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NIA chief visits violence-hit areas in Assam

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Guwahati : NIA chief Sharad Kumar Thursday visited some of the violence-affected areas in Assam's Kokrajhar district and reviewed the investigation into the militant...

‘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...

Natarajan was propped up when I attacked Modi: Rahul

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New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said his former fellow party leader Jayanthi Natarajan was propped up against him after he...

Karnataka: Union cabinet gives ST status to ‘Parivara’ and ‘Talwara’ communities

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the inclusion of the communities 'Parivara' and 'Talawara' in the...

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...

Rs.10,000 crore for power transmission in northeast

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Guwahati : The union power ministry has rolled out a Rs.10,000 crore project to strengthen the transmission and distribution network in the the eight...

To Heaven and Back

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By Shalim M Hussain As campaigning for the 2016 Assam assembly polls was gaining steam in the warm and wet spring, Sunny and his friends...

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...

Modi Government’s development plans systematically erasing Tribal identity

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By Rajaraman Sundaresan for TwoCircles.net, Democracy in many ways is a collection of plural spaces which involves civil rights groups, protest movements,...

Chandan Boro: Son of a sweeper from Assam selected for Football training in Germany

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net Udalguri, Assam: Harisinga is a sleepy town in Assam’s Udalguri district along the India-Bhutan international border. Handicapped by insurgency till...

23 books selected for Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2014

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New Delhi : Translations of popular books like "The Immortals of Meluha" "The God of Small Things" and "Mujhe Chand Chahiye", among others, have...

Manipuri women assault case: Fifth accused granted bail

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By IANS, New Delhi : A court here Thursday granted bail to a man accused of assaulting two Manipuri women, saying four accused facing the...

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

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

Mobile court launched in Tripura

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Agartala : A mobile court has been flagged off in Tripura to resolve pending cases and to make people aware about the nitty-gritty of...

Manipur Inner Line Permit row: Count of students arrested reaches 30

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By Imphal Free Press for Twocircles.net IMPHAL, May 31: At least 30 student protestors have been arrested so far during ILPS related protests and scores...

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...

Two killed in Meghalaya landslides

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Shillong : Two people were killed, three others injured and over 100 rendered homeless after torrential rains triggered landslides at various places across Meghalaya...

Resurgence and resistance: Convention in TISS, Mumbai celebrates the stories of Adivasi women

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By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Fourteen Adivasi women came together on stage to celebrate their struggles and victories at the Adivasi/Tribal women's convention held at Tata...

Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam

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Silchar : Two schoolgirls were hung from the two ends of the same rope from a tree in Assam's Karimganj district, a killing reminiscent...

Praveen Togadia’s remark urging Hindus to have 4 wives draws ire in Assam

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The statement of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) international working president Praveen Togadia has drawn sharp reactions from all sections in Assam. During his visit to Assam, Togadia asked all the Hindu men to marry four wives.

Assam violence toll rises to 31

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Guwahati : The toll in the savage attacks by Bodo militants in Assam rose to 31 Sunday with tension prevailing and the curfew imposed...

LED lights to illuminate Agartala

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Agartala : The Tripura government has initiated a move to illuminate Agartala through LED lights, replacing sodium vapour and other lamps to save energy...

Tripura troopers deployed for Bengal polls

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Agartala : Two battalions of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) have been deployed in West Bengal to facilitate peaceful elections, beginning Thursday, an official said...

Congress attacks BJP over northeast ‘immigrants’, BJP withdraws word

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New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday attacked the BJP for referring to northeast people as "immigrants" in its vision document, and asked if the...

Congress stronghold Karimganj likely to be breached by BJP, AIUDF

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By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net South Karimganj: Imagine if your party manages to win, with sizeable margins, all five assembly seats in an area...

Assam Congress MLA arrested in auto theft racket

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Guwahati : Congress legislator Rumi Nath was arrested on Tuesday for her alleged nexus with the notorious kingpin of auto thefts Anil Chauhan, police...

Dimapur lynching incident rocks Assam assembly

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Guwahati : The fifth day of the budget session of the Assam legislative assembly on Monday witnessed noisy scenes over the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town. The problem started after some of the opposition members raised concerns over former Assam minister and Congress legislator Siddeque Ahmed's statement that he had prior information that the mob will break into the jail in Dimapur and kill the rape accused and that he had informed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi about this on the morning of March 5.

National Conference vows to take on PDP

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Srinagar : The ruling National Conference is bracing to take on a resurgent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in assembly elections due this year in...

‘Ask CBI to probe Karnataka IAS officer’s death’

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Agartala : The IAS association's Tripura branch on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the death of Karnataka's young IAS officer D.K. Ravi. "The IAS...

24 more Myanmar nationals held in Tripura

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Agartala : Twentyfour more Mayanmarese, including six women and 12 children, have been arrested for illegally entering Tripura, police said on Sunday. Two Indians, including...

Did anti-Dalit WhatsApp messages shared among Savarnas trigger the violence during Bharat Bandh?

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The foundations of the Bharat Bandh, which took place on April 2, was laid on March 20, when the Supreme Court...

Sonowal blames Gogoi for not availing budget benefits

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Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal Saturday blamed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's Congress government for not...

NHRC asks Maharashtra to explain deaths of 500 tribal schoolgirls

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Mumbai, (IANS) : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Maharashtra government to explain reports of sexual abuse and mystery deaths of...

BJP wants to divide Jharkhand society with non-tribal CM: Nitish

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Patna: Senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Friday accused the BJP of trying to divide society in Jharkhand by naming non-tribal Raghubar Das as the...

India building infrastructure along Bangladesh border to tighten vigil

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Agartala : The Border Security Force (BSF) is strengthening infrastructure to enhance vigil along the border with Bangladesh, a senior BSF official said here...

Modi arrives in Itanagar

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Itanagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar Friday to participate in the 29th foundation day of the hill state. Modi...

Rahul more keen to solve Assam’s problems than Modi: Gogoi

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By IANS, Guwahati : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was more keen to resolve Assam's problems than BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Chief Minister...

70 Indian border markets to be open to Bangladeshis

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

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.

Nearly two-third voters cast ballots in Mizoram

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Aizawl: Nearly two-thirds of the voters cast their ballots Friday for the lone Lok Sabha seat and in a by-poll for an assembly segment...

Meghalaya on railways’ map

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New Delhi : Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday said Meghalaya has joined the railway network and Arunachal Pradesh has been linked with the...

Mizoram to move second vote on account

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

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...

Maoists kill Odisha tribal

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Bhubaneswar : Suspected Maoists Wednesday shot dead a tribal man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, accusing him of spying on them for the police, an...

Northeast India’s development will help Bangladesh: Minister

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Dhaka : Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said development of India's northeastern region would also benefit his country. "It will ultimately be a...

Tribal refugees in Tripura repatriated to Bangladesh

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Agartala : Bangladesh has taken back the tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since Monday following an ethnic strife...

Alumnus CEO of Don Bosco tells students how to own a company

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: An entrepreneur from Nagaland who made it big in the national scene is back in the region with a mission to launch the IT revolution in the remotest and challenging areas of northeast India.

Parrikar reviews anti-terror operations in Assam

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Guwahati : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, on a trip to Assam on Saturday, reviewed the security preparedness and status of ongoing anti-terror operations here. On...

Four killed, 27 injured in Meghalaya storm

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Shillong: Four people, including a six-month-old baby, were killed and at least 27 others injured in a cyclonic storm in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills...

Veteran politician of Manipur Md. Helaluddin Khan passed away

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Former Minister and veteran politician of Manipur Md. Helaluddin Khan passed away on April 25, 2014 at his residence at Lilong Haoreibi Makha Leikai, in Thoubal District, due to an illness. He was elected to the Manipur Legislative Assembly from the Lilong Assembly Constituency four times. He also held various portfolios including the Department of Revenue and Irrigation & Flood Control as Cabinet Minister. He was 70. The last rite was performed on April 25.

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...

Bodos kill 65 in Assam, three die in police firing

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Guwahati : Three people were killed in Assam Wednesday when police fired at thousands of angry adivasis who took to the streets, a day...

Modi lauds Tripura’s success over terrorism: CM

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Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to tell the other states the Left-ruled Tripura's success vis-a-vis four decades of terrorism, Chief Minister...

China will have to give up its expansionist mindset: Modi

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By IANS, Itanagar: Taking on China over a sensitive foreign policy issue, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said Beijing will have to give...

Gogoi’s visits to 18 countries cost exchequer Rs.43 lakh

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Guwahati : Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's official overseas trips to 18 countries since assuming office in 2001 cost the state exchequer Rs.43,44,353 but yielded...

Assam students protest land swap deal with Bangladesh

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Guwahati : A major students' organisation in Assam Tuesday launched a state-wide protest opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement to go ahead with the...

Assam Muslims meet against Islamic terror groups

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By TwoCirciles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: At a time when the terrorist outfits claiming to be Islamic fundamentalist including Al-Qaida and others are purportedly trying to spread their wings in various locations of the country, the image of the religion has gone from bad to worst. The situation became more tensed after six persons were arrested by police from Assam’s Barpeta district for having direct or indirect involvement with Burdwan blast in West Bengal.

Students across Mumbai come out in support of Fathima Latheef, JNU students

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the protests across both IIT Madras and JNU surged with more and more students coming out on the streets, hundreds...

More than 1300 riot affected families from BTAD are yet to be rehabilitated

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Even as Assam government has admitted that over 1,300 families, who were affected during the ethnic clashes in the Bodoland...

Northeast CMs’ meet to decide roadmap for development

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Agartala : DoNER Minister Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh would meet the chief ministers of all eight northeastern states in Guwahati Aug 21-22 to decide...

Assam violence: 102 police cases filed, NIA probe begins

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Guwahati: Assam Police has registered 102 cases over the recent violence that left 81 people dead and over two lakh homeless, while the NIA...

Nagaland Police chief surprised at media reports ruling out rape

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Dimapur/Guwahati : The Nagaland Police chief on Wednesday expressed surprise over a section of the media reporting that the union home ministry had ruled...

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...

Tripura tops for sixth year in providing rural jobs

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Agartala : The Left-ruled Tripura maintained its top position for the sixth consecutive year by providing 88 person-days' rural jobs per household under the...

Learning from Meghalaya village to keep India clean

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Mawlynnong (Meghalaya) : If Indians want to make their country a clean and healthy place, then they should learn from the Khasi...

Rajnath expresses concern over Islamist terrorism

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Guwahati : Islamist terrorism has touched the Indian subcontinent and it is a matter of concern for the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said...

‘Government working on Bezbarauh panel suggestions on northeast’

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New Delhi : Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Friday said the government was on the job to get the recommendations of...

Centre pursuing issues of northeast on mission mode: Sitharaman

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Aizawl : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the central government would pursue all matters related to India's northeast region on...

Meghalaya official unhurt in militant attack

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By IANS, Shillong : A Meghalaya government official had a close shave Monday when Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants fired at his vehicle in...

‘Northeast-The Women’s campaign’ launched in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘Northeast – The Women’s Campaign’, an initiative by Assam Youth For Change (AYFC) and supported by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya was launched in Guwahati in a bid to bridge the gap of gender inequality on Sunday. The year-long campaign was launched by Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah C. Marak in presence of Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Dr. PG Rao.

BJP to protest against eviction of tribals in Tripura

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Agartala: The BJP on Tuesday said it would soon launch a stir if Tripura's Left Front government evicted tribals to set up a firing...

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...

Tribals tear banners, posters at BJP office in Jharkhand

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Ranchi, (IANS): Around 300 tribals equipped with traditional weapons, protested amendments in the two land acts on Friday by tearing banners and posters at...

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,...

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...

Sangma bats for smaller states

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Tura (Meghalaya) : Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Agitok Sangma, a nine-time MP who is returning to national politics through the Lok...

World Bank aid for power projects in northeast

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Agartala : The World Bank would provide a major share of Rs.8,150 crore for improving power transmission system in six northeastern states, officials said...

Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi

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

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...

North-East students bag four medals at AFMI convention in Kerala

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A total of 122 rank holder students of class X and XII board examinations belonging to the minority communities drawn from 22 states of India received gold, silver and bronze medals at the 23rd Annual International Convention on Education organised by the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI).

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...

सवाल : एकमात्र मुस्लिम आदिवासी समुदाय वन गुर्जरो की परवाह किसे है !

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<अहमद क़ासिम Twocircles.net के लिए उत्तराखंड के पौड़ी गढ़वाल ज़िले में रेवासन नदी के किनारे बसे इस गाँव का नाम नत्थू चोड़ है. घने...

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...

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,...

India hands fresh list of insurgent camps to Bangladesh

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Shillong : Bangladesh's border guards have promised firm action against insurgents from India's northeastern states taking shelter in that country, an Indian official said...

For these girls living in Delhi’s slums, education is a dream fraught with violence,...

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By Suprakash Majumdar, TwoCircles.net The first thing Janaki does in the morning is to help her mother prepare food. Beside the chulha (a stove), covering her face...

Encourage marginalised sections in higher judiciary, says outgoing CJI

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New Delhi: Outgoing Chief Justice of India P.Sathasivam Friday said that rules and criteria in the appointment of judges should be relaxed for giving...

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...

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.

‘कभी ब्राहमण भी खाते थे गो-मांस’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net रांची (झारखंड) : अखिल भारतीय आदिवासी धर्म परिषद के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष व संयुक्त बिहार के पूर्व विधान पार्षद छत्रपति शाही मुंडा...

Name Delhi road after Assam saint: Gogoi urges Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and urged him to name a road in...

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...

छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासियों का पसंदीदा आहार है बीफ़

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सुकमा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ में बीफ आपको ढ़ूंढे नहीं मिलेगा, मगर आदिवासियों के बीच ये बेहद ही लोकप्रिय है....

Seven die in Madhya Pradesh heat wave

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Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) : At least seven people have died and about 110 have taken ill due to the intense heat wave in Seoni...

Drop all charges against Irom Sharmila: ICJ

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New Delhi : The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom...

Northeast activists demand action against khap panchayat

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By IANS, New Delhi : Students and activists from the northeast Monday met Delhi Police officials demanding action against a khap panchayat that threatened to...

CBI raids Rose Valley offices in Tripura, seizes documents

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

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...

Amarnath pilgrims to get prepaid SIM cards

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Jammu : Pilgrims for this year's annual Amarnath Yatra will get prepaid mobile SIM cards for seven days for enhanced telecom facilities during the...

More buses to ply in Maoist-hit Odisha districts

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Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government has decided to ply 30 more buses in the tribal-dominated and Maoist-affected districts to improve transport connectivity, an official...

Assam honours SC, breaks tradition on animal fights

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Guwahati : Assam Thursday broke a more than a century-old tradition to honour the Supreme Court ban on animal fights. The state stayed away...

155 from Assam in quake-hit Nepal, 65 untraceable

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Guwahati : At least 155 people from Assam were stranded in Nepal where a massive earthquake on Saturday wreaked devastation. While 90 people have...

Meghalaya mapping areas to tap wind energy

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Shillong : Power-starved Meghalaya is preparing "wind energy density maps" to identify regions in the mountainous state where wind energy could be tapped to...

Tripura troopers to be deployed for Haryana polls

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Agartala : Five companies of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) troopers will be deployed in Haryana to facilitate peaceful state assembly elections Oct 15, an...

Pomp, pageantry mark R-Day across India

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Jammu/Kolkata/Guwahati/Chennai/Panaji/Imphal : Republic Day was Monday celebrated across India with gaiety and patriotic fervour, as leaders stressed the need of rooting out corruption and working for development and asked insurgents to shun violence. The day was largely peaceful, barring two blasts in Assam and four in Manipur.

Anil Sarkar, Tripura’s communist leader dies at 76

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Agartala : Septuagenarian Communist leader of Tripura and poet Anil Sarkar died at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi...

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...

Special programmes for northeast students

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

Made mistake, but don’t play it up: Modi on ‘immigrants’ goof-up

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New Delhi : A day after the BJP drew flak over a "typographical error" of referring to people from the northeast as "immigrants" in...

SSSC writes letter to MHA, PMO to repeal AFSPA

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has written a letter to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to repeal...

NIA chief in Assam, to visit violence-hit areas Wednesday

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Guwahati : NIA chief Sharad Kumar reached Assam Tuesday to take stock of the central agency's probe into the recent violence in Assam that...

Tripura to act against ‘proxy’ teachers, employers

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Agartala : The Tripura government will take stern action against 'proxy' teachers and their employers in government and government-aided schools, an education department official...

US dollars meant for arms seized in Mizoram

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Aizawl : A man was arrested and $48,700, meant for buying illegal arms from Myanmar, were seized during an operation by security agencies along...

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...

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

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

Crowds cheer Modi in tribal Gujarat, but silent to other BJP leaders

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Limkheda (Gujarat) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shed all security and proceeded in an open vehicle from the helipad, waving at the...

Adivasi Women Continue to be Killed on Pretext of being a “Witch”

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Sami Ahmad|TwoCircles.net Sonamuni Murmu, 47, of Aswari village under Saraiyahat police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand, was forced to eat human excrement for allegedly...

Manipuris want better education, job opportunities

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By Natalia Ningthoujam, Imphal : The people of Manipur, once ravaged by insurgency and still suffering from its residual strains, came out in full force...

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes issues notice to BHU over faulty recruitment process

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Taking note of the several wrongful recruitments done at the Banaras Hindu University on posts reserved for schedule castes, schedule tribes,...

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...

Youth held for extortion bid against former Assam CM

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By IANS, Guwahati : A youth was arrested for trying to extort money from former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in the name of...

Four year old girl struggles at GMCH after Bodo militants’ attack

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The little girl was screaming at her bed at Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The four year old Taslima Khatun of Narasingbari village in Assam’s Baska district has lost her finger and received bullet injuries as armed militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoalnd (NDFB) opened fire killing four people in front of her on Thursday night.

294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...

Swine flu alert in northeast India, two women test positive

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Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal : The northeastern states have sounded a high alert to prevent the spread of swine flu in the bordering region even as two...

चौपट संस्कृति में तीन फ़िल्में

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सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net यह बहस बड़ी है कि असम और अरुणाचल प्रदेश के बाद का समूचा पूर्वोत्तर भारत ‘भारत’ है भी या नहीं? लेकिन इसे...

Bangladeshi officials enter India, sent back

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Agartala : Four Bangladeshi intelligence officials who illegally entered Tripura were beaten up by villagers but were allowed to go back after Indian officials...

Greater Kakching Churches Fellowship Celebrates the Advent Christmas

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Two pioneering Christians of Kakching felicitated By TCN News, Kakching (Manipur): Greater Kakching Churches Fellowship felicitated first two pioneering Christians of Kakching on the occasion of Advent Christmas Celebration at the Kakching Library and Information Centre Auditorium.

Sharmila wants to become Manipur CM to remove AFSPA

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

Role of Akram Hussain Saikia in the freedom struggle of India

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

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

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

Kashmir governor reviews arrangements for Vaishno Devi pilgrims

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Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra reviewed the arrangements made at the Katra railway station for pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi...

Lack of fund mars Tripura’s rights panel plan

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura, despite its will, was not able to form human rights commission due to lack of fund...

Go Green Masjid campaign launched in Manipur on World Environment Day

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

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.

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...

Strong reactions from different sections after Rajya Sabha election in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: After the results of Rajya Sabha for three seats were declared for Assam, the entire state has expressed anger and dissatisfaction at the action of certain MLAs for allegedly ‘betraying’ their party.

Garo Hills situation disturbing, says Centre

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Shillong : The central government Wednesday warned Meghalaya over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state's Garo Hills region where militants are...

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...

Anti-national activities go down in Assam: Government

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Guwahati : The Assam government Tuesday said intensified security measures have led to a steep fall in anti-national activities of fundamentalist forces in the...

Mizoram CM pays tribute to policemen killed in attack

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Aizawl : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, his cabinet colleagues, legislators and officials on Sunday paid their last respects to the three Mizoram policemen...

भाजपा के मनुवादी सोच की अभिव्यक्ति है मधु मिश्रा का बयान

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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...

Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report

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The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall. Suchitra...

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,...

Assam singer faces gender discrimination; barred from performance as she refused putting traditional chadar

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Even as several measures are being taken in minimizing the gender discrimination in the country, a female singer in Assam was barred from performing at a function, allegedly for not wearing a particular kind of dress.

Another bomb explodes in Manipur

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Imphal : A bomb exploded near the Manipur University in Imphal on Wednesday, hours after a four-year-old girl was injured when insurgents attacked a...

NCM member Capt Praveen Davar reviews minority welfare schemes in Manipur

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The importance and urgency of the modernization of madrasas and promotion of Urdu language was highlighted during the review meeting. By Dr Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: During his three day visit here, Capt Praveen Davar, member of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) and member in-charge of Manipur, reviewed the implementation of the PM’s New 15-Point Programme for the welfare of the minorities and the Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) in the state.