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Tipra Motha Chief Threatens Agitation Against BJP Over Tribal Rights
Tipra Motha will continue to fight for its core demand of a "Greater Tipra Land" for the tribals, party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma said.
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"Similar To What Kashmiri Pandits Faced": Manipur's Meiteis On Violence
A Meitei group from Manipur that was one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court in their demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) tag alleged the recent violence sparked by protesting Kuki tribals, who oppose the ST demand, was "clearly pre-planned".
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Mobile Internet Shut In Manipur Following Protests Over Contentious Bill
Demanding the release of its arrested leaders, the tribal students' body All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) has imposed an indefinite economic blockade on highways.
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Meghalaya Tribe Women In Mixed Marriages May Lose Inheritance Rights
A bill that seeks to strip Khasi women of their inheritance rights if they adopt their non-tribal husbands' customs and tradition was tabled in a tribal council in matrilineal Meghalaya on Monday.
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Contain Post-Poll Violence In Tribal Council Areas: Tripura Chief Minister To Police
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday directed the police to contain post-poll violence in the tribal council areas of the state.
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"Not Every Leader" Can Be Purchased: Tripura Royal Scion After Poll Win
A new political landmark was set in Tripura last week when the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance -- a party formed by former state Congress chief and Tripura's royal scion Pradyot Manikya Deb Burman -- won the tribal council polls.
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Tripura Alliance Meets Governor, Stakes Claim To Form Tribal Council
Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), which swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections winning 18 of the 28, has staked its claim to form the new council, sources in TIPRA said on Monday.
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Ruling BJP, Ally Suffer Shock Defeat In Tripura Tribal Council Polls
The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats
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Tripura Poll Panel Postpones Tribal Council Election To April 6
The state election commission has deferred a Tripura district council poll by two days to April 6, following objections by some political parties and a body of the Christian community to the earlier date which coincided with Easter Sunday.
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Tripura Tribal Council Polls To Be Held On April 4
Elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on April 4, the State Election Commission said on Tuesday.
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Ahead Of Crucial Election, BJP Ally Merges With Tripura Royal, Demands Separate State
Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.
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Manmohan Singh Meets Congress Chief Ministers Ahead Of NITI Aayog Meeting
Four Congress chief ministers and Karnataka's HD Kumaraswamy met former prime minister Manmohan Singh this morning to discuss issues of their respective states, especially those related to farmers and tribals, to be taken up at the NITI Aayog meeting.
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Sedition Charge Against Tripura Leaders For Anti-Citizenship Bill Protest
The BJP-led government in Tripura today ordered the police to file FIR (First Information Report) with sedition charges against two tribal leaders and one tribal human rights activist for participating in a rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at Khumulwng, the headquarters of the Tripura Autonomous District Council on January 30. The pol...
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Centre To Strengthen Northeast Autonomous Councils With More Power, Funds
The centre has decided to give more power and funds to 10 autonomous councils in the northeast - a move seen as an attempt to please tribal voters ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Tribals Struggle In Tripura, Once Best Performer In MNREGA Implementation
In the small tribal village of Karja Kumar Roaja Para - 150 km away from Tripura's capital Agartala - 44 years old Ponthijoy Tripura, the vice-chairman of the village council, is worried that the last stock of rice at his home may soon finish.
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Tipra Motha Chief Threatens Agitation Against BJP Over Tribal Rights
Tipra Motha will continue to fight for its core demand of a "Greater Tipra Land" for the tribals, party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma said.
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"Similar To What Kashmiri Pandits Faced": Manipur's Meiteis On Violence
A Meitei group from Manipur that was one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court in their demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) tag alleged the recent violence sparked by protesting Kuki tribals, who oppose the ST demand, was "clearly pre-planned".
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Mobile Internet Shut In Manipur Following Protests Over Contentious Bill
Demanding the release of its arrested leaders, the tribal students' body All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) has imposed an indefinite economic blockade on highways.
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Meghalaya Tribe Women In Mixed Marriages May Lose Inheritance Rights
A bill that seeks to strip Khasi women of their inheritance rights if they adopt their non-tribal husbands' customs and tradition was tabled in a tribal council in matrilineal Meghalaya on Monday.
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Contain Post-Poll Violence In Tribal Council Areas: Tripura Chief Minister To Police
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday directed the police to contain post-poll violence in the tribal council areas of the state.
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"Not Every Leader" Can Be Purchased: Tripura Royal Scion After Poll Win
A new political landmark was set in Tripura last week when the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance -- a party formed by former state Congress chief and Tripura's royal scion Pradyot Manikya Deb Burman -- won the tribal council polls.
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Tripura Alliance Meets Governor, Stakes Claim To Form Tribal Council
Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA), which swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections winning 18 of the 28, has staked its claim to form the new council, sources in TIPRA said on Monday.
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Ruling BJP, Ally Suffer Shock Defeat In Tripura Tribal Council Polls
The BJP suffered a a massive defeat in the Tripura Autonomous District Council polls, where the party and ally IPFT won only nine of 28 seats; former Congress leader Pradyot Dev Burman's new TIPRA won 18 seats
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Tripura Poll Panel Postpones Tribal Council Election To April 6
The state election commission has deferred a Tripura district council poll by two days to April 6, following objections by some political parties and a body of the Christian community to the earlier date which coincided with Easter Sunday.
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Tripura Tribal Council Polls To Be Held On April 4
Elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on April 4, the State Election Commission said on Tuesday.
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Ahead Of Crucial Election, BJP Ally Merges With Tripura Royal, Demands Separate State
Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.
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Manmohan Singh Meets Congress Chief Ministers Ahead Of NITI Aayog Meeting
Four Congress chief ministers and Karnataka's HD Kumaraswamy met former prime minister Manmohan Singh this morning to discuss issues of their respective states, especially those related to farmers and tribals, to be taken up at the NITI Aayog meeting.
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Sedition Charge Against Tripura Leaders For Anti-Citizenship Bill Protest
The BJP-led government in Tripura today ordered the police to file FIR (First Information Report) with sedition charges against two tribal leaders and one tribal human rights activist for participating in a rally against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill at Khumulwng, the headquarters of the Tripura Autonomous District Council on January 30. The pol...
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Centre To Strengthen Northeast Autonomous Councils With More Power, Funds
The centre has decided to give more power and funds to 10 autonomous councils in the northeast - a move seen as an attempt to please tribal voters ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Tribals Struggle In Tripura, Once Best Performer In MNREGA Implementation
In the small tribal village of Karja Kumar Roaja Para - 150 km away from Tripura's capital Agartala - 44 years old Ponthijoy Tripura, the vice-chairman of the village council, is worried that the last stock of rice at his home may soon finish.
