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NPF, BJP, Congress to participate in Nagaland polls

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Kohima (IANS): Three major political parties in poll-bound Nagaland -- the ruling Naga Peoples' Front (NPF), the BJP and the Congress -- have done...

Manipuri man’s killing: One more arrested

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New Delhi : One more person was arrested Tuesday in connection with the murder of a 29-year-old Manipuri man here, bringing the total number...

Two Bodo militants killed in Assam

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Guwahati : Two hardcore Bodo militants were killed in a joint operation by security forces in Assam's Sonitpur district, an official said on Wednesday. Based...

Banking services hit in Northeast

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Agartala/Guwahati : Banking services were badly affected in the northeastern region of the country Wednesday as most of the major banks remained closed in...

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...

Assam moots special court for witch-hunting trials

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Guwahati : Assam might set up a special court for the trial of cases related to witch-hunting, a social evil in some parts 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...

Tripura CPI-M holds on to rural bastion in panchayat polls

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Agartala : The ruling CPI-M in Tripura Friday retained its rural bastion by securing absolute majority in 275 of the 591 gram panchayats and...

35 in Tripura ill after eating prasad

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Agartala : At least 35 people, including several women, fell sick after eating prasad in Tripura, an official said Friday. At least 20 of...

Militant involved in Assam attacks gunned down

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Guwahati : A militant involved in the Dec 23 massacre in Assam's Kokrajhar district was Saturday gunned down by security forces, a day after...

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.

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...

Reservations and Muslims in Telugu States

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By Shaik Amer Arafath for TwoCircles.net, When our Constitution was framed, the framers made a special provision with intention to provide equal opportunity in the...

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

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

Meghalaya MLA wants CBI probe into politician-militant nexus

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Shillong : Saleng Sangma, a Garo legislator in Meghalaya, Monday asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to initiate a CBI probe into the politician-militant...

Students in Guwahati get training in social media

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By Risa Laloo, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) held a three days’ workshop on Social Media Immersion from 4th -6th August for the post graduate students of Mass communication and Educational Leadership.

Meghalaya assembly rejects resolution for Garoland

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

Jihadists trying to raise women’s wing in Assam: Gogoi

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Guwahati : Jihadist forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Tuesday. Two districts - Barpeta and Nalbari...

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...

Tripura party merges with BJP

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Agartala : The BJP Monday got a shot in its arm in Left-ruled Tripura with a local political party merging with the party while...

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...

After driving across India, Khasi woman eyes Mongol Rally

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : Driving a seven hp two-stroke engine for 4,110 km in 20 days is not an easy task, but Miatmon Sooting, a single mother to a seven-year-old, should be proud enough that she completed the race in an auto-rickshaw in 15 days. It's given her the confidence to eye the gruelling Mongol Rally.

Historians to develop syllabi, bridge knowledge gap on Northeast

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Shillong : Concerned over a knowledge gap about the Northeast over decades that has created stereotypes and increased misunderstandings, historians and scholars met here...

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...

Tripura gets new chief secretary

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Agartala : G. Kameswara Rao Thursday took over as new chief secretary of Tripura. He succeeded Sanjay Kumar Panda, who will join the central government...

Ex-ULFA rebels want cases withdrawn

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Guwahati : An umbrella grouping of around 4,200 surrendered ULFA members Wednesday urged Assam Governor J.B. Patnaik to withdraw criminal cases pending against them...

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.

Nido Tania killing: Accused’s judicial custody extended

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New Delhi : A court here Tuesday extended, till April 7, the judicial custody of the four people allegedly involved in Arunachal Pradesh student...

Militants finally free telecom professional

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Aizawl : A telecom professional from Kolkata who was abducted by militants in November 2013 has been finally freed in Mizoram, police said Thursday. Deep...

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...

UPA lacks political will to solve Naga issue: Rio

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Shillong: Terming the Congress as a "communal party" for shielding certain communities, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Saturday also accused the UPA government of...

Trooper guns down five colleagues, kills self

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Srinagar: A trooper fatally shot dead five of his colleagues and then turned the gun on himself following a heated argument in north's Kashmir...

Bhagwati seeks to contest from Tezpur in Assam

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By IANS, New Delhi : J. Bhagwati, a former Indian high commissioner to Britain, has sought the Congress nomination for the Tezpur Lok Sabha seat,...

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.

‘Rubber cultivation in northeast vital to meet demand’

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Agartala : The Rubber Board has decided to expand cultivation of rubber in non-traditional areas of northeastern region to meet the increasing demand, an...

Waterfalls, tribals and animals be damned: Why the proposed Athirapally dam is a disaster...

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

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

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

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...

Mass protest in Assam’s BTAD after killing of a student leader

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Mushalpur area of Baksa district in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) witnessed mass protest on Thursday following the killing of one student leader Manoj Das on Wednesday evening.

The Adivasi question in Uttar Pradesh

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Uttar Pradesh Assembly election dates have been announced. Parties will soon make promises but the condition of Kol adivasis in Bundelkhand...

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...

Pakistani refugees in Jammu to vote for BJP

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Jammu : The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step...

Cabinet approves telecom plan for northeast

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New Delhi : The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday gave its approval for implementing a Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for...

NDFB militants trigger massacre in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Guwahati: As the year approached the end, yet another massacre triggered by the militants loyal to Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) rocked the region.

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...

In Sunderbans, implementation of Forest Rights Act remains a mere pipe-dream

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In the first of the four part-series, we look at the livelihood challenges that trouble the people of Sunderbans, West Bengal. Although famed for...

Better coordination between army, police in Kashmir: Government

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By IANS, New Delhi : The army and Jammu and Kashmir Police have now better means to transmit information about terrorist alerts, parliament was told...

Bodies of Manipur activists killed in 2015 violence to be buried

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

Despite mid-day meal, attendance lags in Agartala’s government schools

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By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala : Despite the lure of a mid-day meal, low attendance in Tripura's government schools is a "cause of concern" while enrollment...

‘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...

In pictures: Dalits, Adivasis protest across the nation against change in SC/ST Act

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The ruling of the Supreme Court of India pertaining to the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Act resulted in a “Bharat Bandh”...

Fourth ‘border haat’ may open in Tripura next month

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Agartala : The fourth 'border haat' (market) along the India-Bangladesh border is likely to be inaugurated next month to boost trade in local produce...

Intervene in coal mining ban, Meghalaya leaders to president

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Shillong : Congress leaders from Meghalaya Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi to seek his immediate intervention over the National Green Tribunal's...

Police hand in Dimapur jailbreak suspected

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By TwoCircles.net staff Reporter, Dimapur (Nagaland): What can be termed as highly crucial, it is reported that Police may be complicit in the jailbreak, before the unruly mob the lynched Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, the rape accused in Dimapur. Quoting high officials of home department NDTV reported that there is a strong suspicion of ‘complicity of policemen’.

Refugees don’t leave Tripura for Mizoram

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Agartala/Aizawl : The much-awaited repatriation of tribal refugees from Tripura didn't resume Tuesday as the displaced men and women refused to go back to...

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...

Ignorance leads to TB spreading in Assam’s tea gardens

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, Tezpur (Assam) : Tuberculosis (TB) has become a major problem in Assam's tea gardens, often leading to the death of workers. Experts say ignorance among workers and poor management response are to blame.

A lot rides on Manik Sarkar as Tripura goes to polls

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Tripura, the country's last red stronghold, goes to the polls Monday and a lot is riding on Chief Minister Manik...

I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila

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By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....

Asia Pacific Journalist body expresses shock at self-immolation in Guwahati

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ) has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the self-immolation of a Guwahati city dweller demanding land-settlement and urged the authority to initiate due consultations to resolve the issue amicably.

First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor

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Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...

Meghalaya to count votes under CCTV surveillance

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Shillong : Counting of votes for Meghalaya's two Lok Sabha seats will be done under CCTV surveillance, an election official said Wednesday. Over 69 percent...

Separatists protest in Srinagar over ‘judicial double standards’

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By IANS, Srinagar : Separatist activists of the Hurriyat group headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday staged a protest here alleging the "double standards of...

Air, surface links to Kashmir Valley restored

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

Quran, Assamese, English and Computers, madrassas teach them all

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By A Ghiasuddin, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Madrassas across the country earned a bad name after the Burdwan bomb blast in October. Allegations, including by sections of the media, flew in thick and fast that anti-national lessons are taught at madrassas and that these institutions are a hub of terror.

Battle for Lok Sabha begins Monday from the northeast

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Agartala/Guwahati : One constituency in Tripura and five in Assam go to polls Monday morning, marking the start of the nine-phase staggered elections to...

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...

Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse

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Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday. This...

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...

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...

Normalcy returning to Dimapur

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Guwahati/ Dimapur : The situation in Nagaland's commercial hub Dimapur was slowly returning to normal on Friday even though section 144 continues to be...

A prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in India: Report

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New Delhi : A human rights group on Tuesday said one prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in Indian jails and that there are three...

Opposition walks out of J&K assembly

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

Youth shot dead in Kashmir’s Sopore

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By IANS, Srinagar : A youth was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town Friday evening, police said. Waseem Ahmad Malla, 24,...

Assam blames centre for law and order problem

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Guwahati : Facing criticism over the blast in Dibrugarh and recovery of a powerful bomb in a train, the Assam government Tuesday said 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...

Odisha villagers meet Oram, seek tribal status

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Bhubaneswar : A Jhodia community delegation from Odisha Friday submitted a memorandum to union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram in New Delhi, seeking tribal...

Protect violence-hit children of Assam: NGO

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New Delhi : An NGO working for child rights Wednesday urged the government to provide protection to about 800 children in Assam affected by...

In Wayanad Kerala, Adivasi Dalit students are on indefinite strike for better representation in...

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Sulthan Bathery: Since 28 September, members and students of the Adi Sakthi Summer School, an Adivasi Dalit students’ collective that facilitates...

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

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

Nationalised banks need to increase credit-deposit rate in Assam: Gogoi

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Guwahati : Nationalised banks operating in Assam needs to play a pro-active role for the development of the state and increase the credit-deposit ratio,...

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

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

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

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

Northeast gets Rs.2,362 crore, promise to mainstream the region

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New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday announced a budget allocation of Rs.2,362.74 crore for the Northeast and promised to bring the region...

Lifetime achievement award to Manipuri Muslim Writer Mohd Abdur Rahman

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Renowned Manipuri Muslim writer Mohd. Abdur Rahman (78) was awarded ICRA Lifetime Achivement Award 2014 for the extraordinary contribution he has made to Manipuri Literature over the years at a function organized jointly by Writers Union, Manipur (WUM) and Islamic Cultural & Research Association (ICRA), Manipur at Manipur Press Club, Imphal on June 28, 2014.

Attack on teacher in Assam: BJP Yuvamorcha president arrested

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By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya, TwoCircles.net, On a successful lead by Officer in-charge Prafulla Borgohain, a breakthrough was made in the case of attack on the ambulance carrying lynched college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam. An FIR was filed by Sub-Inspector Swapan Kumar Nath of Karimganj Police who was escorting the ambulance in Silchar City Police where the incidence had happened.

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...

The 40-year wait of a community to start life outside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

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By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.netGudalur, Tamil Nadu: The Indian experience of wildlife and forest conservation has been synonymous with forced evictions, mostly of tribals, from...

Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe

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While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...

Five militants killed in past 24 hours in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Five militants have been killed in the past 24 hours in the insurgency-ridden Garo Hills region in Meghalaya, including two ASAK militants...

Shikha Mandi: The first Radio Jockey to host a show in Santhali language

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By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Santhali might be the language of over 40 lakh people in four states, but it has rarely received the promotion or...

When fishermen were made Al Qaeda terrorist overnight in Assam

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Rustam Ali had a terrible time as he was picked up by police as terrorist having connection with Al Qaeda in Assam’s Majuli. So were Sherafat Ali and Dhiren Doley from Majuli who were detained by police and media immediately jumped to term them as terrorist element after the Al Jawahari’s video where the Al Qaeda leader also pronounced Assam’s name as their next target.

NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand

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By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A Fact Finding Committee of NCHRO (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), which visited Jharkhand on March 23...

Rajnath Singh reviews Manipur situation

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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday reviewed the situation in Manipur ahead of an economic blockade called by some Naga organisations. At...

Tension continues over Dimapur lynching; SMS blockage extended

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Dimapur : Simmering tension continued on Monday in Nagaland's commercial hub of Dimapur where a mob broke into a jail and lynched a rape accused on March 5. Many 'non-local' people have temporarily left the town, while SMS and MMS services continued to be restricted in a bid to control spread of rumours on the social media.

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...

BJD MLA wants tribals rights upheld on Khandadhar mines

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Bhubaneswar : A ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator has urged the Odisha government to recognise the forest rights of Pauri Bhuyan tribals, a...

Manipur Chief Minister inaugurates orientation programme for Haj pilgrims

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Chief Minister of Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh inaugurated the three-day orientation programme for haj pilgrims at a function held on August 26, 2014 at the campus of Minority Girls' Hostel at Hafiz Hatta, Imphal .

PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs

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

A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari

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In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...

Is the media painting a true picture about Assam’s displaced Muslims?

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By Abdul Kalam Azad, Guwahati: The role of media in perceptualising risk is very crucial; especially when the risk is augmented by deadliest terrorist organization with double edged potentiality to create disaster in anywhere in the world.

Assam tea workers to get Rs.169 minimum daily wage

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Guwahati : The government of Assam has fixed Rs.169 as the minimum daily wage for unskilled tea plantation workers in the state. According to a...

Marriage feast leaves 35 ill in Tripura

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Agartala : Thirty-five people were taken ill and admitted to various hospitals after eating at a marriage feast in Tripura Sunday night, an official...

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...

Congress has broken all records of corruption: Narendra Modi

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By Syed Miraz Ahmed, Guwahati: At a time when BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is extensively spreading his wings across the nation ahead...

Modi flags off Meghalaya’s first train, compares northeast to Lakshmi

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Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday flagged off the first passenger train from Mendipathar in Meghalaya to Dudhnoi in Assam, thereby putting Meghalaya...

Tribal activist attacked in Kerala

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

Voting starts Monday from northeast in India’s staggered election

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New Delhi : India's general election, to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha, or the House of People in the bicameral parliament,...

India, Bangladesh to step up joint border patrolling

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Agartala : Border guards of India and Bangladesh would intensify their joint patrolling, officials said here Sunday following a two-day district-level border meet. "The BSF...

India, Bangladesh agree to curb crimes along border

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

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part I

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By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: As I walk down the Gurabera village in West Bengal’s western-most district of Purulia, bordering Jharkhand, Anita Mandi, 10, is...

One killed, three injured in Assam blast

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Guwahati : One person was killed and three injured after a bomb went off at a village in Assam on Sunday, officials said. The explosion...

Leela Santhosh: Kerala’s first Adivasi filmmaker who wants to tell the real stories of...

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By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kerala is often presented as one of the most equitable states in the nation; a state where (at least relatively) your...

Former Assam CM resigns as AGP chief

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Guwahati : Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Monday resigned as the president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) after its debacle in...

Major dies in accident during operation in Kashmir

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Srinagar : A major of the Indian army died in a accident Monday while on a operation against separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's...

Assam singer faces gender discrimination; barred from performance as she refused putting traditional chadar

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Even as several measures are being taken in minimizing the gender discrimination in the country, a female singer in Assam was barred from performing at a function, allegedly for not wearing a particular kind of dress.

‘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...

Four Naga insurgents killed in Assam

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Guwahati : Four cadres of Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM have been killed in Assam during joint operations by security forces, an official said Wednesday. The...

Irom Sharmila released from custody, resumes fast

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Guwahati : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanua "who has been fasting since 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...

Tribals in Bengal to use Facebook for development

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Kolkata : Taking their friendship from the virtual to the real world, more than 600 "educated and privileged" Facebook users belonging to West Bengal's...

Mamata likens Assam carnage to Peshawar massacre

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Kolkata : Extending support to over 1000 tribals from Assam who have taken refuge in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday condemned the...

‘Tourism in northeast can flourish with Buddhist sites’

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Agartala/Kohima/Itanagar : Tourism could flourish in the northeastern states due to the Buddhist sites in the region, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura Governor Padmanabha...

Lok Sabha polls to be held in five phases in Kashmir

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Jammu : Elections to Jammu and Kashmir's six Lok Sabha seats would be held in five phases beginning April 10, the state's chief electoral...

Mob beats three militants to death in Assam

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Guwahati : Three militants of Meghalaya-based outfit United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) were Tuesday beaten to death by villagers in Assam's Goalpara district, police...

Rajnath stresses on security for north-easterners in Delhi

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New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said the people belonging to the north-eastern region of the country and living in Delhi should...

‘Northeast states should pursue green development’

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By IANS, New Delhi : As Uttarakhand and the northeastern states are geographically similar, the latter need to take lessons from the 2013 disaster that...

I am from northeast… but I am not Mowgli!

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By Prantick Majumder, "Does the Rajdhani Express go to Assam?" I thought I had heard something wrong. When the question was repeated, I knew I heard it right. My blood came to a boil. But my conscience got the better of me as I realised that the person may genuinely not know much about Assam.

तलवार की धार पर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार

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अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर इलाक़े में चौथे खंभे की हालत बेहद ही दयनीय है. नक्सली इलाक़े में जान-जोखिम...

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

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

Notification for Nagaland poll issued, shutdown called for Thursday

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Kohima (IANS): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued the notification for the February 27 elections to the 60-member Nagaland Assembly despite civil...

Dimapur lynching: SIO West Bengal team demands high level inquiry

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SIO team meets Nagaland Dy Resident Commissioner at Kolkata By TCN News, New Delhi: A delegation of the West Bengal unit of Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) met Nagaland deputy Resident Commissioner here on the ongoing burning issue of brutal lynching to death in Dimapur a person suspected by Nagas to have raped a Naga girl.

Measures to reclaim Waqf properties in Assam initiated

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

Manipur tribals to observe unity day on Aug 31

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Imphal : A Manipur activist group will observe "Tribal Unity Day" on August 31 to remember nine people who were killed in early September...

‘Time for introspection,’ advise thinkers to minority community

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

Decision on new administrative units has shaken PDP: Omar

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By IANS, Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday that the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been shaken by his...

Meghalaya CM asks militants to give up violence

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Friday asked militants to give up violence and promised steps to check illegal immigration from Bangladesh. Sangma made...

Activist questions Environment Minister on govt plan to redefine forest

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By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Bangalore: Leo Saldanha, an environmental activist from Bangalore received a brief response from Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (IC) for Environment,...

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...

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...

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...

“Want affected people to have security,” activists raise concern over world’s second-largest coal block...

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The Deocha Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj Coal Mine Project, in Birbhum, West Bengal is the second largest coal mining block in the world. While the...

Court orders to release anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: In a landmark judgment announced on August 19, 2014 the Court of Sessions Judge, Imphal East, dismissed the charge that anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on fast for the last 14 years demanding repeal of AFSPA, was attempting to commit suicide and ordered the State Government to release her form custody. The verdict came after Sharmila filed a petition against an earlier order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Imphal East on June 4 last that charged her with attempt to commit suicide under Section 309 of IPC.