activists on Friday demanded an independent inquiry into the incident of firing and cane-charging by police against tribals in Uttar...

NCP candidate arrested for damaging EVM

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By IANS, Shillong : An NCP leader was arrested for instigating a mob to damage an electronic voting machine (EVM) during the Jaintia Hills Autonomous...

People may not respect parliament any more: India’s oldest lawmaker

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By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS, Imphal : Rishang Keishing, 94, arguably India's - perhaps the world's - oldest lawmaker who has served four terms in parliament,...

Modi promises new dawn for NE; says will carry forward the work started by...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Slamming the UPA government and especially the Congress for neglecting the cause of the northeast, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Prime...

Chamling pitches for ST status for 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities

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Gangtok (IANS): Making a strong pitch for granting of Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities, an issue which has been lying unresolved...

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...

Erasing tolerance? HAF’s changes can only be described as ahistorical edits to history books

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The HAF and its allies may have PR machinery and hundreds of thousands of dollars in their war chest to selectively change textbooks, but...

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...

Opposition parties condemn dissolution of Arunachal assembly

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Guwahati : Opposition parties in Arunachal Pradesh Friday condemned the dissolution of the assembly by the governor and termed it a most undemocratic move. Governor...

Gun battle erupts between Garo rebels, security men

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Shillong : An intense gun battle erupted in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district Thursday, as security forces launched a crackdown on a militant hideout,...

Give job to victim’s kin: Court

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By IANS, Agartala: The Tripura High Court has directed the state government to provide a job to a woman whose father was killed by the...

मोदी जी! क्या लड़कियां सिर्फ़ अचार बेचने के लिए हैं?

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फ़हमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net इन दिनों सोशल मीडिया पर पीएम नरेन्द्र मोदी का एक बयान पर काफी कुछ शेयर किया जा रहा है, जिसमें उन्होंने कहा...

FIR against 17 Tripura officials for siphoning NHM fund

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Agartala : An FIR has been lodged against 17 Tripura government officials, including five chief medical officers (CMOs), in connection with the siphoning of...

SBI branch manager abducted in Meghalaya

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Shillong : An official of the State Bank of India (SBI) was Monday abducted by suspected tribal militants in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills...

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

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

Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...

Assam polls get over Thursday

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Guwahati : Over 9.4 million people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the third and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls in...

Two LeT guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunfight

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Srinagar : Two foreign guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit were killed and one Indian army officer was injured Monday in a gunfight in...

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...

Go Green Masjid campaign launched in Manipur on World Environment Day

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Like in other parts of the globe, World Environment Day was celebrated in different parts of Manipur on June 5, 2014. The day was observed by Government institutions and civil bodies by organizing awareness programmes and planting tree saplings.

People in Assam clash with security forces over alleged rape

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Diphu (Assam) : Several people, including policemen, were injured in Assam on Friday when a group of people clashed with security forces while protesting...

School students in Assam village debate over population explosion in India

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The 2nd Inter School Debate Competition 2015 was organized by Alumni of Al-Ameen Islamic Model School and Bagh Hazarika Centre for Cultural Studies Guwahati on Saturday at Goroimari, Kamrup District, situated about 80 km from Guwahati.

Separated by a barbed wire, torn apart by politics: Families on the LOC

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Hunderman Brok (Kargil) : A barbed wire can often represent the idea of security, but...

Centre not consulting states on crucial issues: Sarkar

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Agartala : The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government is not consulting state governments on crucial policy decisions, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Wednesday. "The...

‘अस्तित्व, अस्मिता और जनआन्दोलन’ के मुद्दे पर 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना में जमावड़ा

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TCN News पटना : जन आन्दोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय यानी एनएपीएम का 11 वां राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना के ऐतिहासिक अंजुमन इस्लामिया हॉल...

Civil society groups express solidarity with Irom Sharmila, demand repeal of AFSPA

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net. Guwahati: Several civil rights organizations and civilians have condemned the re-arrest of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila by the Manipur police on Friday, January 23. Amnesty International India has also condemned the re-arrest of 23 January.

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.

Tripura to increase number of women police personnel

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Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...

Tribal votes a key factor in Assam polls

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By Amitava Mukherjee Both the BJP-led alliance and the Congress have left no stone unturned in securing tribal votes which may turn out to be...

Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks

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By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...

Ajmal Group of Colleges shines in HS Final

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Management of Ajmal Foundation has congratulated all the achiever students of Ajmal Group of Colleges for their outstanding performance in the HS Final Examination-2014. “All of you really made us proud and we wish that all of you will carry a touch of humanity wherever you go for pursuing your higher education and build a successful career for yourself,” said Khasrul Islam, Manager, Ajmal Foundation in a message to the students, adding “We also acknowledge and congratulate the sincere and dedicated efforts of the principals, teaching staff and non-teaching staff of Ajmal Group of Colleges without which this journey towards excellence wouldn’t have been possible.” It may be mentioned here that Ajmal Group has 14 colleges spread across Assam.

Gandhi’s people in Maoist land

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By Aishik Chanda, Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.