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Emerge as creative leaders: Kalam to IIM students

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Shillong : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday urged students of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Shillong to emerge as creative leaders to bring...

Bangladeshi officials enter India, sent back

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Agartala : Four Bangladeshi intelligence officials who illegally entered Tripura were beaten up by villagers but were allowed to go back after Indian officials...

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...

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...

Ebola virus: Tripura, Mizoram take preventive measures

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Agartala/Aizawl : The Tripura and Mizoram governments have taken a number of preventive measures to check spread of deadly Ebola disease, officials from both...

Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39

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By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...

JUH Maharashtra bears all expenses of marriage of girl whose father was lynched by...

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By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On July 1, 2018, the family of Bharat Bhonsle were left stunned, broken and distraught after they were informed that Bharat...

Two killed in Assam’s BTAD

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: In yet another act of violence, two persons were brutally killed by suspected militants loyal to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) in Assam’s Baksa district under Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) on Tuesday.

Special programmes for northeast students

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New Delhi : Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Thursday said the government has designed two programmes specifically keeping in mind students from...

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

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

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

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

Muslims of BTAD are exiled in their own land post 2012 riots

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By Nilim Dutta, N 26˚ 30’ 10.4” E 90˚ 01’ 24.9” If one types in the above location coordinates into the ‘search’ in Google Earth, it immediately takes one to the image of an empty field somewhere in Gossaigaon Revenue Circle of Kokrajhar District, one of the four Districts in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam, in the satellite topographic imagery dated 3 May 2010.

Soni Sori’s condition out of danger

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New Delhi: Tribal teacher-turned-leader Soni Sori, who was attacked with acid and is undergoing medical treatment at the Apollo hospital here, is out of...

Camps to verify names in voters list March 9

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

Special courts for tribal land rights to continue in Jharkhand

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Ranchi : The Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) of Jharkhand decided here on Thursday that Scheduled Area Regulation (SAR) courts will continue to exist, but...

Tourists in large numbers a dividend of peace: Omar

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By IANS, Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday stressed the vast potential of the state for sports, adventure and pilgrim tourism,...

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,...

‘Centre preparing vision document for NE hydrocarbon sector’

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

Tripura power projects capacity to be augmented

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Agartala : The generation capacity of three power plants in Tripura will be augmented by 62 MW without increasing fuel consumption, an official said...

नवादा के कझिया गांव में सामंतों ने लगाया महादलितों के घरों में आग, वाम...

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TwoCircles.net News Desk पटना : नवादा ज़िले के अकबरपुर प्रखंड अन्तर्गत कझिया गाँव में वर्षों से बसे लगभग एक सौ महादलितों के घर में सामंती...

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...

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...

Bringing tribals to mainstream top priority: Jual Oram

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New Delhi : Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram Tuesday said that bringing over 10 crore tribals to social mainstream and strengthening institutions for their...

Tripura donates Rs.1 crore to flood-hit J&K

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Agartala : The Tripura government will contribute Rs.1 crore for the relief of flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir, a minister said here Wednesday. "Like...

Assam’s little reporters: Agents of change for neglected communities

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By Azera Parveen Rahman, Dibrugarh (Assam) : They are perceptive, have no biases, are honest and don't mince their words. Articles by children reporters of...

Government says committed to development of northeast

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New Delhi : The government Thursday said it was "totally committed" to the overall development of the northeastern region. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised...

Mahasweta was keen to be cremated at Gujarat tribal village: Activist Ganesh Devy

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By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata : An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh,...

यूपी में जंगलराज : दलित बस्ती में लगाई आग, दो मासूम जले

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TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में दलित बस्ती के 35 घरों में आग लगाने और 2 मासूम...

‘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...

Experts highlight education in integrating northeast India

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New Delhi : Highlighting the problems and challenges faced by members of the northeast community, experts Sunday called for their integration through education, suggesting...

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...

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...

Industrialisation behind mafia’s rise in Tripura: CM

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By IANS, Agartala : With the growing industrialisation and expansion of railways in Tripura, the mafia activities have also increased in the state, Chief Minister...

Gun battle erupts between Garo rebels, security men

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Shillong : An intense gun battle erupted in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district Thursday, as security forces launched a crackdown on a militant hideout,...

‘Northeast space centre not getting data from central agencies’

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Shillong : The North East Space Application Centre (NE-SAC), set up by the Centre to develop high-tech infrastructure support for the northeastern states, is...

Meghalaya excited over rail budget promise

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Shillong : There was euphoria in Meghalaya Tuesday after Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced the first passenger train between Assam's main city Guwahati...

CPI-M condemns Assam killings

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New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday urged the government to take "firm action" and dismantle Bodo militants after they massacred over 40 tribals, including...

Withdraw AFSPA from the northeast, say rights groups

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Guwahati/Shillong : Human rights organisations from different parts of the northeast states have yet again reiterated that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...

Pakistan to resume cross-border trade in Kashmir

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By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan said Thursday it has decided to resume cross-border trade in Kashmir after weeks of suspension over the arrest of a...

What really happened in Dimapur?

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

Northeast India’s 115 years old rail track is now history

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala/Silchar (Assam) : It was an emotional moment in India's mountainous northeastern region when the train ran on the 115 years old...

‘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...

Aadivasi’s cultural identity in Jharkhand’s under assault

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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat As I boarded the Rajdhani express from New Delhi for Parasnath for my intended visit to Jharkhand...

Chhattisgarh: Right-Wing Push to Demolish Churches in Bastar Amid Christmas Celebrations

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Bastar: Right-wing groups, including the Surv Adivasi Samaj and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), have intensified their campaign against the Christian community....

परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी

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TCN News जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...

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...

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.

Suspected guerrilla killed in Kashmir

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By IANS, Srinagar : Security forces Wednesday shot dead a suspected separatist guerrilla in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said. Police sources said the motorcycle-borne...

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...

Purifying Your Wealth and Targeting Poverty and Inequality

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By Althaf Shajahan, Running regressions and making sense of data is my job. We were working on a sort of data analysis where we had to consider different socio-economic groups and using data on three variables, viz. household income, consumption and assets which would together measure something we may term us material well-being and compute an inequality adjusted index value for each group. As expected, Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims fared the worst. Yeah! What’s new in this? Sachar report and every possible report speak about this. Well here, the index needs to be explained. Our index measures household indicators of well. While it aggregates across all the members of the groups, it discounts for the inequality among the members. (Refer the original computations in the figure below ). While searching the data for Muslim cases, I did see observations on Muslim community members who belong to the top percentiles and quintiles of either income or wealth. It is this inequality that makes me mull over. Intra-community inequality is not the concern of the state. While it is possible for Muslims as citizens of this nation to ask for state support and schemes citing their vulnerability as much as Dalits or Adivasis are, public policy may or may not consider it. But the inbuilt poverty and inequality targeting systems needs to be looked at.

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

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

Dalit Sahitya Samman Sammelan held at Imphal

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By Dr Syed Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Awards were conferred to as many as 80 persons working in different fields in recognition of their dedication to...

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

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

Three-day conference on “Tribal situation in India” starts at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal...

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh): On Monday, January 29, the 47th Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society on the theme ‘Tribal Situation...

Mizoram takes steps to achieve 100 percent literacy

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Aizawl : The Mizoram government would undertaken all efforts to achieve 100 percent literacy in the north-eastern state, a minister said Wednesday. "According to the...

Seven youths rape minor girl in Mizoram, arrested

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Aizawl : Mizoram police arrested seven youths, including four minors, for gang raping a minor girl, police said here Tuesday. "The accused youths gang raped...

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...

Transport strike affects life in Tripura

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

Manipur to bring another anti-migrant bill

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Imphal : An all-party meeting held on Saturday in the office of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh resolved to pass another anti-migrant bill in...

Over 4 lakh affected by Assam floods

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Guwahati : A man and a child were killed even as over four lakh people continued to reel under floods caused by surging waters...

Bodies of abducted people found in Assam

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Guwahati : The bullet-riddled bodies of four people, who were abducted by suspected Bodo militants in Assam's Baksa district, have been found, while the...

Journalists’ Forum urges Nabam Tuki for ending Arunachal media deadlock

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

Judicial probe ordered into Dimapur lynching; DC, SP suspended

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Dimapur (Nagaland) : The Nagaland government Friday ordered a judicial probe into Thursday's incident of a mob breaking into the high-security central jail here...

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...

CPI-M to form all India Dalit front in November

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

Meghalaya speaker disallows censure motion against ministers

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Shillong : Meghalaya assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal Tuesday disallowed a censure motion moved by the opposition against two ministers - Ampareen Lyngdoh and...

विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस गुज़र गया, लेकिन इन आदिवासी महिला किसानों की किसी से न...

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शैलेंद्र सिन्हा दुमका (झारखंड) : हर साल की तरह हमने कल यानी 7 अप्रैल ‘विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस’ मना लिया. सरकारी स्तर कई कार्यक्रम हुए जिनकी...

BSF to deploy women troopers along borders

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By IANS, Agartala : Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials...

Probe UP police firing on tribals, say green activists

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

After winning Assam, BJP eyes Imphal civic body

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Imphal : After convincingly riding to power in the Assam assembly elections, the BJP is hoping for a reprise in the June 2 polls...

Assam suffers huge losses in this year’s flood

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam has suffered huge losses in terms of lives, property, cropped land, dwelling units and infrastructure in three waves of flood this season. The last deluge wreaked havoc in Kamrup and Goalpara claiming several lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

So much for pregnant women: Five ambulances, just one driver in Hazratbal, Srinagar

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By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircle.net, Hazratbal/Srinagar: The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Hazratbal caters to the medical needs of a population of 82,721 in the Hazratbal block consisting predominantly urban and a small proportion of rural and tribal areas.

Motorsports: Ali, Musthafa start favourites

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Dimapur (Nagaland) : National championship leaders S.K. Ajgar Ali and navigator MK Mohammed Musthafa headline the JK Tyre Hornbill Rally, which will be run...

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...

Opposition wants Dogri TV channel

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By IANS, Jammu : Opposition legislators Tuesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly demanding the setting up of a Dogri television channel in...

Central Government’s Move to Seize of ‘Pandaram’ Land Ignites Fear and Tension in Lakshadweep

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Mohammed Ramees, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: India’s smallest union territory, Lakshadweep Islands, has been tense following the central government’s action to take possession of 'pandaram' land, a...

SC notice on reservation in legislatures

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New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on a PIL seeking increase the SC/ST...

Centre will take up issue of minimum wages in tea gardens

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Guwahati : Commerce and Industries Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said the central government will take up with the states the issue of implementation of...

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 —...

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

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

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

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

Mizoram to see four governors in less than two months

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Aizawl/New Delhi : The Congress-ruled northeastern state of Mizoram is likely to have the dubious distinction of having four governors in less than two...

Nagaland is rich in gold, says geologist

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By K.S.Jayaraman, Bangalore : "There's gold in them thar hills" was a promotional campaign that ran in Georgia in the US for almost a century...

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

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

Eid-ul-Adha celebrated in Manipur

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Prayers and greetings marked the Eid-ul-Adha celebrations by the Muslims in Manipur today. In the Imphal city, Muslims performed the Eid Namaz in the mosques. Muslim males, clad in kurta-pyjama, were seen in large number in the early morning performing namaz at some of the prominent mosques, like Sadr Bazar Jame Majid, at Imphal main market, Jame Masjid at Hafiz Hatta, Jame Masjid at Golapati, etc.

Modi’s first visit to northeast November-end

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Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first visit to the northeast in November-end and will inaugurate the annual conference of state...

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

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

Owe my Padma Shri to god: Shillong Chamber Choir founder

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Shillong : Neil Nongkynrih, founder of the world-renowned Shillong Chamber Choir that once performed for US President Barack Obama, says he owes...

Attacks against minorities, Dalits grew sharply in BJP-led regime: US report

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Washington, (IANS) : Religious tolerance has deteriorated and religious freedom violations have increased in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, a report by...

Women forest dwellers recount struggles, stories of resistance in Mumbai event

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By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Even though there exist laws to protect forest dwellers in the country, residents, especially women, continue to face severe forms of...

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...

40 tribals to be special guests at R-Day celebrations

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New Delhi (IANS): The central government has invited 40 tribals from various parts of the country as special guests for this year's Republic Day...

Tripura block’s incredible feat in financial inclusion

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer an award on Tripura's Mandwai block on April 21 in New Delhi for best...

Assam to use associated gas to generate power

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Guwahati : The Assam government is planning to use associated gas, which were hitherto being burnt, for generating power, Industries and Power minister Pradyut...

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...

Dalits protest in Bihar against order on SC/ST Act

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*Patna (IANS): *Thousands of Dalit members on Monday staged protests across Bihar on Monday against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, disrupting rail...

Togadia prevented from making speeches in Assam

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Guwahati : Assam Police Thursday prevented Praveen Togadia from delivering speeches in two places in the state, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said...

Odisha’s SC/ST MLAs plead with CM on reservation

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Bhubaneswar : The Odisha assembly on Friday witnessed an unusual scene when opposition MLAs belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes fell at Chief...

Two policemen killed in Meghalaya militant ambush

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Shillong : Two policemen were killed and three injured Tuesday when tribal militants ambushed them in Meghalaya, officials said. Heavily armed suspected militants of the...

“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list

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Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...

Tripura ‘haat’ along India-Bangladesh border to open Jan 13

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By Sujit Chakraborty, Agartala : The first border market, locally called 'haat', in Tripura and the third along the India-Bangladesh frontier is likely to be...

Disruptions continue in Jharkhand Assembly over amendments in land acts

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Ranchi : The third working day of Jharkhand Assembly's winter session was also a wash out due to disruptions over the BJP government's move...

Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year

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

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...

President attended the 14th Convocation of Manipur University

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By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: President of India Pranab Mukherjee attended the 14th Convocation of Manipur University (MU) on April 29, 2014...

Girl killed in Tripura hostel fire

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Agartala : In a tragic incident, a seven-year-old girl was burnt to death and 10 other students were injured when their school hostel caught...

Praveen Togadia’s remark urging Hindus to have 4 wives draws ire in Assam

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By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The statement of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) international working president Praveen Togadia has drawn sharp reactions from all sections in Assam. During his visit to Assam, Togadia asked all the Hindu men to marry four wives.

Assam CM terms budget ‘most disappointing’

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Guwahati : Expressing dissatisfaction over the union budget, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said it was the "most disappointing". "There is no indication of...

Tripura to hold panchayat elections in July

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Agartala : Elections for panchayats in Left-ruled Tripura would be held in July, the state election commission announced Monday. "We have initiated the process for...

No regrets for Modi remark: Mukul Sangma

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday said he does not regret his remark that Narendra Modi will never become the prime minister...

Seminar by Islamic Research & Dawah Centre in Manipur

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By Dr Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Islamic Research & Dawah Centre (IRDC) organised a three-day seminar on the topic ‘Be a Role Model on Parenting, Teaching & Goal Setting’ to instill Islamic values among the followers of the faith in Manipur.

Protests in Assam over BJP’s Delhi Vision Document

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Guwahati : Angry people Wednesday took to the streets across Assam over the BJP's Delhi poll Vision Document that described people from the northeast...

Two killed in police firing in Manipur

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Imphal : Two people were killed in Manipur when police opened fire at demonstrators who were protesting two-month old ban under Section 144 CrPc...

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...

No discrimination on basis of caste, religion: Rajnath Singh

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Gurgaon : In the wake of increasing attacks on people from the northeast in other parts of India, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday...

Five Minors Injured as Security Forces Clash with Maoists in Bastar; Activists, Locals Denounce...

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Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Five minors were allegedly injured on December 12 by bullets during a suspected encounter between security forces and Maoists in the border...

Bodo party may ally with BJP

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Guwahati : The Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF), a long time ally of the ruling Congress party in Assam, Friday said it might sever its...

Two militants killed, four arrested in Meghalaya

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By IANS, Shillong : Two militants were killed and four arrested in Meghalaya Wednesday, police said. "Two A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) cadres were gunned down...

Meghalaya CM seeks Modi’s intervention on coal mining ban

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Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invoke a provision of the Sixth Schedule so that central...

14 cases of ill-treatment of Andaman tribals found

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New Delhi : The government on Monday said that Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Administration has reported 14 cases of ill treatment of Jarawas and...

Malaria kills 55 in Tripura

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Agartala : A malaria epidemic has killed at least 55 people, including 46 children, in Tripura this month while thousands have fallen ill, officials...

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...

Captive IAF man rescued in Meghalaya

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Guwahati : An air force personnel, held hostage in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, was Thursday rescued in a joint operation by Assam...

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

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

Two militants arrested, two lynched in Meghalaya

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Shillong : Two militants were arrested Wednesday and arms and ammunition seized from them while an angry mob lynched two insurgents in Meghalaya, police...

Yogi Adityanath booked after nude picture of tribal women shared on his fanpage

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TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter An Adivasi woman from Assam, Laxmi Orang, has filed a case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath and Ram Prasad Sarma,...

Court orders release of Iron Lady Irom Sharmila of Manipur

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: A Manipur court has ordered the release of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ Irom Sharmila because there were no grounds for charging her with attempted suicide is a legal and moral victory for the activist and her 13 year-long hunger strike on Tuesday.

India’s northeast is Natural Economic Zone: Modi

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By Raymond Kharmujai, Kisama (Nagaland) : Describing India's northeast as a "Natural Economic Zone", Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday announced a slew of packages to...

भाजपा के मनुवादी सोच की अभिव्यक्ति है मधु मिश्रा का बयान

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Made to work as bonded labour, ‘fined’ Rs 1.5 lakh: The story of Jasgeer...

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By Amit Kumar This is the last of the four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during a tribunal...

Assam a Muslim populous state with under-representation of Muslims

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By Wahidul Islam for TwoCircles.net, Amidst the paranoia and degrading level of politics, Muslims have always been most vulnerable and politically exploited section of the...

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...

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...

1,000-hour bandh in two Assam districts

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Guwahati : An 1,000-hour bandh in Assam's Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts demanding an autonomous state affected normal life Monday. The bandh called by...

Tribal health issues to be targeted separately

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New Delhi : Separating tribal health issues from the mainstream, malaria, sickle cell anaemia, nutrition and maternal and child health would now be targeted...

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...

Assam CM’s son files nomination

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Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister's son Gourav Gogoi Wednesday filed his nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha election from Kaliabor near Tezpur. Gourav Gogoi...

‘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...

Bangladesh border guards to tighten vigil along frontier

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Agartala : The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) would further tighten vigil along the India-Bangladesh border to check activities of the Indian militants, a Border...

CM takes stock of latest situation in camps of BTAD, 6 more bodies recovered

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By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited Narayanguri and Balapara in Baksa and Kokrajhar’s Gossaigaon subdivision to take stock of the latest law and order situation and to meet the violence affected people on Wednesday.