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Assam CM’s son files nomination

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister's son Gourav Gogoi Wednesday filed his nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha election from Kaliabor near Tezpur. Gourav Gogoi...

Chhattisgarh: BJP leader among five arrested for attack on church in Narayanpur

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On January 2, a mob vandalised a church after around 2000 people, mostly Adivasis held a public meeting in protest in against alleged...

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...

Appeal for free and fair election in Assam’s BTAD

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

नक्सल इलाक़ों में नोटबंदी का ‘आतंक’

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net झारखंड/छत्तीसगढ़: नोटबंदी ने आम लोगों को बेहाल कर रखा है. और जिनके पास काला धन है, वे रोज़ काले को सफ़ेद...

NDA government will improve the center-state relations : Tripura CM

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Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister and senior Left leader Manik Sarkar is hopeful the BJP-led NDA government would improve center-state relations to strengthen India's...

Huge turnout in Lok Sabha polls in northeast India

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Shillong/Itanagar/Kohima/Imphal: India's four northeastern states witnessed brisk polling in the Lok Sabha election Wednesday, with Nagaland recording 82.5 percent voter turnout and Manipur as...

Saradha scam: CBI’s second chargesheet names Trinamool leader, Assam singer

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Kolkata : The CBI Monday filed its second chargesheet in the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam, naming company chairman Sudipta Sen, his close aide...

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

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

Yasin Malik detained during Srinagar protest

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Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was detained here Friday during a separatist protest march. Malik and over 200...

Bravery award in name of Assam girl

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Guwahati : The Assam government Sunday announced setting up of a bravery award in the name of a school girl who was killed by...

Tripura legislator is dead

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Agartala : Veteran communist leader of Tripura and sitting CPI-M legislator Sudhir Das died at a hospital in New Delhi Sunday following a heart...

Omar visits injured legislator in hospital

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday visited a government hospital here to enquire about the health of injured opposition...

Submit proposal to stop rhino poaching: Harsh Vardhan to Assam

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Guwahati : Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday asked the Assam forest department to submit a scientific proposal to stop poaching of...

Tobacco, fuel to be dearer in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Tobacco, petroleum and limestone are set to become more expensive in Meghalaya as the Congress government levied fresh taxes on them in...

Opposition wants Dogri TV channel

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By IANS, Jammu : Opposition legislators Tuesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly demanding the setting up of a Dogri television channel in...

Meghalaya excited over rail budget promise

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Shillong : There was euphoria in Meghalaya Tuesday after Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced the first passenger train between Assam's main city Guwahati...

Bangladeshis troubling northeast due to wrong governance: Modi

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By IANS, Agartala: Due to wrong governance, illeggal Bangladeshis are causing trouble for the people of the northeastern states, but due to governance in Gujarat,...

नवादा के कझिया गांव में सामंतों ने लगाया महादलितों के घरों में आग, वाम...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk पटना : नवादा ज़िले के अकबरपुर प्रखंड अन्तर्गत कझिया गाँव में वर्षों से बसे लगभग एक सौ महादलितों के घर में सामंती...

Assam’s MY-FACTS to act as facilitator for implementation of govt. schemes

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Guwahati based organization MY-FACTS (Muslim Youth’s Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism, and Sedition) has decided on 31st March to act as facilitator for implementation of government schemes in Assam following a special meeting of the core committee at Hatigaon in the city, presided over by Tanishi Inam.

Ibobi meets Modi, Rajnath; seeks Naga accord copy

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Imphal/New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi,...

Are Tribals Hindus? The Religious and Cultural Divide Shaping Jharkhand’s Destiny

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Saffron, Sanatan and Sacred Land: The Battle to Define Jharkhand’s Tribal Identity Shahnaz M, TwoCircles.net Ranchi: Amidst the rolling hills and verdant forests in Jharkhand, a...

Kashmir governor’s address to legislature disrupted

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

Uttar Pradhesh’s Tharu tribals fear growing privatization will result in lack of govt jobs

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Growing privatization of public sector units during the current government is giving sleepless nights to the people belonging to the Tharu tribe in Uttar...

For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist

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By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...

Government will make more women, minorities literate: Irani

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New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani Monday conveyed her government's commitment to make more and more women and members from SC, ST and...

Criminalisation of politics: Meghalaya lawmakers demand NIA probe

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Shillong : Opposition legislators in Meghalaya Tuesday demanded a probe by the NIA into politicians hobnobbing with militants, even as Chief Minister Mukul Sangma...

Gogoi seeks Rs.1,000 crore central package for flood-hit Assam

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday sought a special package of Rs.1,000 crore from the Centre to begin rehabilitation work in the...

Security forces intensify hunt for Bodo militants

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Guwahati : Security forces Friday stepped up operations against Bodo militants in Assam, after Home Minister Rajnath Singh ruled out talks with them after...

Blaming state govt, Assam Wakf president Khaleque resigns

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam Wakf Board president Abdul Khalque has resigned from his position after BJP’s Minority Morcha’s serious allegations of mismanagement of the properties in the state even as the country is witnessing a wave of resignations. Khaleque, a former MLA of the Congress has also dared to face a CBI inquiry in this regard of fund mismanagement.

Why are Jharkhand’s tribals demanding a separate religious code?

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The fight for the Sarna Adivasi religious code is quite old. On November 11, 2020, Jharkhand Assembly passed a resolution asking for a separate...

…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा

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दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...

Assam to hand over jihadi activities cases to NIA

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Guwahati : Assam will hand over cases related to jihadi activities in the state to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi...

Meghalaya groups oppose Tibetan refugees enrolment as voters

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Shillong : Meghalaya's powerful pressure groups - the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) and the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) - Friday...

Meet Seral Murmu, a tribal filmmaker telling untold stories of tribals through his films

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By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net  Thirty-four-year-old Seral Murmu hails from Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a place known for copper mining. While growing up...

Manipur reshuffle row: Ministers claim majority support

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Imphal : Ministers in Congress-ruled Manipur say they have majority support in the party -- and so don't want to be axed at the...

One dies in Manipur bomb blast

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Imphal : A 10-year-old boy was killed in an explosion in Manipur Saturday, police said. The blast took place a day ahead of Prime...

Web-based tool to monitor atrocities against Dalits, tribals

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New Delhi : Claiming that the government has failed to safeguard the interests of the marginalised, National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia...

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...

Nagabanda massacre and the other side of Assamese intelligentsia

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By Abdul Kalam Azad, Morigaon, Assam: Nagabanda High School is one of the oldest educational institutes of Morigaon district of Assam. The school is situated near the Nagabanda Bazar, about 15 KMs from the district headquarter. The healthy rural market, the nicely planted trees at Nagabanda Junior College, huge playground with pavilion and the green agricultural fields surrounding the area make it scenic and beautiful. But who knows Nagabanda is carrying a huge amount of pain and agony?

Meghalaya assembly rejects resolution for Garoland

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Shillong : The Meghalaya assembly Tuesday rejected a resolution for creation of a separate state in the Garo Hills in the western part of...

NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls

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Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here. The "People's...

Bangladesh to upgrade its mission in Agartala

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Agartala : India has conveyed its concurrence to Bangladesh for the latter to upgrade its diplomatic mission in Tripura capital Agartala to an assistant...

NDFB killings: Death toll rises to 76; Assam tense, para-military deployed

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Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit locations By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The situation in Assam remained tense on Wednesday with the recovery of more bodies of Assam villagers, who were massacred by the Bodo militants opened indiscriminate fire targeting adivasi people.

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...

Congress to get more seats in northeast: Mukul Sangma

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Shillong : Exuding confidence that northeastern states would contribute more seats to the Congress' kitty, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday reiterated that his...

आदिवासी समाज से आने वाले देश के पहले मेयर है विक्रम आहाके

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आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net मध्य प्रदेश की छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस ने 18 साल बाद मेयर का चुनाव जीता हैं।‌ छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस...

Assam violence victims refuse to bury dead, demand justice

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Guwahati : People in two Assam villages have refused to bury those killed in violence unleashed by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)...

One-way, one-stop office for northeasterners suggested

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

30 Tripura policemen injured in attack by tribal party activists

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Agartala, (IANS): Over 30 policemen were injured in Tripura on Tuesday when activists of a tribal party attacked them, alleging a woman has been abducted,...

Mizoram governor takes charge of Tripura Sunday

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Agartala : Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman will take additional charge of Tripura Sunday, officials said Friday. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Purushothaman to discharge the...

Tripura government asked to form SIT to probe chit fund firms

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Agartala : The Tripura High Court on Thursday asked the state government to set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the activities...

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...

CPI-M needs new leadership to recover politically

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By Samir Kar Purkayastha, The CPI-M has decided to hold its 2015 party congress in Kolkata instead of Agartala, capital of the only state now ruled by the party. Tripura is far off, more difficult and expensive to reach, reasoned the party leaders while picking Kolkata. While the 1,000-odd delegates would miss out on a chance to see for themselves the workings of the party in a state where it has held on for years, the Kolkata congress may be seen as an opportunity to boost the morale of activists in West Bengal, where not a day passes without reports of desertion from the Marxist ranks.

Tribal activist attacked in Kerala

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

Numaligarh refinery plans capacity expansion

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Guwahati : The Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is now pursuing a proposal of refinery expansion from 3 to 9 million metric tonnes (MMT) at...

‘Time for introspection,’ advise thinkers to minority community

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Eminent leaders and thinkers from different parts of the country exhorted the members of the minority Muslim community to introspect over their problems and remedies thereto during the one-day seminar cum workshop on ‘Socio-cultural, economic and educational backwardness of minority Muslims of India with special reference to Assam: causes and remedies’. This was organised by the Department of Persian Gauhati University and Justice & Equity Demand Samiti (JEDS) Assam at Phanidhar Dutta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University on Sunday.

Congress blames Left for infiltration in Tripura

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Agartala : The Congress Monday alleged that lakhs of infiltrators have illegally settled in Tripura during the 31-year rule of the Left Front government. During...

Tripura tribals take out mammoth rally against Citizenship Bill

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Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) Several tribal parties led by the Congress held a joint rally near here on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship...

Petition seeks justice for author whose book was banned by Jharkhand government

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A petition on Change.org has been launched to demand justice for Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, a doctor and the author of book...

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...

Granting Habitat Rights a positive step towards recognising Tribal ownership of natural resources

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By Raqib Hameed Naik and Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh have had good reason to look at any action from the...

PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...

Two blasts in Assam on Republic Day, no injuries

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Guwahati : Suspected militants from the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom Monday triggered two blasts near Digboi town in Tinsukia...

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...

Tribal organisation rallies against amendment in Land Act, conversion law

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Ranchi, (IANS): A tribal organisation held a rally in Ranchi on Monday against the Jharkhand government's Anti-Conversion Bill and its proposed amendments in the 2013...

The University is a Graveyard. Burn it down

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By Anubhuti Agnes Bara for TwoCircles.net “…It leads to no good if institutions that grant titles, qualifications, and other prerequisites for life or a profession...

Man who spearheaded Garoland demand dead

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Shillong : Garo National Council (GNC) legislator Clifford R. Marak, who spearheaded the political movement for creation of a separate Garoland state in Meghalaya,...

Measures to reclaim Waqf properties in Assam initiated

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Assam Waqf board has declared to put pressure on the state government to enforce the amended (Act 27 of 2013) to the state’s Waqf Act, 1995 to reclaim encroached waqf properties across Assam.

AIUDF wins Jamunamukh assembly by-poll

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

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...

अकथ कहानी कनहर की

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कनहर सोन की सहायक नदी है. उत्तर प्रदेश के सबसे बड़े जिले सोनभद्र का क्षेत्रफल 6788 वर्ग किलोमीटर है, जिसके आधे से भी ज़्यादा हिस्सा घने जंगलों से घिरा हुआ है. यहां की आबादी का एक बड़ा हिस्सा आदिवासियों का है. इन आदिवासियों को रिजर्व फॉरेस्ट एक्ट के अनुच्छेद 4 व 20 ने उनके मूलभूत वनाधिकारों से वंचित रखा है.

Assam a Muslim populous state with under-representation of Muslims

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By Wahidul Islam for TwoCircles.net, Amidst the paranoia and degrading level of politics, Muslims have always been most vulnerable and politically exploited section of the...

Civil society groups express solidarity with Irom Sharmila, demand repeal of AFSPA

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net. Guwahati: Several civil rights organizations and civilians have condemned the re-arrest of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila by the Manipur police on Friday, January 23. Amnesty International India has also condemned the re-arrest of 23 January.

Asean MPs urge Myanmar to protect Muslim minority

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Nay Pyi Taw : Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) urged the Myanmar government to end discrimination against the Muslim minority in Myanmar. The call...

India, Bangladesh agree to curb crimes along border

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Agartala : India and Bangladesh have agreed share information and other details to curb trans-border crime, boost trade and improve people to people ties,...

Manipur remembers Maulana Azad on National Education Day

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By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Various government agencies and private bodies in Manipur observed the National Education Day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter, eminent educationist and India’s first Union Minister of Education Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Northeast journalists urge tribal body to lift ban on book

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Guwahati : A forum of journalists in the northeast has expressed concern over the ban on a book written by a Dimapur-based journalist by...

Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study

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

Mizoram wants Rajnath’s help to resolve border row with Assam

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Aizawl : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has sought union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's intervention to resolve the Assam-Mizoram boundary dispute, an official said...

CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits

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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday denounced the police firing on Dalit activists protesting against the Supreme Court's decision to dilute the...

Three Bangladeshis beaten to death by Tripura villagers

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Agartala : Indian villagers hacked to death three Bangladeshi nationals Sunday in a village on the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura, police said. "The three...

वीडियो रिपोर्ट : अब वन गुर्जरों की जंगल से ज़मीन की और जाने की...

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आसमोहम्मद कैफ़। Twocircles.net हिमाचल ,उत्तराखंड और उत्तर प्रदेश की शिवालिक रेंज में लाखों वन गुर्जर रहते हैं वो पशुपालन करते हैं और दूध को बाजार...

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...

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 attacks toll rises to 28, PM says it’s cowardly

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Guwahati/New Delhi : The toll in the twin attacks in Assam Saturday rose to 28, as the state government decided to hand over the...

Educate Delhiites about grievances of northeast people: HC

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By IANS, New Delhi : Stating that people should "cultivate the ability to live together", the Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city government to...

Human skulls found in Manipur school complex

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Imphal : Eight human skulls were recovered from an abandoned Manipur school complex where paramilitary forces had set up a base camp during the...

Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks

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By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...

Improve living conditions of Assam clash victims, centre urged

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New Delhi: A fact-finding team Saturday urged the central government to take cognizance of the victims of an ethnic clash who are staying in...

Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC

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

You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...

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By TCN News Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...

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

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

HC sore about inadequate publicity of northeast helpline

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New Delhi : Expressing displeasure over adequate publicity not being given to the helpline set up for northeast people to prevent offences against them,...

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...

BJP ally in Jharkhand attacks Modi over tribal land rights

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Ranchi : BJP ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on Saturday directly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly going back on his solemn...

Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat

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By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: Babu, a 21-year-old from the Paniya community, came out of jail in March after spending close to three months in jail....

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...

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.

Three-day conference on “Tribal situation in India” starts at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh): On Monday, January 29,  the 47th Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society on the theme ‘Tribal Situation...

Tripura militants kidnap three traders, driver in Mizoram

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

NCP candidate arrested for damaging EVM

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By IANS, Shillong : An NCP leader was arrested for instigating a mob to damage an electronic voting machine (EVM) during the Jaintia Hills Autonomous...

Northeast groups demand anti-racism law

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By IANS, New Delhi : Demanding a strong anti-racism law in India, NGOs and students unions from the northeastern region Monday blamed the central and...

Air, surface links to Kashmir Valley restored

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Srinagar : Air services between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of the country were restored Thursday and the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway was also...

Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar

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On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...

Mentally challenged woman burnt after gang rape in Tripura

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Agartala : In a case of horrific brutality, a mentally challenged woman was burnt to death after being gang raped in Tripura, police said...

Tripura parties threaten agitations for tribal state

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Agartala, (IANS): Two regional parties on Monday warned of agitations in support of their demand for a separate state for tribals in Tripura. "To highlight our...

Northeast to be made commercial hub of Southeast Asia: Centre

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Agartala : Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Saturday India's northeast region would be made a "trading and commercial hub of...

Owe my Padma Shri to god: Shillong Chamber Choir founder

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : Neil Nongkynrih, founder of the world-renowned Shillong Chamber Choir that once performed for US President Barack Obama, says he owes...

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

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

Migrant Pandits throng Khirbhawani shrine in Kashmir

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Srinagar : Hundreds of migrant Kashmiri Pandits Friday thronged the Mata Khirbhawani shrine in Kashmir's Ganderbal district for an annual festival. Kashmiri Hindus -- young...

‘Phir Ugana’: How Tribal Poet Parvati Tirkey Gave Voice to a Silenced Culture

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'I Wrote in the Language They Forgot—Now They Can’t Ignore Us', Says Jharkhand's Parvati Tirkey After Winning Sahitya Akademi Award First-of-Its-Kind Win: Parvati Tirkey’s ‘Phir...

Quakes hit India’s northeast

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Agartala/Aizawl : Three earthquakes, one of moderate intensity, hit India's northeastern region Thursday night and Friday, an official said. There are no reports of...

Global Rainbow Foundation to work with Ajmal Foundation

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF), known for its various developmental works world-wide, has expressed its willingness to work together with Assam’s Ajmal Foundation to spread education among the poor people. Taking part in a seminar GRF founding chairman Armoogum Parsuramen said that they are ready to extent any kind of support for higher education in this part of the country.

Manipur court orders release of Irom Sharmila

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Imphal : A Manipur court Tuesday asked the state government to release activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, on indefinite fast for over 13 years, in...

100 Tripura students fall ill after taking deworming tablets?

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Agartala : Around 100 school students in Tripura fell ill Wednesday and were admitted to a hospital. Officials suspect the students fell sick after...

Tribals want to get educated, make up for lost time

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By Vishal Narayan Jamshedpur : A feeling of resentment among tribals at being "cheated" by upper-caste Hindus, of being left out in the race...

China-made power tillers seized in Tripura

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Agartala : Four power tillers and a huge quantity of spare parts, all made in China, were seized from a house of a former...

‘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.

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...

BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...

No swine flu in Tripura, girl tests positive in Nagaland

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Agartala/Kohima : There has been no case of swine flu so far in Tripura, but the state is on full alert to deal with...

Soldier hurt in militant grenade attack in Assam

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Guwahati : A soldier was injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at an army camp in Assam's Chirang district, police said Friday. The incident...

Assam CM urges PM to solve issues bothering his state

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By TwoCircles.net Staffer, Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi and sought his assistance in solving several problems of the state – including the issue of fundamental activities – at the present hour.

India initiates work to link Northeast with Bangladesh port

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

Sensitise Delhi Police about NE people’s problems: HC

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city police to sensitise its 83,000 police personnel about the problems faced by people...

Tribals to Form Political Party in Kerala

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net, Thiruvananthapuram: Tribals in Kerala have remained on the periphery of the state's politics, since they have never been paid...

Three held for assaulting Manipuri youth in Bangalore

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Bangalore : Three people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a Manipuri youth at an eatery here for refusing to speak with them in...

On ‘Mission Impossible’, this Assam doc uses religious text to propagate health

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Dr Ilias Ali has been fighting a war in Assam to accomplish a mission which seemed almost impossible a decade back. But braving all odds, including death threats, Ali has been marching ahead towards that goal with smile. By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Due to the social dogma and superstition, introducing family planning measures has been pretty difficult, especially among the rural Muslims for a long time. But Dr Ilias Ali, Professor of Surgery at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital, has been able to penetrate the unholy cover with his fearless, continuous efforts.

Irom Sharmila to break fast

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Imphal : Manipuri political activist Irom Sharmila will break her 16-year long hunger strike against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act on Tuesday. Sharmila has...

Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average

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Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...

Another Bangladeshi burglar lynched in Tripura

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Agartala : A thief from Bangladesh was lynched by an irate mob in Tripura, just over a week after three Bangladeshi cattle thieves were...

Northeast’s traditional environmental knowledge important: Expert

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Kolkata : The traditional environmental knowledge from India's northeast and northern regions, particularly the Himalayas, integrated with modern science is important for battling climate...

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...

International doctors to check malaria outbreak in Tripura

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Agartala : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an independent international medical humanitarian organisation, has extended its help to control the outbreak of malaria in Tripura,...

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...

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...

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...

Army conducts flag march in Assam’s troubled district

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Guwahati : Army Thursday conducted flag march in Assam's troubled Golaghat district near the border with Nagaland, even as a youth was injured when...

मध्यप्रदेश: पुलिस कस्टडी में आदिवासी की मौत, परिवार लगा रहा हत्या का आरोप!

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 सतीश भारतीय, TwoCircles.net खंडवा। बीते दिनों 23 अगस्त को खंडवा के पंधाना थाने से एक आत्महत्या का मामला सामने आया है। बताया जा रहा है कि...

Yasin Malik arrested, JKLF march halted

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Srinagar : Police Monday intercepted a pro-independence march by the JKLF here and arrested its chairman Yasin Malik and around a dozen supporters. Malik appeared...

Government clampdown on protest over unfair budgetary allocations in education for SCs/STs

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Dalit women activists dragged inside police station, activists allege By TCN News, New Delhi: Over 30 dalit and adivasi students and activists were arrested on Thursday from Shastri Bhavan here when they demanded to meet Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, over unfair budgetary allocations in education of dalit and adivasi students.

Modi promises new dawn for NE; says will carry forward the work started by...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Slamming the UPA government and especially the Congress for neglecting the cause of the northeast, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Prime...

Gogoi blames Centre for Assam violence

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Guwahati : The central government was to blame for the recent violence in Assam that left 79 people dead and rendered over two lakh...

डिजिटल इंडिया का सच : उत्तर प्रदेश का एक थाना ऐसा भी जहां नही...

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जितेंद्र गुप्ता Twocircles.net के लिए सोनभद्र : चकाचौंध भरी दुनिया में जहां लोग दूसरे ग्रहों पर जाकर वहां की तस्वीर और अन्य चीजों की...

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

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

Over one lakh people affected by Meghalaya floods

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

Bodo party may ally with BJP

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Guwahati : The Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF), a long time ally of the ruling Congress party in Assam, Friday said it might sever its...

Two militants killed, four arrested in Meghalaya

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By IANS, Shillong : Two militants were killed and four arrested in Meghalaya Wednesday, police said. "Two A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) cadres were gunned down...

CPI-M plenum to stress deepening links with people: Yechury

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Kolkata : Describing the CPI-M as a "revolutionary party with a mass line", its general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the five-day party...
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