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Assam athlete falls victim to witch hunting, survives

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Guwahati : An athlete, who brought laurels to Assam in the past, fell victim early this week to witch hunting in Karbi Anglong district...

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...

बस्तर में सुरक्षा बल और माओवादी मुठभेड़ में पिसती आम आदिवासी जिदंगियां, दूधमुंही बच्ची...

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Poonam Masih/ TwoCircles.net बस्तर। छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में माओवादी और सुरक्षा बलों के बीच होने वाली मुठभेड़ अब एक आम घटना बन गई है। माओवाद...

Record holder Arunachal mountaineer Anshu to climb Everest for breast cancer awareness

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: After creating world record for being the only mother to scale Mount Everest twice within the span of 10 days, Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa is once again gearing up to climb the world’s highest peak. This time around Anshu is in a different mission to spread awareness on Breast cancer among her fellow countrymen.

Naga activists call for sweeping changes in male-dominated society

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By TCN News, New Delhi: Naga activists and scholars today robustly called for changes in the male-dominated society of Nagaland state, saying that it barred women from inheritance, land rights as well aspolitical equality.

‘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...

Shutdown paralyses life in Manipur

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Imphal : A 38-hour shutdown which began early on Friday, paralysed normal life across Manipur. The shutdown has been called by activists pressing for the...

ULFA plot to trigger blasts ahead of Modi visit unearthed

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Guwahati : Insurgent outfit ULFA had planned to carry out serial blasts and other subversive activities here ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled...

Now, SC/STs in Delhi can apply for employment loan via app

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New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi government will launch a mobile application on Saturday through which Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes, minorities, and handicapped...

Land Acquisition Bill takes away rights of farmers and pits them against ‘Make in...

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By Dr Rahul Pandey and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service, Since the past several months we have seen the NDA government aggressively pushing through changes in land acquisition policy, first in the form of Ordinance in December 2014 and then, as it was passed as a Bill with nine changes in Lok Sabha but faced roadblock in Rajya Sabha, re-promulgating it before its expiry in April 2015. With the government calling the Bill pro-farmer and pro-development and most of opposition parties and social activists opposing it as anti-farmer, it is useful to sieve through the noise and look at the changes proposed and what existed earlier.

After two phases of polling, Assam celebrates Rongali Bihu

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Guwahati : After two phases of hectic campaigning and balloting for the Lok Sabha polls in Assam, the state Monday got into a exuberant...

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...

Malaria continues havoc in Tripura, toll now 41

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Agartala : The deaths in a malaria outbreak in Tripura have risen to 41, including 31 children, a minister said here Sunday. Over 22,000 people...

‘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...

Attack on human rights defenders Soni Sori

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By TCN News, Geedam (Chattisgarh): Reports are emerging that Soni Sori, the adivasi leader from Bastar, was attacked by few unidentified men in Geedam, Chattisgarh....

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...

Modi opens Katra rail link, vows to walk Vajpayee’s path

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Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) : Making his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after taking office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated the Katra-Udhampur...

SC stays order to end 10,323 Tripura teachers jobs

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Agartala : The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Tripura High Court order to terminate the jobs of 10,323 government teachers and allowed them to...

Why Are Tribals Opposing the Ken-Betwa Link Project? What Are Their Demands?

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Satish Bhartiya, TwoCircles.net Bhopal: Ken-Betwa Link Project has been touted as a solution to water scarcity in the Bundelkhand region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the...

‘North-east development delayed due to multiple factors’

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New Delhi : Developmental activities in the north-eastern region are slow due to the non-completion of several projects within the stipulated time, Minister of...

Tripura to abolish open defecation in two years

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Agartala : WIth the help of the central government's flagship rural jobs scheme MGNREGS, the Tripura government has embarked upon fully abolishing open defecation...

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

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

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

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

PM Jan Dhan Yojana launched in Tripura

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Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Thursday launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in Tripura to cover all households of the...

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

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

Gogoi slams Modi for not taking up dam issue with China

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Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done grave injustice to Assam by not raising the issue of construction of dams over the Brahmaputra...

Raghubar Das, a man with rich administrative experience

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Ranchi : Raghbubar Das, who is set to be the first non-tribal chief minister of Jharkhand, has rich administrative experience, thanks to his two...

Medical negligence can be criminal offence: Tripura HC

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Agartala : The Tripura High Court has observed that medical negligence can be termed a criminal offence, a lawyer said here Friday. "A doctor in...

Assam to host DGPs conference amid terror threat

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Guwahati : Amidsta threat by militant outfits and violence by ULFA, Assam will host the 49th All India DGPs and IGPs conference here from...

Tripura orders magisterial probe into police firing on tribal youths

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Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) The BJP-led Tripura government on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the police firing on Tuesday injuring six tribal youths,...

Rijiju reviews law and order situation in Assam

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Guwahati : The central government Saturday agreed to deploy five units of CRPF's elite Cobra battalion to launch counter insurgency operations in Assam, where...

Arunachal votes for assembly, Lok Sabha Wednesday

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Itanagar : Over 750,000 people in India's mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh will Wednesday cast their ballot for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha...

‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum

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Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month. Aquilur Rahman...

Modi announces relief for Assam victims

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New Delhi : Expressing grief over the killings in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday announced ex-gratia of Rs.2 lakh each to families of...

PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event

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ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...

Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam

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Silchar : Two schoolgirls were hung from the two ends of the same rope from a tree in Assam's Karimganj district, a killing reminiscent...

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...

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

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

Students across Mumbai come out in support of Fathima Latheef, JNU students

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the protests across both IIT Madras and JNU surged with more and more students coming out on the streets, hundreds...

All vacant posts for SC/ST will soon be filled: Kejriwal

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New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said all vacant posts meant for SC/STs would soon be filled. "We will ensure that...

75 rescued after avalanche hits north Kashmir

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Srinagar : Seventy-five people were rescued in north Kashmir's Kupwara district while efforts are on to rescue another 25 after an avalanche hit a...

BPO employee from Manipur beaten to death in Delhi

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New Delhi : A BPO employee hailing from Manipur was beaten to death here in a brutal attack reminiscent of one on a student...

I surrendered to Indian police before arrest: Bangladesh ex-minister

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Shillong : Salahuddin Ahmed, a former Bangladesh minister and the spokesman of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has claimed he had willingly surrendered...

Remote tribal community in Arunachal opens homestay for tourists

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Nampong (Arunachal Pradesh): A small tribal community in the hills of Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh have opened their homes for people to stay...

Four months of protest: Struggle continues for Kerala adivasis for their own land

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net, Thiruvananthapuram: On Wednesday, when Kerala observed the World Human Rights Day with rallies, seminars and talks, a vulnerable section – adivasis, hailing from various tribal settlement – were left out of celebrations.

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...

Congress attacks Odisha government over killings of tribals

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

New Assam cabinet to be sworn-in Friday

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will Friday reconstitute his council of ministers, a Congress leader said Thursday. Gogoi Thursday sent a list of...

Curfew in Srinagar after youth’s killing

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Srinagar : A curfew was imposed in some parts of the Srinagar city to maintain law and order following a youth's killing in firing...

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...

Tripura holds peaceful polls to tribal council

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Agartala : Over 85 percent of the 758,554 electors cast their votes on Sunday in the elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous...

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.

Kashmir’s ex-minister to appear before police in sex case

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By IANS, Srinagar : Shabir Ahmad Khan, a former minister accused by a woman doctor of sexual harassment, arrived in Srinagar Thursday to present himself...

Made mistake, but don’t play it up: Modi on ‘immigrants’ goof-up

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New Delhi : A day after the BJP drew flak over a "typographical error" of referring to people from the northeast as "immigrants" in...

Over 1000 activists, concerned citizens call for immediate release of Hidme Markam, ending state...

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Human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been in jail for over 40 days now. She was arrested on March 9 by...

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...

Gogoi’s visits to 18 countries cost exchequer Rs.43 lakh

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Guwahati : Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's official overseas trips to 18 countries since assuming office in 2001 cost the state exchequer Rs.43,44,353 but yielded...

Boycott separatist militants on Independence Day: Journalists’ Forum Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the people of northeast India to defy separatist militants’ diktat on celebrating the Independence Day (I-Day) with. The scribe’ body argues that every patriotic Indian should observe the I-Day (and also the Republic Day) to pay their heartiest tributes to the known & unknown martyrs of India’s freedom movement for their supreme sacrifices.

‘Revert to Be Buried’: In Chhattisgarh, Even Death Offers Tribal Christians No Escape From...

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): “What could I do? There was immense pressure on me to do ghar wapsi (homecoming or return to Hinduism). If...

Poll panel’s special drive to clean up voters’ list

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Agartala : To ensure error-free voter-lists and eliminate duplication of names, the Election Commission has launched a nation-wide drive NERPAP which will continue till...

Budget pro-rich, pro-corporate: Assam CM

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogol Saturday termed the union budget for 2015-16 "pro-rich and pro-corporate", while regional political party Asom Gana Parishad...

We have been displaced thrice, will not allow it again: Geetha, leader of Adivasi...

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This is the second of the two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...

Assam mourns as prominent academician Mohd Taher no more

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Mohammad Taher – one of the brightest stars of academics from the region, author of more than 30 books and editor of two volumes of the Asomiya Biswakoch (Assamese encyclopedia) – is no more. The 84-year-old scholar left for heavenly abode on Tuesday leaving hundreds in a state of sorrow. His janaja was performed on Wednesday in Guwahati in the presence of his family, relatives and well-wishers.

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...

Assam MLA’s relative arrested in Meghalaya

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Shillong : A relative of an Assam legislator was arrested in Meghalaya for his involvement in the abduction of a State Bank of India...

SC/ST Bank sought on lines of Mahila Bank

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New Delhi : The All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations -- Parisangh -- urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open a separate bank with...

Adivasi Women Continue to be Killed on Pretext of being a “Witch”

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Sami Ahmad|TwoCircles.net Sonamuni Murmu, 47, of Aswari village under Saraiyahat police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand, was forced to eat human excrement for allegedly...

Karbi, Muslim militants nabbed in Assam

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Guwahati : Security forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations on Wednesday arrested three Karbi militants, a Muslim militant and two linkmen of a Karbi insurgent...

Lightning kills two in Tripura

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Agartala : A school student and a woman were killed and five other people injured in lightning strikes in Tripura, official said here on...

Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights

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The Gadia Lohar population has been widely ignored by central and state policies and has been unable to take advantage of government programs. Owing...

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...

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...

‘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...

‘Campaign against AFSPA to continue to Manipur’

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Imphal : Days after the Supreme Court held that the army or police cannot use excessive force under the provisions of AFSPA or the...

Assam CM failed to handle jihadi issue: Sonowal

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Guwahati : Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Friday expressed concern over the increase in activities of Islamist terror networks in Assam, and said Chief Minister...

Congress wins in Jharkhand by-poll

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Ranchi : The Congress on Thursday won Jharkhand's Lohardaga assembly by-election. Congress candidate Sukhdeo Bhagat won the seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU)...

CBI to grill former Tripura editor in Saradha scam

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Agartala : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to grill Tripura-based former newspaper editor and owner Sushil Chowdhury in connection with Saradha...

Three north-eastern states to celebrate statehood day

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Agartala/Imphal : Three north-eastern states - Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya - will celebrate their statehood day Wednesday, officials said Tuesday. "On this day, the Manipur...

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.

Panel to interact with northeast people in Delhi

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By IANS, New Delhi : The Home Ministry Friday said a panel, formed to look into the concerns of northeast people, will hold interactions with...

Come Saturday, Meghalaya will be on rail map

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Shillong : Bijay K. Marak, the first train driver among Garo tribesmen, will be a happy man Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags...

More Bodo terrorists nabbed in Assam

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Guwahati : Two terrorists and three ground workers of a Bodo militant group, responsible for killing over 75 people in Assam last year, were...

Tripura malaria toll rises to 28

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Agartala : With the death of three more children, the toll in the outbreak of malaria in Tripura has risen to 28, a minister...

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...

NSUI gears up campaigning for Congress’s Lok Sabha election candidate, reaching out to the...

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By TCN News, Jammu: The state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Neeraj Kundan held a meeting in Govt. Maulana Azad Memorial Post Graduate (MAM) College, Jammu, in support of Congress-NC candidate Madan Lal Sharma, on 2nd April, Wednesday.

सोनी सोरी पर पुलिस द्वारा हमले की कोशिश

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TCN News बस्तर: आज छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासी मानवाधिकारों के लिए संघर्ष कर रही सोनी सोरी पर पुलिस ने हमले की कोशिश की है. जब यह...

Man gets life sentence for raping minor in Tripura

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Agartala: A tribal was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said here Friday. "Dhananjoy Reang raped...

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...

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...

For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist

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

Assam districts gear up for by-polls

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Guwahati : Hectic campaigning is on in Assam's three assembly segments - Silchar, Lakhipur and Jamunamukh - that will go to by-election Sep 13. In...

Anfar Foundation distributes food packets on Ramadan in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Anfar Foundation, a Hojai based development organization in Assam in partnership with Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) reached out to 18,064 peoples in three districts of Nagaon, Morigaon and Sonitpur districts with Ramadan food packs.

Assam: Ethnic Communal Divides to the Fore

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By Ram Puniyani, The recent (May 01, 2014) violence in Kokrajhar, Baska killing 32 Bengali speaking Muslims is one more reminder of the seeping Bodo-Muslim tension in the region. This violence is being attributed to Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), whose legislator Pramila Rani Brahma allegedly stated that her party candidate and Assam minister may not win in the present elections as according to her knowledge Muslims had not voted for him and have voted for a non-Bodo candidate. This is what seems to have provoked the violence, but surely this is tip of the iceberg as the problems between two communities are much deeper and are in a way continuation of the same reasons which led to the violence in the region in July 2012. This is also related to the subtle threat for the forthcoming Assembly elections of 2015.

Minorities Commission kicks off awareness campaigns in remote areas of Manipur

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

छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासियों का पसंदीदा आहार है बीफ़

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सुकमा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ में बीफ आपको ढ़ूंढे नहीं मिलेगा, मगर आदिवासियों के बीच ये बेहद ही लोकप्रिय है....

Jammu and Kashmir tribal youths call on PM

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Jammu : Tribal youths from Jammu and Kashmir Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, apprising him of the lack of infrastructure...

Attacks on northeast people, threat to society: President

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Canchipur (Manipur) : Expressing sadness over attacks on youths from the northeastern region in the national capital, President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the "pluralistic...

Irom Sharmila to break fast

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

Global Rainbow Foundation to work with Ajmal Foundation

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

State shielding perpetrators, polarising communities, says Kashmir civil society group on rape and murder...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) on Wednesday, January 31 expressed serious apprehensions on the role of police...

IIT, IIM MP faces challenge on Sikkim seat

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Gangtok: Prem Das Rai, the only parliamentarian with IIT and IIM degrees, is facing a challenge from a newly formed outfit in Sikkim's sole...

Adivasi villages in Jharkhand, Odisha face severe neglect, reveals new report

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The report titled “Status of Adivasi Livelihoods 2021” highlights the difficulties and scarcities faced by the tribal communities. Muhammed Nihad PV | TwoCircles.net NEW DELHI —...

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...

Over 15 lakh vote in Assam’s Bodo council polls

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Guwahati : Over 15 lakh people on Wednesday cast their votes in elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in four Bodo-majority districts in...

Manipur bills: Tribals intensify protest as confrontation looms ahead

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By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal : As the fate of the three controversial bills passed by the Manipur assembly continues to hang in balance, the tribal...

Fact-finding team to Bastar reports cases of fake ecounters, arrests and rapes in the...

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By TCN News A group comprising of Sanjay Parate, Secretary State CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies and CPI, New Delhi, Archana Prasad,...

Sharmila to quit politics but continue fight against AFSPA

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Imphal, (IANS): Handed a humiliating defeat on her maiden foray into electoral politics, Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila on Saturday announced she would...

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...

Three killed, 21 injured in Manipur blast

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Imphal : Three people were killed and 21 others injured in a powerful blast at a market here in the Manipur capital on Wednesday,...

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...

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...

Minorities Rights Day observed at Manipur

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By Dr Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: With an aim to strengthen the cause of the minorities, the Minorities Rights Day was observed in Manipur too by the Manipur State Minorities Commission (MSMC). Graced by Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, the function was held on December 18 at the Maharaja Chandrakirti Auditorium, near Palace Compound, here.

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...

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...

109 mn job seekers need to upgrade skills: Badal

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Shillong : Around 109 million new job seekers have to upgrade their skills, while another 460 million people have to be re-skilled and up-skilled...

Tripura to register battery-operated rickshaws

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Tripura will probably be the first state in India to provide registration and licences to a new but popular mode...

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...

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

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

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.

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).

वाह रे मोदी बजट! दलित-आदिवासियों का हक़ भी मार लिया!

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Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी भले ही अरूण जेटली द्वारा पेश किए गए बजट को गांव, गरीब और किसान समर्थक बजट बता रहे...

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 assembly to restrict car passes from May

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Guwahati : The Assam assembly is planning to introduce from May 1 stricter guidelines for issuing car passes following detection of Congress legislator Rumi...

Border crimes increased after use of non-lethal arms

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Agartala : After the Indian border guards started using non-lethal weapons, crimes along the India-Bangladesh border have increased, an official said here Thursday. The border...

12 Bodo militants arrested in Assam

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Guwahati : Twelve Bodo militants were Sunday arrested from three places in Assam along the international border with Bhutan, a day after an insurgent...

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.

Environmental issues hit ONGC’s gas exploration in Tripura

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Agartala : State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn't proceed as it is yet...

Tribals want to get educated, make up for lost time

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

50 per cent of tribal land acquired over the years: Rameshwar Oraon

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By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi : More than 50 per cent of the land owned by tribals has been acquired for a variety of...

Violence declined during our government: Omar Abdullah

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said violence across the state has declined by 71 percent since the present...

Meghalaya urges Centre to ratify protocol with Bangladesh

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Shillong : The Meghalaya government on Monday urged the central government to ratify the land agreement protocol that was signed between India and Bangladesh...

NGT upholds coal mining ban, lets mined pile to be carried

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Shillong : The National Green Tribunal Tuesday upheld its ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, but relaxed the guidelines for transportation of 6.3 million...

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...

Andhra varsity professor held for suspected Maoist links

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Hyderabad : An associate professor of Andhra University has been arrested for suspected links with the Maoists, Andhra Pradesh Police said Thursday. His family...

Families refuse to bury dead in Assam

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Guwahati : Relatives of those killed in India's northeastern Assam state have refused to bury their dead, demanding that the state's chief minister, Tarun...

Youth groups call to boycott Mizoram polls

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Aizawl/Agartala: Six NGOs and students' groups have called for a boycott of the April 9 Lok Sabha polls in Mizoram to protest the Election...

Peace Mission team hopeful of normalcy at the Assam-Nagaland border

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A Joint Peace Mission Team comprising Church leaders of Assam and Nagaland, who have been constantly working to bring normalcy at the trouble torn Assam-Nagaland border met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to apprise him about the recent development.