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Two months after being attacked by SFI cadre, Dalit student continues to wait for...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net This is the third and final part of a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and...

Police hand in Dimapur jailbreak suspected

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By TwoCircles.net staff Reporter, Dimapur (Nagaland): What can be termed as highly crucial, it is reported that Police may be complicit in the jailbreak, before the unruly mob the lynched Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, the rape accused in Dimapur. Quoting high officials of home department NDTV reported that there is a strong suspicion of ‘complicity of policemen’.

Motorsports: Ali, Musthafa start favourites

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Dimapur (Nagaland) : National championship leaders S.K. Ajgar Ali and navigator MK Mohammed Musthafa headline the JK Tyre Hornbill Rally, which will be run...

‘Tourism in northeast can flourish with Buddhist sites’

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Agartala/Kohima/Itanagar : Tourism could flourish in the northeastern states due to the Buddhist sites in the region, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura Governor Padmanabha...

Irani announces varsity department to study culture of northeast tribes

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Shillong : Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday announced the setting up of a separate department in the North Eastern Hill...

Tribal activist attacked in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Thiruvananthapuram: A few weeks after Soni Sori was attacked, a smilaar incident has been reported from in Kerala. Dhanya Raman, a noted...

Sharmila files papers from Manipur’s Thoubal seat

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Imphal, (IANS): 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila on Thursday filed her nomination papers to contest from Thoubal constituency in the Manipur assembly elections. "I am fighting...

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part II

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: I still feel that I invited myself to the village of Murguma. Not because Lakshmi Mura was reluctant out of...

SC pulls up Assam for laxity over illegal Bangladeshi migrants

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Assam government for filing a vague and unsatisfactory affidavit and questioned its seriousness...

‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...

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This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...

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...

No regrets for Modi remark: Mukul Sangma

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday said he does not regret his remark that Narendra Modi will never become the prime minister...

India to tighten vigil along Myanmar border

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Agartala/Aizawl : India would strengthen vigil along its border with Myanmar to check drugs and arms smuggling besides movement of inimical elements, including militants,...

BJP team to visit Tripura

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Agartala : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team will visit Tripura next week to look into the alleged political violence in the Left-ruled state,...

International Day of the Disabled observed at Deomornoi

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘International Day of the Persons with Disabilities’ was observed in a befitting manner by the Indian Army COB Deomornoi in Darrang district of Assam attended by over 100 differently-abled persons along with their attendants in addition to prominent citizens and media persons of the area.

Congress leads in one seat in Manipur

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Imphal : Ruling Congress party Friday took lead in one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Manipur while opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was...

Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...

Bengal has made arrangements to help Assam tribals: Mamata

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Kolkata : Tribals from Assam are coming over to West Bengal for shelter after the killings in the northeastern state, West Bengal Chief Minister...

Tribals in Maharashtra angered with state’s assurance to other communities to include in ST...

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By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: Tribals categorized as Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Maharashtra state have threatened to launch a massive protest against any move to include communities like Dhangar, Koli and Koshti into the Scheduled Tribes (ST) fold. Tribals were raising objections against media reports claiming that Devendra Phadnavis and Sharad Pawar assured members of different communities of including them under the ST category.

Haj Training Programme inaugurated at Imphal

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: A three-day training programme for Haj pilgrims was inaugurated on August 8 at the office complex of Manipur...

Attack on Soni Sori is an attempt to suppress the voice of voiceless: CLMC

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Condemning the attack on Adivasi activist Soni Sori, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad-based civil rights group has criticized...

First dengue case in Tripura

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Agartala : The first confirmed case of dengue has been reported in Tripura, an official said here Wednesday. "A man was found with dengue virus...

Ebola virus: Tripura, Mizoram take preventive measures

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Agartala/Aizawl : The Tripura and Mizoram governments have taken a number of preventive measures to check spread of deadly Ebola disease, officials from both...

‘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...

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'...

Assam Rifles an issue in Tripura tribal council polls

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Agartala : Paramilitary Assam Rifles' role in dealing with decades old terrorism has become a major political issue in the May 3 polls to...

Medical negligence can be criminal offence: Tripura HC

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Agartala : The Tripura High Court has observed that medical negligence can be termed a criminal offence, a lawyer said here Friday. "A doctor in...

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...

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...

Ruckus continues in J&K assembly for second day

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By IANS, Jammu : Opposition legislators Wednesday again disrupted the proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly session now going on in winter capital Jammu. Legislators...

Panic-stricken Tripura woman dies after quake

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Agartala : A 35-year-old woman died of heart attack after she panicked during the earthquake in Tripura, an official said here on Sunday. "Krishna Sinha...

Congress list has wrong candidate for Meghalaya’s Tura

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Shillong: In a goof-up, the first list of Congress candidates for the Lok Sabha polls has the name of Meghalaya Sports Minister Zenith Sangma...

A month after Jharkhand journalist’s murder, killers remain at large

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TCN News Exactly a month ago, Amit Topno, a journalist from Khunti, Jharkhand was shot at point blank range and his body discovered later in...

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...

Save Sharmila campaign condemns rape of 3 women by Army personnel in Assam

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By TCN News, New Delhi: In another shocking incident, it has been reported that on 6th April, 6 Indian Army jawans raped 3 women in Khorsim Athor village in Anjukpani in Assam. It has been reported that the jawans on patrol reached the village and allegedly took a 13-year-old to the neighboring jungle. The girl's mother and another relative later reached the site to rescue her. According to reports, the jawans then raped the other two women as well.

Narayanan M Sankaran: A Ph.D. holder from Kerala who wants to instill Adivasi pride...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Most people would be happy to find work after completing nearly a decade of higher education. But Narayanan M Sankaran, who...

End attacks on people from northeast: Mizoram assembly

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Aizawl : The Mizoram assembly Tuesday passed a resolution urging an end to "discrimination and violence" against people from the northeastern region. "People of northeastern...

75 rescued after avalanche hits north Kashmir

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Srinagar : Seventy-five people were rescued in north Kashmir's Kupwara district while efforts are on to rescue another 25 after an avalanche hit a...

Bangladesh seeks to supply rice to northeast India: Tripura minister

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By Sujit Chakraborty , Agartala: In one more sign of warming cross-border ties, Bangladesh says it is keen to supply rice to food-deficient northeastern states...

Northeast cultural centres will sensitise people: Experts

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New Delhi : As crimes against people from the northeast continue to rise in the national capital and other cities, experts Friday stressed that...

Even as artistes begin peace initiatives, centre declares Assam ‘disturbed area’

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By A Ghiasuddin, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: For cartoonist duo Sunder Mohan Murmu and Amrith Basumatary, it’s time to use their art work to unite the...

Congress slams government over Maharashtra governor’s transfer

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New Delhi : The Congress Sunday said the government was exercising its power in an "extremely arbitrary manner" over the transfer of Maharashtra governor...

Manipur development project spells doom for 11 villages, 12,000 people

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By Azera Parveen Rahman Imphal: One person's manna is another person's poison. This adage couldn't ring more true for the people of Manipur whose fate...

India to improve relationship with eastern neighbours: Minister

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Shillong : The Indian government Friday stressed the need to improve its relationship with its neighbouring countries bordering the eight northeastern states. "We would like...

Nepal quake: Assam forms special team to help victims

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Guwahati : Days after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Assam on Wednesday set up a special disaster management team for extending services to the...

Assam government decides to provide refugee status to Bangladeshi nationals

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: In a major development, Assam government has decided to give refugee status to the Bangladeshi nationals who have crossed the border fearing persecution in that country. This was decided in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

JKLF protest march in Srinagar against youth’s killing

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Srinagar : Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Front (JKLF) activists took out a protest march in summer capital Srinagar Monday against the killing of a...

‘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...

SC notice on racial attacks on people from northeast

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on two PILs seeking setting up of...

Go easy on protesters: Assam CM to police

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday instructed police to go easy on public protests and said baton-charge and firing should be...

CBI charge sheet against 7 over Nido Tania’s death

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New Delhi : The CBI Friday filed a charge sheet in a court here against seven people over the death of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh...

Bappu Haji: An octogenarian who lives only to serve others

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twociricles.net For Bappu Haji, charity has never been an option; it is more of way of live. Nearly 40 years ago,...

Made to work as bonded labour, ‘fined’ Rs 1.5 lakh: The story of Jasgeer...

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By Amit Kumar This is the last of the four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during a tribunal...

Appeal for free and fair election in Assam’s BTAD

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: As the Assam state election commission is planning to schedule the 3rd election for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) elections in the last week of March in 2015, organisations including students’ bodies, have appealed the state and the central government to review the formation of council before the election.

400 policemen will be killed for shooting 40 Maoists, warns ex-journalist

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Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Security forces in Maharashtra went in a tizzy on Monday following apprehensions expressed on Facebook that "400 cops will be...

Bangladeshis among five arrested in Mizoram

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Agartala : Five tribals, including two Bangladeshis, have been arrested in Mizoram and a huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from them, a...

MY FACTS research journal from North-East launched

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By TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘MY FACTS’, A Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Annual Journal’ is a reality now for a bunch of youngsters under the banner MY-FACTS – Muslim Youth Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism and Sedition.

Two militants arrested, two lynched in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Two militants were arrested Wednesday and arms and ammunition seized from them while an angry mob lynched two insurgents in Meghalaya, police...

NGT upholds coal mining ban, lets mined pile to be carried

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Shillong : The National Green Tribunal Tuesday upheld its ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, but relaxed the guidelines for transportation of 6.3 million...

Mamata ridicules Sarkar’s Modi invite, calls CPI-M, BJP brothers

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Kolkata : Ridiculing Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who leads the sole surviving Marxist regime in the country, for inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

BJP hails revocation of AFSPA from Tripura, credits Modi

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New Delhi : The BJP on Thursday hailed the Tripura government's decision to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives security...

Former tribal insurgent leader shot dead in Manipur

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Imphal : Hmar National Army leader Lalthanshang Hmar was shot dead on Tuesday in Churachandpur district of Manipur, police said. Some unidentified persons barged into...

Victims in Assam’s BTAD seek justice under harsh atmosphere

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam minister for border area development Siddique Ahmed slammed the state chief minister Tarun Gogoi for stopping his visit to the violence hit Baksa district in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) on Monday.

Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...

Replica gun stolen from Agartala war memorial

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Agartala : A replica gun placed in a war memorial in Agartala, Tripura, has been stolen, police said on Thursday. The war memorial is situated...

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...

Arbitrary land acquisition in the name of Sports University at Manipur

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By Noorshafi A K for TwoCircles.net, The Narendra Modi government’s recent decision to set up national-level Sports Academies has been highly appreciated and is being welcomed with applause and happiness in the sport loving state of Manipur.

‘Campaign against AFSPA to continue to Manipur’

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Imphal : Days after the Supreme Court held that the army or police cannot use excessive force under the provisions of AFSPA or the...

Pandemonium in Odisha assembly over PESA Act violation

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Bhubaneswar : Pandemonium prevailed in Odisha assembly on Wednesday over the alleged violation of PESA Act for formation of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC), even...

“We are neglected as our vote share is less,” Tamil Nadu’s tribal minorities rue...

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Tamil Nadu has less than 1 per cent tribal population. The villagers of Kallar question if they have been neglected because their community has...

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,...

Two village headmen shot dead in Kashmir

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Srinagar : Two sarpanches (village headmen) of adjoining villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district were shot dead by separatist guerrillas in separate attacks...

Fires destroy hotel, tyre factory in Jammu and Kashmir

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Srinagar : A fire in south Kashmir's Pahalgam tourist resort Monday destroyed a hotel and two dozen shops, while a devastating blaze destroyed a...

Nido Tania killing: Judicial custody of accused extended

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By IANS, New Delhi : A court here Tuesday extended the judicial custody of the four people allegedly involved in the Nido Tania killing case...

Bangladesh’s instability affects India: Tripura CM

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Agartala : If there is any turmoil in Bangladesh, it also affects India's peace, stability and integrity, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said. "If there...

Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...

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Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...

Modi confers award on Tripura block for financial inclusion

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Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conferred an award on Tripura's Mandwai block where every tribal family has a bank account. Mandwai block's...

Nationalised banks need to increase credit-deposit rate in Assam: Gogoi

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Guwahati : Nationalised banks operating in Assam needs to play a pro-active role for the development of the state and increase the credit-deposit ratio,...

Preparation for higher education of madrassa students

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: What can be clearly termed as a correct step in the right direction, for the first time madrassa students in Assam are undergoing special training to enable themselves for higher studies. For the first time in Assam, Madrassa students are going to peruse higher studies from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).

Curfew relaxed in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Curfew was Saturday relaxed for eight hours in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, two days after it was imposed following mob violence...

Congress flays Tripura over chit fund scam, seeks CBI probe

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Kolkata: Accusing the Manik Sarkar government in Tripura of "shielding" and "benefitting" from Rose Valley, a ponzi firm under scanner for money laundering, the...

71 percent Mizoram refugees in Tripura cast postal ballot

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Agartala/Aizawl: Around 71 percent tribal refugee voters, living in Tripura for the past 17 years after fleeing their villages in Mizoram, have voted by...

Justice remains elusive dream for the victims of 2012 BTAD violence even after two...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Two years is a pretty long period for anything to change. But for a section of ill-fated people in Assam, it’s all the same as their pain continues to haunt them, in fact, in a more painful way. The bloody violence which broke out in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) on July 20 in 2012 witnessed around 100 deaths and several lakhs were displaced but the victims did not get the justice.

Government to relax road development norms for northeast states

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New Delhi : The government said Wednesday it will relax norms on the development of the road and highways sector in the northeastern states. Road...

1,000-hour bandh in two Assam districts

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Guwahati : An 1,000-hour bandh in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts demanding an autonomous state affected normal life Monday. The bandh called by...

Forced conversion in Bengal, claims Trinamool; VHP denies

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Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Wednesday claimed that over 100 Christians were converted by the VHP in Rampurhat in Birbhum district. The Hindu...

Brahminical environmentalism the reason behind attack on FRA: Abhay F. Xaxa

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Text and video by Atul Anand, TwoCircles.net On February 28, 2019, Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student’s Association (BAPSA) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi organised a...

Two killed in Assam floods

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Guwahati : At least two people have been killed in Assam in flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain for the past two...

I am from northeast… but I am not Mowgli!

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By Prantick Majumder, "Does the Rajdhani Express go to Assam?" I thought I had heard something wrong. When the question was repeated, I knew I heard it right. My blood came to a boil. But my conscience got the better of me as I realised that the person may genuinely not know much about Assam.

New FM channels for northeast region

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Agartala : New FM radio channels will be set up in five towns of northeastern states along the Bangladesh border to reach out to...

Mission Bhartiyam condemns the expulsion of Kashmiri students over cheering for Pak cricket team

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Mission Bhartiyam, has condemned the expulsion of 60 Kashmiri students from a University in Meerut over what has been termed as “anti-national” support to the Pakistani cricket team.

One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.

We had information about attacks by Bodo militants: Police

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Guwahati : Authorities in Assam had information that Bodo militants would go on rampage but could not mobilise forces due to lack of time,...

Muslim bodies in Manipur observed International Women’s Day

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: As in other parts the globe, International Women’s Day was observed in Manipur on March 8, 2014. Manipur State Commission for Women, Department of Social Welfare, political parties and different civil society organizations observed the day by deliberating on some of the pressing issues of women in the State.

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...

Northeast India turns to Myanmar, Bangladesh for rice

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Transport bottlenecks have forced India's northeastern states to procure much needed rice from neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh. The Indian government has...

Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...

Manipuri youth’s Delhi attackers sent to police custody

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New Delhi : A court here Tuesday sent the three youths arrested for killing a Manipuri BPO employee, to two days' police custody. The employee,...

Woman killed in Tripura for practising witchcraft

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Agartala : A 55-year-old tribal woman was killed by her neighbours in Tripura for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said here on Tuesday. Kanyapati Debbarma, a...

Child kills six-year-old in Tripura

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Agartala : A child killed a six-year-old in Tripura while playing, police said on Friday. "A six-and-a-half-year-old child killed a six-year-old on Thursday with a...

Chhattisgarh: What made tribal Christians flee from their villages amid anti-Christian violence?

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The tribal Christians from various villages in Chhattisgarh allege large-scale violence against them because of their allegiance to the Christian faith forcing them to...

President accepts resignation of Manipur governor

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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday accepted the resignation of V.K. Duggal as the governor of Manipur and Mizoram. A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique...

Adivasi girl Rajeshwari: First sarpanch of AIMIM in Maharashtra

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net Nandurbar (Maharshtra) In a recent political development in  Maharashtra state, an Adivasi girl Rajeshwari Valvi from Nandurbar registered a win in panchayat...

In J&K, Gujjar community threatens state-wide agitation against alleged rape and murder of eight-year-old...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: On Thursday, January 18, Jammu and Kashmir woke up to a terrible news of the death of an eight-year-old...

India, Myanmar to start border trade through Mizoram

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Aizawl : India and Myanmar would soon start formal border trade through the northeastern state of Mizoram, a senior state government official said here...

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,...

Can’t remain deprived, suppressed for long: ADC members of Manipur

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New Delhi : Members of Manipur's six autonomous district councils Friday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding that provisions of the Sixth...

Modi hasn’t fulfilled promises, says Assam CM

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Guwahati : Though the Narendra Modi government has completed six months in office, yet none of his pre-poll promises have been fulfilled so far,...

The youth of Manipur has the potential to inspire the whole nation, says PM...

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Addressing a gathering Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the youth of Manipur has the potential to inspire the whole nation with their excellence in sports so they should be rescued from the menace of drugs. Referring to the issue of unemployment in the North-Eastern states, he expressed that the whole North-Eastern region has the prospects to emerge as a hub of call centres.

Essar may open Jharkhand mine next year

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New Delhi : Indian conglomerate Essar Group's power arm, Essar Power, on Wednesday said that it may open its Jharkhand coal mine for production...

Over 500 people from northeast enroll as Delhi voters

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New Delhi : The Election Commission received 550 new electoral forms after organising a day-long enrollment campaign for the people from the northeast here...

Stern action will be taken against militants: Nagaland governor

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Agartala/Kohima : Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya on Monday, condemning the killing of eight security personnel in the state, said the government would initiate...

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...

Meghalaya policeman held with explosives from Delhi-bound train

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Shillong : An official of the armed police in Meghalaya was Monday arrested from the Delhi-bound North East Express train at the Guwahati station...

Meghalaya floods toll rises to 52, NDRF suspends operations

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Shillong : The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 52, officials said Sunday. Meanwhile, the National Disaster...

Peace pact with Meghalaya rebel outfit before cabinet: Official

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By IANS, Shillong : The union home ministry has referred the draft of the settlement agreement to be signed with Meghalaya's rebel A'chik National Volunteers...

Tribal villages not to cooperate with Meghalaya government

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Shillong: Tribal village chiefs in eastern part of Meghalaya on Saturday decided to end cooperation with the state government until it legally empowers the...

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...

Kashmir governor’s address to legislature disrupted

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By IANS, Jammu : There was chaos on the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature's budget session Monday as opposition members disrupted Governor...

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...

Meghalaya MLA wants CBI probe into politician-militant nexus

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Shillong : Saleng Sangma, a Garo legislator in Meghalaya, Monday asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to initiate a CBI probe into the politician-militant...

Probe begins into Odisha student’s suicide

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Bhubaneswar: A probe has been initiated into the suicide of a tribal woman student a week ago in Odisha's Gajapati district after she did...

Modi wishes Arunachal, Mizoram on statehood day

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their statehood day. Extending his greetings to the...

‘Over 35 percent rural Indians still illiterate’

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New Delhi: Over 35 percent of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58 percent of the unlettered, Socio Economic and...

नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 3

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By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net, कैसे केवल उत्तर प्रदेश की ही नहीं, झारखंड और छत्तीसगढ़ की भी सरकारें आदिवासियों की समस्याओं को मुआवज़े की कीमत पर तौल रही हैं? क्या होगा कनहर बांध बनने से और राज्यों के बीच किस तरह तनाव पसरा हुआ है... [इस सीरीज़ की पिछली कहानियां – अकथ कहानी कनहर की, नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1 और नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध -2] सोनभद्र: कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना पर ज़मीनी हकीकत को लेकर बहुत सारी सचाईयां उजागर हो चुकी हैं. विकास के नाम पर उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार जिस तरह से किसानों और आदिवासियों की अमूल्य संपदाओं से खेल रही है, ज़रूरी है कि पार्टी के रिपोर्ट कार्ड में वह भी शामिल हो.

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...

Unified Naga Council calls on Rajnath Singh

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New Delhi : A delegation of Nagas from Manipur, representing the Unified Naga council, called on the Home Minister Rajnath Singh here Wednesday, a...

Mary Kom to be brand ambassador of north-east

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New Delhi/Agartala : The central government will appoint Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for north-east India to promote the...

Meghalaya, Tripura seek centre’s nod for selling surplus power

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Guwahati : Tripura and Meghalaya, which border Bangladesh, have sought the central government's permission to sell surplus electricity generated in the states to the...

Cabinet approves telecom plan for northeast

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New Delhi : The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday gave its approval for implementing a Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for...

Himachal seeks special central aid for tribal areas

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New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Tuesday demanded an increase in the special central assistance for tribal areas of the state on the pattern of the...

Raghubar Das, a man with rich administrative experience

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Ranchi : Raghbubar Das, who is set to be the first non-tribal chief minister of Jharkhand, has rich administrative experience, thanks to his two...

Dalits oppose invitation to ‘only’ upper caste speakers for yearly memorial lecture at Ambedkar...

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By TCN News, New Delhi: The members of Dalit Bahujan Adivasi Collective have written an open letter to the Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)...

Voting starts Monday from northeast in India’s staggered election

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New Delhi : India's general election, to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha, or the House of People in the bicameral parliament,...

“Demarcation done without our consent,” say tribals as fresh violence erupts at IIT-Goa land...

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By Sutapa Baksi & Rishabh Jain, TwoCircles.net Goa: The conflict associated with the IIT Goa project that encompasses the village of Shel-Melauli in the Sattara...

Judicial Commission’s findings the first step towards justice in Sarkeguda massacre, say lawyers who...

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On December 1, an expose by The Indian Express showed that the 2012 Sarkeguda encounter, then termed the largest operation against Maoists, was a...

Threat of eviction looms large over Adivasi, Dalit workers in Bhilai, HC issues interim...

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net  Bhilai: Misfortune befell the families of 150 workers, including 75 children, staying in Bijli Nagar and Anusuya Nagar of Hathkhoj basti, in...

Museum of World War II inaugurated at Imphal

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal (1944) a war museum of the World War II was inaugurated by World War II Imphal Campaign Foundation at Imphal on April 4, 2014.

Modi announces relief for Assam victims

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New Delhi : Expressing grief over the killings in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday announced ex-gratia of Rs.2 lakh each to families of...

Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’

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TCN News Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...

Togadia prevented from making speeches in Assam

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Guwahati : Assam Police Thursday prevented Praveen Togadia from delivering speeches in two places in the state, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said...

Love for language of an Urdu teacher in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Ibrahim Ali is the lone warrior in his field. He fights all alone for his love and he will dedicate his life this way. His love is a language, one of the sweetest – Urdu. He is one of the prime reasons why many students and professionals come to learn Urdu at Guwahati’s Mother Ayesha High School.

Nagaland lynching: Grief turns into anger at Khan’s Bosla village in Assam

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Brothers reluctant to resume business in Dimapur By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net, Bosla village, Karimganj (Assam): Many things have been said, many pieces have been written about them. As the time gradually passes, their grief seems to have turned into seething anger here at Bosla village in the Karimganj district – home of the Dimapur rape accused Syed Sarif Uddin Khan.

AIUDF wins Jamunamukh assembly by-poll

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Guwahati : AIUDF candidate Abdur Rahim Ajmal Tuesday won the Jamunamukh assembly by-poll in Assam. "AIUDF candidate Abdur Rahim Ajmal polled a total 62,513 votes...

Communal hostility up in BJP rule: Sarkar

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Agartala : Communal violence has increased after the BJP-led government headed by Narendra Modi took power in India, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part I

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: As I walk down the Gurabera village in West Bengal’s western-most district of Purulia, bordering Jharkhand, Anita Mandi, 10, is...

“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list

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Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...

Police arrest Yasin Malik in Srinagar; prevent march

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By IANS, Srinagar : Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here Sunday as he was taking out a protest march on the first anniversary of December 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging.

Jharkhand CM loses temper, thrice in a day!

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Ranchi : After Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij's public show of anger, it's the turn of Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das to lose his...

Shutdown paralyses life in Manipur

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Imphal : A 38-hour shutdown which began early on Friday, paralysed normal life across Manipur. The shutdown has been called by activists pressing for the...
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