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Akhil Gogoi’s move to support BJP in election faces widespeared criticism from Muslims

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: President of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti Akhil Gogoi after getting bail from 29 days police and judicial custody brought out a list of non-Congress candidate from various political parties including BJP, AIUDF, AGP and left parties and described them as potential candidate to defeat Congress. Mr. Gogoi extended his support to those candidates including the six BJP candidates and instructed its cadres to mobilise voters in favour of them.

AAMSU urges AIUDF not to use the name of Allah for politics

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) not to use religion for...

In Goalpara, a tribal theatre troupe connects people with the nature thanks to Sukracharya...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Goalpara: The idea of theatre has different connotations and meaning for different people. In its most basic form, it...

1,000-hour bandh in Assam districts lifted

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Guwahati : A 1,000-hour bandh in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts demanding an autonomous state was Friday lifted following an assurance from...

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...

Banking services hit in Northeast

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Agartala/Guwahati : Banking services were badly affected in the northeastern region of the country Wednesday as most of the major banks remained closed in...

Manik Sarkar calls on Narendra Modi

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New Delhi/Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. "It was a courtesy call," an official...

Jamia Millia Islamia VC promises collaboration with USTM

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: North Eastern Universities should take lead to start courses like Disaster Management in order to sort out the problems of floods and earthquakes and to deal effectively with such Natural Disasters this is what felt by Prof Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia in Guwahati on Saturday.

Mission Indradhanush launched in northeastern states

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Agartala : The Mission Indradhanush, an immunisation programme, was launched on Tuesday in 33 districts of northeastern states to vaccinate children by 2020, an...

Nagaland tops in Lok Sabha voter turnout

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Agartala : The highest turnout of voters in the Lok Sabha election was recorded in the northeastern state of Nagaland, with 87.82 percent of...

Central minister assures Himachal’s Hattee community tribal status

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New Delhi : Union Tribal Development Minister Jual Oram has assured the Hattee community of Himachal Pradesh of the Scheduled Tribe status for its...

Youths in Kashmir’s Sopore beat up Wednesday’s voters

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Srinagar : Groups of youth in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore Thursday beat up several people who had come there from neighbouring Kupwara district after...

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...

BSF to probe killing of 3 Tripura tribals by its men

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Agartala, (IANS): The Border Security Force (BSF) has ordered a court of inquiry into the killing of three tribals in firing by its troopers...

Sikkim and Assam MPs most active northeast parliamentarians

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New Delhi : P.D.Rai, first-time MP of the Sikkim Democratic Front, has participated in the maximum number of parliamentary debates and Badruddin Ajmal, MP...

Guwahati, Srinagar at highest earthquake risk

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By Chaitanya Mallapur, Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data. Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called “very severe intensity zone”, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone.

Country-wide voter awareness campaign starts

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Agartala : The information and broadcasting ministry will organise exhibitions in 480 locations across the country as part of its voter awareness campaign, an...

Manipuri student robbed in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri student was robbed by three unidentified men when he went to buy a recharge coupon for his...

Magisterial probe ordered into Srinagar youth’s killing

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Srinagar : A magisterial probe was Friday ordered into Wednesday's firing in the Jammu and Kashmir capital in which a youth was killed and...

Northeast braves boycott call, celebrates Independence Day

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Agartala/Guwahati : Braving incessant rain and a boycott call by militants, the northeastern states Friday celebrated Independence Day with great zeal and enthusiasm. Despite the...

Chhattisgarh: How Padma Shri Awardee Pandi Ram is Shaping the Future of Tribal Art...

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Raipur (Chhattisgarh): At a time when traditions are fading with time, a man from Chhattisgarh is working tirelessly to preserve the rich...

Mamata condemns Assam attacks

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Kolkata : In a veiled attack on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday said comments by "aspirants...

No Modi wave, says Manik Sarkar

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Agartala : There is no "Modi wave" in the country, Tripura Chief Minsiter and Marxist leader Manik Sarkar said Monday, referring to BJP's prime...

10 gunned down in two Assam attacks

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Guwahati : At least 10 people were killed and four injured when suspected militants opened indiscriminate fire in two Assam villages Thursday night, police...

India initiates work to link Northeast with Bangladesh port

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : India has taken the first steps to construct a Rs.70 crore ($11.5 million) bridge over the Feni river in Tripura...

Maharashtra governor transferred

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New Delhi : K. Sankaranarayanan, the governor of Maharashtra, was Sunday transferred and appointed as the Mizoram governor for the remainder of his term,...

सोनभद्र: कोई नहीं चाहता कि आदिवासी अपनी ज़मीन पर चुनाव लड़े

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net ओबरा(सोनभद्र): संविधान की भाषा में आदिवासी से ज्यादा जनजाति शब्द प्रचलित है, और आरक्षण की भाषा में बात करें तो जनजातियां अनुसूचित...

Captive IAF man rescued in Meghalaya

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Guwahati : An air force personnel, held hostage in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, was Thursday rescued in a joint operation by Assam...

Why tribals of Manipur won’t accept the controversial Bills pushed by the state government

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net Churachandpur, Manipur: It would not be an exaggeration to say that in Manipur, the dominant political discourse you hear...

CPI-M hails ‘outstanding’ victory in Tripura

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New Delhi : The CPI-M on Wednesday hailed the Left Front's sweeping victory in elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC),...

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...

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.

Report exposes ‘roots of atrocities’ against Muslims in Assam

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Report by Indo-American group IAMC shows repeated episodes of mass violence since 1993 were planned and politically motivated, urges action to prevent ethnic cleansing. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group based in the United States, has released a report that exposes the roots of the mass violence in Assam in 2012 and 2014, in which hundreds of lives have been lost and over a half million people were displaced.

Development not insurgency key issue in northeast

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala/Guwahati : With regional parties failing to prove themselves in the northeast, both the Congress and the BJP have launched their best...

Pakistan prisoner found hanging in Jammu jail

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By IANS, Jammu: A Pakistani prisoner was Saturday morning found hanging inside a jail here, an official said. K. Rajendra Kumar, director general prisons, told reporters...

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...

Why Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement is worrying the state government

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Shukoh Albadar, TwoCircles.net Merely 40 km away from the Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi, Khunti, a newly-carved out district is in the limelight across the national...

Bird flu in Manipur, culling of fowl starts

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Imphal : Bird flu or avian influenza has resurfaced in northeastern state of Manipur and the culling of poultry fowl began on Monday, official...

Dam-displaced tribal students of Narmada Jeevanshalas celebrated Balmela with gusto

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By TCN News, Gopalpur (district Nandurbar, Maharashtra): Around 600 tribal children and students (studying at primary level) from nine Narmada Jeevanshalas participated in the 16th annual Balmela (Children’s fair) – from February 12 to 15 – here with gusto and renewed enthusiasm.

Centre to promote tourism in tribal circuit of Chhattisgarh

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New Delhi : Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Wednesday said the central government will assist in the development of a tribal circuit...

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...

NE tribal groups ready to intensify statehood movement

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Guwahati : Backed by the National Federation of New States (NFNS), a few ethnic groups of Assam and other parts of the northeastern region...

Rainstorms hit Indian northeast, normal life

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Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal : Seasonal cyclonic rains and thunderstorms have hit northeastern states damaging houses and disrupting power supply and transport, officials said on Friday. The storms,...

As report suggests Naga girl was not raped civil society hold state government responsible

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Dimapur (Nagaland): After the brutal incident of killing of a rape accused by an unruly mob in full public glare in Dimapur, activists and various organizations have held the Nagaland government and administration responsible for ‘conspiracy’, especially as it is emerging now that the girl was not raped.

A police officer campaigns against a social evil in Assam

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By Rupesh Dutta, IANS, New Delhi : Determined to end a social evil that still haunts rural and backward areas of Assam, a police officer's...

11 abducted Assamese still untraced

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Agartala/Aizawl : The 11 Assam people, who were kidnapped by militants Oct 10 from Mizoram along the inter-state border with Tripura, are still untraced,...

Girl killed in Tripura hostel fire

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Agartala : In a tragic incident, a seven-year-old girl was burnt to death and 10 other students were injured when their school hostel caught...

Centre reviewing condition of northeast rivers: Uma Bharti

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Siliguri : Intending to utilise the water resources in India's northeast for the country's benefit, the centre has started reviewing the condition of the...

People in NE feeling let down by Modi government

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: It is not even one month the hopeful people who voted for a change towards ‘achche din’ have started to feel the heat. People, especially in Assam seem unhappy with the course of action since the Narendra Modi government has taken the oath on May 26. If Modi’s green signal to dams in Bhutan has raised many eye brows in the state, his proposal to let Bangladeshi nations in India without visa doubled the anger. It is one of those moments when sweet turned into sour.

Surge of foreign tourists in northeast

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New Delhi : India's northeastern states saw a surge of foreign tourists in 2013 registering a growth of 27.9 percent over 2012, an official...

Social justice ministry spent 54% of budget on SC scholarships

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The central government on Thursday said around 54 per cent of the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry's budgetary allocation in...

Centre extends Suspension of Operation agreement with NDFB (P)

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New Delhi :The central government Friday extended an agreement to suspend operations against the pro-talk National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive) for six months,...

Pension scheme for 40 lakh families in UP

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Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will launch a pension scheme for 40 lakh families, including those belonging to the Scheduled Castes...

Auto-driver shot dead in Meghalaya

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Shillong : An auto-rickshaw driver was shot dead in Meghalaya by two unidentified assailants Sunday, police said. The incident took place in Chepagre village in...

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...

Over 1000 activists, concerned citizens call for immediate release of Hidme Markam, ending state...

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Human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been in jail for over 40 days now. She was arrested on March 9 by...

Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC

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Shimla : Setting aside almost a century old customary law that allows only men to inherit ancestral property if it is not bequeathed, the...

Opposition corners Tripura government for not honouring Dipa Karmakar

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Agartala : The opposition Congress legislators Monday castigated the Left Front government for not giving due importance to Dipa Karmakar, who excelled with a...

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...

Manipur bills: Tribals intensify protest as confrontation looms ahead

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By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal : As the fate of the three controversial bills passed by the Manipur assembly continues to hang in balance, the tribal...

Tension grips Assam-Nagaland border after violence

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Guwahati : Tension has gripped the Assam-Nagaland border since late Tuesday night when suspected Naga men fired indiscriminately and burnt villages on the Assam...

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...

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...

फर्जी ग्राम सभा आयोजित कर अदानी को दिया खदान, बस्तर के आदिवासियों ने किया...

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मंगल कुंजम, TwoCircles.net भारतीय संविधान की पांचवी अनुसूची में प्राप्त अधिकारों को बचाने के लिए हज़ारों की संख्या में आदिवासियों ने पहली बार बैलाडिला क्षेत्र,...

Nine arrested for branding Assam athlete a witch

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Guwahati : Nine people, including seven women, have been arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy for branding an Assam athlete as a witch, police...

AIUDF: The broken dreams and lost hopes of minorities in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: For Ashraful Hussain, the party was a ray of hope for the downtrodden and underprivileged people of the society. Now, he is quite dejected and rather angry at times. He hoped finally somebody was there to take care of the neglected minorities of the state but after several years it turned out to be another broken dream.

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...

Government says committed to development of northeast

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New Delhi : The government Thursday said it was "totally committed" to the overall development of the northeastern region. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised...

Voting picks up slightly in Kashmir’s Anantnag

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Anantnag : With electors coming out in many areas of Anantnag in the afternoon to exercise their franchise, the poll percentage in this Jammu...

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio leading

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Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio was Friday leading by around 30,000 votes in the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the state against...

Rajnath visits Myanmar border, reviews Manipur situation

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Imphal/Agartala : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju Friday visited India-Myanmar border in Manipur and discussed border trade with the...

Karnataka to vote Thursday for all 28 Lok Sabha seats

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Bangalore : Karnataka will Thursday vote to elect its representatives from all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Polling will be held in...

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...

29 tourism projects sanctioned for northeast in 2014

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New Delhi : The ministry of tourism has sanctioned 29 tourism projects for the northeastern states in 2014, Parliament was informed Wednesday. Union Minister of...

Raghubar Das first non-tribal to become Jharkhand CM

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Ranchi : Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Raghubar Das took oath here Sunday as Jharkhand's 10th chief minister, the first non-tribal to do...

Mizoram church body says missionaries unhurt in quake

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Aizawl : Missionaries from the northeastern state of Mizoram who were working in Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Sikkim when the massive earthquake...

Amid COVID-19 lockdown, Adivasis in West Bengal find themselves cash-strapped, uncertain for future

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By Rezwan Myenuddin, TwoCircles.net West Bengal: As the majority of Indian families are coping with the pandemic and finding it difficult to earn a decent...

President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s house gutted by fire

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Once it was a meeting place of several big shots of the country including Indian first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru even before the time of independence. Now only silence prevails in the area amidst the echo of cry of the neighbours after the glorious history was gutted by fire at Guwahati’s Lakhtokia.

नर्मदा बांध के खिलाफ़ आदिवासियों की विशाल पदयात्रा

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By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter, खलघाट: मध्य प्रदेश के निमाड़ क्षेत्र में विस्थापित किसानों, मजदूरों और मछुवारों ने जीवन अधिकार यात्रा शुरू की है. यह जीवन...

National Green Tribunal halts DRDO construction activity in Challakere Amrut Mahal Kavals

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By TCN News Bangalore: Justice Mr. M. Chockalingam (Judicial Member) and Prof. Dr. R. Nagendran (Expert Member) constituting the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench),...

Over one lakh people affected by Meghalaya floods

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Shillong : More than one lakh people were affected in Meghalaya Monday after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged several villages, an official...

How illegal stone quarries are destroying Adivasi villages of Tapi district

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Ashokbhai Gamit is a farmer in Vaghpani village of Vyara Taluka, Tapi District. As a farmer, he carries a lot of...

Meghalaya toll 46, Rijiju to visit flood-hit areas Saturday

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Shillong : The toll following floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 46 while 10 people are still missing, officials said Friday. Union Minister...

सोनभद्र का रामबाबु : वेटर के तौर पर अपमान झेला ,लोकडाउन में नौकरी...

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मोहम्मद आसिम। Twocircles.net उत्तर प्रदेश के सबसे पिछड़े इलाकों में शुमार करने वाले आदिवासी बहुल क्षेत्र सोनभद्र के लाल ने कमाल जैसा कुछ कर दिया...

NDA government cuts funding in rural jobs scheme in Tripura

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura Wednesday expressed its discontent over slashing of funds under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme and urged...

The myth of Hindu ‘minority’: Debunking right-wing propoganda

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By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This...

Dr Syed Ahmed sworn in as Governor of Manipur

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Dr Syed Ahmed was sworn in as the 16th Governor of Manipur at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here on 16th May 2015. Chief Justice of Manipur High Court Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra administered the oath of office and secrecy to Dr Syed Ahmad. Chief Secretary of the State P.C. Lawmkunga presided the swearing-in-ceremony.

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...

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...

No mandatory arrest for offences under SC/ST Act, says SC

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New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the arrest of a accused under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...

Why are tribals from Jammu and Kashmir protesting inclusion of Paharis in ST list?

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Members of the Gujjar Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir are on a protest march from Kupwara to Jammu against the government of India's...

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...

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...

PM Jan Dhan Yojana launched in Tripura

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Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Thursday launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in Tripura to cover all households of the...

Congress will do well in the northeast: Goa ex-CM

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Shillong : Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro Friday exuded confidence that the northeastern states would contribute more seats to the Congress kitty, and...

There is hope among apprehension from BJP government

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Even as the BJP sweeps the 16th Lok Sabha polls in the country, a section of the people are still apprehensive that it might have a negative impact. They raise the question on the secularism of Narendra Modi and the saffron party with that now sees more involvement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) more than ever. But they are still hopeful of better days with BJP winning as many as seven seats in Assam.

Assam CM lays foundation stone of North East’s first College of Horticulture

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By TCN News, Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of developing the agriculture sector in the state as he laid the foundation stone of College of Horticulture at Lakhopur in Nalbari district which is the first of its kind in the northeast.

India’s youngest bank Bandhan to empower women, rural folk

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Innovative microfinance company Bandhan will operate as a bank from October next year and focus on empowering women and rural...

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...

Eight millionaires in Meghalaya electoral battle

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Shillong : Eight of the 10 candidates in the fray in Meghalaya's two parliamentary constituencies that go to polls Wednesday are millionaires. The ruling Congress...

Meghalaya students protest sexual harassment in varsity

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Shillong : Students and faculty members of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Wednesday gave a three-day ultimatum demanding the termination of a professor...

Assam flood death toll 32, more feared to be missing

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: At least 32 people have been killed during the last 48 hours due to flood in Assam’s Goalpara and Kamrup district following continuous rain occurred in Assam and Meghalaya.

Northeast by-polls: I-T teams to check on black money

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Agartala : The Income Tax (I-T) department will deploy teams in Assam, Tripura and Sikkim to keep a tab on the use of black...

AIUDF seeks investigation on alleged involvement with terror outfit

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Even as news reports created sensation about the alleged involvement of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) with Islamic fundamentalist across the region, the AIUDF on Friday asked the Union Home Minister for a proper investigation.

Tripura militants kidnap three traders, driver in Mizoram

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Agartala : Three Tripura traders and their driver were kidnapped by tribal guerrillas from Mizoram, police said here Sunday. "Five businessmen from northern Tripura went...

Nagaland CM slams Manipur for passing ‘anti-tribal’ bills

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Imphal : Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Sunday flayed the Manipur government for passing three "anti-tribal" bills in the assembly, and termed it...

Accused doctors granted conditional bail in Payal Tadvi suicide abetment case

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TCN News The Bombay High Court has granted conditional to all the 3 accused doctors Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal arrested for abetting...

How an Adivasi Youth outfit plans to give a tough fight to the BJP...

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net With Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan set for assembly elections later this year, all political parties are gearing up for elections...

Rajasthan grants 5% quota to Gujjars, wants Centre to amend Constitution

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Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Wednesday passed the Reservation Amendment Bill 2019 in the Assembly, which promises 5 per cent reservation...

One-way, one-stop office for northeasterners suggested

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By Rupesh Dutta, New Delhi : An IPS officer belonging to the northeast in every city with a sizable population from the region, a one-stop...

एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...

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एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...

USTM to strengthen e-learning and e-teaching in North East

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The entire education system in the strife-affected BTAD has come to almost a standstill. Even though the death toll keeps mounting by the day and gets a space in the media, there is no one to tell the story of the sufferings of the students as schools remain closed and teachers away from their homes in search of safety and security. This aspect of the BTAD crisis came to limelight during the Junior College Principals Meet 2014 (JCPM-2014) hosted by the University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in association with the Regional Institute of Science & Technology (RIST) on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.

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...

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...

Modi promotes northeast as tourist destination

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday sought to promote India's northeast as a tourist destination and urged people to visit the region...

‘हम उस समय तक अज़ान देते रहेंगे जब तक बाबरी मस्जिद में अज़ान शुरू...

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नई दिल्ली: बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की घटना को 24 वर्ष बीत गए हैं लेकिन दिल्ली में आज भी 6 दिसम्बर का...

Assam: JIH offers houses for BTAD victims

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A team of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) is visiting the eastern and north eastern India to take stock of the plight of the minority communities in the region and the various welfare activities undertaken by it for addressing some of the problems affecting the minorities.

Assam: Ethnic Communal Divides to the Fore

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By Ram Puniyani, The recent (May 01, 2014) violence in Kokrajhar, Baska killing 32 Bengali speaking Muslims is one more reminder of the seeping Bodo-Muslim tension in the region. This violence is being attributed to Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), whose legislator Pramila Rani Brahma allegedly stated that her party candidate and Assam minister may not win in the present elections as according to her knowledge Muslims had not voted for him and have voted for a non-Bodo candidate. This is what seems to have provoked the violence, but surely this is tip of the iceberg as the problems between two communities are much deeper and are in a way continuation of the same reasons which led to the violence in the region in July 2012. This is also related to the subtle threat for the forthcoming Assembly elections of 2015.

Manipur Governor released Belinda Morse’s biography of Ethel Grimwood

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: The Governor of Manipur V.K. Duggal released the Indian edition of Lady Belinda Morse's book “Calamity & Courage: A Heroine of the Raj” at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan on April 20, 2014. The book narrates the life and ordeal of Ethel Grimwood, wife of the Political Agent of Manipur Frank St.C. Grimwood (1888-1891), ICS, and the political development that led to the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891. The book was published in 2008 by Book Guild Publishing, London.

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...

Top officials urge Reang tribal refugees in Tripura to return home

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Agartala/Aizawl : Officials of the Centre and two state governments on Saturday asked Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in North Tripura district for the last...

डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....

Odisha to conserve 700 sacred groves to protect tribal culture

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By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar : An integral part of tribal culture, 700 sacred groves in Odisha -- out of 2,100 identified by the state government...

Van Versus Vikas: New documentary dismantles mythology of India’s “progress” from worldview of Adivasi...

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The film chronicles the resistance of an Adivasi family, along with other city activists and residents, to stop the Mumbai Metro Rail project...

Waterfalls, tribals and animals be damned: Why the proposed Athirapally dam is a disaster...

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

Raghubar Das, first non-tribal, to be Jharkhand CM Sunday

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Ranchi : Jharkhand will get its first non-tribal chief minister Sunday when veteran BJP leader Raghubar Das will take oath at the head of...

Policemen beaten up by soldiers in Kashmir’s Sonamarg

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Srinagar : Some Indian Army personnel Friday allegedly beat up three policemen during a scuffle in Sonamarg hill station in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal...

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...

20 dead, over 400 ill in Tripura malaria outbreak

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Agartala : At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to the outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister...

Dilution of SC/ST Act can erode faith in judiciary: Amnesty

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New Delhi, (IANS): The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities...

So much for pregnant women: Five ambulances, just one driver in Hazratbal, Srinagar

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircle.net, Hazratbal/Srinagar: The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Hazratbal caters to the medical needs of a population of 82,721 in the Hazratbal block consisting predominantly urban and a small proportion of rural and tribal areas.

“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi

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The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...

North East Church body demands judicial enquiry

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI), one of the major bodies of Church in the country has expressed serious concern at the increasing attack on the minority community’s institutions which include schools and place of worships in the country.

Government mulling review petition in SC/ST Act case

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New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government is mulling to file a review petition in the Supreme Court pertaining to the apex courts order that...

Is Chhattisgarh a ‘Police State’ of Democratic India?

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By Pushkar Raj, A ‘police state’ is said to be one where citizens experience living, freedom of movement and expression of opinion subject to police...

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...

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...

Thanks to Google, woman reunited with parents after 17 years

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Patna : A woman, who went missing from a train when she was six-years old, was reunited here with her parents after 17 years...

Two killed in Assam’s BTAD

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: In yet another act of violence, two persons were brutally killed by suspected militants loyal to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) in Assam’s Baksa district under Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) on Tuesday.

Nearly three years after chit fund scam, Adivasis of Tapi remain at a loss...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Almost a year ago, just as Indians across the nation were returning from work or sitting at home on the evening...

Punjab CM to chair skill development meet in Shillong

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Shillong : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will chair the first regional consultation meeting of the sub group of chief ministers on skill...

Rajnath flays Congress for lack of development in NE

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Guwahati : BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday charged the Congress with not doing anything to develop the northeast region. "It is the Congress party which...

Poll official killed, five injured in Kashmir guerrilla attack

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Srinagar : One polling officer was killed and five others were injured Thursday in an attack by separatist guerrillas on a polling staff party...

Hope against hope for BTAD riot victims in Assam rendered homeless

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Wahidur Rahman, a petty businessman who used to deal in books has faith in democracy but he is finding it tough to live his life in the relief camps for more than a year. Wahidur who hails from remotest part of Dhubri district’s Gauripur of Assam has been stuck in relief camps along with his family members one after another.