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भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे

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फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Northeast India’s development will help Bangladesh: Minister

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

Aaranyak joins hands with USTM for research on wildlife

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By TCN News, Guwahati: University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), the first state private university on Science and Technology in the entire northeast region, has signed an MoU with Aaranyak, a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation working on the conservation of biodiversity in North East India at the conference hall of USTM.

1,000-hour bandh in Assam districts lifted

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Guwahati : A 1,000-hour bandh in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts demanding an autonomous state was Friday lifted following an assurance from...

‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...

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A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...

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...

Protest demonstrations by dalits and adivasi intensifies over Kanhar dam construction

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By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): In a move intended to protest the alleged illegal land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government...

New Congress chief in Tripura

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Agartala ; Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed MLA Birjit Sinha as president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee to strengthen the party organisation in...

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.

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.

Tripura tops rural jobs scheme for fifth year

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Agartala : Tripura maintained its top position for the fifth consecutive year by providing 87 person-days' rural jobs per household during the 2013-14 fiscal,...

Global activists demand a UN Declaration on elmination of Discrimination based on Work and...

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By TCN News The first Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD) was convened on 20-23 September in New York, which took...

Kashmir governor reviews arrangements for Vaishno Devi pilgrims

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

Northeast to have air ambulances soon

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Guwahati : Patients from difficult-to-access locations in the landlocked northeastern states can heave a sigh of relief, as a Guwahati-based hospital is planning to...

Repatriation of Tribal refugees from Tripura to start next week

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Aizawl/Agartala : The much-awaited repatriation of tribal refugees from Tripura to Mizoram is likely to start next week, an official in Aizawl said Monday. Over...

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...

It is the duty of all secular and democratic groups to foil designs of...

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By TCN News, Bhopal (MP): All India Muslim Majlis-E-Mushawarat (AIMMM), an apex forum of Muslim organizations and institutions of national eminence held a meeting of...

12-hour strike hits life in Tripura

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Agartala : A 12-hour strike called by the Congress to protest alleged police atrocities on the party workers affected normal life in Tripura Thursday. Most...

Shutdown, official restrictions affect life in Srinagar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Authorities continued restrictions in Srinagar city and some other major towns of Kashmir Monday for the second consecutive day to prevent separatist protests.

CRPF to take skill development programmes to tribals, J&K youth

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New Delhi : In a novel reach-out endeavour of the government, the Central Reserve Police Force has been roped in to extend benefits of...

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...

‘अस्तित्व, अस्मिता और जनआन्दोलन’ के मुद्दे पर 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना में जमावड़ा

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TCN News पटना : जन आन्दोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय यानी एनएपीएम का 11 वां राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन 2-4 दिसंबर को पटना के ऐतिहासिक अंजुमन इस्लामिया हॉल...

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

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

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

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

Assam CM seeks Rs 1,000 crore for flood from centre

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 1,000 crore as immediate relief to flood-hit Assam.

Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.

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...

Bhimayana: Where Gond Art Breathes and Ambedkar Speaks – A Visual Rebellion Against Caste...

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“Democracy has not eradicated caste. It has entrenched and modified it. That is why it is time to read Ambedkar.” – Arundhati Roy, The Doctor...

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

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

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...

State sponsors Tripura’s Durga Puja, thanks to ex-royals

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Tripura, ruled by a Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Front government, is possibly the only one in India where the...

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...

11 students debarred from Ghaziabad institute hostel

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Ghaziabad : A Ghaziabad institute Friday debarred 11 Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri students from its hostel after they were found to be indulging in violence,...

Essar may open Jharkhand mine next year

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New Delhi : Indian conglomerate Essar Group's power arm, Essar Power, on Wednesday said that it may open its Jharkhand coal mine for production...

Mild earthquake hits northeast, Myanmar

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Shillong : An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale Sunday jolted northeastern states and parts of Myanmar Sunday, authorities said. The earthquake occurred at...

One killed, four injured in Leh blast

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Srinagar : One person was killed and four injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh town when a shell went off while labourers were collecting...

Bangladeshi influx into Assam to be poll issue: Venkaiah Naidu

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Guwahati : The anti-Congress wave across India will also affect the Lok Sabha polls in the northeast, and influx from Bangladesh into Assam will...

Tripura CM urges agricultural scientists to stop farmers’ suicides

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Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar urged the scientific community in the agriculture and allied sectors to take suitable measures to stop farmers'...

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...

Reports on Attapadi tribals exaggerated: Minister

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Thiruvananthapuram : Reports about the death of infants in the Attapadi tribal settlements in Palakkad district are exaggerated and far from the truth, Rural...

Centre warns Meghalaya over law and order situation

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : The NDA government Wednesday warned the Congress government in Meghalaya over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state's...

Nagaland villagers amazed as union minister inspects toilets

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Kohima : Tribal villagers in Nagaland on Sunday said they were amazed when Ram Kripal Yadav, union minister of state for drinking water and...

Curfew on in Kashmir, Srinagar tense

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Srinagar : Curfew continued for a second day in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district Sunday following protests after police firing killed a young man,...

Bangladesh to take back tribal refugees

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Agartala : Bangladesh has agreed to take back over 350 of its tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since...

After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release

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Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...

Cabinet nod for expert group to classify caste names

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New Delhi: The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave its approval to a proposal to form an expert group...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Museum of World War II inaugurated at Imphal

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal (1944) a war museum of the World War II was inaugurated by World War II Imphal Campaign Foundation at Imphal on April 4, 2014.

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...

Indian tribal women’s ‘smart’ ride to economic self-reliance

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By Anurag Dey Sahebganj (Jharkhand), (IANS): Her thumbs flying fast over the touchscreen of her smartphone, Purnima Mahato, 35, of this tribal village in Jharkhand,...

How Binesh Balan, an Adivasi, fought the Kerala bureaucracy to achieve his dream of...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net As a student from the Mavilan Tribe in Kerala, Binesh Balan knew that studying, and achieving his dreams, was never going...

पोस्ट-मैट्रीक छात्रवृति हेतु ऑनलाइन आवेदन की आज आख़िरी तारीख़, बढ़ाने की हो रही है...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk पटना : सरकार द्वारा छात्रों को पोस्ट मैट्रीक छात्रवृति (अनुसूचित जाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति) हेतु ऑनलाइन आवेदन की अंतिम तिथि 17 मार्च 2016 तक...

The uneasiness of children of trouble-torn zone in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Baksa (Assam): With the death toll rose up to 40 of the carnage in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in Assam, children are to found to be highly affected. So far 14 bodies are of children and as of now 10 are still missing which could be dead as well. Even in the camps at Narayanguri in Baksa district, children are the worst sufferers.

Dalits and Tribals call for Bharat Band on March 5

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TCN News Tribals and Dalits have called for a nation wide bandh tomorrow march 5th, 2019, Tuesday to protest the SC order for eviction of...

President condoles deaths in Assam, Meghalaya floods

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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday condoled the loss of lives due to floods in Meghalaya and Assam. He wished speedy recovery for...

Mission Indradhanush launched in northeastern states

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Agartala : The Mission Indradhanush, an immunisation programme, was launched on Tuesday in 33 districts of northeastern states to vaccinate children by 2020, an...

MY FACTS research journal from North-East launched

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By TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘MY FACTS’, A Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Annual Journal’ is a reality now for a bunch of youngsters under the banner MY-FACTS – Muslim Youth Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism and Sedition.

Three minors were brutal in attack on Nido Tania, says CBI

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By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha and Garima Tyagi, New Delhi : In the attack on 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania here in January, which caused...

Tribal refugees burn 10 houses after tribal’s suicide in Tripura

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Agartala : Tension prevailed on Sunday in Kanchanpur in northern Tripura as angry tribal refugees, originally hailing from Mizoram, burnt around 10 houses of...

Assam flood toll rises to 31; waters receding

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Guwahati : The toll in the floods and landslides in Assam Wednesday rose to 31, with the recovery of more bodies in the severely-hit...

To Heaven and Back

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

Modi promotes northeast as tourist destination

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday sought to promote India's northeast as a tourist destination and urged people to visit the region...

Plight of tribal communities during COVID-19

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By Faheem Muhammed M.P As the world is facing the most dreadful pandemic of modern times, the indigenous population across the globe are exposed to...

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

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

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...

663 committed suicide in nine years in Mizoram

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Aizawl : At least 663 people have committed suicide over the past nine years in Mizoram, with depression identified as the main cause, a...

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,...

Arbitrary land acquisition in the name of Sports University at Manipur

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By Noorshafi A K for TwoCircles.net, The Narendra Modi government’s recent decision to set up national-level Sports Academies has been highly appreciated and is being welcomed with applause and happiness in the sport loving state of Manipur.

‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands

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Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...

Mission to clean up electoral rolls in northeast

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : To ensure clean electoral lists and eliminate error and duplication of names, India's northeastern states will intensify the drive to...

Take Kashmir migrants into confidence: Rajnath to officials

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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked his ministry officials to take Kashmiri migrants into confidence and work on measures for...

Power transmission link via Bangladesh vital: Official

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Agartala : A top power company official has suggested erecting power transmission lines for supply of electricity from the northeast region to other parts...

Voting and Elections ring hollow for Rajasthan’s landless nomadic tribes

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By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net Prabhu Kalbelia has been living with his family on the outskirts of Bemali village of Bhilwara district for the last forty...

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...

Journalist killed by tribal party cadres in Tripura: Police

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Agartala, (IANS): A journalist working for a local television channel was allegedly killed in an attack by tribal party cadres in Tripura on Wednesday, police...

Assam government spent Rs.9 cr on militants during ceasefire

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Guwahati : The Assam government Monday revealed that it has spent over Rs.9 crore this year on settlement camp for cadres of the militant...

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...

Manipuri, Sri Lankan among medal winners at Bhatkhande convocation

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Lucknow : Musicians from across the country as well as from abroad would attend the fourth convocation of the Bhatkhande Musical University in the...

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...

Assam orders probe into labourers’ death in Meghalaya

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday has asked additional chief secretary S. Meora to probe the death of 14 labourers from...

Rajnath Singh asks militants in northeast to shun violence

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Agartala : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said the government would not tolerate terrorist violence in the northeast, calling on militant outfits to...

FCI plans to import rice from Myanmar for northeast

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Guwahati : The Food Corporation of India (FCI) may soon import rice from Myanmar to India's northeastern states, an official said here Monday. Pinuel Basumatary,...

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

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

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...

Kidnapped SBI official in Meghalaya still untraced

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Shillong : The whereabouts of a State Bank of India (SBI) official kidnapped by militants eight days ago are still not known, while 42...

Congress makes false promises: Modi

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Itanagar : BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday accused the Congress of making false promises to the people. Addressing an election rally here, Modi...

Bengal animal house to serve east, northeast India

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Kolkata : The Bose Institute's state-of-the-art animal house and research facility is set to supply strains of small laboratory animals for research to the...

Rough and ready justice

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By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam, Nobody sympathises with a rapist. All of us wish the worst to befall him: let him come under the wheels of a big truck. Or, even worse: let him be run over by a huge goods train and die a horrible death. Or, if we can be patient and wait for a while, let the law award him a life sentence. Better still: let the law hang him.

Sluggish voting in Srinagar

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Srinagar : Only 17 percent votes were polled in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Wednesday, officials said. The turnout at 46.5 percent was the highest...

Woman killed in Tripura for practising witchcraft

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Agartala : A 55-year-old tribal woman was killed by her neighbours in Tripura for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said here on Tuesday. Kanyapati Debbarma, a...

CM Okram Ibobi Singh leading in Manipur

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New Delhi, (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh was leading in Thoubal constituency, as counting of votes polled in the assembly elections progressed...

Normalcy returns to Assam-Nagaland border

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Guwahati : The troubled Assam-Nagaland border is limping back to normal following an attack by Naga militants that led to the death of nine...

Militant camp busted in Meghalaya

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By IANS, Shillong : A hideout of the United A'chik Liberation Army (UALA) was Tuesday busted in Meghalaya's insurgency-hit Garo Hills, police said. "We busted a...

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 -...

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...

J&K withdraws red beacons for top officials

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By IANS, Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday forbade the use of red beacons on the official vehicles of the chief secretary, the...

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...

Tripura’s royal rulers wanted to merge with Pakistan: Manik Sarkar

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Agartala : A section of the then ruling Tripura royal family had tried to merge the erstwhile princely state with East Pakistan (now Bangladesh),...

Manipur readies for district council polls

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Imphal : Political parties in Manipur have stepped up campaigning for the June 1 elections to the six Autonomous District Councils (ADC) in the...

Will protest sexual assault of doctor, says Mirwaiz

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By IANS, Srinagar : Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, Thursday said demonstrations will be held to protest the sexual assault of...

Eight Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland militant attack

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

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...

Centre to blame for arms flow: Meghalaya CM

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Shillong : A day after the Centre warned Meghalaya over the deteriorating law and order situation in Garo Hills, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday...

Grant citizenship rights to Chakmas, Hajongs in Arunachal, says SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the central and Arunachal Pradesh governments to confer the citizenship rights on the "eligible" Chakmas and...

NGOs in Assam under police scanner over jihadi link

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Guwahati : The Assam Police and NIA have intensified their search for absconding Burdwan blast suspect Shahnur Alom, and police Wednesday said they were...

Woman separatist leader held in Srinagar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Chief of Kashmiri separatist women group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith), Asiya Andrabi was arrested Friday during anti-Valentine's Day protest here. Andrabi was...

20 dead, over 400 ill in Tripura malaria outbreak

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Agartala : At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to the outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister...

Five new high court judges appointed, four more soon: Kashmir government

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By IANS, Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday said that five high court judges were appointed last year and four more vacancies are...

What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?

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The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...

Infant sold for Rs.1,000 in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: A tribal man allegedly sold his two-month-old infant to a woman in Odisha's Malkangiri district for Rs.1,000 to eke out a living and...

Assam CM, governor clash over Assam poaching issue

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Guwahati : The debate between Assam Governor P.B. Acharya and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi over the killings of one-horned rhinos gained steam on Monday...

NHRC summons Bastar I.G. Kalluri over murder complaints against four activists, including Nandini Sundar

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By TCN News The National Human Rights Commission has noted and taken suo motu cognizance of "the nationwide outcry and protest on IG of...

After long peace, Mizoram facing terror again

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Aizawl : Nearly 30 years after Mizoram embraced peace, there are signs that terrorism may be raising its "disturbing" head in the...

Super-luxury resort in Kashmir’s Meadow of Flowers

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By Sheikh Qayoom, Gulmarg : As this world-famous resort prepares to host a record number of tourists this year, Gulmarg's only 5-star luxury property, the...

Congress alleges Rs.500 crore scam in Tripura

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Agartala : The opposition Congress in Left-ruled Tripura Monday alleged that Rs.400-500 crore have been embezzled in the last two financial years, and that...

Six millionaires, two paupers in fray in Tripura

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

State Govt failed to protect people: Assam Minister on BTAD violence

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter, Guwahati: The state government has failed to control the law and order situation in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in Assam as more bodies were found on Saturday morning in Baksa district taking the death toll to 32. Meanwhile, police has detained 22 people so far in the connection for interrogation.

Meghalaya facing power deficit: Governor

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Shillong : Meghalaya, which was once a power surplus state, is facing a power deficit of 20-30 percent of the demand. "The power scenario has...

‘Scheduled Tribe status demand may ignite communal carnage’

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Imphal : A Manipur group which is demanding implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Manipur to regulate the entry and stay...

Fires destroy hotel, tyre factory in Jammu and Kashmir

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Srinagar : A fire in south Kashmir's Pahalgam tourist resort Monday destroyed a hotel and two dozen shops, while a devastating blaze destroyed a...

Ajmal Foundation’s talent search for 2015 held

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By TCN News, Guwahati: 70,856 students across seven North Eastern states of India and West Bengal took the prestigious Ajmal National Talent Search Examination (ANTSE) 2015 held across 1,089 exam centres in the region on Sunday, and a good performance in it could change their life in more ways than one. The ANTSE had assumed significance as a popular talent search examination in the North East India to start with and now its reach is spreading beyond the region while the aim is to cover all of India in the near future, a press statement by Ajmal Foundation said.

Assam to strengthen border outposts; violence toll now 11

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Guwahati: Assam Thursday decided to improve infrastructure at the inter-state border outposts and provide more equipment to the security forces deployed there, even as...

Assam, Tripura kick off balloting with high turnout

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Guwahati/Agartala/New Delhi : India went to the polls Monday, with nearly six million people casting their vote in five constituencies in Assam and one...

Bengal has made arrangements to help Assam tribals: Mamata

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Kolkata : Tribals from Assam are coming over to West Bengal for shelter after the killings in the northeastern state, West Bengal Chief Minister...

J&K legislators protest denial of red beacons

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir legislators across party lines argued they are entitled to have red beacons on their official vehicles and walked...

Northeast India to get ready-made garment units

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala: The Indian government plans to set up ready-made garment manufacturing units in each of the eight northeastern states which, among other...

Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi

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Award defies logic given Modi’s record before and after taking office as Prime Minister By TCN News, Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

Born Poor, Mauled to Death: Tribal Infants Allegedly Killed by Rats in MP’s Largest...

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Adnan Ali, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: An appalling incident has come to light from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, exposing criminal negligence and the collapse of basic healthcare...

Kashmiri students claim ragged, beaten up in Ghaziabad institute

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Ghaziabad : Students from Kashmir in a local educational institute here complained that they were beaten up and ragged by seniors while the institute's...

BTAD camp inmates wary ahead of Ramadan

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The 300 odd people who have been stuck at the relief camps having a tough time after they have been devastated by the armed miscreants in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD). More than 45 villagers were gunned down by the miscreants a few weeks back in these areas.

Oil spill in Tripura river, water treatment plants shut

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Agartala : An oil spill at a hydel project in Tripura has forced the authorities to shut down many water treatment plants, causing a...

Assam flood death toll 32, more feared to be missing

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: At least 32 people have been killed during the last 48 hours due to flood in Assam’s Goalpara and Kamrup district following continuous rain occurred in Assam and Meghalaya.

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.