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Sum of states
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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As we move closer to 2014, every small development is decoded as if it were a hieroglyphic statement about the "final outcome". One keeps finding meaningful signals that could foreshadow the contours of the story next year...Whenever assembly
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Planning Commission against river-linking project
Guwāhāti :: India | 3 months ago
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Planning commission of India is not in favour of the ambitious river-linking project. This commission feels that this may result environmental concerns and endanger monsoon. Dr. Mihir Shah , member of planning commission who was in Guwahati to
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Indian tribe puts women in control
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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India's remote northeast is home to an ancient tribe whose high regard for women makes it a striking anomaly in a male-dominated country. But as the world marks International Women's Day this Friday, the region has become a staging ground for an
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Severed head held aloft, killer walks the streets
Mumbai :: India | 3 months ago
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Nikodin Tiru of Dolohat tea estate killed Salu, who was a traditional medicine practitioner and beheaded him with an axe at Phulbari No: 1 Sarang village. Tiru then took the severed head and walked with it to Dolohat police outpost where he
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Two rhino poachers gunned down in India
Guwāhāti :: India | 3 months ago
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Forest rangers in northeast India shot dead two poachers on Wednesday at a wildlife sanctuary where 13 threatened one-horned rhinos have been killed in the past two months, an official said. Four men entered Kaziranga National Park, 200 kilometers (
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Banned drugs worth Rs5.05 crore seized in Nagaland
Dimāpur :: India | 3 months ago
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Personnel of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Excise department seized huge quantity of banned drugs amounting to Rs 5.05 crore being smuggled to Nagaland. Cetirizine HCI & Pseudoephedrine HCI tablets worth more than Rs5 crore in the international
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Better Red Than Dead? Communism Thriving In Corner Of India
Agartala :: India | 3 months ago
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Wikipedia Communist Party leaders of Tripura For example, in recent elections in the small northeastern state of Tripura, the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Communist Party of India which together form the Left Front coalition -- gained 50 of
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Two women hacked to death in Tripura
Agartala :: India | 3 months ago
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A tribal woman and her daughter were hacked to death in a Tripura village after they were branded sorceresses, police said in Agartala on Tuesday. Ajanga Mala Tripura, 65, and her daughter Puspa Mala Tripura, 35, were killed in Sakbari village Monday
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Neiphiu Rio sworn in as Chief minister, 11 others take oath as ministers in Nagaland Assembly
Wokha :: India | 3 months ago
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All the eleven ministers were from his own party, the Naga People's Front (NPF), which had won 38 seats in the 60-member house. The NPF is supported by two alliance partners, BJP and JD(U) with one MLA each, while it has the unconditional support of
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IIT, colleges, stadium on Bodo group wishlist
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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Now, the outlawed militant organisation's 'Progressive' faction has indicated "peace" can take other forms: an IIT, a medical college, a central university, a military academy, hydel projects, renovation of an airport and improved roads , etc...P)
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