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Tripura to set up elephant reserve

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Agartala : The Tripura government would set up an elephant reserve in the mountainous northeastern state to conserve wild elephants, a minister said here...

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,...

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

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

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...

Tripura tribal council polls on May 3

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Agartala : Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on May 3, it was announced here on Tuesday. "The...

Centre to help Assam, Nagaland ease tensions

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday promised all help to Chief Ministers Tarun Gogoi of Assam and T.R. Zeliang of Nagaland to...

Police hand in Dimapur jailbreak suspected

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

ONGC agerees to supply gas to Tripura power project

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Agartala : State-owned ONGC has finally agreed to supply natural gas to 101-MW capacity Monarchak power plant that is being set up by government-run...

Eight Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland militant attack

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Dimapur/Kohima : Eight Assam Rifles personnel were killed, six injured and another four reported missing on Sunday when militants triggered a powerful blast and...

Northeast India gets its first solar power plant

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Monarchak (Tripura) : North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has commissioned a five-MW solar power plant at Monarchak in Tripura, which will...

BJP hopes for more Lok Sabha seats from northeast

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

Elections for Mizoram, Arunachal Rajya Sabha seats June 19

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Aizawl/Itanagar : Elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Congress-ruled Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh will be held June 19, officials said Tuesday. The tenure...

SC notice on reservation in legislatures

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on a PIL seeking increase the SC/ST...

Banking services hit in the northeast

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By IANS, Agartala/Guwahati : Banking services have been severely affected in the northeastern region for the second day Tuesday as most of the major banks...

West Bengal government afraid of CBI probe: Manik Sarkar

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Kolkata/Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Monday said the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government is afraid of a CBI probe into the chit...

Congress slams government over Maharashtra governor’s transfer

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

Farmers ‘crack whip’ on Maharashtra government

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Mumbai (IANS): For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian...

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...

CPI-M opposes move to drop special category status to northeast

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Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist has demanded that the central government immediately abandon any move to withdraw the special category status to...

Lalu vows to keep fighting for backward classes

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Patna: A day after the BJP and its allies slammed RJD chief Lalu Prasad for saying the upcoming assembly polls would be a "backward...

Assamese student beaten up by Delhi college mates

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New Delhi : A 21-year-old Delhi University undergraduate hailing from Assam was Tuesday beaten up by his fellow students inside the college canteen over...

Tourists in large numbers a dividend of peace: Omar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday stressed the vast potential of the state for sports, adventure and pilgrim tourism,...

Parts of northeast cut off as Meghalaya blockade continues

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Agartala : The northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram, parts of Manipur and southern Assam remained cut off from the rest of India for the...

डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...

Indian diaspora in London mark Republic Day with protests against Hindutva, attacks on Dalits...

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By M Ghazali Khan for TwoCircles.net Instead of hosting and participating in festivities, the UK-based Indian Diaspora marked the Republic Day by organising a protest...

Craft of northeast resembles that of Latin America: Study

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New Delhi : Pottery, textiles and spiritual exercises prevalent in India's northeast closely resemble that of the equally forested interior belts of Latin America,...

Hundreds of thousands vote in India’s fifth phase of polls

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Panaji/Agartala/Gangtok/Guwahati : Hundreds of thousands cast their vote Saturday in four states in the fifth phase of elections, marking the halfway mark in India's...

Congress makes false promises, Sonia let marines go: Modi

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Itanagar/Guwahati : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing the party of making "false promises", and...

Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse

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Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday. This...

Ajmal CSR starts college in Assam’s BTAD

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By TCN news, Guwahati: It was Manjunara Khatun, a degree 4th semester student of Hatidura College, who had stopped the motorcade of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, MP, last year to ask him to set up a college in her village in Kokrajhar district so that girls could pursue education after school without any difficulty.

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...

Disarm Bodo militants to end mass violence in Assam, urge Indian Americans

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IAMC condemns killing of Adivasis, reiterates recommendations made in its recent report on ethnic violence in Assam. By TCN News, Washington DC: The Indian American Muslim Council ( IAMC ), a US based advocacy group, has condemned the brutal violence in Assam during the last one week, leading to the brutal killing of 76 people, burning of houses and the displacement of hundreds of others.

First dengue case in Tripura

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

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...

Nagaland governor quits, protests transfer

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Agartala/Thiruvananthapuram : Nagaland Governor Vakkom B. Purushothaman, who held additional charge as Tripura governor, resigned Friday protesting that he was not consulted on his...

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,...

झारखंड: भूमि अधिग्रहण का विरोध कर रहे आदिवासियों पर पुलिस फायरिंग

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TCN News हजारीबाग(झारखंड): झारखण्ड के हजारीबाग जिले के बड़कागांव के आदिवासी अपनी 17,000 एकड़ जमीन बचाने के लिए पिछले 15 दिनों से शांतिपूर्ण कफ़न सत्याग्रह...

Dalit, tribals can perform as good as others: PM

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Noida : People from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will perform as well as others if they are given the opportunity, Prime Minister...

Centre will increase budget for northeast, says minister

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New Delhi : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh Friday assured chief ministers of the northeastern states that the central government will increase the budget allocation...

Court orders to release anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: In a landmark judgment announced on August 19, 2014 the Court of Sessions Judge, Imphal East, dismissed the charge that anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on fast for the last 14 years demanding repeal of AFSPA, was attempting to commit suicide and ordered the State Government to release her form custody. The verdict came after Sharmila filed a petition against an earlier order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Imphal East on June 4 last that charged her with attempt to commit suicide under Section 309 of IPC.

Delhi court takes cognizance of chargesheet in Nido Tania case

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

Gogoi slams Gujarat for showing Arunachal, Kashmir as disputed

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday lashed out at the Gujarat government for signing agreements with China that had maps showing Arunachal...

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.

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...

No new taxes proposed in Kashmir budget

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Thursday presented "tax-free" and "pro-people" budget for 2014-2015, terming it one which reflected...

‘We’re Not Begging — We’re Demanding What’s Ours’: Odisha’s Koraput Tribals Fight for Kendu...

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Mohsina Malik, TwoCircles.net Koraput (Odisha): Kendu or Tendu leaf is more than just a forest product for tribal communities across the country. It is their...

Tribal Affairs Ministry gets Rs 5,329 crore in Budget

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New Delhi, (IANS) : The Tribal Affairs Ministry has been allocated Rs 5,329 crore -- almost 10 per cent more than the previous year --...

Trial run of Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus flagged off

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Shillong : The trial run of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was flagged off Wednesday from Assam's main ciy of Guwahati. The trial run...

In Arunachal, tribal taboos are conservation devices

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By Sweta Daga "My Naba (father) always says you can't challenge nature. If you challenge nature, you are asking for trouble. When you see a...

Mahbubul Hoque to speak on education entrepreneurship in Chicago in AMU alumni convention

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) left for Chicago on Wednesday for attending the 13th annual convention of the Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA) to be held during June 20-22, 2014 in Chicago, USA. The FAAA has invited Mahbubul Hoque to deliver a special talk on education entrepreneurship.

NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand

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

“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...

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Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...

Achyuta Samanta and the role of KISS in empowering Odisha’s tribals

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By Rajaraman Sundaresan for TwoCircles.net Between democracy and development as an idea, one feels that democracy in many ways has taken a back seat....

Manipur hills tension: Tribal leaders meet president

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New Delhi: In the backdrop of the violence and subsequent tension in the hills of Manipur following the passing of three contentious bills by...

Amartya Sen group to prepare Tripura’s vision plan

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Agartala : Pratichi Trust, founded and headed by Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, will prepare a roadmap of Tripura's future development to make the...

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...

Protect violence-hit children of Assam: NGO

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New Delhi : An NGO working for child rights Wednesday urged the government to provide protection to about 800 children in Assam affected by...

Militants finally free telecom professional

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Aizawl : A telecom professional from Kolkata who was abducted by militants in November 2013 has been finally freed in Mizoram, police said Thursday. Deep...

Dimapur lynching: SIO West Bengal team demands high level inquiry

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SIO team meets Nagaland Dy Resident Commissioner at Kolkata By TCN News, New Delhi: A delegation of the West Bengal unit of Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) met Nagaland deputy Resident Commissioner here on the ongoing burning issue of brutal lynching to death in Dimapur a person suspected by Nagas to have raped a Naga girl.

दिल्ली की मलिन बस्तियों में रहने वाली इन लड़कियों के लिए शिक्षा भेदभाव से...

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सुप्रकाश मजूमदार । Twocircles.net सुबह उठ कर जानकी सबसे पहले खाना बनाने में अपनी माँ की मदद करती है। चूल्हा के पास, धुएं से खुद...

PA Sangma: Sagacity was the mark of first tribal Lok Sabha speaker

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By Nirendra Dev New Delhi : It was to the sagacity of his stint as a member of parliament for many years from Tura constituency...

Tribals allege harassment by anti-poaching guards near Kaziranga National Park

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Bokakhat: Residents of Agoratoli village, located on the outskirts of the Kaziranga National Park (Eastern Range) have alleged harassment and intimidation...

Peace activists honoured at Aaina’s anniversary function

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By TCN News Guwahati: Syed Abdul Malik, one of the greatest litterateurs of Assam, and Mohammad Taher, eminent academician who passed away recently, both posthumous, were among the seven personalities from the state honoured for their unstinted work for promotion of peace, brotherhood and understanding among people.

Gauhati HC quashes disqualification of 3 NCP legislators

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Shillong : A division bench of the Gauhati High Court Wednesday set aside the order of Nagaland assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo disqualifying three NCP...

Army wasn’t late in reacting to Bodo attack: Parrikar

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New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has denied that the army was late in reacting to the attack by Bodo militants in Assam,...

EC probing BJP’s ‘communal party’ tag in Tripura school books

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Agartala : The Election Commission of India is probing the BJP being tagged a "communal party" in the textbooks of government schools in Left-ruled...

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...

Special courts for tribal land rights to continue in Jharkhand

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Ranchi : The Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) of Jharkhand decided here on Thursday that Scheduled Area Regulation (SAR) courts will continue to exist, but...

Suspended AIUDF MLA slams Ajmal for having soft corner for BJP

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Senior All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leader and MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed accused party president Badruddin Ajmal of arrogance and using the minority vote bank of the party for own personal benefits after being suspended from the party on Tuesday.

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...

BSF rescues boy from traffickers in Assam

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Dhubri (Assam) : Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, guarding the India-Bangladesh border, have rescued a minor boy from the clutches of traffickers along the...

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...

North-eastern people not ‘second class citizens’: Sangma

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Shillong : North-eastern people are not "second class citizens" of India, former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno.A.Sangma said here Saturday. "We are no less than others....

Andhra rice starts reaching Tripura via Bangladesh

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Agartala : The second consignment of 5,000 tonnes of rice ferried in three small ships from Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh started arriving in...

Minorities Commission kicks off awareness campaigns in remote areas of Manipur

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

BJP beats Congress in Assam civic polls

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Guwahati : After the recent debacle in the Delhi assembly election, the results of polls to civic bodies in Assam came out positive for...

Tripura power projects capacity to be augmented

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Agartala : The generation capacity of three power plants in Tripura will be augmented by 62 MW without increasing fuel consumption, an official said...

Fraternity Movement demands justice for Payal Tadwi

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

दंतेवाड़ा: तिरंगे को लाल सलाम

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़): बस्तर में आदिवासियों के निर्मम दमन, लोकतान्त्रिक अधिकारों के हनन, सैन्यीकरण तथा संसाधन की लूट के ख़िलाफ़ मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता...

President condoles the death of ex-Mizoram chief minister Brig. Sailo

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New Delhi : President Paranab Mukherjee on Saturday condoled the death of former Mizoram chief minister Brig. T. Sailo, saying that it was an...

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...

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.

Meghalaya floods: Death toll rises to 55

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Shillong : The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 55 with the recovery of three more...

Manipuri youth stabbed, robbed in Delhi, four juveniles held

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By IANS, New Delhi : A 22-year-old youth from Manipur was stabbed and robbed here early Tuesday, in the third incident in a fortnight of...

Bodies of abducted people found in Assam

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Guwahati : The bullet-riddled bodies of four people, who were abducted by suspected Bodo militants in Assam's Baksa district, have been found, while the...

Adivasis from Chhattisgarh march to save their habitats from ‘hazards of coal mining’

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Nearly 350 residents from the villages of central Chhattisgarh are on a 300-km long march that started on October 2 to reach the capital...

India, Bangladesh officials, border guards to work jointly

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Aizawl : The district administrations and border guards of India and Bangladesh would deal jointly with various border issues and crimes, officials said here...

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...

One killed, three injured in Assam blast

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Guwahati : One person was killed and three injured after a bomb went off at a village in Assam on Sunday, officials said. The explosion...

Research Scholars’ and Guides’ meet at USTM

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) organized a “Research Scholars’ and Guides’ meet,” on Saturday, for the smooth functioning of the research works on going in the University in the departments of various schools. The intention behind this meet is to give emphasis on the research and development initiatives of USTM and bring all the research scholars, guides and faculties in the same platform to share each other’s knowledge.

Centuries-old puja transforms Tripura’s ancient capital

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Puran Habeli (Tripura) : Colourful marquees, illuminations, religious rites and the chanting of 'mantras' amid the beating of drums will turn Puran...

Mamata orders action over tribal student’s ragging

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Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered action over the alleged ragging of a female tribal college student in West Midnapore...

Modi greets Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur on statehood day

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday greeted the people of Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur on their statehood day. Greeting the people of Meghalaya,...

As election approaches in Kerala, parties go all out to woo Adivasi voters in...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: With battle lines drawn for the upcoming assembly polls, campaigns of both the United Democratic Front and...

Meghalaya flood toll rises to 59

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Shillong : The toll in the flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 59 with the recovery of one more body. Three...

70 fall ill after eating ‘prasad’ in Tripura

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Agartala : Around 70 people, including women and children, fell sick after eating 'prasad' - offering to deity - in Tripura, an official said...

Centre to fix support prices for 10 forest produce: Oram

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Bhubaneswar : The central government would soon announce minimum support prices for 10 minor forest produce to protect tribals from exploitation, union Tribal Affairs...

First-ever PG course on northeast welcomed

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net , Guwahati: The move to include the Northeast in the post graduate course for the first time at Delhi based...

Blast in Meghalaya, no casualties

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By IANS, Shillong : Suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday night triggered a blast at a petrol pump in Meghalaya but...

BSF to sensitise troopers along India-Bangladesh border

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Agartala : BSF Director General D.K. Pathak has asked the commanders and top officials of the force to sensitise troopers and maintain close relations...

Meghalaya militancy due to social backwardness: Chief secretary

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri Wednesday said the rise of militancy in the state's Garo Hills was largely due to social backwardness. "We...

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

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

Rajnath to visit Assam

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said he will visit Assam following an attack by militants that left around 40 people dead...

‘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...

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...

Six millionaires, two paupers in fray in Tripura

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Agartala : Six of the 25 candidates vying for Tripura's two Lok Sabha seats are 'crorepatis' (multi-millionaires) according to the affidavits filed along with...

Don’t let money overpower our Naga identity: NPF leader

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Zunheboto (Nagaland), (IANS): The ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) on Monday called upon the state's people to choose between preserving the Naga identity and money...

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...

In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted

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By Nikhil M. Babu As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu...

CBI arrests chit fund executive in Tripura

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Agartala : An executive of a chit fund has been arrested in Tripura by the CBI for allegedly collecting deposits of more than Rs.10...

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.

Will my valley remain green? Many Kashmiris wonder

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By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar : As the Kashmir countryside turns lush green with the paddy growing season, one wonders whether the farmers' greed for wealth...

Students in Guwahati get training in social media

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By Risa Laloo, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) held a three days’ workshop on Social Media Immersion from 4th -6th August for the post graduate students of Mass communication and Educational Leadership.

Security tightened in Tripura, Assam for Durga Puja

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Agartala/Silchar : Armed with sophisticated weapons and electronic gadgets, a large number of security personnel have been deployed in Tripura and Assam for the...

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

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

Equality, diversity, inclusion: a new concept of future museums

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Dr Fatma Faheem Every year on 18 May since 1977, the International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about museums, which are...

Manipur Catholic schools shut down after threats

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Imphal (IANS): All the Christian missionary schools in and around Imphal, Manipur, remained shut indefinitely for the second day on Tuesday following threats from...

Enrolment ratio in higher education in the northeast low

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Agartala : The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education is very low in the northeast region and it can be improved by setting...

One person dead, three injured in Murshidabad during voting after TMC, CPI (M) supporters...

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By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net Kolkata/Berhampur: The battle for West Bengal claimed its first victim during the third phase of elections in Domkal, Murshidabad. Tauhidul...

Manipur’s second Lok Sabha seat votes Thursday

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Imphal : Eight candidates are in the fray in Thursday's poll to Manipur's second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug...

Mizoram to curb corruption at all levels : Governor

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Aizawl : Mizoram is fully committed to root out corruption in all its forms and at all levels, and this has been the main...

Hasina thanks Tripura CM for backing land swap deal

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

‘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...

UPSC topper Ira Singhal motivates NE students

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Ira Singhal, the first differently abled woman to top the civil services examination advised the young students to keep...

Militants kill three in Assam

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Guwahati : Three people, including a woman, were killed when suspected militants fired indiscriminately Wednesday at a group of people in Assam's Kokrajhar district,...

Bangladesh border guards to tighten vigil along frontier

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Agartala : The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) would further tighten vigil along the India-Bangladesh border to check activities of the Indian militants, a Border...

Centre will take up issue of minimum wages in tea gardens

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Guwahati : Commerce and Industries Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said the central government will take up with the states the issue of implementation of...

Bangladesh seeks to supply rice to northeast India: Tripura minister

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

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...

Panchayati Raj to end violence in BTAD, says the Assam Governor

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A 15-member delegation representing three different organisations viz Samajwadi Party Assam, All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushwarat, and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind met the Governor of Assam Janaki Ballabh Pattanayak at the Raj Bhawan in Guwahati on Sunday to submit separate memorandums and apprise him about the ground realities of the prevailing situation in the BTAD area. The Governor gave the delegation a very patient hearing and spent more than an hour sharing viewpoints with them.

Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) hosted a national seminar on ‘Educational status of Minority Women in North East India: Challenges & Future Prospects’ in Techno City in the outskirts of Guwahati. The event was supported by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Farooq Abdullah faces tough challenge in Srinagar

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Srinagar : Retaining Srinagar is a tough call for the 78-year old National Conference patron and thrice Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah....

Christian leaders meet Rajnath Singh, ask for protection and safeguarding places of worship

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By TCN News New Delhi: The All India Christian Council held a national Christian leaders meeting in New Delhi with the Home Minister...

Two decades on, tribals’ repatriation to Mizoram from Tripura uncertain

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By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala/Aizawl : Despite Supreme Court directions and the Union Home Ministry's initiative, the repatriation of tribal refugees from Tripura to Mizoram...

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...

One more tribal child dies in Kerala; 16th since January

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net, Kozhikode: Amidst concerns about the ill-health and malnutrition among tribal children, one more infant died at Attappady in Palakkd district....

Left’s vote share shrinks in bastion Tripura

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : The Left may have swept the election to the 30-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) but its vote...

Congress attacks Odisha government over killings of tribals

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Bhubaneswar : The Congress party on Sunday attacked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the "killing of innocent tribal people in the name of...

Uttarakhand governor transferred to Mizoram

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New Delhi : Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi was Tuesday transferred to Mizoram, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said. Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul, who holds additional...

Jharkhand Elections 2024: Despite Govt Claims, No Compensation for Tribals Killed in IED Blasts

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Ranchi: The situation of tribals in Jharkhand can be understood through the historical lens of the state’s formation. When Jharkhand was carved out...

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

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

Amarnath Yatra to begin June 28

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Jammu : The annual yatra to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district will start on June 28, it...

Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge

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New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...

Curfew in Poonch after clashes

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Jammu : Curfew was imposed in Jammu Friday following tension between two communities. Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Poonch town of Jammu region as...

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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.

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...

Wanted: a 73rd-like amendment to Constitution

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By Parveen Qamar, India is included among developing nations. Of course, there are areas where we have achieved much better results than expectations but there are areas which, even after 68 years of Independence, remain neglected.

Rajnath Singh announces Rs 674 cr for Assam

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Assam CM submits memorandum seeking more central assistance. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: In view of the large scale devastation due to unprecedented floods in Assam, the Centre on Wednesday announced to release Rs 674 crore for Assam’s State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for 2014-15.

Dalits protest in Bihar against order on SC/ST Act

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*Patna (IANS): *Thousands of Dalit members on Monday staged protests across Bihar on Monday against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, disrupting rail...