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Odisha minister says unaware of tribals’ killing; opposition flays government

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Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha's tribal welfare minister on Sunday said he was unaware of the killing of five tribal villagers in Kandhamal district, the...

One man’s extraordinary mission to uplift tribal children

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By Jatindra Dash, Bhubaneswar : He is hailed as a "god" by children of poor tribals of Odisha, a man who sought to overcome the...

Notification for first phase of polls issued in Assam, Tripura

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Agartala/Guwahati : The notification for the first of the nine-phased Lok Sabha polls was issued Friday with this the process to constitute the 16th...

Tripura withdraws school book that tags BJP a communal party

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to withdraw the government school textbook in which the BJP was tagged as a...

Students learn to be job providers

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By TCN News, Guwahati: A group of Engineering students concluded a three day “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp” at Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) Azara campus, 20-22 March. Some 100 students of second, fourth, sixth and eight semesters participated in the camp organized in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, and sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

No permanent governors in five northeastern states

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Aizawl/Agartala : As many as five states in India's northeast -- Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura -- do not have permanent...

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...

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...

Northeast helpline in Gurgaon gets only test calls

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

ABMSU seeks new PM’s help in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Allegedly cornered and neglected by the ruling Congress government, minorities in Assam now pins hope on the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi for justice. Even as Modi government takes the new office in New Delhi, minorities sought his intervention in bringing peace and normalcy in trouble torn Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).

Restrictions imposed in Srinagar over ‘Quit Kashmir’ rally

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Srinagar : Authorities Monday imposed restrictions on pedestrian and vehicular traffic in and around Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir as a separatist rally 'Quit...

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

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

Dates announced for Assam by-polls

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Guwahati : Bye-elections in three legislative assembly constituencies in Assam will take place Sep 13, the Election Commission announced Saturday. Counting of votes will...

Jaitley announces packages for SCs, STs

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New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced a mix of welfare plans and financial allocations to uplift people belonging to the scheduled...

J & K Youth congress organizes programs in support of congress-NC candidate Madan Lal...

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By TCN News, Sundarbani (J&K): J&K Youth Congress organized several events at Nowshera & Sunderbani districts in Jammu and Kashmir in support of Congress-NC candidate for Lok Sabha elections Madan Lal Sharma on 30th March. State president of J&K Youth Congress, Shahnawaz Choudhary,and All India Election Commissioner, NSUI, Iftkhar Ahmed, were present.

Tribals yet to receive full benefits of development: President

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Kolkata : Lamenting the displacement of tribal communities due to the need to exploit mineral and forest resources, President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said the...

Threat of eviction looms large over Adivasi, Dalit workers in Bhilai, HC issues interim...

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Bhilai: Misfortune befell the families of 150 workers, including 75 children, staying in Bijli Nagar and Anusuya Nagar of Hathkhoj basti, in...

Anti-Terrorism convention: No place for terror in Islam, scholars assert

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Scholars, intellectuals and activists from different parts of the country attending an anti-terrorism convention here came down heavily on attempts by Hindu fundamentalist to malign Muslims in the name of terrorism in India, Assam in particular.

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...

Tripura calls for restoration of funds under central schemes

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Agartala : Tripura has urged the Centre to restore the funds allocated under central schemes after the latter curtailed funds required for the construction...

Four Indian universities to introduce tribal language courses

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Agartala : Four universities in India, including Delhi University, will introduce tribal language courses from Jan 26 next year, Tripura governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya...

Tribal groups aghast with no mention of relief for Adivasis in PM’s Atma-Nirbhar Bharat

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TCN News Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic package of Rs. 20 lakh crores for a “self-reliant” India on Tuesday with no mention of...

Meghalaya presents deficit budget

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Shillong : Announcing levy of export fee on forest products in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday presented a Rs.527 crore deficit budget for...

Manipuri students oppose ST status for Meiteis

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

Congress leads in lone Mizoram seat

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

CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level

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Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...

Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...

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Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...

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...

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

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

Entrepreneur Habib Chowdhury spreading aroma in Laos to strengthen India’s ‘look east’ policy

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Chowdhury is the founding chairman of HSMM Group that has become the largest Agarwood and Agar based Product’s Company in South East Asia from a humble background in Assam. By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR) is a small yet beautiful country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.

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...

Nagaland polls contest between Nagas, outside forces: NPF chief

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Kohima, Feb 12 (IANS): Nagaland's ruling NPF chief Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Monday said the February 27 assembly election is not just a contest between...

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...

Still studying uranium project in Meghalaya: Minister

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Shillong : Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday that his department was still studying the proposed mining of...

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...

Farooq’s comment sparks ruckus in Kashmir assembly

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Jammu : There was a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Monday over union minister and former state chief minister Farooq Abdullah's comments...

Militants kill trooper in Tripura

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Agartala : A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was shot dead by militants in Tripura, police said Friday. The attack, the first terrorist killing of...

Elephant scare, firing near Meghalaya booths

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Shillong: Voting picked up Wednesday for the two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya, even as the of firing of blanks was reported near a...

Flawless NRC update sought in Assam

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

Zeliang sworn-in as Nagaland chief minister

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Kohima : Senior Naga People's Front (NPF) leader T.R.Zeliang was sworn-in as the 17th chief minister of Nagaland Saturday, a day after Neiphiu Rio...

International Day of the Disabled observed at Deomornoi

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘International Day of the Persons with Disabilities’ was observed in a befitting manner by the Indian Army COB Deomornoi in Darrang district of Assam attended by over 100 differently-abled persons along with their attendants in addition to prominent citizens and media persons of the area.

On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley

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By TCN News Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...

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...

LS Poll 2014: Prospects of ten parties’ regional front in Northeast India

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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, Northeast India is one of the most neglected regions in the country. The reason being there are not enough MPs from there to make their voice felt in the Parliament. The attention of the central government is more towards containing the insurgency rather than focus on the development of the region.

Bodies of Manipur activists killed in 2015 violence to be buried

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

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...

Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget

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New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...

Manipur development project spells doom for 11 villages, 12,000 people

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By Azera Parveen Rahman Imphal: One person's manna is another person's poison. This adage couldn't ring more true for the people of Manipur whose fate...

Dharmapuri rape: Adivasi girl dies of injuries but police arrests activists for raising the...

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By Ira Anbazhagan, TwoCircles.net A week ago, the rape and the subsequent death of an Adivasi minor girl shocked Tamil Nadu. And even as the...

Bikers protest discrimination against northeast people

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By IANS, Bangalore : About 200 motorcycle riders Sunday took part in a 14-km rally across the city protesting racial discrimination against people from the...

Congress does not care for poor, tribals, says Modi

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Bhubaneswar : Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said Friday the Congress party does not care for the poor and tribals...

Militancy-hit people in Tripura threaten stir

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Agartala : Militancy-hit people on Thursday threatened to organise a massive stir in Tripura if the state government did not rehabilitate them properly. Over 3,000...

PM promises sports university for Manipur

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Imphal : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said a sports university will be opened in Manipur. The prime minister, speaking at the concluding function of...

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.

Sangma wins Tura, Congress victorious in Shillong

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Shillong : Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma has made his way back to national politics by winning the Tura Lok Sabha seat, while...

Kanhaiya Kumar, other leaders call for ‘non-cooperation movement’ against CAB and NRC in Kolkata...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net The streets of Kolkata witnessed a massive protest march against the Centre’s move on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019,...

Tripura tribal council polls: Vote counting on Wednesday

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Agartala : The votes for the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) would be counted on Wednesday, an official said here on...

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...

Residents of ‘cleanest village in Asia’ praise Modi’s mission

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Shillong : Khasi tribesmen of Meghalaya's Mawlynnong, often described as one of "the cleanest villages in Asia", Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for...

Tripura to be 100 percent literate in six months, says CM

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : India's northeastern state of Tripura, which has already achieved the first position in literacy in the country with 95.16 percent,...

Assam’s Bodoland elections and after: The fall of BPF and the rise of AIUDF

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The ever increasing gap between the Bodo tribe and non-Bodo people living in the BTAD has also had an impact in the polls unlike the previous one. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Guwahati: After emerging as the single largest party with 20 seats out of 40 in this year’s election, the Bodoland People’s Party (BPF) is all set to administer the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam for the third consecutive term.

One killed, over 25 injured in Assam blast

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Guwahati : One person was killed and over 25 others were injured in an explosion in Assam's Dibrugarh district Sunday evening, police said. Dibrugarh Superintendent...

12 dead in Meghalaya floods

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Shillong : At least 12 people, including five children, have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain in the Garo Hills...

Congress demands CBI probe into chit fund groups in Tripura

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Agartala : The Congress on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the activities of all illegal non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and chit fund organisations...

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...

Reservation unrest in Manipur varsity

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Imphal : The issue of reservation seems to have polarised the students of Manipur University here after the University Grants Commission (UGC) slashed the...

World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture

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The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs. Sami...

Three big signing for NorthEast United

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Shillong : NorthEast United Football Club Wednesday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Miguel Garcia, Zambian midfielder Kondwani Mtonga and Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzvoras...

Hope against hope for BTAD riot victims in Assam rendered homeless

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

New TV channel for northeast: Jaitley

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New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced a new 24X7 television channel for the northeast region. "A new channel named 'Arun Prabha', which...

A village where no leader came to campaign for elections: The story of Khagrabari,...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Khagrabari: On April 8, Narendra Modi was in Barpeta for campaigning, but for a village in Baksa district, about 30 kms...

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...

Sonia Gandhi urges NE CMs to include history and culture in syllabi

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked Congress chief ministers of the northeast states to ensure that the changes in the NCERT syllabus on the history and culture of the northeastern states, as recommended by the Bezbaruah Committee, are meaningful.

Adivasis of Bastar demand justice for the slaughter of their children by security forces

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TCN News On 7th February 2019 in Tadiballa village of Bhairamgarh Tehsil, Bijapur district of Chattisgarh the police fired indiscriminately and killed 10 persons. This appeared...

Child kills six-year-old in Tripura

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Agartala : A child killed a six-year-old in Tripura while playing, police said on Friday. "A six-and-a-half-year-old child killed a six-year-old on Thursday with a...

Tripura wants liberal central assistance for small states

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Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government should be generous to provide economic support to small...

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...

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...

Youth Congress will fight for the rights of refugees: J&K Pyc

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By TCN News, Jammu: After the successful completion of agitation for 73rd Amendment and empowerment of Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir, several delegations of refugees and refugee leaders Rajeev Chuni, Labha Ram Gandhi and Capt. Yudhveer Singh met J&K Youth Congress committee and urged the J&K Pradesh Youth Congress to fight for their rights also.

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...

BJP loses assembly by-election in Nagaland

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Kohima : The BJP Monday lost the assembly by-election to its coalition partner Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate in Nagaland. Neiphrezo Keditsu, the NPF candidate...

How JMM Triumphed in Jharkhand; Why BJP’s Polarisation and Infiltration Claims Fell Flat

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net The results of the Jharkhand Assembly elections have surprised everyone. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA alliance secured comfortable a majority, winning...

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...

Two months after being attacked by SFI cadre, Dalit student continues to wait for...

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net This is the third and final part of a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and...

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...

Christmas celebrated with zeal and fervour in northeast

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Aizawl/Kohima/Agartala : Christmas was celebrated Thursday across northeast India with special prayers, hymns, and mass in churches, besides the traditional spread of delicious food. Over...

With no institutional mechanisms, discrimination and harassment are everyday ordeals for tribal students

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By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net In yet another kind of institutionalised murder, Dr. Payal Tadvi, a 26 year old Post Graduate Student at Mumbai’s famed BYL...

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...

A keen contest for Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha seat

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Anantnag : Opposition PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is locked in a bitter electoral battle with ruling NC candidate Mehboob Beg in this south Kashmir...

20,000 Tribal families homeless, 14,000 Tribal families landless in Kerala, reveals state govt data

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapura: The frequently heard Kerala model of development is nothing more than an hype if figures presented by the State...

Saddened by Assam attacks, says Mamata

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

Overdue SC/ST Amendment bill passed after avoidable one year delay

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: A full one year after its introduction, the long overdue amendments to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...

Opposition walks out of J&K assembly

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By IANS, Jammu : Opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Panthers Party (NPP), Sunday walked out...

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,...

नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1

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By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net, [किस तरह हर नियम की अनदेखी करने के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार आदिवासियों के जीवन के साथ खेल रही है?] सोनभद्र: जब समाजवादी पार्टी ने जनता परिवार में विलय स्वीकार कर कमान खुद के हाथ में ले ली, तो वे यह भूल गए कि उन्हें अपने उन एजेंडों पर टिके रहना है जिनकी बिना पर वे किसानों, दलितों और आदिवासियों के करीब हैं. विकास की परिभाषा ने उन सभी एजेंडों को मटियामेट कर दिया और विकास की दौड़ में उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार द्वारा उठाये गए कदम गुजरात या मध्य प्रदेश की सरकारों द्वारा उठाए गए कदमों से किसी हाल में भिन्न नहीं हैं. कनहर नदी से जुड़ी हुई कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना के तहत बाँध निर्माण की सचाई आप सभी जान चुके हैं. [पढ़िए पिछली स्टोरी – अकथ कहानी कनहर की ] अब ज़रूरी यह है कि मौजूदा हालातों के साथ-साथ मामले के असल प्रशासनिक रवैया भी जाना जाए और दर्ज किया जाए.

Assam based scribe body demands for clemency to Al-Jazeera journalists

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Joining the international chorus for the FreeAJStaff campaign, an Indian scribes’ body has demanded an immediate release of all journalists, who have been jailed in Egypt for allegedly ‘producing false reports on Egypt in collaboration with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group endangering Egypt's national security’.

Special status of northeast states must continue: Tripura CM

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Cutting across political lines, chief ministers of eight northeastern states, ruled by Congress, Left and regional parties, have urged Prime...

Nido Tania’s parents meet Rahul Gandhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : Parents of Nido Tania, who died after being beaten up by shopkeepers here, met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday...

Social Networking Forum solves water problems in Nashik; frees 11 Adivasi villages from drought

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TCN News Many villages in Maharashtra are facing water problems and have been as drought prone areas. The situations of Adivasi villages are taught to...

Meghalaya police officer arrested for molesting minor

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Shillong : A Meghalaya police officer was arrested for molesting a minor girl, an officer said Monday. Prosecuting Inspector Alarick J. Sangma was nabbed Sunday...

Communal hostility up in BJP rule: Sarkar

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Agartala : Communal violence has increased after the BJP-led government headed by Narendra Modi took power in India, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...

Protests over Inner Line Permit issue halts normal life in Manipur

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Imphal: Unlike for most other citizens of the country, for Raees Ahmed, the ‘home-coming’ was ‘troublesome’ and rather a ‘curse’. The...

AAMSU to go on hunger strike for the BTAD violence victims

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

Assam man sets himself ablaze demanding land rights

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By IANS, Guwahati : A man set himself ablaze outside the Assam capital complex in Dispur Monday protesting the state's refusal to give land pattas...

Delayed Mizoram budget in state assembly Nov 11

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Aizawl : The delayed budget session of the Mizoram assembly will begin Nov 11 with the state finance minister expected to table the annual...

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,...

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...

सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...

Irom Sharmila to tie the knot

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Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu), (IANS): Finally, Irom Sharmila, the indefatigable fighter against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur, has decided to tie the...

Muslim bodies in Manipur observed International Women’s Day

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: As in other parts the globe, International Women’s Day was observed in Manipur on March 8, 2014. Manipur State Commission for Women, Department of Social Welfare, political parties and different civil society organizations observed the day by deliberating on some of the pressing issues of women in the State.

Assam, Nagaland agree to resolve border crisis: Rijiju

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Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Thursday said a joint mechanism would be worked out soon to defuse prevailing...

Eight injured in Tripura mob attack

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Agartala : At least eight people, including three policemen, were injured when mob attacked government and ruling CPI-M offices in Tripura and clashed with...

Indian scribe wants media to bridge rural, urban divide

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By Arun Kumar, Washington : An Indian journalist honoured by Foreign Policy magazine as one of 100 Leading Global Thinkers "for giving rural Indians a...

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.

John urges NorthEast fans to throng stadium for support

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Shillong : Bollywood actor John Abraham, co-owner of NorthEast United FC (NEUFC), Wednesday urged his Shillong fans to throng the Indira Gandhi stadium in...

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

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

PM, wife to vote in Assam

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Guwahati : The prestigious Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency, which is going to the polls April 24, will see two VVIPs casting their ballot -...

Meghalaya IAS officer attacked

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Shillong : A senior IAS official in Meghalaya had a narrow escape when unidentified militants attacked him, a police official said Friday. Chinmay P. Gotmare,...

JKLF protest march in Srinagar against youth’s killing

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Srinagar : Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Front (JKLF) activists took out a protest march in summer capital Srinagar Monday against the killing of a...

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

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

Scheduled Tribe status for six Assam communities

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New Delhi : The committee formed to recommend communities of Assam for granting the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status will submit its report shortly, Minister...

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...

Assam CM refutes union minister’s claim on central funds

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday refuted union minister Sarbananda Sonowal's comment that the state government has failed to utilise the central...

Tribal party’s lone voice for a separate state in Tripura

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : A tribal-based political party has stepped up its agitation for a separate state to be carved out of Tripura. The Indigenous...

Anti-leprosy activist since 1948 honoured by Assam

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Guwahati : A 94-year-old social activist, who dedicated his life to fighting leprosy in Assam's Karbi Anglong district since 1948, was Wednesday honoured by...

Trial run on June 1-3 of Agartala-Kolkata bus via Bangladesh

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Agartala : The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh will be held on June 1-3, a minister said...

Subramanian Swamy slammed for communal statement in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Several students’ groups and political parties in Assam have slammed senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for his communally sensitive statements during his visit to the state. State BJP has dismissed it as Swamy’s personal remarks.

USTM ‘Award of Excellence’ to Dr Saif Sheikh

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Although well settled in the United States of America as the Director of Neo Pharm Inc and Vice President of Jina Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr Saif Sheikh, a post-doctorate scientist from Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University, Pittsburg Medical Center, is still emotionally attached to his home country India.

Central minister assures Himachal’s Hattee community tribal status

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

Educational development seminar for minority students held in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: About 40 meritorious students from different parts of the Northeast region who participated in the Educational Development Seminar (EDS) in Guwahati have expressed great satisfaction. The seminar attended a host of prominent personalities came to an end on Sunday.

Terrorists kidnap two tribal men in Tripura

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Agartala : Militants have kidnapped two tribal men in Tripura, police said here Monday. Police suspect that militants belonging to the outlawed National Liberation Front...

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.

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...

‘An institute like KISS should be banned for what it does to tribal children,...

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The Kalinga Intitute of Social Sciences (KISS) has often been presented as an ideal model for ensuring that tribal children are...

Assam youth feel development can bring solution to every problem

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: When it comes to the issues for fighting elections for the political parties, it can be vary which are often politically motivated to influence the emotion of the people in various ways but what really people expect from these political parties hardly given the due importance.

Tripura launches probe into hoarding of flight tickets

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Agartala : Tripura Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched a probe into hoarding of flight tickets and manipulation of their rates, officials said...

Manipur observes the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal (WW-II), 1944

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Manipur is observing the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal, one of the most historic battles of the Second World War (WW-II) fought in 1944. The inaugural ceremony of the 3-month commemoration of the Battle of Imphal was held on March 23, 2014 at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) Auditorium at Imphal. The anniversary programmes will continue till June 28. Various programmes will be held at the sites where Allied forces and Japanese soldiers fought fierce battles.

Quake hits northeast India

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Shillong : A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook India's northeastern states and parts of Myanmar Saturday, authorities said. The quake...

‘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...

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.