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Farming no more a way of life in Mechukha, Arunachal Pradesh
Shi-Yomi: Mechukha Valley in the newly formed Shi-Yomi district, west Arunachal Pradesh is over 200 km from Pasighat. The constituency…
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A year on, protests against citizenship issue continue in North East; ILP demand gets louder
Shillong: On January 8 last year, the Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill despite protests in the North East…
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Northeast dilemma: Is fresh NRC a solution to citizenship imbroglio?
Shillong: As the political game over NRC (National Register for Citizens) and CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill) hots up, apprehensions about…
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CM says registration a must to visit Meghalaya, tourism industry fears a setback
Shillong: Meghalaya government announcing that tourists and other visitors would need to go through a mandatory registration process has sparked…
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NRC ‘need of the hour’ in North East, say social groups
Shilong: The BJP government at the Centre may have been pilloried by a section of the opposition for implementing the…
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International award and accolades for Meghalaya activists but no justice
Shillong: On November 8, 2018, two women firebrand activists, Agnes Kharshiing and Amita Sangma, were brutally attacked by the henchmen…
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Bengal
NRC spoils puja for many in Bengal; urban poor too live in fear
Kolkata: There is no festivity in the Middye household in a village in Falta, around 45 km from the city.…
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Italian colours at North Kolkata’s Durga Puja Pandal
Kolkata: Jean Blanchaert would have visited India, if not Kolkata, 47 years ago had it not been for a bout…
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Bengal
Garos in West Bengal village losing matrilineal identity
Kolkata: Gabrielle Bertrand in her book ‘Secret Lands Where Women Reign’, wrote, “Recalling my first contacts with that Garos community…
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Bengal
All hands on deck: Congress in West Bengal hopes for turnaround before 2021
Kolkata: The hand that once rocked the cradle of Indian politics has weakened over the years. The name that roused…
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