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66 percent vote for Meghalaya’s two LS seats

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Shillong: An estimated 66 percent of voters Wednesday cast their ballots for the two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya as people defied a shutdown...

Chamling pitches for ST status for 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities

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Gangtok (IANS): Making a strong pitch for granting of Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities, an issue which has been lying unresolved...

Probe UP police firing on tribals, say green activists

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New Delhi : Green activists on Friday demanded an independent inquiry into the incident of firing and cane-charging by police against tribals in Uttar...

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...

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,...

Militant killed in Kashmir gunfight

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By IANS, Srinagar : One separatist guerrilla was killed Sunday in a gunfight between security forces and militants in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, an official...

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

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

NE tribal groups ready to intensify statehood movement

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Guwahati : Backed by the National Federation of New States (NFNS), a few ethnic groups of Assam and other parts of the northeastern region...

Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...

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Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...

Research fellowship hiked for others; SC/ST, minority scholars feel let down by govt’s biased...

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By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Research fellows belonging to the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and minority communities across the country are feeling let down alleging that the central government overlooked them from the recent fellowship hike that their counterparts from other categories received.

Assam CM unveils Angel Fund for first-generation entrepreneurs

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi unveiled the Angel Fund floated to help first generation entrepreneurs and skilled youths aspiring to set up micro and small enterprises in the state on Friday.

‘Achche din’ only for PM, not for common people: Assam CM

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying 'achche din' (good days) have come only...

Northeast CMs’ meet to decide roadmap for development

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

AIUDF: The broken dreams and lost hopes of minorities in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: For Ashraful Hussain, the party was a ray of hope for the downtrodden and underprivileged people of the society. Now, he is quite dejected and rather angry at times. He hoped finally somebody was there to take care of the neglected minorities of the state but after several years it turned out to be another broken dream.

Colonial hangover ails workers of Assam’s tea industry

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, Tezpur (Assam) : Colonial-style bungalows of Assam's expansive tea gardens and the British-era lifestyles of their executives paint a picture postcard of yore. Sadly, this hangover also extends to the poor living conditions of labourers - an issue now in the limelight after the World Bank said that it was probing the violation of workers' rights inthese plantations it jointly finances with Tata Global Beverages.

एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...

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एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...

Three policemen killed in Manipur militant attack

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Aizawl : Three armed Mizoram policemen were gunned down and two others shot at when the Manipur-based militant outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) ambushed...

Ajmal Foundation collaborates with UK based college for employment opportunities

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Ajmal Foundation in association of British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata has entered into collaborative arrangements to provide adequate communication and employability skills to the uneducated youths of Assam by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a 100 year old Birmingham (UK) based Bournnville College at Hojai in Assam’s Nagaon district recently.

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

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

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...

Rajnath visits Myanmar border, reviews Manipur situation

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Imphal/Agartala : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju Friday visited India-Myanmar border in Manipur and discussed border trade with the...

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...

Despair, sorrow sweep flood-hit Meghalaya

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Tura (Meghalaya) : "I don't know what to do and how to resume my life," says a sobbing Jafar Ali, whose wife...

Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...

‘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.

Only slogans and programmes will not help, time for implementation: Nagaland MP Neiphiu Rio

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By Nirendra Dev New Delhi : In terms of policies and programmes and creating slogans, there is no shortcoming in the Narendra Modi government, but...

In J&K, Gujjar community threatens state-wide agitation against alleged rape and murder of eight-year-old...

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: On Thursday, January 18, Jammu and Kashmir woke up to a terrible news of the death of an eight-year-old...

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...

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...

Tripura to hold local bodies poll in July

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Agartala : The much expected and politically significant election to the three-tier gram panchayats in Tripura would be held July 15, an official said...

Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year

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Agartala : Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person-days so far in the current fiscal in...

Two Years of Narasingbari Killings: Heart-wrenching story of little Rashida

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Abdul Kalam Azad Today is the second anniversary of Narasingbari Killings. On 1st May, 2014, at around 8:00pm three people were killed and several injured....

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.

Manipur to get 400 kw power project: DoNER minister

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Imphal : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday announced that Manipur would get a 400 KW power project at an estimated cost of Rs.124...

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...

BSF trooper, civilian driver killed in Tripura attack

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Agartala : A BSF trooper and a civilian driver were killed, while another man was injured Monday when militants fired at them in Tripura,...

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...

‘Centre preparing vision document for NE hydrocarbon sector’

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Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said the government is preparing a vision document for...

Release jailed chairman for peace talks: Meghalaya outfit

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By IANS, Shillong : The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit in Meghalaya, Monday said it was ready for peace talks provided...

Jharkand’s Bamboo artisans experience livelihood crunch amid lockdown, worry for future of profession

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By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 kilometres from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus...

Christians hold mass protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against ‘attacks on churches’

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The demonstrators protested against the recent spate of violence faced by Christians in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and other places...

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,...

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...

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...

Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...

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Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...

MyFacts’ move to Assam governor seeking solution to BTAD trouble

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Named MyFacts (Muslim Youths Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism and Sedition), a group that initially met through Facebook got together in the city and decided their action plan towards a solution of the ongoing violence in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).

Assam violence: 102 police cases filed, NIA probe begins

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

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...

Telangana CM’s help for tribal girl to become pilot

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Hyderabad : A few days after extending financial assistance to a Muslim woman pilot for her advanced training, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao...

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

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Over the past few years, the Indian state has faced increasing resistance from Adivasis across the nation over land acquisition and...

Camps to verify names in voters list March 9

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Agartala : The Election Commission has decided to hold special camps Sunday in polling stations across the country to facilitate people to verify their...

Meghalaya wants to gain from China’s ageing population

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Shillong : With an eye to China's ageing workforce, Meghalaya Thursday decided to set up three skill development centres to train youths to help...

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...

Guwahati youth’s effort to make students read valuable books

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: He must get a pat on his back for his enormous effort that too done single-handedly to bring a change among the students. He is Imran Hussain of Guwahati who has initiated to install the reading culture among the youths of the region with his dream project called Bibliophilia Café.

Mizoram refugees want durable solution to ethnic issue

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Agartala : Mizoram's displaced Reang tribals, sheltered in six refugee camps in Tripura for about 17 years, Wednesday urged a central government team to...

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

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

The Great Illusion: How Misframed Adivasi Forest Rights Threaten Culture and Conservation ?

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When Adivasi land rights are framed as tickets to government handouts, both cultural traditions and nature conservation hang in the balance, explains Dipika Adhikari,...

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...

Your dream is our dream, Modi tells Gorkhas

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Siliguri : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday shied away from mentioning "Gorkhaland", a separate state being demanded in northern West Bengal, but...

RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu

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Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make...

Families dependent on minig in Meghalaya unable to get food

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Shillong : An organisation for coal miners and owners has said families dependent on mining have been finding it difficult to get two square...

Standing struggle by Kerala adivasis ends; state agrees to most of their demands

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Thiruvananthapuram: After 162 days, the Standing Struggle staged by the adivasis demanding rightful ownership of their lands came to a successful end on Thursday. Started under the aegis of the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha (AGMS), the struggle ended following an assurance given by the meeting of the ministerial committee to agree to the demands raised by the tribal community.

NIA to probe into BTAD violence in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Guwahati: The Government of Assam has decided to go for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe into the latest spurt in violence in BTAD areas. This was announced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday..

Centre plans to revoke MGNREGA: Tripura CM

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Agartala : The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is contemplating revocation of the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA...

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

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

Inner Line Permit issue has Biharis in Manipur on the edge

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By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Imphal, Manipur: Anil Kumar Gupta, 56, runs a tea stall in Imphal. Although his roots go back to...

Meghalaya minister granted bail

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Shillong : A court in Meghalaya Friday granted bail to state Minister Deborah Ch. Marak, who was charge sheeted for "hatching criminal conspiracy" with...

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...

UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...

Maoists kill two more tribals in Andhra

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Hyderabad : Maoists have gunned down two more tribals in Andhra Pradesh on the suspicion that they were acting as police informers, police said...

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...

Tripura MP wants easy visa for Bangladeshis

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Agartala : A Lok Sabha member from Tripura Wednesday said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured him that her ministry would take steps...

Unspent money for Dalits/tribals, $42.6 bn = 8 times agri budget

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By Nikhil M. Babu It was raining heavily last monsoon when Heerabai's youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever. The family could only...

Five policemen injured in Meghalaya bomb blast

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

Police vehicle kills three in Tripura

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Agartala : Three morning walkers were killed Saturday and two critically injured after being run over by a police vehicle in Tripura, police said...

Tripura CM to skip Modi’s swearing-in

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Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as India's next prime minister because he has...

‘Jungle Raj’ in Rajasthan

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By IndScribe One after the other, shocking incidents of crimes and atrocities on the Dalits are being reported from Rajasthan. The latest incident has occurred in...

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...

USTM to strengthen e-learning and e-teaching in North East

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The entire education system in the strife-affected BTAD has come to almost a standstill. Even though the death toll keeps mounting by the day and gets a space in the media, there is no one to tell the story of the sufferings of the students as schools remain closed and teachers away from their homes in search of safety and security. This aspect of the BTAD crisis came to limelight during the Junior College Principals Meet 2014 (JCPM-2014) hosted by the University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in association with the Regional Institute of Science & Technology (RIST) on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.

BSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura border clash

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Agartala : A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and a 70-year-old man were killed in a clash between the border guards and villagers along...

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...

Controversy thickens after Assam BJP leader found sheltering Burdwan accused, wife

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By TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Arrest of one of the most wanted suspected culprits involved in the October 2 Burdwan bomb blast from the state’ Nalbari district has added a twist in the already controversial story. Among others, the most controversial statement came from the suspected accused Sahanur Alom, when he disclosed his wife Suzena, also alleged to be carrying out terror activities, and his father-in-law Julmat Ali were staying at the farmhouse of a senior Assam BJP leader Bijon Mahajan located in city’s Hatigaon area.

Mizoram launches cleanliness drive

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Aizawl : The Congress-ruled Mizoram government Friday launched a massive state-wide cleanliness programme in order to make it the cleanest state in India. Mizoram Chief...

In World Cup season, documentary ‘Soccer Queens of Rani’ tells story of Assam’s football...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Dulumoni Rabha’s mother and brother work in stone quarries to make ends meet. Nikumoni Kalita’s father digs sand from the river to earn his family’s household expenses. Popy Rabha’s mother pulls a hand cart, sells snack in the weekly local market so that her family can have their next meal.

Erosion eradicates hopes and aspirations of people in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Barpeta (Assam): Elections occur on regular intervals since independence with so many faces at the helm but what does not change is the fate of deprived people. Take the example of thousand odd people of Barpeta district’s remotest area called Gomfulbari and its neighboring locations. Even now when the country is electing the Members of Parliament these fateful people are confused and rather worried whom to vote and what to expect.

EC to hold ‘wake up’ campaign in Jammu

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By IANS, Jammu: The Election Commission Saturday announced the "Wake up Jammu" campaign in an effort to increase voter participation in the Lok Sabha elections. In...

Ghulam Nabi Azad files papers for Udhampur seat

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Jammu : Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister...

CPI-M to form all India Dalit front in November

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Agartala : The CPI-M will form an All India Dalit Exploitation Liberation Manch (AIDELM) Nov 27 in New Delhi, a party politburo member has...

Nagaland tops in Lok Sabha voter turnout

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Agartala : The highest turnout of voters in the Lok Sabha election was recorded in the northeastern state of Nagaland, with 87.82 percent of...

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...

Tripura tribal party snaps ties with Congress

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Agartala : In a significant political development, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), a tribal-based state party, has snapped its ties with main...

Bodruddoja Saikh: The coach behind more than 75 medals won by Paralympians of West...

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By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Sometimes, adversity comes in the form of poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition. On other occasions, it comes in the form of...

What really happened in Dimapur?

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Anger against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants spills over to take rape accused person’s life By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net, A lot has been said by many but the fact remains that there was a serious breach of law and order by Nagaland government and the outcome was killing of an under trial rape accused in a most horrifying way for a modern world.

Lack of fund mars Tripura’s rights panel plan

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

Tripura to set up new varsity

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

Special unit for northeast people got 416 complaints, Delhi HC told

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New Delhi: A special unit set up to register complaints from northeast people residing in Delhi submitted a status report in the Delhi High...

Transport strike affects life in Tripura

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Agartala : Normal life in Tripura was affected on Thursday as all means of public transport stayed off the roads in support of a...

Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Bhasha Samman’ awards announced

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New Delhi : The Sahitya Akademi's prestigious Bhasha Samman will be conferred on two scholars who have contributed significantly to the enrichment of classical...

CPI-M leads in Tripura

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Agartala : The ruling CPI-M Friday took early lead over the Congress in the two Lok Sabha seats in Left-ruled Tripura, officials said here. Forest...

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.

SC pulls up government on Assam border fencing progress

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the central and the Assam governments on the question of fencing the border with...

Jamia proposes museum on northeast

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Jamia Millia Islamia Monday said it has submitted a proposal to the human resource development ministry to establish a...

Modi arrives in Itanagar

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

HC restrains P.A. Sangma from using defamatory statement against Meghalaya CM

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New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday restrained former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma from repeating defamatory statements against Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul...

Amendements in mines bill will help tribals: Government

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New Delhi : The government said on Friday that tribals will benefit from the mines act that parliament passed on Friday with two amendments...

How quotas help disadvantaged-caste students get higher education

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By Charu Bahri As many as 26 per cent male and 35 per cent female students from India’s most disadvantaged castes and tribes in 245...

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...

Action plan worked out to get World Heritage tag for Assam’s Charaideo Moidam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam government has prepared an action plan to get the coveted World Heritage site tag for the historic Charaideo Moidam of Ahom era in Assam’s Sivasagar district.

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...

Five arrested for false news on social media

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Aizawl : The Mizoram police have arrested five persons, including a young woman, for spreading false information on social media, police said Friday. "Ruth Chalthansawmi,...

Meghalaya’s UDP names Paul Lyngdoh for Lok Sabha poll

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Shillong : Meghalaya's opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has nominated its working president and legislator Paul Lyngdoh for the Lok Sabha election here but...

Journalists’ Forum urges Nabam Tuki for ending Arunachal media deadlock

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Expressing concern over the ceasing of publications of all seven daily newspapers in Arunachal Pradesh for successive second day on Sunday, the Journalists' Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the authority to resolve the matter for the sake of thousands of esteemed readers.

PM announces compensation for Assam, Meghalaya flood victims

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday condoled the loss of lives due to floods in Assam and Meghalaya and sanctioned ex-gratia relief...

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...

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...

तारोन दोद्राई की सीखने की ये ललक आपको हौसलों से भर देगी

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प्रियंका सुबर्नो झारखंड के खूंटी ज़िला के तोरपा ब्लॉक, ज़रिया पंचायत, रंगरू टोली गांव में स्थित ‘विलेज लेवल सर्विस सेंटर’ (वी.एल.एस.सी.) ग्राम स्तर सेवा केंद्र...

Tainted ex-minister in Kashmir on the run?

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By Sheikh Qayoom, IANS, Srinagar : The hunt for a disgraced former Jammu and Kashmir minister accused of sexual assault has become a joke of...

Uttar Pradesh has highest cases of atrocities against SCs

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New Delhi : Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2015 while the...

Assam polls get over Thursday

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Guwahati : Over 9.4 million people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the third and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls in...

Former union minister P.R. Kyndiah dead

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Shillong : Veteran Congress leader and former union minister Patty Ripple Kyndiah passed away here on Thursday night following cardiac arrest, a family member...

NPP wants Meghalaya CM to quit over student’s death

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Shillong : Meghalaya's opposition National People's Party (NPP) Wednesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Home Minister Roshan Warjri over the...

Northeast history, culture in NCERT books: Arunachal CM

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By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS, New Delhi : The central government has agreed to include geography, history and tradition and culture of the indigenous people of...

Assam honours SC, breaks tradition on animal fights

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

Dimapur lynching: Nagaland CM recommends CBI probe

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

BTAD violence: appeal to govt for action and to people for peace and harmony

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Addressing a press meet organised by Justice & Equity Demand Samiti (JEDS) Assam at the Guwahati Press Club on Thursday, Prof Abdul Mannan, Secretary JEDS and editor of Assamese monthly ‘Ayna’ presented a brief picture of the happenings that led to the current strife and violence in the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) of Assam.

Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur

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Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...

A doctor’s ‘jihad’ to popularize birth control among Assam’s Muslims

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By Aditya Sarma, Guwahati : Any talk of birth control had once been taboo for Muslims, particularly the uneducated Muslims living in remote areas of...

Tripura Gramin Bank posts profit for second successive year

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Agartala : The Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB) has posted a net profit of Rs.82.69 crore, the highest among the regional rural banks (RRBs) in...

A record 85 percent voted Tripura

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Agartala: A staggering 85 percent of the electorate voted in Tripura in the two-phase Lok Sabha election, officials said Sunday. This is the highest voter...

Three killed, 11 injured in Mizoram road accident

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Aizawl : Three people, including a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, died and 11 others were injured in a road accident in Mizoram on...

Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned

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By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...

29 tourism projects sanctioned for northeast in 2014

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New Delhi : The ministry of tourism has sanctioned 29 tourism projects for the northeastern states in 2014, Parliament was informed Wednesday. Union Minister of...

‘Garoland demand to continue even after peace accord’

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Shillong : A rebel group in Meghalaya that would next week sign a peace accord with the central government Thursday said it would continue...

Women take part in great numbers in training programme

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: As many as 30 women trainees passed out from the first 90-day ‘Placement linked skill training programme’ under the ‘Swarna Jayanti Swarojgar Yojana (SJSRY) – principally aimed at the urban unemployed women – here on Tuesday.

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...

Punjab CM to chair skill development meet in Shillong

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Shillong : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will chair the first regional consultation meeting of the sub group of chief ministers on skill...

Renewal of land lease for army opposed in Kashmir

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Srinagar : Residents living near an army firing range land held a demonstration here, demanding a written assurance from the state government that it...

JMB trains Assamese men to carry out attacks: Assam DG

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Guwahati : Assamese youths have undergone a training under the Islamic terror network Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to carry out attacks, Director General of...

Become envoys of peace and development, president tells tribal youth

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday said tribal youths should become "ambassadors of peace and development" and become "active participants" in the development agenda...

Sonowal blames Gogoi for not availing budget benefits

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

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...

World Bank’s social enterprises in three NE states

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By IANS, Shillong : The World Bank Wednesday launched its $1 million 2014 India Development Marketplace for implementing innovative service delivery in Meghalaya, Mizoram and...

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...

Key issues addressed during North East Teachers Congress at USTM

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assessment of higher education through the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, vacant staff positions across universities and growing influence of the IT in education sector were some of the scores of several key issues discussed at the national seminar on ‘Changing Scenario in Academic Performance & Audit’ organized during the second North East Teachers Congress (NETC).