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Urgent need to tackle floods, erosion, Gogoi tells Uma Bharti

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has urged Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti to expedite the constitution of the Brahmaputra River Valley...

Tripura to arrange for Modi’s Teachers’ Day address

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura would make arrangements so that school students can listen to the live telecast of Prime Minister...

‘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...

Two policeman killed in Kashmir firing

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Srinagar : Two policeman were killed in Jammu and Kashmir Monday when militants fired at a vehicle transporting food for police personnel, officials said. The...

CBI to grill former Tripura editor in Saradha scam

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Agartala : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to grill Tripura-based former newspaper editor and owner Sushil Chowdhury in connection with Saradha...

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

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

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...

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...

Congress wins in Jharkhand by-poll

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

When Baduria and Basirhat burnt, Uttar Dinajpur rose in protests too against the rape...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net In the first week of July, Bengal was engulfed in communal tension, with the North 24 Parganas simmering with incidents...

Teenager’s death due to anaemia exposes rampant malnutrition among Kerala’s Adivasi students

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: The death of a teenager due to malnutrition in Attappady, the largest Adivasi settlement in Kerala, has once again...

BTAD violence 2012: Delay in seeking Centre’s help escalated violence

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One man Inquiry Commission records statement in Guwahati By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The ill-famed violence between the Bodo tribe and Muslims in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in 2012 – which witnessed killing of more than hundred people and displaced at least four lakh villagers – could after all have been controlled faster but there was a huge lapse on the part of the administration, it was revealed on Friday.

Branded Witches, Beaten by Mobs, Burned Alive – In the Land of Goddesses, India’s...

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Across India’s tribal villages, women continue to be hunted and killed as witches, while families watch in silence, fear or grief. Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Asansol (West...

After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release

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Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...

Three tribals killed, two hurt in Tripura BSF firing

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Agartala, (IANS): Three tribals, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in BSF firing in southern Tripura, an official here said. "BSF troopers...

Why Kaziranga farmers believe they get a raw deal in the name of conservation

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Text and Video by Amit Kumar and Saptarshi Gogoi Nandeshwar Pegu is a farmer in his 70s and supports his large family in Belogudi village....

EC firm on postal voting for Mizoram refugees in Tripura

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Agartala/Aizawl : Despite opposition in Mizoram against allowing tribal refugees in Tripura's relief camps to cast postal ballots, the Election Commission (EC) is firm...

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...

Born Poor, Mauled to Death: Tribal Infants Allegedly Killed by Rats in MP’s Largest...

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Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: An appalling incident has come to light from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, exposing criminal negligence and the collapse of basic healthcare...

Police officer killed in Assam gun battle

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Guwahati : A superintendent of police and his personnel security officer were killed in a gun battle with militants in Assam's Karbi Anglong district,...

One land rights activist dies after self-immolation in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: One protestor of peasants’ body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) died after receiving 90 per cent burn injuries following his act of self-immolation in demand of land rights in front of Assam secretariat on Monday.

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...

Pakistani refugees in Jammu to vote for BJP

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Jammu : The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step...

BTAD camp inmates wary ahead of Ramadan

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The 300 odd people who have been stuck at the relief camps having a tough time after they have been devastated by the armed miscreants in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD). More than 45 villagers were gunned down by the miscreants a few weeks back in these areas.

Clash in Kashmir town over man’s killing

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By IANS, Srinagar : Residents of Pulwama town in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday clashed with security forces following the killing of a man alleged to...

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...

Cow Slaughter, Beef Ban: The Lackluster Obsessions of Assam CM

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Sandipan Talukdar, TwoCircles.net Mohen Morang’s family owns over 80 buffaloes and 50 cows in their cattle shed near Bamun Chapori, located in the Golaghat district...

Develop Nagaland to its unique position: Sumitra Mahajan

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Kohima : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Saturday asked the Nagaland government to develop this scenic mountainous state to its special and unique position...

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...

Faggan Singh Kulaste: Tribal face of MP and BJP’s man for all seasons

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New Delhi : Faggan Singh Kulaste, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mandla (Scheduled Tribes) reserved constituency in Madhya Pradesh, belongs to the class...

Northeast India to get ready-made garment units

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala: The Indian government plans to set up ready-made garment manufacturing units in each of the eight northeastern states which, among other...

Northeast can set off India’s second Green Revolution: ICAR director Ngachan

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By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala : The mountainous northeastern region, which comprises eight states, occupies eight percent of India's land area and is home to four...

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...

Assam floods: CM urges centre to raise ex-gratia

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday appealed to union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to raise the ex-gratia for families of those killed...

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...

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.

Normalcy returning to Dimapur

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Guwahati/ Dimapur : The situation in Nagaland's commercial hub Dimapur was slowly returning to normal on Friday even though section 144 continues to be...

Centre warns Meghalaya over law and order situation

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : The NDA government Wednesday warned the Congress government in Meghalaya over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state's...

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...

Tripura troopers for Nagaland Lok Sabha polls

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Agartala : Elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR) troopers will provide security during the April 9 Lok Sabha polls in Nagaland, an official said here...

5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...

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By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net Jalgao (Maharashtra)  With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...

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...

Bodies of Manipur activists killed in 2015 violence to be buried

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Imphal, (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Tuesday said the bodies of eight tribal activists killed in mob violence in September 2015...

Dimapur lynching: Nagaland CM recommends CBI probe

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Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Thursday said his government has decided to hand over the March 5 Dimapur lynching probe to...

Muslims at bottom of higher education ladder, alongside backward tribes

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By Charu Bahri Despite almost trebling in the decade ending 2010 -- from 5.2 per cent to 13.8 percent -- the rate of Muslim enrolment...

Why Indian tribes need more opportunities to ‘Make (a living) in India’ (Human Interest...

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By Bhavana Akella Jamshedpur : Sumanti Bhagat, a petite 30-year-old Oraon tribal woman, famous among her tribe for her paintings, uses some sophisticated techniques...

Assam CM terms budget ‘most disappointing’

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Guwahati : Expressing dissatisfaction over the union budget, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said it was the "most disappointing". "There is no indication of...

“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...

Flawless NRC update sought in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A facts finding team of All India Secular Forum (AISF) on the National Register of Citizen (NRC) update process submitted its report to the government and urged for an error free process. The NRC is a document containing the names of Indian citizens in Assam prepared in 1951. Unique to the state of Assam, this document was prepared to distinguish Indian citizens from illegal migrants from then East Pakistan. The 1951 NRC certificate, along with the electoral roll in the voters’ list of 1966 and 1971 are the two important documents required to prove the citizenship in Assam, where propaganda about illegal Bangladeshi is rampant and often violent.

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...

Modi congratulates new CM of Nagaland

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New Delhi : Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi Saturday congratulated newly sworn-in Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang. "Congratulations to T.R. Zeliang on taking oath as...

Dimapur lynching raised in Rajya Sabha

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ArrayNew Delhi : The lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with MPs questioning...

Cellular firm has no idea about Pashmina, stop ad, says Kashmir

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Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Monday asked the central government to stop an advertisement by a popular cellular company that shows a Pashmina shawl...

Collectibles, tribal art up for auction

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New Delhi : An ethnic betel leaf and tobacco box, M.F.Husain's pen and ink drawings on post cards and a wooden gramophone are among...

Border crimes increased after use of non-lethal arms

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Agartala : After the Indian border guards started using non-lethal weapons, crimes along the India-Bangladesh border have increased, an official said here Thursday. The border...

Chhattisgarh: Right-Wing Push to Demolish Churches in Bastar Amid Christmas Celebrations

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Bastar: Right-wing groups, including the Surv Adivasi Samaj and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), have intensified their campaign against the Christian community....

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...

Lifetime achievement award to Manipuri Muslim Writer Mohd Abdur Rahman

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Renowned Manipuri Muslim writer Mohd. Abdur Rahman (78) was awarded ICRA Lifetime Achivement Award 2014 for the extraordinary contribution he has made to Manipuri Literature over the years at a function organized jointly by Writers Union, Manipur (WUM) and Islamic Cultural & Research Association (ICRA), Manipur at Manipur Press Club, Imphal on June 28, 2014.

Four militants get life sentence for Agartala blasts

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Agartala : Four militants were sentenced to life imprisonment by a West Tripura District Court on Tuesday for their involvement in a series of...

Poet Mohammad Sahid Chowdhury felicitated at Imphal

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By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: All Manipur Muslim (Meitei-Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA) has felicitated Mohammad Sahid Chowdhury, the renowned Manipuri Muslim poet from Barak valley of Assam. He was felicitated at a function held at Hafiz Hatta here on May 11, 2015.

Saddened by Assam attacks, says Mamata

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condemned the "heinous" militant attacks in Assam and said her government will continue to support...

CPA team appeals for civil society action for peace in BTAD

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A five-member fact finding team from Centre for Policy Analysis (CPA) New Delhi visited the strife torn BTAD on Saturday and met a few representatives of the civil society in Guwahati on Sunday morning prior to their return to Delhi. The team consisted of Harsh Mander, Anand Sahay, Seema Mustafa, Satish Jacob, and Prof Anuradha Chenoy. CPA believes that the 'alternative' is the major part of the truth which is generally not spoken of in the mainstream and there is no one mainstream in India but multiple streams.

TWC slams molestation of woman in public

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Agartala : The Tripura Women's Commission Friday severely condemned the assault on and molestation of a woman by a section of people in full...

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...

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’.

Manipur’s new governor takes charge

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Imphal : Former Congress leader and author Syed Ahmed on Saturday took charge as the 16th governor of Manipur. Manipur High Court Chief Justice Laxmikanta...

Rijiju assures safe environment to people from northeast

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New Delhi : Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Sunday assured "safe working environment" across the country for the people from the...

Two Manipuri youths attacked in Delhi, three held

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New Delhi : Two Manipuri students were attacked with a scissor, stones and iron rods by three people, two of them juveniles, when the...

NHRC notice to Maharastra over death of 740 students

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to Maharastra over the death of 740 students in residential schools...

No more on fast, Manipur now shuns Sharmila

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By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal : A day after she broke her 16-year fast against a law that gives sweeping powers to the military, Irom...

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...

Centre committed to tackle Left-wing extremism: Rajnath

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New Delhi : The central government was firmly committed to tackling Left-wing extremism and was implementing a multi-pronged strategy for the purpose, Home Minister...

Normalcy returns to Assam-Nagaland border

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Guwahati : The troubled Assam-Nagaland border is limping back to normal following an attack by Naga militants that led to the death of nine...

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...

Ajmal Foundation programme for minority youth commences in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: All together 50 students from different minority communities of Muslim, Christian and Sikh have been identified by Ajmal Foundation for various coaching programmes under a scheme supported by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

RIST welcomes meritorious engineering aspirants from low income families

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The recently announced results of class 12 examination by the state and central boards have brought cheers among thousands of successful candidates in North East. While the students with sound financial background are planning to pursue their academic career according to their choice and realize their dreams, the students with limited financial background are beset with gloom and despair.

Now, SC/STs in Delhi can apply for employment loan via app

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi government will launch a mobile application on Saturday through which Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes, minorities, and handicapped...

No discrimination on basis of caste, religion: Rajnath Singh

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

35 years and counting: Adivasis who lost all their land to Machannala Dam in...

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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...

सोनी सोरी पर पुलिस द्वारा हमले की कोशिश

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TCN News बस्तर: आज छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासी मानवाधिकारों के लिए संघर्ष कर रही सोनी सोरी पर पुलिस ने हमले की कोशिश की है. जब यह...

Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights

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The Gadia Lohar population has been widely ignored by central and state policies and has been unable to take advantage of government programs. Owing...

Five militants killed, terror plot foiled in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Five UALA rebels were killed and a police officer was injured in a gun battle Tuesday, even as security forces foiled a...

Northeast committee meets DU vice chancellor

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New Delhi : A committee examining the concerns of people from the northeastern states living in other parts of India, Thursday met Delhi University...

Odisha to empower tribal women through diary cooperatives

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha will empower tribal women through diary cooperatives so that they get opportunities to earn more, an official said on Wednesday. State-run dairy cooperative...

Five policemen injured in Meghalaya blast

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Shillong : Five policemen were injured in a bomb blast triggered by the militants in Meghalaya late Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. The incident...

MIM appeals supporters to join Mumbai’s Dalit mass protest on July 22

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Mumbai: In yet another attempt to portray it to be the party of Muslims and Dalits, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen...

Jammu and Kashmir poll observer dies in Tripura

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Agartala : Pratapaditya Datta, an IAS officer of the 2010 Tripura-Manipur cadre and an election observer for Jammu and Kashmir, died here Wednesday following...

NGT maintains ban on coal mining in Meghalaya

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Shillong : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday maintained its ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, contending that right to life was far more...

Irom Sharmila, youth from war zones to join global peace fest

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Chandigarh : Manipur's Irom Chanu Sharmila and other civil rights activists, as well as youth from war-ravaged countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Libya, will...

Northeast MPs condemn killing of Manipuri man

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New Delhi : The North East MPs Forum (NEMPF) Tuesday condemned the killing of a 29-year-old Manipuri man in the national capital and demanded...

Tripura wants better bus services from northeast

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Agartala : The Tripura government Tuesday reiterated it would launch direct bus services between the northeastern states and Kolkata via Bangladesh for easy ferrying...

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...

Three people killed in Tripura road mishap

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Agartala : At least three people were killed and 17 others were critically injured when two passenger jeeps collided in Tripura, police said here...

The 40-year wait of a community to start life outside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.netGudalur, Tamil Nadu: The Indian experience of wildlife and forest conservation has been synonymous with forced evictions, mostly of tribals, from...

Curfew in 25 Assam villages following clash

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Guwahati: Indefinite curfew was Thursday clamped in 25 villages in Assam's Darrang district after 13 people were injured in a clash between two groups,...

Northeast helpline in Gurgaon gets only test calls

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Gurgaon : A special police helpline launched here last week for people from the northeast has only received calls from people wanting to check...

Two Bodo militants killed in Assam

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Guwahati : Two hardcore Bodo militants were killed in a joint operation by security forces in Assam's Sonitpur district, an official said on Wednesday. Based...

Manipuri man’s killing: another attacker sent to police custody

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New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday sent another youth, arrested in connection with the killing of a 29-year-old Manipuri BPO employee, to one...

Seminar on Tribal literature and Tribal poet meet to grace Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Annual Festival...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: This year, Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Annual Festival of Letters’ will feature a seminar on Oral and Tribal literature and...

Meghalaya urges Centre to ratify protocol with Bangladesh

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Shillong : The Meghalaya government on Monday urged the central government to ratify the land agreement protocol that was signed between India and Bangladesh...

Adivasi girl branded ‘mentally ill’ for speaking against discrimination finally allowed to continue her...

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By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter Thiruvananthapuram: After suffering for many months, Athira, a tribal student of College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (CET), is finally upbeat, and for...

Music is the healer, think Afghan musicians as they perform in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: On most of the occasions, when we talk of Afghanistan, it’s either Taliban or the prolonged conflicts at the land locked country. The country was almost devastated by many from both inside and outside yet there are some beautiful things to be appreciated in the country.

BJP showing fake love for Dalits, says BSP chief

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Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of showing "fake love" for the Dalits. The BJP hit back,...

Assam wants asylum for victims of religious persecution

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Guwahati : The Assam government Wednesday decided to request the Centre to frame a policy for granting asylum on humanitarian grounds to people who...

Three army men killed in fratricidal firing

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Jammu : Three army men, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were Sunday killed in a fratricidal firing incident in Poonch district of Jammu...

Meghalaya CM has violated poll code, says Sangma’s party

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Shillong : Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) has filed a complaint with the Election Commission seeking action against Meghalaya...

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...

‘Denial of BC community certificate to converted Muslims deprival of fundamental rights’: Madras HC

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By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net, Chennai: In an unprecedented judgement, Madras High Court has held that a Hindu backward class (BC) woman shall be considered...

Tripura: CPI-M women members at record number

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Agartala : The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 26 percent against 12...

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...

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...

13 years later, ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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By Ninglun Hanghal, Malom (Manipur) : "Iron Lady" Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10...

Naga accord not to ignore other states’ interests: Centre

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Guwahati: The Naga peace accord will not bypass the interests of other states sharing boundaries with Nagaland, union Minister of State for Home Kiren...

Tripura government employees to get more pay

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Agartala : To pacify its aggrieved employees seeking central government pay scales, the Tripura government on Tuesday announced higher pay scales and allowances for...

Journalist held in Assam for insurgent links

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Guwahati : A news correspondent with a satellite TV channel of Assam has been arrested for his alleged links with Bodo insurgents, police said...

Curfew in Srinagar after youth’s killing

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Srinagar : A curfew was imposed in some parts of the Srinagar city to maintain law and order following a youth's killing in firing...

Amid election heat, Sonia-Modi in war of words

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Nuh/Itanagar/Guwahati : The Congress-BJP war of words escalated Monday, with Congress president Sonia Gandhi charging the BJP with indulging in "politics of hate" and...

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.

Incentivise banks for opening branches in Chhattisgarh’s tribal areas: CM

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New Delhi, (IANS): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday said the Centre should incentivise private commercial banks for opening branches in remote tribal...

Trinamool announces candidates from Manipur, Tripura and Jharkhand

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Kolkata : Trinamool Congress Wednesday announced its six candidates for the northeastern states of Tripura and Manipur and the eastern state of Jharkhand. In Tripura,...

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...

Backward classes panel for quota in private sector

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New Delhi : The National Commission of Backward Classes has written to the social justice ministry to bring a bill for providing 27 percent...

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...

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...

Five policemen injured in Meghalaya bomb blast

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Shillong : Five policemen were injured Friday in a bomb blast triggered by militants in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, bordering Bangladesh. "GNLA (Garo National...

Terror attack averted in Assam, two militants nabbed

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Guwahati : A terror attack was Thursday averted in Assam when a joint team of the army and Assam Police arrested two Bodo militants...

Congress alleges Rs.500 crore scam in Tripura

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Agartala : The opposition Congress in Left-ruled Tripura Monday alleged that Rs.400-500 crore have been embezzled in the last two financial years, and that...

AAMSU to go on hunger strike for the BTAD violence victims

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged the state government to pay attention to the families of the riot victims in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) or the students’ body will go on hunger strike after August 15.

Major dies in accident during operation in Kashmir

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Srinagar : A major of the Indian army died in a accident Monday while on a operation against separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's...

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...

68 rebels of tribal outfit surrender in Meghalaya

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Tura (Meghalaya) : As many as 68 rebels of the United A'chik Liberation Army in Meghalaya on Thursday surrendered before the authorities, marking the...

Keep your promise, don’t change land act: Tribal leaders to PM

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Ranchi : Tribal leaders of Jharkhand have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his promise of not changing the land act in...

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...

‘New funding pattern cost Assam over Rs.7,000 crore’

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Guwahati : The central government's delinking of several centrally-sponsored schemes and changing the funding pattern in some of them has cost Assam over Rs.7,000...

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...

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,...

Tripura to set up new varsity

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Agartala : The Left Front government will set up a state university in Tripura and this will be taken up in the budget session...

Congress leads in lone Mizoram seat

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Aizawl : The ruling Congress candidate and incumbent Lok Sabha member C.L. Ruala was Friday leading by 10,000 votes over Robert Romawia Royte of...

Tribal leader to join Tripura cabinet

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Agartala : CPI-M legislator and senior tribal leader Naresh Chandra Jamatia will be inducted in the Left Front ministry next week, an official release...

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.

Democratising journalism: Giving remote tribal areas a voice

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By Shubhranshu Choudhary, The story is a bit topsy-turvy these days as far as journalism education goes, especially in the tribal areas in Central India. Instead of rural students coming to teachers in cities, teachers are going to 'adivasi haats' or weekly markets.

Militant camp busted in Meghalaya

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By IANS, Shillong : A hideout of the United A'chik Liberation Army (UALA) was Tuesday busted in Meghalaya's insurgency-hit Garo Hills, police said. "We busted a...

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...

Over 400 human trafficking victims rescued in Assam

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Guwahati : Assam Police has rescued 422 victims of human trafficking, mostly minors, and arrested 281 offenders since 2011, according to the Criminal Investigation...

Repatriate refugees to Mizoram: Tripura

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Agartala : The Tripura government and a Lok Sabha member from the state have once again urged the central government to take steps to...

Manipuri students oppose ST status for Meiteis

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Imphal : The All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) has strongly objected to the demand for granting the Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to the Meiteis,...
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